Indiana Finalizes Rosters for 2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

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NCAA Zone C Diving Championships

Indiana Finalizes Rosters for 2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

3/11/2026 7:30:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

32 Hoosiers, NCAA-Leading 19 Men Qualify for National Meet

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Following the NCAA's announcement of swimming qualifiers for the 2026 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships as well as the conclusion of the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, No. 3/6 Indiana finalized its rosters for the national meet on Wednesday (March 11).

Thirty-two athletes will represent IU over the next two weeks at the two NCAA swimming and diving championship meets, starting with the women's competition scheduled to run next Wednesday through Saturday (March 18-21). The men's meet will run the following week (March 25-28).

Indiana qualified 19 athletes – 16 swimmers, three divers – for the men's meet, the nation's largest roster. IU added four divers to its women's roster this week at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships after the NCAA announced nine swimmers had qualified last Tuesday.

The Big Ten Champion men will have a representative in every event and multiple competitors in 20 of 22 events. The Hoosiers have six qualifications in the 400-yard IM, five in the 100-yard backstroke and four apiece in the 500-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM.

Including relays, Hoosiers own 16 top 10 seeds and six top five seeds in their events. The two-time reigning NCAA Champion in the 1,650-yard freestyle, senior Zalán Sárkány is favored to win the mile again as the top seed in the event. Sárkány also owns the No. 2 seed in the 500-yard freestyle. Classmate Owen McDonald has the top seed in the 200 IM. Freshman Josh Bey ranks No. 2 in the 400 IM after breaking the Big Ten record in his conference title victory last month.

2026 NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Indiana Women's Qualifiers
Kaylee Bishop – platform
Mary Kate Cavanaugh – platform
Liberty Clark – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Mya DeWitt – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
Miranda Grana – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly
Macky Hodges – 200 backstroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
Grace Hoeper – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Jonette Laegreid – Relay alternate
Kristina Paegle – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Ella Roselli – 1-meter, 3-meter, platform
Alex Shackell – 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly
Reese Tiltmann – 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
Lily Witte – 1-meter, 3-meter
200 freestyle relay
400 freestyle relay
800 freestyle relay
200 medley relay
400 freestyle relay

Indiana Men's Qualifiers
Alexei Avakov - 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
Toby Barnett - 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM
Josh Bey - 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
Noah Cakir - 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
Luke Ellis - 500 freestyle, 1,650 freestyle, 400 IM
Travis Gulledge - 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke
Miroslav Knedla - 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
David Kovacs - 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 400 IM
Mikkel Lee - 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Owen McDonald - 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 IM
Raekwon Noel - 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly
Aiden Sadler - 3-meter
Zalán Sárkány - 500 freestyle, 1,650 freestyle, 400 IM
Aaron Shackell - 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 butterfly
Dylan Smiley - 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke
Joshua Sollenberger - 1-meter, 3-meter
Maxwell Weinrich - 1-meter, 3-meter, platform
Kai van Westering - 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
Luke Whitlock - 500 freestyle, 1,650 freestyle, 400 IM
200 freestyle relay
400 freestyle relay
800 freestyle relay
200 medley relay
400 freestyle relay

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