Indiana Clinches 4 Final Swims Thursday

ATLANTA – Three Indiana athletes superior to finals, and 5 Hoosiers clinched point-scoring positions throughout Thursday’s (March 19) preliminary session on the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships contained in the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. IU may even swim the 200-yard freestyle relay because the No. 6-seeded group.
 
Freshman Alex Shackell and junior Miranda Grana each superior to the 100-yard butterfly last. Shackell positioned third within the morning, tying her program report 49.95. Grana posted a 50.68 to qualify in seventh.
 
Freshman Liberty Clark cruised to a 1:41.29 within the 200-yard freestyle, good for the No. 3 seed within the last. Clark will look to copy or enhance upon her 1:39.70 800 free relay leadoff cut up which made her the third-fastest girl all-time within the 200 free. Classmate Grace Hoeper posted a private greatest within the prelim with a 1:43.93, inserting twenty third.
 
Junior Reese Tiltmann got here into the meet ranked No. 30 within the 400 IM however improved her private greatest time by 1.6 seconds to complete sixteenth and earn her first-career All-American honor. Tiltmann’s 4:06.02 ranks No. 4 in program historical past.
 
In the primary diving occasion of the meet, junior Ella Roselli earned factors out of twelfth place. Roselli and classmate Lily Witte, who positioned twenty seventh, will return on the 3-meter springboard Friday.

RESULTS

100 BUTTERFLY

3. Alex Shackell – 49.95 (Program Record, Championship Final, First-Team All-America)

7. Miranda Gran – 50.68 (Championship Final, First-Team All-America)

 

400 IM

16. Reese Tiltmann – 4:06.02 (Personal Best, Second-Team All-America)

33. Macky Hodges – 4:12.28

 

200 FREESTYLE

3. Liberty Clark – 1:41.29 (Championship Final, First-Team All-America)

23. Grace Hoeper – 1:43.93 (Personal Best)

 

1-METER SPRINGBOARD

12. Ella Roselli – 275.70 (Second-Team All-America)

27. Lily Witte – 253.25

 

UP NEXT

Indiana will compete within the 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle relay Thursday night time. The night session will start at 6 p.m. ET with the 100 fly.

 

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