Brady Samuels, Hannah Hill Lead Purdue Sweep of Big Ten Weekly Honors
Brady Samuels and Hannah Hill led the way as Purdue claimed all four swimming honors in the latest Big Ten Weekly Honors, released by the conference Wednesday.
Samuels, a freshman, was named the Big Ten men’s swimmer of the week. His teammate Luke Fortner earned men’s freshman of the week honors. Hill swept the women’s swimmer and freshman of the wee for a period of limited meets due to COVID-19 cancellations. Wisconsin diver Tazman Abramowicz was named the men’s diver of the week. There was no women’s diver of the week.
Samuels helped the Boilermakers beat Wabash College. He won the 100 butterfly with a time of 48.66 seconds and finished second in the 100 backstroke. He also helped Purdue win the 200 medley relay.
Fortner won the men’s 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke against Wabash. He joins Samuels (Nov. 24) and diver Tyler Downs (Oct. 27) in winning the award this season for Purdue.
Hill made it a clean sweep thanks to her performances in Purdue’s win over Indiana State. She won the 50 freestyle and 100 back in that event. The native of Springboro, Ohio, is Purdue’s first women’s swimmer of the week since 2018 (Maizie Seidl).
Abramowicz tallied a pair of top-five finishes for Wisconsin at the Tennessee Diving Invitational. The senior native of Calgary, Alberta, scored 379.95 points to earn runner-up status in platform diving. He also finished fifth on 3-meter and ninth on one-meter. It’s his second career diver of the week award.