2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Bruno Blaskovic, Indiana on the Move

Tomer Frankel; Photo Courtesy: NCAA Media

2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Bruno Blaskovic, Indiana on the Move

Indiana placed six swimmers in the top three of the five preliminary events on Day 3 of the 2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships Friday morning, in a bid for the Hoosiers to rise from second place and challenge Ohio State’s lead in the team category.

Ohio State finished Thursday night with 487.5 points to 449 for Indiana and 408 for Michigan. No one team is north of 300.

Bruno Blaskovic is the top seed in the 100 butterfly to kick things off. If the seeds hold, Indiana could see place six swimmers on the podium in the night session, which also includes the Hoosier stronghold of 3-meter diving. Indiana leads the way with 10 A finalists in the night session (Ohio State has seven) and 18 total swimmers back (Michigan has 16, Ohio State 15). The 200 freestyle relay is also Friday night.

The morning recap:

2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships Links

2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships Scores

  1. Ohio State University           487.5   2. Indiana University                449
  3. Michigan, University of           408   4. Purdue University               288.5
  5. Wisconsin, University of          278   6. Northwestern University           236
  7. Pennsylvania State University     230   8. University of Minnesota           179

2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships Ups/Mids/Downs

Ohio State 7-6-2
Indiana 10-6-2
Michigan 6-6-4
Purdue 3-1-9
Wisconsin 4-7-5
Northwestern 4-8-2
Penn State 3-3-5
Minnesota 3-3-7

100 butterfly

Indiana came firing out of the gates, with three of the top four seeds. Both Bruno Blaskovic (45.24) and teammate Tomer Frankel (45.28) dispatched the Purdue record, which had held since 2009 at 45.45 in the hand of Michigan’s Chris Brady. The Big Ten meet record of 44.79, set by Vini Lanza in 2018, is surely in the sights tonight.

Indiana’s Gabriel Fantoni is the fourth seed at 45.39, .07 behind Ohio State freshman Alex Quach. The top seed entering the morning, Michigan’s Gal Groumi, is lurking in sixth at 45.59.

Event 8  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 44.79  2/23/2018 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana
         Pool: ! 45.45  2/27/2009 Chris Brady, Michigan
                 44.96  A NCAA Qualifying
                 47.43  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Blaskovic, Bruno 5Y IU-IN               45.98      45.24!qB     
     r:+0.63  9.44        20.90 (11.46)
          32.68 (11.78)       45.24 (12.56)
  2 Frankel, Tomer   SO IU-IN               45.98      45.28!qB     
     r:+0.60  9.55        21.24 (11.69)
          32.86 (11.62)       45.28 (12.42)
  3 Quach, Alex      FR OSU-OH              46.02      45.32!qB     
     r:+0.63  9.65        21.52 (11.87)
          33.13 (11.61)       45.32 (12.19)
  4 Fantoni, Gabriel 5Y IU-IN               45.91      45.39!qB     
     r:+0.69  9.58        21.39 (11.81)
          33.16 (11.77)       45.39 (12.23)
  5 Baganha, Victor  FR PSU-MA              45.92      45.52 qB     
     r:+0.62  9.63        21.10 (11.47)
          33.00 (11.90)       45.52 (12.52)
  6 Cohen Groumi, Gal   MICH-MI             45.16      45.59 qB     
     r:+0.64  9.74        21.44 (11.70)
          33.35 (11.91)       45.59 (12.24)
  7 Samuels, Braden  FR PUR-IN              45.66      45.73 qB     
     r:+0.70  9.53        21.06 (11.53)
          33.21 (12.15)       45.73 (12.52)
  8 Burdisso, Federico  JR NU-IL            46.04      45.83 qB     
     r:+0.71  9.81        21.40 (11.59)
          33.53 (12.13)       45.83 (12.30)

400 individual medley

Michigan missed a chance to make some hay, with two A finalists plus swimmers nine and 11. Jared Daigle led the way in 3:43.14 to grab the top seed, a half-second ahead of Wisconsin’s Caleb Aman. Fellow Wolverine Jake Mitchell was fourth, behind Penn State’s Michael Daly. Indiana takes a slight hit, with the fourth seed entering the day, Tristan Dewitt, 4.5 seconds off his season-best to land in the B final in 10th. Ohio State nudged two into the A final.

