No. 22 Bruins Finish Seventh at Big Ten Championships

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No. 22 Bruins Finish Seventh at Big Ten Championships

February 19, 2026 | Swimming & Diving

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The No. 22-ranked UCLA Swimming and Diving program finished in seventh place at the Big Ten Championships held on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

UCLA finished the 2026 Big Ten Championships in seventh overall with 605.5 points. Michigan won the team title with 1,243 points, while Indiana took second place with 1,084 points, and Ohio State finished third with 1,066 points.

Two Bruins earned All-Championship team honors. After her three-medal performance, Senior Rosie Murphy was named to the second team All-Big Ten team, while freshman Jada Duncan earned a spot on the all-Freshman team.

Over the four-day event, the Bruins racked up four school records. Rosie Murphy set two school records, in the 200 IM and 200 Back, and two relays, the 400 free relay and the 200 free relay set school records.

Day Four Recap
Rosie Murphy set multiple school records to lead the Bruins on day four. The senior, who took home third place in the 400 IM on Thursday, did one better in the 200 IM on Saturday. She finished in second place in 1:54.04, lowering her own school record, which she originally set in prelims, in the process.

In the B final in the 100 free, two Bruins took part. Freshman Jada Duncan finished 11th overall and third in the B final in 48.41, while sophomore Claudia Yovanovich took 15th overall in 48.91. Gizem Guvenc also took 23rd overall and took part in the C final, finishing in 49.35.

Murphy continued her strong Big Ten Championships with another second-place finish, this time in the 200 backstroke. She earned her third medal of the championships by touching the wall in 1:51.52.

Diver Eden Cheng earned UCLA's first top-3 finish in a dive event at the Big Ten Championships. The senior earned third place in the platform event on Saturday. She took the bronze, and UCLA's fourth individual medal of the Championships with a score of 323.65.

The quartet of Claudia Yovanovich, Alexis Schaffer, Anna Wetteland, and Jada Duncan took fourth place in the 400 free relay. The group combined to finish in 3:13.02 to set a new school record.

Day Three Recap
In the finals session, Claudia Yovanovich earned a fourth-place finish in the 100 back, touching the wall in 51.37, marking her highest individual finish at a Big Ten Championships event to date. Fay Lustria, who took part in the 'B' final last year, qualified for the 'A' final in 2026 and finished in seventh overall in 51.54.

As for the 200 breast, Sarah Bennetts continued her strong weekend with another top-8 individual effort. The junior touched the wall in 2:10.47 to take seventh overall in the discipline.

In the final individual event of the night, Duncan finished 5^th overall in the 50 free, touching the wall in 21.85.

The Bruins wrapped up the night with another school record in the 400 medley relay. The group of Duncan, Yovanovich Bennetts, and Anna Wetteland combined to set a school record in 3:29.97, and finished in fourth overall in the event.

In the morning session, UCLA had seven swimmers advance to the evening finals session. Fay Lustria and Claudia Yovanovich both kicked off the day by qualifying for the 'A' final in the 100 back. Yovanovich earned the fifth-best qualifying time in 51.36, while Lustria took eighth in prelims in 51.78.

As for the 200 breast prelims action, Sarah Bennetts earned a second individual A final of the meet when she qualified fourth. The junior finished prelims in fourth in 2:09.86.

Two Bruins qualified for the finals session in the 500 free. Seniors Ashley Kolessar and Katrina Bellio both earned spots in the 'C' final by taking 20th and 21st, respectively. Kolessar touched the wall in 4:49.30, while Bellio finished in 4:49.59.

Jada Duncan and Yovanovich rounded out the qualifiers in the morning session. Duncan took fifth overall in the 50 free prelims to qualify for the 'A' final, while Yovanovich earned a second swim in the 'B' final by finishing 13th overall in the prelims session. Duncan touched the wall in 21.91, while Yovanovich finished in 22.17.

Day Two Recap
The Bruins had six individual event finalists on Thursday evening. Murphy highlighted the Bruin individuals on the day, as she took third place in the 400 IM. The senior earned her first individual event podium finish in the process, touching the wall in 4:04.08.

As for the relay event of the night, UCLA's 200 medley relay crew of Alexis Schaffer, Anna Wetteland, Claudia Yovanovich, and Jada Duncan set a new school record of 1:28.07 to place fifth in the event, and securing an NCAA'A' cut.

Jada Duncan and Sarah Bennetts also finished top-8 in their events. Duncan took sixth in the 100 butterfly, while Bennetts finished fifth in the 100 breast.

Molly Brascia took 11th in the 1-meter competition for the dive squad, totaling a finals score of 281.55. Nikoline Biltoft-Jensen finished second in the 'C' final of the 100 breast, to take 18th overall, while Fay Lustria finished in 13th in the 100 fly.

To begin the day, the Bruins had two athletes qualify for finals in the 100 butterfly. Freshman Jada Duncan, competing in her first Big Ten Championships, was the top qualifier for the Bruins, earning a spot in the 'A' final in 51.86.

Senior Fay Lustria also qualified for the 'B' final in the event, touching the wall in a tie for 14th in prelims in 52.81.

As for the 400 IM, senior Rosie Murphy earned a spot in the 'A' final as the second overall seed. She touched the wall in 4:06.21. Senior Ashley Kolessar finished in 27^th in the event, while Applejean Gwinn took 30^th overall in 4:17.52 and 4:19.62, respectively.

In the 200 free, three Bruins finished in the top 30, as Gizem Guvenc, Anna Wetteland, and Katrina Bellio took part.

The 100 breaststroke featured two Bruin finalists on Thursday. Junior Sarah Bennetts qualified for her first 'A' final, touching the wall in seventh in 59.99, while senior transfer Nikoline Biltoft-Jensen qualified 18^th in 1:01.42 to earn a spot in the 'C' final.

As for the diving boards, junior Molly Brascia earned an 11th-place finish in the prelims with a score of 264.55 to advance her to the 'B' final.

Day One Recap
The Bruins were in action in three different team events on day one of the3 Big Ten Championships. The Bruins took part in the 200 medley relay, the exhibition team diving event, and the 800 free relay.

UCLA kicked off the meet with the 200 medley relay. The quartet of Fay Lustria, Sarah Bennetts, Jada Duncan, and Claudia Yovanovich combined to finish in fourth place in 1:35.18, just .01 of a second behind Ohio State in third place.

The Bruins then took part in the exhibition team diving event where UCLA finished in second place. The trio of Laura Fisher, Eden Cheng, and Molly Brascia combined for a team score of 294.20 to claim second place.

To cap the night the Bruins finished in ninth in the 800 free relay. The group of Katrina Bellio, Gizem Guvenc, Rosie Murphy, and Anna Wetteland combined to finish in 7:06.17.