2020 Big Ten Women’s Championships Day 1: Maggie MacNeil Goes 21.30 in 50 Free

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The 2020 Big Ten Women’s Championships kicked off Day 2, the first full day of the conference meet.

The first full finals session opened Thursday evening at the University of Iowa Aquatic Center.

Michigan had some big swims, but it was Ohio State that took the lead after Day 2 of the Big Ten Women’s Championships.

  Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 7                      
 
  1. Ohio State University             561   2. Michigan, University of           478
  3. Indiana University                338   4. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    257
  5. Northwestern University           242   6. University of Minnesota           235
  7. Purdue University                 202   8. Iowa, University of               168
  9. Pennsylvania State University     161  10. University of Nebraska-Lincoln    158
 11. Rutgers University                135  12. Michigan State University         111
 13. University of Illinois            108

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Day 3 prelims heat sheets

Big Ten Women’s Championships: 500 Freestyle

Ohio State senior Kathrin Demler surged ahead of the field to win the 500 freestyle in 4:37.04, barely holding off Indiana’s Cassy Jernberg (4:37.07), who finished just three hundredths of a second behind as both touched together.

Michigan’s Sierra Schmidt finished third in 4:37.15, just ahead of teammate Kaitlynn Sims (4:37.31), who was the top seed out of prelims.

Ohio State’s Molly Kowal finished fifth (4:39.35), followed by Indiana’s Maria Heitmann (4:40.24), Ohio State’s Veronica Tafuto (4:41.20) and Nebraska’s Autumn Haebig (4:41.83).

 Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 4:34.40  2/16/2017 G Ryan, Michigan
  Pool Record: ! 4:37.01  11/15/2018Mackenzie Padington, Minnesota
                 4:35.76  A NCAA Qualifying
                 4:47.20  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Demler, Kathrin  SR Ohio State-OH     4:40.40    4:37.04 B       32  
    r:+0.85  26.13        53.97 (27.84)
        1:21.83 (27.86)     1:49.97 (28.14)
        2:18.28 (28.31)     2:46.48 (28.20)
        3:14.70 (28.22)     3:43.05 (28.35)
        4:10.66 (27.61)     4:37.04 (26.38)
  2 Jernberg, Cassa  SR Indiana-IN        4:39.50    4:37.07 B       28  
    r:+0.72  26.61        54.89 (28.28)
        1:23.42 (28.53)     1:51.75 (28.33)
        2:19.74 (27.99)     2:47.49 (27.75)
        3:15.29 (27.80)     3:42.74 (27.45)
        4:10.18 (27.44)     4:37.07 (26.89)
  3 Schmidt, Sierra  JR Michigan-MI       4:41.21    4:37.15 B       27  
    r:+0.77  26.09        53.98 (27.89)
        1:21.98 (28.00)     1:50.06 (28.08)
        2:18.16 (28.10)     2:46.15 (27.99)
        3:14.19 (28.04)     3:42.17 (27.98)
        4:10.22 (28.05)     4:37.15 (26.93)
  4 Sims, Kaitlynn   FR Michigan-MI       4:39.14    4:37.31 B       26  
    r:+0.79  26.30        54.18 (27.88)
        1:22.30 (28.12)     1:50.37 (28.07)
        2:18.39 (28.02)     2:46.53 (28.14)
        3:14.53 (28.00)     3:42.28 (27.75)
        4:10.21 (27.93)     4:37.31 (27.10)
  5 Kowal, Molly A   SR Ohio State-OH     4:39.27    4:39.35 B       25  
    r:+0.89  26.55        54.33 (27.78)
        1:22.32 (27.99)     1:50.37 (28.05)
        2:18.63 (28.26)     2:46.66 (28.03)
        3:14.88 (28.22)     3:43.56 (28.68)
        4:11.75 (28.19)     4:39.35 (27.60)
  6 Heitmann, Maria  SR Indiana-IN        4:40.91    4:40.24 B       24  
    r:+0.74  26.72        55.31 (28.59)
        1:23.88 (28.57)     1:52.34 (28.46)
        2:20.61 (28.27)     2:48.61 (28.00)
        3:16.57 (27.96)     3:44.68 (28.11)
        4:12.80 (28.12)     4:40.24 (27.44)
  7 Tafuto, Veronic  SO Ohio State-OH     4:41.58    4:41.20 B       23  
    r:+0.77  26.49        54.73 (28.24)
        1:22.90 (28.17)     1:51.09 (28.19)
        2:19.59 (28.50)     2:47.96 (28.37)
        3:16.43 (28.47)     3:45.00 (28.57)
        4:13.22 (28.22)     4:41.20 (27.98)
  8 Haebig, Autumn   JR Nebraska-MW       4:43.13    4:41.83 B       22  
    r:+0.83  26.06        54.19 (28.13)
        1:22.54 (28.35)     1:50.91 (28.37)
        2:19.39 (28.48)     2:47.98 (28.59)
        3:16.57 (28.59)     3:45.17 (28.60)
        4:13.89 (28.72)     4:41.83 (27.94)

