Wildcats Set for 2026 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships

EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern ladies’s swimming and diving will journey to the University of Minnesota for the 2026 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships on the Jane Okay. Freeman Aquatic Center from Feb. 18-21. The competitors will start on Wednesday at 4 p.m. CT with two relays and a workforce diving exhibition, adopted by three days of preliminary occasions at 10 a.m. CT and finals at 5 p.m. CT. All of the motion might be streamed on B1G+.

At the 2025 Big Ten Championships in Columbus, Ohio, the ‘Cats took ninth place with a complete of 409 factors and secured 4 top-eight finishes, with Grey Davis and Zoe Nordmann each incomes All-Freshman Team honors on the meet.

Returning swimmers Davis, Lindsay Ervin, Maggie Papanicholas and Wildcat alum Justine Murdock took eighth place within the 200 Medley Relay (1:37.51). The 800 Free Relay, together with Nordmann, Hana Shimizu-Bowers, Sydney Smith and former Wildcat Nikki Venema, completed sixth and set a college report (7:03.96). Venema additionally led the 400 Free Relay workforce with Ervin, Smith and Audrey Yu to a seventh-place end (3:14.95) and secured a seventh-place end within the 100 free (47.97).

Wildcats to observe this week embody Zoe Nordmann within the 1650 free and NU’s 200 free relay workforce. Nordmann’s season-best time of 16:04.59 on the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational ranks third within the convention. In the 200 free relay, NU’s 1:28.06, recorded in opposition to Wisconsin on Jan. 17, ranks third within the Big Ten.

Most just lately, NU ladies’s swimming and diving picked up a 212-140 win over Purdue and narrowly fell 186-166 in a tri-dual meet to shut out its common season competitors. The Wildcats showcased their depth, choosing up wins in three of the 4 contested relays and 5 totally different particular person occasion wins from 5 totally different swimmers.

The ‘Cats will compete in opposition to seven ranked opponents this week, together with No. 4 Michigan, No. 6 Indiana, No. 11 Ohio State, No. 12 USC, No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 22 UCLA and No. 25 Minnesota.

Up subsequent, NCAA Diving Zones are scheduled for March Sept. 11 in Ypsilanti, Mich., with NCAA Championships slated for March 18-21 in Atlanta, Ga.

Finals Schedules

Session Start Time (CT)	Wednesday, Feb.18th	Thursday, Feb. nineteenth	Friday, Feb.twentieth	Saturday, Feb. twenty first
3:15 PM				1,650 timed finals heats
4:00 PM	200 Medley Relay
	800 Freestyle Relay
5:30 PM		100 Butterfly	100 Backstroke	Individual Medley
		400 Individual Medley	200 Breaststroke	1,650 Freestyle
		200 Freestyle	500 Freestyle	100 Freestyle
		100 Breaststroke	50 Freestyle	200 Butterfly
		One-Meter Diving	Three – Meter Diving	200 Backstroke
		200 Freestyle Relay	400 Medley Relay	Platform Diving
				400 Freestyle Relay