Ohio State Claims Men’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

Swimmer of the Week
Luke Paxton, Ohio State 
Sr. – Fairfield, Ohio – Stephen T. Badin High School – Major: Aerospace Engineering  

• At the Ohio State Winter Invitational, Paxton turned in an NCAA B cut in the 200 back with a time of 1:41.90, finishing first in the event 

• Placed first in the 200 IM in 1:46.12 and was on the first place 400 medley relay team (3:13.79)  

• Touched third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 47.52  

• Last Ohio State Swimmer of the Week: Tristan Jankovics (Nov. 6, 2024) 

Freshman of the Week
Reid Caswell, Ohio State 
Upper Arlington, Ohio – Upper Arlington High School – Major: Finance   

• At the Ohio State Winter Invitational, Caswell placed first in the 500 free (4:24.39), third in the 100 free (44.97) and fourth in the 200 free (1:38.26) 

• On the first place 300 medley relay (3:13.79) and 200 medley relay (1:28.52) teams  

• Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Matt Klinge (Feb. 5, 2025) 

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Honors 
Oct. 9  
S: Tylor Kim, So., PSU 
D: YuTong Wang, So., MINN 
F: Jacob Johnson, MINN 
Oct. 16 
S: Owen McDonald, Jr., IND 
D: Jordan Rzepka, Sr., PUR 
F: Jacob Johnson, MINN 
Oct. 23 
S: Tomas Navikonis, Jr., OSU 
D: YuTong Wang, So., MINN 
F: Joe Polyak, MINN 
Oct. 30 
S: Cooper Morley, Jr. PSU 
D: Kylie Flory, Jr., OSU 
F: Joseph Roth, OSU 
Nov. 6  
S: Tristan Jankovics, Jr., OSU 
D: YuTong Wang, So., MINN 
F: Jacob Johnson, MINN 
Nov. 13 
S: Krzysztof Chmielewski, So., USC 
D: Moritz Wesemann, Fr., USC 
F: Martin Perecinsky, OSU 
Nov. 27 
S: Owen McDonald, Jr., IND 
D: Jordan Rzepka, Sr., PUR 
F: Cornelius Jahn, OSU 
Dec. 11 
S: Brady Samuels, Sr., PUR 
D: Drew Bennett, Jr., MINN 
F: Jacob Johnson, MINN 
Dec. 18 
S: no selection 
D: Jordan Rzepka, Sr., PUR 
F: no selection 
Jan. 8 
S: Owen McDonald, Jr., IND 
D: Carson Tyler, Sr., IND 
F: Yoav Romano, WIS 
Jan. 15 
S: Owen McDonald, Jr., IND 
D: Quinn Henninger, Sr., IND 
F: Miroslav Knedla, IND 
Jan. 22 
S: Diego Nosack, So., NU 
D: Cameron Gammage, Sr., MICH 
F: Jon Jontvedt, MICH 
Jan. 29 
S: Caspar Corbeau, Gr., IND 
D: Jordan Rzepka, Sr., PUR 
F: Matt Klinge, OSU 
Feb. 5 
S: Zalán Sárkány, Jr., IND 
D: YuTong Wang, So., MINN 
F: Matt Klinge, OSU 
Feb. 12 
S: Luke Maurer, Gr., USC 
D: no selection 
F: Junhao Chan, USC 
Feb. 19 
S: Luke Paxton, Sr., OSU 
D: no selection 
F: Reid Caswell, OSU