Big Ten Championships, Night 3 Finals: Tomer Frankel Claims 100 Fly Meet Record, 200 Free Bronze

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Big Ten Championships, Night 3 Finals: Tomer Frankel Claims 100 Fly Meet Record, 200 Free Bronze

Tomer Frankel got the third night of the Big Ten Men’s Championships started Friday with a meet record in the men’s 100 butterfly. Barely a half hour later, Frankel added a bronze medal in the 200 freestyle.

It proved to be the start of a championship-defining night, with the Hoosiers building their way to a triple-digit lead over Ohio State by night’s end. That came on the back of a stellar prelims session in the morning at Ohio State University’s McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.

All the action from the night session

Team Standings

                      Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14                      
  1. Indiana University                996   2. Ohio State University             820
  3. Michigan, University of         770.5   4. Wisconsin, University of        734.5
  5. University of Minnesota         560.5   6. Pennsylvania State University     498
  7. Northwestern University           469   8. Purdue University               427.5

100 butterfly

Right out of the gates, Tomer Frankel set a record, in a battle of Israeli stars. Frankel went 44.32 to win and defend his top seed. He held off Michigan’s Gal Groumi, his good friend from back home, who went 44.60. In the process, Frankel took down Groumi’s meet record from last year, which had been 44.50.

Michigan scored enough points to spring into the lead in the team standings. Tyler Ray was slower than prelims to earn a bronze medal in 44.91. Colin Geer finished eighth and Bence Szabados sprang up to ninth in winning the B final. But Indiana neutralized it to a degree with Finlay Brooks, on the front half of a double, in sixth.

David Harabagiu of Minnesota was fourth, ahead of Penn State’s Victor Baganha.

Event 8  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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     B1G Meet: ! 44.50  2/24/2023 Gal Cohen Groumi, Michigan
                 44.64  A NCAA Qualifying
                 47.08  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Frankel, Tomer   SR Indiana-B1          44.70      44.32!A       32  
                 20.43        44.32 (23.89)
  2 Cohen Groumi, G  JR Michigan-B1         44.80      44.60 A       28  
                 20.90        44.60 (23.70)
  3 Ray, Tyler       SO Michigan-B1         44.77      44.91 B       27  
                 20.89        44.91 (24.02)
  4 Harabagiu, Davi  FR Minnesota-B1        45.35      45.19 B       26  
                 21.04        45.19 (24.15)
  5 Baganha, Victor  JR Penn State-B1       45.75      45.43 B       25  
                 21.08        45.43 (24.35)
  6 Brooks, Finlay   JR Indiana-B1          44.84      45.44 B       24  
                 20.95        45.44 (24.49)
  7 Gustafson, Char  GR Ohio State-B1       46.05      45.89 B       23  
                 21.60        45.89 (24.29)
  8 Geer, Colin      FR Michigan-B1         46.02      46.04 B       22  
                 21.36        46.04 (24.68)

400 individual medley

A so-so morning swim landed him just fifth, but all Dominik Mark Torok needed was a lane, the Wisconsin sophomore nearly three full seconds faster at night to win in 3:41.69. He was eight tenths clear of runner-up Toby Barnett of Indiana, an edge he had built by the end of the breaststroke leg.

Barnett, the top seed in prelims, was second in 3:42.49. His points gouged Michigan’s team lead to six points.

Diego Nosack of Northwestern was third, with Ohio State’s Tristan Jankovics fourth.

