2023 Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 2: Indiana Grabs Two Top Seeds

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2023 Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 2: Indiana Grabs Two Top Seeds

Indiana won one of the two relays on the first day of the 2023 Big Ten Men’s Championships Wednesday night. Thursday morning, the Hoosiers grabbed the top seed in two of the three swimming events as they chase a title.

Van Mathias led the way in the 50 free and Luke Barr was tops in the 200 individual medley to put Indiana in a strong position going into the second night session in Ann Arbor. That session will also include the 1-meter diving finals and 400 medley relay.

2023 Big Ten Men’s Championships Links

2023 Big Ten Men’s Championships Team Scores

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 2                       
 
  1. Ohio State University             118   1. Indiana University                118
  3. University of Michigan            112   4. Purdue University                 100
  4. University of Minnesota           100   4. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    100
  7. Northwestern University            92   8. Pennsylvania State University      88

500 Freestyle

Bar Soloveychik continues his hot spring by taking the top seed in 4:16.46. That’s only .13 ahead of Jake Newmark of Wisconsin and sets up what should be an exciting finale. Charlie Clark of Ohio State was third, and the Buckeyes are big winners for sneaking three into the A final. Indiana only has two in the top eight, led by fifth-place Mikey Calvillo.

Event 3  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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     B1G Meet: # 4:09.29  2/22/2018 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan
         Pool: ! 4:12.52  2014      Conner Jaeger, Michigan
                 4:11.40  A NCAA Qualifying
                 4:22.35  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Soloveychik, Ba  SO Minnesota-MN      4:15.66    4:16.46 qB     
                 23.54        48.96 (25.42)
        1:14.66 (25.70)     1:40.64 (25.98)
        2:06.87 (26.23)     2:32.93 (26.06)
        2:59.13 (26.20)     3:25.37 (26.24)
        3:51.41 (26.04)     4:16.46 (25.05)
  2 Newmark, Jake Q  JR Wisconsin-WI      4:17.35    4:16.59 qB     
                 23.61        49.33 (25.72)
        1:15.33 (26.00)     1:41.68 (26.35)
        2:08.00 (26.32)     2:34.33 (26.33)
        3:00.23 (25.90)     3:26.15 (25.92)
        3:51.95 (25.80)     4:16.59 (24.64)
  3 Clark, Charlie   JR Ohio St-OH        4:18.07    4:17.11 qB     
                 23.67        49.52 (25.85)
        1:15.62 (26.10)     1:41.86 (26.24)
        2:08.14 (26.28)     2:34.35 (26.21)
        3:00.36 (26.01)     3:26.21 (25.85)
        3:52.03 (25.82)     4:17.11 (25.08)
  4 Moraes, Eduardo  SO Michigan-MI       4:17.81    4:17.38 qB     
                 24.29        50.38 (26.09)
        1:16.46 (26.08)     1:42.62 (26.16)
        2:08.67 (26.05)     2:34.72 (26.05)
        3:00.86 (26.14)     3:26.47 (25.61)
        3:51.91 (25.44)     4:17.38 (25.47)
  5 Calvillo, Mikey  PG IU-IN             4:19.39    4:18.99 qB     
                 23.94        49.82 (25.88)
        1:15.99 (26.17)     1:42.36 (26.37)
        2:08.87 (26.51)     2:35.14 (26.27)
        3:01.46 (26.32)     3:27.57 (26.11)
        3:53.46 (25.89)     4:18.99 (25.53)
  6 Briggs, Warren   JR IU-IN             4:17.77    4:19.27 qB     
                 24.45        50.42 (25.97)
        1:16.46 (26.04)     1:42.49 (26.03)
        2:08.92 (26.43)     2:35.00 (26.08)
        3:01.00 (26.00)     3:27.02 (26.02)
        3:53.25 (26.23)     4:19.27 (26.02)
  7 Edmund, Mason    FR Ohio St-OH        4:24.66    4:19.35 qB     
                 23.75        49.42 (25.67)
        1:15.47 (26.05)     1:41.61 (26.14)
        2:07.87 (26.26)     2:34.36 (26.49)
        3:00.72 (26.36)     3:27.16 (26.44)
        3:53.64 (26.48)     4:19.35 (25.71)
  8 Campbell, Sam    FR Ohio St-OH        4:23.79    4:19.79 qB     
                 23.73        49.38 (25.65)
        1:15.40 (26.02)     1:41.67 (26.27)
        2:07.93 (26.26)     2:34.25 (26.32)
        3:00.83 (26.58)     3:27.58 (26.75)
        3:54.28 (26.70)     4:19.79 (25.51)

200 individual medley

Luke Barr went 1:34.14, the top seed by just a tenths over Purdue’s Nick Sherman. They’ll all be looking to escape the blue-and-gold wave of five Wolverines in the A final. Gal Groumi leads them in third, all under 1:45. Alex Quach of Ohio State crept into the final in seventh to break the blockade.

