Big 12 Names Weekly Swimming and Diving Award Winners
Nina Vadovicova, Michelle McLeod, and Anna-Grace Guenther earned the conference's latest weekly honors after strong showings in dual meets.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Swimming
The Big 12 named Nina Vadovicova, Michelle McLeod, and Anna-Grace Guenther its weekly swimming and diving award recipients following the end of the competition period on Nov. 1. Their recognition came after TCU's dual meet win over SMU and Houston's win over North Texas.
Why it matters
The weekly honors recognize individual performances across the conference during a single competition period, giving swimmers and divers public credit for results that shape team standings. The awards also highlight which programs are producing top performers early in the season.
Vadovicova posted a 1:00.98 in the 100-yard breaststroke and a 2:11.17 in the 200-yard breaststroke against SMU. McLeod's 325.05 on the 3-meter springboard led her four first-place finishes against North Texas.
The players
Nina Vadovicova
A breaststroke swimmer for TCU from Selpice, Slovakia, who has won three Big 12 Women's Swimming and Diving awards in her career.
Michelle McLeod
A diver for Houston from Spruce Grove, Alberta, who won four first-place finishes against North Texas.
Anna-Grace Guenther
A freestyle swimmer for TCU from St. Louis, Missouri, who placed second in the 1,000-yard freestyle and fourth in the 500-yard freestyle.
The details
Vadovicova swept the breaststroke events in TCU's dual meet against SMU and also recorded a 1:00.46 split in the 400-yard medley relay, where TCU finished second. McLeod swept the individual diving events against North Texas, while Houston finished first in team diving with 350.85 points.
Timeline
Nov. 1: End of the competition period for weekly award recognition.
Nov. 5: Big 12 Swimming & Diving weekly awards announced.
Season Trajectory
The honors continue the Big 12 weekly award cycle that recognizes individual performances after each competition period. Vadovicova's three career conference awards place her among the conference's recurring top breaststrokers.
Fantasy and recruiting followers can track these swimmers and divers as the conference season continues. The weekly awards offer a regular signal of which athletes are performing at the top of the Big 12 field.
The takeaway
Weekly conference honors offer a concise way to follow individual performers across programs. Tracking these results over several weeks shows which athletes sustain their form.
Further reading
For more college results, see our Swimming coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by SwimSwam.
