2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Brendan Burns Has 200 Back/200 Fly

Brendan Burns; Photo Courtesy: NCAA Media

2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Brendan Burns Has 200 Back/200 Fly

If Friday was the day to move into the lead, Saturday is consolidation day for Indiana at the 2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships. The Hoosiers did the hard work in the morning to protect their lead, placing 11 swimmers in A finals in the final night session. That’s in addition to the 1,650 free, the platform diving finals and the 400 free relay.

The next closest team has only five A finalists, both Ohio State in second and sixth-place Northwestern.

A recap of the morning sessions:

2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships Links

Team Scores

 Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14                      
 
  1. Indiana University              972.5   2. Ohio State University           940.5
  3. Michigan, University of         756.5   4. Wisconsin, University of, Madi  564.5
  5. Purdue University                 556   6. Northwestern University           511
  7. Pennsylvania State University     427   8. University of Minnesota           404

2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships Ups/Mids/Downs

Indiana 11-3-1
Ohio State 5-4-1
Michigan 2-8-4
Wisconsin 3-4-2
Purdue 2-4-6
Northwestern 5-4-3
Penn State 3-2-6
Minnesota 1-3-6

200 backstroke

Indiana has had swimmers pull off big doubles all week, and it’s Brendan Burns’ turn on Saturday. He start by grabbing the second seed in the 200 back in 1:40.75, .69 seconds behind teammate Gabriel Fantoni. Jacob Steele also reached the A final in fourth for the Hoosiers. Jacob Newmark of Wisconsin is the third seed, with Wes Jekel fifth.

Event 16  Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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     B1G Meet: # 1:38.89  2014      Eric Ress, Indiana
         Pool: ! 1:39.59  2/28/2009 Tyler Clary, Michigan
                 1:39.13  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:45.04  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Fantoni, Gabrie  5Y IU-IN             1:44.13    1:40.06 qB     
             23.16        48.59 (25.43)
        1:14.52 (25.93)     1:40.06 (25.54)
  2 Burns, Brendan   JR IU-IN             1:40.27    1:40.75 qB     
             23.47        48.74 (25.27)
        1:14.71 (25.97)     1:40.75 (26.04)
  3 Newmark, Jacob   SO WISC-WI           1:43.56    1:40.88 qB     
             24.05        49.50 (25.45)
        1:14.94 (25.44)     1:40.88 (25.94)
  4 Steele, Jacob A  5Y IU-IN             1:40.95    1:41.07 qB     
             23.27        48.69 (25.42)
        1:14.55 (25.86)     1:41.07 (26.52)
  5 Jekel, Wesley B  JR WISC-WI           1:42.49    1:41.24 qB     
             24.05        49.59 (25.54)
        1:15.28 (25.69)     1:41.24 (25.96)
  6 Daly, Michael C  SR PSU-MA            1:43.71    1:41.45 qB     
             24.05        49.39 (25.34)
        1:15.41 (26.02)     1:41.45 (26.04)
  7 Daigle, Jared B  SR MICH-MI           1:42.64    1:41.61 qB     
             24.06        49.54 (25.48)
        1:15.30 (25.76)     1:41.61 (26.31)
  8 Martos Bacarizo  SR NU-IL             1:42.83    1:41.65 qB     
             23.80        49.54 (25.74)
        1:15.53 (25.99)     1:41.65 (26.12)

100 freestyle

Hunter Armstrong started the morning in fine form, and Ohio State will need to extract every point out of its sprint contingent to stay in the top two. Armstrong set a pool record in 41.54. That’s just .02 off the meet record set in 2018 by Blake Pieroni.

Second is the Buckeyes’ Sem Andreis. Indiana will look to counter with Bruno Blaskovic third and Rafael Miroslaw fourth. That’ll be a fine tune-up for the 400 free relay.

Event 17  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 41.43  2/24/2018 Blake J Pieroni, Indiana
         Pool: ! 42.10  2017      Blake Pieroni, Indiana
                 41.71  A NCAA Qualifying
                 43.80  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Armstrong, Jose  JR OSU-OH              42.71      41.54!qA     
     r:+0.64  9.61        20.17 (10.56)
          30.91 (10.74)       41.54 (10.63)
  2 Andreis, Semued  SR OSU-OH              43.13      42.08!qB     
     r:+0.67  9.60        20.12 (10.52)
          31.04 (10.92)       42.08 (11.04)
  3 Blaskovic, Brun  5Y IU-IN               42.75      42.31 qB     
     r:+0.59  9.44        19.93 (10.49)
          30.94 (11.01)       42.31 (11.37)
  4 Miroslaw, Rafae  FR IU-IN               42.41      42.33 qB     
     r:+0.68  9.58        20.19 (10.61)
          31.31 (11.12)       42.33 (11.02)
  5 Acin, Nikola     SR PUR-IN              42.57      42.64 qB     
     r:+0.65  9.77        20.32 (10.55)
          31.36 (11.04)       42.64 (11.28)
  6 Samuels, Braden  FR PUR-IN              42.93      42.66 qB     
     r:+0.70  9.59        20.36 (10.77)
          31.46 (11.10)       42.66 (11.20)
  7 Baganha, Victor  FR PSU-MA              42.89      42.71 qB     
     r:+0.62  9.70        20.44 (10.74)
          31.58 (11.14)       42.71 (11.13)
  8 Gaziev, Ruslan   SO OSU-OH              42.66      42.72 qB     
     r:+0.70  9.68        20.45 (10.77)
          31.68 (11.23)       42.72 (11.04)

200 breaststroke

All eyes are again on Max McHugh, who coasted in the morning to a 1:52.92, the top seed. He’s been 1:51.27 this season, so more is expected in the final.

