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Big Ten Championships - Finals
Hoosier Men's Swimming & Diving Ready for Big Ten Championships
2/20/2018 9:12:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 2-ranked and defending Big Ten champion Indiana University men's swimming and diving team will head to Minneapolis, Minn. for the 2018 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships this week.
The four-day meet will begin with on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m CT. On Thursday through Saturday, the teams will swim a preliminary session in the morning at 11 a.m. CT with the championship session to follow at 6:30 p.m. CT.
Live results for the swimming events can be found at IUHoosiers.com. Live results for the diving events can be found at DiveMeets.com. For more information on the Women's Big Ten Championship, including a schedule of events, fans can click HERE.
The Big Ten Championships will be streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. Complimentary access to BTN2Go is available to viewers connected to the internet network of a Big Ten university. Fans elsewhere can sign up for the pay-per-view webcasts.
Scouting the Hoosiers
Indiana enters this week's Big Ten Championships ranked No. 2 in the nation in the latest CSCAA/TYR Top 25 poll. IU is one of four Big Ten teams ranked in the national poll – Michigan (No. 6), Ohio State (No. 15) and Minnesota (No. 22).
During the dual-meet season this year, the Hoosiers posted an undefeated record for the second-straight year, going 9-0. During the season, IU took down ranked opponents No. 2 Texas, No. 4 Florida, No. 8 Michigan, No. 13 Notre Dame, No. 14 Louisville and No. 15 Tennessee. IU has won 22-straight dual meets, with the team's last loss coming on Jan. 16, 2016.
2017 Big Ten Championships
The Hoosiers won the program's 25th Big Ten Championship in 2017 – the first title for IU since 2006. IU won the team title with a total score of 1,504 points. For the week, IU won a total of 19 medals – 12 gold, five silver and two bronze.
Indiana also won four of the five relays at the Big Ten Championships, marking the first time in program history the team accomplished that impressive feat. The dozen league crowns were the most for the team since winning 13 in 1976.
Big Ten Championship History
The Indiana men's swimming and diving team has won 25 conference championships in program history. The Hoosiers 25 team titles are the second-most in in the Big Ten, ranking only behind Michigan's 39. Indiana has finished in the top-3 at the Big Ten Championships for seven-straight seasons.
IU Posts Impressive Times at Purdue Invitational
The IU women's team won the Purdue Invite, topping the eight-team field with a total of 896.5 points, while the Hoosier men finished second with 847 points as No. 3 Florida won with a score of 1,009 points.
Over the course of the three-day meet, Indiana won an impressive 22 events. The Hoosiers also won eight of the 10 relays over the course of the three-day meet. IU also totaled six NCAA A cuts on the week as well.
Hixon, Connor Win Diving Titles
Michael Hixon and James Connor each won diving titles the week of Dec. 18. At the 2017 USA Diving Winter National Championships in Greensboro, N.C., Hixon won gold in the 3-meter dive with an impressive score of 1231.85. At the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Trials in Australia, Connor took home the gold in the 3-meter, winning with a score of 868.70.
Looze Named SwimSwam Coach of the Month for October
Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze was named SwimSwam's Coach of the Month for October after leading IU to three wins over Texas and Florida. Swimming defending NCAA champions Texas and last year's third-place team Florida on the men's side, the IU men pulled off a big early-season win.
And on the women's side, Indiana came within 26 points of Texas, a top-5 program a year ago, while beating up on Florida. IU swept all eight relays at the tri meet and won 25 of 42 swimming events between men and women.
IU Places Six Swimmers, Three Coaches on USA Swimming National Team
Six Indiana University swimmers along with three Hoosier coaches were named to the 2017-18 USA Swimming National Team in September. Current IU swimmers Ian Finnerty, Lilly King and Blake Pieroni were named to the team, along with alum Cody Miller and IU postgrads Zane Grothe and Amanda Kendall. IU head coach Ray Looze, associate head coach Mike Westphal and associate head sprint coach Coley Stickels were named Team USA coaches.
Looze Named ASCA Coach of the Year
Indiana University head coach Ray Looze was named George Haines Coach of the Year Thursday evening by the American Swim Coaches Association. Looze coached four swimmers onto the U.S. World Championships team this summer, including world record-setter Lilly King.
Looze was a women's assistant coach on the USA staff in Budapest, and he led the Hoosier men to a seventh-place finish this summer at the NCAA championships, and his women took eighth.
King won four gold medals at the World Championships this year and set (or helped set) world records in all four events: the 50 breast, 100 breast and both the women's and mixed 400 medley relays. Looze also put Cody Miller, Blake Pieroni and Zane Grothe onto the World Championships roster, and all won at least one relay medal in Budapest.
Hoosiers at the FINA World Championships
Indiana Swimming & Diving had quite the showing at the FINA World Championships this summer. Over the course of the week at the World Championships, Hoosiers swimmers – current, alumni and postgrad – combined to win seven gold and two bronze medals. The IU swimmers also combined to set four world records.
