This is Tavcar’s second time being honored in three meets this season.
He swept the 50-yard, 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle events in IU’s wins versus Tennessee and Kentucky on Friday.
Tavcar posted NCAA provisional times in the all three races. His time of 1:36.08 in the 200-free is the best in the nation.
The sophomore from Celje, Slovenia, is ranked second in the 100-free with a time of 43.69 and 10th in the 50-free with a time of 20.10 on the NCAA top times list.
He was also part of the Hoosiers’ win in the 400-yard freestyle relay on ?Friday.
Hixon earns his second-consecutive Big Ten Diver of the Week honor. After sweeping the diving events Friday, he has now won all four of his most recent events.
On the 1-meter, Hixon scored a 417.7 and on the 3-meter, a 414.75. Both scores are season bests for him and NCAA Zone qualifying marks.
Hixon, who transferred to IU during the summer, is the reigning NCAA Champion in both the 1-meter and 3-meter.
The Hoosiers don’t have a meet in the month of ?November.
They will spend the four weeks training in preparation for Winter Nationals on Dec. 5-6 in Greensboro, N.C.
Grace Palmieri
