 CHICAGO – The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams dominated the weekly Big Ten awards on Wednesday, with four Hoosiers earning honors.
On the women’s side, Lilly King was named the Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Week, while Taylor Pamplin was named Diver of the Week. For the IU men, Blake Pieroni earned the same was named Swimmer of the Week, while James Connor was named Diver of the Week.
King was dominant in the breaststroke events this weekend at the USA College Challenge, posting the top times in the nation in both the 100 and 200 breast.
In the 200 breast on Saturday, King won with a time of 2:05.64 – the fastest time in the country and the third-fastest time in school history. Then on Sunday, the Evansville, Ind. native touched first in the 100 breast with a time of 57.30. King’s mark is the sixth-fastest time in the history of the event and the quickest this year in the NCAA. Her time is also the third-fastest time in school history. Both times are also NCAA A cuts.
On Saturday in the 100 freestyle, Pieroni won with a time of 42.40 – the fastest time in the country so far this season. Pieroni’s time was also the fourth-fastest in school history. Later in the men’s 800 freestyle relay, Pieroni posted the fastest 200 freestyle in the country leading off for the Big Ten “A” team with his split of 1:33.74.
Pieroni backed up his great performance on Saturday with another one on Sunday, winning his second event of the meet, cruising to victory in the 200 freestyle with a NCAA-best time of 1:33.43 that ranks ninth all-time in Indiana history. With his effort, Pieroni now owns the top-two times in the event in the country this year.
In a sweep of Cincinnati in a dual meet on Friday, the Hoosier divers were dominant.
On the men’s side, Connor was outstanding, winning the 1-meter dive with a score of 433.88 and the 3-meter dive with a total of 425.48. The redshirt sophomore has four individual wins on the season already for the Hoosiers.
For the Hoosier women, Pamplin had a terrific day, winning both the 1 and 3-meter dives. The sophomore won the 1-meter with a score of 299.33 and the 3-meter with a total of 285.15. The two victories were the first of Pamplin’s collegiate career.
The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will be back in action later this month. Some IU swimmers will be participating in the USA Swimming Winter Nationals from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, while the majority of the swimmers and the IU divers will be participating in the Miami (OH) Invitational on Dec. 1-3.
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