Big Ten Women’s Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Amy Fulmer, Josie Panitz Post Top Seeds for First-Place Ohio State
Leading by 85.5 points heading into the final day of the Big Ten Women’s Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Ohio State Buckeyes are poised for a fourth consecutive team title, particularly after Amy Fulmer and Katherine Zenick claimed the top two qualifying spots in the 100 freestyle prelims and Josie Panitz led the way in the 200 breaststroke. Indiana, in second place in the team race, will have the top time entering the 200 backstroke final with Anna Peplowski, and third-place Michigan saw Katie Crom go through first in the 200 butterfly.
Notably, the 200 back went without two-time defending Big Ten champion and 2021 NCAA champion Phoebe Bacon. The Wisconsin junior was third in the 100 back Friday night but did not swim Saturday morning, although she won’t need to worry about NCAA Championships qualification with a season-best mark of 1:51.22 already recorded.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. Ohio State University 934 2. Indiana University 848.5 3. University of Michigan 773 4. Wisconsin, University of, Madi 649 5. University of Minnesota 529.5 6. Northwestern University 464.5 7. Pennsylvania State University 375 8. Rutgers University Swimming 318.5 9. Purdue University 311 10. University of Nebraska 299 11. University of Iowa 163 12. University of Illinois 155
Women’s 200 Backstroke
Indiana’s Anna Peplowski, who won the 200 free and took second in the 200 back Friday night, will be the top seed for the final after swimming a mark of 1:52.46 in prelims. That put her nine tenths clear of Ohio State’s Felicity Pasadyn, who was second in 1:53.39. Although Phoebe Bacon skipped prelims, Wisconsin will still have a representative in contention in the final with Mack McConagha taking third in 1:53.92.
Ohio State put three swimmers into the A-final with Morgan Kraus (fourth, 1:54.37) and Tristan Harrison (sixth, 1:54.91) joining Pasadyn in the top-eight.
Event 16 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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B1G Meet: # 1:48.47 2/23/2019 Elizabeth Nelson, Wisconsin
Pool: ! 1:51.45 2009 Kate Zubkova, Indiana
1:50.50 A NCAA Qualifying
1:57.07 B NCAA Provisional
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Peplowski, Anna SO IU-IN 1:52.00 1:52.46 qB
r:+0.62 26.48 54.73 (28.25)
1:23.14 (28.41) 1:52.46 (29.32)
2 Pasadyn, Felici SR Ohio St-OH 1:53.55 1:53.39 qB
r:+0.56 26.64 55.08 (28.44)
1:24.14 (29.06) 1:53.39 (29.25)
3 McConagha, Mack SO Wisconsin-WI 1:59.30 1:53.92 qB
r:+0.56 26.66 54.78 (28.12)
1:23.88 (29.10) 1:53.92 (30.04)
4 Kraus, Morgan A SR Ohio St-OH 1:54.68 1:54.37 qB
r:+0.63 27.50 56.72 (29.22)
1:25.99 (29.27) 1:54.37 (28.38)
5 DeWitt, Mya S FR IU-IN 1:56.52 1:54.64 qB
r:+0.99 27.22 56.12 (28.90)
1:25.37 (29.25) 1:54.64 (29.27)
6 Harrison, Trist JR Ohio St-OH 1:57.27 1:54.91 qB
r:+1.05 27.49 56.52 (29.03)
1:25.46 (28.94) 1:54.91 (29.45)
7 Murdock, Justin SO Northwestern-IL 1:56.92 1:54.97 qB
r:+0.58 27.14 56.08 (28.94)
1:25.36 (29.28) 1:54.97 (29.61)
8 Rodriguez River JR Minnesota-MN 1:55.35 1:55.17 qB
r:+0.60 26.87 55.34 (28.47)
1:25.02 (29.68) 1:55.17 (30.15)
Women’s 100 Freestyle
Ohio State went 1-2-3 in the 50 free two days earlier, and a repeat could be in store for the 100 free with all three swimmers earning central lanes for the final. Amy Fulmer, who was the runnerup in the splash-and-dash, took first in 47.23, with 50 free winner Katherine Zenick just behind with a time of 47.37. Michigan’s Lindsay Flynn finished third in 47.87, but the Buckeyes’ Teresa Ivan, third in the 50, placed fourth in 48.23.
Indiana’s Kristin Paegle and Ashley Turak finished fifth and sixth, respectively, while Northwestern’s Ashley Strouse and a second Michigan swimmer, Christey Liang, rounded out the A-final.
Event 17 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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B1G Meet: # 46.57 2/22/2020 Margaret J MacNeil, Michigan
Pool: ! 47.71 2016 Siobhan Haughey, Michigan
47.18 A NCAA Qualifying
49.44 B NCAA Provisional
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Fulmer, Amy A SR Ohio St-OH 47.42 47.23!qB
r:+0.72 22.71 47.23 (24.52)
2 Zenick, Katheri JR Ohio St-OH 47.62 47.37!qB
r:+0.64 22.66 47.37 (24.71)
3 Flynn, Lindsay SO Michigan-MI 48.13 47.87 qB
r:+0.69 23.12 47.87 (24.75)
4 Ivan, Teresa SO Ohio St-OH 49.22 48.23 qB
22.64 48.23 (25.59)
5 Paegle, Kristin FR IU-IN 48.15 48.45 qB
r:+0.69 23.03 48.45 (25.42)
6 Turak, Ashley SR IU-IN 49.15 48.67 qB
r:+0.70 23.39 48.67 (25.28)
7 Strouse, Ashley SO Northwestern-IL NT 48.70 qB
r:+0.76 23.36 48.70 (25.34)
8 Liang, Christey FR Michigan-MI 48.77 48.79 qB
r:+0.69 23.61 48.79 (25.18)
Women’s 200 Breaststroke
Ohio State’s Josie Panitz placed first by over a second in the 200 breast prelims, recording a time of 2:07.38. She should face a challenge in the final from fifth-year Indiana swimmer Noelle Peplowski, who entered with the top time in the Big Ten (and third-best in the country) at 2:05.52 before going 2:08.42 in the morning.