Big Ten Women’s Championships: 200 IM

Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson dropped a second from her prelims time to break the Big Ten Championships meet record in the 200 IM. She won the race in 1:51.66, besting the field by nearly two seconds.

Northwestern’s Calypso Sheridan finished second in 1:53.15, also an NCAA “A” cut.

Indiana’s Mackenzie Looze was third (1:55.79), followed by Wisconsin’s Lillie Hosack (1:56.81), Ohio State’s Kristen Romano (1:57.29), Ohio State’s Josephine Panitz (1:57.32), OSU’s Hanna Gresser (1:57.57) and Michigan’s Victoria Kwan (1:57.99).

Event 4  Women 200 Yard IM
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 1:51.66  2/20/2020 Elizabeth D Nelson, WISCONSIN-WI
  Pool Record: ! 1:51.66  2/20/2020 Elizabeth D Nelson, WISCONSIN-WI
                 1:53.66  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:59.94  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Nelson, Elizabe  SR Wisconsin-WI      1:52.60    1:51.66#A       32  
    r:+0.76  23.93        51.18 (27.25)
        1:24.08 (32.90)     1:51.66 (27.58)
  2 Sheridan, Calyp  JR Northwestern-IL   1:54.39    1:53.13 A       28  
    r:+0.73  24.66        52.52 (27.86)
        1:25.29 (32.77)     1:53.13 (27.84)
  3 Looze, Mackenzi  SO Indiana-IN        1:56.47    1:55.79 B       27  
    r:+0.71  25.75        55.55 (29.80)
        1:28.38 (32.83)     1:55.79 (27.41)
  4 Hosack, Lillie   SO Wisconsin-WI      1:56.53    1:56.81 B       26  
    r:+0.77  24.83        54.44 (29.61)
        1:28.96 (34.52)     1:56.81 (27.85)
  5 Romano, Kristen  JR Ohio State-OH     1:57.79    1:57.29 B       25  
    r:+0.78  25.53        54.63 (29.10)
        1:29.25 (34.62)     1:57.29 (28.04)
  6 Panitz, Josephi  FR Ohio State-OH     1:57.34    1:57.32 B       24  
    r:+0.74  25.13        54.88 (29.75)
        1:28.70 (33.82)     1:57.32 (28.62)
  7 Gresser, Hanna   JR Ohio State-OH     1:57.72    1:57.57 B       23  
    r:+0.67  25.41        57.01 (31.60)
        1:29.07 (32.06)     1:57.57 (28.50)
  8 Kwan, Victoria   SO Michigan-MI       1:57.58    1:57.99 B       22  
    r:+0.74  25.72        55.32 (29.60)
        1:30.33 (35.01)     1:57.99 (27.66)

Big Ten Women’s Championships: Women’s 50 Free

Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil turned in another epic performance, winning the event in 21.30.

