2020 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships Day Three Finals Live: Max McHugh Blasts 50.6 100 Breast

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Minnesota's Max McHugh swam the nation-leading time in the 100 breast. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships

Bloomington, Indiana 2020

The 2020 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued from the campus of Indiana University with the finals of the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 3m diving and 200 free relay.

Michigan extended its lead heading into the final day of competition as they are looking to win their first Big Ten title since 2016. Indiana has won the last three titles and is in a dog fight with Ohio State for second place.

Minnesota’s Max McHugh had the best swim of the day with his 50.6 in the 100 breaststroke to remain as the top guy in the nation with 26 days until NCAAs in Indianapolis.

Michigan’s Charlie Swanson won his fourth straight 400 IM title on Friday night as he became the first man to sweep the 400 IM at Big Ten’s since fellow Wolverine Tim Siciliano won from 1999 – 2002. Michigan also got a win from senior Miles Smachlo in the 100 butterfly.

Indiana’s Gabriel Fantoni won the 100 backstroke for his third straight title in the event as he could complete the sweep next season.

Ohio State also got a win from Andrew Loy in the 200 free as he went 1-2 with Paul DeLakis for the second straight night.

Details

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 12                  
 
  1. Michigan, University of          1063   
  2. Ohio State University             865
  3. Indiana University                857.5   
  4. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    569
  5. Purdue University                 422   
  6. University of Minnesota           420
  7. Northwestern University           407.5   
  8. Penn State University             379
  9. Iowa, University of               360  
 10. Michigan State University         218

100 Fly

Michigan’s Miles Smachlo ended Bruno Blaskovic’s winning streak in the Big Ten championships as Smachlo swam a 45.05 to win the 100 butterfly. Blaskovic finished in second at 45.44 as he had already won the 50 free last night and anchored both of Indiana’s medley relays that won the gold medal in their home pool.

Smachlo successfully defended his Big Ten title that he won last year.

Indiana had three finalists as Brendan Burns (45.47) finished in third and Van Mathias (46.47) was seventh.

Ohio State’s Noah Lense (45.74) finished in fourth as he should be better in the 200 butterfly.

Wisconsin’s Jian Mao (46.09), Minnesota’s Matthew Thomas (46.26) and Wisconsin’s Wesley Jekel (47.05) also swam in the championship final.

 Event 8  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 44.79  2/23/2018 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana
  Pool Record: ! 45.05  2/28/2020 Miles A Smachlo, Michigan
                 45.05  A NCAA Qualifying
                 47.43  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Smachlo, Miles   SR Michigan-MI         45.56      45.05!A       32  
     r:+0.63  9.36        20.80 (11.44)
          32.94 (12.14)       45.05 (12.11)
  2 Blaskovic, Brun  JR Indiana-IN          45.29      45.44 B       28  
     r:+0.58  9.61        20.94 (11.33)
          32.95 (12.01)       45.44 (12.49)
  3 Burns, Brendan   FR Indiana-IN          45.97      45.47 B       27  
     r:+0.66  9.96        21.58 (11.62)
          33.38 (11.80)       45.47 (12.09)
  4 Lense, Noah J    SR Ohio St-OH          46.08      45.74 B       26  
     r:+0.60  9.98        21.38 (11.40)
          33.32 (11.94)       45.74 (12.42)
  5 Mao, Jian        JR Wisconsin-WI        46.08      46.09 B       25  
     r:+0.67  9.68        21.74 (12.06)
          33.64 (11.90)       46.09 (12.45)
  6 Thomas, Matthew  SR Minnesota-MN        46.26      46.26 B       24  
     r:+0.62  9.52        21.31 (11.79)
          33.56 (12.25)       46.26 (12.70)
  7 Mathias, Van L   SO Indiana-IN          46.02      46.47 B       23  
     r:+0.73  9.90        21.61 (11.71)
          33.82 (12.21)       46.47 (12.65)
  8 Jekel, Wesley B  FR Wisconsin-WI        46.29      47.05 B       22  
     r:+0.67  9.89        21.82 (11.93)
          34.35 (12.53)       47.05 (12.70)

400 IM

Michigan senior Charlie Swanson swam an easy 3:40.26 to win the 400 IM title on Friday night at the 2020 Big Ten men’s swimming and diving championships in Bloomington, Indiana as he won his fourth straight title in this event. Swanson is the first swimmer to win 4 Big Ten titles in the 400 IM since fellow Wolverine Tim Siciliano won from 1999 – 2002. Michigan has also won 22 of the last 23 Big Ten titles in the 400 IM as they placed five total guys in the A-Final.

