2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 3 Finals: Brendan Burns Wins 100 Back Showdown as Indiana Leads

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2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 3 Finals: Brendan Burns Wins 100 Back Showdown as Indiana Leads

It turned out to be moving day for Indiana at the 2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships, with a bevy of A finalists (10 in all), plus 3-meter diving. That would be enough to unseat Ohio State from atop the standings by the end of Night 3 of 4 at Big Tens, and it sets up a thrilling final day.

Speaking of thrilling, the two teams vying for the team title ended up going toe-to-toe in the race of the night. By the end of the 100 backstroke, Brendan Burns had taken down a Hunter Armstrong conference record from a night earlier before the ink had even dried and Indiana had secure hold of the lead, though Ohio State whittled a larger lead to 32 points by the end of the night.

The event-by-event recap:

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

100 butterfly

In the morning, Indiana’s Bruno Blaskovic set a pool record and grabbed the top seed.

In the evening, Blaskovic was eighth in the A final with five swimmers quicker than his morning time.

That’s the kind of chaos you want to start a night session off with.

Alex Quach took the early initiative and led wire to wire with a time of 44.74. In addition to swiping Blaskovic’s pool mark, Quach took down the Big Ten Championships record set by Indiana’s Vini Lanza in 2018. Second was Tomer Frankel of Indiana, who reclaimed three tenths on the final 25 yards but came up .07 shy in 44.81. Both Quach and Frankel earned NCAA A cuts.

Indiana went from 1-2-4 in prelims to 1-4-8 in finals, with Gabriel Fantoni in the middle. Gal Groumi of Michigan, the top seed entering the meet, was third in 45.01.

Event 8  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 44.79  2/23/2018 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana
         Pool: ! 45.24  2/25/2022 Bruno Blaskovic, IU-IN
                 44.96  A NCAA Qualifying
                 47.43  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Quach, Alex      FR OSU-OH              45.32      44.74#A       32  
     r:+0.64  9.39        20.89 (11.50)
          32.47 (11.58)       44.74 (12.27)
  2 Frankel, Tomer   SO IU-IN               45.28      44.81!A       28  
     r:+0.60  9.67        21.15 (11.48)
          32.89 (11.74)       44.81 (11.92)
  3 Cohen Groumi, G  FR MICH-MI             45.59      45.01!B       27  
     r:+0.62  9.62        21.19 (11.57)
          32.96 (11.77)       45.01 (12.05)
  4 Fantoni, Gabriel 5Y IU-IN               45.39      45.18!B       26  
     r:+0.66  9.67        21.37 (11.70)
          33.33 (11.96)       45.18 (11.85)
  5 Baganha, Victor  FR PSU-MA              45.52      45.19!B       25  
     r:+0.62  9.49        21.09 (11.60)
          33.50 (12.41)       45.19 (11.69)
  6 Burdisso, Federico  NU-IL               45.83      45.53 B       24  
     r:+0.66  9.88        21.46 (11.58)
          33.33 (11.87)       45.53 (12.20)
  7 Samuels, Braden  FR PUR-IN              45.73      45.64 B       23  
     r:+0.68  9.53        21.03 (11.50)
          32.85 (11.82)       45.64 (12.79)
  8 Blaskovic, Bruno 5Y IU-IN               45.24      46.00 B       22  
     r:+0.61  9.47        20.85 (11.38)
          32.94 (12.09)       46.00 (13.06)

400 individual medley

Jake Mitchell made things mighty interesting over the last 100 yards, turning fourth at 350 and charting with a 23.97 off the end to take second place. It wasn’t enough to overhaul teammate Jared Daigle, who won in 3:41.01. But Mitchell’s 3:41.39 jumped from fourth to second for vital points for the Wolverines.

Caleb Aman of Wisconsin was third in 3:41.42, while Penn State’s Michael Daly was fourth.