 Event 9  Men 400 Yard IM
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 3:38.03  2009      Tyler Clary, Michigan
                 3:38.90  A NCAA Qualifying
                 3:50.68  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Mark Torok, Dom  SO Wisconsin-B1      3:44.47    3:41.69 B       32  
                 23.78        51.36 (27.58)
        1:19.50 (28.14)     1:47.76 (28.26)
        2:18.66 (30.90)     2:50.15 (31.49)
        3:16.42 (26.27)     3:41.69 (25.27)
  2 Barnett, Toby    FR Indiana-B1        3:41.37    3:42.49 B       28  
                 24.39        51.86 (27.47)
        1:19.99 (28.13)     1:47.36 (27.37)
        2:18.58 (31.22)     2:50.85 (32.27)
        3:17.13 (26.28)     3:42.49 (25.36)
  3 Nosack, Diego    FR Northwestern-B1   3:43.46    3:42.69 B       27  
                 24.22        51.69 (27.47)
        1:20.14 (28.45)     1:48.32 (28.18)
        2:19.44 (31.12)     2:50.97 (31.53)
        3:17.25 (26.28)     3:42.69 (25.44)
  4 Jankovics, Tris  SO Ohio State-B1     3:43.65    3:43.04 B       26  
                 24.04        51.45 (27.41)
        1:19.71 (28.26)     1:47.66 (27.95)
        2:18.90 (31.24)     2:51.33 (32.43)
        3:17.73 (26.40)     3:43.04 (25.31)
  5 Campbell, Samue  SO Ohio State-B1     3:45.72    3:43.95 B       25  
                 23.97        51.08 (27.11)
        1:20.16 (29.08)     1:48.22 (28.06)
        2:21.14 (32.92)     2:52.97 (31.83)
        3:19.39 (26.42)     3:43.95 (24.56)
  6 Ben-Shitrit, Ei  SO Michigan-B1       3:43.95    3:44.06 B       24  
                 23.43        51.04 (27.61)
        1:20.13 (29.09)     1:48.96 (28.83)
        2:20.61 (31.65)     2:52.72 (32.11)
        3:19.29 (26.57)     3:44.06 (24.77)
  7 Christenson, Wi  SR Minnesota-B1      3:44.75    3:44.38 B       23  
                 24.31        51.23 (26.92)
        1:19.73 (28.50)     1:47.97 (28.24)
        2:20.02 (32.05)     2:52.41 (32.39)
        3:18.75 (26.34)     3:44.38 (25.63)
  8 Reiter, Andrew   SO Indiana-B1        3:44.83    3:46.62 B       22  
                 23.93        51.40 (27.47)
        1:20.72 (29.32)     1:48.81 (28.09)
        2:20.87 (32.06)     2:53.74 (32.87)
        3:20.22 (26.48)     3:46.62 (26.40)

200 freestyle

Ohio State picked up a win in home water courtesy of a feverish finish from Tomas Navikonis. He came home in 23.10 to edge Rafael Miroslaw by .02. Navikonis touched in 1:32.01. Miroslaw came home in 1:32.03.

The consolation for the junior is a 2-3 finish with Tomer Frankel, comfortably home for bronze in 1:32.78, and 20-point lead in the team standings for the Hoosiers.

Minnesota’s Bar Soloveychik was a tenth up on Christopher Morris of Wisconsin for fifth.

 Event 10  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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     B1G Meet: ! 1:31.14  2/23/2018 Blake J Pieroni, Indiana
                 1:31.74  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:35.79  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Navikonis, Toma  SO Ohio State-B1     1:32.58    1:32.01 B       32  
                 21.81        45.21 (23.40)
        1:08.91 (23.70)     1:32.01 (23.10)
  2 Miroslaw, Rafae  JR Indiana-B1        1:32.56    1:32.03 B       28  
                 21.24        44.63 (23.39)
        1:08.60 (23.97)     1:32.03 (23.43)
  3 Frankel, Tomer   SR Indiana-B1        1:33.23    1:32.78 B       27  
                 21.68        45.12 (23.44)
        1:08.95 (23.83)     1:32.78 (23.83)
  4 Soloveychik, Ba  JR Minnesota-B1      1:33.41    1:33.66 B       26  
                 21.95        45.53 (23.58)
        1:09.53 (24.00)     1:33.66 (24.13)
  5 Morris, Christo  JR Wisconsin-B1      1:34.01    1:33.77 B       25  
                 22.04        45.71 (23.67)
        1:09.65 (23.94)     1:33.77 (24.12)
  6 Butera, Nico     JR Wisconsin-B1      1:34.61    1:35.27 B       24  
                 21.56        45.57 (24.01)
        1:10.32 (24.75)     1:35.27 (24.95)
  7 Axon, Alex       SO Ohio State-B1     1:34.64    1:35.34 B       23  
                 22.18        46.39 (24.21)
        1:10.99 (24.60)     1:35.34 (24.35)
  8 Vainio, Luukas   FR Wisconsin-B1      1:34.23    1:35.40 B       22  
                 21.90        45.89 (23.99)
        1:10.36 (24.47)     1:35.40 (25.04)

100 breaststroke

Mariano Lazzerini rained on the Indiana breaststroke parade, the Penn State sophomore going 51.08 to spring a surprise over four Hoosiers who queued up for medals – though in the process bulged the lead over Michigan to nearly 100 points.

Lazzerini was second in prelims and went a half-second faster at night in 51.08, the Chilean picking up the win and an NCAA A cut.

