The 2026 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 4 prelims on Saturday, Feb. 28, in Madison, Wisconsin.
The events on the docket are the 200 IM, 100 freestyle, 200 butterfly and 200 backstroke.
Here is a look at what happened on Saturday morning:
Big Ten Men’s 200 IM
Indiana and Michigan each put three into the top eight in the 200 IM as both teams are looking to finish strong on the final day.
Indiana senior Owen McDonald claimed the top seed in a pool-record 1:41.23. Freshman Josh Bey took the third spot in 1:41.72, while junior Toby Barnett took the eighth spot in 1:42.44.
Michigan’s Colin Geer took the fourth seed in 1:41.76. Senior Eitan Ben-Shitrit was sixth and freshman Luka Mladenovic was seventh (1:42.40).
Meanwhile, Ohio State senior Tristan Jankovics took the second seed in 1:41.57 and Northwestern sophomore Joshua Staples took the fifth spot in 1:41.83.
Event 15 Men 200 Yard IM
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B1G Meet: ! 1:39.89 2/27/2025 Owen McDonald, IND
Pool: # 1:43.46 2/26/2026 Lorne Wigginton, Michigan
1:44.13 A NCAA Qualifying
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 McDonald, Owen SR Indiana 1:40.90 1:41.23#qA
r:+0.64 21.88 46.37 (24.49)
1:16.35 (29.98) 1:41.23 (24.88)
2 Jankovics, Tris SR Ohio State 1:43.43 1:41.57#qA
r:+0.68 22.22 47.46 (25.24)
1:16.86 (29.40) 1:41.57 (24.71)
3 Bey, Josh FR Indiana 1:44.61 1:41.72#qA
r:+0.69 22.54 47.90 (25.36)
1:16.98 (29.08) 1:41.72 (24.74)
4 Geer, Colin JR Michigan 1:45.06 1:41.76#qA
r:+0.67 21.94 46.67 (24.73)
1:16.60 (29.93) 1:41.76 (25.16)
5 Staples, Joshua SO Northwestern 1:42.45 1:41.83#qA
r:+0.74 22.76 48.26 (25.50)
1:17.06 (28.80) 1:41.83 (24.77)
6 Ben-Shitrit, Ei SR Michigan 1:44.10 1:42.39#qA
r:+0.62 22.29 46.97 (24.68)
1:17.42 (30.45) 1:42.39 (24.97)
7 Mladenovic, Luk FR Michigan 1:43.37 1:42.40#qA
r:+0.71 21.89 47.86 (25.97)
1:18.15 (30.29) 1:42.40 (24.25)
8 Barnett, Toby JR Indiana 1:44.58 1:42.44#qA
r:+0.66 22.85 48.77 (25.92)
1:17.38 (28.61) 1:42.44 (25.06)
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9 Cakir, Noah FR Indiana 1:44.07 1:42.47#qA
r:+0.67 22.59 48.55 (25.96)
1:17.33 (28.78) 1:42.47 (25.14)
10 Oktar, Sanberk JR Southern Cal 1:42.87 1:42.78#qA
r:+0.73 22.24 47.05 (24.81)
1:17.28 (30.23) 1:42.78 (25.50)
11 Bittner, Matthe SR Penn St 1:43.55 1:44.28 q
r:+0.62 21.70 46.87 (25.17)
1:18.30 (31.43) 1:44.28 (25.98)
12 Doyle, John 5Y Northwestern 1:44.36 1:44.64 q
r:+0.64 22.61 48.79 (26.18)
1:18.78 (29.99) 1:44.64 (25.86)
13 Mackesy, Evan SO Purdue 1:45.06 1:44.84 q
r:+0.65 22.44 48.71 (26.27)
1:19.55 (30.84) 1:44.84 (25.29)
13 Polyak, Joe SO Minnesota 1:46.65 1:44.84 q
r:+0.71 23.21 49.34 (26.13)
1:19.35 (30.01) 1:44.84 (25.49)
15 Morgan, Keller JR Southern Cal 1:45.60 1:45.49 q
r:+0.68 23.24 50.33 (27.09)
1:20.34 (30.01) 1:45.49 (25.15)
16 Watson, John JR Minnesota 1:47.19 1:45.56 q
r:+0.75 23.00 49.61 (26.61)
1:20.04 (30.43) 1:45.56 (25.52)
Big Ten Men’s 100 Freestyle
Indiana grabbed another top seed as junior Mikkel Lee sprinted to the top seed in the 100 freestyle, clocking a 42.11 to break the pool record.
