Big Ten Day 3 Prelims: Indiana Breaststrokers Swim to Top Five Seeds

josh matheny

The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 3 prelims from Minneapolis.

The Day 3 events for prelims are the 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.

Here is a look at what happened Friday morning:

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Big Ten Men’s 100 Butterfly

Michigan junior Tyler Ray opened the day with a meet record to get the speed rolling in Minnesota.

Ray got to the wall in 44.30 to break the previous mark of 44.32 set by Tomer Frankel of Indiana last year.

Frankel finished third on Friday in 45.05, behind Ray and Indiana teammate Finlay Brooks (44.75).

Purdue senior Braden Samuels finished with the fourth seed (45.10), followed by Minnesota freshman Jacob Johnson (45.29), OSU freshman Matthew Klinge (45.39), USC sophomore Michal Chmielewski (45.40) and Michigan sophomore Colin Geer (45.61).

Event 8  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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     B1G Meet: ! 44.30  2/28/2025 Tyler Ray, MICH
         POOL: $ 42.80  3/23/2018 Dressel, Caeleb, Florida
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Ray, Tyler             JR MICH                45.31      44.30! 
     r:+0.66  9.52        20.54 (11.02)
          32.67 (12.13)       44.30 (11.63)
  2 Brooks, Finlay         SR Ind                 45.15      44.75  
     r:+0.63  9.17        20.41 (11.24)
          32.35 (11.94)       44.75 (12.40)
  3 Frankel, Tomer         5Y Ind                 45.11      45.05  
     r:+0.61  9.78        20.80 (11.02)
          32.78 (11.98)       45.05 (12.27)
  4 Samuels, Braden        SR PUR                 45.27      45.10  
     r:+0.66  9.40        20.49 (11.09)
          32.65 (12.16)       45.10 (12.45)
  5 Johnson, Jacob         FR MINN                45.21      45.29  
     r:+0.61  9.73        20.76 (11.03)
          33.05 (12.29)       45.29 (12.24)
  6 Klinge, Matthew        FR OSU                 45.81      45.39  
     r:+0.72  9.74        20.77 (11.03)
          32.95 (12.18)       45.39 (12.44)
  7 Chmielewski, Michal    SO USC                 46.34      45.40  
    r:+0.64  10.00        21.27 (11.27)
          33.04 (11.77)       45.40 (12.36)
  8 Geer, Colin            SO MICH                46.05      45.61  
     r:+0.61  9.89        21.16 (11.27)
          33.43 (12.27)       45.61 (12.18)
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  9 Seymour, Stuart        SO NU                  46.72      45.62  
     r:+0.62  9.54        21.38 (11.84)
          33.30 (11.92)       45.62 (12.32)
 10 Baganha, Victor        SR PSU                 46.56      45.75  
     r:+0.59  9.73        21.06 (11.33)
          33.16 (12.10)       45.75 (12.59)
 11 Bittner, Matthew       JR PSU                 46.57      45.94  
     r:+0.61  9.83        21.14 (11.31)
          33.30 (12.16)       45.94 (12.64)
 12 Eidam, Ole Mats        FR MICH                47.96      45.95  
     r:+0.67  9.84        21.18 (11.34)
          33.48 (12.30)       45.95 (12.47)
 13 Morley, Cooper         JR PSU                 46.14      46.19  
    r:+0.69  10.02        21.49 (11.47)
          33.74 (12.25)       46.19 (12.45)
 14 Harabagiu, Davide      SO MINN                46.68      46.25  
     r:+0.64  9.53        21.36 (11.83)
          33.38 (12.02)       46.25 (12.87)
 15 Fentress, William      JR OSU                 46.31      46.32  
     r:+0.69  9.93        21.31 (11.38)
          33.55 (12.24)       46.32 (12.77)
 16 Jones, Charles         JR WISC                46.71      46.40  
     r:+0.71  9.98        21.69 (11.71)
          33.69 (12.00)       46.40 (12.71)

Big Ten Men’s 400 IM

Ohio State junior Tristan Jankovics cruised to the top seed in 3:41.81. The time was four seconds off his seed time, and we will see what he has saved for finals.

Wisconsin junior Dominik Mark Torok grabbed the second seed in 3:42.45, just ahead of Michigan’s Lorne Wigginton (3:42.54) and USC’s Krzysztof Chmielewski (4:32.58).

