{"id":605831,"date":"2025-03-01T17:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T00:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=605831"},"modified":"2025-03-01T19:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T02:13:56","slug":"big-ten-mens-championships-day-4-indiana-wins-title-as-owen-mcdonald-continues-to-impress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-ten-mens-championships-day-4-indiana-wins-title-as-owen-mcdonald-continues-to-impress\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Men&#8217;s Championships, Day 4: Indiana Wins Title as Owen McDonald Continues to Impress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Big Ten Men&#8217;s Championships, Day 4: Indiana Wins Title as Owen McDonald Continues to Impress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Hoosiers have secured the Big Ten title in men&#8217;s swimming and diving for the fourth consecutive season and seventh time in the last nine years. They entered the concluding session of the meet leading by 282.5 points over Michigan, with Ohio State sitting in third place, and <strong>Zalan Sarkany<\/strong> extended the lead with a win in the 1650 freestyle before\u00a0<strong>Owen McDonald<\/strong> won his third individual title of the meet in the 200 backstroke.<\/p>\n<p>Two events after that, Indiana made one final statement with a sweep of the top-four spots in the 200 breaststroke, with\u00a0<strong>Josh Matheny<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Jassen Yep<\/strong> both recording sub-1:50 performances. Indiana capped off the meet with a dominating victory in the 400 freestyle relay. The session also included the 100 free, 200 butterfly and platform diving.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana finished with 1579 points while Michigan beat out rival Ohio State for second, 1148 to 1140. USC (878) and Minnesota (794.5) rounded out the top-five.<\/p>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 21                      \r\n \r\n  1. Indiana University               1579   2. Michigan, University of          1148\r\n  3. Ohio State University            1100   4. University of Southern Califor    878\r\n  5. University of Minnesota         794.5   6. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    735\r\n  7. Northwestern University           711   8. Purdue University                 597\r\n  9. Pennsylvania State University   512.5<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/big-ten-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Ten Swimming Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/minnesota\/swim\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theacc.com\/feature\/swimdive-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More College Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-ten-mens-championships-day-1-indiana-takes-narrow-lead-after-two-relays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-ten-mens-championships-day-2-owen-mcdonald-posts-sub-140-performance-in-200-im-as-indiana-leads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-ten-mens-championships-day-3-finn-brooks-enters-sub-50-club-as-indiana-demolishes-100-breaststroke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1650 Freestyle<\/h2>\n<p>An expected big final night for Indiana began with\u00a0<strong>Zalan Sarkany<\/strong> going wire-to-wire in the 1650 freestyle. USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Krzysztof Chmielewski\u00a0<\/strong>tried to push the reigning national champion in the early stages of the race, but Sarkany was far superior in the middle portion of the races as he opened a lead of more than six seconds by the 1000-yard mark.