Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Gal Groumi Sets Up Big Day for Michigan

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Big Ten Men’s Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Gal Groumi Sets Up Big Day for Michigan

It was a big day for Michigan in the first morning sessions of the Big Ten Men’s Championships on Thursday. Led by Gal Groumi securing the top seed in the 200 individual medley, Michigan has seven A finalists across three events with a chance to pounce in the team standings.

All the action from McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion:

Team Standings

  Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 2                       
 
  1. Indiana University                128   2. Michigan, University of           108
  3. Wisconsin, University of          102   3. Pennsylvania State University     102
  5. Ohio State University             100   6. University of Minnesota            98
  7. Purdue University                  96   8. Northwestern University            94

500 freestyle

Fresh off a school record in the 200 free on the 800 free relay, Minnesota’s Bar Soloveychik set the top time in the 500 at 4:12.76. That’s more than four seconds quicker than his seed time. Wisconsin’s Yigit Aslan was second in 4:13.35, followed by a pair of Ohio State swimmers. Alex Axon, who entered as the top seed, went 4:14.89, followed by Samuel Campbell. The Buckeyes have four in the A final.

 Event 3  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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     B1G Meet: ! 4:09.29  2/22/2018 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan
                 4:10.74  A NCAA Qualifying
                 4:21.99  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Soloveychik, Ba  JR Minnesota-B1      4:16.90    4:12.76 qB     
                 23.20        48.62 (25.42)
        1:14.07 (25.45)     1:39.82 (25.75)
        2:05.63 (25.81)     2:31.51 (25.88)
        2:57.21 (25.70)     3:22.91 (25.70)
        3:48.23 (25.32)     4:12.76 (24.53)
  2 Aslan, Yigit     JR Wisconsin-B1      4:18.92    4:13.35 qB     
                 23.61        49.08 (25.47)
        1:14.86 (25.78)     1:40.66 (25.80)
        2:06.37 (25.71)     2:32.02 (25.65)
        2:57.58 (25.56)     3:23.30 (25.72)
        3:48.95 (25.65)     4:13.35 (24.40)
  3 Axon, Alex       SO Ohio State-B1     4:16.00    4:14.89 qB     
                 24.02        49.74 (25.72)
        1:15.56 (25.82)     1:41.55 (25.99)
        2:07.69 (26.14)     2:33.17 (25.48)
        2:58.70 (25.53)     3:24.28 (25.58)
        3:50.12 (25.84)     4:14.89 (24.77)
  4 Campbell, Samue  SO Ohio State-B1     4:19.44    4:15.49 qB     
                 23.71        49.21 (25.50)
        1:15.21 (26.00)     1:41.30 (26.09)
        2:07.51 (26.21)     2:33.41 (25.90)
        2:59.48 (26.07)     3:25.55 (26.07)
        3:50.93 (25.38)     4:15.49 (24.56)
  5 Martin, Andrew   GR Northwestern-B1   4:19.59    4:16.06 qB     
                 23.65        49.33 (25.68)
        1:15.09 (25.76)     1:40.78 (25.69)
        2:06.34 (25.56)     2:32.12 (25.78)
        2:58.14 (26.02)     3:24.16 (26.02)
        3:50.07 (25.91)     4:16.06 (25.99)
  6 Clark, Charles   SR Ohio State-B1     4:18.54    4:16.41 qB     
                 23.87        49.54 (25.67)
        1:15.52 (25.98)     1:41.45 (25.93)
        2:07.33 (25.88)     2:33.14 (25.81)
        2:59.07 (25.93)     3:25.09 (26.02)
        3:50.95 (25.86)     4:16.41 (25.46)
  7 Zucker, Logan    SO Michigan-B1       4:23.64    4:17.31 qB     
                 23.89        49.58 (25.69)
        1:15.75 (26.17)     1:42.07 (26.32)
        2:08.51 (26.44)     2:34.87 (26.36)
        3:00.97 (26.10)     3:27.10 (26.13)
        3:52.71 (25.61)     4:17.31 (24.60)
  8 Metzler, Alex    JR Ohio State-B1     4:20.23    4:17.78 qB     
                 23.92        49.76 (25.84)
        1:16.07 (26.31)     1:42.68 (26.61)
        2:09.18 (26.50)     2:35.01 (25.83)
        3:00.90 (25.89)     3:26.95 (26.05)
        3:52.51 (25.56)     4:17.78 (25.27)

200 individual medley

Gal Groumi makes it two straight Israeli swimmers as top seeds, and he’s leading an all-Israeli, all-Michigan top two. Groumi went 1:41.76 to get to the wall first in prelims. Second was mate Eitan Ben-Shitrit in 1:42.61. Wisconsin’s Dominik Mark Torok finished third in 1:43.07, .01 up on Kaiser Neverman of Minnesota.

