Badgers named swimmer, freshman and diver of the week

MADISON, Wis. — Maggie Wanezek, Lucie Delmas and Ryane Neal of the Wisconsin ladies’s swim and dive crew acquired Big Ten Weekly Awards following the spring season opener, as introduced by the convention on Wednesday afternoon.

Wanezek highlighted the meet with two particular person occasion wins and helped two relays to first place in Wisconsin’s win over UCLA, UC San Diego and Tulane. The sophomore tied her private greatest within the 200 IM, touching the wall in 1:56.74. Her lead-off cut up within the 400 medley relay of 51.18 helped the crew to a primary place end. This marks the Badgers’ third award of her profession.

Delmas collected Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors following her efficiency on Saturday. Delmas earned a person occasion win, posting the quickest time within the 200 fly in 1:59.18. The freshman additionally touched the wall in 54.36 within the 100 fly for a 3rd place end. In the 400 medley relay, Delmas swam a 53.75 cut up within the butterfly leg to assist the crew to a fourth place end. 

Neal captured their first Big Ten Diver of the Week award of the season, main the Badgers with a person occasion win on the FIU Sprint Invite. Neal received the 3-meter with 267.30 factors and completed tenth on the 1-meter with 233.80 factors.

Looking forward, the Badgers head to Evanston to tackle Northwestern in a twin on Jan. 17.