No. 2/9 Hoosiers Dominate First Day in LA

10/10/2025 6:49:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana swimming and diving leads all five of its duals through the first of two days at the USC Invitational inside the Uytengsu Aquatics Center in Los Angeles.

The Hoosiers won both relays and 11 individual events over the first two sessions on Friday. Three IU swimmers – freshman Liberty Clark, junior Miranda Grana and senior Zalán Sárkány – won three individual events. Eleven Hoosiers captured NCAA qualifying times and three IU divers picked up NCAA zone qualifying scores on the springboards.

Clark highlighted the day, most notably in the 200-yard freestyle. The freshman toppled USC junior and NCAA medalist Minna Abraham by seven hundredths with a 1:42.43. Clark became the second Hoosier to go sub-1:43 in the event behind only 2025 NCAA Champion Anna Peplowski, who hit 1:42 for the first time as a sophomore before trimming her personal best down to a 1:40.50.

TEAM SCORES
Men

No. 2 Indiana 146, No. 17 USC 40
No. 2 Indiana 151, No. 14 Texas A&M 35

Women

No. 9 Indiana 98, No. 12 USC 88
No. 9 Indiana 115, No. 24 UCLA 71
No. 9 Indiana 134, No. 21 Texas A&M 52

HOOSIER WINNERS

Women
Liberty Clark – 400 medley relay (3:30.27), 50 freestyle (22.03), 200 freestyle relay (1:28.50), 200 freestyle (1:42.43)
Mya DeWitt – 400 medley relay (3:30.27), 200 freestyle relay (1:28.50)
Miranda Grana – 400 medley relay (3:30.27), 100 backstroke (50.75), 100 butterfly (51.55)
Jonette Laegreid – 400 medley relay (3:30.27)
Kristina Paegle – 200 freestyle relay (1:28.50)
Chiok Sze Yeo – 200 freestyle relay (1:28.50)

Men
Alexei Avakov – 100 breaststroke (52.22)
Noah Cakir – 400 medley relay (3:05.97)
Vidar Carlbaum – 200 freestyle relay (1:18.06)
Brandon Fleck – 200 freestyle (1:35.50)
Miroslav Knedla – 100 backstroke (45.58)
Mikkel Lee – 400 medley relay (3:05.97), 200 freestyle relay (1:18.06), 50 freestyle (19.16)
Owen McDonald – 400 medley relay (3:05.97), 200 freestyle relay (1:18.06), 200 IM (1:42.91)
Raekwon Noel – 400 medley relay (3:05.97)
Zalán Sárkány – 500 freestyle (4:11.39), 400 IM (3:43.45)
Dylan Smiley – 200 freestyle relay (1:18.06)

NCAA QUALIFIERS
Women's 400 medley relay (3:30.27); Alexei Avakov – 100 breast (52.22); Liberty Clark – 50 free (22.28), 200 free (1:42.43); Mya DeWitt – 100 back (52.34); Miranda Grana – 100 back (50.75), 100 fly (51.55); Miroslav Knedla – 100 back (45.58); Mikkel Lee – 50 free (19.43); Owen McDonald – 200 IM (1:42.91); Zalán Sárkány – 500 free (4:11.39), 400 IM (3:43.45); Reese Tiltmann – 400 IM (4:12.62); Kai van Westering – 100 back (45.87)

NCAA ZONE QUALIFIERS
1-meter: Joshua Hedberg (334.40)
3-meter: Kaylee Bishop (287.00), Lily Witte (297.55)

UP NEXT
The LA meet concludes with one split session on Saturday (Oct. 11), with swimming beginning at noon ET before diving at 2 p.m.

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