Michigan’s Letitia Sim, who took third in the 100 breast behind the Ohio State duo of Hannah Bach and Panitz, qualified third in 2:09.56, while Wisconsin’s Elizabeth Moore (2:09.56) also broke 2:10. Bach qualified eighth in 2:11.43.
Event 18 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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B1G Meet: # 2:04.03 2/18/2017 Lillia King, Indiana
Pool: ! 2:05.58 2016 Lilly King, Indiana
2:06.18 A NCAA Qualifying
2:13.89 B NCAA Provisional
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Panitz, Josie H SR Ohio St-OH 2:08.75 2:07.38 qB
r:+0.74 28.91 1:01.28 (32.37)
1:34.28 (33.00) 2:07.38 (33.10)
2 Peplowski, Noel PG IU-IN 2:05.52 2:08.42 qB
r:+0.77 29.02 1:01.43 (32.41)
1:34.41 (32.98) 2:08.42 (34.01)
3 Sim, Letitia SO Michigan-MI 2:09.14 2:09.45 qB
r:+0.68 28.67 1:01.04 (32.37)
1:34.16 (33.12) 2:09.45 (35.29)
4 Moore, Elizabet SR Wisconsin-WI 2:10.50 2:09.56 qB
r:+0.74 29.89 1:03.05 (33.16)
1:35.59 (32.54) 2:09.56 (33.97)
5 Crawford, Brear SO IU-IN 2:09.36 2:10.05 qB
r:+0.75 29.80 1:02.52 (32.72)
1:36.01 (33.49) 2:10.05 (34.04)
6 Looze, Mac K PG IU-IN 2:10.96 2:10.50 qB
r:+0.77 29.86 1:02.58 (32.72)
1:35.85 (33.27) 2:10.50 (34.65)
7 Brunzell, Hanna SR Northwestern-IL 2:11.01 2:10.99 qB
r:+0.78 29.63 1:02.47 (32.84)
1:36.17 (33.70) 2:10.99 (34.82)
8 Bach, Hannah M SR Ohio St-OH 2:13.80 2:11.43 qB
29.61 1:02.92 (33.31)
1:37.51 (34.59) 2:11.43 (33.92)
Women’s 200 Butterfly
Michigan’s Katie Crom will go for a title in her home pool in the final individual race of the meet after she qualified first in 1:55.52. Her closest competition in the morning was Ohio State’s Felicity Pasadyn, who returned to the pool after qualifying second in the 200 back to post a time of 1:55.68 here. Pasadyn, who won the 400 IM Friday evening, will race a grueling double on the meet’s final night.
Minnesota’s Megan Van Berkom, the runnerup in the 400 IM behind Pasadyn, placed third in prelims in 1:56.27, with Northwestern’s Miriam Guevara (1:56.46) and Wisconsin’s Mallory Jump (1:56.49) also swimming under 1:57.
Event 19 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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B1G Meet: # 1:51.83 2/19/2022 Olivia G Carter, Michigan-MI
Pool: ! 1:54.13 2013 Tanja Kylliainen, Louisville
1:52.86 A NCAA Qualifying
1:59.23 B NCAA Provisional
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Crom, Katie M FR Michigan-MI 1:57.44 1:55.52 qB
r:+0.70 25.92 55.83 (29.91)
1:26.01 (30.18) 1:55.52 (29.51)
2 Pasadyn, Felici SR Ohio St-OH 1:54.51 1:55.68 qB
r:+0.72 25.90 55.03 (29.13)
1:25.23 (30.20) 1:55.68 (30.45)
3 Van Berkom, Meg JR Minnesota-MN 1:55.38 1:56.27 qB
r:+0.73 25.85 55.26 (29.41)
1:25.53 (30.27) 1:56.27 (30.74)
4 Guevara, Miriam SR Northwestern-IL 1:57.51 1:56.46 qB
r:+0.64 25.07 54.22 (29.15)
1:25.33 (31.11) 1:56.46 (31.13)
5 Jump, Mallory K SR Wisconsin-WI 1:57.79 1:56.49 qB
r:+0.73 26.58 55.18 (28.60)
1:25.32 (30.14) 1:56.49 (31.17)
6 Stott, Shannon SR Nebraska-MW 1:58.15 1:57.29 qB
r:+0.71 26.67 56.15 (29.48)
1:26.23 (30.08) 1:57.29 (31.06)
7 Forrester, Kati FR IU-IN 1:57.57 1:57.52 qB
26.42 56.88 (30.46)
1:27.35 (30.47) 1:57.52 (30.17)
8 Chichaikina, So SR Rutgers-NJ 1:57.68 1:57.75 qB
r:+0.73 26.28 56.49 (30.21)
1:26.88 (30.39) 1:57.75 (30.87)
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