Iowa and Ohio State Win Women’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards
Hawkeyes’ Swalley, Buckeye’s Hentschel and Panitz earn weekly honors
Women’s Swimmer of the Week
Josephine Panitz, Ohio State
Gr. – Armonk, N.Y. – The Ursuline School – Major: Marketing & Public Management
Helped No. 5 Ohio State defeat No. 17 Virginia Tech
Placed first in the 200 IM (2:00.36)
Placed first in the 100 breaststroke with an NCAA B cut time of 1:00.13
Placed first in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.09)
Placed first in the 400 medley relay (3:37.51)
Earns her second career Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Week award
Last Ohio State Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Katherine Zenick (Feb. 1, 2023)
Women’s Diver of the Week
Lena Hentschel, Ohio State
So. – Berlin, Germany – Sportgymnasium Dresden – Major: Journalism
Helped No. 5 Ohio State defeat No. 17 Virginia Tech
Placed first in the 1-meter with an NCAA zone qualifying score of 340.75
Placed first in the 3-meter with an NCAA zone qualifying score of 343.30
Earns her second career Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Week award
Last Ohio State Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Lena Hentschel (Jan. 25, 2023)
Women’s Freshman of the Week
Olivia Swalley, Iowa
Fr. – Johnston, Iowa – Johnston – Major: Pre-dental
Placed first in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.16), which is now the ninth fastest time in program history
Placed first in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.41), placing seventh in program history
Placed first in the IM (2:03.26)
Earns her first career Big Ten Women’s Freshman of the Week
Last Iowa Women’s Freshman of the Week: Sabrina Kupcova (Dec. 14, 2022)
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