IU Mens/Womens Swimming and Diving

[go iu bb]

IU wins 8 of 10 awards. Only ones they didn't win were the freshmen of the year. Men's and women's awards for the coaches.

Before this year this would've been a sweep.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/4/3/mens-swimming-and-diving-big-ten-postseason-awards-reflect-indianas-national-excellence

[go iu bb]

Breaststroke U picks up a solid breaststroke transfer. NCAA qualifier but didn't score. Has 3 years of eligibility.

https://swimswam.com/2025-ncaa-qualifier-travis-gulledge-joining-indiana-after-freshman-season-at-texas-am/

[BeerBQ]

Another big commit. It’s good to see another high level in state recruit go to IU - even if there is a year delay. 
 

 

https://swimswam.com/olympian-luke-whitlock-announces-commitment-to-indiana-as-he-returns-to-the-ncaa/

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, BeerBQ said:

Another big commit. It’s good to see another high level in state recruit go to IU - even if there is a year delay. 
 

 

https://swimswam.com/olympian-luke-whitlock-announces-commitment-to-indiana-as-he-returns-to-the-ncaa/

That's huge. The distance group will be really good. What has been a weakness for IU will become a strength.  They return Sarkany, already had Luke Ellis coming in, and now adding Whitlock. Then they have 2 really good distance swimmers coming in as part of the 2026 class.

About the in-state recruiting, I hope it starts to trend better for IU than it has. There is a lot of swimming talent in the state and IU doesn't seem to get much of it, at least not many of the top end. Between this commitment and Shackell's, that might change.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

The time comes for everyone even the very best.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/legendary-iu-swimmer-lilly-king-announces-end-of-season-retirement/

https://www.14news.com/2025/05/31/olympic-gold-medalist-lilly-king-makes-decision-competitive-swimming-career/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wfie

 

[LamarCheeks]

12 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

The time comes for everyone even the very best.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/legendary-iu-swimmer-lilly-king-announces-end-of-season-retirement/

https://www.14news.com/2025/05/31/olympic-gold-medalist-lilly-king-makes-decision-competitive-swimming-career/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wfie

 

Certainly one of the greatest of all-time IU athletes. 

[go iu bb]

The trend of getting quality distance swimmer recruits continues, this time for the women. It looks like she actually flipped back in January.

https://swimswam.com/canadian-olympic-trials-finalist-laila-oravsky-flips-commitment-from-florida-to-indiana/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Carmel swimmer Alex Shackell named 2024-25 MaxPreps Female National Athlete of the Year

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/06/03/alex-shackell-carmel-swimming-paris-olympics-maxpreps-female-national-athlete-of-the-year-2024-2025/84013637007/?taid=683f4f989847150001c27e3b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

[go iu bb]

Josh Matheny wins the 200 breast at Nationals. He was good in the NCAA but has always been a better LCM swimmer than SCY.

[go iu bb]

Aaron Shackell joins his siblings at IU which is unsurprising. I'm happy but skeptical, just like when his siblings joined since this family seems to have real commitment issues when it comes to universities.

https://swimswam.com/us-olympian-aaron-shackell-announces-he-will-transfer-to-indiana/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

7 hours ago, go iu bb said:

Aaron Shackell joins his siblings at IU which is unsurprising. I'm happy but skeptical, just like when his siblings joined since this family sends to have real commitment issues when it comes to universities.

Oh ye of little faith.   lol      But at least our staff shouldn't be caught off guard if it should happen with the IU commitments.

[go iu bb]

IU commits have a good showing on this list. It's really interesting to me how IU has shifted from distance swimming being a weakness to on the way to becoming Distance U with big time distance recruits coming in for both the men and women.

https://swimswam.com/top-20-ncaa-swimming-recruits-in-the-girls-high-school-class-of-2026/

[go iu bb]

The men add a couple more freshmen with good times. The look like they'll be depth pieces for next season.

https://swimswam.com/indiana-bolsters-class-of-2029-adds-brandon-fleck-and-david-kovacs-for-2025/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[go iu bb]

In addition to the Shackells,Whitlock, and Gulledge mentioned above, here are some other incoming transfers:

Men:

Aiden Sadler (looks like a pretty good diver) https://swimswam.com/diver-aiden-sadler-transferring-from-georgia-to-indiana/

Women:

Jonette Laegreid https://swimswam.com/ncaa-division-ii-record-holder-in-200-breast-jonette-laegreid-announces-transfer-to-indiana/

Macky Hodges https://swimswam.com/ncaa-qualifier-macky-hodges-announces-she-will-transfer-to-indiana/

[go iu bb]

Swimswam has the incoming women's class as #7 in the nation.

https://swimswam.com/ranking-the-2025-womens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-5-8/

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Swimswam ranks the men's class at #2. Makes sense since there should be multiple NCAA scorers coming in.

https://swimswam.com/ranking-the-2025-mens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-1-4/

[go iu bb]

The women add a good depth swimmer for 2026.

https://swimswam.com/2026-botr-recruit-emma-belk-announces-commitment-to-join-stacked-class-at-indiana/

[go iu bb]

Swimswam preseason team evaluations:

https://swimswam.com/2026-college-swimming-previews-freshman-class-partially-offsets-key-losses-for-3-indiana-men/

https://swimswam.com/2026-college-swimming-previews-4-indiana-women-facing-huge-losses-after-historic-2025-season/

IU opens the season with a dual meet against another power house program, Florida.

https://swimswam.com/indiana-hosts-florida-in-season-opener/

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Here's the dual meet against Florida. You can also watch if you waste money on B1G+.

https://swimswam.com/2025-florida-vs-indiana-dual-meet-season-opener-live-recap/

Edit for the results:

Women: Florida wins 170-130

Men: IU wins 208-92

Some of the freshmen looked good for both the men and women. The times weren't great for either team but not surprising since it's the first meet of the season and they're probably practicing very hard right now. The men won by more than I expected but Josh Liendo didn't swim any individual races for Florida.