Indiana men’s swimming and diving finished third in the nation with 459 points Saturday at the end of four days of competition in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington. The Hoosiers were led by their divers, who completed the second ever sweep of all diving events at the NCAA championships.
After a strong opening night of competition Wednesday, Indiana men’s swimming and diving entered day two of the championships in third place. Five finals were held Thursday as the meet continued.
Thursday
Junior Owen McDonald earned his second straight NCAA medal in the 200-yard individual medley, and Indiana’s first medal of the meet. His time of 1:39.42 took the NCAA bronze and set a Big Ten record.
Indiana senior diver Quinn Henninger claimed the Hoosiers’ first NCAA Title of the meet in the 1-meter springboard Thursday. The 2025 Big Ten champion collected his fifth NCAA medal and his first championship.
Despite a projected 14th place finish in the 500-yard freestyle, Indiana junior Zalán Sárkány beat the previous program record in both the prelims and finals. His 4:09.69 finals time came up short of his morning record of 4:09.22 as he placed seventh.
In the morning preliminaries, both junior Matt King and senior Finn Brooks beat the program record in the 50-yard freestyle, with Brooks’ 18.86 beating King by one hundredth of a second to surpass former Hoosier Van Mathias’ record of 18.89. However, neither qualified for the championship finals.
In the final event of the night, Indiana placed seventh in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Sophomores Mikkel Lee and Dylan Smiley joined King and Brooks in setting a Big Ten record with a time of 1:14.67.
Thursday’s successes upped Indiana’s point total to 146, but the Hoosiers remained in third place, 44 behind first place University of Texas.
Friday
Following a big Thursday in the 1-meter springboard, diving was once again the highlight for the Hoosiers as the meet continued Friday night. Senior Carson Tyler captured his second straight 3-meter springboard title, and Henninger joined him on the podium in second place, earning his second medal in two days. Junior Maxwell Weinrich took seventh.
Six Hoosier swimmers qualified for the 100-yard breaststroke. Brooks and graduate student Caspar Corbeau led the group in fourth and sixth place, respectively, while graduate student Jassen Yep, senior Josh Matheny and graduate student Brian Benzing took the top three spots in the consolation final. Senior Luke Barr rounded out the group in 15th place.
McDonald swam a personal best 44.16 in the 100-yard backstroke to claim sixth place in the event.
In the morning prelims, Sárkány tied a program record with a 3:40.64 in the 400-yard individual medley. However, he ended one spot short of qualifying for the consolation finals.
To finish the night, Indiana earned its seventh-straight top five finish in the 400-yard medley relay. McDonald, Brooks, King and graduate student Tomer Frankel placed fifth with a 2:59.73.
Saturday
Going into the final night of competition, Indiana’s third place score of 304 points still trailed first place Texas by 64 points.
With the Hoosiers looking to close the gap on second place, seven events remained undecided as the championship meet's final day began Saturday.
Sárkány started the day off with a victory in the 1,650-yard freestyle. His Big Ten record 14:21.29 time is the third fastest time ever in the event and was nearly four seconds faster than second place.
McDonald added a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke, and King fell short of his 41.14 program record preliminary time to finish eighth in the 100-yard freestyle in 41.28.
Yep captured Indiana’s second championship of the day with a win in the 200-yard breaststroke. His 1:48.30 set a Big Ten record and is the third fastest time ever in the event. Corbeau joined Yep in the championship final with a fifth-place finish.
Indiana’s fifth and final individual championship came in the platform diving event, as Tyler claimed his second gold medal of the meet. With Tyler and Henninger winning all three diving events, Indiana completed the first diving sweep at the NCAA championships since 1997.
McDonald, King, Smiley and senior Rafael Miroslaw brought the meet to a close with a fifth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Their 2:45.08 was good for a Big Ten record.
Indiana ended the meet with 459 points, earning the team a third-place national finish.
1. University of Texas – 490
2. University of California, Berkeley – 471
3. Indiana University – 459
4. University of Florida – 315
5. University of Tennessee, Knoxville – 266.5
6. Arizona State University – 248