The previous NCAA park was 20.90 set earlier this season by Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil.

It was a huge event for the Wolverines as Daria Pyschnenko finished second in 21.82, while Miranda Tucker took seventh in 22.44.

Ohio State’s Freya Rayner was third in 21.85, followed by Indiana’s Cora Dupre (21.93), Ohio State’s Taylor Petrack (22.31) and Rutgers’ Elinah Phillip (22.41). Penn State’s Madeleine Cooke was eighth in 22.49.

Event 5  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 21.28  2/15/2018 Zhesi Li, Ohio State
  Pool Record: ! 21.30  2/20/2020 Margaret J MacNeil, MICHIGAN-MI
                 21.66  A NCAA Qualifying
                 22.76  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 MacNeil, Margar  SO Michigan-MI         21.51      21.30!A       32  
    r:+0.66  10.34        21.30 (10.96)
  2 Pyshnenko, Dari  JR Michigan-MI         21.97      21.82 B       28  
    r:+0.72  10.62        21.82 (11.20)
  3 Rayner, Freya    JR Ohio State-OH       21.89      21.85 B       27  
    r:+0.69  10.59        21.85 (11.26)
  4 Dupre, Cora A    FR Indiana-IN          21.90      21.93 B       26  
    r:+0.61  10.61        21.93 (11.32)
  5 Petrak, Taylor   JR Ohio State-OH       22.37      22.31 B       25  
    r:+0.63  10.67        22.31 (11.64)
  6 Phillip, Elinah  FR Rutgers-NJ          22.48      22.41 B       24  
    r:+0.64  10.83        22.41 (11.58)
  7 Tucker, Miranda  SR Michigan-MI         22.35      22.44 B       23  
    r:+0.65  10.86        22.44 (11.58)
  8 Cooke, Madelein  JR Penn State-MA       22.51      22.49 B       22  
    r:+0.65  10.81        22.49 (11.68)

Big Ten Women’s Championships: 1-Meter Diving

Ohio State freshman Mackenzie Crawford won the 1-meter diving with 320.65 points.

Minnesota’s Joy Zhu was second with 306.75, followed by Purdue’s Emily Bretscher (303.25), Michigan’s Allie Klein (284.70).

Purdue’s Emily Meaney was fifth (284.20), followed by Michigan’s Nikki Canale (266.65), Ohio State’s Lexie Barker (242.15) and Illinois’ Taylor Shegos (239.25).

Event 6  Women 1 mtr Diving
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 370.30  2011      Kelci Bryant, Minnesota
  Pool Record: ! 360.65  2/16/2012 Bianca Alvarez, Ohio St
                 265.00  A NCAA Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Crawford, Macke  FR Ohio State-OH      273.20     320.65 A       32  
  2 Zhu, Joy         SO Minnesota-MN       266.50     306.75 A       28  
  3 Bretscher, Emil  JR Purdue-IN          275.00     303.35 A       27  
  4 Klein, Allie        Michigan-MI        273.55     284.70 A       26  
  5 Meaney, Emily K  SR Purdue-IN          264.05     284.20 A       25  
  6 Canale, Nikki    JR Michigan-MI        273.60     266.65 A       24  
  7 Barker, Lexie    JR Ohio State-OH      264.55     242.15         23  
  8 Shegos, Taylor   SO Illinois-IL        289.00     239.25         22  
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Brenn, Jackie    FR Ohio State-OH      259.75     272.55 A       20  
 10 Troyer, Sara K   SO Nebraska-MW        262.15     271.55 A       17  
 11 Angerame, Genev  JR Ohio State-OH      261.35     268.50 A       16  
 12 Smith, Zain C    FR Indiana-IN         251.40     268.30 A       15  
 13 Cheetham, Laure  FR Michigan-MI        253.20     262.65         14  
 14 Patrick, Jaye D  FR Northwestern-IL    262.65     253.70         13  
 15 Hopkins, Markie  FR Northwestern-IL    252.45     251.80         12  
 16 Tamborski, Sama  SO IOWA-IA            254.20     249.70         11  

Big Ten Women’s Championships: 400 Medley Relay

Michigan closed the session with a pool record, winning the 400 medley relay in 3:27.68.

