The Big Ten honored Penn State’s Matt Stasiunas as its swimmer of the week. Stasiunas swam to 3 wins at the Penn State Invite: The 1,650-yard freestyle (15:29.15), 200-yard freestyle (1:39.94) and 500-yard freestyle (4:28.78). His teammate Hector Garcia also garnered recognition as the Big Ten freshman of the week.
Swimmer of the Week
Matt Stasiunas, Penn State
Jr. – Avondale, Pa. – Salesianum
- Collected a trio of first-place touches, and added a pair of second-place finishes in the Penn State Invite, leading the Nittany Lions to wins over Princeton and UConn
- Finished first in the 1,650-yard freestyle (15:29.15), 200-yard freestyle (1:39.94) and 500-yard freestyle (4:28.78)
- Time in the 1,650-yard freestyle is an NCAA provisional qualifying time, and currently ranks fifth in the nation
- Finished second in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:03.42) and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:23.11)
- Earns his first career Swimmer of the Week honor
- Last Penn State Swimmer of the Week: Shane Ryan (Feb. 10, 2015)
Diver of the Week
Colin Zeng, Ohio State
So. – Fujian, China
- Recorded four first-place finishes and tallied two second-place finishes in the springboard diving events against Cleveland State, Miami and Eastern Michigan
- Finished first in all three-meter competitions, scoring 450.75, 430.50 and 406.80 points
- Captured first place in the one-meter event against Eastern Michigan with 366.83 points, while finishing second against Cleveland State (361.65) and Miami (387.83)
- Posted NCAA Zone qualifying marks in all events
- Earns his first career Diver of the Week honor
- Last Ohio State Diver of the Week: Stephen Ettienne (Feb. 10, 2015)
Freshman of the Week
Hector Garcia Boissier, Penn State
Fr. – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain – IES Politecnico Las Palmas
- Swept the one- and three-meter diving events at the Penn State Invite
- Posted season best scores of 353.80 on the one meter and 377.25 on the three meter, recording NCAA Zone qualifying scores in both events
- Earns his second Freshman of the Week honor
- Last Penn State Freshman of the Week: Hector Garcia Boissier (Nov. 4, 2015)
2015-16 Big Ten Men’s Swimmer/Diver of the Week
Oct. 7
S: Ian Rainey, So., MICH
D: Matt Barnard, Jr., MINN
F: Rory Lewis, PSU
Oct. 14
S: Nick Orf, Jr., MINN
D: Matt Barnard, Jr., MINN
F: Hunter Doerr, MINN
Oct. 21
S: Blake Pieroni, So., IND
D: Matt Barnard, Jr., MINN
F: Joe Cifelli, PUR
Oct. 28
S: Andy Jovanovic, Jr., NU
D: Andrew Cramer, Jr., NU
F: Carter Page, NU
Nov. 4
S: Blake Pieroni, So., IND
S: Dylan Bosch, Sr., MICH
D: Matt Barnard, Jr., MINN
F: Michael Messner, MINN
F: Hector Garcia Boissier, PSU
Nov. 11
S: Ali Khalafalla, So., IND
S: Marat Amaltdinov, So., PUR
D/F: Joe Cifelli, PUR
Nov. 18
S: Matt Stasiunas, Jr., PSU
D: Colin Zeng, So., OSU
F: Hector Garcia Boissier, PSU
Swimming new courtesy of Big Ten Conference.
