2019 Big Ten Men’s Championships Day 3 Prelims: Finnerty Sets Big Ten Record
The 2019 Big Ten Men’s Championship meet continued from Iowa on Friday.
Day 3 prelims consists of the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 Free, 100 Breast and 100 Back.
Indiana has surged into the team lead and will look to hold off Michigan and the rest of the field.
Complete Big Ten coverage here.
Order of events
100 Fly
400 IM
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
Up-Mid-Down
A look at how many each school placed in the A, B and C finals tonight:
Indiana: 13-6-3
Michigan: 12-8-4
Ohio State: 8-5-5
Purdue: 2-5-4
Wisconsin: 2-4-5
Penn State: 2-1-4
Minnesota: 1-5-3
Northwestern: 0-3-5
Iowa: 0-3-5
Michigan State: 0-1-1
100 Fly
Indiana sophomore Bruno Blaskovic took the top seed in the 100 fly to kick off the session as the Hoosiers placed four in the finals.
Michigan junior Miles Smachlo took the second seed in 45.54, holding off Ohio State’s Noah Lense (45.63) and Michael Salazar (45.73).
Indiana sophomore Gabriel Fantoni took the fifth spot (45.75) ahead of teammate Vini Lanza (45.79).
Ohio State’s Henrique Painhas took the seventh seed (45.85), while Indiana freshman Van Mathias was eighth (45.91).
Event 8 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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Meet Record: # 44.79 2/23/2018 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana-IN
Pool Record: ! 44.51 3/27/2015 Joseph Schooling, Texas
45.24 A A Standard - NCAA
47.43 B B Standard - NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Blaskovic, Brun SO Ind-IN 50.66 45.33 qB
r:+0.63 9.51 20.99 (11.48)
32.91 (11.92) 45.33 (12.42)
2 Smachlo, Miles JR MICH-MI 46.05 45.54 qB
r:+0.67 9.51 21.25 (11.74)
33.29 (12.04) 45.54 (12.25)
3 Lense, Noah J JR OSU-OH 47.39 45.63 qB
r:+0.72 9.77 20.87 (11.10)
32.78 (11.91) 45.63 (12.85)
4 Salazar, Michae SR OSU-OH 46.84 45.73 qB
r:+0.67 9.77 21.16 (11.39)
33.45 (12.29) 45.73 (12.28)
5 Fantoni, Gabrie SO Ind-IN 47.08 45.75 qB
r:+0.72 9.80 21.35 (11.55)
33.34 (11.99) 45.75 (12.41)
6 Lanza, Vinicius SR Ind-IN 45.71 45.79 qB
r:+0.68 9.65 21.42 (11.77)
33.37 (11.95) 45.79 (12.42)
7 Painhas, Henriq SR OSU-OH 47.51 45.85 qB
r:+0.71 10.13 21.72 (11.59)
33.66 (11.94) 45.85 (12.19)
8 Mathias, Van L FR Ind-IN 47.09 45.91 qB
r:+0.71 9.71 21.16 (11.45)
33.26 (12.10) 45.91 (12.65)
400 IM
Michigan sophomore Ricardo Vargas took the top seed in the 400 IM as the Wolverines returned serve to the Hoosiers by placing four in the finals.
Penn State’s Michael Daly took the second seed (3:43.60) ahead of Michigan’s Thomas Cope (3:43.89) and Charles Swanson (3:44.34).
Wisconsin’s Michael Milinovich took the fifth spot (3:45.25) ahead of Michigan’s William Roberts (3:46.50).
Indiana’s Michael Calvillo (3:47.02) took the seventh spot and Penn State sophomore Hayden Harlow was eighth (3:47.23).
