Swim ‘Bests, Diving to Drive IU in Day Two

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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana was one of two programs to send multiple athletes to the 1-meter A final Thursday (March 28) at the 2024 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships inside the IU Natatorium.

Junior Quinn Henninger posted the top qualifying score in the 1-meter prelim, tallying 386.85 points in the early afternoon. Classmate Carson Tyler was not far behind, earning a score of 367.05 to finish fifth in the prelim. Henninger finished sixth in the event as a freshman. Tyler, the 2023 NCAA platform champion, will compete in his first national 1-meter final. Both finished top five at the 2024 Big Ten Championships.

IU was always going to have a light final swimming session Thursday, as the program’s heaviest action falls in the second half of the meet. However, a personal best from junior Rafael Miroslaw pulled in additional assured points Thursday night. Had he swum his seed time, Miroslaw would have finished 20th in the 500-yard freestyle preliminaries. Instead, the junior trimmed 2.56 seconds off his best to touch in 4:11.84 and reach the consolation final. Miroslaw’s time tied the second-fastest 500 free in program history, set by program record holder Marwan El Kamash in 2017.

Fellow junior Luke Barr also improved and reached the 200 IM B final. Barr came in as the No. 15 seed but moved a spot higher with a personal best 1:41.97 in the morning.

The Hoosiers will also swim the 200-yard freestyle relay. They come in as the No. 16 seed with a time of 1:16.19 from their bronze medal finish at Big Tens.

RESULTS (Prelims)
500 FREESTYLE
12. Rafael Miroslaw – 4:11.84 (Consolation Final, Career Best)

  1. Tristan DeWitt – 4:18.77 (Career Best)

    200 IM

  2. Luke Barr – 1:41.97 (Consolation Final, Career Best)
    41. Toby Barnett – 1:44.72

50 FREESTYLE

  1. Finn Brooks – 19.52

1-METER

  1. Quinn Henninger – 386.85 (Championship Final)
  2. Carson Tyler – 367.05 (Championship Final)
  3. Maxwell Weinrich – 311.60

HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS

Luke Barr (200 IM*)

Finn Brooks (200 medley relay)

Brendan Burns (200 medley relay, 800 freestyle relay)

Tomer Frankel (200 medley relay, 800 freestyle relay)

Quinn Henninger (1-meter)

Mikkel Lee (200 medley relay)

Rafael Miroslaw (800 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle*)

Carson Tyler (1-meter)

Kai van Westering (800 freestyle relay)

* – Denotes second-team All-America

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