{"id":578668,"date":"2024-02-21T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=578668"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:24:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T23:24:37","slug":"big-ten-womens-championships-day-1-ohio-state-off-to-fast-start-in-title-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-ten-womens-championships-day-1-ohio-state-off-to-fast-start-in-title-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Women&#8217;s Championships Day 1: Ohio State off to Fast Start in Title Defense; Indiana Just Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Big Ten Women&#8217;s Championships Day 1: Ohio State off to Fast Start in Title Defense<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Big Ten Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships kicked off on Wednesday, Feb. 21, from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.<\/p>\n<p>Just two events on the schedule for Day 1 with the 200-yard medley relay and 800 freestyle relay.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State won the first relay and Indiana claimed the second. The Hoosiers hold a slim lead heading into Day 2.<\/p>\n<pre> Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 2                      \r\n \r\n  1. Indiana University                118   2. Ohio State University             116\r\n  3. Michigan, University of           112   4. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    106\r\n  5. Northwestern University           100   6. University of Minnesota            96\r\n  7. University of Nebraska-Lincoln     88   8. Purdue University                  86\r\n  9. University of Illinois             78  10. Iowa, University of                72\r\n 11. Rutgers University                 64  12. Pennsylvania State University      34<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More College Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/purdue\/swimming\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Big Ten Women&#8217;s 200 Medley Relay<\/h2>\n<p>Defending champion Ohio State struck first with a win in the 200 medley relay. The Buckeyes broke the pool record and Big Ten meet record with a time of 1:33.47, an NCAA A cut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nyah Funderburke<\/strong> kicked off the relay with a 23.61 split, followed by <strong>Hannah<\/strong> <strong>Bach<\/strong> (25.92), <strong>Katherine Zenick<\/strong> (22.45) and <strong>Teresa Ivan<\/strong> (21.49).<\/p>\n<p>The previous Big Ten meet record was Ohio State in 2022, just two years ago with Bach, Zenick and Ivan all part of that swim as well.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan took second in 1:35.28, also an A cut. <strong>Casey Chung<\/strong> led off with a 24.54, followed by <strong>Natalie<\/strong> <strong>Kan<\/strong> (27.15), <strong>Brady Kendall<\/strong> (22.39) and <strong>Lindsay Flynn<\/strong> (21.20).<\/p>\n<p>Third place went to Indian&#8217;s<strong> Kacey McKenna, Brearna Crawford, Chiok Zie Yeo<\/strong> and <strong>Ashley Turak<\/strong>, who finished in 1:35.81.