Event 9 Men 400 Yard IM
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Meet Record: # 3:38.03 2009 Tyler Clary, Michiigan
Pool Record: ! 3:36.37 3/27/2015 Will Licon, Texas
3:39.37 A A Standard - NCAA
3:51.46 B B Standard - NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vargas Jacobo, SO MICH-MI 3:45.04 3:43.36 qB
r:+0.76 24.06 51.48 (27.42)
1:20.27 (28.79) 1:48.34 (28.07)
2:20.33 (31.99) 2:51.84 (31.51)
3:17.92 (26.08) 3:43.36 (25.44)
2 Daly, Michael C FR PSU-MA 3:49.38 3:43.60 qB
r:+0.86 23.85 51.16 (27.31)
1:19.46 (28.30) 1:47.13 (27.67)
2:18.51 (31.38) 2:51.16 (32.65)
3:18.02 (26.86) 3:43.60 (25.58)
3 Cope, Thomas E JR MICH-MI 3:42.65 3:43.89 qB
r:+0.66 22.78 49.75 (26.97)
1:19.02 (29.27) 1:47.28 (28.26)
2:17.57 (30.29) 2:49.43 (31.86)
3:17.08 (27.65) 3:43.89 (26.81)
4 Swanson, Charle JR MICH-MI 3:39.58 3:44.34 qB
r:+0.68 23.66 51.12 (27.46)
1:20.23 (29.11) 1:48.60 (28.37)
2:19.50 (30.90) 2:51.27 (31.77)
3:18.66 (27.39) 3:44.34 (25.68)
5 Milinovich, Jos JR WISC-WI 3:56.01 3:45.25 qB
r:+0.66 24.03 51.41 (27.38)
1:19.83 (28.42) 1:47.95 (28.12)
2:19.45 (31.50) 2:51.74 (32.29)
3:18.99 (27.25) 3:45.25 (26.26)
6 Roberts, Willia SO MICH-MI 3:48.79 3:46.50 qB
r:+0.74 24.55 52.26 (27.71)
1:21.89 (29.63) 1:50.52 (28.63)
2:22.47 (31.95) 2:54.34 (31.87)
3:20.76 (26.42) 3:46.50 (25.74)
7 Calvillo, Micha FR Ind-IN 3:48.95 3:47.02 qB
r:+0.74 24.27 51.36 (27.09)
1:20.49 (29.13) 1:48.59 (28.10)
2:21.64 (33.05) 2:54.91 (33.27)
3:21.19 (26.28) 3:47.02 (25.83)
8 Harlow, Hayden SO PSU-MA 3:49.86 3:47.23 qB
r:+0.74 24.52 52.82 (28.30)
1:22.63 (29.81) 1:51.32 (28.69)
2:22.79 (31.47) 2:54.40 (31.61)
3:21.55 (27.15) 3:47.23 (25.68)
200 Free
Indiana senior Zach Apple clocked a 1:33.21 to take the top seed in the 200 free.
Apple held off Ohio State sophomore Paul DeLakis, who took the second seed in 1:33.62 ahead of teammate Andrew Loy (1:33.83).
Indiana’s Mohamed Samy took the fourth seed in 1:33.90 ahead of Michigan junior Felix Aubock (1:34.06) and teammate Mokhtar Al-Yamani (1:34.17).
Ohio State’s Ruslan Gaziev was seventh (13;4.84) and Michigan freshman Kevin Callan was eighth (1:34.96).
Event 10 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: # 1:31.14 2/23/2018 Blake J Pieroni, Indiana-IN
Pool Record: ! 1:32.03 3/27/2015 Cristian Quintero, Southern Cal
1:32.13 A A Standard - NCAA
1:36.32 B B Standard - NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Apple, Zachary SR Ind-IN 1:34.12 1:33.21 qB
r:+0.66 21.77 45.27 (23.50)
1:08.62 (23.35) 1:33.21 (24.59)
2 DeLakis, Paul J SO OSU-OH 1:36.87 1:33.62 qB
r:+0.76 22.31 46.02 (23.71)
1:09.83 (23.81) 1:33.62 (23.79)
3 Loy, Andrew D JR OSU-OH 1:35.95 1:33.83 qB
r:+0.69 21.74 45.69 (23.95)
1:09.94 (24.25) 1:33.83 (23.89)
4 Samy, Mohamed JR Ind-IN 1:32.97 1:33.90 qB
r:+0.78 22.34 46.28 (23.94)
1:10.26 (23.98) 1:33.90 (23.64)
5 Auboeck, Felix JR MICH-MI 1:34.66 1:34.06 qB
r:+0.78 22.54 46.50 (23.96)
1:10.48 (23.98) 1:34.06 (23.58)
6 Al-Yamani, Mokh SR MICH-MI 1:34.96 1:34.17 qB
r:+0.63 21.45 45.30 (23.85)
1:09.58 (24.28) 1:34.17 (24.59)
7 Gaziev, Ruslan FR OSU-OH 1:34.97 1:34.84 qB
r:+0.70 22.29 46.49 (24.20)
1:10.85 (24.36) 1:34.84 (23.99)
8 Callan, Kevin P FR MICH-MI 1:33.89 1:34.96 qB
r:+0.72 21.99 45.92 (23.93)
1:10.12 (24.20) 1:34.96 (24.84)
100 Breast
There was no surprise that Indiana’s Ian Finnerty surged to the top seed in the 100 breast. After all, the senior is the defending NCAA champion.
