Blake Pieroni, Siobhan Haughey Named Big Ten Swimmers of the Week

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The Big Ten Conference has announced that Indiana’s Blake Pieroni and Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey have been named conference swimmers of the week. Read more about all the award-winners below.

Male Swimmer of the Week
Blake Pieroni, Indiana
Jr. – Valparaiso, Ind. – Chesterton

Collected four top-two finishes to lift Indiana over Louisville
Touched first in the 100-yard freestyle (43.18) and the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.28), before taking second in the 50-yard freestyle (19.76)
Contributed to a first-place mark in the 400-yard freestyle relay (2:56.11)
Recorded NCAA B-cut qualifying times in all three of his individual events
Earns his sixth career Swimmer of the Week honor
Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Vini Lanza (Dec. 7, 2016)

Male Diver of the Week
Michael Hixon, Indiana
Jr. – Amherst, Mass. – Amherst Regional

Swept the diving events in Indiana’s dual meet against Louisville, scoring 447.98 in the one-meter event and 464.56 in the three-meter event
Recorded NCAA Zone qualifying marks in both events
Earns his seventh Diver of the Week award
Last Indiana Diver of the Week: Michael Hixon (Jan. 18, 2017)

Male Freshman of the Week
Felix Auböck, Michigan
Vienna, Austria – SLZB [Berlin]

Recorded a pair of first-place finishes to help Michigan defeat Ohio State in dual-meet action
Touched first in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events with times of 1:36.85 and 4:24.14, respectively
Recorded NCAA B-cut qualifying times in both of his individual events
Earns his first career Freshman of the Week honor
Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Jacob Montague (Jan. 4, 2017)

Female Swimmer of the Week
Siobhan Haughey, Michigan
So. – Hong Kong – St. Paul’s Secondary School

Collected four first-place finishes to help Michigan defeat Ohio State in dual-meet action
Won the 100-yard freestyle (48.39), the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.76) and the 200-yard individual medley (1:59.32), all of which were NCAA B-cut qualifying times
Contributed to a first-place mark in the 200-yard medley relay (1:40.31)
Earns her third career Big Ten Swimmer of the Week award
Last Michigan Swimmer of the Week: Siobhan Haughey (Jan. 18, 2017)

Female Diver of the Week
Addison Walkowiak, Rutgers
Jr. – Ballston Spa, N.Y. – Ballston Spa

Swept the diving events with a score of 325.35 on the one-meter springboard and 362.10 in the three-meter event in Rutgers’ meet against Richmond
Broke her own school records in both diving events
The Academic All-Big Ten honoree recorded NCAA Zone qualifying scores in both events
Earns her fourth career Diver of the Week honor
Last Rutgers Diver of the Week: Addison Walkowiak (Jan. 18, 2017)

Female Freshman of the Week
Beata Nelson, Wisconsin
Madison, Wis. – Verona Area

Won five events to help Wisconsin win the team title at the Notre Dame Shamrock Invitational
Touched first in the 200-yard individual medley (1:59.96), 100-yard butterfly (54.24), 100-yard backstroke (54.08) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:55.59)
Recorded NCAA provisional qualifying times in all of her individual events
Contributed to a first-place mark in the 200-yard medley relay (1:39.85)
Earns her third Freshman of the Week award
Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Beata Nelson (Nov. 9, 2016)

Press release courtesy of the Big Ten.

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