IU senior Allysa Vavra received her first Big Ten Swimmer of the Week award of the season and her career on Tuesday, only a few days after her record-breaking weekend at the Georgia Invitational.
Last Friday, Vavra broke the school record in a third-place finish in the 200-yard Individual Medley with a time of 1:56.80, breaking her previous record of 1:57.01 set in a winning race in last season's Big Ten Championships. Only one day after, in the 400-yard IM, Vavra returned and raced a second-place 4:04.60, the third-best time in IU history. That finish also clinched her sole possession of the top five times in the 400 IM in IU history. Vavra also automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships for the 400 IM, thanks to her finish in the race.
Vavra is the first women's swimmer for IU to win the Big Ten weekly honor since junior Taylor Wohrley (Jan. 11). She, along with the rest of the IU swimming and diving team, will return to the pool on Jan. 7, 2012, as the Hoosiers will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. to face Michigan in a dual-meet.
