Indiana University Athletics
Big Ten Champions Ready for NCAA Meet
3/21/2023 2:02:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
MINNEAPOLIS – Repeat Big Ten Champion Indiana men's swimming and diving is ready to compete on the national stage.
This week, the No. 6-ranked Hoosiers will look to build on their momentum with 13 qualified student-athletes and all five relays competing at the 2023 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships inside the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.
The action kicks off Wednesday night and runs through Saturday (March 22-25). Streaming is available via the ESPN Plus digital platform.
The 200-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay will be contested on Wednesday night, kicking off the meet. IU is the No. 13 seed in the medley relay after swimming a 1:23.52 at the Big Ten Championships and taking bronze. The program record is a second faster, set at the 2022 conference meet in 1:22.51. IU's 800 freestyle relay is ranked No. 6 in the country after winning gold at Big Tens in 6:10.80.
Thursday is the first full day with a preliminary session beginning at 10 a.m. CT. Sophomore Luke Barr gets the individual swims started in the 200 IM (1:43.14) leading into the 50 free, where the Hoosiers have three swimmers. Senior Van Mathias leads the group as the No. 13 seed with a 19.00 that won the Big Ten title, followed by sophomores Finn Brooks (19.39) and Rafael Miroslaw (19.46).
Day two also marks the first day of diving. Four Indiana divers qualified for all three events, beginning with the 1-meter springboard on Thursday. Sophomore Carson Tyler was the Big Ten Champion in the event as redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco earned silver, sophomore Quinn Henninger also reached the podium in sixth and freshman Maxwell Weinrich earned max points from the consolation final in ninth.
IU is the No. 12 seed in Thursday's final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay. Mathias, Wight, Brooks and Miroslaw won the Big Ten title in the event with a 1:16.29, about nine tenths short of the program record set in 2019.
Junior Tomer Frankel, Brooks and senior Brendan Burns start IU's day Friday in the 100 fly. Frankel finished fifth at the 2022 national meet with a career-best 44.38 while Burns was ninth in 44.54. This season at Big Tens, Frankel (44.66) and Brooks (44.38) earned silver and bronze, respectively. Next up in the 200 free, Miroslaw owns the No. 10 time in the country coming in with a 1:32.10 set at Big Tens and owns a career-best 1:31.89 from a 2022 conference meet relay split.
The 100-yard breaststroke is Indiana's most loaded event with five athletes competing. Mathias (51.32) and sophomore Josh Matheny (51.50) are the Nos. 11 and 13 seeds backed up by junior Jassen Yep (52.05), Barr (52.68) and junior Maxwell Reich (52.84).
Burns will swim his second event Friday in the 100 back, in which he is seeded No. 4 with a 44.65. A year ago, he was the runner-up in the event with a program record 44.15, faster than the top-seeded swimmer in this year's meet.
Capobianco will try for his third NCAA title on the 3-meter springboard after medaling three times and earning four first-team All-America honors in the event this far in his career.
IU's 400 medley relay quartet of Burns, Matheny, Frankel and Miroslaw approached the program record (2:59.70) in 2022 while capturing silver at the national championships with a 3:00.76. The same four earned gold at this year's conference meet in 3:01.53. The relay will certainly challenge for the national title as the No. 4 seed coming in.
The final individual swimming event highlights IU's final day as Burns defends his 2023 NCAA title in the 200-yard butterfly. He enters the week as the No. 2 seed after winning his fourth straight Big Ten 200 fly title in 1:39.51, though he swam a program record 1:38.71 to win the national title last year.
Leading into the 200 fly, Indiana has seven athletes between the 100 free and 200 breast. Mathias leads the way in the 100 free as the No. 8 seed (41.58), followed by Miroslaw (42.38) and Brooks (43.07). Matheny is 11th in the 200 breast (1:51.23), with Yep (1:52.33), Reich (1:52.35) and Barr (1:54.37) behind.
IU's four divers will close things out in the platform diving event. At Big Tens, Tyler, Henninger, Capobianco and Weinrich finished first, second, third and fifth in a dominant performance.
The meet will conclude with the 400-yard freestyle relay, IU's third top-10 relay. Mathias, Wight, Frankel and Miroslaw wrapped up IU's Big Ten title with a victory in the event, going 2:47.11. That time is just a second off the program record.
MEET INFO
Wednesday, March 22 – Saturday, March 25 • 11 a.m. ET (prelims), 7 p.m. ET (finals)
Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center • Minneapolis, Minn.
