﻿{"id":637768,"date":"2026-02-28T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=637768"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:56:09","slug":"big-ten-mens-championships-indiana-wins-3-more-closes-in-on-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-ten-mens-championships-indiana-wins-3-more-closes-in-on-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Men&#8217;s Championships: Indiana Claims Title After Four-Win Exclamation Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Big Ten Men&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships concluded with the Day 4 finals on Saturday, Feb. 28, in Madison, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>The events on the docket are the 1650 freestyle, 200 IM, 100 freestyle, 200 butterfly and 200 backstroke, plus platform diving and the 400 free relay.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana started strong on Saturday and won four events to clinch the Big Ten title.<\/p>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 21                      \r\n \r\n  1. Indiana University             1544.5   2. Michigan, University of          1208\r\n  3. Ohio State University          1035.5   4. Northwestern University           840\r\n  5. Wisconsin, University of, Madi  832.5   6. Purdue University                 783\r\n  7. University of Southern Califor  707.5   8. University of Minnesota           644\r\n  9. Pennsylvania State University     426<\/pre>\n<p>Here is a look at what happened on Saturday night:<\/p>\n<h3>Big Ten Men&#8217;s 1650 Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>Indiana senior started the final session for the Hoosiers in a big way with<strong> Zalan Sarkany<\/strong> swimming a meet record to win the 1650 free in 14:25.40.<\/p>\n<p>Even bigger, it led a 1-2-3 finish with sophomore <strong>Luke Whitlock<\/strong> (14:31.54) and freshman<strong> Luke Ellis<\/strong> (14:43.01).<\/p>\n<p>Michigan sophomore <strong>Lorne Wigginton<\/strong> took fourth in 14:46.09, ahead of OSU senior <strong>Mason Edmund<\/strong> (14:52.97) and <strong>Isaac Fleig<\/strong> (14:55.18), Minnesota sophomore <strong>Luke Brennan<\/strong> (14:57.89) and Michigan&#8217;s <strong>Joshua Brown (<\/strong>14:58.72).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 16  Men 1650 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 14:29.25  2\/25\/2017 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan\r\n         Pool: # 15:24.89  2026      Yigit Aslan, WISC\r\n                 15:06.60  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n  1 Sarkany, Zalan   SR Indiana          14:23.85   14:25.40!A       32  \r\n    r:+0.70  22.88        48.22 (25.34)\r\n        1:14.26 (26.04)     1:40.52 (26.26)\r\n        2:06.86 (26.34)     2:33.12 (26.26)\r\n        2:59.57 (26.45)     3:25.96 (26.39)\r\n        3:52.27 (26.31)     4:18.64 (26.37)\r\n        4:44.95 (26.31)     5:11.32 (26.37)\r\n        5:37.64 (26.32)     6:04.13 (26.49)\r\n        6:30.46 (26.33)     6:56.91 (26.45)\r\n        7:23.32 (26.41)     7:49.80 (26.48)\r\n        8:16.19 (26.39)     