2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 2 Finals: Indiana Medley Relay Goes Record-Setting 3:00.95

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Brendan Burns; Photo Courtesy: Luke Jamroz Photography

2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Indiana Medley Relay Goes Record-Setting 3:00.95

Indiana has two wins in three relays at the 2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships to find the Hoosiers in second place overall. The latest set a conference and meet record.

The Hoosiers blasted a time of 3:00.95 in the 400 medley relay, with the squad of Brendan Burns, Joshua Matheny, Tomer Frankel and Rafael Miroslaw. All four are, frighteningly, underclassmen.

Ohio State takes over the lead in the team standings, thanks in part to a win in the 50 freestyle by Hunter Armstrong and a silver medal in the 400 medley relay.

Event by event summary is below.

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

500 freestyle

Wisconsin’s Jacob Newmark backed up his top seed from prelims to get the win in 4:12.43. That sets the Purdue pool record, downing the time of Michigan’s Anders Nielsen from 2016 by four tenths. He withstood the late charge by Michigan’s Jake Mitchell, who closed in 24.26 to go from third to second in the final 50 with a time of 4:12.88. Charlie Clark of Ohio State was third in 4:13.77, .08 up on Minnesota freshman Bar Soloveychik.

The top seed entering the meet, Patrick Callan of Michigan, settled for sixth. He was the only senior in the top eight, an A final comprising five sophomores and two freshmen.

 Event 3  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 4:09.29  2/22/2018 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan
         Pool: ! 4:12.83  2016      Anders Nielsen, Michigan
                 4:11.62  A NCAA Qualifying
                 4:23.34  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Newmark, Jacob   SO WISC-WI           4:14.05    4:12.43!B       32  
             22.86        47.92 (25.06)
        1:13.25 (25.33)     1:39.00 (25.75)
        2:04.53 (25.53)     2:30.28 (25.75)
        2:56.11 (25.83)     3:21.50 (25.39)
        3:47.05 (25.55)     4:12.43 (25.38)
  2 Mitchell, Jacob  SO MICH-MI           4:18.10    4:12.88 B       28  
             22.94        47.96 (25.02)
        1:13.45 (25.49)     1:39.29 (25.84)
        2:05.24 (25.95)     2:31.11 (25.87)
        2:57.01 (25.90)     3:23.02 (26.01)
        3:48.62 (25.60)     4:12.88 (24.26)
  3 Clark, Charles   SO OSU-OH            4:15.39    4:13.77 B       27  
             23.51        49.03 (25.52)
        1:14.73 (25.70)     1:40.37 (25.64)
        2:05.90 (25.53)     2:31.46 (25.56)
        2:56.91 (25.45)     3:22.62 (25.71)
        3:48.45 (25.83)     4:13.77 (25.32)
  4 Soloveychik, Ba  FR MINN-MN           4:15.54    4:13.85 B       26  
             23.60        48.75 (25.15)
        1:14.19 (25.44)     1:39.94 (25.75)
        2:05.89 (25.95)     2:32.04 (26.15)
        2:57.91 (25.87)     3:23.85 (25.94)
        3:49.51 (25.66)     4:13.85 (24.34)
  5 Aslan, Yigit     FR WISC-WI           4:16.71    4:15.20 B       25  
             23.79        49.00 (25.21)
        1:14.72 (25.72)     1:40.50 (25.78)
        2:06.41 (25.91)     2:32.36 (25.95)
        2:58.37 (26.01)     3:24.60 (26.23)
        3:50.45 (25.85)     4:15.20 (24.75)
  6 Callan, Kevin P  SR MICH-MI           4:16.63    4:16.72 B       24  
             22.96        48.25 (25.29)
        1:13.58 (25.33)     1:39.14 (25.56)
        2:05.02 (25.88)     2:30.82 (25.80)
        2:56.83 (26.01)     3:23.44 (26.61)
        3:50.19 (26.75)     4:16.72 (26.53)
  7 Briggs, Warren   SO IU-IN             4:17.98    4:17.65 B       23  
             23.71        49.09 (25.38)
        1:14.96 (25.87)     1:40.91 (25.95)
        2:06.92 (26.01)     2:32.70 (25.78)
        2:58.71 (26.01)     3:24.91 (26.20)
        3:51.29 (26.38)     4:17.65 (26.36)
  8 Freeman, James   SO MINN-MN           4:19.02    4:18.37 B       22  
             23.55        49.46 (25.91)
        1:15.58 (26.12)     1:41.73 (26.15)
        2:07.97 (26.24)     2:34.25 (26.28)
        3:00.54 (26.29)     3:26.67 (26.13)
        3:52.62 (25.95)     4:18.37 (25.75)

200 individual medley

Freshmen reign again, with the rookies going 1-2. Gal Groumi, the top seed in the morning, left no doubt in the evening swim, going 1:41.54 to win by nearly a second. Alex Quach of Ohio State was second din 1:42.47, with Michigan senior Jared Daigle rallying in the final 50 to track down Wisconsin’s Wesley Jekel for third.

