The Women’s Big Ten Championships continued from Bloomington, Indiana, with preliminary heats on Friday morning.
Events on tap for the day are the 100 fly, 200 IM, 200 Free, 100 Breast and 100 Back.
Indiana predictably will score a ton of swimmers in the breaststroke, while Michigan’s freestylers and backstrokers will look to make up some ground as the team race gets even closer.
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Order of Events
100 Fly
200 IM
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
Up-Mid-Down
A look at how many each school has in the A, B and C final:
Indiana: 10-4-5
Michigan: 7-6-5
Ohio State: 7-4-8
Minnesota: 5-3-2
Wisconsin: 3-5-4
Rutgers: 3-2-1
Purdue: 2-3-4
Northwestern: 1-5-1
Penn State: 1-3-5
Iowa: 1-3-0
Michigan State: 0-2-1
Nebraska: 0-0-4
100 Fly
Michigan freshman Maggie MacNeil continued her breakout season by breaking the Big Ten meet record in the 100 butterfly prelims.
MacNeil took the top seed in the event, finishing in 49.94, an NCAA automatic qualifier.
It was a strong start for the Wolverines, who trailed Indiana heading into the day.
Indiana senior Christine Jensen took the second seed in 51.82 and will try to keep pace with MacNeil in tonight’s final.
Penn State junior Madison Hart took the third seed (52.09), followed by Minnesota junior Tevyn Waddell (52.28), Rutgers senior Francesca Stoppa (52.34), Rutgers junior Federica Greco (52.37), Purdue senior Taite Kitchel (52.66) and Indiana junior Shelby Koontz (52.69).
Event 8 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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B1G Meet: @ 49.94 2/22/2019 Margaret MacNeil, MICH-MI
Pool: # 49.94 2/22/2019 Margaret MacNeil, MICH-MI
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 MacNeil, Margaret FR MICH 49.97 49.94@
r:+0.70 11.10 23.73 (12.63)
36.89 (13.16) 49.94 (13.05)
2 Jensen, Christine SR Ind 51.94 51.82
r:+0.66 11.00 24.20 (13.20)
37.82 (13.62) 51.82 (14.00)
3 Hart, Madison JR PSU 52.36 52.09
r:+0.66 11.45 24.38 (12.93)
38.35 (13.97) 52.09 (13.74)
4 Waddell, Tevyn JR MINN 52.08 52.28
r:+0.81 11.37 24.12 (12.75)
38.07 (13.95) 52.28 (14.21)
5 Stoppa, Francesca SR RUT 53.16 52.34
r:+0.61 11.19 24.39 (13.20)
38.14 (13.75) 52.34 (14.20)
6 Greco, Federica JR RUT 53.38 52.37
r:+0.71 11.34 24.33 (12.99)
38.15 (13.82) 52.37 (14.22)
7 Kitchel, Taite SR PUR 52.95 52.66
r:+0.76 11.50 24.52 (13.02)
38.48 (13.96) 52.66 (14.18)
8 Koontz, Shelby JR Ind 52.88 52.69
r:+0.75 11.57 24.75 (13.18)
38.73 (13.98) 52.69 (13.96)
400 IM
Northwestern sophomore Calypso Sheridan put together a strong 400 IM with four solid splits to take the top seed in the 4:06.76.
Sheridan dropped two seconds from her seed time to earn the top spot.
Indiana senior Bailey Andison took the second seed in 4:07.90.
A trio of Buckeyes followed as Ohio State sophomore Katherine Trace was third (4;08.16), followed by junior Kathrin Demler (4:08.95) and sophomore Kristen Romano (4:08.96).
Indiana freshman Mackenzie Looze took the sixth seed (4:09.11), followed by Ohio State’s Molly Kowal (4:11.25) and Indiana sophomore Josephine Grote (4:11.47).
