M/W Swimming at the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships – Wednesday-Saturday (10 a.m. ET prelims/5:30 p.m. ET finals)
IU Natatorium – Indianapolis, Ind. [Watch Live] [Live Results]

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THE NATIONAL MEET
This week brings the grand finale of the 2024-25 regular season for the nationally-ranked Colorado School of Mines Men's and Women's Swimming teams as they head to Indianapolis, Ind., for the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships. Action technically begins Tuesday evening inside the IU Natatorium, but the Orediggers' slate officially opens Wednesday morning. Championship racing runs through Saturday evening. Mines boasts a total of four invitees and three alternates in its continency. All Orediggers entered will be chasing NCAA glory across four days and eight sessions of swimming.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Starting Wednesday morning, each day of racing starts with prelims at 10 a.m. (ET) with finals at 5:30 p.m. (ET). Every session will stream live and for free at www.ncaa.com/live. There will also be live results for every swimming and diving session.
 
OREDIGGER LINEUP
As mentioned above, Mines had four individuals invited to that national meet with three others listed as alternates. Vladislav Kazakin and Ronan Lauinger will represent the Oredigger men. Isabella Bono and Jordan Tierney are set to swim for Mines' women. Joseph Lev-Tov, Jakson Winn, and Jennifer Pierson were listed as alternates and could still be entered in the meet on Tuesday evening.
 
CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
The 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships officially being with a single session on Tuesday evening. Mines will not be a part of that session. After opening night, each day begins with prelims, or trials, at 10 a.m. (ET) with finals starting at 5:30 p.m. (ET). Swimmers finishing #16 or better in prelims of individual events will advance to the evening session. In the evening session, prelim finishers 9-16 compete in the "B" final while 1-8 swim in the "A" final. All relays along with the 1000-free and 1650-free will be timed finals – meaning no prelims.
 
HOW TO SCORE
National scoring functions exactly the same as the TYR/CMU Invitational and similar to the RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships. The top-16 individual swimmers from the swimming preliminaries will advance to the evening finals. In those evening sessions, there will be an eight-person championship final and an eight-person consolation final. Team points will be awarded to all 16 in the finals in the following amounts, with first place getting 20 teams points and 16th place getting one team points (20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1). Diving events will also be scored in the same manner. As mentioned above, the 1000-free and 1650-free do not have preliminary rounds. Relay events, which also don't have preliminary heats, are worth double the team points, and "B" relay teams will swim in a separate heat with a shot at ninth place overall. Individual swimmers can score in up to four individual and seven total events.
 
HARDWARE ON THE LINE
It should be obvious, but just to be thorough, the biggest piece of hardware available this week is a NCAA National Championship trophy. Winners of individual events in the "A" finals will be crowned national champions. At the end of the week, the men's and women's teams with the highest team scores (see how to score above) will be national champions. Additionally, finishers 1-8 will be crowned First-Team All-America and those finishing 9-16 will be Second-Team All-America. Additional superlative awards are given out by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).
 
NCAA VETERANS
Ronan Lauinger and Jordan Tierney both tout all-American experience at the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships. Lauinger appeared at the national meet as a freshman, sophomore, and junior, making the 2025 edition his fourth straight year of qualifying. His highlights include a pair of all-American finishes last season. The Virginia native finished 14th in the nation in the 500-free with a time of 4:28.24 and 15th in the 400-IM at a 3:55.19 pace. Both times still stand as the fastest unadjusted times in those events in program history. Tierney, a junior, is making her third straight appearance on the national stage. She had three all-American swims in 2023 including in the 200-breast and as part of the 400-medley relay and 400-freestyle relay. Last season, Tierney won national bronze in the 100-breast in 1:01.95 which is still the fastest time in program history, with or without adjustment for altitude. If Joseph Lev-Tov or Jakson Winn are selected from the alternate pool, it will mark the second NCAA appearance of their careers.
 
FIRST TIMERS
Isabella Bono and Vladislav Kazakin are both making their NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships debut. Bono, in her final collegiate season, is the embodiment of trusting the process. She qualified after four years of development and improvement under Mines Head Coach Claire McDaniel. On the other side, Kazakin arrives at the national meet as a true freshman following an outstanding RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships. He broke multiple program records at the conference meet and won RMAC gold in the 500-free and 1000-free. If Pierson is selected from the alternate pool, it will mark her first NCAA qualification as a true freshman.
 
WHAT TO WATCH
Mines will have Orediggers swimming on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Day-by-day breakdowns can be found below. The breakdowns are specific to which individuals are swimming what events on what days. The breakdowns are not comprehensive of all events on a given day.
 
WEDNESDAY
This will be the first full day of action for Mines' men and women. Isabella Bono and Vladislav Kazakin will race in the 1000-free. Ronan Lauinger is entered in the 200-IM. Potential alternate selections would have Joseph Lev-Tov joining the 1000-free and Jennifer Pierson in the 50-free.
 
