Hugo Gonzalez was named the SEC Freshman of the Week following his dominating opening weekend performance for the Auburn swimming and diving team.
Gonzalez, from Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain, won all four of his individual events, sweeping the backstroke and IM events in a double dual meet with No. 18 Tennessee and No. 25 Wisconsin.
Gonzalez’ winning times in both the 200 IM (1:47.15) and 400 IM (3:47.78) are currently the fastest in the nation while his winning 200 back time (1:45.53) is fourth-fastest.
Gonzalez also led off the winning 400 medley relay with a 100 back split of 47.