Big Ten Men’s Championships, Night 4: Brendan Burns, Jassen Yep Cap Indiana’s Third Straight Title

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Big Ten Men’s Championships, Night 4: Brendan Burns, Jassen Yep Cap Indiana’s Third Straight Title

A feverish Friday and a solid Saturday morning had Indiana in a powerful position as the Big Ten Men’s Championships headed to their fourth and final night.

Four golds and 10 total medals brought home the banner in emphatic fashion.

The Hoosiers won four events on the final night at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, earning Indiana its third straight title and sixth in eight years. Brendan Burns won the 200 backstroke and finished third (behind teammate Tomer Frankel) in the 200 fly. Jassen Yep won the 200 breaststroke, Carson Tyler claimed platform diving and the 400 free relay made it four wins in five team events for the Hoosiers.

The Hoosiers scored 1,520 points, slightly less than the 1,595.5 they used to win last year but more than the 1,499.5 from 2022. Ohio State scored 1,226 points to finish second for the third straight year. Michigan is third for the third straight year with 1,153.5 points.

Michigan’s Gal Groumi, who added the 200 fly title to his 200 IM crown, was named the Swimmer of the Championships. Platform diving champion Carson Tyler of Indiana was the meet’s outstanding diver, and Michigan took home the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award via Colin Geer.

Team Standings

 Men - Team Rankings - FINAL                      
  1. Indiana University               1520   2. Ohio State University            1226
  3. Michigan, University of        1153.5   4. Wisconsin, University of       1044.5
  5. University of Minnesota         849.5   6. Northwestern University           725
  7. Pennsylvania State University     683   8. Purdue University               651.5

1,650 freestyle

Samuel Campbell started the final session with a win for the hosts, with a time of 14:42.63. Behind him, Bar Soloveychik of Minnesota picked up a medal in 14:45.59, his second runner-up result. Third was Ohio State’s Charlie Clark in 14:48.39. Yigit Aslan, the winner of the 500 free, finished fifth.

Event 15  Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 14:29.25  2/25/2017 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan
                 14:37.31  A NCAA Qualifying
                 15:25.12  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Campbell, Samue  SO Ohio State-B1    14:48.25   14:42.63 B       32  
                 24.55        51.31 (26.76)
        1:18.42 (27.11)     1:45.36 (26.94)
        2:12.30 (26.94)     2:39.30 (27.00)
        3:06.25 (26.95)     3:33.43 (27.18)
        4:00.38 (26.95)     4:27.03 (26.65)
        4:53.64 (26.61)     5:20.16 (26.52)
        5:46.87 (26.71)     6:13.52 (26.65)
        6:40.24 (26.72)     7:06.98 (26.74)
        7:33.84 (26.86)     8:00.59 (26.75)
        8:27.69 (27.10)     8:54.84 (27.15)
        9:21.88 (27.04)     9:49.01 (27.13)
       10:15.99 (26.98)    10:42.85 (26.86)
       11:09.81 (26.96)    11:36.71 (26.90)
       12:03.83 (27.12)    12:30.75 (26.92)
       12:57.87 (27.12)    13:24.83 (26.96)
       13:51.26 (26.43)    14:17.39 (26.13)    14:42.63 (25.24)
  2 Soloveychik, Ba  JR Minnesota-B1     15:00.56   14:45.59 B       28  
                 24.40        50.71 (26.31)
       13:54.64 (26.81)    14:20.57 (25.93)    14:45.59 (25.02)
  3 Clark, Charles   SR Ohio State-B1    14:42.49   14:48.39 B       27  
                 24.56        51.33 (26.77)
       13:54.30 (27.50)    14:21.62 (27.32)    14:48.39 (26.77)
  4 Martin, Andrew   GR Northwestern-B1  14:58.19   14:51.13 B       26  
                 24.25        51.26 (27.01)
       13:57.55 (26.81)    14:24.64 (27.09)    14:51.13 (26.49)
  5 Aslan, Yigit     JR Wisconsin-B1     15:02.20   14:55.20 B       25  
                 24.41        50.85 (26.44)
       14:02.61 (27.37)    14:29.73 (27.12)    14:55.20 (25.47)
  6 Nagy, Christoph  SR Minnesota-B1     15:12.53   14:58.97 B       24  
                 25.29        52.45 (27.16)
       14:07.42 (26.97)    14:34.19 (26.77)    14:58.97 (24.78)
  7 Axon, Alex       SO Ohio State-B1    15:12.77   15:01.79 B       23  
                 25.17        52.67 (27.50)
       14:08.70 (27.94)    14:36.11 (27.41)    15:01.79 (25.68)
  8 Briggs, Warren   SR Indiana-B1       15:04.72   15:01.96 B       22  
                 25.47        52.81 (27.34)
       14:08.30 (27.57)    14:35.80 (27.50)    15:01.96 (26.16)