<\/p>\n<p>Sarkany would pull away from there to finish in 14:38.01, a half-second behind his season-best time that ranks No. 8 in the country. With further sub-14:40 efforts at remaining conference meets unlikely, Sarkany will likely try to defend his national title from the fastest heat of the event at the NCAA Championships but in lane eight.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mason Edmund<\/strong> closed well to place second in 14:45.81, with Chmielewski fading to third in 14:46.87. Chmielewski&#8217;s race was the first of a busy session, with the 200 fly final to come later in the evening. Also under 14:50 were Minnesota&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Bar Soloveychik<\/strong> (14:48.67) and Ohio State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sam Campbell<\/strong> (14:49.25).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 15  Men 1650 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 14:29.25  2\/25\/2017 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan\r\n         POOL: $ 14:24.43  3\/24\/2018 Ipson, Anton, NC State\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n  1 Sarkany, Zalan         JR Ind              14:37.49   14:38.01   32  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.37        48.91 (25.54)\r\n        1:14.92 (26.01)     1:41.04 (26.12)\r\n        2:07.23 (26.19)     2:33.54 (26.31)\r\n        2:59.86 (26.32)     3:26.24 (26.38)\r\n        3:52.58 (26.34)     4:18.97 (26.39)\r\n        4:45.42 (26.45)     5:12.07 (26.65)\r\n        5:38.62 (26.55)     6:05.23 (26.61)\r\n        6:31.98 (26.75)     6:58.72 (26.74)\r\n        7:25.53 (26.81)     7:52.34 (26.81)\r\n        8:19.33 (26.99)     8:46.28 (26.95)\r\n        9:13.35 (27.07)     9:40.48 (27.13)\r\n       10:07.62 (27.14)    10:34.76 (27.14)\r\n       11:01.91 (27.15)    11:29.11 (27.20)\r\n       11:56.38 (27.27)    12:23.61 (27.23)\r\n       12:50.88 (27.27)    13:18.01 (27.13)\r\n       13:45.08 (27.07)    14:12.04 (26.96)    14:38.01 (25.97)\r\n  2 Edmund, Mason          JR OSU              14:58.91   14:45.81   28  \r\n    r:+0.76  24.34        50.93 (26.59)\r\n        1:17.76 (26.83)     1:44.81 (27.05)\r\n        2:11.86 (27.05)     2:39.02 (27.16)\r\n        3:06.03 (27.01)     3:33.11 (27.08)\r\n        4:00.33 (27.22)     4:27.43 (27.10)\r\n        4:54.36 (26.93)     5:21.63 (27.27)\r\n        5:48.82 (27.19)     6:16.00 (27.18)\r\n        6:43.12 (27.12)     7:10.10 (26.98)\r\n        7:36.96 (26.86)     8:03.80 (26.84)\r\n        8:30.64 (26.84)     8:57.52 (26.88)\r\n        9:24.20 (26.68)     9:51.00 (26.80)\r\n       10:17.86 (26.86)    10:44.87 (27.01)\r\n       11:11.93 (27.06)    11:39.03 (27.10)\r\n       12:06.21 (27.18)    12:33.38 (27.17)\r\n       13:00.45 (27.07)    13:27.52 (27.07)\r\n       13:54.39 (26.87)    14:21.19 (26.80)    14:45.81 (24.62)\r\n  3 Chmielewski, Krzyszto  SO USC              14:53.61   14:46.87   27  \r\n    r:+0.64  23.63        49.20 (25.57)\r\n        1:15.26 (26.06)     1:41.42 (26.16)\r\n        2:07.78 (26.36)     2:33.92 (26.14)\r\n        3:00.38 (26.46)     3:26.91 (26.53)\r\n        3:53.41 (26.50)     4:20.14 (26.73)\r\n        4:46.98 (26.84)     5:14.04 (27.06)\r\n        5:41.20 (27.16)     6:08.44 (27.24)\r\n        6:35.62 (27.18)     7:02.98 (27.36)\r\n        7:30.37 (27.39)     7:57.86 (27.49)\r\n        8:25.44 (27.58)     8:52.85 (27.41)\r\n        9:20.45 (27.60)     9:48.08 (27.63)\r\n       10:15.62 (27.54)    10:43.03 (27.41)\r\n       11:10.35 (27.32)    11:37.63 (27.28)\r\n       12:05.03 (27.40)    12:32.31 (27.28)\r\n       12:59.63 (27.32)    13:26.89 (27.26)\r\n       13:54.01 (27.12)    14:20.79 (26.78)    14:46.87 (26.08)\r\n  4 Soloveychik, Bar       SR MINN             15:07.58   14:48.67   26  \r\n    r:+0.73  24.79        51.64 (26.85)\r\n        1:18.75 (27.11)     1:46.07 (27.32)\r\n        2:13.37 (27.30)     2:40.71 (27.34)\r\n        3:07.89 (27.18)     3:35.07 (27.18)\r\n        4:02.21 (27.14)     4:29.42 (27.21)\r\n        4:56.54 (27.12)     5:23.54 (27.00)\r\n        5:50.85 (27.31)     6:18.01 (27.16)\r\n        6:45.16 (27.15)     7:12.28 (27.12)\r\n        7:39.34 (27.06)     8:06.28 (26.94)\r\n        8:33.39 (27.11)     9:00.16 (26.77)\r\n        9:27.01 (26.85)     9:53.84 (26.83)\r\n       10:20.66 (26.82)    10:47.61 (26.95)\r\n       11:14.52 (26.91)    11:41.41 (26.89)\r\n       12:08.43 (27.02)    12:35.45 (27.02)\r\n       13:02.48 (27.03)    13:29.60 (27.12)\r\n       13:56.41 (26.81)    14:23.23 (26.82)    14:48.67 (25.44)\r\n  5 Campbell, Samuel       JR OSU              14:56.33   14:49.25   25  \r\n    r:+0.74  23.86        49.58 (25.72)\r\n        1:16.01 (26.43)     1:42.83 (26.82)\r\n        2:09.82 (26.99)     2:36.79 (26.97)\r\n        3:03.79 (27.00)     3:30.82 (27.03)\r\n        3:58.02 (27.20)     4:25.06 (27.04)\r\n        4:52.14 (27.08)     5:19.26 (27.12)\r\n        5:46.40 (27.14)     6:13.52 (27.12)\r\n        6:40.83 (27.31)     7:07.89 (27.06)\r\n        7:35.14 (27.25)     8:02.46 (27.32)\r\n        8:29.78 (27.32)     8:56.93 (27.15)\r\n        9:24.05 (27.12)     9:50.97 (26.92)\r\n       10:17.98 (27.01)    10:45.30 (27.32)\r\n       11:12.65 (27.35)    11:39.87 (27.22)\r\n       12:07.26 (27.39)    12:34.49 (27.23)\r\n       13:01.74 (27.25)    13:29.18 (27.44)\r\n       13:56.64 (27.46)    14:23.59 (26.95)    14:49.25 (25.66)\r\n  6 Staples, Joshua        FR NU               15:19.04   14:53.20   24  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.32        50.70 (26.38)\r\n        1:17.56 (26.86)     1:44.49 (26.93)\r\n        2:11.26 (26.77)     2:38.05 (26.79)\r\n        3:04.85 (26.80)     3:31.59 (26.74)\r\n        3:58.33 (26.74)     4:25.10 (26.77)\r\n        4:51.97 (26.87)     5:18.85 (26.88)\r\n        5:45.71 (26.86)     6:13.11 (27.40)\r\n        6:40.35 (27.24)     7:07.65 (27.30)\r\n        7:35.11 (27.46)     8:02.32 (27.21)\r\n        8:29.57 (27.25)     8:56.92 (27.35)\r\n        9:24.67 (27.75)     9:52.12 (27.45)\r\n       10:20.23 (28.11)    10:47.87 (27.64)\r\n       11:15.12 (27.25)    11:42.63 (27.51)\r\n       12:10.38 (27.75)    12:36.29 (25.91)\r\n       13:04.71 (28.42)    13:33.12 (28.41)\r\n       14:01.21 (28.09)    14:28.45 (27.24)    14:53.20 (24.75)\r\n  7 Joentvedt, Jon            MICH             14:48.20   14:53.99   23  \r\n    r:+0.75  24.36        50.84 (26.48)\r\n        1:17.77 (26.93)     1:44.67 (26.90)\r\n        2:11.52 (26.85)     2:38.41 (26.89)\r\n        3:05.46 (27.05)     3:32.37 (26.91)\r\n        3:59.25 (26.88)     4:26.36 (27.11)\r\n        4:53.46 (27.10)     5:20.39 (26.93)\r\n        5:47.77 (27.38)     6:15.07 (27.30)\r\n        6:42.43 (27.36)     7:09.72 (27.29)\r\n        7:36.95 (27.23)     8:04.20 (27.25)\r\n        8:31.64 (27.44)     8:59.21 (27.57)\r\n        9:26.69 (27.48)     9:54.34 (27.65)\r\n       10:22.02 (27.68)    10:49.54 (27.52)\r\n       11:17.26 (27.72)    11:44.71 (27.45)\r\n       12:12.44 (27.73)    12:39.69 (27.25)\r\n       13:07.09 (27.40)    13:34.43 (27.34)\r\n       14:01.76 (27.33)    14:28.79 (27.03)    14:53.99 (25.20)\r\n  8 Brennan, Luke          FR MINN             15:29.95   14:55.25   22  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.86        51.67 (26.81)\r\n        1:18.45 (26.78)     1:45.42 (26.97)\r\n        2:12.54 (27.12)     2:39.54 (27.00)\r\n        3:06.65 (27.11)     3:33.81 (27.16)\r\n        4:00.80 (26.99)     4:27.83 (27.03)\r\n        4:55.01 (27.18)     5:22.17 (27.16)\r\n        5:49.37 (27.20)     6:16.55 (27.18)\r\n        6:43.71 (27.16)     7:10.98 (27.27)\r\n        7:38.23 (27.25)     8:05.49 (27.26)\r\n        8:32.71 (27.22)     9:00.14 (27.43)\r\n        9:27.37 (27.23)     9:54.88 (27.51)\r\n       10:22.43 (27.55)    10:49.78 (27.35)\r\n       11:17.47 (27.69)    11:44.79 (27.32)\r\n       12:12.35 (27.56)    12:39.85 (27.50)\r\n       13:07.23 (27.38)    13:34.58 (27.35)\r\n       14:01.95 (27.37)    14:29.28 (27.33)    14:55.25 (25.97)<\/pre>\n<h2>200 Backstroke<\/h2>\n<p>The top swimmer of the meet has been\u00a0<strong>Owen McDonald<\/strong>, who had already secured first-place finishes in the 200 IM and 100 back and guided Indiana to a dominant win in the 400 medley relay. Now, McDonald has completed the sweep of his individual races by getting to the wall first in the 200 back. He finished in 1:37.15, crushing the Big Ten meet record of 1:38.22 set by Hoosiers star\u00a0<strong>Brendan Burns<\/strong> two years ago. McDonald now ranks No. 3 in the country in the event behind Florida&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jonny Marshall<\/strong> and Texas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong>, who is the Olympic gold medalist in the 200-meter back and McDonald&#8217;s former teammate at Arizona State.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana gained 28 more points in this final as freshman\u00a0<strong>Miroslav Knedla<\/strong> captured second in 1:39.26. Knedla went out fast and held off a late charge from Ohio State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Cornelius Jahn<\/strong>, who came in third at 1:39.50. Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jack Wilkening<\/strong> ended up fourth in 1:40.34.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 16  Men 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 1:38.22  2\/25\/2023 Brendan A Burns, Indiana\r\n         POOL: $ 1:35.87  3\/25\/2023 Lasco, Destin, California\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 McDonald, Owen         JR Indiana           1:39.06    1:37.15!  32  \r\n    r:+0.50  22.57        46.76 (24.19)\r\n        1:11.79 (25.03)     1:37.15 (25.36)\r\n  2 Knedla, Miroslav       FR Indiana           1:39.59    1:39.26   28  \r\n    r:+0.55  22.79        47.48 (24.69)\r\n        1:12.99 (25.51)     1:39.26 (26.27)\r\n  3 Jahn, Cornelius        FR Ohio State        1:40.32    1:39.50   27  \r\n    r:+0.64  23.48        48.47 (24.99)\r\n        1:13.99 (25.52)     1:39.50 (25.51)\r\n  4 Wilkening, Jack        JR Michigan          1:40.96    1:40.34   26  \r\n    r:+0.56  23.20        48.14 (24.94)\r\n        1:14.08 (25.94)     1:40.34 (26.26)\r\n  5 Gerchik, David         SO Northwestern      1:41.50    1:41.31   25  \r\n    r:+0.58  23.62        49.27 (25.65)\r\n        1:15.45 (26.18)     