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

Buckeyes’ Jankovics and Gophers’ Wang and Johnson earn weekly accolades

Swimmer of the Week  
Tristan Jankovics, Ohio State  
Jr. – Guelph, Ontario – Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute – Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering 

  • In a victory against Virginia Tech, won the 400 IM with an NCAA B standard time of 3:47.43 

  • Was also the winner of the 200 fly with a time of 1:47.45 

  • Placed second in both the 200 IM (1:46.77) and the 200 breast (1:58.88) 

  • Was on the third place 400 free relay team (3:00.62) 

  • Last Ohio State Swimmer of the Week: Tomas Navikonis (Oct. 23, 2024) 

 

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

  • Placed first in both diving events on Nov. 1 at Wisconsin with a score of 357.15 on 1-meter and 406.13 on 3-meter 

  • Last Minnesota Diver of the Week: YuTong Wang (Oct. 23, 2024) 

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

  • Broke his own school record in the 200 fly with a time of 1:41.70 

  • His previous record time was 1:42.41 which he set in Minnesota’s home opener on Oct. 11, 2024 

  • Earns his third Freshman of the Week honor this season 

  • Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Jacob Johnson (Oct. 16, 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 

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