Big Ten Day 2 Prelims: Ohio State Takes Top 3 Seeds in 50 Free

The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 2 prelims from Minneapolis.
The Day 2 events for prelims are the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free.
Here is a look at what happened Thursday morning:
Big Ten Men’s 500 Free
Indiana junior Zalan Sarkany grabbed the top seed in the 500 free, getting to the wall in 4:13.41, a half second ahead of the field.
Minnesota senior Bar Soloveychik dropped four seconds from his entry time to finish in 4:13.92.
Michigan junior Eduardo Moraes was just behind in 4:13.93.
Fellow Wolverine Lorne Wigginton took the fourth seed in 4:15.72, followed by Northwestern’s Joshua Staples (4:15.83), Minnesota’s Joseph Tepper (4:16.30), Ohio State’s Mason Edmund (4:16.64) and Wisconsin’s Yigit Aslan (4:16.95).
Event 3 Men 500 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== B1G Meet: ! 4:09.29 2/22/2018 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan POOL: $ 4:07.37 3/23/2023 Hobson, Luke, Texas Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Sarkany, Zalan JR Ind 4:12.56 4:13.41 r:+0.70 22.63 47.74 (25.11) 1:13.52 (25.78) 1:39.41 (25.89) 2:05.29 (25.88) 2:31.17 (25.88) 2:57.12 (25.95) 3:23.07 (25.95) 3:48.63 (25.56) 4:13.41 (24.78) 2 Soloveychik, Bar SR MINN 4:17.14 4:13.92 r:+0.71 23.12 48.02 (24.90) 1:13.44 (25.42) 1:39.09 (25.65) 2:05.05 (25.96) 2:31.16 (26.11) 2:57.14 (25.98) 3:23.26 (26.12) 3:49.01 (25.75) 4:13.92 (24.91) 3 Moraes, Eduardo JR MICH 4:14.29 4:13.93 r:+0.72 23.62 49.13 (25.51) 1:14.71 (25.58) 1:40.60 (25.89) 2:06.29 (25.69) 2:32.02 (25.73) 2:57.55 (25.53) 3:23.16 (25.61) 3:48.55 (25.39) 4:13.93 (25.38) 4 Wigginton, Lorne FR MICH 4:17.51 4:15.72 r:+0.68 23.08 48.70 (25.62) 1:14.73 (26.03) 1:41.05 (26.32) 2:07.50 (26.45) 2:34.13 (26.63) 3:00.09 (25.96) 3:26.03 (25.94) 3:51.18 (25.15) 4:15.72 (24.54) 5 Staples, Joshua FR NU 4:24.60 4:15.83 r:+0.70 23.36 48.69 (25.33) 1:14.34 (25.65) 1:40.07 (25.73) 2:05.90 (25.83) 2:31.95 (26.05) 2:58.13 (26.18) 3:24.69 (26.56) 3:51.01 (26.32) 4:15.83 (24.82) 6 Tepper, Joseph 5Y MINN 4:19.14 4:16.30 r:+0.87 23.35 48.50 (25.15) 1:14.29 (25.79) 1:40.16 (25.87) 2:06.42 (26.26) 2:32.48 (26.06) 2:58.83 (26.35) 3:24.69 (25.86) 3:50.48 (25.79) 4:16.30 (25.82) 7 Edmund, Mason JR OSU 4:20.30 4:16.64 r:+0.80 23.34 48.56 (25.22) 1:14.23 (25.67) 1:40.26 (26.03) 2:06.48 (26.22) 2:32.76 (26.28) 2:59.06 (26.30) 3:25.13 (26.07) 3:51.31 (26.18) 4:16.64 (25.33) 8 Aslan, Yigit SR WISC 4:17.07 4:16.95 r:+0.76 23.43 49.11 (25.68) 1:15.10 (25.99) 1:41.18 (26.08) 2:07.36 (26.18) 2:33.35 (25.99) 2:59.29 (25.94) 3:25.61 (26.32) 3:52.09 (26.48) 4:16.95 (24.86) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Vilchez, Jordi FR OSU 4:15.68 4:16.99 r:+0.74 22.98 48.64 (25.66) 1:14.91 (26.27) 1:41.22 (26.31) 2:07.54 (26.32) 2:33.94 (26.40) 