Buckeyes Open Season at Inaugural College Swimming League Match

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 11 Ohio State girls’s swimming group and No. 13 males’s swimming group open the 2026-27 season Thursday, Sept. 24, on the inaugural College Swimming League (CSL) match in opposition to Indiana, Louisville and Michigan in Westmont, Ill. Select Buckeyes will journey and compete.

Meet Info

• Ohio State will compete in opposition to Indiana, Louisville and Michigan in match one of many College Swimming League.
• The meet will probably be held on the FMC Natatorium in Westmont, Ill.
• Doors open at 4 p.m. CT, with competitors starting at 5:30 p.m. CT. The occasion is ticketed.
• This meet will probably be streamed stay on ESPN+ and DAZN. All CSL occasions are to be broadcast stay.
• The CSL is in its first season and options 12 NCAA applications competing in two regular-season matches, with the highest two highest ranked regular-season and wildcard groups competing on the CSL Championship.
• Matches are carried out in a single session format, that includes commonplace quick course yards occasions along with two new codecs, Skins and Super Skins. CSL outcomes rely in the direction of NCAA qualifying requirements.
• Ohio State will compete in lanes 5 and 6 and put on black caps on Thursday.
• More details about the meet format, schedule and guidelines might be discovered HERE.

Men’s Meet Notes

• Matt Klinge and Hamish Patel had been named to the Big Ten’s swimmers and divers to observe listing.
• Ohio State returns 20 from final yr’s roster and welcomes six newcomers
• Ohio State positioned third on the 2026 Big Ten Championships, marking its 17^th consecutive high three end.
• The Buckeyes collected 9 medals on the Big Ten Championships, together with the convention titles within the 800 free relay and silver medals from Klinge (50 free, 100 fly) and Cornelius Jahn (200 again).
• Eleven Buckeyes competed on the 2026 NCAA Championships, the place the group positioned 13^th for its sixth high 15 end within the final seven seasons.
• In the 200 again, Jahn broke his personal program file, inserting 13^th with a time of 1:38.84.
• The 800 free relay group gained bronze on the NCAA Championships with a program-record time of 6:06.40, rating because the ninth quickest time in NCAA historical past.
• At the German Swimming Championships, Jahn grew to become the champion within the 100 and 200 again, during which he broke his personal lengthy course meters (LCM) program file. He additionally gained bronze with Team Germany within the 4×200 free relay on the European Championships.
• The Buckeyes set an LCM program file within the 200 free relay (1:29.55) on the USA Swimming Summer Sectionals.
• Turning in a time of 1:00.34 within the 100 breast, Ahmed Ismail broke an 11-year-old LCM Ohio State file and set an Egyptian nationwide file on the Toyota National Championships.
• Two returning Buckeyes earned All-American honors; Jahn (800 free relay, 200 again) and Jordi Vilchez (800 free relay).

Women’s Meet Notes

• Rachel Bockrath and Hannah Newbrook had been named to the Big Ten’s swimmers and divers to observe listing.
• Ohio State returns 23 from final yr’s group and welcomes six newcomers.
• Ohio State positioned third on the Big Ten Championships, incomes a high three end for the ninth straight season.
• The Buckeyes collected 10 medals on the Big Ten Championships. Returners Sienna Angove (500 free), Bockrath (100 free), Mila Nikanorov (1650 free) and Maria Ramos (100 breast) all earned silver. Additionally, Bockrath (200 free), Emma Finlin (1650 free) and the 400 free relay, 800 free relay and 200 medley relay groups earned bronze.
• Sixteen Buckeyes competed on the NCAA Championships, the place Ohio State positioned 12^th for its sixth consecutive high 15 end.
• Mia Prusiecki positioned seventh within the platform dive with a rating of 286.95, incomes her first profession All-American honor.
• Erin Little helped England to silver within the 400 free and 400 blended free relays on the Commonwealth Games.
• Ramos gained the 50 breast on the Spanish National Championships. Ramos set a Spanish nationwide file within the 50 breast at Toyota National Championships, later breaking it once more and setting an Ohio State LCM file with a time of 30.47 on the European Championships with Team Spain.
• At the Bell Canadian Swimming Trials, Finlin was the 1500 free champion in 16:31.53, 13 seconds forward of the second-place finisher.
• Nikanorov broke three Ohio State LCM program information this summer season within the 400 free (4:07.27), 800 free (8:26.24) and 1,500 free (16:13.80).
• The Buckeyes additionally set LCM program information within the 400 free, 800 free, and 400 medley relays on the USA Swimming Summer Sectionals.
• Ten returners earned All-American honors; Angove (800 free relay, 400 free relay), Bockrath (200 medley relay, 800 free relay, 400 free relay), Finlin (1650 free), Carrie Furbee (200 medley relay), KK LeBlanc (200 medley relay, 400 free relay), Little (800 free relay, 400 free relay), Lloyd (800 free relay), Nikanorov (1650 free), Prusiecki (Platform) and Ramos (100 breast, 200 medley relay).

Up Next

• Select Ohio State athletes will journey to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Buckeyes’ remaining common season CSL match in opposition to Stanford, Auburn and Cal on Friday, Oct. 2.

 

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