Zalan Sarkany Claims Big Ten Swimmer of Week Honors

Zalan Sarkany, Miranda Grana Claim Big Ten Swimmer of the Week Honors

The Big Ten Conference introduced its weekly award winners on Wednesday, with Indiana University claiming each males’s and ladies’s swimmer of the week honors. Here is a have a look at the Big Ten honorees.

Men’s Swimmer of the Week  
Zalan Sarkany, Indiana 
Sr. – Budapest, Hungary 

• Swept particular person occasions as Indiana defeated No.14 Texas A&M and No. 17 USC
• Set NCAA qualifying occasions in all three occasions and set the No. 1 time nationally in all three occasions
• Won 500-yard freestyle by 7.77 seconds with a time of 4:11.39, setting an Indiana twin meet file
• Set USC pool file in 1,650-yard freestyle, profitable by over 38 seconds with a time of 14:29.87, which was one other Indiana twin meet file
• Won 400-yard IM by 3.30 seconds with a time of three:43.45
• Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Zalan Sarkany (Feb. 5, 2025)

Men’s Diver of the Week 
Mortiz Wesemann, USC 
Gr. – Aachen, Germany

• Swept the diving occasions on the USC Invitational, claiming each the 1-meter and 3-meter occasions towards No. 2 Indiana and No. 23 Texas A&M
• In 3-meter, Wesemann tallied a whopping 382.10 factors to win the occasion by almost 15 factors
• Won the 1-meter with a rating of 407.80, as greater than 80 factors separated Wesemann from second place
• Last USC Diver of the Week: Mortiz Wesemann (Nov. 13, 2024)

Men’s Freshman of the Week  
Noah Cakir, Indiana 
Deer Park, N.Y. 

• Won two occasions – one particular person, one relay, as Indiana topped No. 14 Texas A&M and No. 17 USC
• Finished prime three in all three particular person occasions
• Won tight race in 200-yard breaststroke by 63 hundredths with time of 1:54.19, a private greatest and NCAA qualifying time
• Finished second in 100 breast (52.64) and third in 200 IM (1:47.25)
• Helped Indiana win 400 medley relay with NCAA qualifying time of three:05.97
• Earns second consecutive Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Noah Cakir (Oct. 1, 2025)

Women’s Swimmer of the Week  
Miranda Grana, Indiana 
Jr. – Guadalajara, Mexico 

• Won six occasions – three particular person, three relays – to guide Indiana to victory over No. 12 USC, No. 21 Texas A&M and No. 24 UCLA
• Swept and recorded NCAA Championships qualifying occasions in particular person occasions
• Won 100-yard butterfly in 51.55, the one time beneath 52 seconds
• Swept backstroke occasions, profitable the 200-yard backstroke by 4.21 seconds with time of 1:49.85 and received 100-yard backstroke by 1.59 seconds with time of fifty.75
• Backstroke occasions set Indiana twin meet data as Grana set the quickest time in nation within the 200 again and the No. 2 occasions nationally within the 100 fly and 100 again
• Also contributed to Indiana victories within the 200 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay
• Claims second consecutive Swimmer of the Week honor
• Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Miranda Grana (Oct. 1, 2025)

Women’s Diver of the Week 
Daryn Wright, Purdue 
Sr. – Plainfield, Ind. 

• Swept the springboard occasions within the season opener for the Purdue divers
• Won with a pair of NCAA Zone Qualifying scores, profitable the 1-meter occasion with a rating of 311.65 and the 3-meter with a rating of 352.55, profitable by 85 factors
• Last Purdue Diver of the Week: Avery Worobel (Feb. 5, 2025)

Women’s Freshman of the Week  
Liberty Clark, Indiana 
Chico, Calif. 

• Won seven occasions – three particular person, all 4 relays – to assist Indiana defeat No. 12 USC, No. 21 Texas A&M and No. 24 UCLA
• Swept particular person occasions and recorded NCAA Championships qualifying occasions and private bests in every
• Won 50-yard freestyle by 31 hundredths with time of twenty-two.03
• Became second Hoosier ever beneath 1:43 in 200-yard freestyle with time of 1:42.43, out-touching Big Ten and NCAA silver medalist Minna Abraham (USC) by seven hundredths
• Won 100-yard freestyle by 95 hundredths with time of 47.39 to turn into No. 2 Hoosier all-time
• 100 free and 200 free occasions rank No. 2 nationally and her 100 free time marked Indiana twin meet file
• Opened 200 freestyle relay victory in 22.04, area’s greatest relay leadoff. Split 21.62 to anchor 200 medley relay victory and break up 46.68 to anchor 400 medley relay victory
• Earns second consecutive Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Liberty Clark (Oct. 1, 2025)