Big Ten Weekly Recap: Indiana Sweeps Louisville; Minnesota Sweeps

The No. 3/11-ranked Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams swept the No. 8/16 Louisville Cardinals on Friday afternoon at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind.

The No. 3 Indiana men’s team (8-0) defeated the No. 8 Louisville squad, 187-106, while the No. 11-ranked Hoosier women’s team (4-3-1) beat the No. 16 Cardinals, 154.5-145.5. The win for the IU men marked the team’s 30th-straight dual-meet victory.

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HOOSIER WINNERS

MEN

Zach Apple – 100 freestyle (44.02), 400 freestyle relay (2:55.12)

Bruno Blaskovic – 400 freestyle relay (2:55.12)

Michael Brinegar – 1,000 freestyle (8:59.85)

Mikey Calvillo – 500 freestyle (4:25.63)

James Connor – 3-meter dive (446.78), 1-meter dive (414.00)

Gabriel Fantoni – 200 medley relay (1:26.50), 100 backstroke (46.57)

Ian Finnerty – 200 medley relay (1:26.50), 100 breaststroke (53.62), 200 breaststroke (1:59.69), 200 IM (1:47.66)

Jack Franzman – 400 freestyle relay (2:55.12)

Brandon Hamblin – 200 medley relay (1:26.50)

Vini Lanza – 200 medley relay (1:26.50), 200 butterfly (1:44.83), 100 butterfly (47.46)

Mohamed Samy – 200 freestyle (1:36.60), 50 freestyle (19.98), 200 backstroke (1:45.62), 400 freestyle relay (2:55.12)

WOMEN

Bailey Andison – 200 IM (2:00.65)

Maria Paula Heitmann – 500 freestyle (4:51.60)

Cassy Jernberg – 1,000 freestyle (9:55.88)

Lilly King – 100 breaststroke (1:00.76), 200 breaststroke (2:12.89)

Jessica Parratto – 1-meter dive (316.13), 3-meter dive (356.33)

Minnesota sweeps Purdue, Northwestern

The Minnesota men defeated Purdue 188-164 and beat Northwestern 226-127. The Purdue men beat Northwestern 197-156.

The Minnesota women beat Purdue 203.5-149.5 and Northwestern 202-151. Purdue beat Northwestern 186-167.

The two-day meet was chalk full of B cut times, event wins, and pool records as three different Gophers set new top times in Northwestern’s home pool. In addition to the 10 event wins that the Minnesota swimmers posted on the second day of competition, Sarah Bacon brought home a first-place finish in the diving well as she stood atop the podium with a score of 331.15 in the 1-meter competition.

Bowen Becker swam his second B cut of the meet as he touched the wall in 43.24 to win the 100 Freestyle. Lindsey Kozelsky also posted a second B cut time this weekend as she swam the 200 Breaststroke in 2:11.59 to win the event.

Chantal Nack and Tevyn Waddell claimed first and second-place finishes in the 200 Backstroke with their respective B cut times of 1:56.55 and 1:56.79. Waddell also swam a B cut in the 100 Butterfly, which she won with her time of 53.68. Nack put up a second event win on Saturday as she swam a 4:48.60 in the 500 Freestyle to beat the competition.

Purdue Saturday winners included Danielle Auckley (100 free), Ben Bramley (3-meter) and Nick McDowell (500 free).

Nebraska beats Rutgers on senior day

The Nebraska swimming and diving team defeated Rutgers on senior day after a two-day dual with a final score of 193-160.

The Husker divers continued to show their strength with All-American Abi Knapton finishing first in the 1-meter dive (292.95).

Audrey Coffey posted a first place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle (17:23.09). Senior captain Kaylyn Flatt came in fourth (17:37.20).

Gwen Worlton (1:04.77) and Tori Beeler (1:06.25) took first and second in the 100-yard breaststroke, respectively.

Ohio State sweeps with odd distance races

The No. 13 men and No. 15 women’s Ohio State swimming & diving team finished the home dual slate on a high note, downing Pitt with a sweep on Friday night at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. The men’s team took the win by a score of 193-107, while the women’s team topped the Panthers 199.5-96.5.

Friday’s meet was Senior Night, and featured a tribute to the 12 Buckeyes graduating from the team following this season. The group includes Big Ten Champions, school record holders and All-Americans that spent an impressive four years improving the Ohio State legacy.