Event 9  Men 400 Yard IM
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 3:38.03  2009      Tyler Clary, Michigan
         Pool: ! 3:38.03  2/27/2009 Tyler Clary, Michigan
                 3:39.16  A NCAA Qualifying
                 3:51.46  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Daigle, Jared B  SR MICH-MI           3:43.33    3:43.14 qB     
    r:+0.67  23.52        51.13 (27.61)
        1:19.34 (28.21)     1:46.95 (27.61)
        2:18.29 (31.34)     2:50.06 (31.77)
        3:17.02 (26.96)     3:43.14 (26.12)
  2 Aman, Caleb R    SR WISC-WI           3:44.79    3:43.69 qB     
    r:+0.61  24.55        52.02 (27.47)
        1:19.92 (27.90)     1:47.26 (27.34)
        2:17.90 (30.64)     2:49.49 (31.59)
        3:17.21 (27.72)     3:43.69 (26.48)
  3 Daly, Michael C  SR PSU-MA            3:49.70    3:44.35 qB     
    r:+0.68  24.19        51.41 (27.22)
        1:19.36 (27.95)     1:46.65 (27.29)
        2:18.70 (32.05)     2:51.41 (32.71)
        3:18.35 (26.94)     3:44.35 (26.00)
  4 Mitchell, Jacob  SO MICH-MI           3:45.93    3:45.92 qB     
    r:+0.72  24.09        51.76 (27.67)
        1:20.66 (28.90)     1:48.58 (27.92)
        2:20.82 (32.24)     2:54.06 (33.24)
        3:20.41 (26.35)     3:45.92 (25.51)
  5 Dalu, Fabio      JR OSU-OH            3:49.72    3:47.55 qB     
    r:+0.70  24.23        51.69 (27.46)
        1:20.48 (28.79)     1:48.59 (28.11)
        2:21.90 (33.31)     2:55.50 (33.60)
        3:22.14 (26.64)     3:47.55 (25.41)
  6 Riley, Brett A   SR PUR-IN            3:47.55    3:47.60 qB     
    r:+0.66  25.00        53.09 (28.09)
        1:21.88 (28.79)     1:49.73 (27.85)
        2:21.42 (31.69)     2:53.38 (31.96)
        3:21.29 (27.91)     3:47.60 (26.31)
  7 Reich, Maxwell   SO IU-IN             3:53.32    3:48.15 qB     
    r:+0.75  23.91        51.28 (27.37)
        1:21.49 (30.21)     1:51.63 (30.14)
        2:21.96 (30.33)     2:54.15 (32.19)
        3:21.69 (27.54)     3:48.15 (26.46)
  8 Edwards, Jonathan SO OSU-OH           3:53.08    3:48.60 qB     
    r:+0.67  24.37        51.68 (27.31)
        1:20.94 (29.26)     1:49.40 (28.46)
        2:23.13 (33.73)     2:56.15 (33.02)
        3:22.92 (26.77)     3:48.60 (25.68)

200 freestyle

A spread of .16 seconds separates the top four seeds, setting up a scintillating final. Jacob Newmark, the champ in the 500 free, led the way in 1:33.89. Second was Tomer Frankel, in a daring double, in 1:34.01, just ahead of teammate Rafael Miroslaw. Miroslaw is even with Ohio State’s Ruslan Gaziev for the third seed in 1:34.05. (Miroslaw has a flat start 1:31.89 already this week in the 800 free relay.)

Patrick Callan, who has been 1:32.77 this season, earned the fifth seed in 1:34.27. He’s followed by Minnesota’s Bar Soloveychik, who led off the 800 free relay in 1:33.56.

Event 10  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 1:31.14  2/23/2018 Blake J Pieroni, Indiana
         Pool: ! 1:31.89  2/23/2022 Rafael Miroslaw, IU-IN
                 1:32.05  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:36.32  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Newmark, Jacob   SO WISC-WI           1:34.64    1:33.89 qB     
    r:+0.74  22.23        45.98 (23.75)
        1:09.81 (23.83)     1:33.89 (24.08)
  2 Frankel, Tomer   SO IU-IN             1:36.88    1:34.01 qB     
    r:+0.60  21.74        45.53 (23.79)
        1:09.75 (24.22)     1:34.01 (24.26)
  3 Miroslaw, Rafael FR IU-IN             1:33.00    1:34.05 qB     
    r:+0.72  21.56        45.15 (23.59)
        1:09.49 (24.34)     1:34.05 (24.56)
  3 Gaziev, Ruslan   SO OSU-OH            1:33.20    1:34.05 qB     
    r:+0.70  21.82        45.45 (23.63)
        1:09.78 (24.33)     1:34.05 (24.27)
  5 Callan, Kevin P  SR MICH-MI           1:32.77    1:34.27 qB     
    r:+0.70  21.81        45.61 (23.80)
        1:09.77 (24.16)     1:34.27 (24.50)
  6 Soloveychik, Bar  FR MINN-MN          1:35.17    1:34.48 qB     
    r:+0.70  22.07        45.89 (23.82)
        1:10.06 (24.17)     1:34.48 (24.42)
  7 Satterfield, Shaw   SO OSU-OH         1:36.71    1:35.61 qB     
    r:+0.69  22.32        45.97 (23.65)
        1:10.37 (24.40)     1:35.61 (25.24)
  8 Sherman, Nichol  SR PUR-IN            1:35.15    1:35.73 qB     
    r:+0.71  22.68        46.74 (24.06)
        1:11.11 (24.37)     1:35.73 (24.62)

