Indiana Wins 2019 Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship
Hoosiers win their third consecutive Big Ten Championship
IOWA CITY, IOWA – Indiana claimed the 2019 Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship Saturday evening at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center on the campus of the University of Iowa. The title marks the team’s third consecutive conference crown and 27th overall.
Indiana collected 1,705 total points throughout the four-day event. Michigan finished second after collecting 1,464 points and Ohio State was third with 1,243.5 points. Purdue finished fourth with 744.5 points, while Minnesota recorded 726 points to finish fifth.
The Hoosiers took home titles in 13 of 21 events at the Championships. Indiana’s Vini Lanza repeated as Swimmer of the Championships and James Connor was tabbed Diver of the Championships. Minnesota’s Max McHugh claimed Freshman of the Year honors.
The complete 2019 All-Big Ten Teams and Sportsmanship Award honorees are listed below.
2019 Big Ten Individual Honors
Swimmer of the Championships: Vini Lanza, Sr., Indiana
Diver of the Championships: James Connor, Sr., Indiana
Freshman of the Year: Max McHugh, Minnesota
2019 All-Big Ten Teams
First Team
Zach Apple, Sr., Indiana
Bruno Blaskovic, So., Indiana
James Connor, Sr., Indiana
Gabriel Fantoni, So., Indiana
Ian Finnerty, Sr., Indiana
Brandon Hamblin, Fr., Indiana
Vini Lanza, Sr., Indiana
Mohamed Samy, Jr., Indiana
Felix Auboeck, Jr., Michigan
Luiz Gustavo Borges, So., Michigan
Will Chan, Fr., Michigan
Alex King, So., Michigan
Miles Smachlo, Jr., Michigan
Charles Swanson, Jr., Michigan
Bowen Becker, Sr., Minnesota
Brandon Loschiavo, Jr., Purdue
Second Team
James Brinegar, Fr., Indiana
Andrew Capobianco, So., Indiana
Kevin Callan, Fr., Michigan
Thomas Cope, Jr., Michigan
Ricardo Vargas Jacobo, So., Michigan
Ross Todd, So., Michigan
Maxwell McHugh, Fr., Minnesota
Matthew Abeysinghe, Jr., Ohio State
Mossimo Chavez, Sr., Ohio State
Paul DeLakis, So., Ohio State
Ruslan Gaziev, Fr., Ohio State
Noah Lense, Jr., Ohio State
Andrew Loy, Jr., Ohio State
Henrique Painhas, Sr., Ohio State
Benjamin Sugar, So., Ohio State
Cameron Tysoe, Jr., Wisconsin
Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Mory Gould, So., IND
Ben Colin, Sr., IOWA
Mokhtar Al-Yamani, Sr., MICH
Josh Pascua, So., MSU
Nick Plachinski, Sr., MINN
Will Hofstadter, Sr., NU
Nick Hogsed, Sr., OSU
Robbie Dickson, Sr., PSU
Jackson Higgins, Sr., PUR
Chris Wills, Sr., WIS
