2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Indiana, Michigan Poised After Morning

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2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Indiana, Michigan Poised After Morning

Indiana and Michigan are poised to create space in Day 2 of the 2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships on Thursday. The Wolverines lead the way with seven A finalists in Thursday’s night session and 12 total swimmers. Six of the nine Hoosiers who made it back are A finalists.

Indiana leads the way after a pair of relays Wednesday night with Michigan, the reigning champion, third.

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2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships Team scoring

  1. Indiana University                120   2. Ohio State University             118
  3. Michigan, University of           110   4. Northwestern University           100
  5. Pennsylvania State University      96   6. Purdue University                  92
  7. Wisconsin, University of, Madi     52   8. University of Minnesota            50

Ups/Mids/Downs

Indiana 6-2-1
Ohio State 4-5-2
Michigan 7-2-3
Northwestern 0-3-6
Penn State 1-4-1
Purdue 0-3-2
Wisconsin 4-1-6
Minnesota 2-4-3

500 freestyle

Jacob Newmark set the pace in prelims, the Wisconsin sophomore grabbing the top seed at 4:14.05. Charlie Clark of Ohio State followed in 4:15.39. The top seed entering the meet, Michigan’s Patrick Callan, coasted to fourth in 4:16.63.

Event 3  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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     B1G Meet: # 4:09.29  2/22/2018 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan
         Pool: ! 4:12.83  2016      Anders Nielsen, Michigan
                 4:11.62  A NCAA Qualifying
                 4:23.34  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Newmark, Jacob   SO WISC-WI           4:20.45    4:14.05 qB     
             23.25        48.64 (25.39)
        1:14.33 (25.69)     1:40.07 (25.74)
        2:05.52 (25.45)     2:31.01 (25.49)
        2:56.93 (25.92)     3:22.92 (25.99)
        3:48.60 (25.68)     4:14.05 (25.45)
  2 Clark, Charles   SO OSU-OH            4:18.14    4:15.39 qB     
             23.63        49.22 (25.59)
        1:15.19 (25.97)     1:41.10 (25.91)
        2:06.98 (25.88)     2:32.85 (25.87)
        2:58.59 (25.74)     3:24.32 (25.73)
        3:50.19 (25.87)     4:15.39 (25.20)
  3 Soloveychik, Bar FR MINN-MN           4:15.84    4:15.54 qB     
             23.44        48.91 (25.47)
        1:14.55 (25.64)     1:40.51 (25.96)
        2:06.72 (26.21)     2:32.97 (26.25)
        2:59.10 (26.13)     3:25.16 (26.06)
        3:51.03 (25.87)     4:15.54 (24.51)
  4 Callan, Kevin P  SR MICH-MI           4:12.60    4:16.63 qB     
             23.33        48.95 (25.62)
        1:14.76 (25.81)     1:40.81 (26.05)
        2:07.02 (26.21)     2:33.14 (26.12)
        2:59.05 (25.91)     3:25.08 (26.03)
        3:50.86 (25.78)     4:16.63 (25.77)
  5 Aslan, Yigit     FR WISC-WI           4:15.47    4:16.71 qB     
             23.96        49.37 (25.41)
        1:14.90 (25.53)     1:40.62 (25.72)
        2:06.50 (25.88)     2:32.34 (25.84)
        2:58.50 (26.16)     3:24.85 (26.35)
        3:50.83 (25.98)     4:16.71 (25.88)
  6 Briggs, Warren   SO IU-IN             4:18.62    4:17.98 qB     
             24.05        49.66 (25.61)
        1:15.38 (25.72)     1:41.45 (26.07)
        2:07.43 (25.98)     2:33.38 (25.95)
        2:59.47 (26.09)     3:25.77 (26.30)
        3:52.11 (26.34)     4:17.98 (25.87)
  7 Mitchell, Jacob  SO MICH-MI           4:14.58    4:18.10 qB     
             23.54        49.01 (25.47)
        1:14.76 (25.75)     1:40.89 (26.13)
        2:07.20 (26.31)     2:33.43 (26.23)
        2:59.74 (26.31)     3:26.02 (26.28)
        3:52.33 (26.31)     4:18.10 (25.77)
  8 Freeman, James   SO MINN-MN           4:24.20    4:19.02 qB     
             23.84        49.99 (26.15)
        1:16.31 (26.32)     1:42.55 (26.24)
        2:08.69 (26.14)     2:35.03 (26.34)
        3:01.13 (26.10)     3:27.19 (26.06)
        3:53.19 (26.00)     4:19.02 (25.83)

