IU Mens/Womens Swimming and Diving

[go iu bb 7,975]

It's championship season!

The women had their B1G Championship meet last week into the weekend. They finished 2nd to OSU. It ended up close but not nearly as close as last year (0.5 point difference). OSU was probably helped a bit by it being at their pool.

IU's B1G champions:

Grana: 100 fly - also had 2 2nd place finishes, great meet for her, 2nd to Bacon from Wisconsin in individual scoring

Peplowski: 500 free - plus 2 3rd place finishes, great meet

Paegle: 50 free

Crawford: 200 breast

Liu: 3 meter, platform diving - I haven't seen, but she was likely diver of the meet

400 medley relay

https://swimswam.com/2025-b1g-womens-swimming-and-diving-championship-box-score/

The events that really hurt IU were the IM events. They got absolutely crushed by OSU in those. 112-9 in the 200 IM and 110-44 in the 400 IM for a combined 222-53 in those events. OSU outscored IU by only 58 points for the whole meet. Ouch.

Unfortunately for IU, OSU had freshmen score a ton of points and Michigan had the best scoring of the meet by swimmers who will have eligibility left.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,058]

B1G men's championships kicked off this evening and Hoosiers opened in grand style with the fastest 200 medley relay in conference history, going 1:21.39!

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,058]

Can't get much more impressive than this.

 

[go iu bb 7,975]

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

Can't get much more impressive than this.

 

4 of the times were NCAA 'A' cuts and the 5th will surely get an invite.

Then in the next race, 100 back, IU goes 1-2-4. Not quite as impressive but still very good. 

[LIHoosier 27,374]

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

Can't get much more impressive than this.

 

The one thing more impressive would be a link to the race and not just a c-tease of a screencap, just sayin' 

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14 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

The one thing more impressive would be a link to the race and not just a c-tease of a screencap, just sayin' 

It appears that x is blocking the embedding of that post for some reason but here's the link:

https://twitter.com/IndianaSwimDive/status/1895635599253499918

As a bonus, here's the 100 back:

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,058]

[go iu bb 7,975]

Breaststroke U goes 1-2-3-4 in the 200 breast.

They also go 1-2 in the 200 back with McDonald setting a conference record.

 

[Hoosierfan1901 7,486]

Dynasty. 4 peat.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,058]

So these guys are pretty good huh?

[go iu bb 7,975]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

So these guys are pretty good huh?

Yep, like competing for a National Championship good.

Looking at the times, I think some of the guys weren't even fully rested for this meet. That makes sense if they had already secured NCAA invites because a double taper can be tricky.

[go iu bb 7,975]

As posted above, IU wins the B1G Championship by a record margin.

Some highlights:

• 3 B1G records in the 200 medley relay, 200 back (McDonald), 400 free relay
• 3 championship records in the 200 IM (McDonald), 100 breast (Brooks), 400 medley relay
• Won 11 events
• 1-2-3-4-5 finish in the 100 breast
• 1-2-3-4 finish in the 200 breast
• 1-2-4 in the 100 back
• Won every final heat in the 200 IM (A - 1st, B -  9th, C - 17th)
• 252 points from diving, even with Tyler having bit of an off meet
• McDonald won 3 individual events - 200 IM, 100 back, 200 back - top individual scorer (probably swimmer of the meet, not sure)
• Sarkany won 2 individual events - 500 free, 1650 free - tied for 2nd individual scoring
• 4th B1G championship in a row, 7th in 9 years
• McDonald's brother, Cooper, wasn't on the scoring roster but would've qualified for the 5th seed in the 500 free 'A' final if he was
• Everyone on IU's scoring roster scored at least 20 individual points
• IU will have 567 individual points returning (barring transfers), which is 2nd to Michigan
• IU's 200 IM was one of their stronger events (128 points), opposite of the women's team
• IU was the only team to score 100 or more points in an event. They did that in 5 events: 100 breast (138), 200 IM (128), 200 breast (126), 100 free (115), 100 back (100)

IU wins:

• 200 medley relay
• 400 medley relay
• 400 free relay
• McDonald - 200 IM, 100 back, 200 back
• Sarkany - 500 free, 1650 free
• Brooks - 100 breast
• Matheny - 200 breast
• Henninger - 1m diving

https://swimswam.com/indiana-men-win-4th-straight-big-10-title-with-largest-margin-of-victory-in-conference-history/

https://swimswam.com/2025-b1g-mens-swimming-and-diving-championship-box-score/

I'm pretty sure some, like Sarkany, weren't even fully rested so they should have even better times at the NCAAs.

Edit: Owen McDonald does win Swimmer of the Championships.

https://swimswam.com/owen-mcdonald-and-jordan-rzepka-win-mens-big-ten-championship-individual-honors/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,058]

Some really good Sunday night news.

[go iu bb 7,975]

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

Some really good Sunday night news.

We'll see if it sticks. That family has been kind of flaky when it comes to college commitments.

If she does come (and stays) maybe that will convince Aaron and/or Andrew to come as well. If IU can use this as a start of a Carmel pipeline that would be huge.

She's a great swimmer so this is big news either way. She's a very fast and versatile Olympian.

Here's some more about it:

https://swimswam.com/olympic-medalist-alex-shackell-commits-to-indiana-university/

Edit: Interesting. She'll start at IU in spring of 2026. At that time, she'll train at both IU and Carmel. She'll continue to concentrate on international competitions. So is she going to compete for IU at all? This is odd.

https://swimswam.com/alex-shackell-will-have-a-hybrid-schedule-at-indiana-continue-training-in-carmel/

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21 hours ago, go iu bb said:

We'll see if it sticks. That family has been kind of flaky when it comes to college commitments.

If she does come (and stays) maybe that will convince Aaron and/or Andrew to come as well. If IU can use this as a start of a Carmel pipeline that would be huge.

She's a great swimmer so this is big news either way. She's a very fast and versatile Olympian.

Here's some more about it:

https://swimswam.com/olympic-medalist-alex-shackell-commits-to-indiana-university/

Edit: Interesting. She'll start at IU in spring of 2026. At that time, she'll train at both IU and Carmel. She'll continue to concentrate on international competitions. So is she going to compete for IU at all? This is odd.

https://swimswam.com/alex-shackell-will-have-a-hybrid-schedule-at-indiana-continue-training-in-carmel/

That’s a huge commit and a strange situation. I’m hoping it sticks because it could open some doors. It seems like there have been a few Carmel swimmers that end up going back there to train. 
 

I assume the hybrid schedule means she can be on scholarship and will compete in a few meets each year for IU.