Northwestern’s Deigo Nosack swam to the fifth seed in 3:43.20, followed by Indiana’s Zalan Sarkany (3:43.81), OSU’s William Bansberg (3:44.28) and Michigan’s Ryan Healy (3:44.46).

 Event 9  Men 400 Yard IM
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     B1G Meet: ! 3:38.03  2009      Tyler Clary, Michigan
         POOL: $ 3:28.82  3/23/2023 Marchand, Leon, Arizona State
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Jankovics, Tristan     JR OSU               3:37.96    3:41.81  
    r:+0.69  23.82        50.77 (26.95)
        1:19.50 (28.73)     1:46.96 (27.46)
        2:18.84 (31.88)     2:50.43 (31.59)
        3:17.17 (26.74)     3:41.81 (24.64)
  2 Mark Torok, Dominik    JR WISC              3:41.57    3:42.45  
    r:+0.68  23.83        50.76 (26.93)
        1:19.36 (28.60)     1:47.00 (27.64)
        2:18.45 (31.45)     2:50.43 (31.98)
        3:16.84 (26.41)     3:42.45 (25.61)
  3 Wigginton, Lorne       FR MICH              3:41.87    3:42.54  
    r:+0.65  23.54        50.30 (26.76)
        1:19.96 (29.66)     1:48.14 (28.18)
        2:19.55 (31.41)     2:51.54 (31.99)
        3:17.37 (25.83)     3:42.54 (25.17)
  4 Chmielewski, Krzyszto  SO USC               3:47.14    3:42.58  
    r:+0.65  22.94        49.09 (26.15)
        1:17.03 (27.94)     1:43.98 (26.95)
        2:16.77 (32.79)     2:49.99 (33.22)
        3:16.94 (26.95)     3:42.58 (25.64)
  5 Nosack, Diego          SO NU                3:45.11    3:43.20  
    r:+0.68  23.60        50.50 (26.90)
        1:18.99 (28.49)     1:46.91 (27.92)
        2:18.46 (31.55)     2:50.63 (32.17)
        3:17.55 (26.92)     3:43.20 (25.65)
  6 Sarkany, Zalan         JR Ind               3:46.37    3:43.81  
    r:+0.66  23.60        51.30 (27.70)
        1:19.98 (28.68)     1:47.94 (27.96)
        2:20.17 (32.23)     2:52.84 (32.67)
        3:18.70 (25.86)     3:43.81 (25.11)
  7 Bansberg, William      SR OSU               3:49.14    3:44.28  
    r:+0.67  23.41        50.54 (27.13)
        1:19.18 (28.64)     1:47.05 (27.87)
        2:18.67 (31.62)     2:50.56 (31.89)
        3:17.73 (27.17)     3:44.28 (26.55)
  8 Healy, Ryan            SO MICH              3:49.33    3:44.46  
    r:+0.69  23.50        51.26 (27.76)
        1:20.68 (29.42)     1:48.97 (28.29)
        2:20.41 (31.44)     2:52.28 (31.87)
        3:18.80 (26.52)     3:44.46 (25.66)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Barnett, Toby          SO Ind               3:41.41    3:45.20  
    r:+0.67  23.50        50.79 (27.29)
        1:20.28 (29.49)     1:48.78 (28.50)
        2:19.33 (30.55)     2:51.53 (32.20)
        3:19.13 (27.60)     3:45.20 (26.07)
 10 Edmund, Mason          JR OSU               3:47.22    3:45.50  
    r:+0.76  24.11        51.22 (27.11)
        1:20.56 (29.34)     1:48.49 (27.93)
        2:20.80 (32.31)     2:53.61 (32.81)
        3:20.46 (26.85)     3:45.50 (25.04)
 11 Metzler, Alex          SR OSU               3:45.94    3:45.57  
    r:+0.78  24.28        51.88 (27.60)
        1:21.33 (29.45)     1:50.48 (29.15)
        2:22.94 (32.46)     2:55.27 (32.33)
        3:20.97 (25.70)     3:45.57 (24.60)
 12 Tepper, Joseph         5Y MINN              3:47.61    3:46.39  
    r:+0.86  24.03        51.19 (27.16)
        1:19.39 (28.20)     1:46.86 (27.47)
        2:19.89 (33.03)     2:53.74 (33.85)
        3:20.50 (26.76)     3:46.39 (25.89)
 13 Savarese, William      FR MICH              3:49.52    3:47.28  
    r:+0.64  24.51        51.47 (26.96)
        1:20.96 (29.49)     1:49.79 (28.83)
        2:21.61 (31.82)     2:54.30 (32.69)
        3:21.78 (27.48)     3:47.28 (25.50)
 14 Mackesy, Evan          FR PUR               3:50.74    3:47.34  
    r:+0.69  24.31        51.54 (27.23)
        1:20.19 (28.65)     1:48.24 (28.05)
        2:20.34 (32.10)     2:53.63 (33.29)
        3:21.24 (27.61)     3:47.34 (26.10)
 15 Hernandez Garcia, Alb  JR MINN              3:50.04    3:47.42  
    r:+0.71  23.79        51.12 (27.33)
        1:19.83 (28.71)     1:48.33 (28.50)
        2:19.99 (31.66)     2:53.54 (33.55)
        3:21.12 (27.58)     3:47.42 (26.30)
 16 Honey, Sean            SO PSU               3:45.98    3:47.59  
    r:+0.70  23.78        51.67 (27.89)
        1:20.44 (28.77)     1:48.43 (27.99)
        2:20.94 (32.51)     2:54.73 (33.79)
        3:21.49 (26.76)     3:47.59 (26.10)