8:42.53 (26.34)\r\n        9:09.02 (26.49)     9:35.37 (26.35)\r\n       10:01.86 (26.49)    10:28.42 (26.56)\r\n       10:54.90 (26.48)    11:21.31 (26.41)\r\n       11:47.79 (26.48)    12:14.47 (26.68)\r\n       12:41.07 (26.60)    13:07.49 (26.42)\r\n       13:33.97 (26.48)    14:00.15 (26.18)    14:25.40 (25.25)\r\n  2 Whitlock, Luke   SO Indiana          14:37.47   14:31.54#A       28  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.15        50.40 (26.25)\r\n        1:16.76 (26.36)     1:43.27 (26.51)\r\n        2:09.67 (26.40)     2:36.05 (26.38)\r\n        3:02.52 (26.47)     3:29.23 (26.71)\r\n        3:55.69 (26.46)     4:22.13 (26.44)\r\n        4:48.59 (26.46)     5:15.07 (26.48)\r\n        5:41.50 (26.43)     6:08.00 (26.50)\r\n        6:34.51 (26.51)     7:01.08 (26.57)\r\n        7:27.71 (26.63)     7:54.09 (26.38)\r\n        8:20.54 (26.45)     8:47.01 (26.47)\r\n        9:13.38 (26.37)     9:39.88 (26.50)\r\n       10:06.40 (26.52)    10:32.88 (26.48)\r\n       10:59.38 (26.50)    11:25.87 (26.49)\r\n       11:52.65 (26.78)    12:19.46 (26.81)\r\n       12:46.24 (26.78)    13:13.12 (26.88)\r\n       13:39.83 (26.71)    14:06.29 (26.46)    14:31.54 (25.25)\r\n  3 Ellis, Luke      FR Indiana          14:45.59   14:43.01#A       27  \r\n    r:+0.71  24.30        50.82 (26.52)\r\n        1:17.40 (26.58)     1:44.17 (26.77)\r\n        2:11.15 (26.98)     2:38.09 (26.94)\r\n        3:05.13 (27.04)     3:32.02 (26.89)\r\n        3:58.80 (26.78)     4:25.90 (27.10)\r\n        4:52.86 (26.96)     5:19.76 (26.90)\r\n        5:46.67 (26.91)     6:13.63 (26.96)\r\n        6:40.69 (27.06)     7:07.66 (26.97)\r\n        7:34.59 (26.93)     8:01.53 (26.94)\r\n        8:28.40 (26.87)     8:55.42 (27.02)\r\n        9:22.24 (26.82)     9:49.10 (26.86)\r\n       10:16.09 (26.99)    10:42.89 (26.80)\r\n       11:09.79 (26.90)    11:36.71 (26.92)\r\n       12:03.70 (26.99)    12:30.45 (26.75)\r\n       12:57.28 (26.83)    13:24.01 (26.73)\r\n       13:50.80 (26.79)    14:17.35 (26.55)    14:43.01 (25.66)\r\n  4 Wigginton, Lorn  SO Michigan               NT   14:46.09#A       26  \r\n    r:+0.69  24.00        51.01 (27.01)\r\n        1:17.99 (26.98)     1:45.28 (27.29)\r\n        2:12.37 (27.09)     2:39.70 (27.33)\r\n        3:07.10 (27.40)     3:34.52 (27.42)\r\n        4:01.97 (27.45)     4:29.32 (27.35)\r\n        4:56.06 (26.74)     5:22.55 (26.49)\r\n        5:49.60 (27.05)     6:16.73 (27.13)\r\n        6:43.74 (27.01)     7:10.86 (27.12)\r\n        7:37.80 (26.94)     8:04.78 (26.98)\r\n        8:31.76 (26.98)     8:58.92 (27.16)\r\n        9:25.65 (26.73)     9:52.43 (26.78)\r\n       10:19.26 (26.83)    10:46.10 (26.84)\r\n       11:12.77 (26.67)    11:39.65 (26.88)\r\n       12:06.45 (26.80)    12:33.16 (26.71)\r\n       13:00.07 (26.91)    13:26.98 (26.91)\r\n       13:53.82 (26.84)    14:20.59 (26.77)    14:46.09 (25.50)\r\n  5 Edmund, Mason    SR Ohio State       14:55.97   14:52.97#A       25  \r\n    r:+0.82  24.56        50.94 (26.38)\r\n        1:17.52 (26.58)     1:44.38 (26.86)\r\n        2:11.27 (26.89)     2:38.30 (27.03)\r\n        3:05.13 (26.83)     3:32.10 (26.97)\r\n        3:58.99 (26.89)     4:26.00 (27.01)\r\n        4:53.04 (27.04)     5:20.00 (26.96)\r\n        5:47.11 (27.11)     6:14.07 (26.96)\r\n        6:41.22 (27.15)     7:08.20 (26.98)\r\n        7:35.24 (27.04)     8:02.28 (27.04)\r\n        8:29.28 (27.00)     8:56.53 (27.25)\r\n        9:23.72 (27.19)     9:51.13 (27.41)\r\n       10:18.48 (27.35)    10:46.02 (27.54)\r\n       11:13.51 (27.49)    11:41.03 (27.52)\r\n       12:08.62 (27.59)    12:36.21 (27.59)\r\n       13:03.77 (27.56)    13:31.26 (27.49)\r\n       13:58.79 (27.53)    14:26.25 (27.46)    14:52.97 (26.72)\r\n  6 Fleig, Isaac     FR Ohio State       14:59.64   14:55.18#A       24  \r\n    r:+0.70  24.75        51.29 (26.54)\r\n        1:18.20 (26.91)     1:45.26 (27.06)\r\n        2:12.34 (27.08)     2:39.67 (27.33)\r\n        3:07.09 (27.42)     3:34.36 (27.27)\r\n        4:01.47 (27.11)     4:28.70 (27.23)\r\n        4:56.06 (27.36)     5:23.42 (27.36)\r\n        5:50.73 (27.31)     6:18.11 (27.38)\r\n        6:45.53 (27.42)     7:13.23 (27.70)\r\n        7:40.57 (27.34)     8:08.00 (27.43)\r\n        8:35.26 (27.26)     9:02.69 (27.43)\r\n        9:29.98 (27.29)     9:57.34 (27.36)\r\n       10:24.77 (27.43)    10:52.32 (27.55)\r\n       11:19.89 (27.57)    11:47.26 (27.37)\r\n       12:14.73 (27.47)    12:41.90 (27.17)\r\n       13:08.97 (27.07)    13:35.88 (26.91)\r\n       14:02.80 (26.92)    14:29.27 (26.47)    14:55.18 (25.91)\r\n  7 Brennan, Luke    SO Minnesota        15:21.48   14:57.89#A       23  \r\n    r:+0.74  24.29        50.25 (25.96)\r\n        1:16.61 (26.36)     1:43.16 (26.55)\r\n        2:09.72 (26.56)     2:36.41 (26.69)\r\n        3:03.33 (26.92)     3:30.52 (27.19)\r\n        3:57.81 (27.29)     4:25.27 (27.46)\r\n        4:52.46 (27.19)     5:19.65 (27.19)\r\n        5:47.10 (27.45)     6:14.42 (27.32)\r\n        6:41.57 (27.15)     7:08.95 (27.38)\r\n        7:36.37 (27.42)     8:03.85 (27.48)\r\n        8:31.36 (27.51)     8:58.79 (27.43)\r\n        9:26.33 (27.54)     9:53.86 (27.53)\r\n       10:21.61 (27.75)    10:49.31 (27.70)\r\n       11:17.20 (27.89)    11:45.21 (28.01)\r\n       12:13.24 (28.03)    12:41.15 (27.91)\r\n       13:09.05 (27.90)    13:36.89 (27.84)\r\n       14:04.47 (27.58)    14:32.08 (27.61)    14:57.89 (25.81)\r\n  8 Brown, Joshua    SR Michigan         14:58.82   14:58.72#A       22  \r\n    r:+0.74  24.54        51.16 (26.62)\r\n        1:18.09 (26.93)     1:45.25 (27.16)\r\n        2:12.48 (27.23)     2:39.78 (27.30)\r\n        3:07.09 (27.31)     3:34.28 (27.19)\r\n        4:01.55 (27.27)     4:28.88 (27.33)\r\n        4:56.20 (27.32)     5:23.74 (27.54)\r\n        5:51.40 (27.66)     6:18.89 (27.49)\r\n        6:46.38 (27.49)     7:13.81 (27.43)\r\n        7:40.85 (27.04)     8:08.22 (27.37)\r\n        8:35.78 (27.56)     9:03.28 (27.50)\r\n        9:30.80 (27.52)     9:58.03 (27.23)\r\n       10:25.28 (27.25)    10:52.55 (27.27)\r\n       11:20.15 (27.60)    11:47.51 (27.36)\r\n       12:14.94 (27.43)    12:42.69 (27.75)\r\n       13:10.37 (27.68)    13:38.09 (27.72)\r\n       14:05.54 (27.45)    14:32.77 (27.23)    14:58.72 (25.95)<\/pre>\n<h3>Big Ten Men&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h3>\n<p>Two for two for the Hoosiers as senior <strong>Owen McDonald<\/strong> held off Michigan&#8217;s <strong>Colin Geer<\/strong> to take the 200 IM title.