2021 Big Ten Women’s Championships Day 4 Prelims: Michigan Trying to Make Move on OSU (With Up-Mid-Downs)
The 2021 Big Ten Women’s Championships continued on Friday with the Day 4 prelims from Minneapolis.
The events are the 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 fly and platform diving.
Ohio State still has a sizeable lead, but with two days left, Michigan is still in striking distance, while Indiana and Northwestern are also swimming well.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 10 1. Ohio State University 771 2. Michigan, University of 650 3. Indiana University 530 4. Northwestern University 424.5 5. Wisconsin, University of, Madi 327 6. University of Minnesota 289 7. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 276 8. Iowa, University of 246.5 9. Pennsylvania State University 189 10. Purdue University 185 11. Michigan State University 127 12. University of Illinois 109 13. Rutgers University 30
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Day 4 Up-Mid-Down
Ohio State: 5-7-0
Northwestern: 5-3-1
Michigan: 5-2-1
Wisconsin: 3-3-3
Indiana: 2-2-2
Minnesota: 1-3-2
Penn State: 1-2-1
Iowa: 1-1-4
Michigan State: 1-0-0
Nebraska: 0-1-5
Purdue: 0-0-4
Illinois: 0-0-1
Big Ten Women’s 100 Backstroke
Wisconsin freshman Phoebe Bacon started the session out with a fast swim in the 100 backstroke. Bacon touched the wall in 52.22, a little slower than her seed time, but that is to be expected in the prelims.
Two other swimmers were sub-53 as Ohio State junior Emily Crane took the second seed in 52.61 and Wisconsin junior Mara Newman was third at 52.90.
Northwestern junior Miriam Guevara took the fourth seed (53.10), followed by Michigan sophomore Mariella Venter (53.23), Northwestern sophomore Emma Lepisova (53.30), Penn State junior Marie Schobel (53.46) and Minnesota senior Emily Cook (53.52).
Event 11 Women 100 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== B1G Meet: ! 49.70 2/20/2020 Elizabeth Nelson, Wisconsin Pool: # 50.77 2014 Paige Miller, Texas A&M 50.93 A NCAA QUALIFYING 53.94 B NCAA PROVISIONAL Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Bacon, Phoebe M FR WISC-WI 51.70 52.22 qB 12.32 25.17 (12.85) 38.80 (13.63) 52.22 (13.42) 2 Crane, Emily JR OSU-OH 55.10 52.61 qB 12.29 25.53 (13.24) 39.24 (13.71) 52.61 (13.37) 3 Newman, Mara S JR WISC-WI 53.98 52.90 qB 12.65 25.69 (13.04) 39.42 (13.73) 52.90 (13.48) 4 Guevara, Miriam JR NU-IL NT 53.10 qB 12.51 25.68 (13.17) 39.35 (13.67) 53.10 (13.75) 5 Venter, Mariell SO MICH-MI 55.76 53.23 qB 12.57 25.88 (13.31) 39.60 (13.72) 53.23 (13.63) 6 Lepisova, Emma SO NU-IL 53.16 53.30 qB 12.56 25.73 (13.17) 39.66 (13.93) 53.30 (13.64) 7 Schobel, Marie JR PSU-MA 52.95 53.46 qB 12.73 25.91 (13.18) 39.67 (13.76) 53.46 (13.79) 8 Cook, Emily N SR MINN-MN 53.66 53.52 qB 12.52 25.70 (13.18) 39.62 (13.92) 53.52 (13.90) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Wolfe, Brynna E SO OSU-OH 55.01 53.57 qB 12.97 26.19 (13.22) 39.97 (13.78) 53.57 (13.60) 10 Schoof, Kaylyn FR WISC-WI 53.72 53.63 qB 12.81 25.70 (12.89) 39.59 (13.89) 53.63 (14.04) 11 Kaufmann, Noell FR MICH-MI 56.74 53.84 qB 12.49 25.93 (13.44) 39.89 (13.96) 53.84 (13.95) 12 Kraus, Morgan A SO OSU-OH 55.85 54.06 q 12.65 26.13 (13.48) 40.16 (14.03) 54.06 (13.90) 13 Donan, Claire E FR MICH-MI NT 54.17 q 12.78 25.83 (13.05) 39.92 (14.09) 54.17 (14.25) 14 Jongman, Indy FR MINN-MN NT 54.28 q 13.19 26.72 (13.53) 40.84 (14.12) 54.28 (13.44) 15 Markvardt, Marg SO PSU-MA 55.66 54.31 q 12.80 26.39 (13.59) 40.34 (13.95) 54.31 (13.97) 16 Rayner, Freya SR OSU-OH 56.74 54.35 q 12.73 26.35 (13.62) 40.52 (14.17) 54.35 (13.83)
Big Ten Women’s 100 Breaststroke
Ohio State sophomore Hannah Bach dropped four seconds from her seed time to take the top seed in the 100 breaststroke.
Bach touched the wall in 58.40, an NCAA “A” cut, to hold off the field by nearly a second.