Big Ten Men’s 200 Free

Michigan senior Gal Groumi dropped more than a second off his entry time to claim the top seed in the 200 free, getting to the wall in 1:32.54.

Just four hundredths of a second behind was OSU junior Tomas Navikonis (1:32.58), and nine hundredths behind was Michigan’s Eitan Ben-Shitrit (1:32.63) – the only swimmers to break 1:33.

Indiana senior Rafael Miroslaw took the fourth seed in 1:33.42, just ahead of Wisconsin’s Christopher Morris (1:33.45), who was followed by Indiana’s Dylan Smiley (1:33.62), USC’s Oliver Sogaard-Andersen (1:33.78) and Luke Maurer (1:33.88).

Event 10  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 1:31.14  2/23/2018 Blake J Pieroni, Indiana
         POOL: $ 1:29.50  3/22/2018 Haas, Townley, Texas
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Groumi, Gal            SR MICH              1:33.71    1:32.54  
    r:+0.63  21.47        45.28 (23.81)
        1:08.72 (23.44)     1:32.54 (23.82)
  2 Navikonis, Tomas       JR OSU               1:31.55    1:32.58  
    r:+0.71  21.86        45.65 (23.79)
        1:09.19 (23.54)     1:32.58 (23.39)
  3 Ben-Shitrit, Eitan     JR MICH              1:33.21    1:32.63  
    r:+0.62  21.73        45.00 (23.27)
        1:08.49 (23.49)     1:32.63 (24.14)
  4 Miroslaw, Rafael       SR Ind               1:31.73    1:33.42  
    r:+0.66  21.65        45.43 (23.78)
        1:09.49 (24.06)     1:33.42 (23.93)
  5 Morris, Christopher    SR WISC              1:33.65    1:33.45  
    r:+0.65  21.52        45.11 (23.59)
        1:09.29 (24.18)     1:33.45 (24.16)
  6 Smiley, Dylan          SO Ind               1:34.40    1:33.62  
    r:+0.67  21.79        44.91 (23.12)
        1:09.11 (24.20)     1:33.62 (24.51)
  7 Sogaard-Andersen, Oli  FR USC               1:32.66    1:33.78  
    r:+0.66  21.31        45.18 (23.87)
        1:09.52 (24.34)     1:33.78 (24.26)
  8 Maurer, Luke           5Y USC               1:33.23    1:33.88  
    r:+0.71  22.03        46.24 (24.21)
        1:10.14 (23.90)     1:33.88 (23.74)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Frankel, Tomer         5Y Ind               1:33.71    1:33.98  
    r:+0.64  22.21        46.06 (23.85)
        1:09.98 (23.92)     1:33.98 (24.00)
 10 Vilchez, Jordi         FR OSU               1:34.20    1:34.06  
    r:+0.71  22.05        45.81 (23.76)
        1:09.67 (23.86)     1:34.06 (24.39)
 11 Moraes, Eduardo        JR MICH              1:33.97    1:34.13  
    r:+0.70  22.11        45.53 (23.42)
        1:09.58 (24.05)     1:34.13 (24.55)
 12 Soloveychik, Bar       SR MINN              1:35.20    1:34.31  
    r:+0.66  22.16        46.12 (23.96)
        1:10.23 (24.11)     1:34.31 (24.08)
 13 Romano, Yoav           FR WISC              1:34.23    1:34.65  
    r:+0.63  22.44        46.57 (24.13)
        1:10.83 (24.26)     1:34.65 (23.82)
 14 Eichel, Daniel         FR MINN              1:36.80    1:35.05  
    r:+0.72  22.46        46.58 (24.12)
        1:10.72 (24.14)     1:35.05 (24.33)
 15 Slavica, Toni          SO PSU               1:37.84    1:35.06  
    r:+0.63  21.60        45.42 (23.82)
        1:09.81 (24.39)     1:35.06 (25.25)
 16 Kim, Tylor             SO PSU               1:35.17    1:35.07  
    r:+0.69  22.06        46.46 (24.40)
        1:10.69 (24.23)     1:35.07 (24.38)

