Swimmer of the Week
Yirong Bi, Michigan
So. – Hangzhou, China – Zhejiang College of Sports
- Collected a pair of first-place finishes to help Michigan defeat Michigan State in dual-meet action
- Won the 400-yard individual medley with an NCAA B-cut qualifying time of 4:16.23, more than 10 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher
- Touched first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.90
- Earns her second career Big Ten Swimmer of the Week award
- Last Michigan Swimmer of the Week: Siobhan Haughey (Feb. 1, 2017)
Diver of the Week
Mackenzie Cornell, Penn State
Sr. – Germantown, Md. – Northwest
- Swept the diving events with a score of 273.38 on the one-meter springboard and 319.95 in the three-meter event in Penn State’s meet at Villanova
- The Academic All-Big Ten honoree recorded NCAA Zone qualifying scores in both events
- Earns her first career Diver of the Week honor
- Last Penn State Diver of the Week: Ilana Zeises (Jan. 4, 2011)
Freshman of the Week
Beata Nelson, Wisconsin
Madison, Wis. – Verona Area
- Registered four top-two finishes to help Wisconsin defeat Green Bay in dual meet action
- Touched first and recorded an NCAA B-cut qualifying time in the 200-yard individual medley (2:00.76) and took second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.33)
- Contributed to a first-place mark in the 400-yard medley relay (3:37.30) and a second-place result in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:34.79)
- Earns her fourth Freshman of the Week award
- Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Beata Nelson (Feb. 1, 2017)
2016-17 Big Ten Women’s Swimmer/Diver of the Week
Oct. 5
S: Tereysa Lehnertz, Jr., IOWA
D: Jacintha Thomas, So., IOWA
F: Hannah Burvill, IOWA
Oct. 12
S: Yirong Bi, So., MICH
D: Anna Filipcic, Sr., NEB
F: Maddie Hart, PSU
Oct. 19
S: Chase Kinney, Sr., WIS
D: Yu Zhou, Sr., MINN
F: Vanessa Krause, MICH
Oct. 26
S: Lilly King, So., IND
D: Olivia Rosendahl, So., NU
F: Beata Nelson, WIS
Nov. 2
S: Kennedy Goss, Jr., IND
S: Emma Sougstad, Sr., IOWA
D: Anna Filipcic, Sr., NEB
F: Sarah Bacon, MINN
Nov. 9
S: Siobhan Haughey, So., MICH
D: Anna Filipcic, Sr., NEB
F: Beata Nelson, WIS
Nov. 16
S: Lilly King, So., IND
S: Liz Li, Jr., OSU
D: Taylor Pamplin, So., IND
F: Lindsey Horejsi, MINN
Nov. 23
S: Vera Koprivova, So., RU
D: Yu Zhou, Sr., MINN
F: Valerie Gruest Slowing, NU
Dec. 7
S: Cierra Runge, So., WIS
D: Yu Zhou, Sr., MINN
F: Lindsey Horejsi, MINN
Dec. 14
S: Emma Sougstad, Sr., IOWA
D: Thelma Strandberg, Fr., IOWA
F: Hannah Burvill, IOWA
Jan. 4
S: Emily Kopas, Jr., MICH
F: Vanessa Krause, MICH
Jan. 18
S: Siobhan Haughey, So., MICH
D: Addison Walkowiak, Jr., RU
F: Vanessa Krause, MICH
Jan. 25
S: Liz Li, Jr., OSU
D: Olivia Rosendahl, So., NU
F: Hannah Burvill, IOWA
Feb. 1
S: Siobhan Haughey, So., MICH
D: Addison Walkowiak, Jr., RU
F: Beata Nelson, WIS
Feb. 8
S: Yirong Bi, So., MICH
D: Mackenzie Cornell, Sr., PSU
F: Beata Nelson, WIS
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