Big Ten Weekly Awards: Brendan Burns, Anna Peplowski Lead Honorees

Brendan Burns. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The Big Ten Conference announced its weekly swimming and diving honors.

Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Week
Brendan Burns, Indiana
Sr. – Berwyn, Pa. – Conestoga

Won the 100 Fly, 200 Fly, and 200 Back in tri-meet with No. 2 Texas and No. 14 Texas A&M
Posted the nation’s fastest time in the 200 Fly (1:42.25), second fastest in the 200 Back (1:41.46) and sixth fastest in the 100 Fly (46.52)
Recorded NCAA Championship B cuts in all three events
Garners his fifth career Swimmer of the Week award
Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Brendan Burns (Jan. 19, 2022)

Big Ten Men’s Diver of the Week
Quinn Henninger, Indiana
So. – Denver, Colo. – New Albany

Won both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events in a tri-meet with No. 2 Texas and No. 18 Texas A&M
Recorded NCAA Zone scores in both diving events
Earns his first career Diver of the Week award
Last Indiana Diver of the Week: Carson Tyler (Jan. 19, 2022)

Big Ten Men’s Freshman of the Week
Dominik Torok, Wisconsin
Budapest, Hungary – Ferencvarosi Sport Altalanos Iskola Es Gimnazium

Notched a victory in the 200 IM with a time of 1:49.35
Placed second in the 200 Fly, 400 IM and 200 Breast
Earns his first Freshman of the Week award
Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Yigit Aslan (Dec. 8, 2021)

Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Week
Anna Peplowski, Indiana
So. – Germantown Hills, Ill. – Metamora

Placed first in the 100 backstroke, winning a close battle by .05 seconds (53.37)
Placed first in the 200 backstroke, beating runner-up by 2.5 seconds (1:55.97)
Led off Indiana’s 400 freestyle relay victory (3:21.32), with a 50.01 split
Was part of Indiana’s third-place 200 medley
Earns her first Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Week award
Last Indiana Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Mackenzie Looze (Nov. 12, 2021)

Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Week
Joy Zhu, Minnesota
Sr. – Wuhan, China – Hubei Sport School – Grad program: Sports Management

Placed first in the 1-meter with a score of 305.25, 38 points better than the competition
Placed first in the 3-meter with a score of 341.93, 62 points better than the competition
Earns her second Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Week award
Last Minnesota Women’s Diver of the Week: Joy Zhu (Oct. 19, 2022)

Big Ten Women’s Freshman of the Week
Kristina Paegle, Indiana
Fr. – Bloomington, Ind. – Bloomington South

Earned four top-four finishes
Swam the fastest freestyle leg in Indiana’s third-place finish in the 200 medley relay
Was part of Indiana’s first-place 400 freestyle relay team, defeating the runner-up by over 4.5 seconds
Placed third in the 50 free (27.73)
Placed fourth in the 100 free (50.09)
Last Indiana Women’s Freshman of the Week: Brearna Crawford (Nov. 24, 2021)

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