Northwestern sophomore Hannah Brunzell took the second seed in 59.44, just one hundredth of a second ahead of senior teammate Sophie Angus (50.45).
Indiana sophomore Emily Weiss took the fourth seed in 59.61, ahead of junior teammate Noelle Peplowski (59.93).
Michigan State senior Erin Szara took the sixth seed in 100.30, followed by Ohio State senior Hannah Gresser (1:00.47) and sophomore teammate Leah Baker (1:00.60).
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== B1G Meet: ! 55.88 2/22/2019 Lillia King, Indiana Pool: # 57.23 2014 Breeja Larson, Texas A&M 58.60 A NCAA QUALIFYING 1:01.84 B NCAA PROVISIONAL Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Bach, Hannah M SO OSU-OH 1:02.23 58.40 qA r:+0.64 12.71 27.16 (14.45) 42.37 (15.21) 58.40 (16.03) 2 Brunzell, Hanna SO NU-IL 59.46 59.44 qB r:+0.79 13.15 27.99 (14.84) 43.89 (15.90) 59.44 (15.55) 3 Angus, Sophie G SR NU-IL 58.92 59.45 qB r:+0.69 13.16 28.00 (14.84) 43.84 (15.84) 59.45 (15.61) 4 Weiss, Emily N SO Ind-IN 1:00.80 59.61 qB r:+0.69 12.89 27.58 (14.69) 43.69 (16.11) 59.61 (15.92) 5 Peplowski, Noel JR Ind-IN 1:00.99 59.93 qB r:+0.77 13.25 28.46 (15.21) 44.16 (15.70) 59.93 (15.77) 6 Szara, Erin S SR MSU-MI 1:01.67 1:00.30 qB r:+0.68 12.94 28.00 (15.06) 44.02 (16.02) 1:00.30 (16.28) 7 Gresser, Hanna SR OSU-OH 1:02.49 1:00.47 qB r:+0.68 12.91 28.32 (15.41) 44.08 (15.76) 1:00.47 (16.39) 8 Baker, Leah H SO OSU-OH 1:03.02 1:00.60 qB r:+0.73 13.27 28.50 (15.23) 44.18 (15.68) 1:00.60 (16.42) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Cooke, Madelein SR PSU-MA 1:00.19 1:00.92 qB r:+0.67 12.99 28.20 (15.21) 44.48 (16.28) 1:00.92 (16.44) 10 Lezer, Emma J SO MINN-MN 1:00.63 1:00.97 qB r:+0.71 13.21 28.61 (15.40) 44.80 (16.19) 1:00.97 (16.17) 11 Silvestri, Jenn JR WISC-WI 1:02.54 1:00.98 qB r:+0.72 13.05 28.61 (15.56) 44.48 (15.87) 1:00.98 (16.50) 12 Mathews, Janess FR OSU-OH 1:02.93 1:01.13 qB r:+0.69 13.20 28.17 (14.97) 44.29 (16.12) 1:01.13 (16.84) 13 Panitz, Josephi SO OSU-OH 1:01.86 1:01.16 qB r:+0.75 12.72 28.13 (15.41) 44.07 (15.94) 1:01.16 (17.09) 14 Kirkpatrick, Ab SR Ind-IN 1:02.45 1:01.25 qB r:+0.74 13.21 28.93 (15.72) 44.77 (15.84) 1:01.25 (16.48) 15 Vovk, Tara JR NU-IL 1:00.42 1:01.35 qB r:+0.70 13.13 28.45 (15.32) 45.01 (16.56) 1:01.35 (16.34) 16 Kamau, Rebecca SR NU-IL 1:01.58 1:01.39 qB r:+0.71 13.51 28.96 (15.45) 45.05 (16.09) 1:01.39 (16.34)
Big Ten Women’s 200 Butterfly
Michigan made a huge move in the 200 fly, placing four in the top eight, including three of the top four seeds to close out the swimming prelims on Friday.
Junior Olivia Carter took the top seed in 1:53.61, nearly three seconds ahead of the field.
Northwestern junior Miriam Guevara, pulling a Friday double, took the second seed in 1:56.12.
Michigan freshman Sophie Housey (1:57.41) took the third seed, followed by junior teammate Victoria Kwan (1:57.55).
Wisconsin senior Alex Reddington took the fifth spot in 1:57.88, followed by Iowa freshman Alyssa Graves (1:58.49), Ohio State senior Katherine Trace (1:58.76) and Michigan sophomore Megan Glass (1:58.82).
