Indiana's Leila Vaziri and Christina Loukas were named the Big
Ten
Swimmer
of
the
Week
and Diver of the Week, respectively, the league office announced Oct. 31. Vaziri
and
Loukas
were
instrumental
in
leading
the
Hoosiers
to
a
pair
of
wins
on
the week.
Indiana
topped
Big
Ten
rival
Northwestern
on
Oct.
27,
174-120,
and
topped Arizona State on Oct. 28, 155-134. Vaziri finished either first or second in all eight events she entered in Indiana's wins over Northwestern and Arizona State on the week. The Coral Springs, Fla., senior posted five NCAA
"B"
cuts,
doing
so
in
the
100-yard
freestyle,
200-yard
freestyle
and
100-yard butterfly
against
the
Wildcats,
and
in
the
100-yard
backstroke and 100 free against the Sun Devils. Vaziri's 54.74 in the 100 back against ASU was nearly an A cut, all the more
impressive
given
that
she
had
not
competed
in
the
event
this
season
prior
to Saturday.
She
finished
second
in
the
100
free
on
Friday
to
Northwestern's
AndreaHupman, who was an honorable mention All-American in the event last season. The award is the third of Vaziri's career, and first this season. "Leila had a wonderful couple of meets against Northwestern and Arizona State," Indianahead coach Ray Looze said. "She's really setting herself up to be one of the national titlecontenders
in
the 100 backstroke, and also a very strong candidate in the freestyles, aswell." Loukas swept the springboards in both meets last week, taking both the one-meter andthe three-meter against Northwestern and Arizona State. Against the Wildcats on Oct. 27,the Riverwoods, Ill., junior took the one-meter with a score of 293.32 and the three-meterwith a 319.80 mark. Against the Sun Devils on Oct. 28, Loukas posted a score of 321.60to win the one-meter, then turned in a 360.90 effort in the three-meter, good for the eventwin and the third-best score in IU history. The award is the fifth of Loukas' career, and second in a row this season. "It was well deserved," head diving coach Dr. Jeff Huber said. "They're working hard,and hard work always pays off. I was pleased, and we looked good for this time of year,better than we did last year, but we've got a lot of work ahead of us. It's nice to get alittle pat on the back, but we want to be the best, so it's going to take a lot more effort." Indiana returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 4, when it will face No. 11 Texas in Austin,Texas.