CHICAGO – For the seventh consecutive year, BTN will televise seven winter Big Ten Championships, including wrestling, men’s and women’s swimming & diving, men’s and women’s indoor track & field and men’s and women’s gymnastics.

Among BTN’s expert analysts for the upcoming Big Ten winter championships are three former Olympians, including gymnasts Shawn Johnson and John Roethlisberger, diver David Boudia and Rowdy Gaines, a World Champion swimmer.

Coverage begins at 10:30 AM ET on Sunday, Feb. 23, with the Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships from Minnesota. The Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships will air at 10:30 AM ET on Sunday, March 2, from Michigan.

Coverage continues at 10:30 AM ET on Saturday, March 8, with the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships. Both the men’s and women’s events will take place at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, OH.

BTN’s coverage of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships will be carried live at 2 PM ET on Sunday, March 9, from Wisconsin.

On Saturday, March 22, BTN will televise the first session of the Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championships live atNoon ET, followed by the second session live at 5 PM ET. Penn State will host the women’s event. The network will also have live coverage of the Big Ten Men’s Gymnastics Championships at 7 PM ET on Friday, March 28, and at 5 PM ET on Saturday, March 29. The men’s event will take place at Nebraska.

The Big Ten currently has 43 teams ranked in the top 25 nationally in Olympic sports programs for the winter season, including in men’s gymnastics (No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 5 Minnesota, No. 6 Illinois, No. 7 Penn State, No. 8 Iowa, No. 11 Nebraska), women’s gymnastics (No. 7 Michigan, No. 8 Nebraska, No. 14 Illinois, No. 15 Minnesota, No. 20 Penn State, No. 23 Penn State), men’s swimming & diving (No. 2 Michigan, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 7 Indiana, No. 11 Minnesota, No. 23 Purdue, No. 24 Penn State), women’s swimming & diving (No. 11 Indiana, No 13. Minnesota, No. 16 Ohio State, No. 18 Purdue, No. 19 Penn State, No. 20 Michigan, No. 25 Wisconsin), men’s indoor track & field (No. 5 Wisconsin, No. 6 Penn State, No. 21 Nebraska, No. 23 Ohio State), women’s indoor track & field (No. 10 Penn State, No. 15 Purdue, No. 25 Michigan) and wrestling (No. 1 Minnesota No. 2 Penn State, No. 3 Iowa, No. 8 Michigan, No. 9 Nebraska, No. 13 Ohio State, No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 18 Illinois, No. 23 Northwestern, No. 24 Purdue).

The complete television schedule for the Big Ten Winter Championships appears below. For more information, go towww.btn.com or www.bigten.org.

2014 BTN Winter Championships Schedule:

Sport	Dates	Site	Air Date and Time (ET)
Women’s Swimming & Diving	February 19 – 22	Minnesota	Sunday, Feb. 23 at 10:30 AM
Men’s Swimming & Diving	February 26 – March 1	Michigan	Sunday, March 2 at 10:30 AM
Indoor Track & Field	February 28- March 1	Geneva, OH	Saturday March 8 at 10:30 AM
Wrestling	March 8 – 9	Wisconsin	Sunday, March 9 at 2 PM (LIVE)
Women’s Gymnastics	March 22	Penn State	Saturday, March 22 at Noon(LIVE)
			Saturday, March 22 at 5 PM (LIVE)
Men’s Gymnastics	March 28 – 29	Nebraska	Friday, March 28 at 7 PM (LIVE)
			Saturday, March 29 at 5 PM (LIVE)