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Purdue produced the <a href=\"https:\/\/bigten.org\/news\/2022\/10\/19\/womens-swimming-and-diving-big-ten-announces-weekly-swimming-and-diving-awards.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women\u2019s swimmer of the week<\/a> in <strong>Maggie Love,<\/strong> and the men\u2019s diver of the week in <strong>Jordan Rzepka.<\/strong> Minnesota\u2019s <strong>Joy Zhu<\/strong> was named the women\u2019s diver of the week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/big-ten-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Ten Swimming<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Baganha, a sophomore from Brazil, won the 50 free and 100 fly in a tri-meet with Navy and Boston College. His times rank third and fourth, respectively, in the conference this season. He\u2019s the first Penn State men\u2019s swimmer of the week in three years (Michael Daly, Oct. 16, 2019).<\/p>\n<p>Rzepka won the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/clement-secchi-wins-twice-to-lead-missouri-past-purdue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a meet with Missouri<\/a>. The sophomore wins his second career Diver of the Week award.<\/p>\n<p>Lazzerini won the 100 breast in the Penn State tri-meet. With Baganha, the Chilean also helped lead the 200 medley relay to victory.<\/p>\n<p>Love, a sophomore, posted three career-best times against Missouri. She won the 100 breast and 200 individual medley, posting the sixth- and ninth-fastest times, respectively, in Boilermakers history in those events.<\/p>\n<p>Zhu picked up a pair of wins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/minnesota-swimming-tops-nebraska-south-dakota-led-by-hannah-cornish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a tri-meet with Nebraska and South Dakota<\/a>. The senior from China scored 291.00 to win 1-meter and 324.35 on 3-meter.<\/p>\n<p>Meisner was part of a couple of wins for the Nittany Lions against BC and Navy. 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