BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze officially announced Thursday (June 26) the addition of four All-America student-athletes for the 2024-25 season.
Champions of the Big Ten each of the last three seasons, the IU men will reload with three additions, including two Olympians.
Zalán Sárkány, an incoming junior from Hungary, comes to Bloomington as the reigning NCAA Champion in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Sárkány and Owen McDonald, another incoming junior, join IU after helping Arizona State win the program’s first NCAA Championship in 2024. McDonald posted top-six finishes in the 200 IM, 200-yard backstroke and 100-yard backstroke at the national meet.
Matt King becomes a Hoosier after two seasons removed from collegiate swimming – the most recent for an Olympic redshirt. King was the SEC 100-yard freestyle champion at Alabama in 2021 and then made the NCAA championship final as a Virginia Cavalier one year later. He also medaled at each of the last two World Aquatics Championships, most recently winning gold in in the 100-meter freestyle and bronze on two relays in Doha.
Both King (USA) and Sárkány (Hungary) have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
On the women’s side, the Hoosiers will add Miranda Grana from Guadalajara, Mexico, who earned All-America finishes in the 200-yard backstroke (sixth, 1:51.96) and 100-yard backstroke (eighth, 51.65) as a freshman at Texas A&M last season.
In the spring, Indiana announced the transfer addition of Towson’s Brian Benzing, who went on to earn All-America finishes in both breaststroke events at the NCAA Championships in March.
