2016-17 Men's Swimming/Diving Roster

Michael McLoone

Alex Gidlow

  • Event(s) Sprint
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Aurora, Ill.
  • High School Metea Valley

Biography

2016-17: WIAC fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle relay … WIAC fourth place in the 400-yard freestyle relay … WIAC All-Sportsmanship Team … swam season-best 1:46.30 in the 200-yard freestyle and 1:59.44 in the 200 individual medley at the Wheaton Invitational Dec. 2-3 ... compiled season-best times of 21.69 in the 50-yard freestyle, 47.08 in the 100-yard freestyle and 54.06 in the 100-yard backstroke at the WIAC Championship Feb. 16-18

2015-16: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Sportsmanship Team … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... WIAC fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle relay … WIAC seventh place in the 100-yard backstroke … set a school record in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:23.13) … season-best time of 21.42 in the 50-yard freestyle at the WIAC Championships on Feb. 18-20 … season-best results of 47.42 in the 100-yard freestyle and 1:47.48 in the 200-yard freestyle at the Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational on Dec. 4-5 … season-best mark of 5:09.31 in the 500-yard freestyle against UW-Oshkosh on Nov. 13 … season-best times of 53.24 in the 100-yard backstroke and 1:57.27 in the 200-yard backstroke at the WIAC Championships on Feb. 18-20 … season-best result of 59.00 in the 100-yard butterfly at the Phoenix 1-2-3 Meet on Nov. 6-7 … season-best mark of 2:10.68 in the 200-yard individual medley against UW-Oshkosh on Nov. 13

2014-15: WIAC champion (first team All-WIAC) in the 800-yard freestyle relay … WIAC third place in the 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay and 200-yard freestyle relay … WIAC eighth place in the 50-yard freestyle … set school record in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:50.41, Feb. 21) … posted a season-best time of 21.48 in the 50-yard freestyle at the WIAC Championships on Feb. 19-21 … tallied a season-best mark of 47.09 in the 100-yard freestyle at the WIAC Championships on Feb. 19-21 … registered a season-best result of 1:47.39 in the 200-yard freestyle at the Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational on Dec. 5-6 … swam a season-best time of 10:51.11 in the 1,000-yard freestyle at UW-Oshkosh on Nov. 14 … collected a season-best mark of 53.31 in the 100-yard backstroke at the WIAC Championships on Feb. 19-21 … turned in a season-best result of 2:07.67 in the 200-yard individual medley against Lawrence on Nov. 22 … recorded a season-best time of 4:29.12 in the 400-yard individual medley at the Chicago Invitational on Jan. 9-10

2013-14: WIAC All-Sportsmanship Team ... WIAC third place in the 800-yard freestyle relay ... WIAC fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay ... WIAC sixth place in the 50-yard freestyle ... WIAC eighth place in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle

Personal: Majoring in history … participated in swim & dive and water polo at Metea Valley High School in Aurora, IL where he was all-state in swim & dive and all-sectional in water polo … career ambition is to be a history teacher and a coach … hobbies include listening to music and buying shoes … favorite professional sports team is the Green Bay Packers … favorite movie is “The Dark Knight” … favorite TV show is “The Daily Show” … chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the athletics program

Best times:
50 yard freestyle: 21.42 - 2016 WIAC Championship
100 yard freestyle: 47.08 - 2017 WIAC Championship
200 yard freestyle: 1:44.39 - 2014 WIAC Championship
500 yard freestyle: 5:05.96 - 11/15/13
1000 yard freestyle: 10:51.11 - 11/14/14
100 yard backstroke: 53.24 - 2016 WIAC Championship
200 yard backstroke: 1:57.27 - 2016 WIAC Championship
100 yard butterfly: 59.00 - 11/6/15
200 yard individual medley: 1:59.44 - 12/2/16
400 yard individual medley: 4:29.12 - 1/9/15
200 yard freestyle relay: 1:23.13 - 2016 WIAC Championship
400 yard freestyle relay: 3:08.80 - 12/5/14
800 yard freestyle relay: 6:50.41 - 2015 WIAC Championship
200 yard medley relay: 1:33.80 - 2015 WIAC Championship
400 yard medley relay: 3:25.23 - 2015 WIAC Championship

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Sprint
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Sprint
  • 2015-16Junior

    Sprint
  • 2016-17Senior

    Sprint