Purdue and Minnesota Receive Men’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

Swimmer of the Week
Brady Samuels, Purdue 
Sr. – Muncie, Ind. – Delta – Major: Selling & Sales Management  

• Samuels posted four individual NCAA provisional qualifying times (B Cuts) while being one of three men's swimmers to win three individual events at USA Swimming's Toyota U.S. Open Championships
• Finished first in the 50 free (19.33, NCAA B Cut), 100 free (42.27, NCAA B Cut) and 100 fly (45.27, NCAA B Cut) 
• Samuels 50 free time was the second fastest time in team history  
• Finished with an NCAA B Cut time and Purdue record in the 200 freestyle with a 1:34.06 
• Last Purdue Swimmer of the Week: Brady Samuels (Nov. 8, 2023) 

Diver of the Week 
Drew Bennett, Minnesota 
Jr. - Madison, Wis. – Madison Memorial High School 

• Finished first on both platform (419.30) and 1-meter (393.30) at the Minnesota Invite 
• Placed second on 3-meter with a 382.35 
• Last Minnesota Diver of the Week: YuTong Wang (Nov. 6, 2024) 

Freshman of the Week
Jacob Johnson, Minnesota 
Springfield, Pa. – Springfield High School  

• Johnson broke his own 200 fly school record during prelims of the Minnesota Invite with a 1:41.56. Jacob then placed first in the finals with a time of 1:42.61 
• Johnson placed first in the 100 fly with a NCAA B Cut time and personal best 45.44 
• Set a personal best in the 50 free with a 19.82  
• Finished second in the 200 medley relay (1:25.43) and 400 medley relay (3:08.03) 
• Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Jacob Johnson (Nov. 6, 2024) 

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