2019 Big Ten Men’s Championship Day 4 Prelims: Indiana Closing In
The 2019 Big Ten Men’s Championship meet continued from Iowa on Saturday, the final day of competition.
Day 3 prelims consists of the 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast and 200 Fly.
Indiana has surged into the team lead and will look to hold off Michigan and the rest of the field.
Order of events
200 Back
100 Free
200 Breast
200 Fly
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A look at how many each school will send to the A, B and C finals.
Indiana: 10-2-4
Ohio State: 7-4-4
Michigan: 5-5-5
Purdue: 2-5-3
Iowa: 2-4-4
Wisconsin: 2-4-1
Minnesota: 2-2-5
Penn State: 1-3-4
Northwestern: 0-3-1
Michigan State: 0-1-1
200 Back
Indiana sophomore Gabriel Fantoni surged to the top seed in the 200 back, finishing in 1:40.82, dropping nearly two seconds from his seed time.
Wisconsin junior Cameron Tysoe took the second seed in 1:41.48, followed by Michigan senior Kai Williams (1:41.83 and Purdue senior Joseph Young (1:41.93).
Indiana junior Mohamed Samy took the fifth seed in 1:41.95, followed by Indiana sophomore Jacob Steele (1:42.11), Iowa senior Kenneth Mende (1:42.15) and Purdue senior Timothy Barth (1:42.37).
Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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Meet Record: # 1:38.89 2014 Eric Ress, Indiana
Pool Record: ! 1:36.77 3/28/2015 Ryan Murphy, California
1:39.38 A A Standard - NCAA
1:45.04 B B Standard - NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Fantoni, Gabrie SO Ind-IN 1:42.32 1:40.82 qB
23.37 49.00 (25.63)
1:14.92 (25.92) 1:40.82 (25.90)
2 Tysoe, Cameron JR WISC-WI 1:41.96 1:41.48 qB
23.83 49.32 (25.49)
1:15.16 (25.84) 1:41.48 (26.32)
3 Williams, Kai V SR MICH-MI 1:42.63 1:41.83 qB
24.15 49.70 (25.55)
1:15.69 (25.99) 1:41.83 (26.14)
4 Young, Joseph A SR PUR-IN 1:47.20 1:41.93 qB
23.76 49.30 (25.54)
1:15.61 (26.31) 1:41.93 (26.32)
5 Samy, Mohamed JR Ind-IN 1:43.38 1:41.95 qB
23.66 49.62 (25.96)
1:15.76 (26.14) 1:41.95 (26.19)
6 Steele, Jacob A SO Ind-IN 1:43.79 1:42.11 qB
23.97 49.98 (26.01)
1:16.11 (26.13) 1:42.11 (26.00)
7 Mende, Kenneth SR IOWA-IA 1:44.25 1:42.15 qB
23.79 49.30 (25.51)
1:15.61 (26.31) 1:42.15 (26.54)
8 Barth, Timothy SR PUR-IN 1:43.54 1:42.37 qB
23.93 49.43 (25.50)
1:15.68 (26.25) 1:42.37 (26.69)
100 Free
Minnesota senior Bowen Becker sprinted to a pool record in the 100 free, taking the tops seed in 41.53. It broke the mark set by Kristian Gkolomeev of Alabama in 2015.
Indiana senior Zach Apple took the second seed in 41.81, flow by teammate Bruno Blaskovic (42.22).
Ohio State junior Andrew Loy took the fourth spot at 42.48, followed by teammate Ruslan Gaziev (42.51), Iowa senior Jack Smith (42.80), Michigan sophomore Luiz Borges (42.81) and Penn State sophomore Gabriel Castano (43.07).
Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: # 41.43 2/24/2018 Blake J Pieroni, Indiana-IN
Pool Record: ! 41.56 3/28/2015 Kristian Gkolomeev, Alabama
41.88 A A Standard - NCAA
43.80 B B Standard - NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Becker, Bowen T SR MINN-MN 42.99 41.53!qA
r:+0.66 9.40 19.79 (10.39)
30.66 (10.87) 41.53 (10.87)
2 Apple, Zachary SR Ind-IN 42.25 41.81 qA
r:+0.61 9.43 20.16 (10.73)
30.99 (10.83) 41.81 (10.82)
3 Blaskovic, Brun SO Ind-IN 42.77 42.22 qB
r:+0.63 9.46 19.88 (10.42)
30.97 (11.09) 42.22 (11.25)
4 Loy, Andrew D JR OSU-OH 42.82 42.48 qB
r:+0.66 9.76 20.50 (10.74)
31.61 (11.11) 42.48 (10.87)
5 Gaziev, Ruslan FR OSU-OH 42.79 42.51 qB
r:+0.68 9.63 20.31 (10.68)
31.51 (11.20) 42.51 (11.00)
6 Smith, Jack A SR IOWA-IA 44.36 42.80 qB
r:+0.66 9.49 20.26 (10.77)
31.44 (11.18) 42.80 (11.36)
7 Borges, Luiz Gu SO MICH-MI 42.53 42.81 qB
r:+0.71 9.56 20.28 (10.72)
31.46 (11.18) 42.81 (11.35)
8 Castano, Gabrie SO PSU-MA 43.57 43.07 qB
r:+0.65 9.92 20.74 (10.82)
31.99 (11.25) 43.07 (11.08)
200 Breast
Minnesota grabbed its second top seed in a row as freshman Max McHugh cruised to the top seed in the 200 breast, finishing in 1:52.73.
