Cael Dice Award Performer of the Week (Men) Week Of 2/26/2024 Sport Men's Swimming & Diving School Nebraska Wesleyan University Year Senior Position Hometown Lincoln, Neb. High School Lincoln East Men’s Swimming & Diving – Swimmer of the Week Cael Dice, Nebraska Wesleyan University Sr., Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln East Dice and the Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves competed at the A-R-C Swimming & Diving Championships this past weekend. Swimming the second leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay, Dice and his teammates finished first with a new championship record of 1:25.53. He set another championship record in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.21 to hit the wall first and claim gold. In the 400-yard medley relay, Dice and his teammates earned the gold medal finish with a time of 3:24.55. This now stands as the championship, all-time, and pool record at Luther. Additionally, Dice set the championship, all-time, and Luther pool record in his 100-yard backstroke of the relay with a time of 49.88. Dice swam the opening leg of the 200-yard medley relay, where the quad posted a time of 1:32.50 to finish first. This is now the championship, all-time, and pool record at Luther. The senior finished found the wall first in the 100-yard butterfly with a new championship record time of 49.75. The senior broke another championship and all-time record in the 200-yard backstroke posting a time of 1:49.74. Finishing out his championship run in the 400-yard freestyle relay, the P-Wolves hit the wall first with a new championship record time of 3:08.96. The Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves were crowned as conference champions, posting a team score of 627.5. Dice was named Swimmer of the Meet on the men’s side following his outstanding performance over the three days. The Lincoln, Nebraska native is earning his fourth career Performer of the Week honor (10/23/23, 10/20/23, 1/22/24, 2/26/24).
