Indiana, Purdue and Ohio State Receive Men’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

Swimmer of the Week  
Owen McDonald, Indiana 
Jr. – Alpharetta, Ga. – Rivers Academy 

• Won eight events - three individual and five relay to help Indiana to a win at the Ohio State Fall invitational 

• Helped Indiana earn NCAA A cuts in all five relays 

• Posted the nation's No. 2 times in the 100-yard backstroke (44.93), 200-yard backstroke (1:38.07) and 200 IM (1:40.86) to win both events 

• His 200-yard backstroke time beat the NCAA A standard time and re-set his own program record 

• Last Indiana Swimmer of the Week: Owen McDonald (Oct. 16, 2024) 

Diver of the Week 
Jordan Rzepka, Purdue 
Sr. - Solon, Ohio – New Albany – Major: Selling & Sales Management 

• At the Purdue Invitational, Rzepka was the event winner in the 3-meter and platform, earning NCAA Zone Qualifying Scores on both  

• His 502.50 on platform was the 4^th best score in Purdue program history and his 456.53 on the 3-meter was fifth best in team history 

• Finished second and 8^th best in Purdue program history on the 1-meter with a 414.30, also a Zone Qualifying Score 

• Won a pair of events at the Purdue Invite for the third year in a row, posting a trio of lifetime bests in the process 

• He ripped a 106-point dive in the final round on platform to become just the fourth Boilermaker to post a 500-point list in the event, joining Olympians David Boudia, Steele Johnson & Brandon Loschiavo 

• Last Purdue Diver of the Week: Jordan Rzepka (Oct. 16, 2024) 

Freshman of the Week  
Cornelius Jahn, Ohio State 
Ahrensburg, Germany – Grund und Stadtteil Schule Alter Teichweg – Major: Economics 

• Jahn took down a 10-year program record during the Ohio State Fall Invitational last week 

• During Saturday’s finals, he swam an NCAA B standard time of 1:40.66 in the 200 back, setting a new school record. The previous record of 1:40.74 was set by Connor McDonald in 2014. Jahn placed third overall in the event 

• Jahn placed seventh in the A final of the 100 back with an NCAA B cut of 46.15. He was on the 400-medley relay team that placed third with a time of 3:06.59 and on the 800 free relay team that placed fourth with a time of 6:23.70. 

• Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Martin Perecinsky (Nov. 13, 2024) 

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Honors 
Oct. 9  
S: Tylor Kim, So., PSU 

D: YuTong Wang, So., MINN 

F: Jacob Johnson, MINN 
Oct. 16 
S: Owen McDonald, Jr., IND 
D: Jordan Rzepka, Sr., PUR 
F: Jacob Johnson, MINN 
Oct. 23 
S: Tomas Navikonis, Jr., OSU 
D: YuTong Wang, So., MINN 
F: Joe Polyak, MINN 
Oct. 30 
S: Cooper Morley, Jr. PSU 
D: Kylie Flory, Jr., OSU 
F: Joseph Roth, OSU 
Nov. 6  
S: Tristan Jankovics, Jr., OSU 
D: YuTong Wang, So., MINN 
F: Jacob Johnson, MINN 
Nov. 13 
S: Krzysztof Chmielewski, So., USC 
D: Moritz Wesemann, Fr., USC 
F: Martin Perecinsky, OSU 
Nov. 27 
S: Owen McDonald, Jr., IND 
D: Jordan Rzepka, Sr., PUR 
F: Cornelius Jahn, OSU