{"id":352883,"date":"2019-02-20T16:19:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=352883"},"modified":"2019-02-20T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T03:37:07","slug":"2019-big-ten-womens-swimming-and-diving-championships-day-one-relays-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-big-ten-womens-swimming-and-diving-championships-day-one-relays-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships: Lilly King Swims Fastest 50 Breast Split Ever, Michigan Breaks Meet Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first session of the 2019 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships featured the 200 medley and 800 free relays. Indiana won the first relay while Michigan won the second with the latter taking the meet record in the process.<\/p>\n

Indiana senior\u00a0Lilly King\u00a0<\/strong>split the fastest ever 50 breaststroke in the medley relay with a 25.36 as the Hoosiers won the medley relay with a 1:34.71.<\/p>\n

Michigan’s\u00a0Siobhan Haughey\u00a0<\/strong>had a stellar 1:40.75 split in the 800 free relay as the Wolverines won with a 6:54.58.<\/p>\n

Michigan is looking for its fourth straight team title while Indiana is looking to spoil the party. Michigan is on top of the team standings ahead of the Hoosiers. There is a three-way tie for third between Ohio State, Wisconsin and Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Team Standings:<\/h3>\n
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 2 \r\n \r\n 1. Michigan, University of 120 \r\n 2. Indiana University 114\r\n 3. Ohio State University 106 \r\n 3. Wisconsin, University of, Madi 106\r\n 3. University of Minnesota 106 \r\n 6. Purdue University 94\r\n 7. Northwestern University 82 \r\n 8. Pennsylvania State University 76\r\n 8. Iowa, University of 76 \r\n 10. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 74\r\n 11. University of Illinois 70 \r\n 12. Michigan State University 60\r\n 13. Rutgers University 44<\/pre>\n
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200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n
Indiana got its home Big Tens started with a 1:34.71 in the 200 medley relay on Wednesday night in Bloomington, Indiana.\u00a0Morgan Scott\u00a0<\/strong>(24.21),\u00a0Lilly King\u00a0<\/strong>(25.36),\u00a0Christie Jensen\u00a0<\/strong>(23.02) and\u00a0Shelby Koontz\u00a0<\/strong>(22.12) won for the Hoosiers ahead of Michigan (1:34.98) and Ohio State (1:35.85).<\/p>\n
King’s breaststroke split is possibly the fastest split of all-time as she was a 25.38 at NCAAs a year ago. Indiana just missed the meet record they set a year ago at 1:34.16.<\/p>\n
The fastest splits outside of Indiana came from Northwestern’s\u00a0Calypso Sheridan<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(24.05), Michigan’s\u00a0Miranda Tucker<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(26.31), Michigan’s\u00a0Maggie MacNeil\u00a0<\/strong>(22.39) and Ohio State’s\u00a0Freya Rayner\u00a0<\/strong>(21.34).<\/p>\n
Wisconsin (1:35.87), Minnesota (1:36.22), Northwestern (1:36.93), Purdue (1:37.17) and Penn State (1:39.20) finished in the top eight.<\/p>\n
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Medals for the Hoosiers!<\/p>\n
For the second straight year @IndianaSwimDive<\/a> wins the 200 MEDLEY RELAY!<\/p>\n
They record a time of 1:34.71.#GoIU<\/a> \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 pic.twitter.com\/MConBLMz5I<\/a><\/p>\n
— Indiana On BTN (@IndianaOnBTN) February 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n