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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 2/7/2024, Last updated: 2/7/2024
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Indiana, Minnesota Claim Weekly Men’s Swimming & Diving Awards

Hoosiers’ Burns and Weinrich and Gophers’ Harabagiu earn weekly accolades

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Swimmer of the Week  

Brendan Burns, Indiana 

Sr. – Berwyn Pa. – Conestoga – Major: Management 

  • Helped No. 6 Indiana top No. 15 Louisville and No. 22 Wisconsin to finish dual meet season 8-0 

  • Won all three of his individual events and one relay, earning a pair of NCAA B cut times in his individual races 

  • Helped Indiana win the 200-medley relay in an NCAA A cut time of 1:22.88, leading off with a 21.49 split  

  • Finished with a season-best 1:40.78 in the 200-yard butterfly, the sixth fastest time in the NCAA  

  • Led a 1-2 Indiana finish in the 200-yard backstroke in a season-best time of 1:40.04 

  • Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Brendan Burns (Jan. 24, 2024)

Diver of the Week 

Maxwell Weinrich, Indiana 

So. - Rockville, Md. – Sherwood – Major: Management 

  • Swept the springboard diving events, setting personal bests in both events and eclipsing NCAA Zone Qualifying scores in each event  

  • Won the 3-meter with a score of 428.93 and won the 1-meter with a score of 388.13 

  • Last Indiana Diver of the Week: Carson Tyler (Jan. 24, 2024) 

Freshman of the Week 

Davide Harabagiu, Minnesota  

Rome, Italy – Canottieri Tevere Remo 

  • Collected a pair of individual wins and two NCAA B cut times at the Purdue quad 

  • Won the 100 backstroke in 47.06 (B cut) and the 100 butterfly in 46.03 (B cut) 

  • Led the 200 and 300 freestyle relay teams to a pair of first-place finishes  

  • Also helped Minnesota to a second-place finish in the 200-medley relay 

  • Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Ian Steffen (Jan. 10, 2024)

2023-24 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Honors 

Oct. 18 

S: Dominik Mark Torok, Wisconsin 

D: YuTong Wang, Minnesota 

F: Davide Harabagiu, Minnesota  

Oct. 25 

S: Dominik Mark Torok, Wisconsin 

D: Max Miller, Purdue 

F: Davide Harabagiu, Minnesota  

Nov. 1 

S: Jassen Yep, Indiana 

D: Lyle Yost, Ohio State 

F: Ahmed Hafnaoui, Indiana 

Nov. 8  

S: Brady Samuels, Purdue 

D: YuTong Wang, Minnesota 

F: Pat Broderick, Purdue 

Nov. 15 

S: Tomas Navikonis, Ohio State 

D: Clayton Chaplin, Ohio State 

F: Eli Stoll, Ohio State 

Nov. 22 

S: Jassen Yep, Indiana 

D: Lyle Yost, Ohio State 

F: Mikkel Lee, Indiana 

Dec. 6 

S: Victor Baganha, Penn State 

D: YuTong Wang, Minnesota 

F: Davide Harabagiu, Minnesota

Jan. 10 

S: Charlie Clark, Ohio State 

F: Ian Steffen, Minnesota

Jan. 17 

S: Victor Baganha, Penn State 

D/F: Holden Higbie, Purdue 

Jan. 24 

S: Brendan Burns, Indiana 

D: Carson Tyler, Indiana 

F:  Mikkel Lee, Indiana 

Jan. 31 

S: Charlie Clark, Ohio State 

D: Jordan Rzepka, Purdue 

F: no selection 

Feb. 7  

S: Brendan Burns, Indiana 

D: Maxwell Weinrich, Indiana F: Davide Harabagiu, Minnesota