Indiana Units Up Busy Friday Evening at NCAA Championships

ATLANTA – Indiana seems ahead to 6 ultimate swims Friday (March 27) night time, the third of 4 night classes, on the 2026 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships contained in the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. Action will resume at 6 p.m. ET.

Three Hoosiers clinched factors within the 100-yard backstroke. Senior Owen McDonald turned the second Hoosier all-time to interrupt the 44 second barrier within the occasion, his private finest 43.98 rating No. 3 among the many prelim swims. Sophomore Miroslav Knedla (44.61) and senior Kai van Westering (44.64) each recorded private finest instances to complete thirteenth and 14th.

Indiana will report 4 of the highest 10 finishes within the 200-yard breaststroke. Freshman Josh Bey (1:50.77) and junior Toby Barnett (1:51.22) positioned sixth and eighth within the morning to qualify for the championship ultimate, simply in entrance of freshman Noah Cakir (1:51.38) and sophomore Alexei Avakov (1:51.43) who positioned ninth and tenth.

Senior Zalán Sárkány will look to seize a career-best end within the 500-yard freestyle after inserting seventh within the occasion one 12 months in the past. Sárkány posted a 4:09.57 within the morning, good for the No. 3 seed within the ultimate. Junior Aaron Shackell will be a part of Sárkány within the championship warmth after recording a private finest 4:11.01 in prelims.

RESULTS

100 BACKSTROKE

3. Owen McDonald – 43.98 (Championship Final, Personal Best, First-Team All-America)

13. Miroslav Knedla – 44.61 (Personal Best, Second-Team All-America)

14. Kai van Westering – 44.64 (Personal Best, Second-Team All-America)

20. Raekwon Noel – 44.95

34. David Kovacs – 45.73 (Personal Best)

200 BREASTSTROKE

6. Josh Bey – 1:50.77 (Championship Final, First-Team All-America)

8. Toby Barnett – 1:51.22 (Championship Final, First-Team All-America)

9. Noah Cakir – 1:51.38 (Second-Team All-America)

10. Alexei Avakov – 1:51.43 (Personal Best, Second-Team All-America)

 

500 FREESTYLE

3. Zalán Sárkány – 4:09.57 (Championship Final, First-Team All-America)

6. Aaron Shackell – 4:11.01 (Championship Final, Personal Best, First-Team All-America)

22. Luke Whitlock – 4:14.41

35. Luke Ellis – 4:18.35

 

50 FREESTYLE

18. Mikkel Lee – 18.89 (Personal Best)

28. Dylan Smiley – 19.23

33. Travis Gulledge – 19.39

 

3-METER DIVING

18. Maxwell Weinrich – 368.55

40. Joshua Sollenberger – 306.65

45. Aiden Sadler – 293.40

 

HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS

Alexei Avakov – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke*

Toby Barnett – 100 breaststroke*, 200 breaststroke

Josh Bey – 400 IM, 200 breaststroke

Noah Cakir – 200 breaststroke*

Travis Gulledge – 200 medley relay, 100 breaststroke*, 200 freestyle relay*

Miroslav Knedla – 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay*, 100 backstroke*

Mikkel Lee – 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay*

Owen McDonald – 200 medley relay, 800 freestyle relay, 100 backstroke

Raekwon Noel – 800 freestyle relay

Zalán Sárkány – 1,650 freestyle, 400 IM*, 500 freestyle

Aaron Shackell – 800 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle

Dylan Smiley – 800 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay*

Kai van Westering – 100 backstroke*

Luke Whitlock – 1,650 freestyle

 

UP NEXT

Indiana will race within the 100 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 500 freestyle and 400 medley relay Friday night time.

 

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