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men's and women's swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
The four-day meet will begin with on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m CT. On Thursday through Saturday, the teams will swim a preliminary session in the morning at 11 a.m. CT with the championship session to follow at 6:30 p.m. CT.
Live results for the swimming events can be found at IUHoosiers.com. Live results for the diving events can be found at DiveMeets.com. For more information on the Women's Big Ten Championship, including a schedule of events, fans can click HERE.
The Big Ten Championships will be streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. Complimentary access to BTN2Go is available to viewers connected to the internet network of a Big Ten university. Fans elsewhere can sign up for the pay-per-view webcasts.
Scouting the Hoosiers
Indiana enters this week's Big Ten Championships ranked No. 2 in the nation in the latest CSCAA/TYR Top 25 poll. IU is one of four Big Ten teams ranked in the national poll – Michigan (No. 6), Ohio State (No. 15) and Minnesota (No. 22).
During the dual-meet season this year, the Hoosiers posted an undefeated record for the second-straight year, going 9-0. During the season, IU took down ranked opponents No. 2 Texas, No. 4 Florida, No. 8 Michigan, No. 13 Notre Dame, No. 14 Louisville and No. 15 Tennessee. IU has won 22-straight dual meets, with the team's last loss coming on Jan. 16, 2016.
2017 Big Ten Championships
The Hoosiers won the program's 25th Big Ten Championship in 2017 – the first title for IU since 2006. IU won the team title with a total score of 1,504 points. For the week, IU won a total of 19 medals – 12 gold, five silver and two bronze.
Indiana also won four of the five relays at the Big Ten Championships, marking the first time in program history the team accomplished that impressive feat. The dozen league crowns were the most for the team since winning 13 in 1976.
Big Ten Championship History
The Indiana men's swimming and diving team has won 25 conference championships in program history. The Hoosiers 25 team titles are the second-most in in the Big Ten, ranking only behind Michigan's 39. Indiana has finished in the top-3 at the Big Ten Championships for seven-straight seasons.
IU Posts Impressive Times at Purdue Invitational
The IU women's team won the Purdue Invite, topping the eight-team field with a total of 896.5 points, while the Hoosier men finished second with 847 points as No. 3 Florida won with a score of 1,009 points.
Over the course of the three-day meet, Indiana won an impressive 22 events. The Hoosiers also won eight of the 10 relays over the course of the three-day meet. IU also totaled six NCAA A cuts on the week as well.
Hixon, Connor Win Diving Titles
Michael Hixon and James Connor each won diving titles the week of Dec. 18. At the 2017 USA Diving Winter National Championships in Greensboro, N.C., Hixon won gold in the 3-meter dive with an impressive score of 1231.85. At the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Trials in Australia, Connor took home the gold in the 3-meter, winning with a score of 868.70.
Looze Named SwimSwam Coach of the Month for October
Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze was named SwimSwam's Coach of the Month for October after leading IU to three wins over Texas and Florida. Swimming defending NCAA champions Texas and last year's third-place team Florida on the men's side, the IU men pulled off a big early-season win.
And on the women's side, Indiana came within 26 points of Texas, a top-5 program a year ago, while beating up on Florida. IU swept all eight relays at the tri meet and won 25 of 42 swimming events between men and women.
IU Places Six Swimmers, Three Coaches on USA Swimming National Team
Six Indiana University swimmers along with three Hoosier coaches were named to the 2017-18 USA Swimming National Team in September. Current IU swimmers Ian Finnerty, Lilly King and Blake Pieroni were named to the team, along with alum Cody Miller and IU postgrads Zane Grothe and Amanda Kendall. IU head coach Ray Looze, associate head coach Mike Westphal and associate head sprint coach Coley Stickels were named Team USA coaches.
Looze Named ASCA Coach of the Year
Indiana University head coach Ray Looze was named George Haines Coach of the Year Thursday evening by the American Swim Coaches Association. Looze coached four swimmers onto the U.S. World Championships team this summer, including world record-setter Lilly King.
Looze was a women's assistant coach on the USA staff in Budapest, and he led the Hoosier men to a seventh-place finish this summer at the NCAA championships, and his women took eighth.
King won four gold medals at the World Championships this year and set (or helped set) world records in all four events: the 50 breast, 100 breast and both the women's and mixed 400 medley relays. Looze also put Cody Miller, Blake Pieroni and Zane Grothe onto the World Championships roster, and all won at least one relay medal in Budapest.
Hoosiers at the FINA World Championships
Indiana Swimming & Diving had quite the showing at the FINA World Championships this summer. Over the course of the week at the World Championships, Hoosiers swimmers – current, alumni and postgrad – combined to win seven gold and two bronze medals. The IU swimmers also combined to set four world records.
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men's and women's swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
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