Maggie MacNeil led off with a 50.04 split, followed by Miranda Tucker (58.64), Olivia Carter (51.10) and Daria Pyschnenko (47.90).

Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson led off with a 49.70 and teamed with Kelsi Artim, Lillie Hosack and Alana Palmer to take second in 3:29.08.

Northwestern’s Calypso Sheridan, Hannah Brunzell, Miriam Guevara and Malorie Han took third in 3:29.48.

Event 7  Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 3:26.60  2/21/2019 Indiana University, Indiana
                          M Scott, L King, C Jensen, S Koontz
  Pool Record: ! 3:27.68  2/20/2020 Michigan, University of, MICHIGAN-MI
                          M MacNeil, M Tucker, O Carter, D Pyshnenko
                 3:31.66  A NCAA Qualifying
                 3:33.78  B NCAA Provisional
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Michigan-MI  'A'              3:29.83    3:27.68!A       64  
     1) MacNeil, Margaret J SO        2) r:+0.21 Tucker, Miranda SR   
     3) r:+0.30 Carter, Olivia SO     4) r:+0.39 Pyshnenko, Daria JR  
             24.10        50.04 (50.04)
        1:16.90 (26.86)     1:48.68 (58.64)
        2:12.64 (23.96)     2:39.78 (51.10)
        3:02.34 (22.56)     3:27.68 (47.90)
  2 Wisconsin-WI  'A'             3:34.44    3:29.08 A       56  
     1) Nelson, Elizabeth D SR        2) r:+0.30 Artim, Kelsi JR      
     3) r:+0.47 Hosack, Lillie SO     4) r:+0.26 Palmer, Alana SO     
             24.18        49.70 (49.70)
        1:17.02 (27.32)     1:49.07 (59.37)
        2:12.86 (23.79)     2:40.55 (51.48)
        3:03.55 (23.00)     3:29.08 (48.53)
  3 Northwestern-IL  'A'          3:33.80    3:29.48 A       54  
     1) Sheridan, Calypso P JR        2) r:+0.33 Brunzell, Hannah FR  
     3) r:+0.21 Guevara, Miriam SO    4) r:+0.15 Han, Malorie SR      
             24.79        51.31 (51.31)
        1:18.53 (27.22)     1:49.64 (58.33)
        2:13.21 (23.57)     2:41.04 (51.40)
        3:03.96 (22.92)     3:29.48 (48.44)
  4 Ohio State-OH  'A'            3:35.01    3:31.98 B       52  
     1) Bradley, Rebekah K SR         2) r:+0.11 Gresser, Hanna JR    
     3) r:+0.43 Demler, Kathrin SR    4) r:+0.12 Rayner, Freya JR     
             25.49        52.88 (52.88)
        1:20.09 (27.21)     1:51.84 (58.96)
        2:16.11 (24.27)     2:43.96 (52.12)
        3:06.75 (22.79)     3:31.98 (48.02)
  5 Minnesota-MN  'A'             3:33.38    3:32.09 B       50  
     1) Cook, Emily N JR              2) r:+0.25 Kozelsky, Lindsey SR 
     3) r:+0.34 Waddell, Tevyn SR     4) r:+0.24 McGinty, Jordan FR   
             25.55        52.73 (52.73)
        1:19.68 (26.95)     1:50.30 (57.57)
        2:14.39 (24.09)     2:42.83 (52.53)
        3:06.36 (23.53)     3:32.09 (49.26)
  6 Indiana-IN  'A'               3:34.10    3:32.72 B       48  
     1) Dupre, Cora A FR              2) r:+0.27 Weiss, Emily FR      
