Indiana, Minnesota and Ohio State Earn Men’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

Swimmer of the Week
Zalán Sárkány, Indiana 
Jr. – Budapest, Hungary – Major: Sport Marketing and Management 

• Swept the distance events in a 189.5-110.5 win at No. 11 Louisville 

• Set Ralph Wright Natatorium pool records in the 500-yard freestyle and the 1,000-yard freestyle, winning the 1,000 free in 8:43.28 and the 500 free in 4:15.60 

• Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Caspar Corbeau (Jan. 29, 2025) 

Diver of the Week 
YuTong Wang, Minnesota  
So. – Beijing, China – Beijing Dive Club  

• Broke the 3-meter school record in a first-place finish at a triple dual vs. Northwestern and Purdue with a score of 472.05. Wang now holds both the one- and three-meter school records 

• Finished first in the 1-meter with a score of 402.45 

• Last Minnesota Diver of the Week: Drew Bennett (Dec. 11, 2024) 

Freshman of the Week
Matt Klinge, Ohio State 
West Lafayette, Ind. – Harrison – Major: Sport Industry 

• Helped the Buckeyes to a victory against Pitt 

• Won the 50 freestyle (19.53) and the 100 butterfly (45.81), both are NCAA B Cut times 

• Klinge was also on the winning 200 medley relay team who placed first in 1:24.33 

• Earns his second consecutive Freshman of the Week honor 

• Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Matt Klinge (Jan. 29, 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