BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana swimming and diving repeated its sweep of the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week awards, the conference office announced Wednesday (Feb. 5).
Junior Zalán Sárkány and senior Anna Peplowski won the men’s and women’s swimmer of the week honors, respectively, following in the footsteps of graduate transfer Caspar Corbeau and junior Mya DeWitt last cycle. As Indiana competed in its final dual meet of the season on Friday – a split at No. 11/10 Louisville – February 5 marks IU’s final week of eligibility. This season, 10 different Hoosiers captured 15 awards over six cycles.
During Friday’s meet, Sárkány won and set pool records in both distance events. The junior transfer won the 1,000-yard freestyle by 21 seconds in a Ralph Wright Natatorium record time of 8:43.28. He came back to win the 500 free by six seconds in 4:15.60, his second pool record of the meet. Wednesday’s award is his first Big Ten weekly award.
Peplowski earned her third swimmer of the week award this season and No. 6 of her career after sweeping her three individual events for the third time this season. The senior also set a pool record Friday, winning the 200 free in 1:42.41. She also won the 100 free, out-touching Louisville All-American Gabi Albiero by seven hundredths in 47.68, and the 500 free with a time of 4:39.26.