The Wolverines went 1-2-3 with Ricardo Vargas (3:42.68) coming in second and Tommy Cope (3:42.80) finishing in third. Daniel Berlitz (3:47.49) and William Roberts (3:48.62) also swam in the final for Michigan.

Penn State’s Michael Daly (3:43.00) finished in fourth while Wisconsin’s Joseph Milinovich (3:45.09) was fifth and Wisconsin’s Caleb Aman (3:47.83) was seventh.

 Event 9  Men 400 Yard IM
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 3:38.03  2009      Tyler Clary, Michigan
  Pool Record: ! 3:39.17  2013      Michael Weiss, Wisconsin
                 3:39.16  A NCAA Qualifying
                 3:51.46  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Swanson, Charle  SR Michigan-MI       3:42.07    3:40.26 B       32  
    r:+0.71  22.90        49.41 (26.51)
        1:17.80 (28.39)     1:45.66 (27.86)
        2:15.71 (30.05)     2:46.62 (30.91)
        3:13.77 (27.15)     3:40.26 (26.49)
  2 Vargas Jacobo,   JR Michigan-MI       3:43.09    3:42.68 B       28  
    r:+0.70  24.39        51.61 (27.22)
        1:20.43 (28.82)     1:48.50 (28.07)
        2:20.69 (32.19)     2:52.19 (31.50)
        3:18.15 (25.96)     3:42.68 (24.53)
  3 Cope, Thomas E   SR Michigan-MI       3:43.00    3:42.80 B       27  
    r:+0.63  22.74        49.21 (26.47)
        1:18.55 (29.34)     1:47.04 (28.49)
        2:17.17 (30.13)     2:48.54 (31.37)
        3:16.26 (27.72)     3:42.80 (26.54)
  4 Daly, Michael C  SO Penn St-MA        3:44.06    3:43.00 B       26  
    r:+0.76  23.86        51.20 (27.34)
        1:19.10 (27.90)     1:46.66 (27.56)
        2:18.92 (32.26)     2:51.68 (32.76)
        3:17.83 (26.15)     3:43.00 (25.17)
  5 Milinovich, Jos  SR Wisconsin-WI      3:45.70    3:45.09 B       25  
    r:+0.71  24.45        51.85 (27.40)
        1:20.86 (29.01)     1:49.59 (28.73)
        2:21.16 (31.57)     2:52.64 (31.48)
        3:19.29 (26.65)     3:45.09 (25.80)
  6 Berlitz, Daniel  FR Michigan-MI       3:46.34    3:47.49 B       24  
    r:+0.77  24.14        51.83 (27.69)
        1:21.69 (29.86)     1:50.78 (29.09)
        2:22.55 (31.77)     2:54.80 (32.25)
        3:21.83 (27.03)     3:47.49 (25.66)
  7 Aman, Caleb R    SO Wisconsin-WI      3:43.32    3:47.83 B       23  
    r:+0.74  24.75        52.30 (27.55)
        1:20.89 (28.59)     1:49.61 (28.72)
        2:21.84 (32.23)     2:54.05 (32.21)
        3:21.19 (27.14)     3:47.83 (26.64)
  8 Roberts, Willia  JR Michigan-MI       3:46.52    3:48.62 B       22  
    r:+0.70  24.40        52.29 (27.89)
        1:22.54 (30.25)     1:51.79 (29.25)
        2:24.98 (33.19)     2:57.51 (32.53)
        3:23.95 (26.44)     3:48.62 (24.67)

200 Free

Ohio State senior Andrew Loy won his second race of the weekend at the Big Ten men’s swimming and diving championships as he won the 200 free with a 1:31.88 on Friday night in Bloomington, Indiana. Loy went 1-2 with fellow Buckeye Paul DeLakis (1:32.04) as they went 1-2 in the 200 IM last night in the same order. Loy won Ohio State’s first 200 free Big Ten title since Josh Fleagle won in 2015.

Michigan had three swimmers in the A-Final as Felix Auböck (1:33.03) finished in fourth just behind Indiana’s Mohamed Samy (1:32.91). The Hoosiers had won the last four Big Ten titles in this event but that streak was snapped.

Michigan’s Patrick Callan (1:33.04) and Gus Borges (1:35.01) finished in fifth and seventh respectively. Michigan State’s Aidan Farley (1:35.88) also swam in the championship final for the Spartans.

