No. 3 Hoosiers Hit Podium in Wednesday Relays

Wednesday, February 25

Madison, Wis.

5 p.m.

Indiana University

Big Ten Championships - Finals

2/25/2026 8:30:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

MADISON, Wis. – No. 3-ranked Indiana was the only team to reach the podium in both opening night relays at the 2026 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Wednesday (Feb. 25) inside the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin.

The Hoosiers sit third in the team standings, six points off the lead through two events.

"It was a solid start for the Hoosiers this evening," IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. We have more work to do, starting with prelims tomorrow."

Indiana opened the meet with a silver medal performance in the 200-yard medley relay, a tenth of a second off Michigan's 1:21.99. The Hoosiers out-split U-M in three of the four legs, including the anchor, but could not make up the difference from the fly split. Junior Mikkel Lee closed in on the lead with an 18.58 to Michigan sophomore Ole Eidam's 19.02.

The Hoosiers posted a season-best in the 800-yard freestyle relay, going 6:08.90 to place third. It was an even tighter finish in the second race of the night, as Wisconsin took silver by three hundredths. Senior Owen McDonald raced both relays, going third in the medley and second in the freestyle.

TEAM SCORES
1. Michigan – 116
2. Ohio State – 114
3. Indiana – 110
4. Wisconsin – 102
5. Northwestern – 100
6. USC – 98
7. Purdue – 96
8. Minnesota – 92
9. Penn State – 40

RESULTS
200 MEDLEY RELAY
2. Miroslav Knedla, Travis Gulledge, Owen McDonald, Mikkel Lee – 1:22.09

800 FREESTYLE RELAY
3. Aaron Shackell, Owen McDonald, Raekwon Noel, Dylan Smiley – 6:08.90

UP NEXT
The 2026 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships resume Thursday for day two, the first full day of action. Athletes will compete in the 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 1-meter diving 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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