Matt McHugh Wins Two As Michigan Leads After 3 Days of Men’s Big Tens

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By Andy Ross, Swimming World College Intern

Matt McHugh of Ohio State was the star of the night as he won two events on Friday night at the Men’s Big Ten Championships. McHugh helped his Buckeye team move past Indiana in the team standings and are ten points ahead of the Hoosiers heading into the final day.

200 Free Relay

Indiana won its first Big Ten title in the 200 free relay for the first time since 1991 ahead of Michigan and Ohio State. The Hoosiers won with a 1:16.93 with Ali Khalafalla (19.34), Blake Pieroni (19.12), Anze Tavcar (19.25) and Oliver Patrouch (19.22) were on the relay that finished first. Michigan was second at 1:17.38 and Ohio State was third at 1:17.87.

Indiana, 1:16.93
Michigan, 1:17.38
Ohio State, 1:17.87
Purdue, 1:18.18
Minnesota, 1:18.30
Wisconsin, 1:18.58
Iowa, 1:18.72
Northwestern, 1:19.15

400 IM

Dylan Bosch was the lone winner for Michigan on the night with a win in the 400 IM. Bosch won with a 3:41.61, just off of the A cut of 3:41.15. He got pressure from Jakub Maly of Minnesota through the 300, but Bosch was too strong for Maly on the freestyle leg. Maly was second at 3:44.30 and Ian Rainey of Michigan was third at 3:45.94. The Wolverines picked up 114 huge points and put some distance between them and Indiana. Ohio State also picked up enough points to pass Indiana and sit in second after this event.

Dylan Bosch, Michigan, 3:41.61
Jakub Maly, Minnesota, 3:44.30
Ian Rainey, Michigan, 3:45.94
Danny Conway, Purdue, 3:47.26
Cameron Stitt, Michigan, 3:47.65
John Bushman, Minnesota, 3:47.86
Augustus Whiteman, Ohio State, 3:47.98
Joshua Anderson, Wisconsin, 3:49.68

100 Fly

McHugh of Ohio State won his first event with a 45.46 in the 100 fly to defend his title from last year. He got pressure from Indiana freshman Vinicius Lanza as he was second at 45.64. Michigan sophomore Aaron Whitaker was third at 46.06. McHugh was one of the two non-Texas swimmers in the A-final of the 100 fly at last year’s NCAAs. He has put himself in contention for a national title this year with that 45. Joseph Schooling sits atop the nation with a 44.62 from earlier tonight at the Big 12 Championships.

Matt McHugh, Ohio State, 45.46
Vinicius Lanza, Indiana, 45.64
Aaron Whitaker, Michigan, 46.06
Evan White, Michigan, 46.59
Daryl Turner, Minnesota, 46.91
Austin Flager, Purdue, 47.10
Max Irwin, Indiana, 47.34
Jerzy Twarowski, Iowa, 47.47

200 Free

Indiana sophomore Blake Pieroni became the first Hoosier to win the Big Ten title in the event since 1986 when Joe Carroll won it. Pieroni went 1:32.33 to beat out Anders Nielsen of Michigan at 1:33.03. Peter Brumm of Michigan was third at 1:33.62. Pieroni now moves into first in the nation with that time, just ahead of Simonas Bilis from NC State. Bilis earlier went 1:32.46 to win ACCs.

Blake Pieroni, Indiana, 1:32.33
Anders Nielsen, Michigan, 1:33.03
Peter Brumm, Michigan, 1:33.62
Anze Tavcar, Indiana, 1:33.72
Jack Mangan, Michigan, 1:34.21
Brett Pinfold, Wisconsin, 1:35.29
Steffen Hillmer, Ohio State, 1:36.04
Cannon Clifton, Wisconsin, 1:36.13

100 Breast

Indiana picked up a second straight win on the night with a surprise win from freshman Ian Finnerty. All eyes were on the seniors Tanner Kurz of Indiana and Roman Trussov of Iowa, who were running first and second at the 50. But Finnerty had a strong last 50 and won with a 51.75. Trussov was second at 52.17 and Kurz was third at 52.32. Finnerty moves into second in the nation with his swim behind Missouri senior Fabian Schwingenschlogl at 51.36. The Hoosiers had four A-finalists and scored 117 total points in the event to pass Ohio State and move back into second.

Ian Finnerty, Indiana, 51.75
Roman Trussov, Iowa, 52.17
Tanner Kurz, Indiana, 52.32
DJ MacDonald, Ohio State, 52.96
Cody Taylor, Indiana, 53.00
Marat Amaltdinov, Purdue, 53.18
Alec Kandt, Michigan State, 53.31
Levi Brock, Indiana, 53.89

100 Back

McHugh used his stellar under water kicks to propel him past the field with a 45.07 100 back win. The 100 back at the NCAA level is almost becoming a 60 meter kick and 40 meter swim. Tom Shields did that when he won in 2011 and 2012 and so did Peter Marshall in 2003 and 2004. McHugh used those kicks to move into second in the nation behind Ryan Murphy of California. Whitaker of Michigan was second at 45.97 and Jason Chen of Michigan was third at 46.65.

Matt McHugh, Ohio State, 45.07
Aaron Whitaker, Michigan, 45.97
Jason Chen, Michigan, 46.65
Bob Glover, Indiana, 46.83
Daryl Turner, Minnesota, 46.99
Kyle Dudzinski, Michigan, 47.16
Andrew Appleby, Ohio State, 47.29
Austin Byrd, Wisconsin, 47.59

3m Diving

Matt Barnard of Minnesota won by a slim margin over 1m champ Colin Zheng of Ohio State. Josh Arndt of Indiana was third. Minnesota claimed 90 diving points and is solidly in fourth place. Ohio State has a slim, 10 point lead on Indiana for second and Michigan is running away with the title. Michigan has a 149.5 point lead on the Buckeyes.

Matt Barnard, Minnesota, 427.55
Colin Zheng, Ohio State, 427.40
Josh Arndt, Indiana, 400.20
Dylan Zoe, Minnesota, 392.80
Joey Cifelli, Purdue, 369.55
John Crow, Penn State, 359.85
Addison Boschult, Iowa, 359.25
Hector Boissier, Penn State, 345.75

Team Scores

Michigan, 1005
Ohio State, 855.5
Indiana, 845
Minnesota, 611
Wisconsin, 518
Purdue, 501
Iowa, 382
Northwestern, 337
Penn State,
Michigan State, 189

2016 Men’s Big Ten Championships Day 3 Finals – Results

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