Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Owen Hoban, Miami
Men’s Diver of the Week: Noam Kulbak, Miami
Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Freya Hingston, Illinois State
Women’s Diver of the Week: Delaney Nickles, Missouri State

Owen Hoban got off to a hot start to the 2026-27 season, earning three first-place finishes against Northwestern, the most first-place finishes of the entire meet. Hoban kicked off his 2026-27 campaign with a personal best in the 200-yard breaststroke, turning in a time of 2:00.23. He followed that with a first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:46.44. Hoban wrapped up the day with another personal best in the 100-yard individual medley, finishing with a time of 49.84.

Noam Kulbak posted a third-place finish and a fourth-place finish versus the Wildcats. He recorded a score of 290.30 in the 1M dive, which was good for third-place and earned a score of 310.20 in the 3M dive to take home fourth place.

In her first collegiate meet, Freya Hingston recorded four first-place finishes and scored 18 points. She won both of her individual events, touching the wall first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.41 and the 200-yard butterfly in 2:10.02. The freshman also helped the Redbirds to a pair of relay victories. She swam the butterfly leg of the winning 200-yard medley relay, recording a 25.77 split, and led off the winning 200-yard freestyle relay with a 25.35 split. Hingston is also the first Redbird freshman to earn an MVC weekly honor since Giulia Basco won MVC Freshman of the Week on Oct. 12, 2022.

Junior Delaney Nickles took out the 1-meter diving competition with a score of 247.80, and was second in the 3-meter diving competition (250.35), right behind fellow Bear and classmate Valeria Hernandez Meza (272.63).