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2026 Men’s Big Ten Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28
• Location: Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, Madison, WI
• Defending champions: Indiana men (4x)
• Live Results (also available on Meet Mobile: “2026 Men’s B1G Championship”)
• Live Video ($): B1G+
• Championship Central – Big Ten
• Championship Central – Wisconsin
• SwimSwam’s Meet Preview
• Teams: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, USC, Wisconsin
• SwimSwam Live Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 Relays | Day 2 | Day 3

The 2026 Men’s Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships concluded Saturday night with finals of the 200 IM, 1650 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 200 backstroke, and 400 freestyle relay. Race videos from the session, courtesy of Ohio State Swimming’s YouTube channel and the Indiana and Michigan X accounts, are linked below. For a full written recap of the session, see the bullet points above.

MEN’S 200-YARD IM – Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:36.34, Leon Marchand (Arizona State) – 2024
• Big Ten Record: 1:39.42, Owen McDonald (Indiana) – 2025
• Big Ten Meet Record: 1:39.89, Owen McDonald (Indiana) – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:44.13
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:42.65

Results:

1. Owen McDonald (Indiana) – 1:40.11
2. Colin Geer (Michigan) – 1:40.15
3. Tristan Jankovics (Ohio State) – 1:41.49
4. Joshua Staples (Northwestern) – 1:41.61
5. Josh Bey (Indiana) – 1:41.68
6. Luke Mladenovic (Michigan) – 1:41.93
7. Eitan Ben-Shitrit (Michigan) – 1:42.19
8. Toby Barnett (Indiana) – 1:42.90

MEN’S 1650-YARD FREESTYLE – Finals

• NCAA Record: 14:12.08, Bobby Finke (Florida) – 2020
• Big Ten Record: 14:21.29, Zalan Sarkany (Indiana) – 2025
• Big Ten Meet Record: 14:29.25, Felix Auboeck (Michigan) – 2017
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 15:06.60
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 14:48.80

Results:

1. Zalan Sarkany (Indiana) – 14:25.40 *Meet Record*
2. Luke Whitlock (Indiana) – 14:31.54
3. Luke Ellis (Indiana) – 14:43.01
4. Lorne Wigginton (Michigan) – 14:46.09
5. Mason Edmund (Ohio State) – 14:52.97
6. Isaac Fleig (Ohio State) – 14:55.18
7. Luke Brennan (Minnesota) – 14:57.89
8. Joshua Brown (Michigan) – 14:58.72

It's another ONE. TWO. THREE. for INDIANA!

Sárkány, Whitlock & Ellis sweep the podium in the 1,650 freestyle! pic.twitter.com/K5IPmLfeUW

— Indiana Swim & Dive (@IndianaSwimDive) March 1, 2026

MEN’S 100-YARD FREESTYLE – Finals

• NCAA Record: 39.90, Jordan Crooks (Tennessee) – 2025
• Big Ten Record: 40.83, Bowe Becker (Minnesota) – 2019
• Big Ten Meet Record: 41.38, Ruslan Gaziev (Ohio State) – 2023
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 42.55
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 41.95

Results:

1. Dylan Smiley (Indiana) – 41.81
2. Stuart Seymour (Northwestern) – 41.87
3. Caden Duncan (Northwestern) – 41.189
4. Mikkel Lee (Indiana) – 42.17
5. Antoine Sauve (Michigan) – 42.18
6. Ole Eidam (Michigan) – 42.23
7. Tomas Navikonis (Ohio State) – 42.42
8. Ben Wiegand (Wisconsin) – 42.74

MEN’S 200-YARD BUTTERFLY – Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:36.41, Luca Urlando (Georgia) – 2025
• Big Ten Record: 1:38.71, Brendan Burns (Indiana) – 2022
• Big Ten Meet Record: 1:39.22, Brendan Burns (Indiana) – 2022
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:43.79
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:41.45

MEN’S 200-YARD BACKSTROKE – Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:34.24, Hubert Kos (Texas) – 2025
• Big Ten Record: 1:37.15, Owen McDonald (Indiana) – 2025
• Big Ten Meet Record: 1:37.15, Owen McDonald (Indiana) – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:42.14
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:40.13

Results:

1. Kai Van Westering (Indiana) – 1:39.19
2. Cornelius Jahn (Ohio State) – 1:39.40
3. Miroslav Knedla (Indiana) – 1:39.45
4. Oliver Kos (Northwestern) – 1:40.33
5. Blake Rowe (Purdue) – 1:40.69
6. David Gerchik (Northwestern) – 1:40.97
7. Nathan Welker (Wisconsin) – 1:41.81
8. Cooper Morley (Penn State) – 1:41.96

Men’s 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – Timed Finals

• NCAA Record: 2:42.30, Tennessee – 2025
• Big Ten Record: 2:45.08, Indiana – 2025 NCAAs
• Big Ten Meet Record: 2:45.62, Indiana – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Standard (“A” Cut): 3:13.62
• 2026 NCAA Provisional Standard (“B” Cut): 3:14.92

Results:

1. Indiana – 2:46.51
2. Michigan – 2:47.01
3. Ohio State – 2:48.19
4. Northwestern – 2:48.44
5. USC – 2:49.84
6. Wisconsin – 2:50.55
7. Purdue – 2:50.92
8. Penn State – 2:52.85
9. Minnesota – 2:55.69

Final Team Scores