THURSDAY
The second day of swimming for the Orediggers features Isabella Bono and Ronan Lauinger in the 400-IM. Vladislav Kazakin will try his hand at the 200-free. From the alternate pool, Pierson could also swim the 200-free.
 
FRIDAY
This is possibly the busiest day for Mines. Isabella Bono, Ronan Lauinger, and Vladislav Kazakin are all entered in the 500-free, and Joseph Lev-Tov could join as well. Jordan Tierney will swim for the first time during the week in the 100-breast. Winn, if selected from the alternate pool, would race the 100-back.
 
SATURDAY
On the final day of championship racing, Isabella Bono will go for gold in the 1650-free. Joseph Lev-Tov could potentially race there as well. Jennnifer Pierson and Jakson Winn are both alternates in the 100-free. Rounding out the national entries on this day is Jordan Tierney in the 200-breast.
 
LAST YEAR'S NATIONAL MEET
The 2024 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships saw Mines' women finish 25th in the nation while the Oredigger men tied for 34th. The women earned their top-25 finish thanks to 29 points, the most scored at a national meet in program history. The men claimed their tie for 34th with six team points. Overall, six individual Orediggers and one relay competed at the championship event. Three men selected matched the most selections in program history. Jordan Tierney's national bronze in the 100-breast was Mines' top finish on either side. Oredigger all-Americans in 2024 included Annie Osmun (100-fly, 400-medley relay), Tierney (100-breast, 400-medley relay), Kerrigan Hemp (400-medley relay), Jorie Selig (400-medley relay), Ronan Lauinger (400-IM, 500-free), and Charles Burroughs Jr. (200-fly).


IN THE RANKINGS
A new batch of national rankings came out last week. The latest College Swimming and Diving Coaches' Association of America (CSCAA) Division II Top 25 dual meet poll saw Mines' men ranked #24 and the women #21. Tampa's men and the Indianapolis women topped their respective lists. Colorado Mesa's women are ranked #2 and the men #4. Simon Fraser's men checked in at #23 and the women were #15. The polls are voted on by a committee consisting of Division II coaches and is meant to reflect the top dual meet teams in all of NCAA Division II. The national rankings are not meant to predict the top finishers in a championship meet format.
 
ACADEMIC ACCOLADES
Both the Oredigger men and women were named Scholar All-America Teams on Feb. 3 by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches' Association of America (CSCAA). The Oredigger men and women claimed the distinction thanks to their combined work in the classroom. Mines' 22-man roster worked together for a team grade-point average (GPA) of 3.49 for the term. Nineteen Oredigger women posted a team GPA of 3.61 for the fall. The prestigious recognition requires a team to achieve a GPA above 3.0 during the fall 2024 semester.
 
NEW MAN ON DECK
Noah Hensley joined the Mines swimming staff over the summer as the second fulltime assistant coach in program history. Hensley brings nearly a decade of experience as a student-athlete and coach at the collegiate level. Most recently, the four-time NCAA All-American was the associate head coach for the men's and women's swimming & diving teams at NCAA Division I Miami University of Ohio. His resume also includes stops at IU Indianapolis (formerly IUPUI) and North Carolina State University where he also competed as a student-athlete. Fans can check out Hensley's full profile HERE.
 
ADDITIONAL ADDITIONS
Head Coach Claire McDaniel enhanced her staff further by hiring assistant coach Jackie Mudd and graduate assistant Colin Fenster. Mudd comes to Mines after competing collegiately at Biola University in California. She's originally from Littleton, Colo., and graduated from Columbine High School. Fenster was a student-athlete at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. That duo, combined with the aforementioned Hensley, join veteran assistant Andy Foley to round out the entire Oredigger staff led by McDaniel.
 
AT THE HELM
Colorado School of Mines Swimming Head Coach Claire McDaniel is in her sixth season at the helm for the Oredigger men and women. McDaniel won her third RMAC Coach of the Year on the men's side after guiding the Orediggers to team silver at the 2023-24 RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships. She also owns three RMAC Coach of the Year awards on the women's side. Through five seasons, McDaniel has coached five RMAC Swimmers of the Year, four RMAC Freshmen of the Year, and 25 all-American performances including 21 individual events and four relays.
 
UP NEXT
The 2024-25 season comes to a close after this week's NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships. Mines' men and women will transition to offseason training and focus on recruiting with a signing class to be announced later this spring or early summer. All Oredigger swimming updates, including postseason awards, will be posted at www.minesathletics.com and on social media.
 
Fans can keep up with Mines swimming on "X" (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram at @MinesSwimming. They can also keep up with Colorado School of Mines Athletics all year long on Facebook, "X" and Instagram using the handle @MinesAthletics.