History will be made on January 21st at 11:30 AM Eastern, as the Big Ten Network will televise a live swimming dual meet for the first time in the 5-year history of the network.

The Indiana-Purdue showdown will pit a pair of top-20 matchups, as the #10 Indiana men against the #20 Purdue men; and the #8 Indiana women against the #18 Purdue women.

The showing will air immediately after a 30 minute special titled “Big Ten Icons: Mark Spitz” about the former Indiana All-American who won 9 Olympic gold medals in his storied career.

This will be an opportunity for the swimming community to show that swimming belongs on live television more than once a year. If you get the Big Ten Network, be sure to tune in. There are plenty of great storylines in this meet. This is a big in-conference rivalry, and with the Purdue men and women both swimming very well, should be an extremely competitive meet against the Hoosiers, following the women’s 30-point upset last year.

The meet will be anchored by announcers Rowdy Gaines, who is the godfather of swimming television, and former Florida swimmer Bernie Guenther.

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