Just one hundredth of a second back was Northwestern junior Caden Duncan, who was second in 42.12 heading into finals.
Meanwhile, Indiana’s Dylan Smiley took the third seed in 42.15, a big possibility of points for the Hoosiers.
Northwestern junior Stuart Seymour took the fourth seed in 42.18, followed by Michigan’s Ole Eidam (42.23), OSU’s Tomas Navikonis (42.44), Michigan freshman Antoine Sauve (42.68) and Wisconsin’s Ben Wiegand (42.80).
Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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B1G Meet: ! 41.38 2/25/2023 Ruslan Gaziev, Ohio St
Pool: # 42.55 2025 Caden Duncan, NU
42.55 A NCAA Qualifying
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Lee, Mikkel JR Indiana 41.96 42.11#qA
r:+0.65 9.48 20.14 (10.66)
31.07 (10.93) 42.11 (11.04)
2 Duncan, Caden JR Northwestern 42.31 42.12#qA
r:+0.72 9.82 20.39 (10.57)
31.34 (10.95) 42.12 (10.78)
3 Smiley, Dylan JR Indiana 41.59 42.15#qA
r:+0.66 9.54 20.03 (10.49)
31.16 (11.13) 42.15 (10.99)
4 Seymour, Stuart JR Northwestern 42.37 42.18#qA
r:+0.64 9.67 20.28 (10.61)
31.40 (11.12) 42.18 (10.78)
5 Eidam, Ole SO Michigan 42.50 42.23#qA
r:+0.62 9.46 20.14 (10.68)
31.25 (11.11) 42.23 (10.98)
6 Navikonis, Toma SR Ohio State 42.59 42.44#qA
r:+0.71 9.80 20.67 (10.87)
31.66 (10.99) 42.44 (10.78)
7 Sauve, Antoine FR Michigan 42.16 42.68 q
r:+0.70 9.82 20.73 (10.91)
31.78 (11.05) 42.68 (10.90)
8 Wiegand, Ben 5Y Wisconsin 43.07 42.80 q
r:+0.66 9.52 20.26 (10.74)
31.59 (11.33) 42.80 (11.21)
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9 Fentress, Evan SR Ohio State 44.19 42.83 q
r:+0.68 9.81 20.65 (10.84)
31.84 (11.19) 42.83 (10.99)
10 Sogaard-Anderse SO Southern Cal 42.51 42.88 q
r:+0.64 9.61 20.37 (10.76)
31.53 (11.16) 42.88 (11.35)
11 Carlbaum, Vidar SO Indiana 42.81 42.94 q
r:+0.67 9.64 20.48 (10.84)
31.68 (11.20) 42.94 (11.26)
12 Kim, Tylor JR Penn St 42.94 42.98 q
r:+0.67 9.61 20.46 (10.85)
31.75 (11.29) 42.98 (11.23)
12 Dzirkalis, Jani FR Purdue 43.24 42.98 q
r:+0.63 9.57 20.16 (10.59)
31.54 (11.38) 42.98 (11.44)
14 Hanson, Rasmus SR Ohio State 43.63 43.01 q
r:+0.69 9.75 20.74 (10.99)
31.96 (11.22) 43.01 (11.05)
14 Klinge, Matthew SO Ohio State 42.93 43.01 q
r:+0.75 9.83 20.40 (10.57)
31.69 (11.29) 43.01 (11.32)
16 Ismail, Ahmed SO Ohio State 42.45 43.12 q
r:+0.74 10.01 21.01 (11.00)
32.29 (11.28) 43.12 (10.83)
Big Ten Men’s 200 Butterfly
Another top seed for the Hoosiers as Raekwon Noel raced to the top seed in the 200 butterfly, going a sub 1:40 with a swim of 1:39.97.
