{"id":627485,"date":"2025-11-20T18:07:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T01:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=627485"},"modified":"2025-11-20T18:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T01:07:59","slug":"indiana-men-ohio-state-women-extend-leads-thursday-evening-in-columbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/indiana-men-ohio-state-women-extend-leads-thursday-evening-in-columbus\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Men, Ohio State Women Extend Leads Thursday Evening in Columbus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Men, Ohio State Women Extend Leads Thursday Evening in Columbus<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the third evening of racing at the Ohio State Invitational, the host team continues to perform well in the women’s team competition. The Buckeyes have 1402 points, leading Louisville (1364) and Indiana (1296.5). The Hoosiers have been dominant for the men, with 1769 points annihilating the totals of Louisville (1295.5) and Ohio State (1121).<\/p>\n

Owen McDonald<\/strong> came up just short in the 100 butterfly Wednesday, but he had no competition in the men’s 100 backstroke final. The Indiana junior clocked 44.19, quicker than the nation’s No. 1 time entering the day before Will Modglin<\/strong> blasted the American record at the Texas Invite. McDonald was followed by teammate\u00a0Raekwon Noel<\/strong> (45.16) and Penn State’s\u00a0Cooper Morley<\/strong> (45.37).<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers dominated the scoring in the 500 freestyle, with Zalan Sarkany<\/strong> leading the way. The two-time national champion in the 1650free clocked 4:09.57 for the top spot while teammate Aaron Shackell<\/strong> went 4:11.14 for second place. Ohio State’s\u00a0Jordi Vilchez<\/strong> took third (4:11.79) while Indiana’s\u00a0Luke Whitlock<\/strong> (4:11.82) and\u00a0Andrew Shackell<\/strong> (4:15.19) were fourth and fifth, respectively.<\/p>\n

Indiana would then pick up first place in the 400 medley relay by almost two seconds. McDonald led off in 44.13, and\u00a0Dylan Smiley<\/strong> came home in 41.01, with\u00a0Alexei Avakov<\/strong> and Noel handling the middle legs on the way to a time of 3:01.97. Louisville placed second in 3:03.74, with Penn State third in 3:04.13.<\/p>\n

Penn State’s Marino Lazzerini\u00a0<\/strong>completed the sweep of the men’s breaststroke events with a 200-yard time of 1:50.93, quicker than any other swimmer had been entering Thursday’s competition. Indiana’s\u00a0Noah Cakir<\/strong> (1:51.68) and Louisville’s\u00a0Jake Eccleston<\/strong> (1:52.10) rounded out the top-three. Louisville freshman\u00a0Nikita Sheremet<\/strong> won the 50 free by one hundredth over Yale’s\u00a0Nicholas Finch<\/strong>, 18.95 to 18.96, with Ohio State’s\u00a0Matthew Klinge<\/strong> third (19.06).<\/p>\n