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald got to the wall in 1:40.11, four hundredths ahead of Geer.<\/p>\n<p>OSU senior <strong>Tristan Jankovics<\/strong> was third in 1:41.49, followed by Northwestern sophomore <strong>Joshua<\/strong> <strong>Staples<\/strong> (1:41.61), Indiana freshman <strong>Josh Bey<\/strong> (1:41.68), Michigan&#8217;s<strong> Luka Mladenovic<\/strong> (1:41.93) and <strong>Eitan Ben-Shitrit<\/strong> (1:42.19), and Indiana&#8217;s <strong>Toby Barnett<\/strong> (1:42.90).<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 15  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 1:39.89  2\/27\/2025 Owen McDonald, IND\r\n         Pool: # 1:41.23  2\/28\/2026 Owen McDonald, Indiana\r\n                 1:44.13  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 McDonald, Owen   SR Indiana           1:41.23    1:40.11#A       32  \r\n    r:+0.63  21.47        45.72 (24.25)\r\n        1:16.25 (30.53)     1:40.11 (23.86)\r\n  2 Geer, Colin      JR Michigan          1:41.76    1:40.15#A       28  \r\n    r:+0.66  21.85        46.47 (24.62)\r\n        1:15.65 (29.18)     1:40.15 (24.50)\r\n  3 Jankovics, Tris  SR Ohio State        1:41.57    1:41.49 A       27  \r\n    r:+0.69  22.03        47.13 (25.10)\r\n        1:16.90 (29.77)     1:41.49 (24.59)\r\n  4 Staples, Joshua  SO Northwestern      1:41.83    1:41.61 A       26  \r\n    r:+0.71  22.66        48.24 (25.58)\r\n        1:16.84 (28.60)     1:41.61 (24.77)\r\n  5 Bey, Josh        FR Indiana           1:41.72    1:41.68 A       25  \r\n    r:+0.67  22.55        47.78 (25.23)\r\n        1:17.12 (29.34)     1:41.68 (24.56)\r\n  6 Mladenovic, Luk  FR Michigan          1:42.40    1:41.93 A       24  \r\n    r:+0.70  22.19        47.96 (25.77)\r\n        1:17.37 (29.41)     1:41.93 (24.56)\r\n  7 Ben-Shitrit, Ei  SR Michigan          1:42.39    1:42.19 A       23  \r\n    r:+0.60  22.46        47.20 (24.74)\r\n        1:17.03 (29.83)     1:42.19 (25.16)\r\n  8 Barnett, Toby    JR Indiana           1:42.44    1:42.90 A       22  \r\n    r:+0.68  22.85        48.87 (26.02)\r\n        1:17.68 (28.81)     1:42.90 (25.22)<\/pre>\n<h3>Big Ten Men&#8217;s 100 Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>Three in a row for the Hoosiers as junior <strong>Dylan Smiley<\/strong> held off a Northwestern duo to win the 100 free in less than a tenth of a second.<\/p>\n<p>Smiley got to the wall in 41.81, a pool record, just ahead of Northwestern&#8217;s <strong>Stuart Seymour<\/strong> (41.87) and <strong>Caden Duncan<\/strong> (41.89).<\/p>\n<p>Indiana&#8217;s <strong>Mikkel Lee<\/strong> finished fourth in 42.18, followed by Michigan&#8217;s <strong>Antoine Sauve<\/strong> (41.28) and <strong>Ole Eidam<\/strong> (42.23), OSU&#8217;s <strong>Tomas Navikonis<\/strong> (42.42) and Wisconsin&#8217;s <strong>Ben Wiegand<\/strong> (42.74).