200 backstroke

Make it four Big Ten 200 back gold medals for Brendan Burns, which would be impressive if it wasn’t for the fact that he already has four (and counting) in the 200 fly.

Burns faced a test from a training partner, with Kai Van Westering pushing him the entire way. Burns touched in 1:39.50, well behind his meet record from last year (1:38.22). He was .24 ahead of Van Westering, holding off the junior’s charge coming home in 25.36. Burns was up four tenths at the 150-yard wall.

Third went to Northwestern’s David Gerchik. Fourth was Wisconsin’s Jake Newmark before two from Michigan.

Event 16  Men 200 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 1:38.22  2/25/2023 Brendan A Burns, IU
                 1:39.13  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:44.60  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Burns, Brendan   SR Indiana-B1        1:40.88    1:39.50 B       32  
                 23.35        48.62 (25.27)
        1:13.97 (25.35)     1:39.50 (25.53)
  2 Van Westering,   JR Indiana-B1        1:40.91    1:39.74 B       28  
                 23.58        48.79 (25.21)
        1:14.38 (25.59)     1:39.74 (25.36)
  3 Gerchik, David   FR Northwestern-B1   1:42.27    1:41.75 B       27  
                 24.00        49.79 (25.79)
        1:16.34 (26.55)     1:41.75 (25.41)
  4 Newmark, Jacob   SR Wisconsin-B1      1:41.43    1:41.99 B       26  
                 23.88        49.49 (25.61)
        1:15.80 (26.31)     1:41.99 (26.19)
  5 Ben-Shitrit, Ei  SO Michigan-B1       1:42.16    1:42.41 B       25  
                 24.06        49.99 (25.93)
        1:16.26 (26.27)     1:42.41 (26.15)
  6 Wenger, Jacque   JR Michigan-B1       1:41.20    1:42.46 B       24  
                 23.97        49.51 (25.54)
        1:15.65 (26.14)     1:42.46 (26.81)
  7 Morley, Cooper   SO Penn State-B1     1:41.16    1:42.50 B       23  
                 23.76        50.05 (26.29)
        1:17.28 (27.23)     1:42.50 (25.22)
  8 Burau, Dylan     SO Purdue-B1         1:41.53    1:44.50 B       22  
                 24.22        50.42 (26.20)
        1:17.19 (26.77)     1:44.50 (27.31)

100 freestyle

Maybe the race of the meet: Bence Szabados juuuuuuuust got his hand to the wall first .01 seconds ahead of ahead of 50 free champ Taiko Torepe-Ormsby of Wisconsin. Szabados went 42.09, Torepe-Ormsby 42.10.

The race for bronze wasn’t boring either. Tomas Navikonis, the 200 free champ, was seventh at the halfway point but surged with the only sub-22 final 50 (21.80) to bronze in 42.22. Penn State’s Victor Baganha was fifth. Indiana went sixth, eighth and ninth.