EVENT WINS

• Women’s 200 Medley Relay – Kahmann, Gresser, Trace, Rayner, 1:38.50

• Men’s 600 Free – Nick Hogsed, 5:22.61

• Women’s 125 Free – Taylor Petrak, 1:05.14

• Men’s 125 Free – Ruslan Gaziev, 57.09

• Men’s 75 Back – Colin McDermott, 35.39

• Women’s 75 Breast – Hanna Gresser, 45.38

• Women’s 125 Fly – Kathrin Demler, 1:10.76

• Men’s 125 Fly – Michael Salazar, 1:03.01

• Women’s 25 Free – Freya Rayner, 10.59

• Women’s 75 Free – Taylor Petrak, 36.71

• Men’s 125 Back – Colin McDermott, 1:03.82

• Women’s 125 Breast – Maria Coy, 1:22.64

• Men’s 125 Breast – Jason Mathews, 1:11.41

• Women’s 300 Free – Molly Kowal, 2:53.11

• Men’s 300 Free – Nick Hodsed, 2:35.74

• Women’s 75 Fly – Rebekah Bradley, 39.58

• Men’s 75 Fly – Noah Lense, 34.87

• Women’s 175 IM – Kristen Romano, 1:42.92

• Men’s 200 Free Relay – Gaziev, Sugar, T. Chavez, M. Chavez, 1:17.75

• Women’s Platform – Lara Tarvit, 287.93

• Men’s Platform – Joseph Canova – 524.60

• Men’s 1-Meter – Jacob Fielding, 377.10

• Women’s 1-Meter – Lara Tarvit, 307.95

Iowa wins twice at home

The University of Iowa swimming and diving team dominated in its final regular season meet of the season, sweeping Western Illinois and Northern Iowa at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.

The Hawkeye men swept all 12 events to beat Western Illinois, 151-56, while the women posted two victories, downing Western Illinois (172-49) and Northern Iowa (137-86).

The Iowa men finish the regular season with a 6-2 dual record, the women are 6-6.

Junior Allyssa Fluit (1:49.85) and freshman Lauren McDougall (1:50.11) took first and second in the women’s 200 free to continue Iowa’s surge.

Sophomore Thomas Pederson (1:38.00), freshman Aleksey Tarasenko (1:39.89), freshman Jackson Allmon (1:40.87), and senior Ben Colin (1:43.46) took the top four spots in the men’s 200 free. Pederson’s time was a career best.

The sprints showed their dominance with a top-four sweep in the 50 free by junior Steve Fiolic (20.49), junior Sam Dumford (20.82), senior Matt Kamin (20.92), and junior Michael Tenney (21.01).

The women swept the 100 fly with top three finishes from sophomores Kelsey Drake (54.88) and Sarah Schemmel (56.95), and Morgan Grout (58.58).

The men followed with a top-four sweep in the 100 fly from sophomore Jackson Kuhlers (49.37) and freshman Matjaz Rozman (49.65), Dumford (49.89), and Tarasenko (50.05). Kuhlers, Dumford, and Tarasenko recorded season-bests.

The final sweep came in the 100 free from junior Will Scott (44.75), freshman Mateusz Arndt (45.60), Kamin (45.80), and senior Kenneth Mende (46.14).

Iowa dominated the 3-meter springboards with sophomore Jayah Mathews (380.20), freshman Sam Tamborski (355.05), and senior Jacintha Thomas (310.20) placing 1-2-3. All three scores were career bests. Mathews also won the 1-meter springboard with a score of 324.70.

Senior Will Brenner dominated on the boards for the men with two first-place finishes, winning the 1-meter with a score of 349.35 and 3-meter with a 394.30. Brenner’s score off the 3-meter was a career best.

Penn State beats Villanova

Penn State men’s swimming and diving had eight different event winners in a win over Villanova Wildcats Friday evening in the Villanova Swim Complex.

On the boards, Garcia Boissier swept the diving competitions with a win in the 1-meter with a score of 375.30, and the 3-meter (402.37), a pool record. In the 1-meter, Jack Crow finished in second (296.17). In the 3-meter, John Crow again placed second (332.92).

For the swimmers, senior co-captain Robbie Dickson started off the individual events with a first-place finish in the 1000 free (9:49.11).

Hayden Harlow placed in first in two events, including the 200 breast and a sweep in the 200 free. Following Harlow in the 200 free was Eben Krigger (1:41.08) and Michael Daly (1:41.87). Daly also had a first place finish in the 200 back (1:50.40).

In the 100 back, Alec Peckmann finished first (50.29) with Will Roberson trailing in third with a time of 52.96. Roberson also came in second in the 50 free (20.51), with Gabe Castano coming in first place (20.21), a pool record.

Matthew Dinunzio also had a first place finish for the Nittany Lions, with a first-place finish in the 200 fly (1:50.18) with Jacob Deckman trailing with a time of 1:53.54. Deckman also had a second-place finish in the 500 free (4:45.19), following Krigger, who placed first with a time of 4:45.13. Adding to the list of first-place finishes was Liam Veregin in the 100 free (46.10).

MSU falls to Notre Dame

In a tough battle against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the Spartans fell at home. The men lost 108-188 and women lost 101-196.

Sam Villani captured the first victory of the day for the Spartans in the 100 backstroke. Villani finished with a time of 56.65.

The women’s 100 breaststroke was won by Ana Sortland with a time of 1:03.23.

The men claimed their first victory in the 100 breaststroke due to Jonathan Lee who clocked in at 56.73. Lee also placed second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:03.86.

In the 50 freestyle, Payton Woods claimed second while Kevin Mills took third. They finished with times of 20.78 and 21.02, respectively.

Roche got a Spartan victory in the 200 breaststroke as she finished with a time of 2:19.24. Sortland came in at third with a time of 2:21.83.

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