Burns, IU Diving Defend NCAA Titles

Friday, March 29

Indianapolis

6 p.m.

Indiana University

NCAA Championships - Finals

3/29/2024 11:09:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana captured two national titles Friday (March 29) night at the 2024 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships inside the IU Natatorium, repeating championships in the 100-yard backstroke and 3-meter diving events.

Brendan Burns defended his 100-yard backstroke title despite swimming from lane one. Burns won in a time of 43.86, just three hundredths of a second in front of the 2022 champion, NC State's Kacper Stokowski. The junior is now a three-time NCAA champion, also winning the 200-yard butterfly in 2022. He'll swim the 200 fly and the 200-yard backstroke on Saturday – his final meet day as a Hoosier.

"What an amazing night for the Hoosiers," IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. "Brendan Burns out of lane one! He really wasn't feeling himself this morning. There was a point where I'm not sure if he knew he could do that. It's interesting: all of his national championships have been unexpected, and this one was by far the best because he did it out of lane one, and he never gave up."

The Indiana diving duo of juniors Carson Tyler and Quinn Henninger have combined for four medals in two days, finishing first and second on the 3-meter board Friday. Tyler won his second-career national championship, first on 3-meter, with a score of 476.85 and will defend his 2023 platform title Saturday. Henninger took silver with a 461.75. The pair was part of a 1-3-4 finish for IU a year ago behind now-pro Andrew Capobianco's third-career 3-meter title.

"I don't know that I've ever had that happen in my career at the NCAA Championships, so it was a pretty special night," IU head diving coach Drew Johansen said. "I'm really proud of Carson continuing to show what a great competitor he is, and the poise and composure that he has under pressure. And then Quinn used the hardest list in the world and delivered some huge dives today. We can see where he's trending towards continuing to be the dominant force on that 3-meter – him and Carson together.

"It was Brendan Burns that kicked it off for us, watching him win that 100 back from lane one. I know the divers were watching – they had a great warmup, but seeing Brendan put that performance out there, I had no doubt that Carson and Quinn were going to dive well."

"Going one-two in the 3-meter was just spectacular," Looze added. "Carson and Quinn, I can't say enough about those two boys. So, overall, a fantastic, hard-nosed day for the Hoosiers."

IU sits No. 4 in the team race with 247 points through three days at the national meet, behind third place Florida (273 points) and in front of fifth-place NC State (206).

Senior Tomer Frankel was Indiana's fourth medalist Friday, earning a silver medal in the 100-yard butterfly with a program record 43.85. In prelims, he became the first Hoosier to break the 44-second barrier in the 100 fly. Frankel is now a two-time medalist in the event after his bronze-medal performance a year ago.

Indiana also scored important points from junior Rafael Miroslaw's fifth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle and classmate Josh Matheny's sixth-place performance in the 100-yard breaststroke as well as three B finalists.

IU's decorated current 400-yard medley relay quartet raced together for the final time and picked up the program's sixth-straight top-five national finish in the event. Burns, Matheny, Frankel and Miroslaw have raced the relay each of the last three seasons and together collected three Big Ten Championships, two NCAA runner-up finishes and the program record. On Friday, they finished fourth in a time of 3:00.20, the third-best mark in program history.

RESULTS
100 BUTTERFLY
2. Tomer Frankel – 43.85 (NCAA Silver, All-America, Program Record, Career Best)
15. Finn Brooks – 45.13 (Second-Team All-America)

200 FREESTYLE
5. Rafael Miroslaw – 1:30.84 (All-America, Career Best)

100 BREASTSTROKE
6. Josh Matheny – 51.07 (All-America)
12. Jassen Yep – 51.52 (Second-Team All-America)

100 BACKSTROKE
1. Brendan Burns – 43.86 (NCAA Champion, All-America, Pool Record)

3-METER
1. Carson Tyler – 476.85 (NCAA Champion, All-America, Career Best)
2. Quinn Henninger – 461.75 (NCAA Silver, All-America)
15. Maxwell Weinrich – 365.50 (Second-Team All-America)

400 MEDLEY RELAY
4. Brendan Burns, Josh Matheny, Tomer Frankel, Rafael Miroslaw – 3:00.20 (All-America)

HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS
Luke Barr (200 IM*)
Finn Brooks (200 medley relay, 100 butterfly*)
Brendan Burns (200 medley relay, 800 freestyle relay, 100 backstroke, 400 medley relay)
Tomer Frankel (200 medley relay, 800 freestyle relay, 200 freestyle relay*, 100 butterfly, 400 medley relay)
Quinn Henninger (1-meter, 3-meter)
Mikkel Lee (200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay*)
Josh Matheny (100 breaststroke, 400 medley relay)
Rafael Miroslaw (800 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle*, 200 freestyle relay*, 200 freestyle, 400 medley relay)
Carson Tyler (1-meter, 3-meter)
Kai van Westering (800 freestyle relay)
Maxwell Weinrich (3-meter*)
Gavin Wight (200 freestyle relay*)
Jassen Yep (100 breaststroke*)

* - Denotes second-team All-America

UP NEXT
The 2024 NCAA Championships in Indianapolis conclude Saturday as the Hoosiers look to repeat or improve their 2023 fourth-place finish. Action begins with a morning preliminary session at 10 a.m. ET before finals at 6 p.m.

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