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Cardinals Sweep MAC Swim & Dive Awards
February 01, 2023 | Men's Swimming and Diving
CLEVELAND, Ohio - - Ball State seniors Owen Chaye and Wyatt Blake have been named the Mid-American Conference Men's Swimmer and Men's Diver of the Week, respectively, after their performances at the Lewellen Athletic Center Saturday, and the Butler Invite Sunday.
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Chaye, who earned swimmer of the week honors for the second time this season and fourth time in his career, started his weekend by anchoring the 200 medley relay to a first-place finish (1:31.20) versus Bellarmine on Saturday. Chaye also added a first-place effort in the 50 freestyle (20.72).
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Sunday at the Butler Invite, Chaye provided the biggest highlight in the pool for the Cardinals with his first-place finish in the 100 freestyle (45.67). Chaye also swam in the second-place 200 medley relay (1:31.71).
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Blake dominated the diving well last week, picking up four event wins for the Cardinals. A two-time career MAC Diver of the Week, he started strong in a diving-only dual versus Anderson by picking up wins on both the 1M (293.63) and 3M (318.83) boards.
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Sunday at the Butler Invite, he followed with scores of 286.50 on the 1M board and 305.60 on the 3M board to earn two more event victories.
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Chaye, Blake, and the rest of the Ball State men's swimming & diving program return to action Friday, Feb. 3 at 6pm EST (5pm CT) for a dual meet versus Valparaiso at the Valparaiso Aquatic Center.
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Chaye, who earned swimmer of the week honors for the second time this season and fourth time in his career, started his weekend by anchoring the 200 medley relay to a first-place finish (1:31.20) versus Bellarmine on Saturday. Chaye also added a first-place effort in the 50 freestyle (20.72).
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Sunday at the Butler Invite, Chaye provided the biggest highlight in the pool for the Cardinals with his first-place finish in the 100 freestyle (45.67). Chaye also swam in the second-place 200 medley relay (1:31.71).
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Blake dominated the diving well last week, picking up four event wins for the Cardinals. A two-time career MAC Diver of the Week, he started strong in a diving-only dual versus Anderson by picking up wins on both the 1M (293.63) and 3M (318.83) boards.
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Sunday at the Butler Invite, he followed with scores of 286.50 on the 1M board and 305.60 on the 3M board to earn two more event victories.
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Chaye, Blake, and the rest of the Ball State men's swimming & diving program return to action Friday, Feb. 3 at 6pm EST (5pm CT) for a dual meet versus Valparaiso at the Valparaiso Aquatic Center.
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