MADISON, Wisconsin, October 10. THE Big Ten Conference office announced Tuesday that Wisconsin freshmen Derrick O\u2019Donnell and Gabby Maddalena were named Big Ten Swimmers of the Week, and sophomore Kelly Todd and freshman Jenny Hawkins were selected as Big Ten Divers of the Week, as the University of Wisconsin men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving teams claimed all four awards.<\/p>\n
Both UW teams routed UW-Green Bay in last Friday\u2019s season opener. Maddalena, who helped the women win 218.5-78.5, earned the title in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:10.70) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:00.88).<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell, meanwhile, won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.83, the only sub-one minute time in the event. In addition, he took second place in both the 200-yard breaststroke (2:11.87) and the 200-yard IM (1:59.19) as the men\u2019s squad posted a 190-106 triumph.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty special to see two freshmen step in and get wins in their first collegiate dual meet,\u201d head coach Eric Hansen said. \u201cAlthough we had upperclassmen with more wins, for freshmen to do what they did is significant. They are on the path to being large contributors for us for the next four years.\u201d<\/p>\n
In diving, Todd was the highest finisher for the Badger men, capturing second place on both the 1-meter board (264.08) and the 3-meter board (220.73). Hawkins won the boards with scores of 212.33 and 237.30, respectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth Kelly and Jenny got themselves off to a great start,\u201d diving coach Tom Micha\u00ebl said. \u201cThey have a real grasp of the concepts I\u2019m teaching, and I\u2019m looking forward to more successes from them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MADISON, Wisconsin, October 10. THE Big Ten Conference office announced Tuesday that Wisconsin freshmen Derrick O\u2019Donnell and Gabby Maddalena were named Big Ten Swimmers of the Week, and sophomore Kelly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college","category-zzzzzzzzz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n