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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 | Day 4 Finals: Day 1 Relays | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS
NCAA Record – 3:05.84 — Virginia (Douglass, A. Walsh, Parker, G. Walsh) (2023) Big Ten Record – 3:08.07 – Michigan (MacNeil, Haughey, DeLoof, Pyshnenko) (2019) Big Ten Meet Record – 3:08.89 – Michigan (Balduccini, Kendall, Newman, Flynn) (2025)Top 3:
Indiana (Shackell, Clark, Paegle, Hoeper) – 3:07.72 (BIG TEN RECORD) Michigan (Greenhawt, Sims, Kendall, Balduccini) – 3:07.90 Ohio State (Bockrath, Angove, Little, LeBlanc) – 3:12.61Indiana’s relay of Alex Shackell, Liberty Clark, Kristina Paegle, and Grace Hoeper swam to a new Big Ten record as well as new Big Ten meet record as they touched in a 3:07.72. That broke the Big Ten record of a 3:08.07 set by Michigan in 2019 as well as the meet record of a 3:08.89 set by Michigan’s relay a year ago.
Split Comparison
Indiana Michigan Old Big Ten Michigan Old Meet Alex Shackell 47.74 Maggie MacNeil 47.04 Stephanie Balduccini 47.66 Liberty Clark 45.78 Siobhan Haughey 46.44 Brady Kendall 47.59 Kristina Paegle 47.03 Catie DeLoof 46.91 Claire Newman 47.15 Grace Hoeper 47.17 Daria Pyshnenko 47.68 Lindsay Flynn 46.5 3:07.72 3:08.07 3:08.89Freshman Liberty Clark was the biggest difference tonight as she posted the only sub-46 split with a 45.78. Clark already made history earlier in tonight’s session with a Big Ten record 46.22 in the flat start 100 free.
Indiana’s win tonight prevented Michigan from sweeping all five relays. Indiana now holds the #2 time in the NCAA this season sitting only behind Virginia who swam an NCAA record 3:05.30 tonight at the 2026 ACC Championships.
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