Women's Swimming and Diving

Women’s Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week | Jan. 27, 2025

Swimmer of the Week
Name: Kiana Tanizaki-Hudson
School: Chapman
Year: Senior
Events: Fly
Hometown/High School: Kapolei, Hawai’i / American Renaissance Acad.
 
Tanizaki-Hudson swept the butterfly events in a double-dual meet with No. 9 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges and Caltech, winning a battle of the top two times in the SCIAC this season with a 2:04.79 in the 200-yard Butterfly and clocking a 56.26 to claim the 100 Fly. The senior also swam a season-best 54.46 leading off the 400 Free Relay.
 
Diver of the Week
Name: Ava Balanon
School: Caltech
Year: First-year
Events: 1m/3m
Hometown/High School: Vacaville, Calif. / Buckingham Coll. Charter
 
Balanon swept boths boards in a double-dual meet with No. 9 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges and Chapman University as well as a dual meet against Whittier College the next morning. The rookie topped fields of eight and seven in the 1-meter and 3m competitions, scoring 295.50 on the 1m and 293.25 on the 3m.
 

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