No. 2/5 Indiana Splits Home Opener

Friday, October 9

Bloomington, Ind.

12 p.m. ET - Swimming/11:40 a.m. ET. - Diving

Indiana University

122.5

177.5

Texas (SCM)

10/9/2026 5:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 2/5 Indiana swimming and diving split its first dual meet of the season Friday (Oct. 9) afternoon inside the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center, as its men's and women's teams both defeated No. 16/NR Northwestern but fell to No. 1/3 Texas.

The swimmers competed in the short course meters format – as opposed to the default short course yards – as some athletes prepare for their short course World Championship trials.

Liberty Clark led the team with three event wins, in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter freestyle. Clark kicked off her day defeating Texas' Nikolett Padar in the 200 free at the touch with a 1:53.00, just 29 hundredths faster than the Longhorn. She then was the lone swimmer in the 50 free under 24 seconds, hitting the wall in 23.92. Twenty minutes later out of a break, Clark won the 100 free in 51.61 – 1.6 seconds faster than Texas' Erin Gemmell.

Indiana swept the butterfly events between Raekwon Noel and Alex Shackell. Shackell dominated her races, winning the 100 fly by 1.58 seconds (56.57) and the 200 fly by over two seconds (2:03.96). Noel won the 200 with a time of 1:52.02, and the 100 with a 50.97.

Josh Bey won a pair of close races to join the multi-win club. In the 200-meter breaststroke, Bey trailed two Longhorns at the halfway mark but finished with splits of 31.96 and 32.10 to touch in 2:04.48 in front of Texas' Campbell McKean (2:04.95) and Luka Mladenovic (2:05.87). He had another strong back half in the 200 IM, his 33.16 breast split really making the difference as he jumped two spots and finished first with a 1:55.11 in front of Texas' Rex Maurer (1:55.37).

Miranda Grana continued her great start to the season with a sweep of the women's backstroke events. Grana posted a 56.93 in the 100-meter backstroke, 1.31 seconds in front of UT's Sarah Rodrigues, and a 2:03.68 in the 200-meter backstroke, beating Audrey Derivaux at the touch by 49 hundredths.

TEAM SCORES
Women
No. 5 Indiana 241, Northwestern 59
No. 3 Texas 188, No. 5 Indiana 112

Men
No. 2 Indiana 224, No. 16 Northwestern 76
No. 1 Texas 177.5, No. 2 Indiana 122.5

HOOSIER WINNERS
Women
Josh Bey – 200 breaststroke (2:04.28), 200 IM (1:55.11)
Mikkel Lee – 50 freestyle (21.54)
Raekwon Noel – 200 butterfly (1:52.02), 100 butterfly (50.97)

Men
Liberty Clark – 200 freestyle (1:53.00), 50 freestyle (23.92), 100 freestyle (51.61)
Miranda Grana – 100 backstroke (56.93), 200 backstroke (2:03.68)
Alex Shackell – 200 butterfly (2:03.96), 100 butterfly (56.57)

UP NEXT
Indiana will compete in match No. 5 of the College Swimming League, its second match of the new tournament. The Hoosiers will face off against Cal, Stanford and NC State next Friday (Oct. 16) in Walnut, Calif.

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