{"id":579206,"date":"2024-02-29T10:09:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=579206"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:26:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T23:26:51","slug":"big-ten-mens-championships-day-2-prelims-gal-groumi-sets-up-big-day-for-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-ten-mens-championships-day-2-prelims-gal-groumi-sets-up-big-day-for-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Men\u2019s Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Gal Groumi Sets Up Big Day for Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Big Ten Men\u2019s Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Gal Groumi Sets Up Big Day for Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a big day for Michigan in the first morning sessions of the Big Ten Men\u2019s Championships on Thursday. Led by <strong>Gal Groumi<\/strong> securing the top seed in the 200 individual medley, Michigan has seven A finalists across three events with a chance to pounce in the team standings.<\/p>\n<p>All the action from McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/big-ten-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Ten Championships Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/ohiostate\/swim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bigten.org\/sports\/2023\/9\/14\/2024_MSWIM_Champs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Stream Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-ten-mens-championships-day-1-finals-indiana-opens-with-200-medley-meet-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 1 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Team Standings<\/h4>\n<pre>  Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 2                       \r\n \r\n  1. Indiana University                128   2. Michigan, University of           108\r\n  3. Wisconsin, University of          102   3. Pennsylvania State University     102\r\n  5. Ohio State University             100   6. University of Minnesota            98\r\n  7. Purdue University                  96   8. Northwestern University            94<\/pre>\n<h4>500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Fresh off a school record in the 200 free on the 800 free relay, Minnesota\u2019s <strong>Bar Soloveychik<\/strong> set the top time in the 500 at 4:12.76. That\u2019s more than four seconds quicker than his seed time. Wisconsin\u2019s <strong>Yigit Aslan<\/strong> was second in 4:13.35, followed by a pair of Ohio State swimmers. <strong>Alex Axon,<\/strong> who entered as the top seed, went 4:14.89, followed by <strong>Samuel Campbell<\/strong>. The Buckeyes have four in the A final.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 3  Men 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 4:09.29  2\/22\/2018 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan\r\n                 4:10.74  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n                 4:21.99  B NCAA Provisional\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Soloveychik, Ba  JR Minnesota-B1      4:16.90    4:12.76 qB     \r\n                 23.20        48.62 (25.42)\r\n        1:14.07 (25.45)     1:39.82 (25.75)\r\n        2:05.63 (25.81)     2:31.51 (25.88)\r\n        2:57.21 (25.70)     3:22.91 (25.70)\r\n        3:48.23 (25.32)     4:12.76 (24.53)\r\n  2 Aslan, Yigit     JR Wisconsin-B1      4:18.92    4:13.35 qB     \r\n                 23.61        49.08 (25.47)\r\n        1:14.86 (25.78)     1:40.66 (25.80)\r\n        2:06.37 (25.71)     2:32.02 (25.65)\r\n        2:57.58 (25.56)     3:23.30 (25.72)\r\n        3:48.95 (25.65)     4:13.35 (24.40)\r\n  3 Axon, Alex       SO Ohio State-B1     4:16.00    4:14.89 qB     \r\n                 24.02        49.74 (25.72)\r\n        1:15.56 (25.82)     1:41.55 (25.99)\r\n        2:07.69 (26.14)     2:33.17 (25.48)\r\n        2:58.70 (25.53)     3:24.28 (25.58)\r\n        3:50.12 (25.84)     4:14.89 (24.77)\r\n  4 Campbell, Samue  SO Ohio State-B1     4:19.44    4:15.49 qB     \r\n                 23.71        49.21 (25.50)\r\n        1:15.21 (26.00)     1:41.30 (26.09)\r\n        2:07.51 (26.21)     2:33.41 (25.90)\r\n        2:59.48 (26.07)     3:25.55 (26.07)\r\n        3:50.93 (25.38)     4:15.49 (24.56)\r\n  5 Martin, Andrew   GR Northwestern-B1   4:19.59    4:16.06 qB     \r\n                 23.65        49.33 (25.68)\r\n        1:15.09 (25.76)     1:40.78 (25.69)\r\n        2:06.34 (25.56)     2:32.12 (25.78)\r\n        2:58.14 (26.02)     3:24.16 (26.02)\r\n        3:50.07 (25.91)     4:16.06 (25.99)\r\n  6 Clark, Charles   SR Ohio State-B1     4:18.54    4:16.41 qB     \r\n                 23.87        49.54 (25.67)\r\n        1:15.52 (25.98)     1:41.45 (25.93)\r\n        2:07.33 (25.88)     2:33.14 (25.81)\r\n        2:59.07 (25.93)     3:25.09 (26.02)\r\n        3:50.95 (25.86)     4:16.41 (25.46)\r\n  7 Zucker, Logan    SO Michigan-B1       4:23.64    4:17.31 qB     \r\n                 23.89        49.58 (25.69)\r\n        1:15.75 (26.17)     1:42.07 (26.32)\r\n        2:08.51 (26.44)     2:34.87 (26.36)\r\n        3:00.97 (26.10)     3:27.10 (26.13)\r\n        3:52.71 (25.61)     4:17.31 (24.60)\r\n  8 Metzler, Alex    JR Ohio State-B1     4:20.23    4:17.78 qB     \r\n                 23.92        49.76 (25.84)\r\n        1:16.07 (26.31)     1:42.68 (26.61)\r\n        2:09.18 (26.50)     2:35.01 (25.83)\r\n        3:00.90 (25.89)     3:26.95 (26.05)\r\n        3:52.51 (25.56)     4:17.78 (25.27)<\/pre>\n<h4>200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Gal Groumi<\/strong> makes it two straight Israeli swimmers as top seeds, and he\u2019s leading an all-Israeli, all-Michigan top two. Groumi went 1:41.76 to get to the wall first in prelims. Second was mate <strong>Eitan Ben-Shitrit<\/strong> in 1:42.61. Wisconsin\u2019s <strong>Dominik Mark Torok<\/strong> finished third in 1:43.07, .01 up on <strong>Kaiser Neverman<\/strong> of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colin Geer<\/strong> was fifth for Michigan, and <strong>Jacques Wenger<\/strong> gave the Wolverines a fourth A finalist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Barr<\/strong> was sixth for Indiana, one of only two A finalists for the Hoosiers on the day. He entered as the second seed in 1:42.88 and went 1:43.45 in prelims.