 Event 10  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 1:31.14  2/23/2018 Blake J Pieroni, Indiana
  Pool Record: ! 1:32.97  2018      Mohamed Samy, Indiana
                 1:32.05  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:36.32  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Loy, Andrew D    SR Ohio St-OH        1:33.29    1:31.88!A       32  
    r:+0.70  21.64        44.64 (23.00)
        1:08.26 (23.62)     1:31.88 (23.62)
  2 Delakis, Paul J  JR Ohio St-OH        1:33.25    1:32.04!A       28  
    r:+0.67  21.81        45.11 (23.30)
        1:08.48 (23.37)     1:32.04 (23.56)
  3 Hassan, Mohamed  SR Indiana-IN        1:34.97    1:32.91!B       27  
    r:+0.73  21.94        45.59 (23.65)
        1:09.24 (23.65)     1:32.91 (23.67)
  4 Auboeck, Felix   SR Michigan-MI       1:33.63    1:33.03 B       26  
    r:+0.72  22.30        45.71 (23.41)
        1:09.38 (23.67)     1:33.03 (23.65)
  5 Callan, Patrick  SO Michigan-MI       1:33.00    1:33.04 B       25  
    r:+0.70  22.08        45.72 (23.64)
        1:09.41 (23.69)     1:33.04 (23.63)
  6 Saulnier, Nicho  SR Minnesota-MN      1:35.56    1:34.88 B       24  
    r:+0.65  22.22        46.09 (23.87)
        1:10.18 (24.09)     1:34.88 (24.70)
  7 Borges, Gus      JR Michigan-MI       1:34.44    1:35.01 B       23  
    r:+0.67  21.54        45.60 (24.06)
        1:10.10 (24.50)     1:35.01 (24.91)
  8 Farley, Aidan J  JR Michigan St-MI    1:35.35    1:35.88 B       22  
    r:+0.74  21.92        46.27 (24.35)
        1:11.01 (24.74)     1:35.88 (24.87)

100 Breast

Minnesota sophomore Max McHugh just barely missed the Big Ten meet record in the 100 breast final as he swam a 50.67 to win on Friday night at the Big Ten men’s swimming and diving championships. McHugh missed Ian Finnerty’s 50.60 record that he set last season as the Gopher sophomore won ahead of Indiana sophomore Zane Backes (51.37) as those guys will have fun battles the next two years.

McHugh won Minnesota’s first 100 breast Big Ten title since Colin Lee-To won in 2009. McHugh’s time is also the fastest time in Division I with 26 days to go until NCAAs in Indianapolis.

The Hoosiers had won seven of the last nine Big Ten titles in the 100 breaststroke as Backes could not keep that tradition going.

Michigan’s Jeremy Babinet (51.44) finished in third with Ohio State’s Jason Mathews (52.04) coming in fourth.

Purdue’s Trent Pellini (52.20), Ohio State’s Hudson McDaniel (52.40), Wisconsin’s Jian Mao (52.43) and Michigan’s William Chan (53.48) also swam in the championship final.

 Event 11  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 50.60  3/1/2019  Ian J Finnerty, Indiana
  Pool Record: ! 50.67  2/28/2020 Maxwell J McHugh, Minnesota
                 51.67  A NCAA Qualifying
                 54.27  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 McHugh, Maxwell  SO Minnesota-MN        50.77      50.67!A       32  
    r:+0.70  10.73        23.68 (12.95)
          37.02 (13.34)       50.67 (13.65)
  2 Backes, Zane V   SO Indiana-IN          51.07      51.37 A       28  
    r:+0.69  10.92        23.95 (13.03)
          37.51 (13.56)       51.37 (13.86)
  3 Babinet, Jeremy  SR Michigan-MI         51.75      51.44 A       27  
    r:+0.68  11.20        24.41 (13.21)
          37.92 (13.51)       51.44 (13.52)
  4 Mathews, Jason   SO Ohio St-OH          52.08      52.04 B       26  
    r:+0.62  11.00        24.67 (13.67)
          37.98 (13.31)       52.04 (14.06)
  5 Pellini, Trent   JR Purdue-IN           52.01      52.20 B       25  
    r:+0.70  11.01        24.54 (13.53)
          38.14 (13.60)       52.20 (14.06)
  6 McDaniel, Hudso  SO Ohio St-OH          52.44      52.40 B       24  
    r:+0.68  10.92        24.08 (13.16)
          37.86 (13.78)       52.40 (14.54)
  7 Mao, Jian        JR Wisconsin-WI        52.37      52.43 B       23  
    r:+0.66  11.32        25.05 (13.73)
          38.60 (13.55)       52.43 (13.83)
  8 Chan, William E  SO Michigan-MI         52.38      53.48 B       22  
    r:+0.65  10.93        24.62 (13.69)
          38.73 (14.11)       53.48 (14.75)

100 Back

Indiana’s Gabriel Fantoni won his third straight 100 backstroke Big Ten title in his home pool with a 44.92 as he narrowly missed the meet record of 44.65 set by Shane Ryan in 2017. Fantoni has now won this event every year of his career for the Hoosiers as he went 1-2 with freshman Brendan Burns (45.75), who was third earlier in the night in the 100 butterfly.

