WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 11/27/2024, Last updated: 11/27/2024
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Indiana, Purdue and Ohio State Claim Women’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

Hoosiers’ Grana, Boilermakers’ Wright and Buckeyes’ Nikanorov earn weekly accolades

Swimmer of the Week
Miranda Grana, Indiana 
So. – Guadalajara, Mexico  

  • Won three individual events and two relays as Indiana won the Ohio State Invitational 

  • Part of four IU relays that earned NCAA A cuts 

  • Won 100-yard backstroke (51.18), 100-yard butterfly (51.10) and 200 IM (1:55.88) 

  • Posted 50.98 fly split to help Hoosiers win 400 medley relay and earn NCAA A cut (3:29.93) 

  • Part of winning 800 freestyle relay (7:00.28) quartet 

  • Finished second in 200-yard backstroke (1:51.36) 

  • Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Ching Hwee Gan (Feb. 7, 2024) 

 

Diver of the Week 
Daryn Wright, Purdue 
Jr. - Plainfield, Ind. – Plainfield – Major: Retail Management 

  • Won both the 3-meter and platform diving events at the Purdue Invitational 

  • Posted NCAA Zone Qualifying Scores on all three diving events 

  • Her 390.45 on platform was a Purdue team and pool record that had both stood since the 2017 Big Ten Championships. She bested the team record by 31 points & eclipsed fellow Olympian Jessica Parratto's pool record in the event 

  • Wright finished second on 3-meter with a 369.53, which was good enough for 10th best in Purdue history 

  • Last Purdue Diver of the Week: Sophie McAfee (Jan. 17, 2024) 

 
Freshman of the Week
Mila Nikanorov, Ohio State 
Castle Rock, Colo. – Castle View High School – Major: Finance 

  • At the Ohio State Fall Invitational, won the 1650 free with an NCAA A standard time of 15:49.26. She finished over five seconds ahead of the second-place swimmer 

  • Placed second in the 500 free with an NCAA B cut of 4:38.84 

  • Earns her third Freshman of the Week honor 

  • Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Mila Nikanorov (Nov. 13, 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 
Nov. 6 
S: Hailey Tierney, So., WIS 
D: Paola Pineda Vazquez, Gr. OSU 
F: Maggie Wanezek, WIS 
Nov. 13 
S: Minna Abraham, So., USC 
D: Lena Hentschel, Jr., OSU 
F: Mila Nikakorov, OSU 
Nov. 20 
S: Sofia Bartoloni, So., RU 
D: Holly Prasanto, Sr., RU 
F: Bailee Sturgill, RU 
Nov. 27 
S: Miranda Grana, So., IND 
D: Daryn Wright, Jr., PUR 
F: Mila Nikakorov, OSU