Live Results (Swimming): http://bit.ly/3JXj0fZ/Meet Mobile App
Live Results (Diving): divemeets.com
Live Stream: espn.com/watch
SCHEDULED EVENTS (Finals)
Wednesday (7 p.m. ET) – 200 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
Thursday (7 p.m. ET) – 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, 1-Meter Dive, 400 Medley Relay
Friday (7 p.m. ET) – 100 Butterfly, 400 IM, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke, 3-Meter Dive, 200 Freestyle Relay
Saturday (7 p.m. ET) – 1,650 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, Platform Dive, 400 Freestyle Relay
MEN'S QUALIFIERS
Luke Barr – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke, 200 IM
Finn Brooks – 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly
Brendan Burns – 100 Backstroke, 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly
Andrew Capobianco – 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Tomer Frankel – 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly
Quinn Henninger – 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Josh Matheny – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke
Van Mathias – 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke
Rafael Miroslaw – 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle
Maxwell Reich – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke
Carson Tyler – 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Maxwell Weinrich – 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Jassen Yep – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke
Relays: 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
OF NOTE…
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
The six-time NCAA Champion IU men's swimming and diving program has finished top 10 at the national meet in nine of the last 10 seasons and top five in three of the last four. For the sixth-straight season, Indiana finished as the top Big Ten team at the NCAA Championships in 2022 – the best stretch for IU since accomplishing the feat for 15 straight seasons from 1964-78.
Indiana finished fifth at the 2023 championships, scoring 265 points as 13 athletes combined for 38 All-America honors. Burns became the first Hoosier since 1973 to win an NCAA 200 fly title. IU has had a national champion in four straight championships, with 10 in that span between individual swimming, diving and relays.
2023 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
For the second-straight season, fifth time in seven years and 29th time in program history, Indiana men's swimming and diving is the Big Ten Champion.
Indiana earned 27 medals, 11 individual Big Ten Championships and broke nine pool records over four days at Canham Natatorium on the campus of the University of Michigan. The Hoosiers totaled 1595.5 points to outscore runner-up Ohio State (1,290.5) and the field by over 300 points.
For the third straight season, the IU pair of senior Brendan Burns and redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco earned championship award distinctions. Once more the Big Ten Champion in all five events he swam, Burns was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships. Capobianco and sophomore teammate Carson Tyler shared the Big Ten Diver of the Championships Award as they combined to help IU sweep the diving titles for a second consecutive year.
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This week, the No. 6-ranked Hoosiers will look to build on their momentum with 13 qualified student-athletes and all five relays competing at the 2023 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships inside the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.
The action kicks off Wednesday night and runs through Saturday (March 22-25). Streaming is available via the ESPN Plus digital platform.
The 200-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay will be contested on Wednesday night, kicking off the meet. IU is the No. 13 seed in the medley relay after swimming a 1:23.52 at the Big Ten Championships and taking bronze. The program record is a second faster, set at the 2022 conference meet in 1:22.51. IU's 800 freestyle relay is ranked No. 6 in the country after winning gold at Big Tens in 6:10.80.
Thursday is the first full day with a preliminary session beginning at 10 a.m. CT. Sophomore Luke Barr gets the individual swims started in the 200 IM (1:43.14) leading into the 50 free, where the Hoosiers have three swimmers. Senior Van Mathias leads the group as the No. 13 seed with a 19.00 that won the Big Ten title, followed by sophomores Finn Brooks (19.39) and Rafael Miroslaw (19.46).
Day two also marks the first day of diving. Four Indiana divers qualified for all three events, beginning with the 1-meter springboard on Thursday. Sophomore Carson Tyler was the Big Ten Champion in the event as redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco earned silver, sophomore Quinn Henninger also reached the podium in sixth and freshman Maxwell Weinrich earned max points from the consolation final in ninth.
IU is the No. 12 seed in Thursday's final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay. Mathias, Wight, Brooks and Miroslaw won the Big Ten title in the event with a 1:16.29, about nine tenths short of the program record set in 2019.
Junior Tomer Frankel, Brooks and senior Brendan Burns start IU's day Friday in the 100 fly. Frankel finished fifth at the 2022 national meet with a career-best 44.38 while Burns was ninth in 44.54. This season at Big Tens, Frankel (44.66) and Brooks (44.38) earned silver and bronze, respectively. Next up in the 200 free, Miroslaw owns the No. 10 time in the country coming in with a 1:32.10 set at Big Tens and owns a career-best 1:31.89 from a 2022 conference meet relay split.
