Pac-12 Weekly Honors: Leon Marchand, Aurora Roghair Lead Award Winners

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The Pac-12 Conference announced its weekly swimming and diving awards.

MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Léon Marchand, Jr., ARIZONA STATE (Toulouse, France)

Marchand went undefeated in his individual events on the weekend against a pair of top-10 opponents in No. 9 Stanford and No. 3 California.
Against the No. 9 Cardinal, the junior picked up four individual wins, including a 200 IM win that tops NCAA Division I times (1:38.78) and a 200 Breast that ranks 6th amongst DI times (1:51.71).
Additional wins in the 100 Breast (51.46) and 200 Medley Relay (1:22.24) helped the No. 1 Sun Devils to a 156.5-115.5 win against the Cardinal.
Against the No. 3 Golden Bears, Marchand pulled out three more individual wins with a 100 Breast time (51.37) that puts him second amongst NCAA competitors.
First-place finishes in the 200 Breast (1:51.80) and 200 IM (1:38.93) and a second-place 200 Medley Relay finish (1:21.77) helped the Devil’s to their second-highest point total against the Golden Bears (150).
The junior has yet to lose an event in the month of January.
Fourth career Pac-12 Men’s Swimmer of the Month/Week award and first this season (November 2022; Jan. 24, 2023; Feb. 7, 2023).

ALSO NOMINATED: Jack Alexy, CAL; Brandon Miller, UTAH; Andrei Minakov, STAN.

PAC-12 MEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Joshua Thai, So., CALIFORNIA (Alhambra, Calif.)

Thai finished top-three in all four weekend events including three winning scores and a third-place finish.
Against the No. 1 Sun Devils, the senior earned a first-place finishes in the 1-Meter (337.65) and 3 Meter (365.40), accomplishing season bests and improving his Zone E marks.
In the Bears’ win over Arizona, Thai picked up a 1 Meter win (325.64) and a 3 Meter third-place finish (317.33).
Second career Pac-12 Men’s Diver of the Month/Week award and first of the season (December 2022).

ALSO NOMINATED: Hunter Hollenbeck, STAN.

PAC-12 WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Aurora Roghair, Jr., STANFORD (Iowa City, Iowa)

Roghair notched three individual wins and a second-place finish against No. 19 Arizona State and Arizona to keep the Cardinal undefeated on the season.
Against the Sun Devils, the junior picked up wins in the 500 Free (4:39.94) and 1000 Free (9:29.24), earning her the nation’s second-fastest time of the season in the latter event.
Additionally, Roghair’s second-place finish in the 200 Free (1:44.56) helped the Cardinal to a 191.5-98.5 win against the Devils.
In their win over Arizona, the junior contributed points to the 178-110 victory with her first-place finish in the 200 Back (1:56.56).
First career Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Week award.

ALSO NOMINATED: Paige Armstrong, ARIZ; Mia Motekaitis, CAL; Claire Tuggle, USC; Emily Lundgren, WSU.

PAC-12 WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Brooke Earley, Jr., ARIZONA (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)

Against No. 9 California and No. 10 Stanford, Earley went 3-for-4 in her diving events.
Her performance at Cal led her to a first place finish in the 1 Meter (268.95) and 3 Meter (281.33).
After improving her score by 12 points, Earley took home the top spot in the 1 Meter with a score of 280.95, going on to finish third on the podium in the 3 Meter (292.43).
First career Pac-12 Women’s Diver of the Week award.

ALSO NOMINATED: Ariana Drake, CAL.

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