By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
2026 WOMEN’S BIG TEN SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
Location: Jean Okay. Freeman Aquatic Heart, Minneapolis, MN
Defending champions: Ohio State ladies (1x)
Dwell Outcomes (additionally obtainable on Meet Cellular: “2026 B1G Girls’s Swim & Dive Championships”)
Dwell Video ($): B1G+
Championship Central
SwimSwam’s Meet Preview
Groups: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
SwimSwam Dwell Recaps
Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3
Finals: Day 1 Relays | Day 2 | Day 3
WOMEN’S 50-YARD FREESTYLE – FINALS
NCAA Report: 20.37 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024 & 2025)
Huge Ten Report: 21.17 — Maggie MacNeil, Michigan (2022)
Huge Ten Meet Report: 21.28 — Zhesi Li, Ohio State (2018)
2026 NCAA reduce: 22.28
2025 NCAA Invite Time: 22.01
High 8 Finishers:
Brady Kendall (Michigan) — 21.09 *Huge Ten Report*
Liberty Clark (Indiana) — 21.47
Kristin Paegle (Indiana) — 21.57
Rachel Bockrath (Ohio State) — 21.78
Jada Duncan (UCLA) — 21.85
Nicole Maier (USC) / Carrie Furbee (Ohio State) — 21.93
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Payton Flowers (Iowa) — 22.15
Brady Kendall of Michigan swam to a brand new Huge Ten Report, touching in a 21.09 within the 50 freestyle. That broke the earlier Huge Ten document of a 21.17 set by Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil again in 2022 for 2nd on the NCAA Championships. Kendall additionally turns into the primary Michigan swimmer to win the occasion since MacNeil gained in a 21.32 again in 2022.
Kendall additionally broke the earlier Huge Ten meet document of a 21.28 set by Zhesi Li of Ohio State in 2018.
Cut up Comparability
Kendall
MacNeil
25
10.14
10.43
50
10.95
10.74
21.09
21.17
Kendall was quicker than MacNeil on the primary 25 of the race. Kendall’s swim additionally marked her first particular person Michigan group document in addition to her first particular person Huge Ten title.
Kendall entered the day with a lifetime greatest 21.34 that she swam throughout midseason on the CSCAA Twin Meet Problem. Kendall entered the season with a greatest time of a 21.53 that she swam to win the ‘B’ closing on the 2025 NCAA Championships. Kendall will look to make the NCAA ‘A’ closing subsequent month as she now strikes as much as sit tied for #3 within the NCAA up to now this season.
Learn the complete story on SwimSwam: Brady Kendall Breaks Maggie MacNeil’s Huge Ten Report With 21.09 50 Freestyle