The 100-yard breaststroke is Indiana's most loaded event with five athletes competing. Mathias (51.32) and sophomore Josh Matheny (51.50) are the Nos. 11 and 13 seeds backed up by junior Jassen Yep (52.05), Barr (52.68) and junior Maxwell Reich (52.84).
Burns will swim his second event Friday in the 100 back, in which he is seeded No. 4 with a 44.65. A year ago, he was the runner-up in the event with a program record 44.15, faster than the top-seeded swimmer in this year's meet.
Capobianco will try for his third NCAA title on the 3-meter springboard after medaling three times and earning four first-team All-America honors in the event this far in his career.
IU's 400 medley relay quartet of Burns, Matheny, Frankel and Miroslaw approached the program record (2:59.70) in 2022 while capturing silver at the national championships with a 3:00.76. The same four earned gold at this year's conference meet in 3:01.53. The relay will certainly challenge for the national title as the No. 4 seed coming in.
The final individual swimming event highlights IU's final day as Burns defends his 2023 NCAA title in the 200-yard butterfly. He enters the week as the No. 2 seed after winning his fourth straight Big Ten 200 fly title in 1:39.51, though he swam a program record 1:38.71 to win the national title last year.
Leading into the 200 fly, Indiana has seven athletes between the 100 free and 200 breast. Mathias leads the way in the 100 free as the No. 8 seed (41.58), followed by Miroslaw (42.38) and Brooks (43.07). Matheny is 11th in the 200 breast (1:51.23), with Yep (1:52.33), Reich (1:52.35) and Barr (1:54.37) behind.
IU's four divers will close things out in the platform diving event. At Big Tens, Tyler, Henninger, Capobianco and Weinrich finished first, second, third and fifth in a dominant performance.
The meet will conclude with the 400-yard freestyle relay, IU's third top-10 relay. Mathias, Wight, Frankel and Miroslaw wrapped up IU's Big Ten title with a victory in the event, going 2:47.11. That time is just a second off the program record.
MEET INFO
Wednesday, March 22 – Saturday, March 25 • 11 a.m. ET (prelims), 7 p.m. ET (finals)
Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center • Minneapolis, Minn.
Live Results (Swimming): http://bit.ly/3JXj0fZ/Meet Mobile App
Live Results (Diving): divemeets.com
Live Stream: espn.com/watch
SCHEDULED EVENTS (Finals)
Wednesday (7 p.m. ET) – 200 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
Thursday (7 p.m. ET) – 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, 1-Meter Dive, 400 Medley Relay
Friday (7 p.m. ET) – 100 Butterfly, 400 IM, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke, 3-Meter Dive, 200 Freestyle Relay
Saturday (7 p.m. ET) – 1,650 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, Platform Dive, 400 Freestyle Relay
MEN'S QUALIFIERS
Luke Barr – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke, 200 IM
Finn Brooks – 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly
Brendan Burns – 100 Backstroke, 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly
Andrew Capobianco – 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Tomer Frankel – 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly
Quinn Henninger – 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Josh Matheny – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke
Van Mathias – 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke
Rafael Miroslaw – 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle
Maxwell Reich – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke
Carson Tyler – 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Maxwell Weinrich – 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Jassen Yep – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke
Relays: 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
OF NOTE…
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
The six-time NCAA Champion IU men's swimming and diving program has finished top 10 at the national meet in nine of the last 10 seasons and top five in three of the last four. For the sixth-straight season, Indiana finished as the top Big Ten team at the NCAA Championships in 2022 – the best stretch for IU since accomplishing the feat for 15 straight seasons from 1964-78.
Indiana finished fifth at the 2023 championships, scoring 265 points as 13 athletes combined for 38 All-America honors. Burns became the first Hoosier since 1973 to win an NCAA 200 fly title. IU has had a national champion in four straight championships, with 10 in that span between individual swimming, diving and relays.
2023 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
For the second-straight season, fifth time in seven years and 29th time in program history, Indiana men's swimming and diving is the Big Ten Champion.
Indiana earned 27 medals, 11 individual Big Ten Championships and broke nine pool records over four days at Canham Natatorium on the campus of the University of Michigan. The Hoosiers totaled 1595.5 points to outscore runner-up Ohio State (1,290.5) and the field by over 300 points.
For the third straight season, the IU pair of senior Brendan Burns and redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco earned championship award distinctions. Once more the Big Ten Champion in all five events he swam, Burns was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships. Capobianco and sophomore teammate Carson Tyler shared the Big Ten Diver of the Championships Award as they combined to help IU sweep the diving titles for a second consecutive year.
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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.
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