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 1  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 1:33.64  2\/16\/2022 Ohio State University\r\n                          E Crane, H Bach, K Zenick, T Ivan\r\n         Pool: # 1:34.58  2017      Indiana, Indiana\r\n                 1:36.24  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n                 1:37.00  B NCAA Provisional\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Ohio State-B1  'A'            1:34.46    1:33.47!A       64  \r\n     1) Funderburke, Nyah JR          2) Bach, Hannah GR              \r\n     3) Zenick, Katherine SR          4) Ivan, Teresa JR              \r\n                 11.68        23.61 (23.61)\r\n          35.17 (11.56)       49.53 (25.92)\r\n          59.59 (10.06)     1:11.98 (22.45)\r\n        1:22.20 (10.22)     1:33.47 (21.49)\r\n  2 Michigan-B1  'A'              1:36.65    1:35.28 A       56  \r\n     1) Chung, Casey SR               2) Kan, Natalie JR              \r\n     3) Kendall, Brady SO             4) Flynn, Lindsay JR            \r\n                 12.12        24.54 (24.54)\r\n          36.46 (11.92)       51.69 (27.15)\r\n        1:01.84 (10.15)     1:14.08 (22.39)\r\n         1:24.02 (9.94)     1:35.28 (21.20)\r\n  3 Indiana-B1  'A'               1:35.86    1:35.81 A       54  \r\n     1) McKenna, Kacey JR             2) Crawford, Brearna JR         \r\n     3) Yeo, Chiok Sze SO             4) Turak, Ashley GR             \r\n                 11.73        23.70 (23.70)\r\n          35.82 (12.12)       50.72 (27.02)\r\n        1:01.43 (10.71)     1:14.40 (23.68)\r\n        1:24.55 (10.15)     1:35.81 (21.41)\r\n  4 Wisconsin-B1  'A'             1:36.63    1:36.58 B       52  \r\n     1) McConagha, Mackenzie JR       2) Ozkan, Hazal SO              \r\n     3) Tierney, Hailey FR            4) Wanezek, Abigail SO          \r\n                 12.10        24.62 (24.62)\r\n          36.63 (12.01)       51.74 (27.12)\r\n        1:01.99 (10.25)     1:14.76 (23.02)\r\n        1:25.09 (10.33)     1:36.58 (21.82)\r\n  5 Northwestern-B1  'A'          1:38.39    1:37.53         50  \r\n     1) Murdock, Justine JR           2) Papanicholas, Margaret FR    \r\n     3) Spitz, Ayla GR                4) Ervin, Lindsay SO            \r\n                 11.99        24.38 (24.38)\r\n          36.72 (12.34)       51.96 (27.58)\r\n        1:02.52 (10.56)     1:15.49 (23.53)\r\n        1:25.81 (10.32)     1:37.53 (22.04)\r\n  6 Minnesota-B1  'A'             1:38.47    1:38.06         48  \r\n     1) Rodriguez Rivero, Paula SR    2) Goodno, Ava FR               \r\n     3) Thomas, Morgan FR             4) Cornish, Hannah JR           \r\n                 12.38        24.87 (24.87)\r\n          37.60 (12.73)       52.99 (28.12)\r\n        1:03.21 (10.22)     1:16.09 (23.10)\r\n        1:26.43 (10.34)     1:38.06 (21.97)\r\n  7 Illinois-B1  'A'              1:39.37    1:38.63         46  \r\n     1) Baskar, Suvana JR             2) Sessions, Kylee FR           \r\n     3) Kuehne, Logan JR              4) Olson, Lillian SR            \r\n                 12.21        24.77 (24.77)\r\n          37.42 (12.65)       53.34 (28.57)\r\n        1:04.20 (10.86)     1:16.38 (23.04)\r\n        1:26.61 (10.23)     1:38.63 (22.25)\r\n  8 Nebraska-B1  'A'              1:40.48    1:39.42         44  \r\n     1) Cairns, Caitlin SR            2) Randby, Jocelyn JR           \r\n     3) Tanko, Beatrix FR             4) Haimes, Emily GR             \r\n                 12.54        27.75 (27.75)\r\n          37.76 (10.01)       52.83 (25.08)\r\n        1:04.47 (11.64)     1:27.32 (34.49)\r\n        1:39.42 (12.10)                    \r\n  9 