First among the Hoosiers was Finlay Brooks, who claimed the silver medal in 51.30 and capped a productive double. Jassen Yep went 51.50 for bronze. Josh Matheny (51.69) and Max Reich (52.18) followed.

Event 11  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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     B1G Meet: ! 50.19  3/5/2021  Maxwell J McHugh, Minnesota
                 51.10  A NCAA Qualifying
                 53.63  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Lazzerini, Mari  SO Penn State-B1       51.52      51.08 A       32  
                 24.12        51.08 (26.96)
  2 Brooks, Finlay   JR Indiana-B1          51.41      51.30 B       28  
                 23.58        51.30 (27.72)
  3 Yep, Jassen      SR Indiana-B1          52.01      51.50 B       27  
                 24.59        51.50 (26.91)
  4 Matheny, Joshua  JR Indiana-B1          52.87      51.69 B       26  
                 24.39        51.69 (27.30)
  5 Reich, Maxwell   SR Indiana-B1          52.28      52.18 B       25  
                 24.57        52.18 (27.61)
  6 teDuits, Truman  SR Wisconsin-B1        52.82      52.62 B       24  
                 24.78        52.62 (27.84)
  7 Rudd, Joseph     JR Minnesota-B1        52.90      52.78 B       23  
                 24.93        52.78 (27.85)
  8 Fitzpatrick, Br  JR Michigan-B1         52.71      52.82 B       22  
                 24.26        52.82 (28.56)

100 backstroke

Make it 10 individual Big Ten titles and 21 total for the ageless Brendan Burns. Burns went 44.62 to turn what could’ve been a tight race into a laugher, more than a half-second up on Cooper Morley. The top seed in prelims from Penn State couldn’t match his morning speed of 44.74, but he picked up silver in 45.27.

Indiana took fourth, fifth and sixth with Kai Van Westering, Luke Barr and Gavin Wight. That meant that Jack Wilkening’s silver medal didn’t help Michigan make a dent in the team standings.

 Event 12  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 44.31  2/25/2022 Brendan A Burns, Indiana
                 44.71  A NCAA Qualifying
                 47.47  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Burns, Brendan   SR Indiana-B1          45.34      44.62 A       32  
                 21.60        44.62 (23.02)
  2 Morley, Cooper   SO Penn State-B1       44.74      45.27 B       28  
                 21.99        45.27 (23.28)
  3 Wilkening, Jack  SO Michigan-B1         45.35      45.57 B       27  
                 21.86        45.57 (23.71)
  4 Van Westering,   JR Indiana-B1          45.43      45.89 B       26  
                 21.95        45.89 (23.94)
  5 Barr, Luke       JR Indiana-B1          46.00      46.01 B       25  
                 21.89        46.01 (24.12)
  6 Wight, Gavin     SR Indiana-B1          46.04      46.09 B       24  
                 21.92        46.09 (24.17)
  7 Samuels, Braden  JR Purdue-B1           45.67      46.11 B       23  
                 21.74        46.11 (24.37)
  8 Wenger, Jacque   JR Michigan-B1         46.37      46.16 B       22  
                 22.20        46.16 (23.96)

3-meter diving

Indiana’s ace in the hole, as ever, plies its trade on the diving board. Carson Tyler won gold in 3-meter for the Hoosiers with a score of 453.90 points. He held off teammate Quinn Henninger, who took silver in 436.10.

That was a pitched battle, with Jordan Rzepka of Purdue getting bronze by the smallest possible margin, .05 points over Ohio State’s Lyle Yost. The 1-meter champ, Minnesota’s Yuton Wang, finished fifth with 416.15 points. Yost’s medal helped Ohio State vault into second place, over Michigan.

Event 13  Men 3 mtr Diving
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 540.55  2/23/2018 Steele Johnson, Purdue
                 320.00  A NCAA Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Tyler, Carson    JR Indiana-B1         428.85     453.90 A       32  
  2 Henninger, Quen  JR Indiana-B1         400.50     436.10 A       28  
  3 Rzepka, Jordan   JR Purdue-B1          383.40     435.30 A       27  
  4 Yost, Lyle       GR Ohio State-B1      409.65     435.25 A       26  
  5 Wang, Yutong     FR Minnesota-B1       396.30     416.15 A       25  
  6 Weinrich, Maxwe  SO Indiana-B1         369.70     392.05 A       24  
  7 Chaplin, Clayto  JR Ohio State-B1      357.75     339.15 A       23  
  8 Flory, Kylie     SO Ohio State-B1      354.25     328.75 A       22

200 freestyle relay

The Indiana relay streak ends at three, thanks to a great effort from Wisconsin. With three sub-19 swims, the Badgers got clean water early on the way to an NCAA A cut time of 1:15.35 that is just .07 off the meet record. Taiko Torepe-Ormsby led off with an 18.90, then Andrew Benson’s 18.49 put them out from for good. Ben Wiegand solidified it with an 18.87, then Christopher Morris brought it home eight tenths ahead of runner-up Michigan.