1:41.31 (25.86)\r\n  6 Rowe, Blake            FR Purdue            1:42.46    1:42.54   24  \r\n    r:+0.61  23.71        49.69 (25.98)\r\n        1:16.15 (26.46)     1:42.54 (26.39)\r\n  7 Danziger, Inbar        FR Michigan          1:42.16    1:42.85   23  \r\n    r:+0.54  23.64        49.15 (25.51)\r\n        1:15.56 (26.41)     1:42.85 (27.29)\r\n  8 Ben-Shitrit, Eitan     JR Michigan          1:41.65    1:43.76   22  \r\n    r:+0.59  24.06        49.65 (25.59)\r\n        1:16.43 (26.78)     1:43.76 (27.33)<\/pre>\n<h2>100 Freestyle<\/h2>\n<p>Ohio State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Tomas Navikonis<\/strong> broke the Big Ten meet record previously held by\u00a0<strong>Blake Pieroni<\/strong> in the 200 free Friday evening, and now he has secured a second conference title in the 100-yard event, coming from behind with a 10.55 final length to take down U.S. Olympian\u00a0<strong>Matt King<\/strong>. Navikonis came in at 41.55, entering his name into the national top-15 in the event while ending Indiana&#8217;s winning streak that began the session.<\/p>\n<p>The Hoosiers did place 2-3, however, as King clocked 41.73 and\u00a0<strong>Dylan Smiley<\/strong> came in at 41.85. Wisconsin&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Taiko Torepe-Ormsby<\/strong> also broke 42 (41.91) while Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Gal Groumi<\/strong>, who tied Smiley for the top qualifying mark in prelims, came in fifth (42.01).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 17  Men 100 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 41.38  2\/25\/2023 Ruslan Gaziev, Ohio St\r\n         POOL: $ 39.90  3\/24\/2018 Dressel, Caeleb, Florida\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Navikonis, Tomas       JR Ohio State          42.13      41.55   32  \r\n     r:+0.70  9.67        20.13 (10.46)\r\n          31.00 (10.87)       41.55 (10.55)\r\n  2 King, Matthew          JR Indiana             42.12      41.73   28  \r\n     r:+0.61  9.41        19.85 (10.44)\r\n          30.77 (10.92)       41.73 (10.96)\r\n  3 Smiley, Dylan          SO Indiana             42.09      41.85   27  \r\n     r:+0.64  9.63        20.14 (10.51)\r\n          31.25 (11.11)       41.85 (10.60)\r\n  4 Torepe-Ormsby, Taiko   JR Wisconsin           42.22      41.91   26  \r\n     r:+0.65  9.30        19.95 (10.65)\r\n          30.84 (10.89)       41.91 (11.07)\r\n  5 Groumi, Gal            SR Michigan            42.09      42.01   24.5\r\n     r:+0.60  9.58        20.04 (10.46)\r\n          31.06 (11.02)       42.01 (10.95)\r\n  5 Samuels, Braden        SR Purdue              42.34      42.01   24.5\r\n     r:+0.65  9.20        19.99 (10.79)\r\n          30.87 (10.88)       42.01 (11.14)\r\n  7 Lee, Mikkel Jun Jie    SO Indiana             42.20      42.37   23  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.37        20.09 (10.72)\r\n          31.25 (11.16)       42.37 (11.12)\r\n  8 Szabados, Bence        5Y Michigan            42.38      42.63   22  \r\n     r:+0.64  9.44        20.07 (10.63)\r\n          31.43 (11.36)       42.63 (11.20)<\/pre>\n<h2>200 Breaststroke<\/h2>\n<p>The Indiana Hoosiers all but secured the Big Ten title with a 1-2-3-4 sweep in the 200 breast, but the main show came with the top-two swimmers as <strong>Josh Matheny<\/strong> overtook <strong>Jassen Yep<\/strong> with a stellar finishing split, recording the country&#8217;s second fastest time in the process. By the halfway point, Yep had built a lead of 26-hundreths over the field, and he maintained the lead over the next two lengths, but Matheny came home on top to secure the win.