200 individual medley

Michigan led the way courtesy of Gal Groumi, who clocked in at 143.31. But Indiana stands to pounced with three A finalists. Luke Barr led the way in third at 1:43.80.

Wisconsin’s Caleb Aman is second din 1:43.46, .02 ahead of Alex Quach of Ohio State.

 Event 4  Men 200 Yard IM
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     B1G Meet: # 1:41.05  2/28/2019 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana
         Pool: ! 1:40.61  2017      Caeleb Dressel, Florida
                 1:41.34  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:46.77  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Cohen Groumi, Gal   MICH-MI           1:41.99    1:43.31 qB     
             22.49        48.20 (25.71)
        1:18.36 (30.16)     1:43.31 (24.95)
  2 Aman, Caleb R    SR WISC-WI           1:46.38    1:43.46 qB     
             23.59        50.14 (26.55)
        1:18.65 (28.51)     1:43.46 (24.81)
  3 Quach, Alex      FR OSU-OH            1:46.48    1:43.48 qB     
             22.22        48.16 (25.94)
        1:19.27 (31.11)     1:43.48 (24.21)
  4 Barr, Luke D     FR IU-IN             1:45.45    1:43.80 qB     
             22.33        48.09 (25.76)
        1:17.87 (29.78)     1:43.80 (25.93)
  5 Mathias, Van L   SR IU-IN             1:45.01    1:44.18 qB     
             22.43        49.35 (26.92)
        1:19.02 (29.67)     1:44.18 (25.16)
  6 Daigle, Jared B  SR MICH-MI           1:43.83    1:44.32 qB     
             22.56        48.14 (25.58)
        1:18.76 (30.62)     1:44.32 (25.56)
  7 Steele, Jacob A  5Y IU-IN             1:44.87    1:44.45 qB     
             22.57        47.98 (25.41)
        1:18.66 (30.68)     1:44.45 (25.79)
  8 Jekel, Wesley B  JR WISC-WI           1:45.78    1:44.72 qB     
             21.96        48.07 (26.11)
        1:18.64 (30.57)     1:44.72 (26.08)

50 freestyle

It took 20.01 to earn a second swim at Big Tens. Hunter Armstrong led the way in prelims with 19.02 seconds, a 1-2 teammate with Sem Andreis. Michigan slipped three into the A final, with Cameron Peel leading the way in fifth. Bruno Blaskovic of Indiana and Victor Baganha of Penn State were third and fourth, respectively.

vent 5  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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     B1G Meet: # 18.69  2/22/2018 Bowen Becker, Minnesota
         Pool: ! 18.66  2017      Caeleb Dressel, Florida
                 18.96  A NCAA Qualifying
                 19.96  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Armstrong, Hunter  JR OSU-OH            19.37      19.02 qB     
              9.28         19.02 (9.74)
  2 Andreis, Sem     SR OSU-OH              19.68      19.19 qB     
              9.38         19.19 (9.81)
  3 Blaskovic, Bruno 5Y IU-IN               19.21      19.27 qB     
              9.21        19.27 (10.06)
  4 Baganha, Victor  FR PSU-MA              19.28      19.28 qB     
              9.36         19.28 (9.92)
  5 Peel, Cameron R  JR MICH-MI             19.48      19.40 qB     
              9.35        19.40 (10.05)
  6 Szabados, Bence  SO MICH-MI             19.39      19.51 qB     
              9.39        19.51 (10.12)
  7 Franzman, Jack   SR IU-IN               19.57      19.54 qB     
              9.50        19.54 (10.04)
  8 Chan, William E  SR MICH-MI             19.69      19.56 qB     
              9.28        19.56 (10.28)

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