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Zalan Sarkany Blasts Elite Mile Performance as Indiana Men, Ohio State Women Secure Invite Wins The Indiana men reinforced their national prominence this week as they dominated competition at the Ohio State Invitational. The Hoosiers finished with 2636 points, finishing almost 700 points clear of ru...

The Top Returning Finishers From the NCAA Championships in 2025-26 Season A large contingent of top performers departed college swimming at the conclusion of last season. Gretchen Walsh concluded her astounding four years representing the University of Virginia by matching or lowering the fastest ti...

NCAA Men's Championships Preview: You Can Count on Cal Amid all the changes that have happened since last year’s NCAAs — jumpstarted by Arizona State’s national championship coach, Bob Bowman, replacing legendary Eddie Reese at Texas as head coach — some things remain the same: In March, the Cal men...

Big Ten Men's Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Indiana Men Get 10 A-Finalists, Set to Secure Title Indiana should pull away to win the team title at the Big Ten Men's Championships Saturday evening after 10 Hoosiers swimmers recorded top-eight finishes in prelims. Among the results were a 1-2 finish fr...

Big Ten Men's Championships, Day 3: Finn Brooks Enters Sub-50 Club as Indiana Demolishes 100 Breaststroke The Indiana University Hoosiers have perhaps the top men's breaststroke contingent ever assembled in college swimming, with four returning all-Americans. Caspar Corbeau joined the team this spri...

Indiana Sweeps Big Ten Swimmer of the Year Honors via Owen McDonald, Anna Peplowski Indiana earned both Big Ten Swimmer of the Year honors via Owen McDonald on the men’s side and Anna Peplowski on the women’s. Indiana also earned both divers of the year via Carson Tyler and Skyler Liu and coaches of...

Arizona State Wins First NCAA Team Title Thanks to 'Grateful' Bob Bowman, 'Really Proud' Leon Marchand Sixteen years ago, the Arizona State swimming program was cut, only to be revived at the last minute. The program remained mostly irrelevant on the national level and even in the Pac-12 conference ...

Big Ten Men's Championships, Day 4: Indiana Wins Title as Owen McDonald Continues to Impress The Indiana Hoosiers have secured the Big Ten title in men's swimming and diving for the fourth consecutive season and seventh time in the last nine years. They entered the concluding session of the meet lea...

NCAA Men's Championships: Hubert Kos Surges to NCAA Record in 100 Backstroke The NCAA record in the 100 backstroke looked to be under fire after a few prelims swims were a half second away at the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Federal Way, Washington. Florida's Jonny...

NCAA Men's Championships: Hubert Kos Set NCAA Record to Deny Destin Lasco 4-Peat Destin Lasco has spent the last three years ruling the men’s 200 backstroke. There’s a new leader in the event, though, and his name is Hubert Kos. The Texas junior capped an imperious weekend at the NCAA Men’s Champion...

Caspar Corbeau Gives Indiana Boost in National Title Bid The Indiana men’s swim and dive team might lack the consistent track record of top-two finishes at the NCAA Championships. That would be Cal, the winner or runnerup at the meet every year since 2010, and Texas, with 11 such results in the last...

NCAA Men's Championships: Destin Lasco Leads 200 Back as Cal Poised for Big Score The convergence point, for a series of excellent IMers, on their third event this year seems to be the 200 backstroke. Excepting Leon Marchand, who is contesting the 200 breast, most of the top IMers were present and a...

Indiana Men, Ohio State Women Extend Leads Thursday Evening in Columbus On the third evening of racing at the Ohio State Invitational, the host team continues to perform well in the women's team competition. The Buckeyes have 1402 points, leading Louisville (1364) and Indiana (1296.5). The Hoosiers ...

NCAA Men’s Championships: Arizona State Depth on Display (Day 2 Up-Downs) Arizona State showed up Thursday at the NCAA Championships with its top-line talent. But the depth might well make the difference. Arizona State has nine swimmers in finals Thursday night, with six A finalists. Leon Marchand i...

Ieva Maluka Wins Three Times as Arizona State Routs Utah Ieva Maluka led Arizona State with three wins as the Sun Devils handled Utah in a Monday morning dual meet. The Sun Devils romped to wins on both sides, the men by a 232-66 score and the women by a 210.5-88.5 margin, even in a meet without Leo...

Florida Women, Indiana Men Win Tight Dual Meets as Bella Sims, Owen McDonald Star The Indiana Hoosiers traveled to Gainesville, Fla., on the heels of their winter training trip to race the Gators in a star-powered dual meet. Both the women's and men's contests were highly competitive, but Florida ca...

College Swimming Invitationals: Most Top Teams in Action This Week Invitational season has arrived in college swimming. In recent years, most top-ranked teams have shifted their season schedules to swim their main midseason taper meet prior to swimmers heading home for a brief Thanksgiving vacation....

The 2025 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 3 prelims from Minneapolis. The Day 3 events for prelims are the 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke. Here is a look at what happened Friday morning: Live Results More College News Big Te...

Lindsay Looney Caps Unbeaten Season in 200 Fly as Arizona State Sweeps Arizona Lindsay Looney finished off an unbeaten season in her signature event, the 200 butterfly, as Arizona State swept out Arizona on Saturday. The 21st-ranked Sun Devils women’s team pulled away from the Wildcats, 189-111, in ...

NCAA Men’s Championships: Brendan Burns Takes 100 Back Title The top four swimmers in the 100 backstroke Friday night at the University of Minnesota were the top four from last year. For 75 yards, it looked like the outcome might be the same, too. But Brendan Burns had other ideas, the Indiana senio...