Michigan had no swimmers in the A-Final as their arch rival Ohio State placed Jonah Cooper (46.16) and Colin McDermott (46.25) in fourth and fifth.

Wisconsin’s Cameron Tysoe had a good swim to finish third at 46.03.

Indiana’s Jacob Steele (46.41), Northwestern’s Ryan Gridley (46.90) and Wisconsin’s Wesley Jekel (48.00) also swam in the championship final.

 Event 12  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 44.65  2/24/2017 Shane P Ryan, Penn State
  Pool Record: ! 44.92  2/28/2020 Gabriel A Fantoni, Indiana
                 44.95  A NCAA Qualifying
                 47.77  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Fantoni, Gabriel JR Indiana-IN          45.78      44.92!A       32  
             10.59        21.72 (11.13)
          33.51 (11.79)       44.92 (11.41)
  2 Burns, Brendan   FR Indiana-IN          46.04      45.75 B       28  
             11.03        22.43 (11.40)
          34.28 (11.85)       45.75 (11.47)
  3 Tysoe, Cameron   SR Wisconsin-WI        46.20      46.03 B       27  
             10.97        22.28 (11.31)
          34.10 (11.82)       46.03 (11.93)
  4 Cooper, Jonah L  FR Ohio St-OH          46.55      46.16 B       26  
             10.74        22.29 (11.55)
          34.35 (12.06)       46.16 (11.81)
  5 McDermott, Colin JR Ohio St-OH          46.68      46.25 B       25  
             10.61        22.05 (11.44)
          33.89 (11.84)       46.25 (12.36)
  6 Steele, Jacob A  JR Indiana-IN          46.45      46.41 B       24  
             10.90        22.38 (11.48)
          34.52 (12.14)       46.41 (11.89)
  7 Gridley, Ryan T  SO Northwestern-IL     46.70      46.90 B       23  
             10.93        22.58 (11.65)
          34.64 (12.06)       46.90 (12.26)
  8 Jekel, Wesley B  FR Wisconsin-WI        46.48      48.00         22  
             10.93        22.95 (12.02)
          35.67 (12.72)       48.00 (12.33)

3m Diving

Purdue’s Greg Duncan took the 3m title with 448.20 to claim Purdue’s second 3m title in three years after Steele Johnson won in 2018.

 Event 13  Men 3 mtr Diving
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 540.55  2/23/2018 Steele Johnson, Purdue
  Pool Record: ! 502.80  2015      Michael Hixon, Indiana
                 320.00  A NCAA Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Duncan, Greg B   JR Purdue-IN          407.30     448.20 A       32  
  2 Todd, Ross       JR Michigan-MI        385.90     414.25 A       28  
  3 Yost, Lyle       FR Ohio St-OH         388.00     400.40 A       27  
  4 Canova, Joseph   JR Ohio St-OH         362.25     387.20 A       26  
  5 Fielding, Jacob  SO Ohio St-OH         371.00     357.70 A       25  
  6 Gould, Mory E    JR Indiana-IN         362.65     356.55 A       24  
  7 Eskrick-Parkins  SO Northwestern-IL    347.60     341.80 A       23  
  8 Butler, Jake A   FR Minnesota-MN       351.55     335.95 A       22

200 Free Relay

Indiana closed out the night with their third relay win of the weekend with a 1:16.30 in the 200 free relay as the team of Bruno Blaskovic (19.25), Jack Franzman (18.74), Brandon Hamblin (19.03) and Mohamed Samy (19.28) won going away ahead of Michigan (1:16.69) and Ohio State (1:16.98).

