Penguins Announce Busy 2026-27 Swimming & Diving Schedule
9/2/2026 4:49:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
Youngstown, Ohio — Youngstown State's swimming and diving teams have a packed 2026-27 slate with more than a dozen regular-season events leading up to the Horizon League Championships. First-year head coach Hannah Saiz announced the schedule on Wednesday, nine days before the Penguins open the season in Indianapolis.
On the men's team, four Penguins return who placed among the top eight in individual events at the 2026 Horizon League Championships. There are 13 returning student-athletes overall from last year's squad that placed third, the highest finish in program history at the conference meet. Olivia Sweetman, the Swimmer of the Meet at the Horizon League Championships in 2026, leads a women's squad that returns three top-eight finishers at the conference event and 13 returning swimmers overall.
Youngstown State will begin the season with a two-day meet at the IU Natatorium as IU Indy hosts the Penguins and fellow Horizon League member Cleveland State on Sept. 11-12. The fall slate will continue on Oct. 2-3 with a two-day dual at conference member Oakland, and Akron's Zips Classic will follow on Oct. 16-17. YSU's divers will then compete against Clarion and West Virginia at Clarion on Nov. 6.
The Penguins' first home meet of the season will be the three-day YSU Invite in the Beeghly Natatorium on Nov. 21-23, with a morning session at 10 a.m. and an evening session at 5 p.m. each of the three days. The fall slate will conclude the first week of December with the Toyota U.S. Open Swimming Championships on Dec. 2-5 and a dual at Kenyon on Dec. 5.
Youngstown State's final home event will open the spring portion of the schedule as the Penguins host Cleveland State on Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. The dual against the Vikings will start a stretch of five straight weekends with meets as YSU competes at Pitt on Jan. 16, at Niagara and Purdue on Jan. 23, at the Ohio State Winter Classic on Jan. 29-30, and at Ohio on Feb. 5-6. The Penguins will also compete against Miami (Ohio) in the meet at Ohio. The meet at Niagara will be just swimming, and the divers will be YSU's competitors at Purdue.
The Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships will be held at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis for the seventh straight season in 2027, with four days of competition starting on Feb. 17. The NCAA Zone C Diving Championships will be hosted by Purdue at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind., on March 8-10, and the NCAA Championships will be hosted by Texas at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. The women's event will be March 17-20, and the men's championships will follow on March 24-27.
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