Event 9  Men 400 Yard IM
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 3:38.03  2009      Tyler Clary, Michigan
         Pool: ! 3:38.03  2/27/2009 Tyler Clary, Michigan
                 3:39.16  A NCAA Qualifying
                 3:51.46  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Daigle, Jared B  SR MICH-MI           3:43.14    3:41.01 B       32  
    r:+0.67  23.46        50.83 (27.37)
        1:18.78 (27.95)     1:46.12 (27.34)
        2:17.19 (31.07)     2:48.78 (31.59)
        3:14.96 (26.18)     3:41.01 (26.05)
  2 Mitchell, Jacob  SO MICH-MI           3:45.92    3:41.39 B       28  
    r:+0.69  24.22        51.58 (27.36)
        1:20.04 (28.46)     1:47.95 (27.91)
        2:19.80 (31.85)     2:51.97 (32.17)
        3:17.42 (25.45)     3:41.39 (23.97)
  3 Aman, Caleb R    SR WISC-WI           3:43.69    3:41.42 B       27  
    r:+0.60  24.31        51.84 (27.53)
        1:19.82 (27.98)     1:48.50 (28.68)
        2:18.28 (29.78)     2:49.34 (31.06)
        3:16.14 (26.80)     3:41.42 (25.28)
  4 Daly, Michael C  SR PSU-MA            3:44.35    3:42.49 B       26  
    r:+0.66  23.28        50.35 (27.07)
        1:18.25 (27.90)     1:45.95 (27.70)
        2:17.73 (31.78)     2:50.30 (32.57)
        3:16.80 (26.50)     3:42.49 (25.69)
  5 Dalu, Fabio      JR OSU-OH            3:47.55    3:47.03 B       25  
    r:+0.69  24.06        51.92 (27.86)
        1:20.55 (28.63)     1:48.45 (27.90)
        2:21.85 (33.40)     2:55.29 (33.44)
        3:21.81 (26.52)     3:47.03 (25.22)
  6 Riley, Brett A   SR PUR-IN            3:47.60    3:47.78 B       24  
    r:+0.62  24.95        53.28 (28.33)
        1:22.69 (29.41)     1:51.47 (28.78)
        2:22.67 (31.20)     2:54.69 (32.02)
        3:22.15 (27.46)     3:47.78 (25.63)
  7 Edwards, Jonath  SO OSU-OH            3:48.60    3:47.86 B       23  
    r:+0.70  24.44        52.05 (27.61)
        1:21.35 (29.30)     1:50.51 (29.16)
        2:23.03 (32.52)     2:56.30 (33.27)
        3:22.84 (26.54)     3:47.86 (25.02)
  8 Reich, Maxwell   SO IU-IN             3:48.15    3:47.95 B       22  
    r:+0.62  24.20        51.89 (27.69)
        1:21.91 (30.02)     1:51.44 (29.53)
        2:22.60 (31.16)     2:54.42 (31.82)
        3:21.68 (27.26)     3:47.95 (26.27)

200 freestyle

Rafael Miroslaw went out fast and brought it home strong, leading a 1-2 finish with teammate Tomer Frankel. Miroslaw clocked in at 1:32.17, with Frankel second in 1:33.02. Those points move Indiana within 10 points of Ohio State.

Jacob Newmark, the 500 free champ, was third in 1:33.15, a tenth up on Ohio State’s Ruslan Gaziev.

Event 10  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 1:31.14  2/23/2018 Blake J Pieroni, Indiana
         Pool: ! 1:31.89  2/23/2022 Rafael Miroslaw, IU-IN
                 1:32.05  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:36.32  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Miroslaw, Rafae  FR IU-IN             1:34.05    1:32.17 B       32  
    r:+0.70  21.34        44.63 (23.29)
        1:08.36 (23.73)     1:32.17 (23.81)
  2 Frankel, Tomer   SO IU-IN             1:34.01    1:33.02 B       28  
    r:+0.61  21.74        45.17 (23.43)
        1:08.96 (23.79)     1:33.02 (24.06)
  3 Newmark, Jacob   SO WISC-WI           1:33.89    1:33.15 B       27  
    r:+0.61  22.10        45.74 (23.64)
        1:09.20 (23.46)     1:33.15 (23.95)
  4 Gaziev, Ruslan   SO OSU-OH            1:34.05    1:33.25 B       26  
    r:+0.68  21.64        45.18 (23.54)
        1:09.33 (24.15)     1:33.25 (23.92)
  5 Soloveychik, Ba  FR MINN-MN           1:34.48    1:33.80 B       25  
    r:+0.71  21.97        45.41 (23.44)
        1:09.31 (23.90)     1:33.80 (24.49)
  6 Callan, Kevin P  SR MICH-MI           1:34.27    1:34.00 B       24  
    r:+0.71  21.70        45.27 (23.57)
        1:09.38 (24.11)     1:34.00 (24.62)
  7 Sherman, Nichol  SR PUR-IN            1:35.73    1:34.86 B       23  
    r:+0.69  22.52        46.15 (23.63)
        1:10.36 (24.21)     1:34.86 (24.50)
  8 Satterfield, Jo  SO OSU-OH            1:35.61    1:36.51         22  
    r:+0.72  22.40        46.55 (24.15)
        1:11.62 (25.07)     1:36.51 (24.89)

