Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 1 Finals: Indiana Opens with 200 Medley Meet Record

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Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 1 Finals: Indiana Opens with 200 Medley Meet Record

Indiana has carved out a reputation for itself at Big Tens in the relay department, winning four of the five on offer in 2023. They started the 2024 Big Ten Championships by capturing the one that had been missing last year.

Indiana downed the meet record set in 2021 by Michigan by going 1:22.17 to win gold on the opening night at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion at Ohio State. The foursome of Brendan Burns, Finlay Brooks, Tomer Frankel and Gavin Wright solidified their A cut from earlier in the season.

It was part of an opening night sweep, the Hoosiers also taking home the 800 free.

Team Standings

  Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 2                       
 
  1. Indiana University                128   2. Michigan, University of           108
  3. Wisconsin, University of          102   3. Pennsylvania State University     102
  5. Ohio State University             100   6. University of Minnesota            98
  7. Purdue University                  96   8. Northwestern University            94

200 medley relay

Indiana may not have been a surprise out front, having gone 1:22.88 already this year. But the silver medalist was. Penn State dropped more than 2.5 seconds for an A cut and silver. Cooper Morley was out quicker than Brendan Burns in 20.81 seconds. Mariano Lazzerini, Matthew Bittner and Victor Baganha comprised the rest of the squad.

Michigan had the other A cut in third in 1:23.33. Purdue was fourth and Wisconsin fifth. Last year’s champion, Ohio State, placed a puzzling eighth.

Event 1  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 1:22.35  3/2/2021  Michigan
                          W Davis, W Chan, R Wright, L Borges
                 1:23.71  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:24.32  B NCAA Provisional
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Indiana-B1  'A'               1:22.88    1:22.17!A       64  
     1) Burns, Brendan SR             2) Brooks, Finlay JR            
     3) Frankel, Tomer SR             4) Wight, Gavin SR              
                 10.45        20.98 (20.98)
          31.11 (10.13)       43.89 (22.91)
           52.69 (8.80)     1:03.30 (19.41)
         1:12.22 (8.92)     1:22.17 (18.87)
  2 Penn State-B1  'A'            1:25.54    1:22.93 A       56  
     1) Morley, Cooper SO             2) Lazzerini, Mariano SO        
     3) Bittner, Matthew SO           4) Baganha, Victor JR           
                 10.25        20.81 (20.81)
          30.90 (10.09)       43.94 (23.13)
           52.86 (8.92)     1:04.28 (20.34)
         1:12.93 (8.65)     1:22.93 (18.65)
  3 Michigan-B1  'A'              1:24.18    1:23.33 A       54  
     1) Wilkening, Jack SO            2) Fitzpatrick, Brendan JR      
     3) Ray, Tyler SO                 4) Szabados, Bence SR           
                 10.45        21.15 (21.15)
          31.67 (10.52)       44.78 (23.63)
           53.68 (8.90)     1:04.73 (19.95)
         1:13.50 (8.77)     1:23.33 (18.60)
  4 Purdue-B1  'A'                1:24.72    1:24.07 B       52  
     1) Samuels, Braden JR            2) Witty, Andrew SR             
     3) King, Charles SR              4) Muhammad, Idris JR           
                 10.40        21.06 (21.06)
          31.38 (10.32)       44.59 (23.53)
           53.56 (8.97)     1:05.16 (20.57)
         1:14.08 (8.92)     1:24.07 (18.91)
  5 Wisconsin-B1  'A'             1:25.21    1:24.10 B       50  
     1) Torepe-Ormsby, Taiko SO       2) Segal, Matthew JR            
     3) Benson, Andrew SR             4) Wiegand, Ben SO              
                 10.81        21.52 (21.52)
          32.07 (10.55)       45.15 (23.63)
           54.09 (8.94)     1:05.27 (20.12)
         1:13.97 (8.70)     1:24.10 (18.83)
  6 Minnesota-B1  'A'             1:25.46    1:24.38         48  
     1) Stowe, Casey SR               2) Neverman, Kaiser SR          
     3) Harabagiu, Davide FR          4) Groya, Connor SO             
                 10.61        21.43 (21.43)
          31.88 (10.45)       44.88 (23.45)
           53.72 (8.84)     1:04.98 (20.10)
         1:13.97 (8.99)     1:24.38 (19.40)
  7 Northwestern-B1  'A'          1:25.77    1:24.85         46  
     1) Gerchik, David FR             2) Lu, Tyler JR                 
     3) Baltaytis, Aaron FR           4) Seymour, Stuart FR           
                 10.52        21.49 (21.49)
          32.44 (10.95)       45.35 (23.86)
           54.46 (9.11)     1:05.93 (20.58)
         1:14.86 (8.93)     1:24.85 (18.92)
  8 Ohio State-B1  'A'            1:25.41    1:24.95         44  
     1) Khouzam, Jean-pierre SR       2) Krusinski, Peter SR          
     3) Gustafson, Charles GR         4) Baltes, Daniel JR            
                 11.03        22.52 (22.52)
          32.66 (10.14)       45.95 (23.43)
           54.84 (8.89)     1:06.33 (20.38)
         1:14.99 (8.66)     1:24.95 (18.62)

