The 2020 Big Ten Women’s Championships kicked off Day 2, the first full day of the conference meet.
The first prelims session opened Thursday morning at the University of Iowa Aquatic Center.
Day 2 Up-Mid-Down (A, B, C finalists)
• Ohio State 8, 6, 3
• Michigan 7, 2, 3
• Indiana 5, 7, 2
• Wisconsin 2, 2, 1
• Northwestern 1, 0, 5
• Minnesota 0, 2, 5
• Penn State 1, 0, 3
• Rutgers 1, 1, 0
• Nebraska 1, 1, 0
• Iowa 0, 1, 2
• Purdue 0, 1, 1
500 Freestyle
Michigan freshman Kaitlynn Sims took the top seed in the 500 freestyle with a 4:39.14. It was enough to hold off Ohio State’s Molly Kowal, who finished in 4:39.27. The final could be a pretty exciting one if these two keep up their even pace.
Indiana’s Cassy Jernberg took the third seed in 4:39.59, ahead of Ohio State’s Kathrin Demler (4:40.40) and Indiana’s Maria Heitman (4:40.91).
The sixth seed went to Michigan’s Sierra Schmidt (4:41.21), followed by Ohio State’s Veronica Tafuto (4:41.58) and Nebraska’s Autumn Haebig (4:43.13).
Event 3 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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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 Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Sims, Kaitlynn FR MICH-MI 4:38.73 4:39.14 qB
r:+0.80 26.09 54.20 (28.11)
1:22.16 (27.96) 1:50.33 (28.17)
2:18.63 (28.30) 2:47.06 (28.43)
3:15.43 (28.37) 3:43.52 (28.09)
4:11.64 (28.12) 4:39.14 (27.50)
2 Kowal, Molly A SR OSU-OH 4:43.24 4:39.27 qB
r:+0.91 26.23 53.85 (27.62)
1:21.79 (27.94) 1:50.05 (28.26)
2:18.56 (28.51) 2:46.84 (28.28)
3:15.12 (28.28) 3:43.61 (28.49)
4:11.78 (28.17) 4:39.27 (27.49)
3 Jernberg, Cassa SR Ind-IN 4:41.30 4:39.50 qB
r:+0.70 26.33 54.38 (28.05)
1:22.72 (28.34) 1:51.29 (28.57)
2:19.75 (28.46) 2:47.71 (27.96)
3:15.83 (28.12) 3:44.14 (28.31)
4:12.24 (28.10) 4:39.50 (27.26)
4 Demler, Kathrin SR OSU-OH 4:37.22 4:40.40 qB
r:+0.80 26.38 54.56 (28.18)
1:23.10 (28.54) 1:51.86 (28.76)
2:20.51 (28.65) 2:47.92 (27.41)
3:15.91 (27.99) 3:44.11 (28.20)
4:12.70 (28.59) 4:40.40 (27.70)
5 Heitmann, Maria SR Ind-IN 4:43.77 4:40.91 qB
r:+0.71 26.44 54.64 (28.20)
1:22.91 (28.27) 1:51.18 (28.27)
2:19.66 (28.48) 2:47.90 (28.24)
3:16.22 (28.32) 3:44.46 (28.24)
4:12.90 (28.44) 4:40.91 (28.01)
6 Schmidt, Sierra JR MICH-MI 4:38.36 4:41.21 qB
r:+0.74 25.54 53.37 (27.83)
1:21.81 (28.44) 1:50.39 (28.58)
2:18.97 (28.58) 2:47.29 (28.32)
3:15.70 (28.41) 3:44.32 (28.62)
4:12.99 (28.67) 4:41.21 (28.22)
7 Tafuto, Veronic SO OSU-OH 4:47.85 4:41.58 qB
r:+0.79 26.41 54.44 (28.03)
1:22.75 (28.31) 1:51.16 (28.41)
2:19.62 (28.46) 2:48.40 (28.78)
3:16.96 (28.56) 3:45.43 (28.47)
4:13.71 (28.28) 4:41.58 (27.87)
8 Haebig, Autumn JR NEB-MW 4:44.03 4:43.13 qB
r:+0.81 25.61 53.50 (27.89)
1:21.87 (28.37) 1:50.46 (28.59)
2:19.26 (28.80) 2:47.93 (28.67)
3:16.70 (28.77) 3:45.61 (28.91)
4:14.94 (29.33) 4:43.13 (28.19)
200 IM
Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson topped the Iowa pool record in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Women’s Championships, earning a top seed in the event in 1:52.60, nearly two seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Northwestern’s Calypso Sheridan took the second seed in 1:54.39, a couple of seconds behind Nelson, but also two seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Indiana’s Mackenzie Looze took the third seed in 1:56.47, just ahead of Wisconsin’s Lillie Hosack (1:56.53), Ohio State’s Josephine Panitz (1:57.34), Michigan’s Victoria Kwan (1:57.58), Ohio State’s Hanna Gresser (1:57.72).