Purdue-B1  'A'                1:40.02    1:39.47         40  \r\n     1) Marcukaitis, Abigail SO       2) Folcik, Masyn SR             \r\n     3) Love, Margaret JR             4) Schreder, Kendal SR          \r\n                 12.68        25.13 (25.13)\r\n          37.56 (12.43)       52.87 (27.74)\r\n        1:03.62 (10.75)     1:27.47 (34.60)\r\n        1:39.47 (12.00)                    \r\n 10 Rutgers-B1  'A'               1:41.04    1:39.80         34  \r\n     1) Egorova, Valeria SO           2) Celik, Tina JR               \r\n     3) Piesko, Martyna SO            4) Smits, Jade GR               \r\n                 12.62        25.29 (25.29)\r\n          37.75 (12.46)       52.82 (27.53)\r\n        1:03.71 (10.89)     1:27.63 (34.81)\r\n        1:39.80 (12.17)                    \r\n 11 Iowa-B1  'A'                  1:39.59    1:40.59         32  \r\n     1) Gilbertson, Kennedy SR        2) Swalley, Olivia FR           \r\n     3) Martin, Scarlet SO            4) Kerr, Jenna FR               \r\n                 12.54        25.29 (25.29)\r\n          37.99 (12.70)       53.16 (27.87)\r\n        1:04.17 (11.01)     1:17.61 (24.45)\r\n        1:28.49 (10.88)     1:40.59 (22.98)\r\n -- Penn State-B1  'A'            1:39.60 DQ 1:38.46        \r\n      Early take-off swimmer #3\r\n     1) Brandbergh, Eleanor SR        2) Rydland, Kylie SR            \r\n     3) Markvardt, Margaret SR        4) Stanford, Catherine SR       \r\n                 12.21        24.96 (24.96)\r\n          37.52 (12.56)       53.33 (28.37)\r\n        1:03.55 (10.22)     1:26.86 (33.53)\r\n     DQ 1:38.46 (11.60)                    \r\n<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Big Ten Women&#8217;s 800 Free Relay<\/h2>\n<p>The Indiana Hoosiers claimed the second relay of the night with an NCAA A cut time of 6:55.45.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Peplowski<\/strong> led off with a 1:42.04, followed by<strong> Ella Ristic<\/strong> (1:44.85), <strong>Ching Hwee Gan<\/strong> (1:45.04) and <strong>Kristina Paegle<\/strong> (1:43.52).<\/p>\n<p>Michigan took second for the second event in a row as <strong>Katelyn Crom, Hannah Bellard, Stephanie Balduccini<\/strong> and <strong>Christey Liang<\/strong> got to the wall in 6:57.09, also an A cut.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin&#8217;s <strong>Abby Carlson, Phoebe Bacon, Lily Gardner<\/strong> and <strong>Blair Stoneburg<\/strong> took third in 6:58.05.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State was fourth with <strong>Amy Fulmer, Zenick, Paige Hall<\/strong> and <strong>Krista Marlin<\/strong> finishing in 7:00.37.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 2  Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 6:54.58  2\/20\/2019 University of Michigan\r\n                          Y Bi, R Postoll, S Haughey, C DeLoof\r\n         Pool: # 6:55.34  2017      Michigan, Michigan\r\n                 7:00.86  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n                 7:05.88  B NCAA Provisional\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Indiana-B1  'A'               7:01.08    6:55.45 A       64  \r\n     1) Peplowski, Anna JR            2) Ristic, Ella SR              \r\n     3) Gan, Ching Hwee JR            4) Paegle, Kristina SO          \r\n                 23.57        49.35 (49.35)\r\n      1:15.62 (1:15.62)   1:42.04 (1:42.04)\r\n        2:05.98 (23.94)     2:32.37 (50.33)\r\n      2:59.38 (1:17.34)   3:26.89 (1:44.85)\r\n        3:50.97 (24.08)     4:17.56 (50.67)\r\n      4:44.63 (1:17.74)   5:11.93 (1:45.04)\r\n        5:35.59 (23.66)     6:01.74 (49.81)\r\n      6:28.39 (1:16.46)   6:55.45 (1:43.52)\r\n  2 Michigan-B1  'A'              7:02.23    6:57.09 A       56  \r\n     1) Crom, Katelyn SO              2) Bellard, Hannah FR           \r\n     3) Balduccini, Stephanie FR      4) Liang, Christey SO           \r\n                 24.50        50.79 (50.79)\r\n      1:17.43 (1:17.43)   1:44.38 (1:44.38)\r\n        2:08.83 (24.45)     2:35.71 (51.33)\r\n      3:03.12 (1:18.74)   3:30.80 (1:46.42)\r\n        3:53.49 (22.69)     4:19.37 (48.57)\r\n      4:45.89 (1:15.09)   5:12.49 (1:41.69)\r\n        5:36.04 (23.55)     6:02.27 (49.78)\r\n      6:29.35 (1:16.86)   6:57.09 (1:44.60)\r\n  3 Wisconsin-B1  'A'             6:59.75    6:58.05 A       54  \r\n     1) Carlson, Abby JR              2) Bacon, Phoebe SR             \r\n     3) Gardner, Lily SR              4) Stoneburg, Blair SO          \r\n                 24.14        50.06 (50.06)\r\n      1:16.68 (1:16.68)   1:43.88 (1:43.88)\r\n        2:07.21 (23.33)     2:33.20 (49.32)\r\n      3:00.06 (1:16.18)   3:27.09 (1:43.21)\r\n        3:51.34 (24.25)     4:18.16 (51.07)\r\n      4:45.25 (1:18.16)   5:13.08 (1:45.99)\r\n        5:36.98 (23.90)     6:03.60 (50.52)\r\n      6:30.79 (1:17.71)   6:58.05 (1:44.97)\r\n  4 Ohio State-B1  'A'            7:05.61    7:00.37 A       52  \r\n     1) Fulmer, Amy GR                2) Zenick, Katherine SR         \r\n     3) Hall, Paige JR                4) Marlin, Krista SO            \r\n                 23.89        49.59 (49.59)\r\n      1:16.26 (1:16.26)   1:57.52 (1:57.52)\r\n                            2:33.38 (35.86)\r\n      3:00.31 (1:02.79)   3:28.29 (1:30.77)\r\n        3:53.01 (24.72)     4:20.10 (51.81)\r\n      4:46.97 (1:18.68)   5:14.50 (1:46.21)\r\n        5:39.07 (24.57)     6:06.00 (51.50)\r\n      6:33.11 (1:18.61)   7:00.37 (1:45.87)\r\n  5 Northwestern-B1  'A'          7:13.04    7:06.09         50  \r\n     1) Spitz, Ayla GR                2) Smith, Sydney FR             \r\n     3) Shimizu-Bowers, Hana SO       4) Wagner, Annika SR            \r\n                 24.54        50.86 (50.86)\r\n      1:17.19 (1:17.19)   1:43.80 (1:43.80)\r\n        2:08.42 (24.62)     2:35.46 (51.66)\r\n      3:02.89 (1:19.09)   3:30.38 (1:46.58)\r\n        3:54.80 (24.42)     4:21.87 (51.49)\r\n      4:49.86 (1:19.48)   5:17.81 (1:47.43)\r\n        5:42.22 (24.41)     6:09.46 (51.65)\r\n      6:37.79 (1:19.98)   7:06.09 (1:48.28)\r\n  6 Minnesota-B1  'A'             7:08.30    7:10.32         48  \r\n     1) Van Berkom, Megan SR          2) Kaljevic, Mina FR            \r\n     3) Kaljevic, Anja FR             4) Thomas, Morgan FR            \r\n                 24.78        51.57 (51.57)\r\n      1:19.09 (1:19.09)   1:46.20 (1:46.20)\r\n        2:10.42 (24.22)     2:37.46 (51.26)\r\n      3:05.56 (1:19.36)                    \r\n            3:58.69 ( )         4:26.13 ( )\r\n            4:54.34 ( )         5:22.55 ( )\r\n        5:45.76 (23.21)     6:12.63 (50.08)\r\n      6:41.02 (1:18.47)   7:10.32 (1:47.77)\r\n  7 Purdue-B1  'A'                7:14.58    7:10.88         46  \r\n     1) Bowen, Kendra SR              2) Hurley, Caitlin FR           \r\n     3) Beavon, Kate