<\/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: # 42.11  2\/28\/2026 Mikkel Lee, Indiana\r\n                 42.55  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Smiley, Dylan    JR Indiana             42.15      41.81#A       32  \r\n     r:+0.63  9.59        20.12 (10.53)\r\n          31.08 (10.96)       41.81 (10.73)\r\n  2 Seymour, Stuart  JR Northwestern        42.18      41.87#A       28  \r\n     r:+0.63  9.63        20.21 (10.58)\r\n          31.21 (11.00)       41.87 (10.66)\r\n  3 Duncan, Caden    JR Northwestern        42.12      41.89#A       27  \r\n     r:+0.69  9.58        20.08 (10.50)\r\n          30.85 (10.77)       41.89 (11.04)\r\n  4 Lee, Mikkel      JR Indiana             42.11      42.17 A       26  \r\n     r:+0.63  9.46        20.28 (10.82)\r\n          31.33 (11.05)       42.17 (10.84)\r\n  5 Sauve, Antoine   FR Michigan            42.68      42.18 A       25  \r\n     r:+0.67  9.64        20.38 (10.74)\r\n          31.38 (11.00)       42.18 (10.80)\r\n  6 Eidam, Ole       SO Michigan            42.23      42.23 A       24  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.48        20.06 (10.58)\r\n          31.15 (11.09)       42.23 (11.08)\r\n  7 Navikonis, Toma  SR Ohio State          42.44      42.42 A       23  \r\n     r:+0.71  9.70        20.42 (10.72)\r\n          31.48 (11.06)       42.42 (10.94)\r\n  8 Wiegand, Ben     5Y Wisconsin           42.80      42.74         22  \r\n     r:+0.71  9.45        20.17 (10.72)\r\n          31.48 (11.31)       42.74 (11.26)\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Big Ten Men&#8217;s 200 Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p>Michigan&#8217;s <strong>Tyler Ray<\/strong> snapped the Indiana win streak on Saturday night, blasting a meet record to win the 200 fly in 1:38.83.<\/p>\n<p>The swim was four tenths ahead of <strong>Brendan Burns&#8217;<\/strong> mark set in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana&#8217;s <strong>Raekwon Noel f<\/strong>inished second in 1:39.26i.<\/p>\n<p>USC junior <strong>Michel Chmielewski<\/strong> took third in 1:40.19, followed by Minnesota sophomore <strong>Jacob<\/strong> <strong>Johnson<\/strong> (1:40.20), Michigan junior <strong>Colin Geer<\/strong> (1:40.53), Wisconsin senior <strong>Dominik Mark Torok<\/strong> (1:40.56), Wisconsin freshman <strong>Enzo Solitario<\/strong> (1:40.96) and Indiana junior<strong> Aaron Shackell<\/strong> (1:42.67).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 18  Men 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 1:39.22  3\/5\/2021  Brendan A Burns, Indiana\r\n         Pool: # 1:39.97  2\/28\/2026 Raekwon Noel Noel, Indiana\r\n                 1:43.79  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Ray, Tyler       SR Michigan          1:41.26    1:38.82!A       32  \r\n    r:+0.71  22.20        47.87 (25.67)\r\n        1:13.74 (25.87)     1:38.82 (25.08)\r\n  2 Noel, Raekwon N  SO Indiana           1:39.97    1:39.26#A       28  \r\n    r:+0.72  22.40        47.79 (25.39)\r\n        1:13.43 (25.64)     1:39.26 (25.83)\r\n  3 Chmielewski, Mi  JR Southern Cal      1:40.84    1:40.19 A       