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 4  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 1:41.05  2\/28\/2019 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana\r\n                 1:41.03  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n                 1:46.16  B NCAA Provisional\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Cohen Groumi, G  JR Michigan-B1       1:42.67    1:41.76 qB     \r\n                 21.72        46.65 (24.93)\r\n        1:16.38 (29.73)     1:41.76 (25.38)\r\n  2 Ben-Shitrit, Ei  SO Michigan-B1       1:43.65    1:42.61 qB     \r\n                 22.02        47.26 (25.24)\r\n        1:17.40 (30.14)     1:42.61 (25.21)\r\n  3 Mark Torok, Dom  SO Wisconsin-B1      1:45.30    1:43.07 qB     \r\n                 22.50        48.84 (26.34)\r\n        1:18.25 (29.41)     1:43.07 (24.82)\r\n  4 Neverman, Kaise  SR Minnesota-B1      1:45.97    1:43.08 qB     \r\n                 22.20        48.06 (25.86)\r\n        1:17.57 (29.51)     1:43.08 (25.51)\r\n  5 Geer, Colin      FR Michigan-B1       1:45.22    1:43.22 qB     \r\n                 22.41        47.85 (25.44)\r\n        1:18.22 (30.37)     1:43.22 (25.00)\r\n  6 Barr, Luke       JR Indiana-B1        1:42.88    1:43.45 qB     \r\n                 22.33        47.58 (25.25)\r\n        1:18.01 (30.43)     1:43.45 (25.44)\r\n  7 Morris, Christo  JR Wisconsin-B1      1:46.27    1:43.95 qB     \r\n                 22.47        48.59 (26.12)\r\n        1:19.63 (31.04)     1:43.95 (24.32)\r\n  8 Wenger, Jacque   JR Michigan-B1       1:48.72    1:44.02 qB     \r\n                 22.24        47.74 (25.50)\r\n        1:18.39 (30.65)     1:44.02 (25.63)<\/pre>\n<h4>50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>A time of 19.60 was required just to swim-off for eighth in a fast 50 free. <strong>Taiko Torepe-Ormsby<\/strong> of Wisconsin led the way in prelims at 19.15 to grab the middle lane in the final. Second was Michigan\u2019s <strong>Bence Szabados<\/strong> in 19.18, backing up his top time in the event entering the meet. Penn State continued a strong meet with <strong>Victor Baganha<\/strong> finishing third.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana has an A finalist in <strong>Finlay Brooks<\/strong> in fourth, but the Hoosiers will be kicking themselves with there B finalists, both <strong>Mikkel Lee<\/strong> and <strong>Rafael Miroslaw<\/strong> entering as top-eight seeds by finishing 11th and 12th, respectively, the latter tied with teammate <strong>Gavin Wright<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A swim-off is required between Ohio State teammates, with <strong>Daniel Baltes<\/strong> and <strong>William Fentress<\/strong> each going 19.60.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 5  Men 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 18.69  2\/22\/2018 Bowen Becker, Minnesota\r\n                 18.82  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n                 19.79  B NCAA Provisional\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Torepe-Ormsby,   SO Wisconsin-B1        19.24      19.15 qB     \r\n                  9.23         19.15 (9.92)\r\n  2 Szabados, Bence  SR Michigan-B1         19.22      19.18 qB     \r\n                  9.24         19.18 (9.94)\r\n  3 Baganha, Victor  JR Penn State-B1       19.26      19.37 qB     \r\n                  9.35        19.37 (10.02)\r\n  4 Brooks, Finlay   JR Indiana-B1          19.57      19.41 qB     \r\n                  9.27        19.41 (10.14)\r\n  5 Ray, Tyler       SO Michigan-B1         19.99      19.47 qB     \r\n  6 Benson, Andrew   SR Wisconsin-B1        19.58      19.58 qB     \r\n                  9.35        19.58 (10.23)\r\n  7 Wiegand, Ben     SO Wisconsin-B1        19.80      19.59 qB     \r\n                  9.40        19.59 (10.19)\r\n  8 Baltes, Daniel   JR Ohio State-B1       19.63      19.60 qB     \r\n                  9.53        19.60 (10.07)\r\n  8 Fentress, Willi  SO Ohio State-B1       19.90      19.60 qB     \r\n                  9.47        19.60 (10.13)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Ten Men\u2019s Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Gal Groumi Sets Up Big Day for Michigan It was a big day for Michigan in the first morning sessions of the Big<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":526074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[62493,129804,31,546,542,43249,53146,21703,4712,540],"class_list":["post-579206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","tag-big-ten-swimming","tag-gal-groumi","tag-indiana","tag-michigan","tag-minnesota","tag-northwestern","tag-ohio-state","tag-penn-state","tag-purdue","tag-wisconsin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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