2025 Men’s Big Ten Championships
- Dates: Wednesday, February 26–Saturday, March 1
- Location: Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Defending champions: Indiana men (3x)
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- Teams: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, USC*, Wisconsin
With the NCAA Swimming and Diving championship season upon us, athletes around the country are preparing to put their best foot forward in effort to stand atop the podium. 2025 is the first year we see conference realignment take full effect, and these conference championship meets are now harder and more competitive than ever. The addition of USC this year is sure to bolster the level of competition in the Big Ten. Diving is already notoriously difficult to predict, but the hope is that this article will give viewers a few key standouts to look out for and a good idea of what to expect this week.
Men’s 1 Meter Picks
- Moritz Wesemann – USC
- Quinn Henninger – Indiana
- Shangfei Wang – USC
- Carson Tyler – Indiana
- Yutong Wang – Minnesota
- Jordan Rzepka – Purdue
- Maxwell Miller – Purdue
- Cameron Gammage – Michigan
Other Contenders: Andrew Bennett (Minnesota), Clayton Chaplin (Ohio State), Joshua Sollenberger (Indiana), Zachary Welsh (Purdue)
The Big Ten is the most competitive conference in the NCAA for men’s diving, so the fight for these medals will be tough, and world-class dives will be needed to win any of these events. Southern California’s newcomer Moritz Wesemann is already one of the best springboard divers in the world, making the three meter final at the Paris Olympics. Wesemann is extremely strong and able to launch himself high in the air off the board, which makes a big impression especially on the one meter. Indiana’s duo of Quinn Henninger and Carson Tyler can always be expected to finish towards the top and will provide crucial points for their team as IU looks to lock up the Big Ten team title.
Men’s 3 Meter Picks
- Quinn Henninger – Indiana
- Moritz Wesemann – USC
- Carson Tyler – Indiana
- Yutong Wang – Minnesota
- Jordan Rzepka – Purdue
- Shangfei Wang – USC
- Clayton Chaplin – Ohio State
- Maxwell Weinrich – Indiana
Other Contenders: Cameron Gammage (Michigan), Laurent Gosselin-Paradis (USC), Maxwell Miller (Purdue), Zachary Welsh (Purdue)
This field contains two of the three meter finalists from the Paris Olympics, but my choice for the champion is U.S. Olympic team alternate, Quinn Henninger. His teammate, Carson Tyler is probably the most consistent diver in the nation, but doesn’t have as high difficulty overall as some of his other competitors here. The senior, Henninger, will look to use his high difficulty dives for redemption and to catapult himself to the top of the leaderboard. Wesemann, the German native, has the highest difficulty of the entire field, but isn’t quite as clean as the Indiana duo.
Men’s Platform Picks
- Carson Tyler – Indiana
- Jordan Rzepka – Purdue
- Andrew Bennett – Minnesota
- Tyler Wills – Purdue
- Maxwell Weinrich – Indiana
- Laurent Gosselin-Paradis – USC
- Quinn Henninger – Indiana
- Kylie Flory – Ohio State
Other Contenders: Clayton Chaplin (Ohio State), Braylon Goodno (Minnesota), Robert Gref (USC), Kaden Springfield (Purdue)
This platform event should be an exciting showdown for the final diving title of the competition. Carson Tyler has the potential to be really clean and rack up the 10’s on this event, which is what ultimately drove me to pick him as the projected champion. Purdue’s Jordan Rzepka is also expected to be in the mix if he can manage to hit all his dives, and his high difficulty will definitely help him out. Bennett, Wills, and Weinrich are also sure to make a solid run in the final if they dive to their potential.
I think the zones are based on school location, not conference affiliation. Can someone confirm and also clarify how many spots are available by zone/board?
Is the NCAA redoing how many qualifies come out of each zone in light of the realignment? The zone for the big ten is going to have 4-5 likely NCAA A finalists in each event, so I hope our zone gets an extra couple slots.