Indiana males’s swim and dive sweeps Big Ten Championships

Indiana males’s swim and dive got here out on high on the Big Ten Championships, capturing its fifth straight Big Ten Title this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin.  

The Hoosiers finished the meet with 1,544.5 factors over the four-day contest that includes eight different faculties. Michigan positioned second behind Indiana with 1,208 factors.  

On the primary day, Michigan captured first place and upset the Hoosiers on the 200-yard medley relay. The Wolverines completed with a 1:21.99 time and the Hoosiers had a 1:22.09 end.  

Indiana positioned third within the 800-yard freestyle relay with a time of 6:08.90. Indiana was led by junior Dylan Smiley, junior Aaron Shackell, senior Owen McDonald, and sophomore Raekwon Noel. Ohio State positioned first, producing a meet file of 6:06.64, with Wisconsin rounding out the highest three. Michigan led the pack with 116 factors, with Ohio State and Indiana following, having 114 and 110 factors, respectively, on day one.  

Freshman Josh Bey gained the convention title and captured the Big Ten file within the 400-yard particular person medley with a 3:34.90 end. The earlier file was set in 2025 by Ohio State’s Tristan Jankovics, with a 3:34.98 time. To end off the night time, Indiana gained the title within the 200-meter freestyle relay with a 1:15.61 time, whereas Michigan got here in second with a 1:15.71 time. 

After day two, Indiana had the lead with 535 factors, with Michigan and Ohio State trailing behind, holding 491 and 414.5 factors, respectively. 

On day three, the Hoosiers swept each the 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke, whereas they captured 11 complete medals. Indiana had three of the highest eight finishers within the 100-yard backstroke finals, 200-yard breaststroke finals and the 500-yard freestyle finals. These high finishes helped Indiana achieve a big 250.5-point lead over second place Michigan. The Hoosiers had 1,061.5 factors, whereas the Wolverines had 811 factors. 

Day 4 couldn’t have gone a lot better for Indiana. Indiana held the highest seed in each swim occasion Saturday. Leading the best way was senior Owen McDonald, who gained his second straight 200 particular person medley championship, in an in depth end with a 1:40.11 time. Second place finisher Michigan’s Colin Geer got here in at 1:40.15. 

In the 100-meter freestyle, junior Dylan Smiley gained his first particular person Big Ten championship, with a time of 41.81 seconds. In the 1,650-meter freestyle, Indiana swept the rostrum, with senior Zalán Sárkány ending first, sophomore Luke Whitlock ending second and freshman Luke Ellis ending third. Sárkány’s end of 14:25.40 was a meet file.  

In the platform diving remaining, senior Maxwell Weinrich completed third with a 442.55 remaining rating, whereas sophomore Joshua Sollenberger completed sixteenth with a remaining rating of 245.15. 

Indiana has two final likelihood meets on March 6 and March 7, with the Zone C Diving Championships to observe, from March 11th of September. These final likelihood meets are a remaining likelihood for swimmers and divers to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Depending on {qualifications} in these meets, solely choose swimmers and divers will transfer on to the NCAA Championships in Atlanta. Those certified for Indiana embody Mikkel Lee, Zalán Sárkány, Owen McDonald, Josh Bey and others.