Ohio State’s Kristen Romano and Michigan’s Olivia Carter tied for the eighth seed at 1:57.79 and will have to compete in a swim-off.
Event 4 Women 200 Yard IM
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B1G Meet: # 1:52.27 2/21/2019 Elizabeth Nelson, Wisconsin
Pool Record: ! 1:52.60 2/20/2020 Elizabeth D Nelson, WISC -WI
1:53.66 A NCAA Qualifying
1:59.94 B NCAA Provisional
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Nelson, Elizabe SR WISC-WI 1:52.27 1:52.60!qA
r:+0.77 23.97 51.80 (27.83)
1:25.04 (33.24) 1:52.60 (27.56)
2 Sheridan, Calyp JR NU-IL 1:56.57 1:54.39 qB
r:+0.74 24.79 52.82 (28.03)
1:26.03 (33.21) 1:54.39 (28.36)
3 Looze, Mackenzi SO Ind-IN 1:57.50 1:56.47 qB
r:+0.71 26.20 56.15 (29.95)
1:29.05 (32.90) 1:56.47 (27.42)
4 Hosack, Lillie SO WISC-WI 2:03.02 1:56.53 qB
r:+0.77 24.59 53.88 (29.29)
1:28.30 (34.42) 1:56.53 (28.23)
5 Panitz, Josephi FR OSU-OH 2:00.79 1:57.34 qB
r:+0.72 24.97 54.38 (29.41)
1:28.14 (33.76) 1:57.34 (29.20)
6 Kwan, Victoria SO MICH-MI 2:00.28 1:57.58 qB
r:+0.76 25.68 55.68 (30.00)
1:30.07 (34.39) 1:57.58 (27.51)
7 Gresser, Hanna JR OSU-OH 2:00.75 1:57.72 qB
r:+0.66 25.54 57.17 (31.63)
1:29.58 (32.41) 1:57.72 (28.14)
8 Romano, Kristen JR OSU-OH 2:00.89 1:57.79 qB
r:+0.79 25.83 54.95 (29.12)
1:29.63 (34.68) 1:57.79 (28.16)
8 Carter, Olivia SO MICH-MI 2:01.48 1:57.79 qB
r:+0.73 25.06 53.88 (28.82)
1:29.45 (35.57) 1:57.79 (28.34)
50 Freestyle
Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil continued her quick pace to start the Big Ten Women’s Championships.
After clocking the fastest 200 medley relay split leadoff in history on Wednesday, she took the top seed in the 50 freestyle on Thursday, touching the wall in 21.51 to break the pool record and earn an NCAA automatic cut.
Ohio State’s Freya Rayner took the second seed in 21.89, just a hundredth of a second ahead of Indiana’s Cora Dupre.
Michigan’s Daria Pyshnenko (21.97) and Miranda Tucker (22.35) took the next two spots, while Ohio State’s Taylor Petrak took the sixth seed (22.37).
Rutgers freshman Elinah Phillip took the seventh seed (22.48) ahead of Penn State’s Madeleine Cook (22.51).
Event 5 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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B1G Meet: # 21.28 2/15/2018 Zhesi Li, Ohio State
Pool Record: ! 21.51 2/20/2020 Margaret J MacNeil, MICH-MI
21.66 A NCAA Qualifying
22.76 B NCAA Provisional
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 MacNeil, Margar SO MICH-MI 21.60 21.51!qA
r:+0.67 10.47 21.51 (11.04)
2 Rayner, Freya JR OSU-OH 22.55 21.89 qB
r:+0.71 10.63 21.89 (11.26)
3 Dupre, Cora A FR Ind-IN 22.09 21.90 qB
r:+0.62 10.55 21.90 (11.35)
4 Pyshnenko, Dari JR MICH-MI 22.19 21.97 qB
r:+0.73 10.70 21.97 (11.27)
5 Tucker, Miranda SR MICH-MI 22.26 22.35 qB
r:+0.73 10.84 22.35 (11.51)
6 Petrak, Taylor JR OSU-OH 22.66 22.37 qB
r:+0.63 10.72 22.37 (11.65)
7 Phillip, Elinah FR RUT-NJ 22.86 22.48 qB
r:+0.64 10.92 22.48 (11.56)
8 Cooke, Madelein JR PSU-MA 22.52 22.51 qB
r:+0.68 10.82 22.51 (11.69)
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