No. 2 Indiana men’s swim and dive led wire to wire at the 2025 Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championship from Feb. 26-March 1 inside Jane K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis. As the meet wore on, the Hoosier lead only grew larger as they cruised to a fourth consecutive conference title and their seventh in the last nine years.
Indiana set 3 all-time Big Ten records and totaled a whopping 1,597 points. The Hoosiers 448-point margin of victory over second-place Michigan is the widest in Big Ten history.
The Indiana team of junior Matt King, seniors Luke Barr and Finn Brooks and graduate student Brian Benzing kicked off the meet by outpacing the field in the 200-yard medley relay. Their NCAA A Cut time of 1:21.39 set a new Big Ten record and gave the Hoosiers the early lead.
On day two, Indiana extended its lead to triple digits with three individual event winners, each earning their first Big Ten Championship.
Hoosier junior Zalán Sárkány claimed the conference title in the 500-yard freestyle, and King took third in the 50-yard freestyle. Senior diver Quinn Henninger won the 1-meter springboard, with fellow senior Carson Tyler taking third.
Indiana junior Owen McDonald led the Hoosier charge with a standout performance in the 200-yard individual medley championship. His A Cut time of 1:39.89 is the second fastest in the country this season, and it set both the Big Ten Championship record and an Indiana program record.
On Friday night, the Indiana lead swelled to nearly 300 points as the Hoosiers added nine more medals to their tally.
Indiana flexed its might in the 100-yard breaststroke, taking each of the top five spots in the event. Brooks set a Big Ten Championship record to secure the top spot, with Benzing and senior Josh Matheny each within a second behind him in second and third place, respectively.
Brooks and graduate student Tomer Frankel took silver and bronze, respectively, in the 100-yard butterfly, while senior Rafael Miroslaw secured bronze in the 200-yard freestyle.
McDonald captured his second individual championship of the event with an A Cut time in the 100-yard backstroke, and Indiana freshman Miroslav Knedla posted a career-best time to earn the silver medal.
The Hoosiers closed Friday with another Big Ten Championship record, this time in the 400-yard medley relay. The squad of McDonald, Brooks, Frankel and King posted an A Cut time of 2:59.87, finishing with nearly three seconds of separation from second place.
On Saturday, the final day of the meet, Indiana’s dominance continued, picking up three more individual titles and another conference record.
Sárkány claimed his second Big Ten title with a win in the 1650-yard freestyle, and Tyler took silver in platform diving.
Indiana swimmers represented each of the top four times in the 200-yard breaststroke. A Cut times from Matheny and graduate student Jassen Yep along with a career-best time from sophomore Toby Barnett topped the standings.
King took silver in the 100-yard freestyle, and sophomore Dylan Smiley’s career-best effort earned him bronze in the event.
Just a day after winning the 100-yard backstroke, McDonald did the same in the 200-yard backstroke. His A Cut time of 1:37.15 set another Big Ten and program record. Knedla once again earned silver in a backstroke event with a career-best time.
Sophomore Mikkel Lee joined McDonald, Smiley and King to set Indiana’s third Big Ten record in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Their A Cut time of 2:45.62 was almost two seconds faster than the second place Ohio State team.
The Hoosiers will aim to add to their trophy case as they compete in the 2025 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships starting March 26 at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington.
