No. 5 Hoosiers Seek Third-Straight Big Ten Title

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The two-time defending Big Ten Champion Indiana Hoosiers will try for a “three-peat” this week at the 2024 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, running Wednesday (Feb. 28) through Saturday (March 2) inside the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of Ohio State University.

IU is the highest-ranked team coming into the meet, ahead of No. 14 Ohio State, No. 18 Michigan and No. 22 Wisconsin. The Hoosiers were undefeated in dual meets this season and were the top team at their midseason meet, the Ohio State Invitational, also held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.

The event begins Wednesday evening with the first set of finals in the 200-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay. The following three days will consist of two sessions, with preliminaries in the morning to determine final seeding for the evening session. All seven sessions can be streamed on the Big Ten Plus digital platform.

“Our men’s swimmers have done a fantastic job of preparation in both the pool and the weight room,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “We are excited to see how their hard work materializes this week at the Big Ten Championships, and we can’t wait to have a lot of fun in Columbus!”

“It’s been great to see this team grow over the past year,” head diving coach Drew Johansen said. “We are ready to take on all challenges.”

MEET INFO

Wednesday, Feb. 28 – Saturday, March 2 • 10 a.m. ET (prelims), 5 p.m. (finals)

McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion • Columbus, Ohio

Live Results (Swimming): https://bit.ly/48vO3Z1/Meet Mobile App

Live Results (Diving): https://bit.ly/3jWYeCQ

Live Stream: bigtenplus.com

SCHEDULED EVENTS (Finals)

Wednesday (5 p.m. ET) – 200 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
Thursday (5 p.m. ET) – 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, 1-Meter Dive, 400 Medley Relay
Friday (5 p.m. ET) – 100 Butterfly, 400 IM, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke, 3-Meter Dive, 200 Freestyle Relay
Saturday (5 p.m. ET) – 1,650 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, Platform Dive, 400 Freestyle Relay

OF NOTE…

PODIUM WATCH – HOOSIERS WITH TOP-FIVE MARKS IN BIG TEN

Toby Barnett – 200 breast (1:55.13), 400 IM (3:42.54)

Luke Barr – 100 back (46.04), 200 IM (1:42.88)

Warren Briggs – 500 free (4:18.80)

Finn Brooks – 100 breast (51.34), 100 fly (45.67)

Brendan Burns – 100 back (45.13), 200 back (1:40.04), 200 fly (1:40.78)

Tristan DeWitt – 1,650 free (15:00.62)

Tomer Frankel – 100 free (42.19), 100 fly (45.26), 200 fly (1:41.94)

Dash Glasberg – Platform (375.98)

Quinn Henninger – 1-meter (388.55), 3-meter (414.40)

Mikkel Lee – 50 free (19.43)

Josh Matheny – 100 breast (51.81), 200 breast (1:51.31)

Rafael Miroslaw – 100 free (42.54), 200 free (1:32.52)

Maxwell Reich – 100 breast (51.87), 200 breast (1:51.89)

Carson Tyler – 1-meter (393.90), 3-meter (466.35)

Maxwell Weinrich – 3-meter (428.93), Platform (439.80)

Kai van Westering – 200 back (1:42.07)

Jassen Yep – 100 breast (51.49), 200 breast (1:50.71)

 

2023 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP

Indiana won its second straight Big Ten Championship in 2023.

IU earned 27 medals, 11 individual conference titles and broke nine pool records over four days at the 2023 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The Hoosiers totaled 1,595.5 points to outscore runner-up Ohio State (1,290.5) and the field by 305 points.

For the third straight season, the IU pair of Brendan Burns and Andrew Capobianco earned championship award distinctions. Once more the Big Ten Champion in all five events he swam, Burns was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships. Capobianco and Carson Tyler teammate shared the Big Ten Diver of the Championships Award as they combined to help IU sweep the diving titles for a second consecutive year. Burns and Tyler return for the 2024 championships.

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