27  \r\n    r:+0.66  22.18        47.97 (25.79)\r\n        1:14.36 (26.39)     1:40.19 (25.83)\r\n  4 Johnson, Jacob   SO Minnesota         1:41.42    1:40.20 A       26  \r\n    r:+0.64  22.55        48.32 (25.77)\r\n        1:13.85 (25.53)     1:40.20 (26.35)\r\n  5 Geer, Colin      JR Michigan          1:40.09    1:40.53 A       25  \r\n    r:+0.66  22.55        47.72 (25.17)\r\n        1:13.88 (26.16)     1:40.53 (26.65)\r\n  6 Mark Torok, Dom  SR Wisconsin         1:40.97    1:40.56 A       24  \r\n    r:+0.66  22.93        48.78 (25.85)\r\n        1:14.33 (25.55)     1:40.56 (26.23)\r\n  7 Solitario, Enzo  FR Wisconsin         1:41.33    1:40.96 A       23  \r\n    r:+0.72  22.87        48.29 (25.42)\r\n        1:14.23 (25.94)     1:40.96 (26.73)\r\n  8 Shackell, Aaron  JR Indiana           1:42.49    1:42.67 A       22  \r\n    r:+0.76  22.71        48.93 (26.22)\r\n        1:15.46 (26.53)     1:42.67 (27.21)\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Big Ten Men&#8217;s 200 Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>It was back to the top of the podium for the Hoosiers as<strong> Kai Van Westering<\/strong> took the 200 backstroke in 1:39.19, going 1-3 with <strong>Mira Knedla<\/strong> (1:39.45).<\/p>\n<p>OSU sophomore <strong>Cornelius Jahn<\/strong> took second in 1:39.40.<\/p>\n<p>Northwestern sophomore <strong>Oliver Kos<\/strong> claimed fourth in 1:40.33, ahead of Purdue sophomore <strong>Blake<\/strong> <strong>Rowe<\/strong> (1:40.60), Northwestern junior <strong>David Gerchik<\/strong> (1:40.97), Wisconsin junior <strong>Nathan Welker<\/strong> (1:41.81) and Penn State senior <strong>Cooper Morley<\/strong> (1:41.96).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 19  Men 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n     B1G Meet: ! 1:37.15  3\/1\/2025  Owen McDonald, Indiana\r\n         Pool: # 1:39.21  2\/28\/2026 Kai Van Westering, Indiana\r\n                 1:42.14  A NCAA Qualifying\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 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2:48.44#A       52  \r\n     1) Duncan, Caden JR              2) r:0.27 Seymour, Stuart JR    \r\n     3) r:0.37 Schuster, Connor JR    4) r:0.31 Kos, Oliver SO        \r\n    r:+0.69  20.23        41.98 (41.98)\r\n        1:01.95 (19.97)     1:23.77 (41.79)\r\n        1:43.97 (20.20)     2:06.54 (42.77)\r\n        2:26.42 (19.88)     2:48.44 (41.90)\r\n  5 Southern Cal  'A'             2:51.03    2:49.84#B       50  \r\n     1) Sogaard-Andersen, Oliver SO   2) r:0.18 Chmielewski, Michal JR\r\n     3) r:0.11 Bialecki, Jan 5Y       4) r:0.31 Makrygiannis, Velis 5Y\r\n    r:+0.62  20.14        42.21 (42.21)\r\n        1:02.27 (20.06)     1:24.31 (42.10)\r\n        1:44.18 (19.87)     2:07.10 (42.79)\r\n        2:27.33 (20.23)     2:49.84 (42.74)\r\n  6 Wisconsin  'A'                2:51.93    2:50.55#        48  \r\n     1) Wiegand, Ben 5Y               2) r:0.19 Solitario, Enzo FR    \r\n     3) r:0.20 Vainio, Luukas JR      4) r:0.23 Scharff, Cooper SR    \r\n    r:+0.69  20.20        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