Stanford Sweeps Weekly Pac-12 Men’s Awards

The Pac-12 Conference announced today that STANFORD’s Abrahm DeVine was named Pac-12 Swimmer of the Week and Tarek Abdelghany was voted Pac-12 Men’s Diver of the Week.

DeVine (Seattle, Wash.) helped No. 5 Stanford to its first win of 2018 with a 217.5-44.5 victory over Pacific on Jan. 12. The dual meet started with two Cardinal wins as Devine swam the fastest freestyle leg of the 400-yard medley relay (43.97) to help his team finish second (3:17.93). The senior also won three individual events at the meet, taking home first in the 50-yard backstroke (22.42), 200-yard individual medley (1:48.28) and led Stanford’s top-four sweep in the 150-yard backstroke coming in at 1:16.04.

Diver of the Week: Tarek Abdelghany, Sr., Stanford
Senior Abdelghany (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) competed in the Bruin Invitational Jan. 12-14 and won two of the three events in which he competed. The returning Pac-12 Platform champion displayed his strength in the event, coming in first with 765.45 points. Abdelghany also won the 1-meter springboard (687.65) and finished fourth in the 3-meter springboard (679.40).

All-session passes for the 2018 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Men’s/Women’s Diving Championships, as well as the Men’s Swimming Championships, are on sale to the general public and can be found here: pac-12.com/tickets

The Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Men’s/Women’s Diving Championships (Feb. 21-24) and the Pac-12 Men’s Swimming Championships (Feb. 28-Mar. 3) will be held at the Weyerhaeuser King Country Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington.

ALSO NOMINATED
Swimmer:
Diver: Nathan Makarewicz. UTAH