Indiana University’s Jessica Parratto and Blake Pieroni earned weekly Big Ten swimming and diving honors on Wednesday, the conference office announced.
Parratto was named the Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Week for the second time this year, while Pieroni was named the Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Week for the third time this season.
Pieroni helped lead the No. 1 Indiana men’s swimming and diving squad to victories over No. 13 Notre Dame and Cincinnati last week, winning two individual events. The Valparaiso, Ind. native won the 100 freestyle (43.17) and 200 IM (1:47.07) with NCAA B cut times. He was also a member of the 200 medley relay for the Hoosiers, touching with a time of 1:28.75.
Parratto was dominant for the Hoosier women’s team in the diving well, helping IU take down Cincinnati. The Dover, N.H. product won the 1-meter with a score of 309.50 and the 3-meter with a total of 348.15. Both scores were NCAA Zones qualifying marks.
The No. 1/9 Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will be back in action on Nov. 16-18 at the Early Bird Invitational, hosted by Purdue University.
