Five Badgers earn Big Ten weekly awards
February 08, 2023 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
Jump, Ozkan, Weigand, Muller, and Torok honored
MADISON, Wis. – Five members of the Wisconsin men's and women's swimming and diving teams were honored by the Big Ten Conference this week.
The Badger men swept the conference weekly awards with redshirt freshman Ben Wiegand being named the Swimmer of the Week, earning his first career award. He was joined by freshman Dominik Mark Torok, who received the men's Freshman Swimmer of the Week accolade for the third time this season. Junior Daniel Muller was named the men's Diver of the Week, which is his first career award.
On the women's side, senior and captain Mallory Jump earned the women's Swimmer of the Week award for the first time in her career. She was joined by Hazal Ozkan, who won Freshman of the Week, her first career award with the Badgers.
Men's Swimmer of the Week
Ben Wiegand
R-Fr. -- Sun Prairie, Wis. – Sun Prairie West
Daniel Muller
Jr. -- Peoria, Ariz. – Centennial
Dominik Mark Torok
Fr. – Budapest, Hungary – Ferencvarosi Sport Altalanos Iskola es Gimnazium
Mallory Jump
Sr. – St. Charles, Ill. – St. Charles North
Hazal Ozkan
Fr. – Istanbul, Turkey – Mount Kelly (United Kingdom)
The Badger men swept the conference weekly awards with redshirt freshman Ben Wiegand being named the Swimmer of the Week, earning his first career award. He was joined by freshman Dominik Mark Torok, who received the men's Freshman Swimmer of the Week accolade for the third time this season. Junior Daniel Muller was named the men's Diver of the Week, which is his first career award.
On the women's side, senior and captain Mallory Jump earned the women's Swimmer of the Week award for the first time in her career. She was joined by Hazal Ozkan, who won Freshman of the Week, her first career award with the Badgers.
Men's Swimmer of the Week
Ben Wiegand
R-Fr. -- Sun Prairie, Wis. – Sun Prairie West
- Placed first in the 100 free (44.21)
- Part of the winning 200 medley relay, which set a new Wisconsin record (1:24.54)
- Garners his first Swimmer of the Week award
- Last Wisconsin Swimmer of the Week: Andrew Benson (Jan. 4, 2023)
Daniel Muller
Jr. -- Peoria, Ariz. – Centennial
- Placed first in the 1-meter with 367.88 points
- Placed first in the 3-meter with 339.15 points
- Ranked 10th in the Big Ten for both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives
- Earns his first career Diver of the Week award
Dominik Mark Torok
Fr. – Budapest, Hungary – Ferencvarosi Sport Altalanos Iskola es Gimnazium
- Garnered his third Freshman of the Week award, last received (Feb.1, 2023)
- Placed first in the 200 Breast (1:58.55)
- Has won an individual event in the past four consecutive meets
Mallory Jump
Sr. – St. Charles, Ill. – St. Charles North
- Placed first in the 200 IM (2:01.75)
- Earns her first career Swimmer of the Week award
- Ranked 15th in the Big Ten for the 200 IM
- Last Wisconsin women's Swimmer of the Week: Mackenzie McConagha (Jan.4, 2023)
Hazal Ozkan
Fr. – Istanbul, Turkey – Mount Kelly (United Kingdom)
- Placed third in the 200 IM (2:04.38)
- Earns her first career Freshman of the Week award
- Last Wisconsin Women's Freshman of the Week: Abby Wanezek (Jan.4, 2023)
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