Event 4  Men 200 Yard IM
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     B1G Meet: # 1:41.05  2/28/2019 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana
         Pool: ! 1:41.14  2014      Kyle Whitaker, Michigan
                 1:41.22  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:46.52  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Barr, Luke D     SO IU-IN             1:46.22    1:43.14 qB     
                 21.99        46.97 (24.98)
        1:17.19 (30.22)     1:43.14 (25.95)
  2 Sherman, Nick S  SR PUR               1:42.90    1:43.24 qB     
                 22.74        48.57 (25.83)
        1:18.13 (29.56)     1:43.24 (25.11)
  3 Cohen Groumi, G  SO Michigan-MI       1:43.67    1:44.08 qB     
                 22.62        48.77 (26.15)
        1:19.27 (30.50)     1:44.08 (24.81)
  4 Ben-Shitrit, Ei  FR Michigan-MI       1:44.93    1:44.14 qB     
                 22.51        48.58 (26.07)
        1:18.70 (30.12)     1:44.14 (25.44)
  5 Daigle, Jared B  SR Michigan-MI       1:45.14    1:44.17 qB     
                 22.69        48.56 (25.87)
        1:18.32 (29.76)     1:44.17 (25.85)
  6 Neverman, Kaise  JR Minnesota-MN      1:43.91    1:44.67 qB     
                 22.81        49.65 (26.84)
        1:19.46 (29.81)     1:44.67 (25.21)
  7 Quach, Alex      SO Ohio St-OH        1:44.82    1:44.80 qB     
                 22.50        48.84 (26.34)
        1:19.72 (30.88)     1:44.80 (25.08)
  8 Froass, Ansel J  JR Michigan-MI       1:45.82    1:44.91 qB     
                 23.24        49.62 (26.38)
        1:19.45 (29.83)     1:44.91 (25.46)

50 freestyle

Van Mathias set the pace in the 50 in 19.16 seconds. Bence Szabados of Michigan was second in 19.19, while Ohio State’s Ruslan Gaziev and Michigan’s Cam Peel tied for the third seed in 19.24.

There’s precious little to separate them. Szabados entered with the top seed in 19.36. Both Mathias and Penn State’s Victor Baganha had been 19.38. Baganha was .01 slower in prelims to get the fifth seed. Two swimmers who entered with 19.4s, Rafael Miroslaw and Andrew Benson, dropped to the B final, as did Finn Brooks of Indiana, who had been 19.39. Three B finalists for the Hoosiers is a missed opportunity for their team aspirations.

Event 5  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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     B1G Meet: # 18.69  2/22/2018 Bowen Becker, Minnesota
         Pool: ! 19.05  2014      Derek Toomey, Minnesota
                 18.88  A NCAA Qualifying
                 19.82  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Mathias, Van L   PG IU-IN               19.38      19.16 qB     
                  9.23         19.16 (9.93)
  2 Szabados, Bence  JR Michigan-MI         19.36      19.19 qB     
                  9.27         19.19 (9.92)
  3 Gaziev, Ruslan   JR Ohio St-OH          19.53      19.24 qB     
                  9.36         19.24 (9.88)
  3 Peel, Cam R      SR Michigan-MI         19.81      19.24 qB     
                  9.15        19.24 (10.09)
  5 Baganha, Victor  SO Penn State-MA       19.38      19.39 qB     
                  9.45         19.39 (9.94)
  6 Wight, Gavin R   JR IU-IN               19.54      19.54 qB     
                  9.56         19.54 (9.98)
  7 Ward, James P    SR Ohio St-OH          19.82      19.56 qB     
                  9.45        19.56 (10.11)
  8 Wiegand, Ben A   SO Wisconsin-WI        19.97      19.57 qB     
                  9.36        19.57 (10.21)

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