WHEATON, Ill. – The Milwaukee men's swimming and diving team swam a near perfect meet winning 10-of-11 events over Wheaton College on Friday at the Jonathan Lederhouse Natatorium.
 
Junior Ben Cadel led the Panthers with two individual events and swam on the victorious 200-yard freestyle relay team. Cadel won the 100-yard freestyle in a quick 47.47 seconds and swam the 200-yard freestyle in 1:44.23.
 
Starting with sprints, Panthers Jasper Appleton and Will Hobbs proved to be a one-two punch in the event finishing right behind each other. Appleton came in at 21.86 while Hobbs finished merely .11 behind at 21.97 seconds.
 
The Panthers also went the distance taking the top three podium spots in the 1000-yard freestyle event. Jacob Fase came in at 10:03.86 while Andrew Kasper (10:11) and Brian Boehm (10:39.13) finished in second and third place.

Senior Kyle Gerum secured an individual event win in the 100-yard backstroke, and helped the 200-yard freestyle relay and 200-yard medley relay win as well. In the backstroke, he finished in 52.59 seconds – six full seconds ahead Wheaton's top finisher at 58.85.

UWM looks to continue its winning ways on Saturday, Nov. 4 against UIC. The meet is set to being at 11 a.m.