 Event 14  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 1:16.01  3/1/2019  Indiana University, Indiana
                          Z Apple, B Blaskovic, V Lanza, B Hamblin
  Pool Record: ! 1:16.41  2018      NC State
                 1:17.17  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:17.86  B NCAA Provisional
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Indiana-IN  'A'               1:17.41    1:16.30!A       64  
     1) Blaskovic, Bruno JR           2) r:+0.20 Franzman, Jack SO    
     3) r:+0.27 Hamblin, Brandon SO   4) r:+0.39 Hassan, Mohamed SR   
     r:+0.61  9.32        19.25 (19.25)
           28.06 (8.81)       37.99 (18.74)
           46.92 (8.93)       57.02 (19.03)
         1:06.54 (9.52)     1:16.30 (19.28)
  2 Michigan-MI  'A'              1:17.66    1:16.69 A       56  
     1) Borges, Luiz Gustavo F JR     2) r:+0.36 Smachlo, Miles SR    
     3) r:+0.18 Peel, Cameron FR      4) r:+0.19 Wright, River FR     
     r:+0.66  9.40        19.39 (19.39)
           28.48 (9.09)       38.59 (19.20)
           47.55 (8.96)       57.60 (19.01)
         1:06.64 (9.04)     1:16.69 (19.09)
  3 Ohio St-OH  'A'               1:18.99    1:16.98 A       54  
     1) Andreis, Semuede SO           2) r:+0.38 Loy, Andrew SR       
     3) r:+0.14 Abeysinghe, Mathew SR 4) r:+0.17 Delakis, Paul JR     
     r:+0.63  9.34        19.27 (19.27)
           28.43 (9.16)       38.39 (19.12)
           47.50 (9.11)       57.69 (19.30)
         1:06.83 (9.14)     1:16.98 (19.29)
  4 Penn St-MA  'A'               1:19.72    1:17.38 B       52  
     1) Castano, Gabriel JR           2) r:+0.19 Roberson, William JR 
     3) r:+0.13 Wilson, Austin SR     4) r:+0.28 Gosieniecki, Jiusz JR
     r:+0.61  9.30        19.43 (19.43)
           28.28 (8.85)       38.36 (18.93)
           47.20 (8.84)       57.72 (19.36)
         1:06.96 (9.24)     1:17.38 (19.66)
  5 Purdue-IN  'A'                1:18.40    1:17.61 B       50  
     1) Acin, Nikola SO               2) r:+0.15 Hrosik, Ryan SO      
     3) r:+0.27 Pellini, Trent JR     4) r:+0.41 Lawrence, Ryan JR    
     r:+0.63  9.57        19.68 (19.68)
           28.62 (8.94)       38.74 (19.06)
           48.01 (9.27)       58.05 (19.31)
         1:07.29 (9.24)     1:17.61 (19.56)
  6 Iowa-IA  'A'                  1:18.31    1:18.32         48  
     1) Tarasenko, Aleksey SO         2) r:+0.16 Myhre, Joseph SR     
     3) r:+0.15 Kuznetsov, Sergey FR  4) r:+0.15 Scott, William SR    
     r:+0.62  9.55        19.87 (19.87)
           28.91 (9.04)       39.41 (19.54)
           48.55 (9.14)       58.95 (19.54)
         1:08.18 (9.23)     1:18.32 (19.37)
  7 Wisconsin-WI  'A'             1:20.00    1:18.43         46  
     1) Back, Griffin W SR            2) r:+0.19 Braun, Kevin SR      
     3) r:+0.22 Novinski, Matthew JR  4) r:+0.08 Jekel, Wesley FR     
     r:+0.65  9.76        19.98 (19.98)
           29.03 (9.05)       39.20 (19.22)
           48.42 (9.22)       58.77 (19.57)
         1:07.96 (9.19)     1:18.43 (19.66)
  8 Michigan St-MI  'A'           1:18.77    1:18.50         44  
     1) Woods, Payton R SR            2) r:NRT Mills, Kevin SO        
     3) r:NRT Farley, Aidan JR        4) r:NRT Mork, Nehemiah SR      
     r:+0.61  9.60                     
              29.00 ( )                    
              48.27 ( )                    
            1:07.77 ( )         1:18.50 ( )
  9 Minnesota-MN  'A'             1:20.83    1:19.28         40  
     1) Thomas, Matthew A SR          2) r:+0.42 Sates, Tim JR        
     3) r:+0.40 Yudashkin, Eitan JR   4) r:+0.25 Berkoff, Cale JR     
     r:+0.59  9.52        19.62 (19.62)
           29.02 (9.40)       39.53 (19.91)
           49.12 (9.59)       59.51 (19.98)
         1:08.89 (9.38)     1:19.28 (19.77)
 10 Northwestern-IL  'A'          1:21.42    1:19.54         34  
     1) Burdisso, Federico FR         2) r:+0.18 Mizgala, Ezra SO     
     3) r:+0.25 Zhang, Andrew SO      4) r:+0.37 Bobar, Aleksa FR     
     r:+0.69  9.76        20.00 (20.00)
           29.31 (9.31)       39.78 (19.78)
           49.10 (9.32)       59.59 (19.81)
         1:09.10 (9.51)     1:19.54 (19.95)
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