100 breaststroke

Minnesota’s Max McHugh, last year’s NCAA Champion in both breaststroke events, scorched the field here with a time of 50.67. McHugh’s time was just off his season-best time of 50.58, which ranks him first in the country as he aims for another national title in his senior campaign.

McHugh was followed closely by a pair of Indiana swimmers, Kevin Houseman and Josh Matheny. Houseman swam a time of 51.23, and the Indiana freshman Matheny touched in 51.65, and both should be contenders to score in the event at the upcoming NCAA Championships.

Event 11  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 50.19  3/5/2021  Maxwell J McHugh, Minnesota
         Pool: ! 51.54  2018      Ian Finnerty, Indiana
                 51.59  A NCAA Qualifying
                 54.27  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 McHugh, Maxwell  SR MINN-MN             52.06      50.67!A       32  
    r:+0.64  10.79        23.92 (13.13)
          37.00 (13.08)       50.67 (13.67)
  2 Houseman, Kevin  JR NU-IL               52.59      51.23!A       28  
    r:+0.65  10.78        24.05 (13.27)
          37.42 (13.37)       51.23 (13.81)
  3 Matheny, Joshua  FR IU-IN               52.13      51.65 B       27  
    r:+0.69  11.03        24.47 (13.44)
          37.84 (13.37)       51.65 (13.81)
  4 Chan, William E  SR MICH-MI             52.28      52.01 B       26  
    r:+0.66  10.80        24.07 (13.27)
          37.82 (13.75)       52.01 (14.19)
  5 Raisanen, Danie  JR PSU-MA              52.12      52.15 B       25  
    r:+0.66  10.99        24.23 (13.24)
          38.01 (13.78)       52.15 (14.14)
  6 Myhre, William   JR WISC-WI             52.02      52.22 B       24  
    r:+0.68  10.99        24.58 (13.59)
          38.16 (13.58)       52.22 (14.06)
  7 McDaniel, Hudso  SR OSU-OH              52.03      52.34 B       23  
    r:+0.66  10.87        24.06 (13.19)
          37.95 (13.89)       52.34 (14.39)
  8 Hunter, Mason H  SR MICH-MI             52.87      52.48 B       22  
    r:+0.68  11.17        24.61 (13.44)
          38.31 (13.70)       52.48 (14.17)

100 backstroke

Ohio State’s Hunter Armstrong edged out Indiana’s Brendan Burns in their backstroke leadoff legs in the 400 medley relay Thursday night, but Burns got the better of the Olympian this time, storming home on the final 25 to steal the conference title. Burns touched in 44.31, moving ahead of Armstrong’s relay leadoff time of 44.36 as the top time in the nation so far this season. Burns also broke the Big Ten record that Armstrong had set the previous night.

Armstrong ended up second here in 44.78, while Indiana continued its strong run with Gabriel Fantoni (45.05) and Jacob Steele (45.66) taking third and fourth, respectively. Those points took what was a six-point lead after breaststroke and swelled it to a 61-point edge.

