Wingate junior Olympian and two-time NCAA national champion Marko Blazevski (Skopje, Macedonia) helped the Bulldog men’s swimming and diving team win a quad meet Friday and Saturday at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center. Blazevski won four individual events for the host Bulldogs.
Blazevski won two events Friday and two events Saturday. On Friday, he touched first in the 500 Freestyle (4:33.27) and the 200 Butterfly (1:51.89). On Saturday, Blazevski took the checkered flag in the 1000 Freestyle (9:27.75) and the 400 Individual Medley (4:03.32).
At the 2012 NCAA Division II national championship meet, Blazevski defended his national title in the 400 Individual Medley. He was the Bluegrass Mountain Conference champion in the same event. In the 2012 NCAA meet, Blazevski was an All-American in four events (400 IM, 800 Free Relay, 1650 Free and 500 Free). He was an honorable mention All-American in the 1000 Freestyle.
In February, the Blazevski and the Bulldogs won their fifth consecutive BMC championship title at the Mecklenburg County Aquatics Center (MCAC) pool in downtown Charlotte. Blazevski won the 400 IM at the 2012 BMC meet. He was All-BMC in four events (500 Free, 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay and 400 IM).
The 2012 J. Howard Williams Award winner for male athlete of the year at Wingate, Blazevski is a Capital One Academic All-America® honoree. He has a 3.84 GPA as a Finance major.
