2019 Big Ten Women’s Championships Day 2 Prelims: Nelson Breaks Big Ten Mark

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The first prelims session of the 2019 Big Ten Women’s Championship featured heats of the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free.

Michigan continued its strong distance performance, while Beata Nelson of Wisconsin broke a Big Ten record in the 200 IM.

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Michigan: 7-3-1
Indiana: 4-9-4
Ohio State: 4-8-5
Wisconsin: 3-2-2
Minnesota: 3-0-2
Northwestern: 1-1-2
Penn State: 1-0-0
Iowa: 1-0-0
Nebraska: 0-1-2
Purdue: 0-0-5
Rutger: 0-0-1

500 Free

Ohio State junior Molly Kowal took the top seed in the 500 free, while Michigan landed three in the finals in the event. Kowal finished the race in 4:40.02.

Michigan senior Yirong (Rose) Bi took the second seed in 4:40.23. Sierra Schmidt was sixth (4:40.74) for the Wolverines and Becca Postoll was eighth (4:42.27).

Indiana’s Cassandra Jernberg was third in 4:40.25. Minnesota’s Chantal Nack took fourth in 4:40.54 ahead of teammate Mackenzie Padington (4:40.66).

Penn State’s Ally McHugh took the seventh seed in 4:40.95.

Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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     B1G Meet: @ 4:34.40  2/16/2017 G Ryan, Michigan-MI
         Pool: # 4:36.61  2008      Nikki White, Indiana
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Kowal, Molly           JR OSU               4:45.25    4:40.02  
    r:+0.86  26.62        54.77 (28.15)
        1:23.20 (28.43)     1:51.76 (28.56)
        2:20.28 (28.52)     2:48.51 (28.23)
        3:16.70 (28.19)     3:44.82 (28.12)
        4:12.92 (28.10)     4:40.02 (27.10)
  2 Bi, Yirong             SR MICH              4:37.24    4:40.23  
    r:+0.69  26.28        54.67 (28.39)
        1:22.96 (28.29)     1:51.42 (28.46)
        2:19.98 (28.56)     2:48.50 (28.52)
        3:16.58 (28.08)     3:44.55 (27.97)
        4:12.77 (28.22)     4:40.23 (27.46)
  3 Jernberg, Cassandra    JR IU                4:39.96    4:40.25  
    r:+0.69  26.65        55.01 (28.36)
        1:23.45 (28.44)     1:51.99 (28.54)
        2:20.31 (28.32)     2:48.51 (28.20)
        3:16.77 (28.26)     3:45.01 (28.24)
        4:13.10 (28.09)     4:40.25 (27.15)
  4 Nack, Chantal          SR MINN              4:40.31    4:40.54  
    r:+0.71  25.83        54.26 (28.43)
        1:22.87 (28.61)     1:51.50 (28.63)
        2:20.23 (28.73)     2:48.78 (28.55)
        3:17.05 (28.27)     3:45.34 (28.29)
        4:13.54 (28.20)     4:40.54 (27.00)
  5 Padington, Mackenzie   SO MINN              4:37.01    4:40.66  
    r:+0.77  25.49        53.28 (27.79)
        1:21.30 (28.02)     1:49.70 (28.40)
        2:18.31 (28.61)     2:47.29 (28.98)
        3:16.26 (28.97)     3:45.06 (28.80)
        4:13.57 (28.51)     4:40.66 (27.09)
  6 Schmidt, Sierra        SO MICH              4:38.91    4:40.74  
    r:+0.73  25.66        53.79 (28.13)
        1:22.21 (28.42)     1:50.66 (28.45)
        2:19.34 (28.68)     2:47.75 (28.41)
        3:16.17 (28.42)     3:44.61 (28.44)
        4:13.12 (28.51)     4:40.74 (27.62)
  7 McHugh, Allyson        SR PSU               4:38.46    4:40.95  
    r:+0.81  26.47        54.54 (28.07)
        1:23.03 (28.49)     1:51.77 (28.74)
        2:20.34 (28.57)     2:48.99 (28.65)
        3:17.37 (28.38)     3:45.60 (28.23)
        4:13.90 (28.30)     4:40.95 (27.05)
  8 Postoll, Rebecca       SR MICH              4:40.63    4:42.27  
    r:+0.78  26.46        54.71 (28.25)
        1:22.88 (28.17)     1:51.42 (28.54)
        2:20.06 (28.64)     2:48.96 (28.90)
        3:17.10 (28.14)     3:45.30 (28.20)
        4:13.91 (28.61)     4:42.27 (28.36)

200 IM

Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson broke the Big Ten meet record in the 200 IM, taking the top seed in 1:53.27.

