Buckeyes Win Big Ten Championship for Fifth Time in Six Years

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Buckeyes Win Big Ten Championship for Fifth Time in Six Years

2/22/2025 11:00:00 PM | Women's Swim & Dive

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 14 Ohio State women's swimming and diving team claimed the Big Ten Championship title for the fifth time in six years, earning 1,313.5 points over four days of competition at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.

This is the 10^th conference title for the Buckeyes, second only to Michigan with 17. Ohio State won four straight titles from 2020-2023. Director of Swimming and Diving Bill Dorenkott has now won eight conference titles as a coach; five with the Buckeyes and three during his time with the Penn State women's team (2002, 2005 and 2006).

"I've been in the league 30 years, and this is probably the most meaningful moment I've had," said Dorenkott in an interview with B1G+. "The greatest compliment I can give this group is that they're unbelievably coachable and they let us coach them at a high level. We pride ourselves in being special when the lights are bright, and our goal is to be an uncommon team, and this team certainly is uncommon."

The Buckeyes won 11 total medals over the course of the championships at their home pool. Lena Hentschel won gold in the 1-meter dive and Sienna Angove was the winner of the 400 IM. Silver medals went to Mia Rankin in the 400 IM, Mila Nikanorov in the 1650 free, Paola Pineda Vazquez in the 1-meter dive and the Ohio State 800 free relay team. Winning bronze medals were Krista Marlin (200 back), Hentschel (3-meter dive), Ava DeAngelis (100 breast), Angove (200 IM) and the 200 free relay team.

Angove and Hentschel were named to the All-Big Ten First Team. Rachel Bockrath, Erin Little, Nikanorov, Pineda Vazquez and Rankin made the All-Big Ten Second Team. Angove, Bockrath, Little, Delia Lloyd, Nikanorov and Maria Ramos were selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Paige Hall was the Buckeyes' Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree.

On the final night of competition in Columbus, the first medal of the night went to freshman Nikanorov. She swam an NCAA A standard time of 15:50.54 in the 1650 free to earn the silver medal. It was her second medal of the meet; she also won silver as part of the 800 free relay team. Lucy Malys finished 11^th in the 1650 free with an NCAA B cut of 16:09.80. Rankin finished 16^th with an NCAA B cut of 16:17.47.

In the 200 back, Marlin won bronze with an NCAA B standard time of 1:51.33. During the morning's prelim session, Marlin set a school record in the event with a time of 1:51.29. Hall finished fourth in the 200 back A final, turning in an NCAA B cut time of 1:52.11. Freshman Lloyd was the winner of the B final; she touched the wall at 1:53.63, which is an NCAA B cut.

In the A final of the 100 free, Teresa Ivan earned a fifth-place finish with an NCAA B standard time of 47.74. The B final was an exciting one, as the Buckeyes finished 1-2. Bockrath was the winner of the B final with a time of 48.18 and Angove placed second with a time of 48.19; both are NCAA B cuts. Little placed seventh in the B final with an NCAA B standard time of 48.70.

DeAngelis finished sixth in the A final of the 200 breast with an NCAA B standard of 2:08.69. In the B final, Paige Delma placed third with a time of 2:11.00 and Reese Dehen finished sixth with a time of 2:12.47; both are NCAA B cuts.

Malys finished eighth in the A final of the 200 fly, recording an NCAA B standard time of 1:58.38. In the B final, Jessica Eden was fourth with an NCAA B cut of 1:58.22.

Pineda Vazquez placed fifth in the platform diving A final with an NCAA Zones qualifying score of 281.90. In the consolation final, Hentschel placed second with a score of 258.15 and Mia Prusiecki placed fifth with a score of 231.00. Both scores are NCAA Zones qualifiers.

The Buckeyes closed out the night with a fourth-place finish in the 400 free relay with the team of Angove, Ivan, Little and Bockrath finishing in an automatic NCAA qualifying time of 3:12.25.

Next up for the Buckeyes is the Last Chance Meet on March 9, NCAA Zone diving at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion March 10-12 and the NCAA Championships in Washington March 26-29.

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