Event 17  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 41.38  2/25/2023 Ruslan Gaziev, Ohio St
                 41.50  A NCAA Qualifying
                 43.46  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Szabados, Bence  SR Michigan-B1         42.31      42.09 B       32  
                 19.88        42.09 (22.21)
  2 Torepe-Ormsby,   SO Wisconsin-B1        42.49      42.10 B       28  
                 19.92        42.10 (22.18)
  3 Navikonis, Toma  SO Ohio State-B1       42.89      42.22 B       27  
                 20.42        42.22 (21.80)
  4 Baganha, Victor  JR Penn State-B1       42.48      42.41 B       26  
                 20.15        42.41 (22.26)
  5 Samuels, Braden  JR Purdue-B1           42.46      42.50 B       25  
                 19.96        42.50 (22.54)
  6 Lee, Mikkel      FR Indiana-B1          42.53      42.51 B       24  
                 20.19        42.51 (22.32)
  7 Harabagiu, Davi  FR Minnesota-B1        42.96      42.95 B       23  
                 20.33        42.95 (22.62)
  8 Wight, Gavin     SR Indiana-B1          42.89      43.01 B       22  
                 20.52        43.01 (22.49)

200 breaststroke

Yep, that’s a gold-medal performance. For team and for individual.

Jassen Yep went 1:50.40 in finals to win the 200 breast by more than a second over teammate Josh Matheny. It’s a top-four sweep for the championship Hoosiers, with Toby Barnett third and Max Reich fourth. Mariano Lazzerini, the 100 breast winner, was fifth for Penn State.

 Event 18  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 1:49.45  2/25/2022 Maxwell J McHugh, Minnesota
                 1:51.09  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:57.44  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Yep, Jassen      SR Indiana-B1        1:52.70    1:50.40 A       32  
                 25.35        53.32 (27.97)
        1:21.59 (28.27)     1:50.40 (28.81)
  2 Matheny, Joshua  JR Indiana-B1        1:52.06    1:51.50 B       28  
                 25.47        53.61 (28.14)
        1:22.57 (28.96)     1:51.50 (28.93)
  3 Barnett, Toby    FR Indiana-B1        1:54.02    1:51.95 B       27  
                 25.94        54.12 (28.18)
        1:22.76 (28.64)     1:51.95 (29.19)
  4 Reich, Maxwell   SR Indiana-B1        1:54.17    1:52.07 B       26  
                 25.48        54.17 (28.69)
        1:23.05 (28.88)     1:52.07 (29.02)
  5 Lazzerini, Mari  SO Penn State-B1     1:55.32    1:52.94 B       25  
                 25.54        54.54 (29.00)
        1:23.52 (28.98)     1:52.94 (29.42)
  6 Regan, William   GR Ohio State-B1     1:55.22    1:55.42 B       24  
                 26.25        55.10 (28.85)
        1:24.70 (29.60)     1:55.42 (30.72)
  7 Rudd, Joseph     JR Minnesota-B1      1:55.29    1:55.59 B       23  
                 25.43        54.35 (28.92)
        1:24.45 (30.10)     1:55.59 (31.14)
  8 Modglin, Colema  SR Purdue-B1         1:55.17    1:55.64 B       22  
                 25.80        54.86 (29.06)
        1:24.90 (30.04)     1:55.64 (30.74)

200 butterfly

Brendan Burns was denied the five-peat in the 200 fly by a pair of great swims by Gal Groumi and Tomer Frankel.

Groumi added his second gold of the meet with a time of 1:39.60. Frankel, the 100 fly champ, added 200 fly silver in 1:39.80. Burns, on the back end of a double, was a second shy of his meet record from 2021 in 1:40.24 but still more than good enough for a medal. Frankel was out front by a second at 150 yards before Groumi chased him down, and Burns nearly did, too.

Michigan was fourth and fifth, with Tyler Ray and Colin Geer.

