TEMPE – Freshman Tolu Young has been named the Big 12 Men's Newcomer of the Week as announced by the conference on Wednesday.
Young, appeared in three races in this past weekend's quad-meet featuring Arizona, Northern Arizona and Grand Canyon. He placed 2nd in the 50 free with a time of 19.89, being one of two ASU swimmers to finish in less than 20 seconds alongside teammate Tommy Palmer. This is Young's first career Big 12 honor.
The Fiji native placed 3rd in the 50 fly, setting a personal best of 21.