Big Ten Men’s 100 Breaststroke

Indiana stunningly claimed the top five seeds in the 100 breaststroke.

Senior Finlay Brooks took the top spot in 50.42, followed by fifth-year Caspar Corbeau (51.18), fifth-year Jassen Yep (51.25), senior Josh Matheny (51.30) and fifth-year Brian Benzing (51.59).

Michigan’s Ozan Kalafat was the sixth seed in 51.78, followed by USC’s Chun Ho Chan (52.17) and Benjamin Dillard (52.27).

Event 11  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
==================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 50.19  3/5/2021  Maxwell J McHugh, Minnesota
         POOL: $ 49.69  3/24/2018 Finnerty, Ian, Indiana
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Brooks, Finlay         SR Ind                 51.13      50.42  
    r:+0.63  10.69        23.35 (12.66)
          36.73 (13.38)       50.42 (13.69)
  2 Corbeau, Caspar        5Y Ind                 51.49      51.18  
    r:+0.68  10.56        23.52 (12.96)
          37.59 (14.07)       51.18 (13.59)
  3 Yep, Jassen            5Y Ind                 51.59      51.25  
    r:+0.62  11.04        24.08 (13.04)
          37.76 (13.68)       51.25 (13.49)
  4 Matheny, Joshua        SR Ind                 51.15      51.30  
    r:+0.70  11.27        24.18 (12.91)
          37.84 (13.66)       51.30 (13.46)
  5 Benzing, Brian         5Y Ind                 51.03      51.59  
    r:+0.64  10.93        23.81 (12.88)
          37.71 (13.90)       51.59 (13.88)
  6 Kalafat, Ozan          JR MICH                52.60      51.78  
    r:+0.61  10.96        24.09 (13.13)
          37.87 (13.78)       51.78 (13.91)
  7 Chan, Chun Ho          FR USC                 51.79      52.17  
    r:+0.63  11.15        24.44 (13.29)
          38.38 (13.94)       52.17 (13.79)
  8 Dillard, Benjamin      5Y USC                 52.11      52.27  
    r:+0.70  10.93        24.16 (13.23)
          38.14 (13.98)       52.27 (14.13)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9 O'Grady, Christopher   SR USC                 52.08      52.40  
    r:+0.67  10.94        24.26 (13.32)
          38.05 (13.79)       52.40 (14.35)
 10 Pinheiro, Filipe       5Y PSU                 53.17      52.49  
    r:+0.64  10.86        24.60 (13.74)
          38.43 (13.83)       52.49 (14.06)
 11 Helmuth, Karl          SR OSU                 52.44      52.58  
    r:+0.67  11.19        24.44 (13.25)
          38.47 (14.03)       52.58 (14.11)
 12 Rudd, Joseph           SR MINN                52.90      52.68  
    r:+0.68  11.21        24.97 (13.76)
          38.49 (13.52)       52.68 (14.19)
 13 Segal, Matthew         SR WISC                53.82      52.75  
    r:+0.68  11.02        24.36 (13.34)
          38.21 (13.85)       52.75 (14.54)
 14 Lazzerini, Mariano     JR PSU                 52.52      52.78  
    r:+0.68  11.45        24.93 (13.48)
          38.84 (13.91)       52.78 (13.94)
 15 Gamilla, Jaeddan       SO MICH                53.16      53.10  
    r:+0.65  11.49        24.99 (13.50)
          38.81 (13.82)       53.10 (14.29)
 16 Wiegand, Ben           SR WISC                53.87      53.11  
    r:+0.67  11.14        24.85 (13.71)
          38.69 (13.84)       53.11 (14.42)

