2026 Women’s Big Ten Champs Day 4 Ups/Mids/Downs: Indiana Hit Double Figures For ‘A’ Finals

2026 WOMEN’S BIG TEN SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Defending champions: Ohio State women (1x)
• Live Results (also available on Meet Mobile: “2026 B1G Women’s Swim & Dive Championships”)
• Live Video ($): B1G+
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam’s Meet Preview
• Teams: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
• SwimSwam Live Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 2| Day 3
  • Finals: Day 1 Relays | Day 2

For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best at prelims. In prelims, swimmers qualify for one of three finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final and places 17 through 24 the C final. In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the B heat (spots 9-16) can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they put up the fastest or slowest time of any heat in the final.

With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups,” “Mids” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers and divers in the A final, “Mid” to B finalists, and “Down” to C finalists.

*these scores and projections do not factor in points from diving

Scores after Day 3:

1. Michigan – 883
2. Ohio State – 714.5
3. Indiana – 694
4. Wisconsin – 650
5. USC – 296
6. Minnesota- 489
7. UCLA – 423.5
8. Purdue – 301
9. Northwestern – 295
10. Nebraska – 277.5
11. Rutgers – 265.5
12. Iowa – 215
13. Penn State – 162
14. Illinois – 149.5

Indiana were the headline act of this morning, placing 10 of their 12 scoring swimmers for tonight into ‘A’ finals, which should see them break into the top two at the end of tonight. They hold the top seed in the 100 free (Liberty Clark) and 200 fly (Alex Shackell), and are seeded for 267 individual points. Shackell won the 100 fly on Day 2, while Clark has won the 200 free and placed 2nd in the 50 free already at the meet.

This was always set to be a big day for Indiana, and the Hoosiers duly delivered. Along with their top seed in the 400 free relay, they should close out the meet on a high. Michigan will be too far away to catch, with eight ‘A’ finals of their own including three in the 200 IM, but OSU’s failure to put more than one swimmer into an ‘A’ final this morning will come back to bite them. The  Buckeyes have 12 scoring swims in finals tonight, but seven of those are ‘B’ finals and four of them ‘C’ finals. Wisconsin also only managed a pair of ‘A’ finalists; Lucie Delmas in the 200 fly and top-seeded Maggie Wanezek in the 200 back.

USC will remain in 5th despite making six ‘A’ finals tonight, while Purdue will solidify their hold on 8th after moving up three places last night. They are set for 160.5 points, thanks to six finals, three swimmers set to score in the mile, and the 9th seed in the 400 free relay.

Day 4 Ups/Mids/Downs

Day 3 Prelims Scoring + Relay Seed Scoring:

Scores Through Day 3 + Day 4 Finals Projected Scores

Women

1. Michigan – 1237
2. Indiana – 1049
3. Ohio State – 1001.5
4. Wisconsin – 899
5. USC – 749.5
6. UCLA – 572.5
7. Minnesota – 567
8. Purdue – 461.5
9. Northwestern – 435.5
10. Nebraska – 388.5
11. Rutgers – 335.5
12. Iowa – 265
13. Penn State – 209
14. Illinois – 199.5