Event 19  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 1:39.22  3/5/2021  Brendan A Burns, Indiana
                 1:40.16  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:45.89  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Cohen Groumi, G  JR Michigan-B1       1:41.81    1:39.60 A       32  
                 22.45        48.10 (25.65)
        1:13.55 (25.45)     1:39.60 (26.05)
  2 Frankel, Tomer   SR Indiana-B1        1:42.40    1:39.80 A       28  
                 21.78        46.76 (24.98)
        1:12.50 (25.74)     1:39.80 (27.30)
  3 Burns, Brendan   SR Indiana-B1        1:41.57    1:40.24 B       27  
                 22.67        47.95 (25.28)
        1:14.01 (26.06)     1:40.24 (26.23)
  4 Ray, Tyler       SO Michigan-B1       1:41.33    1:40.80 B       26  
                 22.42        48.10 (25.68)
        1:14.54 (26.44)     1:40.80 (26.26)
  5 Geer, Colin      FR Michigan-B1       1:41.87    1:41.32 B       25  
                 22.79        48.74 (25.95)
        1:14.87 (26.13)     1:41.32 (26.45)
  6 Mark Torok, Dom  SO Wisconsin-B1      1:42.82    1:42.01 B       24  
                 23.18        48.67 (25.49)
        1:42.01 (53.34)                    
  7 Nosack, Diego    FR Northwestern-B1   1:42.89    1:42.76 B       23  
                 23.27        49.70 (26.43)
        1:15.81 (26.11)     1:42.76 (26.95)
  8 Gustafson, Char  GR Ohio State-B1     1:42.61    1:42.98 B       22  
                 22.90        48.99 (26.09)
        1:15.66 (26.67)     1:42.98 (27.32)

Platform diving

Carson Tyler was ahead of the field all day to get his second gold medal of the meet, scoring 462.60 points in final. He was nearly 30 ahead of Purdue’s Jordan Rzepka, who took silver in 433.65. Max Weinrich of Indiana was third in 395.55, with teammate Quinn Henninger seventh. Ohio State’s Lyle Yost was fifth, behind Andrew Bennett of Minnesota.

 Event 20  Men Platform Diving
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 557.90  2011      David Boudia, Purdue
                 300.00  A NCAA Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Tyler, Carson    JR Indiana-B1         425.85     462.60 A       32  
  2 Rzepka, Jordan   JR Purdue-B1          408.70     433.65 A       28  
  3 Weinrich, Maxwe  SO Indiana-B1         363.85     395.55 A       27  
  4 Bennett, Andrew  SO Minnesota-B1       351.05     380.70 A       26  
  5 Yost, Lyle       GR Ohio State-B1      383.65     374.00 A       25  
  6 Chaplin, Clayto  JR Ohio State-B1      345.25     371.65 A       24  
  7 Henninger, Quen  JR Indiana-B1         351.30     360.95 A       23  
  8 Noaman, Mohamed  GR Ohio State-B1      309.30     354.05 A       22

400 freestyle relay

The 400 free relay shaped up as a victory parade for Indiana, but it was hardly ceremonial. The foursome of Tomer Frankel, Gavin Wight, Rafael Miroslaw and Mikkel Lee won in 2:48.19, but they had a battle with Michigan, just .26 seconds ahead of the Wolverines. They were separated by .01 seconds on the final handoff, but Lee split 41.76 to outdistance the Michigan anchor. Miroslaw, perhaps stung y missing the A final of the 100 free, had the Hoosiers’ fastest split at 41.56.

Bence Szabados had the top split of the race in 41.21 to put Michigan up by eight tenths at the halfway point, he and Gal Groumi combining for a quick front half. Michigan was second in an NCAA A Cut 2:48.45.

Third was Wisconsin in 2:50.48, followed four tenths later by Ohio State.

