Nov. 20, 2012
Park Ridge, Ill. -
Swimmer of the Week
Charlie Rimkus, Northwestern
Sr. – Tustin, Calif. – Beckman
- Posted five first- and one third-place finish to help Northwestern to the team title at the TYR Invitational last weekend
- Placed first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.35), 200-yard butterfly (1:47.27), 500-yard freestyle (4:25.74), 200-yard individual medley (1:52.17) and 400-yard individual medley (3:51.48) and third in the 100-yard freestyle (45.78)
- His times in the 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard individual medley were NCAA provisional qualifying marks
- Earns the first weekly award of his career
- Last Northwestern Swimmer of the Week: Sean Mathews (Nov. 24, 2009)
Diver of the Week
Darian Schmidt, Indiana
Jr. – Bloomington, Ind. – South
- Placed first in the 1-meter (399.30) and 3-meter (378.40) diving events last weekend
- Both event scores were NCAA Zone Diving qualifying marks
- Helped Indiana defeat No. 8 Virginia and No. 24 Penn State
- Earns the second weekly award of his career
- Last Indiana Diver of the Week: Zac Nees (Jan. 24, 2012)
Co-Freshman of the Week
Shane Ryan, Penn State
Havertown, Pa. – Haverford
- Placed first in all six of his events last weekend
- Took first in the 50-yard freestyle (20.65), 100-yard freestyle (44.47), 200-yard medley relay (1:28.30), 200-yard freestyle relay (1:20.98), 400-yard medley relay (3:17.50) and 400-yard freestyle relay (2:58.95)
- His time in the 100-yard freestyle was a personal best
- Earns the second weekly award of his career
- Last Penn State Freshman of the Week: Shane Ryan (Nov. 13, 2012)
Layne Rogers, Purdue
West Lafayette, Ind. – Harrison
- Placed first in the 1-meter (349.15) and 3-meter (363.90) diving events last weekend
- Both event scores were NCAA Zone Diving qualifying marks
- Earns his second Freshman of the Week honor and the third weekly award of his career
- Last Purdue Freshman of the Week: Layne Rogers (Oct. 23, 2012)
2012-13 Big Ten Men’s Swimmer/Diver of the Week
Oct. 2 S: Connor Jaeger, Jr., MICH
D: Jack Lee, Jr., MICH
F: Dylan Bosch, MICH
Oct. 9 S: Richard Funk, So., MICH
D: Jordan Lesser, So., MINN
F: Dylan Bosch, MICH
Oct. 16 S: Dan Lester, Sr., WIS
D: Logan Knauss, Fr., WIS
F: John Bushman, WIS
Oct. 23 S: Bryan Williams, Jr., MSU
D: Layne Rogers, Fr., PUR
F: Layne Rogers, PUR
Oct. 30 S: Miguel Ortiz, Sr., MICH
D: Shane Miszkiel, Jr., OSU
F: Dylan Bosch, MICH
Nov. 6 S: Kyler Van Swol, Jr., MINN
D: Shane Miszkiel, Jr., OSU
F: Roman Trussov, IOWA
Nov. 13 S: Michael Weiss, Sr., WIS
D: Shane Miszkiel, Jr., OSU
F: Shane Ryan, PSU
Nov. 20 S: Charlie Rimkus, Sr., NU
D: Darian Schmidt, Jr., IND
F: Shane Ryan, PSU
Layne Rogers, PUR