800 freestyle relay

The Hoosiers left the field behind with a time of 6:10.86, an NCAA A cut. It’s .06 off the time used for gold last year and the third straight gold medal for Indiana in the event. Rafael Miroslaw led off, followed by Tomer Frankel, Kai Van Westering and Brendan Burns. The first three were in the 1:32s, including matching 1:32.32 off the front.

Ohio State was second in 6:12.39, an A cut. Tomas Navikonis had them ahead of Indiana front with a 1:32:17 off the front. Gal Groumi went 1:32.07 for the fastest opening leg, on the way to a 6:13.64 for the Wolverines that is an A cut. Wisconsin was fourth, with Minnesota fifth, Bar Soloveychik setting a school record 1:33.37 off the front.

 Event 2  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 6:09.85  2014      Michigan
                          Nielsen, Wynalda, Glanda, Jaegar
                 6:16.02  A NCAA Qualifying
                 6:18.94  B NCAA Provisional
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Indiana-B1  'A'               6:15.55    6:10.86 A       64  
     1) Miroslaw, Rafael JR           2) Frankel, Tomer SR            
     3) Van Westering, Kai JR         4) Burns, Brendan SR            
                 21.62        45.20 (45.20)
      1:08.63 (1:08.63)   1:32.32 (1:32.32)
        1:53.08 (20.76)     2:16.23 (43.91)
      2:40.20 (1:07.88)   3:04.64 (1:32.32)
        3:25.82 (21.18)     3:48.90 (44.26)
      4:13.04 (1:08.40)   4:37.61 (1:32.97)
        4:58.80 (21.19)     5:22.31 (44.70)
      5:46.40 (1:08.79)   6:10.86 (1:33.25)
  2 Ohio State-B1  'A'            6:19.91    6:12.39 A       56  
     1) Navikonis, Tomas SO           2) Metzler, Alex JR             
     3) Axon, Alex SO                 4) Jankovics, Tristan SO        
                 21.90        45.42 (45.42)
      1:09.00 (1:09.00)   1:32.17 (1:32.17)
        1:53.87 (21.70)     2:17.72 (45.55)
      2:41.66 (1:09.49)   3:05.71 (1:33.54)
        3:27.33 (21.62)     3:51.18 (45.47)
      4:15.07 (1:09.36)   4:38.92 (1:33.21)
        4:59.58 (20.66)     5:23.06 (44.14)
      5:47.54 (1:08.62)   6:12.39 (1:33.47)
  3 Michigan-B1  'A'              6:19.08    6:13.64 A       54  
     1) Cohen Groumi, Gal JR          2) Ben-Shitrit, Eitan SO        
     3) Kalafat, Ozan SO              4) Zucker, Logan SO             
                 21.37        44.83 (44.83)
      1:08.34 (1:08.34)   1:32.07 (1:32.07)
        1:52.77 (20.70)     2:15.85 (43.78)
      2:40.17 (1:08.10)   3:05.25 (1:33.18)
        3:26.45 (21.20)     3:50.02 (44.77)
      4:14.50 (1:09.25)   4:39.52 (1:34.27)
        5:00.40 (20.88)     5:23.90 (44.38)
      5:48.39 (1:08.87)   6:13.64 (1:34.12)
  4 Wisconsin-B1  'A'             6:22.86    6:16.63 B       52  