 Event 4  Men 200 Yard IM
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 1:41.05  2/28/2019 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana
         Pool: ! 1:40.61  2017      Caeleb Dressel, Florida
                 1:41.34  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:46.77  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Cohen Groumi, G  FR MICH-MI           1:43.31    1:41.54 B       32  
             21.90        47.44 (25.54)
        1:16.99 (29.55)     1:41.54 (24.55)
  2 Quach, Alex      FR OSU-OH            1:43.48    1:42.47 B       28  
             21.72        47.08 (25.36)
        1:17.98 (30.90)     1:42.47 (24.49)
  3 Daigle, Jared B  SR MICH-MI           1:44.32    1:43.63 B       27  
             22.47        48.53 (26.06)
        1:18.12 (29.59)     1:43.63 (25.51)
  4 Jekel, Wesley B  JR WISC-WI           1:44.72    1:43.68 B       26  
             21.53        46.93 (25.40)
        1:17.38 (30.45)     1:43.68 (26.30)
  5 Aman, Caleb R    SR WISC-WI           1:43.46    1:43.72 B       25  
             23.66        50.58 (26.92)
        1:19.10 (28.52)     1:43.72 (24.62)
  6 Steele, Jacob A  5Y IU-IN             1:44.45    1:44.31 B       24  
             22.71        47.91 (25.20)
        1:18.80 (30.89)     1:44.31 (25.51)
  7 Barr, Luke D     FR IU-IN             1:43.80    1:44.56 B       23  
             22.84        49.10 (26.26)
        1:18.94 (29.84)     1:44.56 (25.62)
  8 Mathias, Van L   SR IU-IN             1:44.18    1:45.00 B       22  
             22.64        49.79 (27.15)
        1:19.85 (30.06)     1:45.00 (25.15)

50 freestyle

The only individual NCAA A cut of the evening belonged to Hunter Armstrong, who went 18.93 in the 50 free to leave the field behind. That is .03 under the A cut and the only sub-19 swim of the meet.

Teammate Sem Andreis made it a huge event for the Buckeyes by finishing second din 19.15. Third was Penn State’s Victor Baganha.

Event 5  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 18.69  2/22/2018 Bowen Becker, Minnesota
         Pool: ! 18.66  2017      Caeleb Dressel, Florida
                 18.96  A NCAA Qualifying
                 19.96  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Armstrong, Jose  JR OSU-OH              19.02      18.93 A       32  
              9.16         18.93 (9.77)
  2 Andreis, Semued  SR OSU-OH              19.19      19.15 B       28  
              9.28         19.15 (9.87)
  3 Baganha, Victor  FR PSU-MA              19.28      19.18 B       27  
              9.30         19.18 (9.88)
  4 Blaskovic, Brun  5Y IU-IN               19.27      19.43 B       26  
              9.31        19.43 (10.12)
  5 Peel, Cameron R  JR MICH-MI             19.40      19.44 B       25  
              9.24        19.44 (10.20)
  6 Szabados, Bence  SO MICH-MI             19.51      19.46 B       24  
              9.33        19.46 (10.13)
  7 Franzman, Jack   SR IU-IN               19.54      19.60 B       23  
              9.46        19.60 (10.14)
  8 Chan, William E  SR MICH-MI             19.56      19.67 B       22  
              9.49        19.67 (10.18)

1-meter diving

Indiana expectedly dominated diving at the 2022 Big Ten Men’s Championships, but Ohio State’s depth kept the Hoosiers in check.

Andrew Capobianco repeated as the Big Ten champion on the shorter board, scoring 454.25 points. He went 1-2 with teammate Quinn Henninger (435.95) to score big points for the Hoosiers.

In the team category, Ohio State limited the damage with three A finalists and three B finalists, led by Jacob Fielding in fifth. In between came a pair of Purdue divers, with Tyler Downs in third and Greg Duncan fourth.

Event 6  Men 1 mtr Diving
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 493.60  2/22/2018 Michael Hixon, Indiana
         Pool: ! 458.70  2011      David Boudia, Purdue
                 300.00  A NCAA Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Capobianco, And  SR IU-IN              395.75     454.25 A       32  
  2 Henninger, Quin  FR IU-IN              379.75     435.95 A       28  
  3 Downs, Tyler     FR PUR-IN             375.65     427.55 A       27  
  4 Duncan, Greg     SR PUR-IN             388.80     416.05 A       26  
  5 Fielding, Jacob  SR OSU-OH             383.70     397.35 A       25  
  6 Canova, Joseph   SR OSU-OH             375.35     396.55 A       24  
  7 Yost, Lyle       JR OSU-OH             349.00     384.50 A       23  
  8 Abramowicz, Taz  SR WISC-WI            366.25     360.45 A       22

400 medley relay

Indiana set the pace in 3:00.95, one of four A cuts in the swim. Ohio State was second in 3:01.44, followed by Wisconsin (3:05.09) and Michigan (3:05.44). Indiana lowered its conference record from 3:01.30, set in 2018, and erased a Purdue pool record from 2017.

