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The watch list was determined by the conference\u2019s head coaches.<\/p>\n<p>The list features six All-Big Ten selections from last season, including Big Ten Swimmer of the Year and Swimmer of the Championships, Owen McDonald from Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Three Big Ten teams finished in the top 15 at last year\u2019s NCAA Championships, including Indiana (3<sup>rd<\/sup>), Michigan (11<sup>th<\/sup>) and USC (15<sup>th<\/sup>). Indiana begins the 2025-26 campaign as four-time defending Big Ten Champions.<\/p>\n<p>The season is set to begin this Friday, Sept. 26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigten.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conference Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The complete list of 2025-26 Men\u2019s Swimmers and Divers to Watch can be found below.<\/p>\n<p>Owen McDonald, Jr., Indiana<br \/>\nJosh Hedberg, Fr., Indiana<br \/>\nTyler Ray, Sr., Michigan<br \/>\nEmmitt Reesor, Fr., Michigan<br \/>\nJacob Johnson, So., Minnesota<br \/>\nDrew Bennett, Sr., Minnesota<br \/>\nStuart Seymour, Jr., Northwestern<br \/>\nKyle Ly, So., Northwestern<br \/>\nTristan Jankovics, Sr., Ohio State<br \/>\nDom Roberto, So., Ohio State<br \/>\nRylan Anselm, So., Penn State<br \/>\nHayden Elliot, Sr., Penn State<br \/>\nAlex Hotta, Sr., Purdue<br \/>\nMax Miller, Jr., Purdue<br \/>\nKrzysztof Chmielewski, Jr., USC<br \/>\nMortiz Wesemann, Gr., USC<br \/>\nDominik Mark Torok, Sr., Wisconsin<br \/>\nJan Lanser, Sr., Wisconsin<\/p>\n<p><em>The above press release was provided by the Big Ten Conference<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Ten Conference Announces Men&#8217;s Swimmers and Divers to Watch The Big Ten announced the 2025-26 Men\u2019s Swimmers and Divers to Watch on Tuesday, featuring one swimmer and one diver<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7533,"featured_media":609041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[5003,132279],"class_list":["post-622980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-owen-mcdonald"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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