ARIZ, ASU, UH and TCU Garner Big 12 Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

Arizona State’s Adam Chaney (males’s swimmer) and Remi Fabiani (males’s newcomer) have been joined by Arizona’s Luke Hernandez (males’s diver) because the recipients of the Big 12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Awards. On the ladies’s facet TCU’s duo of Nina Vadovicova (ladies’s co-swimmer) and Taylor Steelman (ladies’s newcomer), Arizona’s Riley Botton (ladies’s co-swimmer) and Houston’s Michelle McLeod (ladies’s diver) rounded out the Conference’s weekly awards for competitors ending October 13.
 
Chaney captured three gold medals on the All-Arizona Invite towards Arizona, Grand Canyon, and Northern Arizona. He received the 50 freestyle with a time of 18.95, the one sub-19 second time of the day. The graduate pupil anchored the 100 free relay with a 7.98 break up, and led off the 200 medley relay with a 20.43 backstroke leg. Chaney’s performances helped the Sun Devils sweep all relay occasions. It is the primary Big 12 recognition for the graduate switch.
 
Hernandez swept each diving occasions for the Wildcats on the All-Arizona Invite, taking first within the 1-meter (342.85) and 3-meter (335.75) competitions. The freshman from Holly Springs, N.C. is the second Wildcat to be named Big 12 Men’s Diver of the Week since Arizona joined the Conference within the 2024-25 season.
 
Fabiani received the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:32.66, the ninth-fastest in ASU historical past and the one sub-1:33 mark within the meet. The graduate switch additionally completed second within the 100 backstroke (45.96) and contributed an 8.69 break up within the profitable 100 free relay. He is the primary Sun Devil to be named Big 12 Men’s Newcomer of the Week this season.
 
Botton claimed one particular person gold medal with a victory within the 50 freestyle (22.29) because the Wildcats took the highest two finishes within the occasion. The senior then contributed to 2 gold medal relays within the 200 medley relay (21.66 break up) and 100 free relay (10.38 break up). She additionally added a fourth-place end result within the 100 free. It is the primary Big 12 weekly award of her profession.
 
Vadovicova swept the breaststroke occasions towards Houston and Rice, profitable the 50 breast (28.77), 100 breast (1:00.69), and 200 breast (2:12.07) with season-best instances within the former two. The junior from Selpice, Slovakia additionally contributed to TCU’s relays, posting a 28.80 break up within the 200 medley relay and a 1:01.11 break up within the 400 medley relay. This marks the second time this season Vadovicova has garnered Conference recognition.
 
McLeod earned first place in all three ladies’s diving occasions towards TCU and Rice. The junior posted a rating of 289.80 within the 1-meter dive, 301.20 within the 3-meter occasion and a rating of 238.65 within the platform dive. All three scores achieved zone-qualifying scores. It is her second Big 12 weekly award after being named Big 12 Women’s Diver of the Week on November 27, 2024.
 
Steelman recorded wins within the 200 backstroke (1:59.81) and 400 IM (4:22.79) within the Horned Frogs’ second meet of the season. Both instances have been private bests for the freshman. She additionally added a second-place end within the 200 IM (2:04.89), fifth-place end within the 200 free (1:52.50) and a 26.09 backstroke break up within the 200 medley relay.
 
Big 12 Swimming and Diving Weekly Awards- October 16
 
Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Adam Chaney, Arizona State
Men’s Diver of the Week:  Luke Hernandez, Arizona
Men’s Newcomer of the Week:  Remi Fabiani, Arizona State
Women’s Co-Swimmers of the Week: Riley Botton, Arizona & Nina Vadovicova, TCU
Women’s Diver of the Week: Michelle McLeod, Houston
Women’s Newcomer of the Week: Taylor Steelman, TCU