Event 12  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 44.36  2/24/2022 Joseph H Armstrong, OSU-OH
         Pool: ! 44.36  2/24/2022 Joseph H Armstrong, OSU-OH
                 44.94  A NCAA Qualifying
                 47.77  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Burns, Brendan   JR IU-IN               45.42      44.31#A       32  
             10.57        21.48 (10.91)
          32.96 (11.48)       44.31 (11.35)
  2 Armstrong, Jose  JR OSU-OH              44.90      44.78 A       28  
             10.39        21.39 (11.00)
          32.95 (11.56)       44.78 (11.83)
  3 Fantoni, Gabrie  5Y IU-IN               45.34      45.05 B       27  
             10.43        21.76 (11.33)
          33.48 (11.72)       45.05 (11.57)
  4 Steele, Jacob A  5Y IU-IN               45.52      45.66 B       26  
             10.46        21.86 (11.40)
          33.84 (11.98)       45.66 (11.82)
  5 Jekel, Wesley B  JR WISC-WI             45.97      46.17 B       25  
             10.54        21.84 (11.30)
          33.93 (12.09)       46.17 (12.24)
  6 Gridley, Ryan T  SR NU-IL               46.90      46.75 B       24  
             10.87        22.41 (11.54)
          34.46 (12.05)       46.75 (12.29)
  7 Martos Bacarizo  SR NU-IL               46.91      47.53 B       23  
             10.95        22.89 (11.94)
          35.28 (12.39)       47.53 (12.25)
  8 Sachtjen, Desmo  JR MINN-MN             46.71      47.93         22  
             11.12        22.81 (11.69)
          35.27 (12.46)       47.93 (12.66)

3-meter diving

It must be nice to chase down a deficit like Indiana has knowing that a massive haul from diving is waiting, although Ohio State ended up negating that.

First atop the standings, where the two-time NCAA Champion rectified a rare hole on his resume: For the first time, Andrew Capobianco is a Big Ten champion on 3-meter. That may be a shock, but the Olympian and two-time Big Ten Diver of the Year has only finished fourth, second and third in his signature event.

Well, that narrative is gone thanks to a score of 467.75 that bested the field by nearly 16 points. Second was Purdue’s Jordan Rzepka, just .50 up on Indiana’s Quinn Henninger.

That should give the Hoosiers a massive edge, right? Add in Carson Tyler in fifth and hey that’s 84 points. But look further down and Ohio State stuffed the B final with divers in eighth, ninth, 10th, 13th, 14th and 15th. So it’s actually a net win for the Buckeyes, trimming the lead to an even 40 points.

Event 13  Men 3 mtr Diving
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 540.55  2/23/2018 Steele Johnson, Purdue
         Pool: ! 522.00  2011      David Boudia, Purdue
                 320.00  A NCAA Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Capobianco, And  SR IU-IN              446.25     467.75 A       32  
  2 Rzepka, Jordan   FR PUR-IN             387.75     451.90 A       28  
  3 Henninger, Quin  FR IU-IN              405.60     451.40 A       27  
  4 Duncan, Greg     SR PUR-IN             424.25     443.50 A       26  
  5 Tyler, Carson    FR IU-IN              437.00     438.90 A       25  
  6 Downs, Tyler     FR PUR-IN             450.90     423.90 A       24  
  7 Butler, Jake     JR MINN-MN            406.65     421.15 A       23  
  8 Fielding, Jacob  SR OSU-OH             433.35     417.00 A       22

200 freestyle relay

One more burst of momentum for the Buckeyes entering the final day. Hunter Armstrong’s 18.98 off the front put Ohio State in clear water on the way to a meet record, conference record and pool record 1:15.28. That’s also an NCAA A cut. Sem Andreis, Alex Quach and Ruslan Gaziev followed Armstrong’s lead, winning by a clear half-second.

Indiana (Bruno Blaskovic, Jack Franzman, Rafael Miroslaw, Van Mathias) were second in 1:15.81, also an A cut. Prudue added an A cut in third in 1:16.85, as did fourth-place Michigan.