Michigan junior Colin Geer took the second seed, just behind in 1:40.09.
USC junior Michel Chmielweksi grabbed the third spot in 1:40.84, followed by Wisconsin’s Dominik Mark Torok (1:40.97), Michigan senior Tyler Ray (1:41.26), Wisconsin’s Enzo Solitario (1:41.33), Minnesota’s Jacob Johnson (1:41.42) and Indiana junior Aaron Shackell (1:42.49).
Event 18 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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B1G Meet: ! 1:39.22 3/5/2021 Brendan A Burns, Indiana
Pool: # 1:41.70 2024 Jacob Johnson, MINN
1:43.79 A NCAA Qualifying
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Noel, Raekwon N SO Indiana 1:41.14 1:39.97#qA
r:+0.71 22.71 48.24 (25.53)
1:13.72 (25.48) 1:39.97 (26.25)
2 Geer, Colin JR Michigan 1:43.08 1:40.09#qA
r:+0.65 22.24 47.30 (25.06)
1:13.30 (26.00) 1:40.09 (26.79)
3 Chmielewski, Mi JR Southern Cal 1:40.91 1:40.84#qA
r:+0.67 23.24 49.60 (26.36)
1:15.96 (26.36) 1:40.84 (24.88)
4 Mark Torok, Dom SR Wisconsin 1:40.07 1:40.97#qA
r:+0.67 22.88 48.52 (25.64)
1:14.34 (25.82) 1:40.97 (26.63)
5 Ray, Tyler SR Michigan 1:39.60 1:41.26#qA
r:+0.71 22.27 47.83 (25.56)
1:14.11 (26.28) 1:41.26 (27.15)
6 Solitario, Enzo FR Wisconsin 1:41.69 1:41.33#qA
r:+0.74 23.25 49.23 (25.98)
1:15.36 (26.13) 1:41.33 (25.97)
7 Johnson, Jacob SO Minnesota 1:41.10 1:41.42#qA
r:+0.66 22.45 48.47 (26.02)
1:14.73 (26.26) 1:41.42 (26.69)
8 Shackell, Aaron JR Indiana 1:43.94 1:42.49 qA
r:+0.70 22.67 48.26 (25.59)
1:14.81 (26.55) 1:42.49 (27.68)
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9 Nosack, Diego JR Northwestern 1:43.31 1:42.75 qA
r:+0.68 23.29 49.63 (26.34)
1:16.06 (26.43) 1:42.75 (26.69)
10 Balbi, Diego SO Southern Cal 1:43.82 1:43.10 qA
r:+0.68 23.07 49.16 (26.09)
1:15.82 (26.66) 1:43.10 (27.28)
11 Chmielewski, Kr JR Southern Cal 1:39.81 1:43.19 qA
r:+0.66 23.06 49.37 (26.31)
1:16.16 (26.79) 1:43.19 (27.03)
12 Hooper-Haviland FR Purdue 1:43.93 1:43.60 qA
r:+0.64 23.27 49.02 (25.75)
1:15.66 (26.64) 1:43.60 (27.94)
13 Shackell, Andre FR Indiana 1:41.26 1:43.90 q
r:+0.66 22.67 48.54 (25.87)
1:15.80 (27.26) 1:43.90 (28.10)
14 Eichel, Daniel SO Minnesota 1:46.32 1:44.29 q
r:+0.76 23.53 49.99 (26.46)
1:16.73 (26.74) 1:44.29 (27.56)
15 Jones, Charlie SR Wisconsin 1:42.81 1:44.33 q
r:+0.68 23.08 49.31 (26.23)
1:16.17 (26.86) 1:44.33 (28.16)
16 Vilchez, Jordi SO Ohio State 1:44.73 1:44.69 q
r:+0.75 23.63 50.03 (26.40)
1:17.11 (27.08) 1:44.69 (27.58)
Big Ten Men’s 200 Backstroke
Indiana senior Kai Van Westering and sophomore Mira Knedla took the top two seeds in the 200 back.