Colin Geer was fifth for Michigan, and Jacques Wenger gave the Wolverines a fourth A finalist.

Luke Barr was sixth for Indiana, one of only two A finalists for the Hoosiers on the day. He entered as the second seed in 1:42.88 and went 1:43.45 in prelims.

Event 4  Men 200 Yard IM
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     B1G Meet: ! 1:41.05  2/28/2019 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana
                 1:41.03  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:46.16  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Cohen Groumi, G  JR Michigan-B1       1:42.67    1:41.76 qB     
                 21.72        46.65 (24.93)
        1:16.38 (29.73)     1:41.76 (25.38)
  2 Ben-Shitrit, Ei  SO Michigan-B1       1:43.65    1:42.61 qB     
                 22.02        47.26 (25.24)
        1:17.40 (30.14)     1:42.61 (25.21)
  3 Mark Torok, Dom  SO Wisconsin-B1      1:45.30    1:43.07 qB     
                 22.50        48.84 (26.34)
        1:18.25 (29.41)     1:43.07 (24.82)
  4 Neverman, Kaise  SR Minnesota-B1      1:45.97    1:43.08 qB     
                 22.20        48.06 (25.86)
        1:17.57 (29.51)     1:43.08 (25.51)
  5 Geer, Colin      FR Michigan-B1       1:45.22    1:43.22 qB     
                 22.41        47.85 (25.44)
        1:18.22 (30.37)     1:43.22 (25.00)
  6 Barr, Luke       JR Indiana-B1        1:42.88    1:43.45 qB     
                 22.33        47.58 (25.25)
        1:18.01 (30.43)     1:43.45 (25.44)
  7 Morris, Christo  JR Wisconsin-B1      1:46.27    1:43.95 qB     
                 22.47        48.59 (26.12)
        1:19.63 (31.04)     1:43.95 (24.32)
  8 Wenger, Jacque   JR Michigan-B1       1:48.72    1:44.02 qB     
                 22.24        47.74 (25.50)
        1:18.39 (30.65)     1:44.02 (25.63)

50 freestyle

A time of 19.60 was required just to swim-off for eighth in a fast 50 free. Taiko Torepe-Ormsby of Wisconsin led the way in prelims at 19.15 to grab the middle lane in the final. Second was Michigan’s Bence Szabados in 19.18, backing up his top time in the event entering the meet. Penn State continued a strong meet with Victor Baganha finishing third.

Indiana has an A finalist in Finlay Brooks in fourth, but the Hoosiers will be kicking themselves with there B finalists, both Mikkel Lee and Rafael Miroslaw entering as top-eight seeds by finishing 11th and 12th, respectively, the latter tied with teammate Gavin Wright.

A swim-off is required between Ohio State teammates, with Daniel Baltes and William Fentress each going 19.60.

 Event 5  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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     B1G Meet: ! 18.69  2/22/2018 Bowen Becker, Minnesota
                 18.82  A NCAA Qualifying
                 19.79  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Torepe-Ormsby,   SO Wisconsin-B1        19.24      19.15 qB     
                  9.23         19.15 (9.92)
  2 Szabados, Bence  SR Michigan-B1         19.22      19.18 qB     
                  9.24         19.18 (9.94)
  3 Baganha, Victor  JR Penn State-B1       19.26      19.37 qB     
                  9.35        19.37 (10.02)
  4 Brooks, Finlay   JR Indiana-B1          19.57      19.41 qB     
                  9.27        19.41 (10.14)
  5 Ray, Tyler       SO Michigan-B1         19.99      19.47 qB     
  6 Benson, Andrew   SR Wisconsin-B1        19.58      19.58 qB     
                  9.35        19.58 (10.23)
  7 Wiegand, Ben     SO Wisconsin-B1        19.80      19.59 qB     
                  9.40        19.59 (10.19)
  8 Baltes, Daniel   JR Ohio State-B1       19.63      19.60 qB     
                  9.53        19.60 (10.07)
  8 Fentress, Willi  SO Ohio State-B1       19.90      19.60 qB     
                  9.47        19.60 (10.13)

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