IU Mens/Womens Swimming and Diving

[go iu bb]

The men get a solid commitment from the #14 2026 recruit.

https://swimswam.com/14-sam-wolf-sends-verbal-to-indiana-for-fall-2026/

[go iu bb]

The Hoosiers pick up a big distance swimmer commitment. #2 in his class who already has an NCAA point scoring time in the mile (A final).

https://swimswam.com/gabe-manteufel-2-in-the-class-of-2026-hands-verbal-commitment-to-indiana/

[go iu bb]

IU lands another good distance swimmer. Distance is becoming a strength.

https://swimswam.com/2026-best-of-the-rest-distance-freestyler-cooper-zakorchemny-verbally-commits-to-indiana/

[go iu bb]

Hoosiers had both the SMU Classic and their intrasquad meet this weekend.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2024/10/10/mens-swimming-and-diving-no-4-6-hoosiers-split-squad-for-opening-weekend

The 9 men IU sent to the SMU classic won, even with a relay DQ. They had a bunch of NCAA B qualifications and the 400 medley relay got an A qualification.

https://smumustangs.com/documents/2024/10/12/SMU_Classic_Full_Results.pdf

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/louisville-women-indiana-men-top-smu-classic-owen-mcdonald-impressive-in-indiana-debut/

Anna Peplowski interview about her great season last year and the Olympics. It looks like Brendan Burns is a podcast host now.

https://swimswam.com/anna-peplowski-breaks-down-ius-big-ten-championship-olympic-silvercollege-swimming-podcast/

[go iu bb]

The women pick up a big recruit. Another distance swimmer, like the men.

https://swimswam.com/indiana-adds-verbal-commitment-from-16-paige-downey-for-2026-27/

That article made me realize I had missed an even bigger commitment.

https://swimswam.com/junior-pan-pacs-gold-medalist-kayla-han-sends-verbal-commitment-to-indiana-for-fall-2026/

[BeerBQ]

I don’t know how I’ve missed so many updates here. It seems that recruiting is starting to pick up a bit. 
 

I stumbled onto this on twitter and it made me laugh. I believe the first comment is from a former IU swimmer and NCAA champion.

[go iu bb]

11 hours ago, BeerBQ said:

I don’t know how I’ve missed so many updates here. It seems that recruiting is starting to pick up a bit. 
 

I stumbled onto this on twitter and it made me laugh. I believe the first comment is from a former IU swimmer and NCAA champion.

Brendan Burns with the sick burn.

[go iu bb]

https://swimswam.com/best-of-the-rest-backstroker-eva-rottink-2026-hands-verbal-commitment-to-indiana/

IU women pick up another nice commitment for 2026.

[go iu bb]

The men have a commitment from swimswam's top diving recruit for 2025. Right now he's strictly platform but the belief is that he can also do well in the springboard events:

https://swimswam.com/the-top-10-ncaa-diving-recruits-in-the-boys-high-school-class-of-2025/

The women have a commitment from their #2 recruit:

https://swimswam.com/top-10-ncaa-diving-recruits-in-the-girls-high-school-class-of-2025/

One thing to note is that it appears it's just 1 person doing these rankings. Still, IU has a great diving program so I trust the coaches that these are great recruits.

[go iu bb]

The men get another good commitment for 2026.

https://swimswam.com/junior-pan-pacs-medallist-oliver-dawson-commits-to-indiana-for-fall-2026/

LCM to SCY conversions are not exact but his times are approximately:

100  breast: 53 low

200 breast: 1:55 high

200 IM: 1:50 low

Swimswam finally got around to making an article about the #1 2025 diver committing to IU.

https://swimswam.com/1-ranked-diver-us-national-champion-josh-hedberg-commits-to-indiana-2025/

[go iu bb]

Swimswam spent some time at IU recently. They've been slowly posting interviews with some of the swimmers. Here's what they have so far, I'll add more as they are released.