2:59.90 (25.96) 3:26.10 (26.20) 3:51.97 (25.87) 4:16.99 (25.02) 10 Sogaard-Andersen, Oli FR USC 4:15.96 4:17.23 r:+0.67 22.95 48.14 (25.19) 1:14.23 (26.09) 1:40.12 (25.89) 2:06.07 (25.95) 2:31.84 (25.77) 2:58.29 (26.45) 3:24.68 (26.39) 3:51.59 (26.91) 4:17.23 (25.64) 11 Romano, Yoav FR WISC 4:16.63 4:17.33 r:+0.60 23.74 49.50 (25.76) 1:15.54 (26.04) 1:41.83 (26.29) 2:07.96 (26.13) 2:34.22 (26.26) 3:00.51 (26.29) 3:26.56 (26.05) 3:52.32 (25.76) 4:17.33 (25.01) 12 Joentvedt, Jon MICH 4:18.95 4:17.34 r:+0.73 23.39 48.45 (25.06) 1:13.95 (25.50) 1:39.82 (25.87) 2:05.92 (26.10) 2:32.02 (26.10) 2:58.15 (26.13) 3:24.58 (26.43) 3:51.08 (26.50) 4:17.34 (26.26) 13 Metzler, Alex SR OSU 4:18.07 4:17.43 r:+0.77 24.18 50.28 (26.10) 1:16.67 (26.39) 1:43.26 (26.59) 2:10.09 (26.83) 2:36.09 (26.00) 3:01.99 (25.90) 3:27.78 (25.79) 3:52.91 (25.13) 4:17.43 (24.52) 14 Jones, Charles JR WISC 4:18.47 4:17.63 r:+0.73 23.70 49.68 (25.98) 1:15.68 (26.00) 1:41.86 (26.18) 2:08.16 (26.30) 2:34.23 (26.07) 3:00.30 (26.07) 3:26.51 (26.21) 3:52.38 (25.87) 4:17.63 (25.25) 15 Savarese, William FR MICH 4:23.32 4:17.70 r:+0.64 23.57 48.98 (25.41) 1:14.87 (25.89) 1:40.92 (26.05) 2:07.07 (26.15) 2:33.37 (26.30) 2:59.81 (26.44) 3:25.68 (25.87) 3:51.87 (26.19) 4:17.70 (25.83) 16 Campbell, Samuel JR OSU 4:19.94 4:18.88 r:+0.69 23.53 49.30 (25.77) 1:15.51 (26.21) 1:41.70 (26.19) 2:08.02 (26.32) 2:34.20 (26.18) 3:00.61 (26.41) 3:27.28 (26.67) 3:53.58 (26.30) 4:18.88 (25.30)
Big Ten Men’s 200 IM
Indiana grabbed the top two seeds in the 200 IM with Owen McDonald and Luke Barr.
McDonald, a junior, grabbed the top seed in 1:40.68, ahead of his senior teammate Barr (1:41.08).
Michigan took the next two seeds with Colin Geer (1:41.31) and Gal Groumi (1:41.70).
Ohio State junior Tristan Jankovics took the fifth seed (1:41.78), followed by Indiana freshman Miroslav Knedla (1:42.35), Michigan junior Eitan Ben-Shitrit (1:42.97) and Northwestern senior Tyler Lu (1:43.08).
Event 4 Men 200 Yard IM ================================================================== B1G Meet: ! 1:40.48 2/29/2024 Gal Cohen Groumi, Michigan POOL: $ 1:36.34 3/23/2023 Marchand, Leon, Arizona State Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 McDonald, Owen JR Ind 1:40.86 1:40.68 r:+0.61 21.23 46.12 (24.89) 1:15.69 (29.57) 1:40.68 (24.99) 2 Barr, Luke SR Ind 1:41.91 1:41.08 r:+0.64 21.58 46.73 (25.15) 1:15.68 (28.95) 1:41.08 (25.40) 3 Geer, Colin SO MICH 1:42.73 1:41.13 r:+0.64 22.04 46.94 (24.90) 1:16.48 (29.54) 1:41.13 (24.65) 4 Groumi, Gal SR MICH 1:42.39 1:41.70 r:+0.65 21.87 46.99 (25.12) 1:16.77 (29.78) 1:41.70 (24.93) 5 Jankovics, Tristan JR OSU 1:42.70 1:41.78 r:+0.68 22.42 47.54 (25.12) 1:17.26 (29.72) 1:41.78 (24.52) 6 Knedla, Miroslav FR Ind 1:42.44 1:42.35 r:+0.62 21.70 46.89 (25.19) 1:17.43 (30.54) 1:42.35 (24.92) 7 Ben-Shitrit, Eitan JR MICH 1:42.71 1:42.97 