Buckeyes Place Third at 2026 Big Ten Championships

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Buckeyes Place Third at 2026 Big Ten Championships

2/21/2026 9:36:00 PM | Women's Swim & Dive

Complete Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 11 Ohio State women's swimming and diving team placed third at the 2026 Big Ten Championships, which concluded on Saturday night in Minneapolis.

This is the ninth season in a row Ohio State has finished in the top three at the conference championships. Ohio State totaled 1,066 points and won 10 medals over the four-day competition. Winning silver medals were Maria Ramos (100 breast), Lena Hentschel (one-meter dive), Sienna Angove (500 free), Mila Nikanorov (1650 free) and Rachel Bockrath (100 free). Earning bronze medals were Bockrath (200 free), Emma Finlin (1650 free), the 200 medley relay (Delia Lloyd, Ramos, Carrie Furbee, Bockrath), the 800 free relay (Erin Little, Angove, Bockrath, Nikanorov) and the 400 free relay (Bockrath, Angove, Little and KK LeBlanc).

Angove, Bockrath, Hentschel, Nikanorov and Ramos earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors. Furbee, LeBlanc, Hannah Newbrook, Brooklyn Petit and Adair Shaw were named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.

The final day at the Big Ten Championships opened with the 200 IM. In the B final, the Buckeyes finished 2-3-4. Angove placed second with an NCAA standard time of 1:57.72, Paige Delma placed third with a time of 1:58.31 and Jessica Eden placed fourth with a time of 1:59.09. In the C final, Danika Varda finished eighth with a time of 2:02.56.

The Buckeyes won silver and bronze in the 1650 free. Nikanorov was the silver medalist, touching at 15:46.19 and Finlin was the bronze medalist, touching at 15:49.51. Both are NCAA standard times. Shaw placed fourth with a time of 16:04.64, which is also an NCAA cut.

Bockrath was the 100 free silver medalist, finishing in a program-record and NCAA standard time of 47.01. The previous record of 47.02 was set by Amy Fulmer in 2023. In the C final, Little placed third with a time of 48.89 and Carrie Furbee placed fourth with a time of 49.10.

In the B final of the 200 fly, Eden finished third with a time of 1:57.58 and Lucy Malys placed eighth with a time of 1:59.71. In the C final, Lorin Tobler placed second, touching at 1:58.25.

LeBlanc won the B final of the 200 back with an NCAA standard time of 1:52.78, two seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Lloyd placed fourth in the B final with a time of 1:55.22.

Hentschel placed seventh in the A final of the platform dive with an NCAA Zones qualifying score of 251.45. In the consolation final, Newbrook placed fourth with a score of 234.80 and Petit placed seventh with a score of 207.75. Both are NCAA Zones qualifying scores.

The Buckeyes closed out the Big Ten Championships with a bronze medal in the 400 free relay. The team of Bockrath, Angove, Little and LeBlance finished in 3:12.61, which is an NCAA automatic qualifying time.

The women's last chance meet will take place on Sunday, March 1 at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. The NCAA Zone Diving Championships are March 9-11 and the NCAA Championships take place March 18-21 in Atlanta, Ga.

Final Standings