Hoosiers Sweep Big Ten Swimmer, Freshman Weekly Awards

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana swimming and diving captured 4 of the six obtainable convention weekly awards, sweeping the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week and Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors. The convention workplace introduced its weekly awards on Wednesday (Oct. 15).

Sophomore Miranda Grana gained Big Ten Swimmer of the Week and Noah Cakir and Liberty Clark captured Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for the second time in as many possibilities this season, all having gained the identical awards on Oct. 1. Senior Zalán Sárkány captured his first weekly award of the season because the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week on the boys’s facet.

The newest award haul comes after IU dominated all 5 of its twin meets in opposition to ranked opponents in Los Angeles on the weekend.

Sárkány set the No. 1 instances within the nation in all three of his victories, profitable the 500-yard freestyle (4:11.39), 1,650-yard freestyle (14:29.87) and 400-yard IM (3:43.45). The senior additionally set IU twin meet data in his freestyle occasions in addition to a USC pool file within the mile.

Grana gained six occasions, sweeping her particular person races and contributing to a few particular person relays. The junior additionally swept the backstroke occasions, setting IU twin meet data within the 100-yard backstroke (50.75) and 200-yard backstroke (1:49.85). Grana’s 200 again time set the No. 1 time within the nation.

Clark maxed out with seven occasion wins, contributing to all 4 of Indiana’s relay victories. In simply her second meet, Clark turned the No. 2 Hoosier all-time within the 100-yard freestyle (47.39) and 200-yard freestyle (1:42.43), whereas additionally profitable the 50-yard freestyle (22.03). Clark posted 100 free splits of 47.42 and 46.68 in addition to 50 free splits of twenty-two.04 and 21.62.

Cakir had a trio of top-three finishes and contributed to the Indiana males’s finest relay. The freshman gained the 200-yard breaststroke (1:54.19), completed second within the 100-yard breaststroke (52.64) and positioned third within the 200-yard IM (1:47.25). He swam the breaststroke leg of the 400-yard medley relay, which earned an NCAA qualifying time of three:05.97.

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