Indiana’s foursome took the lead in the second half of Josh Matheny’s leg and never looked back. Hunter Armstrong (44.36) got out slightly quicker than Brendan Burns (44.43), and Hudson McDaniel was out as quickly as Matheny. But the Indiana freshman turned in the fastest breaststroke split in 50.76. That six tenths of a second was as all the space they’d need on Ohio State.

Both backstroke times were under the Big 10 record for the 100 backstroke, owned since 2017 by Penn State grad and Irish Olympian Shane Ryan (44.65).

Alex Quach (44.17) had the fastest fly split. Rafael Miroslaw’s 41.21 off the end was the quickest free swim.

Minnesota’s horror show continued with another medley relay disqualification, hence the Golden Gophers sitting last in the team standings.

Event 7  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: # 3:01.30  2/22/2018 Indiana University
                          G Fantoni, I Finnerty, V Lanza, B Pieroni
         Pool: ! 3:05.57  2017      Indiana, India
                          Samy, Finnerty, Lanza, Pieroni
                 3:05.47  A NCAA Qualifying
                 3:07.53  B NCAA Provisional
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 IU-IN  'A'                    3:04.05    3:00.95#A       64  
     1) Burns, Brendan A JR           2) Matheny, Joshua M FR         
     3) Frankel, Tomer SO             4) Miroslaw, Rafael FR          
             21.54        44.43 (44.43)
        1:07.90 (23.47)     1:35.19 (50.76)
        1:55.83 (20.64)     2:19.74 (44.55)
        2:39.24 (19.50)     3:00.95 (41.21)
  2 OSU-OH  'A'                   3:06.88    3:01.44!A       56  
     1) Armstrong, Joseph H JR        2) McDaniel, Hudson J SR        
     3) Quach, Alex FR                4) Andreis, Semuede SR          
             21.08        44.36 (44.36)
        1:07.84 (23.48)     1:35.71 (51.35)
        1:56.07 (20.36)     2:19.88 (44.17)
        2:39.35 (19.47)     3:01.44 (41.56)
  3 WISC-WI  'A'                  3:08.84    3:05.09!A       54  
     1) Jekel, Wesley B JR            2) Myhre, William D JR          
     3) Gessner, Erik T SR            4) Newmark, Jacob Q SO          
             21.91        45.65 (45.65)
        1:09.20 (23.55)     1:37.02 (51.37)
        1:57.84 (20.82)     2:23.02 (46.00)
        2:42.77 (19.75)     3:05.09 (42.07)
  4 MICH-MI  'A'                  3:05.11    3:05.44!A       52  
     1) Aaronson, Nadav JR            2) Chan, William E SR           
     3) Cohen Groumi, Gal FR          4) Peel, Cameron R JR           
             22.37        47.09 (47.09)
        1:10.28 (23.19)     1:38.23 (51.14)
        1:59.26 (21.03)     2:23.36 (45.13)
        2:43.08 (19.72)     3:05.44 (42.08)
  5 NU-IL  'A'                    3:07.86    3:05.87 B       50  
     1) Martos Bacarizo, Manuel SR    2) Houseman, Kevin H JR         
     3) Burdisso, Federico JR         4) Zhang, Andrew X SR           
             22.39        46.93 (46.93)
        1:10.66 (23.73)     1:37.95 (51.02)
        1:58.80 (20.85)     2:23.39 (45.44)
        2:43.36 (19.97)     3:05.87 (42.48)
  6 PSU-MA  'A'                   3:08.95    3:06.36 B       48  
     1) Byrne, Lachlan JR             2) Raisanen, Daniel JR          
     3) Baganha, Victor M FR          4) Roberson, William S 5Y       
             22.47        47.07 (47.07)
        1:11.01 (23.94)     1:38.61 (51.54)
        1:59.14 (20.53)     2:23.58 (44.97)
        2:43.83 (20.25)     3:06.36 (42.78)
  7 PUR-IN  'A'                   3:08.81    3:07.01 B       46  
     1) Sherman, Nicholas S SR        2) Modglin, Coleman M SO        
     3) Samuels, Braden C FR          4) Acin, Nikola SR              
             22.69        47.12 (47.12)
        1:11.46 (24.34)     1:39.92 (52.80)
        2:00.53 (20.61)     2:25.03 (45.11)
        2:44.82 (19.79)     3:07.01 (41.98)
 -- MINN-MN  'A'                  3:10.14 DQ 3:06.97        
      Early take-off swimmer #3
     1) Sachtjen, Desmon J JR         2) McHugh, Maxwell J SR         
     3) Neverman, Kaiser E SO         4) Farrar, Lucas E SO           
             22.52        47.29 (47.29)
        1:10.91 (23.62)     1:37.80 (50.51)
        1:58.76 (20.96)     2:24.22 (46.42)
        2:44.29 (20.07)  DQ 3:06.97 (42.75)
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