Indiana Men Finish Third at NCAA Championships

Saturday, March 28

Atlanta, Ga.

6 p.m.

Indiana University

NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships - Finals

3/28/2026 10:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

ATLANTA – The men of Indiana earned their second consecutive third place national finish at the 2026 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday (March 28) inside the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.

The national performance is Indiana eighth consecutive top six national finish and fifth consecutive top five finish. The program recorded 351 points, ranking only behind NCAA Champion Texas (445.5 points), runner-up Florida (416) and ahead of Arizona State (328).

IU repeated as the No. 3 team in the nation despite returning only four individual scorers and graduating three national champions. Ten of Indiana's 15 All-Americans this year were first-time individual point-scorers.

The Hoosiers set Big Ten and program records in four events. Senior Zalán Sárkány opened the week with an NCAA record 1,000-yard freestyle, going 8:33.10 in his mile split. His 14:12.20 in that 1,650-yard freestyle reset his own Big Ten and program records in the event. Two days later, Sárkány set another conference record in the 500 free with his 4:07.95. Senior Owen McDonald's second-place 200 IM performance on Saturday came with another Big Ten record, his time a 1:38.57.

This season, Indiana won its 32nd and fifth consecutive Big Ten Championship. In that meet, the Hoosiers won 10 Big Ten Championships, earned 27 medals, swept three events and totaled 1,544.5 points to win by a margin of 336.5 points over the field. IU has won eight of the last 10 men's swim and dive titles.

RESULTS
200 IM
2. Owen McDonald – 1:38.56 (NCAA Silver, Big Ten Record, Program Record, Personal Best, First-Team All-American)
7. Josh Bey – 1:41.98 (First-Team All-American)
5. Noah Cakir – 1:42.23 (First-Team All-American)
19. Toby Barnett – 1:42.90

100 FREESTYLE
16. Mikkel Lee – 41.56 (Personal Best, Second-Team All-America)
18. Dylan Smiley – 41.63

200 BUTTERFLY
6. Raekwon Noel – 1:39.54 (First-Team All-America)
27. Aaron Shackell – 1:42.47 (Personal Best)

200 BACKSTROKE
4. Kai van Westering – 1:38.29 (First-Team All-America)
24. David Kovacs – 1:40.06
25. Miroslav Knedla – 1:40.14

PLATFORM
13. Maxwell Weinrich – 365.10 (Second-Team All-America)

400 FREESTYLE RELAY
7. Owen McDonald, Dylan Smiley, Mikkel Lee, Miroslav Knedla – 2:46.26 (First-Team All-America)

HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS
Alexei Avakov – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke*, 400 medley relay
Toby Barnett – 100 breaststroke*, 200 breaststroke
Josh Bey – 400 IM, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM
Noah Cakir – 200 breaststroke*, 200 IM
Travis Gulledge – 200 medley relay, 100 breaststroke*, 200 freestyle relay*
Miroslav Knedla – 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay*, 100 backstroke*, 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay
Mikkel Lee – 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay*, 100 freestyle*, 400 freestyle relay
Owen McDonald – 200 medley relay, 800 freestyle relay, 100 backstroke, 400 medley relay, 200 IM, 400 freestyle relay
Raekwon Noel – 800 freestyle relay, 200 butterfly
Zalán Sárkány – 1,650 freestyle, 400 IM*, 500 freestyle
Aaron Shackell – 800 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle
Dylan Smiley – 800 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay*, 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay
Kai van Westering – 100 backstroke*, 200 backstroke
Maxwell Weinrich – Platform*
Luke Whitlock – 1,650 freestyle

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