IU Mens/Womens Swimming and Diving

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Carson Tyler is the National Champion for platform diving. Quentin Henninger got 3rd.

Burns finished 2nd in the 200 fly.

It was a close fight between 3rd and 6th place. IU finished only 5 points behind Texas and 5.5 points ahead of NC State. Florida was only 6 points behind them. NC State was on fire today, starting by going 1-2 in the mile and their swimmer just beat Burns in the 200 fly. The difference was the diving.

https://swimswam.com/2023-division-i-mens-ncaa-championships-day-4-finals-live-recap/

Here's hos close it was: between 3rd or 4th in the team standings came down to less than 0.1 seconds in the final relay. If Texas had gone 0.05 seconds slower or IU had gone 0.09 seconds faster, then IU and Texas would've swapped spots in the final standings.

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IU has historically had a lot of diving success (21 titles now) but Tyler was the first Hoosier to win a platform title.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2023/3/26/mens-swimming-and-diving-hoosiers-finish-fourth-nationally-tyler-takes-platform-title

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,827]

 

[go iu bb 5,478]

8 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

 

Does anyone know if the swimmers got a COVID year or are the seniors like Burns for sure gone?

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2 hours ago, go iu bb said:

Does anyone know if the swimmers got a COVID year or are the seniors like Burns for sure gone?

It looks like they do based on this article.

 

https://swimswam.com/breaking-down-the-stakes-around-the-extra-year-of-ncaa-eligibility/

 

[go iu bb 5,478]

lmao. Purdue apparently has a really good swim club while their real team scored 1 whole point at the NCAA Championship Meet (probably a diver). I guess having the best club team is better than having both suck.

https://swimswam.com/purdue-wins-combined-and-mens-titles-uva-takes-womens-title-at-2023-college-club-nats/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,827]

So this is pretty big news!

 

[go iu bb 5,478]

38 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

So this is pretty big news!

 

That's huge.

[go iu bb 5,478]

New recruit. Looks like a depth addition. Close to B1G championships scoring range in multiple events.

https://swimswam.com/10x-guyanese-national-record-holder-raekwon-noel-commits-to-indiana-2024/

[go iu bb 5,478]

Another international depth addition:

https://swimswam.com/indiana-university-bloomington-gains-commit-from-utkarsh-patil-2023/

[go iu bb 5,478]

Lilly King sweeps the breaststroke events at Nationals. 50m, 100m, and 200m champion. 

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Josh Matheny finished 2nd in the 50m breast to make the world championships team. 

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Good showing.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2023/7/13/mens-swimming-and-diving-indiana-swimming-and-diving-sends-15-participants-to-world-championships

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https://swimswam.com/2023-world-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap/

Ahmed Hafnaoui takes silver in the 400m free (0.02 seconds from gold). This swim set a new African record and is #5 all time, less than 1 second from the WR. He'll be really good for IU (yes, I like to state the obvious). If he has a good transition to SCY (he does have a year of practice already) he can challenge for NCAA titles. I'm excited to see how he does. 

Josh Matheny moves on to the finals of the 100m breast as the #6 qualifier.

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Pretty good start for IU. It’s good to see Hafnaoui keep some of his momentum from the Olympics and Matheny get a shot on an international team. 
 

I tried to watch but I don’t have a Peacock subscription. 

[go iu bb 5,478]

Matheny places 7th with a time of 59.45. 

Lilly King is the #2 qualifier in the 100 breast finals.

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Hafnaoui takes gold in the 800. #3 all-time in that event.

https://swimswam.com/2023-world-championships-day-4-finals-live-recap/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,827]

@go iu bb many thanks for keeping us updated on our swim and dive program.

[go iu bb 5,478]

Matheny qualified for the finals in the 200 breast at #6.

[go iu bb 5,478]

On 7/27/2023 at 6:46 AM, go iu bb said:

Matheny qualified for the finals in the 200 breast at #6.

Finishes eighth. No medals but 2 events and 2 finals is really good. Great international experience for him and something to build on since he's still young.

Hopefully, he can use this to have a really good upcoming season for IU although LCM is quite different than SCY. He may just be a much better LCM swimmer than SCY. Finnerty was the opposite.