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No. 15 Men’s Swimming & Diving Travels To Big Ten Championships
February 23, 2026 | Men's Swimming & Diving
LOS ANGELES - The No. 15 USC men's is set to compete at its second Big Ten Conference Championships this week in Madison, Wis. from Feb. 25-28 The meet will take place at the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center and will feature nine teams from the Big Ten.
In the squad's first ever Big Ten Championships in 2025, the Trojans finished fourth with two titles at the championship event. USC earned 878 points to finish in the top five.
Big Ten In The Poll
3 - Indiana
12 - Michigan
15 - USC
20 - Northwestern
24 - Wisconsin
Meet Info
Wednesday, Feb. 25 – Saturday, Feb. 28 • 8 a.m. ET (prelims), 3:00 p.m. (finals)
Soderholm Family Aquatic Center • Madison, Wis.
Live Results (Swimming): Meet Mobile | Live Results
Live Results (Diving): divemeets.com
Live Stream: B1G+
Event Schedule
Day 1 - Wed. Feb. 18 - 2:00 p.m. PT / 4:00 p.m. CT
Day 2 - Thurs. Feb. 19
Swimming Prelims - 8:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. CT
Diving Prelims - 10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT
Swimming & Diving Finals - 3:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. CT
Day 3 - Friday. Feb. 20
Swimming Prelims - 8:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. CT
Diving Prelims - 10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT
Swimming & Diving Finals - 3:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. CT
Day 4 - Saturday. Feb. 21
Swimming Prelims - 8:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. CT
Diving Prelims - 10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT
Swimming & Diving Finals - 3:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. CT
NCAA Qualifying Standard
Divers Moritz Wesemann (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Laurent Gosselin-Paradis (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Robert Gref (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Luc Goertzen (1-meter, 3-meter, platform) and Valentino Nieto (3-meter, platform) have performed above the standard as well as swimmers Michal Chmielewski (100y fly, 200y fly, 100y back), Krzysztof Chmielewski (200y fly, 500y free, 400y IM), Oliver Sogaard-Anderson (200y free, 500y free), Sanberk Oktar (200y IM, 400y IM), Junhao Chan (100y breast, 200y breast), Vaggellis Makrygiannis (100y back, 200y back) and Drew Huston (200y back).
In the squad's first ever Big Ten Championships in 2025, the Trojans finished fourth with two titles at the championship event. USC earned 878 points to finish in the top five.
Big Ten In The Poll
3 - Indiana
12 - Michigan
15 - USC
20 - Northwestern
24 - Wisconsin
Meet Info
Wednesday, Feb. 25 – Saturday, Feb. 28 • 8 a.m. ET (prelims), 3:00 p.m. (finals)
Soderholm Family Aquatic Center • Madison, Wis.
Live Results (Swimming): Meet Mobile | Live Results
Live Results (Diving): divemeets.com
Live Stream: B1G+
Event Schedule
Day 1 - Wed. Feb. 18 - 2:00 p.m. PT / 4:00 p.m. CT
- 200y medley relay
- 800y freestyle relay
Day 2 - Thurs. Feb. 19
Swimming Prelims - 8:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. CT
- 100y butterfly
- 400y IM
- 200y freestyle
- 100y breaststroke
Diving Prelims - 10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT
- 1-Meter Diving Trials
Swimming & Diving Finals - 3:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. CT
- 100y butterfly
- 400y IM
- 200y freestyle
- 100y breaststroke
- 1-Meter diving
- 200y freestyle relay
Day 3 - Friday. Feb. 20
Swimming Prelims - 8:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. CT
- 100y backstroke
- 200y breaststroke
- 500y freestyle
- 50y freestyle
Diving Prelims - 10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT
- 3-Meter Diving Trials
Swimming & Diving Finals - 3:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. CT
- 100y backstroke
- 200y breaststroke
- 500y freestyle
- 50y freestyle
- 3-Meter diving
- 400y medley relay
Day 4 - Saturday. Feb. 21
Swimming Prelims - 8:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. CT
- 200y IM
- 100y freestyle
- 200y butterfly
- 200y backstroke
Diving Prelims - 10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT
- Platform Diving Trials
Swimming & Diving Finals - 3:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. CT
- 200y IM
- 1650y freestyle
- 100y freestyle
- 200y butterfly
- 200y backstroke
- 400y freestyle relay
NCAA Qualifying Standard
Divers Moritz Wesemann (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Laurent Gosselin-Paradis (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Robert Gref (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Luc Goertzen (1-meter, 3-meter, platform) and Valentino Nieto (3-meter, platform) have performed above the standard as well as swimmers Michal Chmielewski (100y fly, 200y fly, 100y back), Krzysztof Chmielewski (200y fly, 500y free, 400y IM), Oliver Sogaard-Anderson (200y free, 500y free), Sanberk Oktar (200y IM, 400y IM), Junhao Chan (100y breast, 200y breast), Vaggellis Makrygiannis (100y back, 200y back) and Drew Huston (200y back).
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