r:+0.67 22.02 47.24 (25.22) 1:17.88 (30.64) 1:42.97 (25.09) 8 Lu, Tyler SR NU 1:45.23 1:43.08 r:+0.65 22.62 48.68 (26.06) 1:18.55 (29.87) 1:43.08 (24.53) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Yep, Jassen 5Y Ind 1:44.52 1:43.31 r:+0.62 21.98 48.06 (26.08) 1:17.26 (29.20) 1:43.31 (26.05) 10 Benzing, Brian 5Y Ind 1:44.05 1:43.37 r:+0.62 21.85 48.38 (26.53) 1:18.43 (30.05) 1:43.37 (24.94) 11 Dillard, Benjamin 5Y USC 1:43.55 1:43.49 r:+0.72 22.55 49.57 (27.02) 1:18.14 (28.57) 1:43.49 (25.35) 12 Morris, Christopher SR WISC 1:43.87 1:43.57 r:+0.65 22.26 48.54 (26.28) 1:19.33 (30.79) 1:43.57 (24.24) 13 Neverman, Kaiser 5Y MINN 1:44.45 1:43.68 r:+0.64 22.63 48.66 (26.03) 1:18.29 (29.63) 1:43.68 (25.39) 14 Bittner, Matthew JR PSU 1:45.26 1:43.78 r:+0.60 21.72 47.09 (25.37) 1:17.46 (30.37) 1:43.78 (26.32) 15 Maurer, Luke 5Y USC 1:42.57 1:43.79 r:+0.72 22.40 48.13 (25.73) 1:19.81 (31.68) 1:43.79 (23.98) 16 Nosack, Diego SO NU 1:45.59 1:43.84 r:+0.68 22.57 48.39 (25.82) 1:18.55 (30.16) 1:43.84 (25.29)
Big Ten Men’s 50 Free
Ohio State claimed the top three seeds in the 50 free, with all three breaking 19 seconds in prelims.
Freshman Matthew Klinge took the top seed in 18.84, followed by senior Daniel Baltes (18.96) and fifth-year Mario McDonald (18.97).
Michigan took the next two seeds with Tyler Ray (19.08) and Bence Szabados (19.10), who tied with Indiana’s Matthew King. Indiana’s Finlay Brooks (19.12) and Northwestern’s Stuart Seymour (19.22) rounded out the top eight.
Event 5 Men 50 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== B1G Meet: ! 18.69 2/22/2018 Bowen Becker, Minnesota POOL: $ 17.63 3/22/2018 Dressel, Caeleb, Florida Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Klinge, Matthew FR OSU 19.25 18.84 r:+2.87 9.32 18.84 (9.52) 2 Baltes, Daniel SR OSU 19.06 18.96 r:+0.61 9.24 18.96 (9.72) 3 McDonald, Mario 5Y OSU 19.59 18.97 r:+0.69 9.16 18.97 (9.81) 4 Ray, Tyler JR MICH 19.32 19.08 r:+0.62 9.15 19.08 (9.93) 5 Szabados, Bence 5Y MICH 19.20 19.10 r:+0.65 9.27 19.10 (9.83) 5 King, Matthew JR Ind 19.24 19.10 r:+0.62 9.34 19.10 (9.76) 7 Brooks, Finlay SR Ind 19.24 19.12 r:+0.63 9.27 19.12 (9.85) 8 Seymour, Stuart SO NU 19.45 19.22 r:+0.61 9.34 19.22 (9.88) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Torepe-Ormsby, Taiko JR WISC 19.28 19.23 r:+0.65 9.26 19.23 (9.97) 10 Samuels, Braden SR PUR 19.33 19.24 r:+0.68 9.13 19.24 (10.11) 10 Dillingham, Diggory FR USC 19.62 19.24 r:+0.66 9.28 19.24 (9.96) 12 Wilkening, Jack JR MICH 19.60 19.25 r:+0.70 9.41 19.25 (9.84) 13 Navikonis, Tomas JR OSU 19.58 19.32 r:+0.69 9.42 19.32 (9.90) 14 Corbeau, Caspar 5Y Ind 19.87 19.35 r:+0.68 9.31 19.35 (10.04) 15 Lee, Mikkel Jun Jie SO Ind 19.18 19.36 r:+0.62 9.45 19.36 (9.91) 15 Smiley, Dylan SO Ind 19.34 19.36 r:+0.62 9.52 19.36 (9.84)
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