Van Westering took the top seed in 1:39.21, just seven hundredths of a second ahead of Knedla.
Northwestern junior David Gerchik took the third spot in 1;39.47, ahead of OSU’s Cornelius Jahn (1:40.04), Northwestern’s Oliver Kos (1:40.16), Purdue’s Blake Rowe (1:40.45), Penn State’s Cooper Morley (1:40.91) and Wisconsin’s Nathan Welker (1:40.94).
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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B1G Meet: ! 1:37.15 3/1/2025 Owen McDonald, Indiana
Pool: # 1:41.82 2021 Manu Martos Bacarizo, NU
1:42.14 A NCAA Qualifying
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Van Westering, SR Indiana 1:42.49 1:39.21#qA
r:+1.10 23.33 48.40 (25.07)
1:13.73 (25.33) 1:39.21 (25.48)
2 Knedla, Mira SO Indiana 1:39.91 1:39.28#qA
r:+1.09 22.80 47.64 (24.84)
1:13.56 (25.92) 1:39.28 (25.72)
3 Gerchik, David JR Northwestern 1:40.53 1:39.47#qA
r:+0.90 23.42 48.61 (25.19)
1:14.09 (25.48) 1:39.47 (25.38)
4 Jahn, Cornelius SO Ohio State 1:41.52 1:40.04#qA
23.36 48.32 (24.96)
1:14.06 (25.74) 1:40.04 (25.98)
5 Kos, Oliver SO Northwestern 1:41.79 1:40.16#qA
23.01 48.46 (25.45)
1:14.21 (25.75) 1:40.16 (25.95)
6 Rowe, Blake SO Purdue 1:41.43 1:40.45#qA
23.46 48.86 (25.40)
1:14.53 (25.67) 1:40.45 (25.92)
7 Morley, Cooper SR Penn St 1:40.18 1:40.91#qA
r:+0.81 23.76 48.85 (25.09)
1:14.08 (25.23) 1:40.91 (26.83)
8 Welker, Nathan JR Wisconsin 1:42.55 1:40.94#qA
r:+0.89 23.36 48.31 (24.95)
1:14.27 (25.96) 1:40.94 (26.67)
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9 Graham, Adam FR Wisconsin 1:41.07 1:41.01#qA
23.61 49.02 (25.41)
1:14.88 (25.86) 1:41.01 (26.13)
10 Steffen, Ian JR Minnesota 1:45.16 1:41.43#qA
r:+0.97 23.32 48.70 (25.38)
1:14.88 (26.18) 1:41.43 (26.55)
11 Wilkening, Jack SR Michigan 1:43.37 1:41.54#qA
22.89 47.97 (25.08)
1:14.08 (26.11) 1:41.54 (27.46)
12 Danziger, Inbar SO Michigan 1:45.32 1:41.59#qA
23.71 49.21 (25.50)
1:15.10 (25.89) 1:41.59 (26.49)
13 Gorski, Krys SO Ohio State 1:42.59 1:41.65#qA
23.27 48.36 (25.09)
1:14.53 (26.17) 1:41.65 (27.12)
14 Long, Michael SR Wisconsin 1:43.08 1:41.76#qA
23.66 48.95 (25.29)
1:15.15 (26.20) 1:41.76 (26.61)
15 Burau, Dylan JR Purdue 1:42.99 1:41.91 qA
24.06 50.06 (26.00)
1:15.76 (25.70) 1:41.91 (26.15)
16 O'Leary, Griffi SR Southern Cal 1:42.66 1:42.04 qA
r:+1.02 23.84 49.21 (25.37)
1:15.27 (26.06) 1:42.04 (26.77)
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