 Event 21  Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 2:47.16  2/25/2022 Ohio State, Ohio
                          J Armstrong, S Andreis, A Quach, R Gaziev
                 2:50.44  A NCAA Qualifying
                 2:51.86  B NCAA Provisional
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Indiana-B1  'A'               2:48.73    2:48.19 A       64  
     1) Frankel, Tomer SR             2) Wight, Gavin SR              
     3) Miroslaw, Rafael JR           4) Lee, Mikkel FR               
                 20.26        42.25 (42.25)
        1:01.93 (19.68)     1:24.87 (42.62)
        1:44.43 (19.56)     2:06.43 (41.56)
        2:26.16 (19.73)     2:48.19 (41.76)
  2 Michigan-B1  'A'              2:50.60    2:48.45 A       56  
     1) Cohen Groumi, Gal JR          2) Szabados, Bence SR           
     3) Ben-Shitrit, Eitan SO         4) Wilkening, Jack SO           
                 20.46        42.52 (42.52)
        1:01.86 (19.34)     1:23.73 (41.21)
        1:43.71 (19.98)     2:06.42 (42.69)
        2:25.97 (19.55)     2:48.45 (42.03)
  3 Wisconsin-B1  'A'             2:53.42    2:50.48 B       54  
     1) Torepe-Ormsby, Taiko SO       2) Benson, Andrew SR            
     3) Morris, Christopher JR        4) Butera, Nico JR              
                 20.40        42.93 (42.93)
        1:02.80 (19.87)     1:25.48 (42.55)
        1:45.42 (19.94)     2:07.97 (42.49)
        2:28.07 (20.10)     2:50.48 (42.51)
  4 Ohio State-B1  'A'            2:51.67    2:50.88 B       52  
     1) Navikonis, Tomas SO           2) Fentress, William SO         
     3) Baltes, Daniel JR             4) McDonald, Mario SR           
                 20.53        42.50 (42.50)
        1:02.36 (19.86)     1:24.75 (42.25)
        1:44.94 (20.19)     2:08.00 (43.25)
        2:28.14 (20.14)     2:50.88 (42.88)
  5 Minnesota-B1  'A'             2:53.24    2:51.51 B       50  
     1) Harabagiu, Davide FR          2) Neverman, Kaiser SR          
     3) Serdarevic, Lovro SO          4) Stowe, Casey SR              
                 20.44        43.34 (43.34)
        1:03.21 (19.87)     1:25.60 (42.26)
        1:45.74 (20.14)     2:08.40 (42.80)
        2:28.91 (20.51)     2:51.51 (43.11)
  6 Penn State-B1  'A'            2:53.30    2:52.73         48  
     1) Baganha, Victor JR            2) Morley, Cooper SO            
     3) Kim, Tylor FR                 4) Byrne, Lachlan SR            
                 20.35        42.74 (42.74)
        1:03.29 (20.55)     1:26.07 (43.33)
        1:46.23 (20.16)     2:09.17 (43.10)
        2:29.90 (20.73)     2:52.73 (43.56)
  7 Purdue-B1  'A'                2:54.90    2:53.18         46  
     1) McCarthy, Connor JR           2) Samuels, Braden JR           
     3) Muhammad, Idris JR            4) Thomas, Nathaniel FR         
                 20.56        43.56 (43.56)
        1:03.46 (19.90)     1:25.72 (42.16)
        1:46.08 (20.36)     2:09.00 (43.28)
        2:29.51 (20.51)     2:53.18 (44.18)
  8 Northwestern-B1  'A'          2:54.04    2:53.92         44  
     1) Seymour, Stuart FR            2) Schuster, Connor FR          
     3) Schuster, Collin SR           4) Baltaytis, Aaron FR          
                 20.71        43.01 (43.01)
        1:03.68 (20.67)     1:26.80 (43.79)
        1:47.74 (20.94)     2:10.86 (44.06)
        2:31.38 (20.52)     2:53.92 (43.06)
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