Irving, Texas – Sun Devil Swimming earned four more weekly awards by the Big 12 Conference for their rewarding performance at the USC quad-meet last weekend in Los Angeles, the conference announced Thursday afternoon.
Albane Cachot and Noah Mudadu earned Big 12 Women and Men's Swimmer of the Week. In addition, freshman Jake Lloyd and Ellie Chalupsky won their first career Big 12 weekly honor taking home Newcomer of the Week. It is Cachot's fourth career honor and Mudadu's first career Big 12 weekly award.
Cachot, had another astounding weekend helping No. 16 Women's Swim and DIve defeat No. 18 USC for the first time since 2007. The sophomore became the fourth Sun Devil in program history to record a sub-1:44 time in the 200 free, in 1:43.87.
To add, she broke her own Big 12 and school record in the 100 free, winning the race in 46.74 and placed first in the 50 free in 21.77. Cachot was part of the 400 free relay with a 46.52 anchor leg, which set a school record in 3:11.06 and is currently the fastest in the country. Cachot also appeared in the 400 medley relay with a 46.75 (100 free) anchor leg and led off the 200 free relay with a 21.97 en route to a win.
Sophomore Noah Mudadu won both of his events and set a personal best in the 500 free (4:13.96) at the USC quad-meet, his winning time was good for sixth-best in school history. Additionally, he won the 1,000 free in 8:50.00, also placing first.
Freshman Ellie Chalupsky set three personal bests last weekend, coming in the 50 free where she placed second behind Cachot in 22.30, tied for eighth fastest in school history. Additionally, she was second in the 100 free (48.43), moving up to fourth-fastest all time in school history. Chalupsky was third in the 50 fly (24.37) and swam in the 200 free relay where she swam a 22.21 50 free split, helping ASU place first.
Additionally, Chalupsky swam the anchor leg in the 200 medley relay (21.72 50 free) and was part of the 400 free relay that set the school record, finishing her 100 free leg in 47.77.
Freshman Jake Lloyd set a personal best in the 50 free, touching fourth in 19.07 which is ninth fastest in school history. Lloyd also set a personal best in the 100 free (42.50) touching in fourth and placed third in the 50 fly in 21.25. Lloyd appeared in the 200 free relay where he led off in 19.51, and had a 400 free relay split of 42.56, where the Sun Devils B-squad placed second.
The Sun Devils return to action next week at the Texas Invite starting Nov 18 - 20 in Austin, Texas, the site of the NCAA Championships.
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