Ohio State and Rutgers Gather Women’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

Women’s Swimmer of the Week

Paige Hall, Ohio State

Jr. – Vienna, VA – Bishop O’Connell High School – Major: Biology

• Placed first in the 100 freestyle (51.37)

• Placed second in the 100 backstroke (55.21)

• Placed first in the 200 IM exhibition (2:01.68)

• Earns her first career Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Week award

• Last Ohio State Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Josephine Panitz (Nov. 1, 2023)

Women’s Diver of the Week

Janie Boyle, Ohio State

Gr. – Orange, Ohio – Orange – Major: Biomedical Informatics 

• Placed first in the 1 meter with an NCAA zone qualifying score of 306.90

• Placed first in the 3 meter with an NCAA zone qualifying score of 313.87

• Earns her first career Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Week award

• Last Ohio State Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Lena Hentschel (Nov. 8, 2023)

Women’s Freshman of the Week

Elysha Pribadi, Rutgers

Fr. – Jakarta, Indonesia – St. Peters Lutheran College – Major: Communication

• Placed first in the 200 breaststroke with a new PR time of 2:14.92

• She now holds the sixth fastest time in program history in the 200 breaststroke

• Holds the fifth fastest time in the Big Ten in the 200 breaststroke

• Placed third in the 1000 freestyle (10:17.01)

• Placed third in the 200 IM (2:03.45)

• Earns her second career Big Ten Women’s Freshman of the Week

• Last Rutgers Women’s Freshman of the Week: Elysha Pribadi (Oct. 11, 2023)

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

Oct. 4

S: Cat Stanford, PSU

D: Abbey Ekstrom, PSU

F: Morgan Jenny, PSU

Oct. 11

S: Abby Carlson, WIS

D: Skyler Liu, IND

F: Elysha Pribadi, RU 

Oct. 19

S: Megan Van Berkom, MINN

D: Daryn Wright, PUR

F: Abigail Ekstrom, PSU

Oct. 25

S: Phoebe Bacon, WIS

D: Daryn Wright, PUR

F: Beatrix Tanko, NEB

Nov. 1

S: Josephine Panitz, OSU

D: Lena Hentschel, OSU

F: Olivia Swalley, IOWA

Nov. 8

S: Mackenzie McConagha, WIS

D: Lena Hentschel, OSU

F: Hailey Tierney, WIS