<\/p>\n<p>On the strength of a 28.35 homecoming split, Matheny touched in 1:49.83, a tenth of Yep&#8217;s 1:49.93. Those times rank second and third, respectively, in the country this season, with only Virginia Tech&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Carles Coll Marti<\/strong> having previously gone below 1:50. Those two were followed by\u00a0<strong>Toby Barnett<\/strong>, who achieved his second significant time drop in a day to touch third in 1:51.73, while\u00a0<strong>Caspar Corbeau<\/strong> came in fourth (1:52.22).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 18  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 1:49.45  2\/25\/2022 Maxwell J McHugh, Minnesota\r\n         POOL: $ 1:46.91  3\/25\/2023 Marchand, Leon, Arizona State\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Matheny, Joshua        SR Indiana           1:51.47    1:49.83   32  \r\n    r:+0.68  25.17        53.00 (27.83)\r\n        1:21.48 (28.48)     1:49.83 (28.35)\r\n  2 Yep, Jassen            5Y Indiana           1:51.20    1:49.93   28  \r\n    r:+0.66  24.88        52.74 (27.86)\r\n        1:21.24 (28.50)     1:49.93 (28.69)\r\n  3 Barnett, Toby          SO Indiana           1:52.44    1:51.73   27  \r\n    r:+0.67  25.54        53.96 (28.42)\r\n        1:22.56 (28.60)     1:51.73 (29.17)\r\n  4 Corbeau, Caspar        5Y Indiana           1:52.95    1:52.22   26  \r\n    r:+0.71  24.65        53.20 (28.55)\r\n        1:22.64 (29.44)     1:52.22 (29.58)\r\n  5 Polyak, Jozsef         FR Minnesota         1:53.40    1:52.67   25  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.44        54.21 (28.77)\r\n        1:23.48 (29.27)     1:52.67 (29.19)\r\n  6 Dillard, Benjamin      5Y Southern Cal      1:52.69    1:52.97   24  \r\n    r:+0.68  24.70        53.21 (28.51)\r\n        1:22.33 (29.12)     1:52.97 (30.64)\r\n  7 Chan, Chun Ho          FR Southern Cal      1:53.20    1:52.99   23  \r\n    r:+0.63  24.56        52.57 (28.01)\r\n        1:22.14 (29.57)     1:52.99 (30.85)\r\n  8 Kalafat, Ozan          JR Michigan          1:53.63    1:53.10   22  \r\n    r:+0.62  24.99        53.21 (28.22)\r\n        1:23.11 (29.90)     1:53.10 (29.99)<\/pre>\n<h2>200 Butterfly<\/h2>\n<p>While Indiana will win the meet, Michigan has put itself in a solid second place in the standings. The Wolverines&#8217; top swim of the final day came from <strong>Colin Geer<\/strong>, who knocked almost two seconds off his season-best in the 200 fly to secure the win. Geer had the lead the entire way, but it wasn&#8217;t until the final 50 yards that he broke way from Minnesota&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jacob Johnson<\/strong>. Geer came in at 1:39.58, good for No. 7 in the nation, and he was just off the 2021 meet record of 1:39.22 held by\u00a0<strong>Brendan Burns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson placed second in 1:40.47, narrowly holding off a 25.88 closing split from Geer&#8217;s Michigan teammate\u00a0<strong>Tyler Ray<\/strong>. After winning the 100 fly Friday, Ray came in at 1:40.55 here. Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Tomer Frankel<\/strong> took fourth (1:40.94) while the top seed after prelims, USC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Krzysztof Chmielewski<\/strong>, fell to sixth (1:41.44) as he attempted a grueling double, racing the 200 fly final following the 1650 free.