Event 13 Women 200 Yard Butterfly ================================================================== B1G Meet: ! 1:53.28 2/22/2020 Olivia G Carter, MICH-MI Pool: # 1:52.25 2014 Cammile Adams, Texas A&M 1:53.20 A NCAA QUALIFYING 1:59.23 B NCAA PROVISIONAL Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Carter, Olivia JR MICH-MI 1:56.29 1:53.61 qB 25.19 53.96 (28.77) 1:23.56 (29.60) 1:53.61 (30.05) 2 Guevara, Miriam JR NU-IL 1:55.18 1:56.12 qB r:+0.65 24.92 54.00 (29.08) 1:24.07 (30.07) 1:56.12 (32.05) 3 Housey, Sophie FR MICH-MI 1:58.94 1:57.41 qB r:+0.73 26.46 55.96 (29.50) 1:26.29 (30.33) 1:57.41 (31.12) 4 Kwan, Victoria JR MICH-MI 2:01.17 1:57.55 qB r:+0.74 27.11 57.07 (29.96) 1:27.03 (29.96) 1:57.55 (30.52) 5 Reddington, Ale SR WISC-WI 1:58.83 1:57.88 qB r:+0.78 26.62 56.18 (29.56) 1:26.34 (30.16) 1:57.88 (31.54) 6 Graves, Alyssa FR IOWA-IA 2:00.19 1:58.49 qB r:+0.69 26.73 56.69 (29.96) 1:27.30 (30.61) 1:58.49 (31.19) 7 Trace, Katherin SR OSU-OH 2:01.13 1:58.76 qB r:+0.71 26.28 56.30 (30.02) 1:28.06 (31.76) 1:58.76 (30.70) 8 Glass, Megan E SO MICH-MI 2:01.80 1:58.82 qB r:+0.70 26.60 56.31 (29.71) 1:26.82 (30.51) 1:58.82 (32.00) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Drake, Kelsey D SR IOWA-IA 1:59.69 1:58.88 qB r:+0.73 26.20 55.79 (29.59) 1:26.68 (30.89) 1:58.88 (32.20) 10 Turchanik, Sara SO OSU-OH 2:04.91 1:59.20 qB r:+0.70 26.08 56.09 (30.01) 1:27.09 (31.00) 1:59.20 (32.11) 11 Larson, Ally D SO NU-IL 2:01.55 1:59.46 q r:+0.80 26.38 56.24 (29.86) 1:26.85 (30.61) 1:59.46 (32.61) 12 Gildersleeve, C SO Ind-IN 2:01.23 1:59.55 q 26.07 55.66 (29.59) 1:26.89 (31.23) 1:59.55 (32.66) 13 Berning, Margar JR NEB-MW 2:00.41 1:59.56 q 26.71 56.80 (30.09) 1:27.86 (31.06) 1:59.56 (31.70) 14 Seigal, Mikayla SO WISC-WI 1:59.98 1:59.62 q r:+0.67 26.83 56.70 (29.87) 1:27.65 (30.95) 1:59.62 (31.97) 15 Van Berkom, Meg FR MINN-MN 1:59.38 1:59.83 q r:+0.72 27.06 57.23 (30.17) 1:28.46 (31.23) 1:59.83 (31.37) 16 Walsh, Aislinn SO OSU-OH 2:04.35 2:00.04 q r:+0.70 26.11 56.64 (30.53) 1:27.77 (31.13) 2:00.04 (32.27)
Event 14 Women Platform Diving ================================================================== B1G Meet: ! 424.45 2/21/2015 Jessica Parratto, Indiana 225.00 A NCAA QUALIFYING Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Knapton, Abigai NEB-MW NP 308.15 qA 2 Vieta, Maycey PUR-IN NP 290.50 qA 3 Bretscher, Emil PUR-IN NP 281.00 qA 4 Merriman, Maggi PUR-IN NP 270.00 qA 5 McGing, Ciara OSU-OH NP 258.30 qA 6 Barker, Lexie OSU-OH NP 256.05 qA 7 Patrick, Jaye NU-IL NP 246.50 qA 8 Gilliland, Tarr Ind-IN NP 244.75 qA 9 Hopkins, Markie NU-IL NP 243.00 qA 10 Phillip, Megan MINN-MN NP 239.40 qA 11 Hogan, Lucy MICH-MI NP 232.90 qA 12 Parsons, Leah NU-IL NP 213.35 q 13 Cutshaw, Christ MICH-MI NP 210.40 q 14 Canale, Nikki MICH-MI NP 209.20 q 15 Klein, Allie MICH-MI NP 209.00 q 16 Shurts, Sierra PSU-MA NP 206.40 q 17 Crawford, Macke OSU-OH NP 204.80 18 Cheetham, Laure MICH-MI NP 204.50 19 Ghose, Labonita NU-IL NP 203.85 19 McPherson, Camr MICH-MI NP 203.85 21 Fowler, Anne Ind-IN NP 198.40 22 Wang, Alyssa Ind-IN NP 187.30 23 Douglass, Jenna RUT-NJ NP 184.35 24 Brenn, Jackie OSU-OH NP 183.60 25 Fish, Susanna MINN-MN NP 182.15 26 Roman, Hallie NEB-MW NP 179.65 27 Lim, Shaunmei NU-IL NP 170.15 28 Ballard, Sarah IOWA-IA NP 169.45 29 Tiernon, Grace NEB-MW NP 167.35 30 Greenberg, Kit WISC-WI NP 163.05 31 Wei, Wei PSU-MA NP 140.85
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