Event 9 Women 400 Yard IM
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B1G Meet: @ 4:01.41 2012 Allysa Vavra, Indiana
Pool: # 4:04.59 2011 Allysa Vavra, Indiana
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Sheridan, Calypso SO NU 4:08.76 4:06.76
r:+0.70 25.35 55.06 (29.71)
1:26.09 (31.03) 1:56.29 (30.20)
2:31.20 (34.91) 3:06.73 (35.53)
3:37.37 (30.64) 4:06.76 (29.39)
2 Andison, Bailey SR Ind 4:05.44 4:07.90
r:+0.66 26.03 55.83 (29.80)
1:27.34 (31.51) 1:57.98 (30.64)
2:32.89 (34.91) 3:08.73 (35.84)
3:38.81 (30.08) 4:07.90 (29.09)
3 Trace, Katherine SO OSU 4:12.44 4:08.16
r:+0.69 25.59 55.23 (29.64)
1:27.55 (32.32) 1:58.30 (30.75)
2:34.17 (35.87) 3:10.36 (36.19)
3:39.75 (29.39) 4:08.16 (28.41)
4 Demler, Kathrin JR OSU 4:07.06 4:08.95
r:+0.77 26.25 56.52 (30.27)
1:28.00 (31.48) 1:58.76 (30.76)
2:33.61 (34.85) 3:10.36 (36.75)
3:40.51 (30.15) 4:08.95 (28.44)
5 Romano, Kristen SO OSU 4:11.32 4:08.96
r:+0.72 26.04 55.75 (29.71)
1:27.07 (31.32) 1:57.30 (30.23)
2:33.20 (35.90) 3:09.82 (36.62)
3:39.86 (30.04) 4:08.96 (29.10)
6 Looze, Mackenzie FR Ind 4:09.16 4:09.11
r:+0.73 27.00 57.14 (30.14)
1:29.04 (31.90) 2:00.37 (31.33)
2:35.81 (35.44) 3:12.06 (36.25)
3:41.45 (29.39) 4:09.11 (27.66)
7 Kowal, Molly JR OSU 4:17.46 4:11.25
r:+0.85 27.82 58.89 (31.07)
1:32.16 (33.27) 2:04.54 (32.38)
2:39.52 (34.98) 3:14.45 (34.93)
3:43.67 (29.22) 4:11.25 (27.58)
8 Grote, Josephine SO Ind 4:14.38 4:11.47
r:+0.81 27.05 57.48 (30.43)
1:29.00 (31.52) 2:00.46 (31.46)
2:36.66 (36.20) 3:13.62 (36.96)
3:43.16 (29.54) 4:11.47 (28.31)
200 Free
Michigan again stacked its seeds in bunches, taking the 1-3-4 seeds in the 200 free.
Senior Catie DeLoof took the top seed, finishing in 1:43.74 to break the pool record in the event.
Wisconsin freshman Lillie Hosack took the second seed in 1:44.73, followed by Wolverines Siobhan Haughey (1:44.97) and Rose Bi (1:45.12).
Minnesota senior Chantal Nack took the fifth seed in 1:45.31, followed by Indiana freshman Morgan Scott (1:45.59), Iowa junior Hannah Burvill (1:45.93) and Ohio State’s Lucija Jyurkovic-Perisa (1:46.20).
Event 10 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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B1G Meet: @ 1:41.66 2/16/2018 Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, Michigan-MI
Pool: # 1:43.74 2/22/2019 Catherine DeLoof, MICH-MI
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 DeLoof, Catherine SR MICH 1:43.84 1:43.74#
r:+0.67 24.74 51.24 (26.50)
1:17.51 (26.27) 1:43.74 (26.23)
2 Hosack, Lillie FR WISC 1:46.28 1:44.73
r:+0.77 24.79 51.54 (26.75)
1:18.02 (26.48) 1:44.73 (26.71)
3 Haughey, Siobhan SR MICH 1:41.77 1:44.97
r:+0.71 24.31 50.67 (26.36)
1:17.55 (26.88) 1:44.97 (27.42)
4 Bi, Yirong SR MICH 1:45.01 1:45.12
r:+0.65 24.66 51.02 (26.36)
1:18.00 (26.98) 1:45.12 (27.12)
5 Nack, Chantal SR MINN 1:44.52 1:45.31
r:+0.69 24.55 51.02 (26.47)
1:18.09 (27.07) 1:45.31 (27.22)
6 Scott, Morgan FR Ind 1:50.92 1:45.59
r:+0.74 24.16 50.69 (26.53)
1:18.03 (27.34) 1:45.59 (27.56)
7 Burvill, Hannah JR IOWA 1:45.97 1:45.93
r:+0.74 24.59 51.10 (26.51)
1:18.27 (27.17) 1:45.93 (27.66)
8 Jurkovic-Perisa, Luci JR OSU 1:48.49 1:46.20
r:+0.70 24.97 51.71 (26.74)
1:18.91 (27.20) 1:46.20 (27.29)
100 Breast
Indiana placed third in the final and Michigan and Minnesota each had two in the 100 breast.