SR               4) Mouser, Kate FR              \r\n                 24.88        51.73 (51.73)\r\n      1:19.49 (1:19.49)   1:47.41 (1:47.41)\r\n        2:11.67 (24.26)     2:39.02 (51.61)\r\n      3:07.32 (1:19.91)   3:35.67 (1:48.26)\r\n        4:00.01 (24.34)     4:27.02 (51.35)\r\n      4:55.01 (1:19.34)   5:23.30 (1:47.63)\r\n        5:48.20 (24.90)     6:15.20 (51.90)\r\n      6:43.03 (1:19.73)   7:10.88 (1:47.58)\r\n  8 Nebraska-B1  'A'              7:21.15    7:11.31         44  \r\n     1) Jorgenson, Genevieve SO       2) Kucera, Alexa SR             \r\n     3) Tanko, Beatrix FR             4) Marchi, Giulia SO            \r\n                 24.96        51.74 (51.74)\r\n      1:19.31 (1:19.31)   1:46.82 (1:46.82)\r\n        2:11.41 (24.59)     2:38.18 (51.36)\r\n      3:06.29 (1:19.47)   3:35.26 (1:48.44)\r\n        3:59.35 (24.09)     4:26.51 (51.25)\r\n      4:54.45 (1:19.19)   5:22.47 (1:47.21)\r\n        5:47.68 (25.21)     6:15.23 (52.76)\r\n      6:43.17 (1:20.70)   7:11.31 (1:48.84)\r\n  9 Iowa-B1  'A'                  7:17.63    7:12.57         40  \r\n     1) Kerr, Jenna FR                2) Kupcova, Sabina SO           \r\n     3) Swalley, Olivia FR            4) Martin, Scarlet SO           \r\n                 24.98        52.08 (52.08)\r\n      1:19.94 (1:19.94)   1:46.97 (1:46.97)\r\n        2:11.05 (24.08)     2:38.25 (51.28)\r\n      3:06.27 (1:19.30)   3:34.60 (1:47.63)\r\n        3:59.07 (24.47)     4:26.34 (51.74)\r\n      4:54.15 (1:19.55)   5:22.44 (1:47.84)\r\n        5:47.18 (24.74)     6:15.01 (52.57)\r\n      6:43.79 (1:21.35)   7:12.57 (1:50.13)\r\n 10 Penn State-B1  'A'            7:13.87    7:14.08         34  \r\n     1) Meisner, Catherine SO         2) Moore, Morgan SO             \r\n     3) Stanford, Catherine SR        4) Henderson, Abigail SR        \r\n                 24.73        51.26 (51.26)\r\n      1:18.66 (1:18.66)   1:46.65 (1:46.65)\r\n        2:10.67 (24.02)     2:37.36 (50.71)\r\n      3:05.62 (1:18.97)   3:34.18 (1:47.53)\r\n        3:49.43 (15.25)     4:25.73 (51.55)\r\n      4:55.10 (1:20.92)   5:24.41 (1:50.23)\r\n        5:48.74 (24.33)     6:15.97 (51.56)\r\n      6:44.77 (1:20.36)   7:14.08 (1:49.67)\r\n 11 Illinois-B1  'A'              7:23.62    7:18.17         32  \r\n     1) Stoll, Sydney JR              2) Jass, Sara SO                \r\n     3) Bludgen, Laurel SR            4) Cibulkova, Martina FR        \r\n                 24.94        51.99 (51.99)\r\n      1:19.44 (1:19.44)   1:47.53 (1:47.53)\r\n        2:12.64 (25.11)     2:40.37 (52.84)\r\n      3:08.53 (1:21.00)   3:37.10 (1:49.57)\r\n        4:02.16 (25.06)     4:30.54 (53.44)\r\n      4:59.25 (1:22.15)   5:38.70 (2:01.60)\r\n        5:53.33 (14.63)     6:21.29 (42.59)\r\n      6:49.90 (1:11.20)   7:18.17 (1:39.47)\r\n 12 Rutgers-B1  'A'               7:30.25    7:25.58         30  \r\n     1) Berecz, Blanka FR             2) Egorova, Valeria SO          \r\n     3) Meadway, Shannon GR           4) Fox, Megan SO                \r\n                 26.06        54.07 (54.07)\r\n      1:23.36 (1:23.36)   1:52.56 (1:52.56)\r\n        2:17.71 (25.15)     2:45.44 (52.88)\r\n      3:13.94 (1:21.38)   3:54.79 (2:02.23)\r\n        4:35.78 (40.99)                    \r\n      5:04.61 (1:09.82)   5:34.14 (1:39.35)\r\n        5:59.07 (24.93)     6:27.52 (53.38)\r\n      6:56.47 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