The Youngstown State Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving programs will head to Indianapolis, Ind., this week for the highly anticipated 2026 Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships inside the IU Natatorium.
Action will get underway on Wednesday with diving prelims at 1 p.m. and finals at 5:30 p.m. The following two days of competition will hold swimming prelims at 10 a.m., diving prelims at 1 p.m., and swimming and diving finals starting at 4:30 p.m. Saturday's swimming prelims will also begin at 10 a.m. with diving to follow at 12:30 p.m. Action will wrap up with finals at 5:30 p.m. Fans can watch the championship meet live on ESPN+.
Previewing the Penguins
The Penguin men will be led by standout Quinn Cynor heading into this week's league meet. Cynor currently ranks among the fastest swimmers in the league in the following individual events:
- 200 free (1st) – 1:34.71
- 200 fly (1st) – 1:45.86
- 500 free (1st) – 4:22.97
- 200 IM (2nd) – 1:46.97
- 100 backstroke (3rd) – 47.66
Other Penguin men who currently rank highly in individual events include:
The YSU men also rank highly in multiple relay events heading into this week's league meet as they currently rank second in the 200-free relay (1:20.02), 400-free relay (2:57.04), and 800-free relay (6:31.76), while ranking third in the 200-medley relay (1:26.85) and 400-medley relay (3:11.99).
The YSU women will be led by distance swimmer Olivia Sweetman, who currently ranks highly in the following events heading into this week's competition:
- 500 free (1st) – 4:52.89
- 200 free (2nd) – 1:50.55
- 1650 free (3rd) – 16:58.62
Orla Maccines and Hannah Murray will also be names to watch for the 'Guins, as Maccines currently has the fastest time in the HL in the 100 fly at 54.44 and ranks second in the 200 fly (2:03.13), while Murray ranks second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:19.36.
Flashback to the 2025 HL Championships
Last year's Horizon League Championships were very memorable for the Penguins, as Mirriam Frass made program history as she was named the Horizon League Championships Women's Swimmer of the Meet, marking the first time in program history that a Penguin has received that award. Frass won the 400 IM and 1650 free individual titles, while also being part of the 800-free relay team alongside Hailey Clark, Oliwia Kaniak, and Olivia Sweetman that won the first relay league title in YSU Swimming and Diving history, both male and female. The women finished fourth overall, breaking the program record for team points scored with 483.
The Penguin men finished in fifth place at the Horizon League Championships meet, accumulating a total of 410 points. The 200-medley relay team of Elliot Elmore, James Slessor, Jacob Gramer, and Darren Laing finished runners-up with a school-record time of 1:27.88, becoming the first men's relay team in program history to reach the podium at the Horizon League Championships. Jacob Gramer had a very strong showing at his first conference championship meet, placing second in the 100 fly with a school-record time of 47.13, which was just three-hundredths of a second slower than the first-place time. He also finished third in the 100 free with a time of 44.08, a new school record.
Meet Schedule
Wednesday
1:00 PM – Women's 3m Diving Prelims
4:30 PM – Women's 3m Diving Consolation Finals
5:30 PM – Finals Begin
200 Medley Relay
Women's 3m Diving (Finals)
800 Free Relay
Thursday
10:00 AM – Swimming Prelims
1:00 PM – Men's 1m Diving (Prelims)
4:30 PM – Men's 1m Diving (Consolation Finals)
5:30 PM – Finals Begin
500 Free (Consolations and Finals)
200 Individual Medley (Consolations and Finals)
50 Free (Consolations and Finals)
Men's 1m Diving
200 Free Relay
Friday
10:00 AM – Swimming Prelims
1:00 PM – Women's 1m Diving (Prelims)
4:30 PM – Women's 1m Diving (Consolation Finals)
5:30 PM – Finals Begin
100 Fly (Consolations and Finals)
400 Individual Medley (Consolations and Finals)
200 Free (Consolations and Finals)
100 Breast (Consolations and Finals)
100 Back (Consolations and Finals)
Women's 1m Diving
400 Medley Relay
Saturday
10:00 AM – Swimming Prelims
12:30 PM – Men's 3m Diving (Prelims)
TBD – 1650 Free (Early Heats)
4:00 PM – Men's 3m Diving (Consolation Finals)
5:00 PM – Finals Begin
1650 Free
200 Back (Consolations and Finals)
100 Free (Consolations and Finals)
200 Breast (Consolations and Finals)
200 Fly (Consolations and Finals)
Men's 3m Diving
400 Free Relay
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