Her time broke the record set last year by Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey (1:53.59). Haughey took the third seed on Thursday in 1:55.49 behind Nelson and Indiana’s Bailey Andison (1:55.40).

Indiana freshman Mackenzie Looze took the fourth seed in 1:56.01, followed by Wisconsin freshman Lillie Hosack in 1:56.13.

Northwestern’s Calypso Sheridan took the sixth seed in 1:56.18, followed by Indiana’s Lilly King 1:57.02 and Ohio State’s Kathrin Demler (1:57.49)

Event 4  Women 200 Yard IM
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     B1G Meet: @ 1:53.59  2/15/2018 Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, Michigan-MI
         Pool: # 1:55.70  2018      Bailey Andison, Indiana
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Nelson, Elizabeth      JR WISC              1:53.08    1:53.27@ 
    r:+0.82  24.17        52.09 (27.92)
        1:25.26 (33.17)     1:53.27 (28.01)
  2 Andison, Bailey        SR IU                1:55.70    1:55.40# 
    r:+0.64  25.11        54.51 (29.40)
        1:27.99 (33.48)     1:55.40 (27.41)
  3 Haughey, Siobhan       SR MICH              1:55.04    1:55.49# 
    r:+0.70  24.54        53.43 (28.89)
        1:26.78 (33.35)     1:55.49 (28.71)
  4 Looze, Mackenzie       FR IU                1:56.96    1:56.01  
    r:+0.71  25.89        55.51 (29.62)
        1:28.97 (33.46)     1:56.01 (27.04)
  5 Hosack, Lillie         FR WISC              1:58.28    1:56.13  
    r:+0.78  24.48        53.39 (28.91)
        1:28.06 (34.67)     1:56.13 (28.07)
  6 Sheridan, Calypso      SO NU                1:56.64    1:56.18  
    r:+0.70  24.62        52.53 (27.91)
        1:26.62 (34.09)     1:56.18 (29.56)
  7 King, Lillia           SR IU                1:57.20    1:57.02  
    r:+0.67  25.41        55.49 (30.08)
        1:28.45 (32.96)     1:57.02 (28.57)
  8 Demler, Kathrin        JR OSU               1:57.27    1:57.49  
    r:+0.70  25.48        54.57 (29.09)
        1:28.62 (34.05)     1:57.49 (28.87)

50 Free

Michigan took three of the top four seeds in the 50 freestyle, including going 1-2 on Thursday morning.

Freshman Maggie MacNeil took the top seed in 21.75, breaking the pool record set by NC State’s Ky-Lee Perry last year (21.80).

Just behind MacNeil was senior teammate Catie DeLoof, who finished in 22.97.

Michigan sophomore Daria Pyshnenko took the fourth seed (22.34) behind Ohio State’s Freya Rayner (22.18).

Ohio State’s Taylor Petrak was fifth 922.37), followed by Wisconsin’s Emmy Sehmann (22.48), Iowa’s Hannah Burvill (22.62) and Minnesota’s Zoe Avestruz (22.65).

Event 5  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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     B1G Meet: @ 21.28  2/15/2018 Zhesi Li, Ohio State
         Pool: # 21.80  2018      Ky-lee Perry, NC State
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 MacNeil, Margaret      FR MICH                21.93      21.75# 
    r:+0.66  10.70        21.75 (11.05)
  2 DeLoof, Catherine      SR MICH                22.09      22.07  
    r:+0.67  10.76        22.07 (11.31)
  3 Rayner, Freya          SO OSU                 22.83      22.18  
    r:+0.65  10.79        22.18 (11.39)
  4 Pyshnenko, Daria       SO MICH                22.94      22.35  
    r:+0.75  10.81        22.35 (11.54)
  5 Petrak, Taylor         SO OSU                 22.59      22.37  
    r:+0.70  10.86        22.37 (11.51)
  6 Sehmann, Emmy          SR WISC                22.57      22.48  
    r:+0.70  10.92        22.48 (11.56)
  7 Burvill, Hannah        JR IOWA                22.55      22.62  
    r:+0.73  11.22        22.62 (11.40)
  8 Avestruz, Zoe          SR MINN                22.86      22.65  
    r:+0.67  10.73        22.65 (11.92)

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