https://swimswam.com/josh-matheny-using-ncaa-team-title-as-motivation-for-senior-season-at-indiana/

https://swimswam.com/anna-peplowski-looking-for-back-to-back-big-ten-team-titles-in-last-season-as-a-hoosier/

https://swimswam.com/ncaa-champ-zalan-sarkany-hoping-to-podium-at-home-sc-world-champs-loving-team-at-

https://swimswam.com/owen-mcdonald-reaping-benefits-of-training-with-world-class-athletes-at-asu-and-now-at-iu/

indiana/https://swimswam.com/us-olympian-matt-king-on-training-at-indiana-im-kinda-cookin-right-now/

https://swimswam.com/watch-matt-king-swims-19-2-50-free-in-a-brief-at-end-of-practice/

[BeerBQ]

28 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Swimswam spent some time at IU recently. They've been slowly posting interviews with some of the swimmers. Here's what they have so far, I'll add more as they are released.

https://swimswam.com/josh-matheny-using-ncaa-team-title-as-motivation-for-senior-season-at-indiana/

https://swimswam.com/anna-peplowski-looking-for-back-to-back-big-ten-team-titles-in-last-season-as-a-hoosier/

https://swimswam.com/ncaa-champ-zalan-sarkany-hoping-to-podium-at-home-sc-world-champs-loving-team-at-

https://swimswam.com/owen-mcdonald-reaping-benefits-of-training-with-world-class-athletes-at-asu-and-now-at-iu/

indiana/https://swimswam.com/us-olympian-matt-king-on-training-at-indiana-im-kinda-cookin-right-now/

https://swimswam.com/watch-matt-king-swims-19-2-50-free-in-a-brief-at-end-of-practice/

Those clips are always fun to watch. It sounds like they’re doing a practice and pancakes episode there. I always like to see how a practice runs with so many different groups. 
 

Ray seems to have built a really good culture of bringing in the right transfers. I’ve heard of them being very selective on who they let join the pro group so that makes sense. It also seems like recruiting has also picked up recently. 

[BeerBQ]

Right on time. 
 

https://x.com/swimswamnews/status/1857850515578585342?s=46&t=8dwAUmyol3_UHS__KW8mrg

[go iu bb]

More. The women should be pretty good.

https://swimswam.com/mariah-denigan-this-womens-team-is-going-to-be-the-best-that-iu-has-ever-seen/

https://swimswam.com/frehsman-backstroke-stud-miroslav-knedla-excited-to-train-race-200s-at-indiana/

[go iu bb]

Here's the expected swimswam Practice + Pancakes from IU.

https://swimswam.com/indiana-olympians-throw-down-in-sprint-middle-distance-workouts-practice-pancakes/

At the bottom of the page it has some links to when they last did it at IU in 2022.

IU also has a good number of swims on this list even though they haven't competed much so far this season. 

https://swimswam.com/top-three-times-in-each-event-before-midseason-invites-mens-edition/

[go iu bb]

The men and women teams each won the OSU fall invite, the men in dominant fashion. Lots of good swims. I haven't seen an article yet but I'll add it when I do. 

[go iu bb]

He's no longer with IU, but Hafnaoui is kind of a train wreck.

https://swimswam.com/olympic-champion-swimmer-ahmed-hafnaoui-provisionally-suspended-for-doping-rules-violation/

Also, both IU teams easily beat Cincinnati in a dual meet today.

[BeerBQ]

4 hours ago, go iu bb said:

He's no longer with IU, but Hafnaoui is kind of a train wreck.

https://swimswam.com/olympic-champion-swimmer-ahmed-hafnaoui-provisionally-suspended-for-doping-rules-violation/

Also, both IU teams easily beat Cincinnati in a dual meet today.

It seems like it’s been a constant spiral for him since he left IU. I didn’t realize he was in France now.

[go iu bb]

The men land another solid recruit:

https://swimswam.com/botr-sprint-freestyler-brody-engelstad-commits-to-indiana-for-2026/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

8 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

The men land another solid recruit:

https://swimswam.com/botr-sprint-freestyler-brody-engelstad-commits-to-indiana-for-2026/

Really appreciate you keeping us updated the way you do.