GENERAL
Indiana and Purdue Claim Women’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards
Hoosiers’ Grana and Clark and Boilermakers’ Wright earn weekly recognition
Swimmer of the Week
Miranda Grana, Indiana
Jr. – Guadalajara, Mexico
- Won six events - three individual, three relays - to lead Indiana to victory over No. 12 USC, No. 21 Texas A&M and No. 24 UCLA
- Swept and recorded NCAA Championships qualifying times in individual events
- Won 100-yard butterfly in 51.55, the only time under 52 seconds
- Swept backstroke events, winning the 200-yard backstroke by 4.21 seconds with time of 1:49.85 and won 100-yard backstroke by 1.59 seconds with time of 50.75
- Backstroke times set Indiana dual meet records as Grana set the fastest time in country in the 200 back and the No. 2 times nationally in the 100 fly and 100 back
- Also contributed to Indiana victories in the 200 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay
- Claims second consecutive Swimmer of the Week honor
- Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Miranda Grana (Oct. 1, 2025)
Diver of the Week
Daryn Wright, Purdue
Sr. - Plainfield, Ind.
- Swept the springboard events in the season opener for the Purdue divers
- Won with a pair of NCAA Zone Qualifying scores, winning the 1-meter event with a score of 311.65 and the 3-meter with a score of 352.55, winning by 85 points
- Last Purdue Diver of the Week: Avery Worobel (Feb. 5, 2025)
Freshman of the Week
Liberty Clark, Indiana
Chico, Calif.
- Won seven events - three individual, all four relays - to help Indiana defeat No. 12 USC, No. 21 Texas A&M and No. 24 UCLA
- Swept individual events and recorded NCAA Championships qualifying times and personal bests in each
- Won 50-yard freestyle by 31 hundredths with time of 22.03
- Became second Hoosier ever under 1:43 in 200-yard freestyle with time of 1:42.43, out-touching Big Ten and NCAA silver medalist Minna Abraham (USC) by seven hundredths
- Won 100-yard freestyle by 95 hundredths with time of 47.39 to become No. 2 Hoosier all-time
- 100 free and 200 free times rank No. 2 nationally and her 100 free time marked Indiana dual meet record
- Opened 200 freestyle relay victory in 22.04, field’s best relay leadoff. Split 21.62 to anchor 200 medley relay victory and split 46.68 to anchor 400 medley relay victory
- Earns second consecutive Freshman of the Week honor
- Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Liberty Clark (Oct. 1, 2025)
2025-26 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Honors
Oct. 1
S: Miranda Grana, Jr., IND
D: Kaylee Bishop, Fr., IND
F: Liberty Clark, IND
Oct. 15
S: Miranda Grana, Jr., IND
D: Daryn Wright, Sr., PUR
F: Liberty Clark, IND