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2024 Pac-12 Men's Swimming Championships

March 6-9 | Federal Way, WA

Men's Pac-12 Swimmer and Diver of the Week - Jan. 9, 2024

Jan 9, 2024

MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Zalan Sarkany, So., ASU (Budapest, Hungary) 

  • In his first meet of the season the sophomore broke two school and one personal record, swimming a time that topped the 2023 NCAA Champion. 
  • In his 1650 Free swim, Sarkany broke his own program record with a time of 14:28.09. En Route to it, he broke yet another personal program record in the 1000 free (8:46.42). 
  • In the 500 Free, a personal best time of 4:15.02 earned him his second win of the weekend and a sweep of the distance events against Grand Canyon. 
  • The sophomore also competed with the Sun Devil’s 400 Free Relay team, swimming a 21.58 split and taking home third. 
  • First career Pac-12 Men’s Diver of the Week award.

MEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Elias Petersen, So., UTAH (Malmo, Sweden)

  • Against Colorado Mesa, Peterson posted two first place finishes for the fourth time this season assisting the Utes in their 201-97 victory over the Mavericks. 
  • In the 1 Meter, the sophomore scored a 328.65, going on to score a 396.68 in the 3 Meter that bested the competition by over 80 points.
  • Fifth career Pac-12 Men’s Diver of the Month/Week and third this season (Jan. 11, 2023; Feb. 14, 2023; October, 2023; November, 2023)

ALSO NOMINATED:

MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Michal Chmielewski, USC; Evan VanBrocklin, UTAH.

MEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Gage DuBois, ARIZ. 

2023-24 PAC-12 Men's Swimmer and Diver of the Month/Week

Month/Week Men's Swimmer Men's Diver
October Rex Maurer, Stanford Elias Petersen, Utah
November Krzysztof Chmielewski, USC Elias Petersen, Utah
December Destin Lasco, California --
Jan. 9 Zalan Sarkany, Arizona State Elias Petersen, Utah