Big Ten Men’s 100 Backstroke

The Hoosiers weren’t finish with their morning move. Indiana claimed the top two seeds in the 100 backstroke with Owen McDonald (44.50) and Luke Barr (45.02).

Northwestern went 3-4 with David Gerchik (45.25) and Stuart Seymour (45.30).

Michigan junior Jack Wilkening was the fifth seed in 45.34, followed by Penn State’s Matthew Bittner (45.48), Indiana’s Miroslav Knedla (45.60) and OSU’ s Cornelius Jahn (45.62).

==================================================================
     B1G Meet: ! 44.31  2/25/2022 Brendan A Burns, Indiana
         POOL: $ 43.61  3/24/2023 Burns, Brendan, Indiana
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 McDonald, Owen         JR Ind                 44.93      44.50  
    r:+0.50  10.69        21.62 (10.93)
          33.22 (11.60)       44.50 (11.28)
  2 Barr, Luke             SR Ind                 46.14      45.02  
    r:+0.50  10.40        21.63 (11.23)
          33.37 (11.74)       45.02 (11.65)
  3 Gerchik, David         SO NU                  46.07      45.25  
    r:+0.56  10.63        21.87 (11.24)
          33.62 (11.75)       45.25 (11.63)
  4 Seymour, Stuart        SO NU                  45.84      45.30  
    r:+0.53  10.97        22.13 (11.16)
          33.87 (11.74)       45.30 (11.43)
  5 Wilkening, Jack        JR MICH                45.48      45.34  
    r:+0.56  10.58        21.68 (11.10)
          33.65 (11.97)       45.34 (11.69)
  6 Bittner, Matthew       JR PSU                 46.21      45.48  
    r:+0.50  10.69        21.74 (11.05)
          33.58 (11.84)       45.48 (11.90)
  7 Knedla, Miroslav       FR Ind                 45.27      45.60  
    r:+0.52  10.49        21.51 (11.02)
          33.57 (12.06)       45.60 (12.03)
  8 Jahn, Cornelius        FR OSU                 46.15      45.62  
    r:+0.60  10.78        22.14 (11.36)
          34.01 (11.87)       45.62 (11.61)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Chmielewski, Michal    SO USC                 47.00      45.83  
    r:+0.56  11.20        22.80 (11.60)
          34.31 (11.51)       45.83 (11.52)
 10 Wight, Gavin           5Y Ind                 45.90      46.03  
    r:+0.56  10.83        22.00 (11.17)
          33.93 (11.93)       46.03 (12.10)
 11 Morley, Cooper         JR PSU                 45.72      46.39  
    r:+0.54  11.01        22.14 (11.13)
          34.21 (12.07)       46.39 (12.18)
 12 Stowe, Casey           5Y MINN                47.03      46.44  
    r:+0.57  10.74        22.32 (11.58)
          34.30 (11.98)       46.44 (12.14)
 13 Lorenz, Samuel         FR WISC                47.14      46.46  
    r:+0.55  10.66        21.89 (11.23)
          33.81 (11.92)       46.46 (12.65)
 14 Scharff, Cooper        JR WISC                47.39      46.62  
    r:+0.49  10.53        22.10 (11.57)
          34.10 (12.00)       46.62 (12.52)
 15 Danziger, Inbar        FR MICH                48.14      46.88  
    r:+0.53  10.97        22.50 (11.53)
          34.77 (12.27)       46.88 (12.11)
 16 Welker, Nathan         SO WISC                46.67      46.98  
    r:+0.55  11.11        22.65 (11.54)
          34.89 (12.24)       46.98 (12.09)
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