The Indiana men’s swimming and diving program won six straight team national titles from 1968 to 1973.
But while the program has remained one of the nation’s best since, they’ve been on a more than 50-year championship drought.
Could that end at this week’s NCAA Championships in suburban Seattle?
The Hoosiers are one of the top contenders to bring home the team crown.
Buoyed by a four-time Big Ten Champion senior class and seasoned transfers, No. 2-ranked Indiana men’s swimming and diving is set to challenge for the top spot at the 2025 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships.
The four-day meet will run this Wednesday (March 26) through Saturday inside the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. Final sessions will kick off at 9 p.m. ET each evening. Preliminary heats will begin at 10 a.m. every morning beginning Thursday. Fans can stream the competition via the ESPN+ digital platform.
Of Indiana’s 20 athletes competing this week – 15 individual swimmers, four divers, one relay swimmer – 12 have previously appeared in an NCAA championship final and 16 have previously earned All-America honors.
Two members of Indiana’s 2025 NCAA squad are reigning national champions in at least one event – Senior Carson Tyler medaled in every diving event, winning on 3-meter and platform, and junior transfer Zalán Sárkány conquered the 1,650-yard freestyle to help lead Arizona State to the 2024 team title.
Junior Owen McDonald was also a member of that Sun Devil championship team, medaling twice and reaching three A finals, before transferring to Indiana between seasons. Coming into this meet, McDonald ranks top four in each of his individual events – No. 2 in the 200-yard IM (1:39.89), No. 3 in the 200-yard backstroke (1:37.15) and No. 4 in the 100-yard backstroke (44.38) – after sweeping those titles at the Big Ten Championships to be named the swimmer of the meet.
Diving once again projects to be IU’s “hammer,” giving Indiana a significant point advantage on the back end of each day. Indiana returns its full roster that, at the 2024 national championships, contributed 121 points, 66 points better than the second-best diving team (Ohio State) and outscoring all but 10 combined swimming and diving programs. Tyler, classmate Quinn Henninger and junior Maxwell Weinrich totaled six medals and eight All-America finishes a year ago and are each qualified to compete on all three apparatuses. Junior Dash Glasberg is qualified on 3-meter and platform and will look to add to the scoring.
Indiana can overwhelm in the breaststroke events as it did at the Big Ten Championships. The Hoosiers took the top five spots in the 100 breast and top four spots in the 200 breast conference championships and earned 11 qualifications between the two events. Of those 11, 10 are projected to score. Senior Finn Brooks is the No. 2 seed in the 100 breast and classmates Josh Matheny and Jassen Yep are the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds in the 200-yard race.
It’s been a breakthrough season for senior Luke Barr. Having never previously qualified for an NCAA A final, Barr is projected to score in three events. One of six Hoosiers in the 200 IM, Barr ranks No. 5 in the event coming into the week. The versatile Barr also ranks No. 13 in the 100 back and No. 16 in the 100 breast.
MEET INFO
Wednesday, March 24 – Saturday, March. 27 • 1 p.m. ET (prelims), 9 p.m. (finals)
Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center • Federal Way, Washington
Live Results (Swimming): https://bit.ly/4hKdn2n
Live Results (Diving): divemeets.com
Live Stream: ESPN+
SCHEDULED EVENTS (Finals)
– Wednesday (5 p.m. ET) – 200 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
– Thursday (5 p.m. ET) – 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, 1-Meter Dive, 200 Freestyle Relay
– Friday (5 p.m. ET) – 100 Butterfly, 400 IM, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke, 3-Meter Dive, 400 Medley Relay
– Saturday (5 p.m. ET) – 1,650 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, Platform Dive, 400 Freestyle Relay
INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING QUALIFIERS
2025 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
Toby Barnett – 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
Luke Barr – 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 IM
Brian Benzing – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM
Finn Brooks – 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly
Caspar Corbeau – 50 free, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
Tomer Frankel – 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly
Dash Glasberg – 3-meter, platform
Quinn Henninger – 1-meter, 3-meter, platform
Matt King – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Miroslav Knedla – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 IM
Josh Matheny – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
Owen McDonald – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 IM
Rafael Miroslaw – 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle
Zalán Sárkány – 500 freestyle, 1,650 freestyle, 400 IM
Dylan Smiley – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly
Carson Tyler – 1-meter, 3-meter, platform
Maxwell Weinrich – 1-meter, 3-meter, platform
Kai van Westering – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
Jassen Yep – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
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