     1) Vainio, Luukas FR             2) Morris, Christopher JR       
     3) Mark Torok, Dominik SO        4) Butera, Nico JR              
                 21.68        45.75 (45.75)
      1:10.10 (1:10.10)   1:35.50 (1:35.50)
        1:56.60 (21.10)     2:20.19 (44.69)
      2:44.30 (1:08.80)   3:08.68 (1:33.18)
        3:29.49 (20.81)     3:53.38 (44.70)
      4:17.82 (1:09.14)   4:42.38 (1:33.70)
        5:03.44 (21.06)     5:27.54 (45.16)
      5:52.06 (1:09.68)   6:16.63 (1:34.25)
  5 Minnesota-B1  'A'             6:25.05    6:19.49         50  
     1) Soloveychik, Bar JR           2) Neverman, Kaiser SR          
     3) Hernandez Garcia, Alberto SO  4) Hansen, Tyler FR             
                 21.87        45.39 (45.39)
      1:09.31 (1:09.31)   1:33.37 (1:33.37)
        1:54.02 (20.65)     2:17.16 (43.79)
      2:41.44 (1:08.07)   3:06.89 (1:33.52)
        3:28.64 (21.75)     3:52.81 (45.92)
      4:17.55 (1:10.66)   4:42.63 (1:35.74)
        5:04.67 (22.04)     5:28.75 (46.12)
      5:53.67 (1:11.04)   6:19.49 (1:36.86)
  6 Northwestern-B1  'A'          6:27.55    6:21.94         48  
     1) Cohen, Malachi SO             2) Martin, Andrew GR            
     3) Nosack, Diego FR              4) Karolczak, Jan SO            
                 22.31        46.60 (46.60)
      1:10.73 (1:10.73)   1:35.90 (1:35.90)
        1:57.07 (21.17)     2:20.95 (45.05)
      2:45.90 (1:10.00)   3:11.29 (1:35.39)
        3:32.68 (21.39)     3:56.58 (45.29)
      4:21.30 (1:10.01)   4:46.19 (1:34.90)
        5:07.39 (21.20)     5:31.39 (45.20)
      5:56.29 (1:10.10)   6:21.94 (1:35.75)
  7 Penn State-B1  'A'            6:28.57    6:24.79         46  
     1) Kim, Tylor FR                 2) Cisternas, Eduardo SO        
     3) Byrne, Lachlan SR             4) Bittner, Matthew SO          
                 22.47        46.38 (46.38)
      1:10.54 (1:10.54)   1:36.01 (1:36.01)
        1:58.19 (22.18)     2:22.75 (46.74)
      2:47.38 (1:11.37)                    
            3:33.38 ( )         3:58.03 ( )
            4:22.79 ( )         4:47.61 ( )
        5:09.30 (21.69)     5:33.55 (45.94)
      5:58.56 (1:10.95)   6:24.79 (1:37.18)
  8 Purdue-B1  'A'                6:31.63    6:25.31         44  
     1) Shaw, Ethan SR                2) McCarthy, Connor JR          
     3) Frollo, Aaron SR              4) Kelly, Andrew SO             
                 22.21        46.77 (46.77)
      1:11.28 (1:11.28)   1:35.81 (1:35.81)
        1:56.88 (21.07)     2:20.94 (45.13)
      2:45.76 (1:09.95)   3:10.91 (1:35.10)
        3:32.79 (21.88)     3:57.24 (46.33)
      4:22.56 (1:11.65)   4:48.15 (1:37.24)
        5:09.96 (21.81)     5:33.99 (45.84)
      5:58.96 (1:10.81)   6:25.31 (1:37.16)

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