Indiana senior Ian Finnerty, the defending NCAA champion, took the second seed at 1:53.28.
Ohio State sophomore Paul DeLakis took the third seed in 1:53.88, followed by Michigan junior Charles Swanson (1:53.91), Indiana freshman Zane Backes (1:54.09), Michigan junior Jeremy Babinet (1:54.26), Ohio State freshman Jason Mathews (1:54.34) and Indiana sophomore Gary Kostbade (1:54.47).
Event 18 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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Meet Record: # 1:50.78 2/24/2018 Ian J Finnerty, Indiana-IN
Pool Record: ! 1:49.48 3/28/2015 Will Licon, Texas
1:52.94 A A Standard - NCAA
1:58.43 B B Standard - NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 McHugh, Maxwell FR MINN-MN 1:54.20 1:52.73 qA
r:+0.73 25.14 53.77 (28.63)
1:22.89 (29.12) 1:52.73 (29.84)
2 Finnerty, Ian J SR Ind-IN 1:56.23 1:53.28 qB
r:+0.69 25.24 53.61 (28.37)
1:22.66 (29.05) 1:53.28 (30.62)
3 DeLakis, Paul J SO OSU-OH 1:59.25 1:53.88 qB
r:+0.76 25.96 54.83 (28.87)
1:24.19 (29.36) 1:53.88 (29.69)
4 Swanson, Charle JR MICH-MI 1:53.68 1:53.91 qB
r:+0.70 25.96 54.86 (28.90)
1:24.41 (29.55) 1:53.91 (29.50)
5 Backes, Zane V FR Ind-IN 1:59.81 1:54.09 qB
r:+0.70 25.61 54.33 (28.72)
1:23.80 (29.47) 1:54.09 (30.29)
6 Babinet, Jeremy JR MICH-MI 1:56.05 1:54.26 qB
r:+0.71 25.92 55.09 (29.17)
1:24.71 (29.62) 1:54.26 (29.55)
7 Mathews, Jason FR OSU-OH 1:55.96 1:54.35 qB
r:+0.65 25.23 53.93 (28.70)
1:23.68 (29.75) 1:54.35 (30.67)
8 Kostbade, Gary SO Ind-IN 1:56.74 1:54.47 qB
r:+0.76 26.14 54.86 (28.72)
1:24.45 (29.59) 1:54.47 (30.02)
200 Fly
Indiana senior Vini Lanza cruised to the top seed in the 200 fly, finishing in 1:41.46, leading a three-Hoosier performance to make the finals.
Ohio State junior Noah Lense earned the second seed in 1:42.05, followed by Indiana freshman Van Mathias (1:42.30) and Ohio State senior Henrique Painhas (1:43.33).
Indiana sophomore Corey Gambardella took the fifth seed in 1:42.67, followed by Michigan junior Miles Smachlo (1:42.95), Ohio State senior Michael Salazar (1:44.25) and Wisconsin junior Michael Milinovich (1:44.27).
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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Meet Record: # 1:39.95 2/24/2018 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana-IN
Pool Record: ! 1:39.62 3/28/2015 Joseph Schooling, Texas
1:41.02 A A Standard - NCAA
1:46.69 B B Standard - NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Lanza, Vinicius SR Ind-IN 1:42.67 1:41.46 qB
r:+0.69 22.38 47.92 (25.54)
1:14.35 (26.43) 1:41.46 (27.11)
2 Lense, Noah J JR OSU-OH 1:46.19 1:42.05 qB
r:+0.73 22.93 48.25 (25.32)
1:14.69 (26.44) 1:42.05 (27.36)
3 Mathias, Van L FR Ind-IN 1:44.62 1:42.30 qB
r:+0.74 22.92 48.60 (25.68)
1:15.20 (26.60) 1:42.30 (27.10)
4 Painhas, Henriq SR OSU-OH 1:46.26 1:42.33 qB
r:+0.74 22.82 49.05 (26.23)
1:15.49 (26.44) 1:42.33 (26.84)
5 Gambardella, Co SO Ind-IN 1:44.22 1:42.67 qB
r:+0.77 23.24 49.11 (25.87)
1:15.70 (26.59) 1:42.67 (26.97)
6 Smachlo, Miles JR MICH-MI 1:41.84 1:42.95 qB
r:+0.72 22.58 49.41 (26.83)
1:16.33 (26.92) 1:42.95 (26.62)
7 Salazar, Michae SR OSU-OH 1:46.95 1:44.25 qB
r:+0.70 22.70 49.12 (26.42)
1:15.94 (26.82) 1:44.25 (28.31)
8 Milinovich, Jos JR WISC-WI 1:48.26 1:44.27 qB
r:+0.69 23.58 50.01 (26.43)
1:16.99 (26.98) 1:44.27 (27.28)
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