The No. 4-ranked Indiana University men’s swimming and diving team will host the 2020 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships this week at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind.
The four-day meet will begin with on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. On Thursday through Saturday, the teams will swim a preliminary session in the morning at 11 a.m. with the championship session to follow at 6:30 p.m.
Live results for the swimming events can be found at IUHoosiers.com. Live results for the diving events can be found at DiveMeets.com. For more information on the Women’s Big Ten Championship, including a schedule of events, fans can click here.
The Big Ten Championships will be streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. Complimentary access to BTN2Go is available to viewers connected to the internet network of a Big Ten university. Fans elsewhere can sign up for the pay-per-view webcasts.
TEAM COMPETING
No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Indiana, No. 17 Ohio State, No. 20 Iowa, No. 22 Northwestern, RV Wisconsin, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue
SCOUTING THE HOOSIERS
Indiana enters this week’s Big Ten Championships ranked No. 4 in the latest CSCAA/TYR Top 25 Poll. The Hoosiers are one of four conference teams ranked or receiving votes in the national poll.
The Hoosiers finished the dual meet portion of the schedule with an 8-3 record against some of the best competition the NCAA has to offer. Indiana earned victories over No. 6 Michigan, No. 10 Louisville (twice), No. 12 Notre Dame, No. 23 Iowa, Kentucky, and in-state rival Purdue. The three losses came against No. 2 Texas (twice) and the Wolverines.
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Indiana has compiled 27 conference titles on the men’s side, the second-best figure in the conference. The Hoosiers trail only the Wolverines (39) in league titles.
IU has finished inside the top-3 at the Big Ten Championships in nine-straight seasons, including victories in each of the last three campaigns.
2019 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Hoosiers, competing at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Venter Natatorium in Iowa City, Iowa, captured the Big Ten Championship for the third-straight season. The three-peat marked the first since the program achieved the feat from 1983-85. IU totaled 1,705 points to defeat Michigan (1,464 points). Ohio State collected 1,243.5 points to claim third place.
Over the course of the 2020 Big Ten Men’s Championships, the Hoosiers won a total of 24 medals – 13 gold, six silver and five bronze. Indiana also won four of the five relays at the Big Ten Championships for a second-straight year – a program first. Earning First-Team All-Big Ten honors for the Hoosiers were Zach Apple, Bruno Blaskovic, James Connor, Gabriel Fantoni, Ian Finnerty, Jack Franzman, Brandon Hamblin, Vini Lanza, and Mohamed Samy.
Indiana’s Vini Lanza became the first man in Big Ten history to be named Swimmer of the Championships for three-straight years. Lanza won titles in the 200 IM, 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay this week, along with two silver medals. He set the Big Ten record, Big Ten Meet record, school record and pool record with his winning 200 fly time.
