No. 2 IU Opens Meet with Big Ten Record Relay

Wednesday, February 26

Minneapolis, Minn.

6 p.m.

Indiana University

Big Ten Championships - Finals

2/26/2025 8:51:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

MINNEAPOLIS – No. 2-ranked Indiana swimming and diving grabbed the first-day lead at the 2025 Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championship Wednesday (Feb. 26) night thanks to a Big Ten record-breaking 200-yard medley relay inside the Jane K. Freeman Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

IU's quartet of senior Luke Barr, graduate transfer Brian Benzing, senior Finn Brooks and junior Matt King finished in 1:21.39 to best its own conference record by 13 hundredths of a second. Michigan was the next-best relay in 1:22.08.

"Congratulations to our 200 medley relay on a school record and conference win," IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. "Swimming fast in prelims will be critical tomorrow."

Three of the four Hoosiers posted the best split in their leg. Barr led off in 20.64 to give IU the lead through 50 yards before Benzing followed with a 22.93 breaststroke effort. Brooks was just one tenth off the best split in 19.43, and King dropped the hammer with an 18.39 final leg.

Indiana's previous Big Ten record was also set at this pool during the 2023 NCAA Championships with Brendan Burns (20.60), Van Mathias (22.53) and current seniors Tomer Frankel (19.56) and Gavin Wight (18.83) contributing to that effort.

Indiana's time also ranks No. 5 in the country this season.

In the second and final event of the night, IU finished fourth in the 800-yard freestyle relay with the quartet of senior Rafael Miroslaw (1:32.81), junior Owen McDonald (1:31.32), graduate transfer Caspar Corbeau (1:34.28) and Frankel (1:32.98). Indiana earned 116 points between the two relays to sit atop the leaderboard after day one.

TEAM SCORES
1. Indiana – 116
2. USC – 112
3. Ohio State – 110
3. Michigan – 110
5. Wisconsin – 110
6. Northwestern – 96
7. Minnesota – 94
8. Penn State – 86
9. Purdue - 84

RESULTS
200 MEDLEY RELAY
1. Luke Barr, Brian Benzing, Finn Brooks, Matt King – 1:21.39 (Big Ten Record, Big Ten Championship Record, Program Record, Big Ten Champion, NCAA A Cut)

800 FREESTYLE RELAY
4. Rafael Miroslaw, Owen McDonald, Caspar Corbeau, Tomer Frankel – 6:11.39 (NCAA A Cut)

UP NEXT
The 2025 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships resume Thursday for day two, the first full day of action. Athletes will compete in the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, 1-meter dive and 200 freestyle relay, with preliminaries beginning at 11 a.m. ET. Finals are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

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