Trojan Sophomore Vaggelis Makrygiannis Named Pac-12 Men’s Swimmer of the Week

by SwimSwam 1

February 16th, 2022 College, News, Pac-12

Courtesy: Pac-12

MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Vaggelis Makrygiannis, So., USC (Athens, Greece)

  • The Tokyo 2020 Olympian emerged victorious in both backstroke events to guide USC to a 164.5-96.5 victory over Utah to wrap up the regular season. 
  • The sophomore claimed individual victories in the 100-yard backstroke (47.58) before later returning to take the 200 back with a time of 1:45.55. 
  • He also contributed to USC’s winning 200 medley relay (1:26.50) as he swam the backstroke leg for the Trojans.

ALSO NOMINATED: Finn O’Haimhirgin, Utah.

2021-22 PAC-12 MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING MONTHLY/WEEKLY AWARDS

Month/Week Swimmer Diver
November Ben Dillard, USC Sean Wang, USC
December Destin Lasco, California N/A
Jan. 26 Leon MacAlister, Stanford Conor Casey, Stanford
Feb. 2 Ivan Puskovitch, USC Tony Chen, Utah
Feb. 10 Andrei Minakov, Stanford Sean Wang, USC
Feb. 16 Vaggelis Makrygiannis, USC N/A

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mds
2 years ago

Kind of remarkable that Leon Marchand, ASU Freshman, could have the #1 pre-conference times in the country in both IMs and the Grant House, also ASU, could also have the #1 pre-conference 200 Freestyle in the country and neither be named a Swimmer of the Week this season so far. The USC honorees are demonstrations of why Sports Information Department types, like are found in the Pac-12 Conference office, shouldn’t be handing out such awards.