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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 10/15/2025, Last updated: 10/15/2025
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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