     3) r:+0.18 Koontz, Shelby SR     4) r:+0.33 Turak, Ashley FR     
             25.18        52.47 (52.47)
        1:19.56 (27.09)     1:50.73 (58.26)
        2:15.16 (24.43)     2:44.05 (53.32)
        3:07.29 (23.24)     3:32.72 (48.67)
  7 Penn State-MA  'A'            3:36.16    3:33.26 B       46  
     1) Schobel, Marie C SO           2) r:+0.14 Hart, Carly JR       
     3) r:+0.05 Hart, Madison SR      4) r:+0.15 Amdor, Abigail FR    
             25.55        52.69 (52.69)
        1:20.36 (27.67)   1:53.05 (1:00.36)
        2:16.53 (23.48)     2:44.02 (50.97)
        3:07.24 (23.22)     3:33.26 (49.24)
  8 Purdue-IN  'A'                3:39.34    3:35.54         44  
     1) Wrightson, Tessa L SO         2) r:+0.26 Phee, Jinq En SR     
     3) r:+0.16 Jump, Mallory FR      4) r:+0.29 Bowen, Kendra FR     
             26.23        54.11 (54.11)
        1:21.63 (27.52)     1:53.50 (59.39)
        2:17.71 (24.21)     2:46.37 (52.87)
        3:09.68 (23.31)     3:35.54 (49.17)
  9 IOWA-IA  'A'                  3:38.81    3:36.18         40  
     1) Sansome, Emilia FR            2) r:+0.38 Olesiak, Aleksndra FR
     3) r:+0.24 Drake, Kelsey JR      4) r:+0.38 Burvill, Hannah SR   
             25.70        53.21 (53.21)
        1:21.74 (28.53)   1:54.95 (1:01.74)
        2:19.17 (24.22)     2:47.75 (52.80)
        3:10.87 (23.12)     3:36.18 (48.43)
 10 Rutgers-NJ  'A'               3:40.98    3:37.26         34  
     1) Grusova, Tereza SO            2) r:+0.55 Ignatova, Alekndra FR
     3) r:+0.27 Dymek, Kasja SO       4) r:+0.28 Chichaikina, Sofia FR
             25.56        52.42 (52.42)
        1:20.97 (28.55)   1:54.77 (1:02.35)
        2:19.86 (25.09)     2:48.43 (53.66)
        3:11.40 (22.97)     3:37.26 (48.83)
 11 Nebraska-MW  'A'              3:43.74    3:39.01         32  
     1) Haebig, Autumn D JR           2) r:+0.32 Worlton, Gwendolyn SR
     3) r:+0.29 Coughlen, Madison JR  4) r:+0.05 Beeler, Victoria SR  
             25.89        53.29 (53.29)
        1:22.16 (28.87)   1:55.38 (1:02.09)
        2:20.05 (24.67)     2:48.61 (53.23)
        3:11.85 (23.24)     3:39.01 (50.40)
 12 Michigan State-MI  'A'        3:40.83    3:39.54         30  
     1) Villani, Samantha P SO        2) r:+0.23 Szara, Erin JR       
     3) r:+0.31 Venn, Kasey FR        4) r:+0.20 Truex, Kennedy SR    
             26.11        54.93 (54.93)
        1:22.34 (27.41)     1:54.52 (59.59)
        2:18.85 (24.33)     2:48.51 (53.99)
        3:12.30 (23.79)     3:39.54 (51.03)
 13 Illinois-IL  'A'              3:44.71    3:43.34         28  
     1) Olson, Abigayle R SR          2) r:+0.28 Kale, Divya FR       
     3) r:+0.51 Salafatinos, Ahena FR 4) r:+0.41 Anderson, Kristin SR 
             26.07        54.14 (54.14)
        1:23.29 (29.15)   1:57.22 (1:03.08)
        2:22.54 (25.32)     2:52.07 (54.85)
        3:16.23 (24.16)     3:43.34 (51.27)
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