Rainbow Swimming and Diving sweeps Big West titles, earns eight convention awards

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa swimming and diving teams delivered a dominant exhibiting on the Big West Championships, sweeping the lads’s and ladies’s group titles and capturing eight main convention awards, introduced by the league on February 20.

Coach of the Year

In his second season main this system, Head Coach Steve Allnutt was named each Big West Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year after guiding the Rainbow Warriors and Wahine to convention crowns. The males scored 780 factors with 22 podium finishes, together with 12 gold medals, whereas the ladies scored 798 factors with 20 medal performances and 6 occasion victories. The sweep marked the fourth time in program historical past that each groups claimed convention titles in the identical season.

Allnutt additionally coached three swimmers to NCAA computerized qualifying requirements and oversaw three Big West record-breaking swims. His twin honor is the twelfth general teaching award in program historical past and the fourth time a Hawaiʻi coach has earned Coach of the Year for each squads in the identical season.

Men’s Swimmer of the Year

Leading the best way in swimming was Karol Ostrowski, who was named Big West Men’s Swimmer of the Year for the primary time. Ostrowski recorded seven podium finishes, profitable six gold medals. He posted NCAA computerized qualifying instances within the 50 free, 100 free and 100 again, breaking his personal convention report within the 100 free. He turns into Hawaiʻi’s first convention swimmer of the 12 months since 2020.

Diving Coach of the Year

Diving coach Brandon Blaisdell additionally swept the Men’s and Women’s Diving Coach of the Year awards for the second straight season. Under his route, Rainbow divers swept the diving competitors on the championships, combining for 5 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals, together with three convention data.

Women’s Diver of the Year

Macie Wheeler efficiently defended her Women’s Diver of the Year title, profitable the 1-meter and 3-meter occasions and setting a Big West report within the 1-meter. Freshmen Keira Chandler and Oliver Wignall claimed the convention’s Freshman Diver of the Year honors on the ladies’s and males’s sides, respectively.

Overall, the group positioned 27 student-athletes on the All-Big West group for a mixed 69 all-conference honors. The Rainbow Warriors accounted for 12 picks and 37 honors, whereas the Rainbow Wahine added 15 members and 32 honors, capping a historic championship efficiency for this system.

To see the complete record of awardees, go to Hawaiiathletics.com.