Bence Szabados was outdueled by Torepe-Ormsby by two tenths. Tyler Ray delivered an 18.83 on the third leg for the Wolverines.

Indiana was third, a half-second back after the opening leg. Even sub-19 leg by Mikkel Lee and Rafael Miroslaw couldn’t recoup the deficit. The Hoosiers still had an A cut of 1:16.19.

Event 14  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 1:15.28  2/25/2022 Ohio State
                          J Armstrong, S Andreis, A Quach, R Gaziev
                 1:16.80  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:17.38  B NCAA Provisional
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Wisconsin-B1  'A'             1:17.30    1:15.35 A       64  
     1) Torepe-Ormsby, Taiko SO       2) Benson, Andrew SR            
     3) Wiegand, Ben SO               4) Morris, Christopher JR       
                  9.12        18.90 (18.90)
           27.43 (8.53)       37.39 (18.49)
           46.20 (8.81)       56.26 (18.87)
         1:05.18 (8.92)     1:15.35 (19.09)
  2 Michigan-B1  'A'              1:17.44    1:16.15 A       56  
     1) Szabados, Bence SR            2) Cohen Groumi, Gal JR         
     3) Ray, Tyler SO                 4) Wilkening, Jack SO           
                  9.31        19.12 (19.12)
           28.22 (9.10)       38.32 (19.20)
           47.06 (8.74)       57.15 (18.83)
         1:06.21 (9.06)     1:16.15 (19.00)
  3 Indiana-B1  'A'               1:16.91    1:16.19 A       54  
     1) Brooks, Finlay JR             2) Lee, Mikkel FR               
     3) Wight, Gavin SR               4) Miroslaw, Rafael JR          
                  9.34        19.42 (19.42)
           28.40 (8.98)       38.32 (18.90)
           47.33 (9.01)       57.39 (19.07)
         1:06.30 (8.91)     1:16.19 (18.80)
  4 Penn State-B1  'A'            1:18.00    1:17.24 B       52  
     1) Baganha, Victor JR            2) Hurley, Thomas SR            
     3) Morley, Cooper SO             4) Lazzerini, Mariano SO        
                  9.31        19.19 (19.19)
           28.37 (9.18)       38.77 (19.58)
           47.82 (9.05)       57.90 (19.13)
         1:06.89 (8.99)     1:17.24 (19.34)
  5 Ohio State-B1  'A'            1:17.32    1:17.43         50  
     1) Fentress, William SO          2) Baltes, Daniel JR            
     3) McDonald, Mario SR            4) Krusinski, Peter SR          
                  9.51        19.70 (19.70)
           28.70 (9.00)       38.82 (19.12)
           47.90 (9.08)       58.07 (19.25)
         1:07.03 (8.96)     1:17.43 (19.36)
  6 Purdue-B1  'A'                1:17.80    1:17.80         48  
     1) Samuels, Braden JR            2) Muhammad, Idris JR           
     3) Thomas, Nathaniel FR          4) McCarthy, Connor JR          
                  9.38        19.75 (19.75)
           28.75 (9.00)       38.97 (19.22)
           47.96 (8.99)       58.43 (19.46)
         1:07.33 (8.90)     1:17.80 (19.37)
  7 Minnesota-B1  'A'             1:18.60    1:17.86         46  
     1) Harabagiu, Davide FR          2) Groya, Connor SO             
     3) Stowe, Casey SR               4) Serdarevic, Lovro SO         
                  9.51        19.56 (19.56)
           28.61 (9.05)       38.98 (19.42)
           48.29 (9.31)       58.48 (19.50)
         1:07.55 (9.07)     1:17.86 (19.38)
  8 Northwestern-B1  'A'          1:19.35    1:18.55         44  
     1) Schuster, Collin SR           2) Seymour, Stuart FR           
     3) Forbes, Benjamin GR           4) Lu, Tyler JR                 
                  9.73        20.12 (20.12)
           29.36 (9.24)       39.36 (19.24)
           48.56 (9.20)       58.98 (19.62)
         1:08.16 (9.18)     1:18.55 (19.57)

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