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 19  Men 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 1:39.22  3\/5\/2021  Brendan A Burns, Indiana\r\n         POOL: $ 1:38.60  3\/24\/2018 Vazaios, Andrea, NC State\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Geer, Colin            SO Michigan          1:41.45    1:39.58   32  \r\n    r:+0.64  22.19        47.68 (25.49)\r\n        1:13.44 (25.76)     1:39.58 (26.14)\r\n  2 Johnson, Jacob         FR Minnesota         1:40.86    1:40.47   28  \r\n    r:+0.66  22.18        47.83 (25.65)\r\n        1:13.52 (25.69)     1:40.47 (26.95)\r\n  3 Ray, Tyler             JR Michigan          1:41.86    1:40.55   27  \r\n    r:+0.67  22.64        48.70 (26.06)\r\n        1:14.67 (25.97)     1:40.55 (25.88)\r\n  4 Frankel, Tomer         5Y Indiana           1:41.79    1:40.94   26  \r\n    r:+0.65  22.06        47.52 (25.46)\r\n        1:13.80 (26.28)     1:40.94 (27.14)\r\n  5 Chmielewski, Michal    SO Southern Cal      1:41.65    1:41.18   25  \r\n    r:+0.64  22.63        48.67 (26.04)\r\n        1:15.18 (26.51)     1:41.18 (26.00)\r\n  6 Chmielewski, Krzyszto  SO Southern Cal      1:40.72    1:41.44   24  \r\n    r:+0.65  22.34        48.10 (25.76)\r\n        1:14.30 (26.20)     1:41.44 (27.14)\r\n  7 Jones, Charles         JR Wisconsin         1:42.50    1:42.41   23  \r\n    r:+0.72  22.88        48.51 (25.63)\r\n        1:15.06 (26.55)     1:42.41 (27.35)\r\n  8 Nosack, Diego          SO Northwestern      1:41.66    1:42.63   22  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.09        48.81 (25.72)\r\n        1:15.29 (26.48)     1:42.63 (27.34<\/pre>\n<h2>Platform Diving<\/h2>\n<p>Purdue secured the top spot in platform diving, but in-state rival Indiana got the points needed in its title pursuit.<strong> Jordan Rzepka<\/strong> scored 464.05 points to dominate the event, with freshman teammate\u00a0<strong>Tyler Wells<\/strong> taking third (430.50). However, Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Carson Tyler<\/strong> grabbed second (430.85), with teammates\u00a0<strong>Quinn Henninger<\/strong> fourth (414.05) and\u00a0<strong>Maxwell Weinrich<\/strong> fifth (403.05).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 20  Men Platform Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 557.90  2011      David Boudia, Purdue\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Rzepka, Jordan         SR Purdue             416.55     464.05   32  \r\n  2 Tyler, Carson          SR Indiana            400.30     430.85   28  \r\n  3 Wills, Tyler           FR Purdue             349.50     430.50   27  \r\n  4 Henniger, Quinn        SR Indiana            407.00     413.05   26  \r\n  5 Weinrich, Maxwell      JR Indiana            325.15     403.05   25  \r\n  6 Springfield, Kaden     FR Purdue             397.75     391.40   24  \r\n  7 Gosselin-Paradis, Lau  JR Southern Cal       361.25     383.70   23  \r\n  8 Bennett, Andrew        JR Minnesota          333.60     329.20   22<\/pre>\n<h2>400 Freestyle Relay<\/h2>\n<p>Indiana wrapped up its championship effort by taking one-and-a-half seconds off the meet record in the 400 free relay. The meet&#8217;s individual star,\u00a0<strong>Owen McDonald<\/strong>, handled the leadoff leg before\u00a0<strong>Mikkel Lee<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Dylan Smiley<\/strong> led into\u00a0<strong>Matt King<\/strong>, who pulled away from runnerup Ohio State with his 40.69 anchor split. That