The No. 17-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team will travel west for the 2019 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships this week at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City, Iowa.
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 HawkeyeSports.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. 1 Michigan, No. 7 Ohio State, No. 16 Northwestern, No. 21 Indiana, No. 23 Minnesota, RV Iowa, RV Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State. Purdue, Rutgers
SCOUTING THE HOOSIERS
Indiana enters this week’s Big Ten Championships ranked No. 21 in the latest CSCAA/TYR Top 25 Poll. The Hoosiers are one of seven conference teams ranked or receiving votes in the national poll.
The Hoosiers finished the dual meet portion of the schedule with a 4-5 record despite facing a gauntlet of a schedule laced with TYR Top 25 programs. Indiana earned victories over No. 13 Louisville (twice), No. 16 Notre Dame, and in-state rival Purdue.
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Indiana has compiled six conference titles on the women’s side, with the most recent coming during the 2018-19 season.
IU has claimed the championship or runner-up nod in each of the last 11 years at the Big Ten Conference meet. The Hoosiers racked up three-straight league crowns from 2009-11 after earning championships in 2003 and 2007.
2019 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Hoosiers, in front of the home crowd at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center, captured the Big Ten Championship for the first time since the 2011 campaign. IU amassed 1,386.5 points to narrowly edge No. 2 Michigan. The Wolverines tallied 1,302.5 points, while No. 22 Ohio State collected 1,162.5 points to claim third place. Indiana’s point total marked the most points scored in a single Big Ten Championship meet by the Hoosiers.
Over the course of the 2019 Big Ten Women’s Championships, the Hoosiers won a total of 14 medals – seven gold, one silver and six bronze. Earning First-Team All-Big Ten honors for the Hoosiers were Bailey Andison, Christine Jensen, Lilly King, Shelby Koontz, Jessica Parratto and Morgan Scott.
Indiana’s Lilly King finished her Big Ten career as a 16-time conference champion. She is currently the only female swimmer in conference history to secure four-straight 200 breaststroke crowns, and is the only woman in league history to win eight breaststroke titles.