But Finnerty still wowed the crowd, swimming a Big Ten meet record 50.60 to earn the top seed.
Minnesota freshman Max McHugh took the seconds seed in 51.39, followed by Purdue sophomore Trent Pellini (51.85).
Michigan junior Jeremy Babinet took the fourth spot in 52.02, followed by Indiana freshman Zane Backes (52.42), Michigan freshman William Chan (52.46), Indiana sophomore Gary Kostbade (52.55) and Michigan junior Jacob Montague (52.65).
Event 11 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Meet Record: # 50.72 2/23/2018 Ian J Finnerty, Indiana-IN
Pool Record: ! 50.25 3/27/2015 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
51.73 A A Standard - NCAA
54.27 B B Standard - NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Finnerty, Ian J SR Ind-IN 51.22 50.60#qA
r:+0.72 10.76 23.73 (12.97)
36.80 (13.07) 50.60 (13.80)
2 McHugh, Maxwell FR MINN-MN 51.73 51.39 qA
r:+0.69 10.86 23.96 (13.10)
37.54 (13.58) 51.39 (13.85)
3 Pellini, Trent SO PUR-IN 53.66 51.85 qB
r:+0.72 11.05 24.40 (13.35)
38.15 (13.75) 51.85 (13.70)
4 Babinet, Jeremy JR MICH-MI 53.25 52.02 qB
r:+0.74 11.49 24.85 (13.36)
38.38 (13.53) 52.02 (13.64)
5 Backes, Zane V FR Ind-IN 54.71 52.42 qB
r:+0.70 11.11 24.33 (13.22)
38.19 (13.86) 52.42 (14.23)
6 Chan, William E FR MICH-MI 52.55 52.46 qB
r:+0.67 10.85 24.16 (13.31)
37.95 (13.79) 52.46 (14.51)
7 Kostbade, Gary SO Ind-IN 53.43 52.55 qB
r:+0.73 11.38 24.77 (13.39)
38.65 (13.88) 52.55 (13.90)
8 Montague, Jacob JR MICH-MI 52.89 52.65 qB
r:+0.64 10.94 24.46 (13.52)
38.37 (13.91) 52.65 (14.28)
100 Back
Indiana put a strong finish on the prelims session by putting three in the 100 back finals, including taking the top two seeds.
Sophomore Gabriel Fantoni took the top seed for the Hoosiers in 45.46, followed by teammate Jacob Steele (46.24).
Ohio State senior Henrique Painhas took the third seed (46.43), followed by Purdue senior Joseph Young (46.50).
Indiana’s Mohamed Samy took the fifth seed in 46.57, followed by Wisconsin junior Cameron Tysoe (46.81), Michigan sophomore Alex King (46.83) and Ohio State sophomore Colin McDermott (47.00).
Event 12 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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Meet Record: # 44.65 2/24/2017 Shane P Ryan, Penn State
Pool Record: ! 44.17 3/26/2015 Ryan Murphy, California
45.12 A A Standard - NCAA
47.77 B B Standard - NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Fantoni, Gabrie SO Ind-IN 46.13 45.46 qB
10.46 21.65 (11.19)
33.45 (11.80) 45.46 (12.01)
2 Steele, Jacob A SO Ind-IN 47.25 46.24 qB
10.73 22.25 (11.52)
34.26 (12.01) 46.24 (11.98)
3 Painhas, Henriq SR OSU-OH 47.06 46.43 qB
11.06 22.67 (11.61)
34.54 (11.87) 46.43 (11.89)
4 Young, Joseph A SR PUR-IN 47.65 46.50 qB
10.89 22.23 (11.34)
34.25 (12.02) 46.50 (12.25)
5 Samy, Mohamed JR Ind-IN 47.27 46.57 qB
11.20 22.87 (11.67)
34.92 (12.05) 46.57 (11.65)
6 Tysoe, Cameron JR WISC-WI 47.12 46.81 qB
11.08 22.57 (11.49)
34.65 (12.08) 46.81 (12.16)
7 King, Alex M SO MICH-MI 48.68 46.83 qB
10.89 22.73 (11.84)
34.92 (12.19) 46.83 (11.91)
8 McDermott, Coli SO OSU-OH 47.47 47.00 qB
10.89 22.40 (11.51)
34.68 (12.28) 47.00 (12.32)
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