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Big Ten Men’s Championships Day 1: Michigan Breaks Two School Records to Take LeadThe No. 12-ranked University of Michigan men’s swimming and diving team tallied 116 points to lead the Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n

 Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 2                       \r\n \r\n  1. Michigan, University of           116   2. Ohio State University             114\r\n  3. Indiana University                110   4. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    102\r\n  5. Northwestern University           100   6. University of Southern Califor     98\r\n  7. Purdue University                  96   8. University of Minnesota            92\r\n  9. Pennsylvania State University      40<\/pre>\n
Michigan broke the school record in both relays.<\/p>\n
The Wolverines won the 200-yard medley relay behind Jack Wilkening, Luka Mladenovic, Tyler Ray<\/strong> and Ole Eidam<\/strong> in a new program-standard time of 1:21.99. It was the first Big Ten title in the event for Michigan since 2015.<\/p>\n
Indiana’s Mira Knedla, Travis Gulledge, Owen McDonald<\/strong> and Mikkel Lee<\/strong> finished second in 1:22.09.<\/p>\n
Northwestern’s Stuart Seymour, Joshua Staples, Aaron Baltaytis<\/strong> and Oliver Kos<\/strong> took third in 1:22.95.<\/p>\n
 \r\n Event 1  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 1:21.39  2\/26\/2025 Indiana University, Indiana\r\n                          L Barr, B Benzing, F Brooks, M King\r\n         Pool: # 1:24.54  2023      Wisconsin, WISC\r\n                          Jekel, Myhre, Bensch, Weigland\r\n                 1:23.61  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n                 1:23.85  B NCAA Provisional\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Michigan  'A'                 1:23.48    1:21.99#A       64  \r\n     1) Wilkening, Jack SR            2) r:0.15 Mladenovic, Luka FR   \r\n     3) r:0.17 Ray, Tyler SR          4) r:0.26 Eidam, Ole SO         \r\n             10.37        20.98 (20.98)\r\n           30.89 (9.91)       43.70 (22.72)\r\n           52.49 (8.79)     1:02.97 (19.27)\r\n         1:11.89 (8.92)     1:21.99 (19.02)\r\n  2 Indiana  'A'                  1:21.99    1:22.09#A       56  \r\n     1) Knedla, Mira SO               2) r:0.22 Gulledge, Travis SO   \r\n     3) r:0.27 McDonald, Owen SR      4) r:0.08 Lee, Mikkel JR        \r\n    r:+1.04  10.08        20.76 (20.76)\r\n           30.65 (9.89)       43.39 (22.63)\r\n           52.48 (9.09)     1:03.51 (20.12)\r\n         1:12.15 (8.64)     1:22.09 (18.58)\r\n  3 Northwestern  'A'             1:24.65    1:22.95#A       54  \r\n     1) Seymour, Stuart JR            2) r:0.10 Staples, Joshua SO    \r\n     3) r:0.25 Baltaytis, Aaron JR    4) r:0.20 Kos, Oliver SO        \r\n    r:+0.98  10.33        20.91 (20.91)\r\n          30.95 (10.04)       43.71 (22.80)\r\n           52.76 (9.05)     1:03.96 (20.25)\r\n         1:12.90 (8.94)     1:22.95 (18.99)\r\n  4 Purdue  'A'                   1:24.11    1:23.10#A       52  \r\n     1) Hotta, Alex SR                2) r:0.04 Byrd, Lucas JR        \r\n     3) r:0.21 Thomas, Nathaniel JR   4) r:0.05 Dzirkalis, Janieivs FR\r\n    r:+0.88  10.54        21.11 (21.11)\r\n          31.35 (10.24)       44.54 (23.43)\r\n           53.24 (8.70)     1:04.69 (20.15)\r\n         1:13.22 (8.53)     1:23.10 (18.41)\r\n  5 Ohio State  'A'               1:23.93    1:23.46#A       50  \r\n     1) Roth, Joseph SO               2) r:0.13 Ismail, Ahmed SO      \r\n     3) r:0.30 Klinge, Matthew SO     4) r:0.12 Hanson, Rasmus SR     \r\n    r:+1.05  10.78        21.51 (21.51)\r\n          31.97 (10.46)       44.99 (23.48)\r\n           54.33 (9.34)     1:04.76 (19.77)\r\n         1:13.48 (8.72)     1:23.46 (18.70)\r\n  6 Southern Cal  'A'             1:24.48    1:23.59#A       48  \r\n     1) Zhang, Derek SR               2) r:0.19 Chan, Junhao SO       \r\n     3) r:0.10 Chmielewski, Michal JR 4) r:0.02 Bialecki, Jan 5Y      \r\n             10.68        21.41 (21.41)\r\n          31.73 (10.32)       44.68 (23.27)\r\n           53.83 (9.15)     1:04.67 (19.99)\r\n         1:13.36 (8.69)     1:23.59 (18.92)\r\n  7 Wisconsin  'A'                1:24.82    1:23.65#B       46  \r\n     1) Welker, Nathan JR             2) r:0.17 Henkel, Brayden JR    \r\n     3) r:0.17 Jones, Charlie SR      4) r:0.24 Wiegand, Ben 5Y       \r\n             10.73        21.35 (21.35)\r\n          31.52 (10.17)       44.54 (23.19)\r\n           53.68 (9.14)     1:05.00 (20.46)\r\n         1:13.71 (8.71)     1:23.65 (18.65)\r\n  8 Minnesota  'A'                1:25.97    1:24.78         44  \r\n     1) Harabagiu, Davide JR          2) r:0.29 Mychalowych, Luke SO  \r\n     3) r:0.29 Johnson, Jacob SO      4) r:0.19 Slonac, Ryan JR       \r\n             10.47        21.25 (21.25)\r\n          31.72 (10.47)       45.29 (24.04)\r\n           54.15 (8.86)     1:05.36 (20.07)\r\n         1:14.52 (9.16)     1:24.78 (19.42)\r\n -- Penn St  'A'                  1:23.05         DQ        \r\n     1) Bittner, Matthew SR           2) r:0.31 Lazzerini, Mariano SR \r\n     3) r:0.28 Morley, Cooper SR      4) r:-0.04 Kim, Tylor JR        \r\n             10.17        20.54 (20.54)\r\n          31.07 (10.53)       43.58 (23.04)\r\n           52.80 (9.22)     1:04.20 (20.62)\r\n         1:12.99 (8.79)          DQ (18.81)<\/pre>\n
Ohio State broke the Big Ten meet record to win the 800 free relay. Tomas Navikonis, Cornelius Jahn, Jordi Vilchez<\/strong> and Tristan Jankovics<\/strong> got to the wall in 6:06.64.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin’s Luukas Vainio, Enzo Solitario, Yoav Romano<\/strong> and Dominik Mark Torok<\/strong> took second in 6:08.87.<\/p>\n
Indiana’s Aaron Shackell, Owen McDonald, Raekwon Noel<\/strong> and Dylan Smiley<\/strong> took third in 6:08.90.<\/p>\n
Michigan broke another school record in the 800-yard freestyle relay, clocking a time of 6:09.36. The quartet of Antoine Sauve, Eitan Ben-Shitrit, Colin Geer<\/strong> and Lorne Wigginton<\/strong> combined to place fourth.<\/p>\n
Event 2  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 6:09.85  2014      Michigan\r\n                          Nielsen, Wynalda, Glanda, Jaegar\r\n                 6:14.67  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n                 6:16.79  B NCAA Provisional\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Ohio State  'A'               6:12.23    6:06.64!A       64  \r\n     1) Navikonis, Tomas SR           2) r:0.27 Jahn, Cornelius SO    \r\n     3) r:0.29 Vilchez, Jordi SO      4) r:0.27 Jankovics, Tristan SR \r\n    r:+0.71  21.32        44.33 (44.33)\r\n      1:07.92 (1:07.92)   1:31.77 (1:31.77)\r\n        1:52.50 (20.73)     2:15.60 (43.83)\r\n      2:39.30 (1:07.53)   3:03.39 (1:31.62)\r\n        3:24.78 (21.39)     3:47.79 (44.40)\r\n      4:11.47 (1:08.08)   4:35.23 (1:31.84)\r\n        4:55.96 (20.73)     5:19.16 (43.93)\r\n      5:42.68 (1:07.45)   6:06.64 (1:31.41)\r\n  2 Wisconsin  'A'                6:14.08    6:08.87!A       56  \r\n     1) Vainio, Luukas JR             2) r:0.17 Solitario, Enzo FR    \r\n     3) r:0.27 Romano, Yoav SO        4) r:0.41 Mark Torok, Dominik SR\r\n    r:+0.64  21.30        44.71 (44.71)\r\n      1:08.35 (1:08.35)   1:32.32 (1:32.32)\r\n        1:52.95 (20.63)     2:15.54 (43.22)\r\n      2:38.73 (1:06.41)   3:02.75 (1:30.43)\r\n        3:23.97 (21.22)     3:47.42 (44.67)\r\n      4:11.36 (1:08.61)   4:35.33 (1:32.58)\r\n        4:56.45 (21.12)     5:20.10 (44.77)\r\n      5:44.25 (1:08.92)   6:08.87 (1:33.54)\r\n  3 Indiana  'A'                  6:13.01    6:08.90!A       54  \r\n     1) Shackell, Aaron JR            2) r:0.22 McDonald, Owen SR     \r\n     3) r:0.25 Noel, Raekwon Noel SO  4) r:0.35 Smiley, Dylan JR      \r\n    r:+0.71  21.28        44.45 (44.45)\r\n      1:08.60 (1:08.60)   1:32.93 (1:32.93)\r\n        1:53.98 (21.05)     2:17.20 (44.27)\r\n      2:40.92 (1:07.99)   3:04.62 (1:31.69)\r\n        3:25.59 (20.97)     3:48.69 (44.07)\r\n      4:12.75 (1:08.13)   4:37.02 (1:32.40)\r\n        4:57.46 (20.44)     5:20.08 (43.06)\r\n      5:44.11 (1:07.09)   6:08.90 (1:31.88)\r\n  4 Michigan  'A'                 6:16.41    6:09.36!A       52  \r\n     1) Sauve, Antoine FR             2) r:0.21 Ben-Shitrit, Eitan SR \r\n     3) r:0.16 Geer, Colin JR         4) r:0.35 Wigginton, Lorne SO   \r\n    r:+0.67  21.48        44.62 (44.62)\r\n      1:08.44 (1:08.44)   1:32.37 (1:32.37)\r\n        1:53.31 (20.94)     2:16.17 (43.80)\r\n      2:40.01 (1:07.64)   3:05.14 (1:32.77)\r\n        3:26.16 (21.02)     3:49.58 (44.44)\r\n      4:13.50 (1:08.36)   4:38.06 (1:32.92)\r\n        4:58.70 (20.64)     5:21.72 (43.66)\r\n      5:45.41 (1:07.35)   6:09.36 (1:31.30)\r\n  5 Southern Cal  'A'             6:12.57    6:13.74 A       50  \r\n     1) Sogaard-Andersen, Oliver SO   2) r:0.39 Oktar, Sanberk JR     \r\n   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