TCU and West Virginia Open Season With Big 12 Swimming & Diving Weekly Honors

TCU’s Filip Suchanski (males’s co-swimmer), David Ekdahl (males’s diver), Nina Vadovicova (ladies’s swimmer), Emma Larcada Herrera (ladies’s diver) and Nicole Christensen (ladies’s co-newcomer) had been joined by West Virginia’s Caden Oprandy (males’s co-swimmer), Jake Salcedo (males’s newcomer) and Macey Larson (ladies’s co-newcomer)  as recipients of the Big 12 Swimming and Diving weekly awards for the primary week of the season.
 
Suchanski opened his sophomore marketing campaign with three victories and a runner-up end towards Incarnate Word. The Niedrzwica Duza, Poland native gained the 100 backstroke with a time of 47.83, the ninth-fastest in program historical past, and completed second within the 50 again (22.67). Suchanski additionally contributed to 2 relay wins as he led off with a 1:38.19 cut up within the 800 free relay and a 1:14.84 cut up within the backstroke leg of the 600 medley relay. It is the second Conference weekly award of his profession after being named the Big 12 Men’s Swimmer of the Week on Feb. 5, 2025.
 
Oprandy made his collegiate debut on the FSU Invite, highlighting his meet with a third-place outcome within the 200 breaststroke (2:00.53), lower than a second behind the profitable time. He additionally added two fourth-place relay finishes within the 100 and 200 medley relays. The freshman was one in every of three WVU male swimmers to realize a top-three particular person end. It is the primary Big 12 weekly award of his profession.
 
Ekdahl swept each springboard occasions towards Incarnate Word, profitable the 1-meter (357.70) and 3-meter (338.30) competitions. The graduate scholar’s 1-meter rating ranks sixth at school historical past, whereas he already owns the college file with a rating of 419.80, set again in 2023.  The award marks the ninth time he has acquired a Conference accolade in his profession.
 
Salcedo acquired the very best end in all occasions for West Virginia on the FSU Invite, ending second within the 500 freestyle (4:30.02) in his first collegiate meet. The Fresno, California native is the third Mountaineer in program historical past to be named the Big 12 Men’s Newcomer of the Week.
 
Vadovicova claimed three victories in TCU’s opener by profitable the 50 breaststroke (28.79), 100 breaststroke (1:01.97) and 600 medley relay (5:59.30). The junior scored 18 factors for the Horned Frogs to assist safe the meet win over Incarnate Word. The distinction offers the Selpice, Slovakia native her third honor of her profession.
 
Larcada Herrera opened her season with a win on the 1-meter (261.35) and a runner-up end on the 3-meter (264.20), lacking the highest spot by simply 0.4 factors. It is the primary Conference weekly award of her profession.
 
Christensen, a freshman from Lake Forest, California, gained two particular person occasions within the 100 IM (58.97) and 200 IM (2:05.98), whereas additionally anchoring the profitable 800 free relay (1:55.69 cut up). She rounded out her meet by contributing to a second-place effort within the 600 medley relay (1:44.54 cut up) in her first collegiate meet for TCU.
 
Larson made her WVU debut with three top-four finishes on the FSU invite. The freshman from Coquitlam, British Columbia, positioned fourth within the 200 breaststroke (2:18.70) and added a bronze medal within the 100 medley relay (46.36) and fourth-place end within the 200 medley relay (1:43.30).
 
Big 12 Swimming and Diving Weekly Awards- October 2
 
Men’s Co-Swimmers of the Week: Filip Suchanski, TCU & Caden Oprandy, WVU
Men’s Diver of the Week: David Ekdahl, TCU
Men’s Newcomer of the Week: Jake Salcedo, West Virginia
Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Nina Vadovicova, TCU
Women’s Diver of the Week: Emma Larcada Herrera, TCU
Women’s Co-Newcomers of the Week: Nicole Christensen, TCU & Macey Larson, West Virginia