The intense Ohio State-Michigan rivalry dual meets produced four of the six weekly Big Ten award-winners, with the Buckeyes taking three of those honors.
The other two winners came from the Minnesota-Wisconsin-Purdue Tri meet spanning Friday and Saturday in West Laffayette.
OSU swept the Freshmen of the Week honors with Taylor Vargo taking the women’s award and Matt McHugh winning for the men.
Vargo won the 200 breast in 2:15.21 in that Michigan dual and also took home a pair of runner-up finishes to help the Buckeyes come back and beat the rival Wolverines. McHugh won the 100 back against Michigan, leading a 1-2-3 finish for the Buckeyes. He also won the 50 free the night before in OSU’s big win over West Virginia.
Ohio State also won the men’s Diver of the Week award with Stephen Ettienne. The junior went 4-for-4 over the weekend, winning on 1-meter and 3-meter against West Virginia and Michigan. This is his second Diver of the Week award.
On the women’s side, Minnesota Golden Gopher Maggie Keefer took home Diver of the Week honors – astoundingly that’s her 15th Big Ten weekly diving award and already the fifth of her senior season. The 2013 NCAA runner-up on 1-meter took both diving events in the triangular against Purdue and Wisconsin, scoring 318 points on 1- and 3-meter.
The Swimmers of the Week awards went to Wisconsin’s Ivy Martin and Michigan’s Dylan Bosch. Martin dominated the Triple Dual meet in the pool, winning the 50 and 100 frees (with times of 22.49 and 49.31) and putting up some blazing splits on three winning Wisconsin relays, the 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free. This is the fifth time Martin has been named Swimmer of the Week in her three years of collegiate swimming.
Bosch won three times in Michigan’s tight win over Ohio State. He paced the 100 fly in an outstanding 46.63 and also took the 200 fly with a 1:45.44. Bosch was also second in the 200 IM, going 1:46.96 in a 1-2 Wolverine sweep. This is his third career Swimmer of the Week honor.
