
How Indiana Freshman Josh Bey Dropped 8 Seconds to Win Big 10 Title in 400 IM
31 minutes Posted Mar 9, 2026 at 10:59 am.
.61. Through prelims, he dropped a 3:36.92 PB. Then in finals, he cut another 2 seconds to touch at 3:34.90, touching .3 ahead of Michigan's Lorne Wigginton for the win. When SwimSwam sat down with Bey to discuss his monumental drop, he revealed an interesting development that occurred this season. At the beginning of the season, the 400 IM group had been doing a lot of over-distance training. When the group sat down with their coach, Luke Ryan, and asked to incorporate more race-specific work, Ryan agreed. This seemed to be a pivotal change, as Indiana had 5 scoring swimmers in the 400 IM, notably two freshmen in the A-final.
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Coming into the B1G Championships, Indiana's Josh Bey was seeded at
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