Poelmans, Elbadry, Heger, Margis Earn Swimming and Diving Honors

INDIANAPOLIS—Green Bay’s Willem Poelmans (Hasselt, Belgium) and Cleveland State’s Rowan Elbadry (Egypt) have been named Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Swimmers of the Week while Milwaukee’s K.J. Heger (Rockford, Ill.) and Rachel Margis (Racine, Wis.) have been named Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Divers of the Week for the week of Jan. 14-20.

Poelmans won all of his individual events in two home dual meets against Valparaiso and IUPUI, leading Green Bay to its fourth and fifth consecutive dual meet victories. In the pool facing Valparaiso, Poelmans won the 200-individual medley in a time of 1:54.66 and the 100-breaststroke with a time of 58.87. Against IUPUI, he finished first in the 200-freestyle in a time of 1:43.27 and swam a season-best in the 500-freestyle with a time of 4:41.91. In addition to his individual wins, Poelmans was also a member of the winning 400-medley relay team.

Elbadry led Cleveland State to two dual meet victories defeating Gannon and Wright State, dominating the freestyle events over the two days. Against Gannon, she won the 100-freestyle with a time of 52.33 and 200-freestye in a time of 1:54.88. In the victory over Wright State, Elbadry won the 50-freestye in a time of 24.16, the 100-freestyle finishing with a time of 52.76 and 200-freestyle in a time of 1:54.53. In each meet, she was also a member of the winning 400-freestyle relay teams.

Heger earned his fifth League honor this season leading Milwaukee on the diving boards in two wins over IUPUI and Chicago. Against IUPUI, he won the 1-meter with a score of 295.50 and 3-meter collecting a score of 296.25. At Chicago, Heger broke Milwaukee’s 1-meter record with a score of 358.80 and finished first on the 3-meter board tallying a score of 366.75. He has now broken all three Panther diving records this year and is undefeated in dual meet competition.

Margis led the Milwaukee women’s team on the diving boards to two dual meet victories against IUPUI and Chicago. Facing IUPUI, she won the 1-meter collecting a score of 279.82 and 3-meter with a score of 240.60. At Chicago, Margis set a pool record on the 3-meter board tallying a score of 315.75 to mark her first NCAA Zone qualifying score of the season. She also won the 1-meter with a score of 256.05.

The Green Bay men’s team is back in the pool at the Butler Invite Sunday, Jan. 26 in Indianapolis. Cleveland State travels to Michigan to take on conference opponent Oakland Saturday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. EST. Milwaukee’s men’s and women’s divers return to action at the UIC Diving Invitational Saturday, Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. EST.

2013-14 Horizon League Men’s Swimmer of the Week
Oct. 15: Jorden Merrilees, Oakland
Oct. 22: Clement Quilliec, Wright State
Oct. 29: Kei Ishimaru, UIC
Nov. 5: Clement Quilliec, Wright State
Nov. 12: Kenny Stelpflug, Milwaukee
Nov. 19: Alex Lewis, Cleveland State
Dec. 3: Amr el Sayed, Oakland
Jan. 7: Kei Ishimaru, UIC
Jan. 14: Willem Poelmans, Green Bay

2013-14 Horizon League Women’s Swimmer of the Week
Oct. 15: Emily McClellan, Milwaukee
Oct. 22: Parker Wolf, Green Bay
Oct. 29: Natalie Johnson, Milwaukee
Nov. 5: Karin Tomeckova, Oakland
Nov. 12: Anna Yontz, Milwaukee
Nov. 19: Natalie Neuwirth, Green Bay
Dec. 3: Emily McClellan, Milwaukee
Jan. 7: Parker Wolf, Green Bay
Jan. 14: Rowan Elbadry, Cleveland State

2013-14 Horizon League Men’s Diver of the Week
Oct. 15: K.J. Heger, Milwaukee
Oct. 22: K.J. Heger, Milwaukee
Oct. 29: K.J. Heger, Milwaukee
Nov. 12: Danny Roberts, Cleveland State
Nov. 19: Danny Roberts, Cleveland State
Dec. 3: K.J. Heger, Milwaukee
Jan. 7: Mark Ciesielski, UIC
Jan. 14: K.J. Heger, Milwaukee

2013-14 Horizon League Women’s Diver of the Week
Oct. 15: Tricia Grant, Oakland
Oct. 22: Tricia Grant, Oakland
Oct. 29: Tricia Grant, Oakland
Nov. 5: Samantha Sposet, Cleveland State
Nov. 12: Tricia Grant, Oakland
Nov. 19: Whitney Johnson, UIC
Dec. 3: Tricia Grant, Oakland
Jan. 7: Whitney Johnson, UIC
Jan. 14: Rachel Margis, Milwaukee