allowed Indiana to finish in 2:45.62, the sixth-fastest time in the country and good enough for a spot in the top heat of the event at the NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Finishing more than one-and-a-half seconds back was Ohio State, with the team of <strong>Tomas Navikonis<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Daniel Baltes<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Mario McDonald<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Cornelius Jahn<\/strong> touching in 2:47.47. Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Gal Groumi<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bence Szabados<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Colin Geer<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Jack Wilkening<\/strong> ended up third in 2:48.91.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 21  Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 2:47.16  2\/25\/2022 Ohio State, Ohio\r\n                          J Armstrong, S Andreis, A Quach, R Gaziev\r\n         POOL: $ 2:44.07  3\/25\/2023 University of Florida, Flori\r\n                          Liendo, Chaney, Smith, McDuff\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Indiana  'A'                        2:47.87    2:45.62!  64  \r\n     1) McDonald, Owen JR             2) r:0.20 Lee, Mikkel Jun Jie SO\r\n     3) r:0.37 Smiley, Dylan SO       4) r:0.31 King, Matthew JR      \r\n    r:+0.64  19.85        41.62 (41.62)\r\n        1:01.49 (19.87)     1:23.34 (41.72)\r\n        1:43.09 (19.75)     2:04.93 (41.59)\r\n        2:23.98 (19.05)     2:45.62 (40.69)\r\n  2 Ohio State  'A'                     2:50.31    2:47.47   56  \r\n     1) Navikonis, Tomas JR           2) r:0.18 Baltes, Daniel SR     \r\n     3) r:0.40 McDonald, Mario 5Y     4) Jahn, Cornelius FR           \r\n    r:+0.70  20.05        41.74 (41.74)\r\n        1:01.50 (19.76)     1:23.83 (42.09)\r\n        1:43.50 (19.67)     2:05.86 (42.03)\r\n        2:25.86 (20.00)     2:47.47 (41.61)\r\n  3 Michigan  'A'                       2:50.95    2:48.91   54  \r\n     1) Groumi, Gal SR                2) r:0.30 Szabados, Bence 5Y    \r\n     3) r:0.20 Geer, Colin SO         4) r:0.52 Wilkening, Jack JR    \r\n    r:+0.63  20.09        42.14 (42.14)\r\n        1:01.94 (19.80)     1:24.32 (42.18)\r\n        1:44.31 (19.99)     2:06.67 (42.35)\r\n        2:26.57 (19.90)     2:48.91 (42.24)\r\n  4 Northwestern  'A'                   2:52.21    2:49.77   52  \r\n     1) Seymour, Stuart SO            2) r:0.33 Duncan, Caden SO      \r\n     3) r:0.14 Schuster, Connor SO    4) r:0.26 Gerchik, David SO     \r\n    r:+0.69  20.20        42.34 (42.34)\r\n        1:02.21 (19.87)     1:24.28 (41.94)\r\n        1:44.05 (19.77)     2:07.04 (42.76)\r\n        2:27.47 (20.43)     2:49.77 (42.73)\r\n  5 Southern Cal  'A'                   2:51.05    2:49.78   50  \r\n     1) Sogaard-Andersen, Oliver FR   2) r:0.10 Maurer, Luke 5Y       \r\n     3) r:0.35 Dillard, Benjamin 5Y   4) r:0.34 Dillingham, Diggory FR\r\n    r:+0.62  20.35        42.59 (42.59)\r\n        1:02.30 (19.71)     1:24.52 (41.93)\r\n        1:44.65 (20.13)     2:07.32 (42.80)\r\n        2:27.05 (19.73)     2:49.78 (42.46)\r\n  6 Penn State  'A'                     2:54.18    2:50.77   48  \r\n     1) Kim, Tylor SO                 2) r:0.28 Baganha, Victor SR    \r\n     3) r:0.14 Slavica, Toni SO       4) r:0.17 Harvey, Jack SR       \r\n    r:+0.69  20.42    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