Indiana, of course, was led by Lilly King, who took the top seed in 57.49.
Michigan senior Jamie Zhen Yeung took the second spot (59.39) ahead of teammate Miranda Tucker (59.45).
Minnesota junior Lindsey Kozelsky snagged the fourth seed ahead of Indiana freshman Noelle Peplowski (59.90). Minnesota senior Rachel Munson was sixth (1:00.14), followed by Indiana senior Laura Morley (1:00.22) and Ohio State sophomore Hanna Gresser (1:00.25).
Event 11 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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B1G Meet: @ 56.30 2/17/2017 Lillia King, Indiana
Pool: # 56.43 2018 Lilly King, Indiana
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 King, Lillia SR Ind 56.43 57.49
r:+0.67 12.23 26.66 (14.43)
41.93 (15.27) 57.49 (15.56)
2 Yeung, Jamie Zhen SR MICH 59.77 59.39
r:+0.65 13.02 28.15 (15.13)
43.71 (15.56) 59.39 (15.68)
3 Tucker, Miranda JR MICH 59.09 59.45
r:+0.65 12.80 27.82 (15.02)
43.70 (15.88) 59.45 (15.75)
4 Kozelsky, Lindsey JR MINN 58.70 59.62
r:+0.73 12.88 27.71 (14.83)
43.55 (15.84) 59.62 (16.07)
5 Peplowski, Noelle FR Ind 59.18 59.90
r:+0.72 12.92 27.90 (14.98)
43.90 (16.00) 59.90 (16.00)
6 Munson, Rachel SR MINN 1:00.23 1:00.14
r:+0.68 13.30 28.35 (15.05)
44.29 (15.94) 1:00.14 (15.85)
7 Morley, Laura SR Ind 1:00.58 1:00.22
r:+0.72 13.17 28.69 (15.52)
44.40 (15.71) 1:00.22 (15.82)
8 Gresser, Hanna SO OSU 59.88 1:00.25
r:+0.67 13.01 28.40 (15.39)
44.51 (16.11) 1:00.25 (15.74)
100 Back
Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson continued her strong performance by taking the top seed in the 100 back.
The junior finished in 50.29 to finish a half second ahead of the back.
Michigan freshman Maggie MacNeil, doing a Friday double, took the second seed in 50.92.
Indiana freshman Morgan Scott took the third seed in 51.97, followed by Rutgers senior Vera Koprivova (52.23), Minnesota junior Tevyn Waddell (52.31), Ohio State junior Rebekah Bradley (52.46), Purdue senior Jacklyn Smailis (52.85) and Wisconsin’s Jessica Unicomb (52.92).
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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B1G Meet: @ 49.78 2/15/2018 Elizabeth Nelson, Wisconsin
Pool: # 51.24 2018 Elisa Haan, NC State
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Nelson, Elizabeth JR WISC 49.67 50.29#
12.15 24.58 (12.43)
37.60 (13.02) 50.29 (12.69)
2 MacNeil, Margaret FR MICH 51.31 50.92#
12.11 24.65 (12.54)
37.83 (13.18) 50.92 (13.09)
3 Scott, Morgan FR Ind 54.69 51.97
12.23 25.30 (13.07)
38.58 (13.28) 51.97 (13.39)
4 Koprivova, Vera SR RUT 53.71 52.23
12.33 25.46 (13.13)
38.85 (13.39) 52.23 (13.38)
5 Waddell, Tevyn JR MINN 52.48 52.31
12.39 25.25 (12.86)
39.04 (13.79) 52.31 (13.27)
6 Bradley, Rebekah JR OSU 52.91 52.46
12.42 25.35 (12.93)
38.89 (13.54) 52.46 (13.57)
7 Smailis, Jacklyn SR PUR 53.56 52.85
12.56 25.48 (12.92)
39.25 (13.77) 52.85 (13.60)
8 Unicomb, Jessica SR WISC 52.57 52.92
12.57 25.55 (12.98)
39.29 (13.74) 52.92 (13.63)