Event 14  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 1:16.01  3/1/2019  Indiana University
                          Z Apple, B Blaskovic, V Lanza, B Hamblin
         Pool: ! 1:16.67  2017      Florida, Flori
                          Dressel, Switskowski, Szaranek, Martinez-Scarpe
                 1:17.07  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:17.80  B NCAA Provisional
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 OSU-OH  'A'                   1:17.43    1:15.28#A       64  
     1) Armstrong, Joseph H JR        2) r:+0.24 Andreis, Semuede SR  
     3) r:+0.16 Quach, Alex FR        4) r:+0.25 Gaziev, Ruslan SO    
     r:+0.66  9.19        18.98 (18.98)
           27.76 (8.78)       37.59 (18.61)
           46.45 (8.86)       56.56 (18.97)
         1:05.33 (8.77)     1:15.28 (18.72)
  2 IU-IN  'A'                    1:16.63    1:15.81#A       56  
     1) Blaskovic, Bruno 5Y           2) r:+0.10 Franzman, Jack SR    
     3) r:+0.28 Miroslaw, Rafael FR   4) r:+0.07 Mathias, Van SR      
     r:+0.62  9.22        19.40 (19.40)
           28.19 (8.79)       38.39 (18.99)
           47.31 (8.92)       57.22 (18.83)
         1:05.78 (8.56)     1:15.81 (18.59)
  3 PUR-IN  'A'                   1:17.12    1:16.85 A       54  
     1) Sherman, Nicholas S SR        2) r:+0.03 Hrosik, Ryan SR      
     3) r:+0.29 Acin, Nikola SR       4) r:+0.20 Samuels, Braden FR   
     r:+0.69  9.43        19.54 (19.54)
           28.43 (8.89)       38.65 (19.11)
           47.85 (9.20)       57.85 (19.20)
         1:06.77 (8.92)     1:16.85 (19.00)
  4 MICH-MI  'A'                  1:16.92    1:17.04 A       52  
     1) Peel, Cameron R JR            2) r:+0.30 Chan, William SR     
     3) r:+0.41 Szabados, Bence SO    4) r:+0.15 Eberly, Niklas FR    
     r:+0.68  9.31        19.44 (19.44)
           28.45 (9.01)       38.55 (19.11)
           47.72 (9.17)       57.73 (19.18)
         1:06.68 (8.95)     1:17.04 (19.31)
  5 PSU-MA  'A'                   1:17.40    1:17.17 B       50  
     1) Baganha, Victor M FR          2) r:+0.20 Roberson, William 5Y 
     3) r:+0.26 Houck, Jacob SO       4) r:+0.07 Sutton, Zane JR      
     r:+0.63  9.36        19.29 (19.29)
           28.19 (8.90)       38.55 (19.26)
           47.56 (9.01)       57.78 (19.23)
         1:06.71 (8.93)     1:17.17 (19.39)
  6 WISC-WI  'A'                  1:19.78    1:18.14         48  
     1) Casey-Hrenak, Isaac S SO      2) r:+0.24 Delaney, Dylan SR    
     3) r:+0.20 Butera, Nico FR       4) r:+0.22 Newmark, Jacob SO    
     r:+0.69  9.73        19.84 (19.84)
           28.94 (9.10)       39.23 (19.39)
           48.43 (9.20)       58.85 (19.62)
         1:07.99 (9.14)     1:18.14 (19.29)
  7 MINN-MN  'A'                  1:19.75    1:18.20         46  
     1) Farrar, Lucas E SO            2) r:+0.28 Donker, Tom 5Y       
     3) r:+0.52 Morris, Christpher FR 4) r:+0.06 Neverman, Kaiser SO  
     r:+0.67  9.38        19.42 (19.42)
           28.78 (9.36)       39.30 (19.88)
           48.74 (9.44)       59.10 (19.80)
         1:07.98 (8.88)     1:18.20 (19.10)
  8 NU-IL  'A'                    1:18.66    1:18.54         44  
     1) Zhang, Andrew X SR            2) r:+0.18 Schuster, Collin SO  
     3) r:+0.09 Mizgala, Ezra SR      4) r:+0.22 Lamastra, Connor SR  
     r:+0.58  9.69        19.89 (19.89)
           28.95 (9.06)       39.22 (19.33)
           48.37 (9.15)       58.89 (19.67)
         1:08.07 (9.18)     1:18.54 (19.65)
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