Nebraska, Ohio State and Illinois Earn Women’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

Swimmer of the Week  
Gena Jorgenson, Nebraska 
Jr. – Aberdeen, S.D. – Aberdeen Central – Major: Biological Sciences 

• Fueled an impressive 202-94 Nebraska win over Iowa State at the Devaney Natatorium on Oct. 25, earning three individual victories and adding a leg in a relay win for the Huskers, finishing with a meet-high 27 points  

• Posted a 16:48.14 to win the 1,650 free by more than 32 seconds 

• Added a victory in the 500 free (4:59.39) before racing to her third win in the 200 backstroke (2:02.65) 

• Wrapped the day swimming a leg of Nebraska’s winning 400 free relay  

• Through three competitions this season, Jorgenson has won all nine titles in her individual events including the 1,650 (1) and 1,000 freestyles (2), the 500 free (3) and the 200 back (3) against Minnesota/South Dakota, Iowa and Iowa State 

• Last Nebraska Swimmer of the Week: Gena Jorgenson (Dec. 6, 2023) 

Diver of the Week 
Paola Pineda Vazquez, Ohio State 
Gr. - Veracruz, Mexico – Major: Sports Coaching  

• Won both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives in the Buckeyes’ win over Denison 

• Scored a 339.30 on the 1-meter and a 341.10 on the 3-meter, both are NCAA Zone qualifying scores  

• Last Ohio State Diver of the Week: Janie Boyle (Nov. 15, 2023) 

 
Freshman of the Week  
Chloe Diner, Illinois  
Aurora, Ill. – Oswego East – Major: Undeclared 

• Won three races at the House of Paign Invite with three top-10 program marks  

• Posted the program’s fourth-fastest time in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.25), the program’s 10^th-fastest 100 butterfly (55.40), the program’s seventh-fastest 50 breaststroke (29.39)  

• Also won the 200 breaststroke (2:17.57) 

• Her 100 breaststroke time (1:02.25) is the sixth fastest in the Big Ten  

• Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Chloe Diner (Oct. 16, 2024) 

2024-25 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Honors 

Oct. 9  
S: Ana Jih-Schiff, Sr., UCLA 
D: Makayla Hughbanks, Sr., IOWA 
F: Livi Wanner, MINN 
Oct. 16 
S: Hannah Hill, Sr., PUR 
D: Elna Widerstrom, So., MINN 
F: Chloe Diner, ILL 
Oct. 23 
S: Phoebe Bacon, Gr., WIS 
D: Elna Widerstrom, So., MINN 
F: Mila Nikanorov, OSU 
Oct. 30 
S: Gena Jorgenson, Jr., NEB 
D: Paola Pineda Vazquez, Gr. OSU 
F: Chloe Diner, ILL