BYU, TCU, Utah and West Virginia Gather Big 12 Weekly Swimming and Diving Awards

Utah’s Davis Stachelek (males’s swimmer), TCU’s David Ekdahl (males’s diver) and West Virginia’s Liam Aleman (males’s newcomer) had been named the recipients of the Big 12 Men’s swimming and diving weekly awards, whereas BYU’s Lucy Warnick (girls’s swimmer), Utah’s Kathryn Grant (girls’s diver) and West Virginia’s Madalyn Witt (girls’s newcomer) collected the ladies’s honors for competitors ending Jan. 11.
 
Stachelek led Utah to a 165-132 street win over Denver, sweeping all 4 of his races, together with a pair of freestyle occasions. The senior from Greenville, S.C. clocked a time of 20.36 within the 50 freestyle and 44.55 within the 100 freestyle. Stachelek additionally contributed relay legs of 43.68 within the 400 medley relay (3:14.06) and a 20.30 leadoff leg within the 200 free relay (1:20.78). He is the primary Ute to be named Big 12 Men’s Swimmer of the Week since becoming a member of the Conference for the 2024-25 season.
 
Ekdahl swept the springboard occasions for TCU within the Horned Frogs’ meet towards Texas UT-Permian Basin, profitable the 1-meter (370.95) and 3-meter (414.90) with NCAA Zone qualifying scores for the second consecutive week. The graduate scholar’s 3-meter mark was a season-best and the primary time he surpassed 400 factors this yr. It is his third weekly award this season and the 11^th of his profession.
 
Aleman earned his first profession Big 12 weekly honor after incomes two medals in West Virginia’s meet towards Pittsburgh. The Gainesville, Fla. native received the 200 breaststroke (1:58.15) and added a second-place end within the 200 IM (1:50.69). He was one in every of three Mountaineers to win a males’s particular person occasion on the meet.
 
Warnick received three of her particular person occasions for BYU in its meet at Denver. The Las Vegas native posted wins within the 100 breaststroke (1:01.70), 200 breaststroke (2:13.73) and 200 IM (2:01.62). Her 100 breaststroke time marked a private greatest and the seventh-fastest time in BYU historical past. She additionally delivered a 28.19 breaststroke break up on the Cougars’ runner-up 200 medley relay. It is her second Big 12 weekly honor of her profession after being named Big 12 Women’s Newcomer of the Week on January 3, 2025.
 
Grant highlighted her week by profitable the 1-meter dive (590.05) on the UCLA Diving Invite, which consisted of 9 groups, together with No. 18 USC and host UCLA. The senior from Ontario, Canada added top-six finishes on the 3-meter (567.00) and platform dives (475.05), persevering with her excellent streak of ending no decrease than sixth in any occasion this season. Her efficiency helped the Utah girls declare second place within the group standings and secured her second Conference weekly award this season.
 
Witt grew to become the second Mountaineer this season to be named Big 12 Women’s Newcomer of the Week with a podium end within the 200 backstroke (1:59.35) towards Pittsburgh. The Nokesville, Va. native clocked the ninth-fastest time in WVU program historical past to safe the silver medal.
 
Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Davis Stachelek, Utah
Men’s Diver of the Week: David Ekdahl, TCU
Men’s Newcomer of the Week: Liam Aleman, West Virginia
Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Lucy Warnick, BYU
Women’s Diver of the Week: Kathryn Grant, Utah
Women’s Newcomer of the Week: Madalyn Witt, West Virginia