Indiana grabbed the second and third seeds, with Josh Matheny and Maxwell Reich. Matheny and his 1:53.16 might be the only one to challenge McHugh.

Event 18  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 1:50.30  3/2/2019  Ian J Finnerty, Indiana
         Pool: ! 1:52.67  2016      Marat Amaltdinov, Purdue
                 1:52.28  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:58.43  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 McHugh, Maxwell  SR MINN-MN           1:51.27    1:52.92 qB     
    r:+0.69  25.30        53.93 (28.63)
        1:23.03 (29.10)     1:52.92 (29.89)
  2 Matheny, Joshua  FR IU-IN             1:53.03    1:53.16 qB     
    r:+0.67  25.36        53.70 (28.34)
        1:22.92 (29.22)     1:53.16 (30.24)
  3 Reich, Maxwell   SO IU-IN             1:55.17    1:53.83 qB     
    r:+0.75  25.74        54.50 (28.76)
        1:23.89 (29.39)     1:53.83 (29.94)
  4 Raisanen, Danie  JR PSU-MA            1:54.58    1:54.03 qB     
    r:+0.66  25.53        54.34 (28.81)
        1:24.22 (29.88)     1:54.03 (29.81)
  5 Mok, Kai Tik M   JR NU-IL             1:54.51    1:54.32 qB     
    r:+0.69  25.88        54.48 (28.60)
        1:23.49 (29.01)     1:54.32 (30.83)
  6 Aman, Caleb R    SR WISC-WI           1:58.78    1:54.84 qB     
    r:+0.69  26.70        55.74 (29.04)
        1:24.96 (29.22)     1:54.84 (29.88)
  7 Barr, Luke D     FR IU-IN             1:57.69    1:55.44 qB     
    r:+0.65  25.82        55.25 (29.43)
        1:25.41 (30.16)     1:55.44 (30.03)
  8 Morikawa, Conno  SO NU-IL             1:55.96    1:55.49 qB     
    r:+0.66  26.08        54.89 (28.81)
        1:24.36 (29.47)     1:55.49 (31.13)

200 butterfly

Job done on the back half of Brendan Burns’ double, setting a pool record of 1:40.65 to nab the top seed by nearly two seconds. It downs a pool record that held since 2016. Burns won the event in 1:39.22 last year.

Federico Burdisso is the second seed in 1:42.56, .01 up on Chachi Gustafson of Ohio State. Gal Groumi, Alex Quach and Tomer Frankel will also feature in a stacked final.

Event 19  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 1:39.22  3/5/2021  Brendan A Burns, Indiana
         Pool: ! 1:40.86  2016      Dylan Bosch, Michigan
                 1:40.44  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:46.69  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Burns, Brendan   JR IU-IN             1:40.72    1:40.65!qB     
    r:+0.70  22.91        48.07 (25.16)
        1:13.89 (25.82)     1:40.65 (26.76)
  2 Burdisso, Feder  JR NU-IL             1:42.07    1:42.56 qB     
    r:+0.69  22.26        47.33 (25.07)
        1:14.21 (26.88)     1:42.56 (28.35)
  3 Gustafson, Chac  JR OSU-OH            1:45.67    1:42.57 qB     
    r:+0.69  22.90        49.17 (26.27)
        1:15.86 (26.69)     1:42.57 (26.71)
  4 Cohen Groumi, G  FR MICH-MI           1:40.90    1:42.71 qB     
    r:+0.62  22.86        49.16 (26.30)
        1:16.09 (26.93)     1:42.71 (26.62)
  5 Gambardella, Co  5Y IU-IN             1:44.19    1:42.95 qB     
    r:+0.75  23.41        49.13 (25.72)
        1:15.51 (26.38)     1:42.95 (27.44)
  6 Quach, Alex      FR OSU-OH            1:42.92    1:42.99 qB     
    r:+0.64  22.82        49.11 (26.29)
        1:16.54 (27.43)     1:42.99 (26.45)
  7 Frankel, Tomer   SO IU-IN             1:43.66    1:43.65 qB     
    r:+0.63  22.81        48.56 (25.75)
        1:15.53 (26.97)     1:43.65 (28.12)
  8 Lamastra, Conno  SR NU-IL             1:41.70    1:43.69 qB     
    r:+0.68  23.16        49.50 (26.34)
        1:16.45 (26.95)     1:43.69 (27.24)

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