100 breaststroke

All eyes on the reigning NCAA champion, Minnesota’s Max McHugh, who coasted into the third seed in 52.06. It’s only third by .04 seconds, behind Wisconsin’s William Myhre and Hudson McDaniel of Ohio State, but the Minnesota senior is likely to have something special in store for the evening. Whether that lowers his meet record of 50.19 from last season remains to be seen.

Also lurking is Northwestern’s Kevin Houseman, who has been 51.33 but drew an outside lane by going 52.59 to squeak into the final in seventh, and Indiana freshman Josh Matheny (fifth in 52.13). The top six finishers in prelims were separated by a mere .26 seconds.

Event 11  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 50.19  3/5/2021  Maxwell J McHugh, Minnesota
         Pool: ! 51.54  2018      Ian Finnerty, Indiana
                 51.59  A NCAA Qualifying
                 54.27  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Myhre, William   JR WISC-WI             51.86      52.02 qB     
    r:+0.69  10.96        24.26 (13.30)
          37.97 (13.71)       52.02 (14.05)
  2 McDaniel, Hudson  SR OSU-OH             53.35      52.03 qB     
    r:+0.63  10.90        24.20 (13.30)
          38.10 (13.90)       52.03 (13.93)
  3 McHugh, Maxwell  SR MINN-MN             50.58      52.06 qB     
    r:+0.72  11.01        24.49 (13.48)
          38.03 (13.54)       52.06 (14.03)
  4 Raisanen, Daniel JR PSU-MA              52.73      52.12 qB     
    r:+0.66  10.94        24.37 (13.43)
          38.01 (13.64)       52.12 (14.11)
  5 Matheny, Joshua  FR IU-IN               52.24      52.13 qB     
    r:+0.68  11.26        24.71 (13.45)
          38.36 (13.65)       52.13 (13.77)
  6 Chan, William E  SR MICH-MI             52.14      52.28 qB     
    r:+0.67  10.84        24.10 (13.26)
          37.97 (13.87)       52.28 (14.31)
  7 Houseman, Kevin  JR NU-IL               51.33      52.59 qB     
    r:+0.63  11.11        24.55 (13.44)
          38.66 (14.11)       52.59 (13.93)
  8 Hunter, Mason H  SR MICH-MI             53.11      52.87 qB     
    r:+0.64  10.80        24.42 (13.62)
          38.16 (13.74)       52.87 (14.71)

100 backstroke

Hunter Armstrong set the bar last night in the 400 medley relay by going 44.36. The 44.90 he laid down Friday morning solidifies his grasp on the top step of the podium.

Three Hoosiers will be hot on his heels. Gabriel Fantoni is the second seed in 45.34, followed by Brendan Burns (45.42) and Jacob Steele (45.52).

Event 12  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 44.36  2/24/2022 Joseph H Armstrong, OSU-OH
         Pool: ! 44.36  2/24/2022 Joseph H Armstrong, OSU-OH
                 44.94  A NCAA Qualifying
                 47.77  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Armstrong, Hunter  JR OSU-OH            45.66      44.90 qA     
             10.60        21.91 (11.31)
          33.43 (11.52)       44.90 (11.47)
  2 Fantoni, Gabriel 5Y IU-IN               45.20      45.34 qB     
             10.48        21.89 (11.41)
          33.73 (11.84)       45.34 (11.61)
  3 Burns, Brendan   JR IU-IN               45.18      45.42 qB     
             10.62        21.87 (11.25)
          33.64 (11.77)       45.42 (11.78)
  4 Steele, Jacob A  5Y IU-IN               46.02      45.52 qB     
             10.52        21.89 (11.37)
          33.61 (11.72)       45.52 (11.91)
  5 Jekel, Wesley B  JR WISC-WI             46.88      45.97 qB     
             10.58        22.02 (11.44)
          33.97 (11.95)       45.97 (12.00)
  6 Sachtjen, Desmon JR MINN-MN             47.63      46.71 qB     
             10.91        22.32 (11.41)
          34.37 (12.05)       46.71 (12.34)
  7 Gridley, Ryan T  SR NU-IL               47.32      46.90 qB     
             10.99        22.63 (11.64)
          34.70 (12.07)       46.90 (12.20)
  8 Martos Bacarizo, Manuel  SR NU-IL       47.14      46.91 qB     
             10.91        22.58 (11.67)
          34.70 (12.12)       46.91 (12.21)

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