Indiana’s Bob Glover Among Top Seeds at Day 4 of the 2017 B1G Championships
The 2017 Men’s B1G Swimming & Diving Championships continued with the fourth and final prelims session.
2017 Men’s B1G Championships, Day Four Prelims – Results
200 Back
Seniors Robert Glover of Indiana and Brett Pinfold of Wisconsin delivered close times in prelims of the 200 back. Glover qualified first with a 1:41.59, followed closely by Pinfold’s 1:41.75.
Iowa’s Kenneth Mende picked up the third place seed with a 1:42.19, while Ohio State’s Thomas Trace grabbed a close fourth with a 1:42.66.
Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Glover, Robert S SR Indiana-IN 1:41.96 1:41.59 24.07 49.93 (25.86) 1:15.86 (25.93) 1:41.59 (25.73) 2 Pinfold, Brett D SR Wisconsin-WI 1:46.27 1:41.75 23.65 48.84 (25.19) 1:14.84 (26.00) 1:41.75 (26.91) 3 Mende, Kenneth SO Iowa-IA 1:45.23 1:42.19 23.69 49.09 (25.40) 1:15.16 (26.07) 1:42.19 (27.03) 4 Trace, Thomas E JR Ohio St-OH 1:43.72 1:42.66 24.30 49.94 (25.64) 1:16.38 (26.44) 1:42.66 (26.28) 5 Mangan, Jack F SR Michigan-MI 1:46.34 1:42.75 24.66 50.39 (25.73) 1:16.43 (26.04) 1:42.75 (26.32) 6 Papendick, Luke A SR Michigan-MI 1:43.58 1:42.95 24.42 50.48 (26.06) 1:16.58 (26.10) 1:42.95 (26.37) 7 Sanders, Tristan M JR Michigan-MI 1:44.60 1:43.22 24.09 50.13 (26.04) 1:16.65 (26.52) 1:43.22 (26.57) 8 Thomas, Jacob J JR Purdue-IN 1:47.31 1:43.24 24.25 50.34 (26.09) 1:16.60 (26.26) 1:43.24 (26.64)
100 Free
Cannon Clifton of Wisconsin flirted with a sub-42 second swim, posting a 42.00 in prelims of the 100 free. Penn State’s Shane Ryan grabbed a close second seed with a 42.14, followed by Minnesota’s Bowen Becker’s 42.24.
Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Clifton, Cannon J SR Wisconsin-WI 42.89 42.00 9.60 20.16 (10.56) 31.08 (10.92) 42.00 (10.92) 2 Ryan, Shane P SR Penn St-MA 42.49 42.14 9.52 20.14 (10.62) 31.16 (11.02) 42.14 (10.98) 3 Becker, Bowen T SO Minnesota-MN 42.87 42.24 9.53 19.97 (10.44) 31.03 (11.06) 42.24 (11.21) 3 Pieroni, Blake J JR Indiana-IN 42.31 42.24 9.59 20.30 (10.71) 31.28 (10.98) 42.24 (10.96) 5 Fleagle, Joshua W SR Ohio St-OH 43.02 42.48 9.51 20.18 (10.67) 31.41 (11.23) 42.48 (11.07) 6 Tavcar, Anze SR Indiana-IN 43.12 42.72 9.90 20.54 (10.64) 31.65 (11.11) 42.72 (11.07) 7 Khalafalla, Ali A JR Indiana-IN 43.79 42.80 9.63 20.32 (10.69) 31.66 (11.34) 42.80 (11.14) 8 Powers, Paul Q JR Michigan-MI 43.70 42.84 9.62 20.44 (10.82) 31.77 (11.33) 42.84 (11.07)
200 Breast
Purdue’s Marat Amaltdinov and Michigan’s Christopher Klein posted close times to lead the 200 breast final later tonight. Amaltdinov took the first place seed with a 1:53.76, followed closely by Klein’s 1:53.93.
Fellow Michigan Wolverine Jacob Montague added a third place seed of 1:55.00, just slightly ahead of Minnesota’s Conner McHugh’s 1:55.04.
Event 18 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Amaltdinov, Marat R JR Purdue-IN 1:54.95 1:53.76 26.12 54.42 (28.30) 1:23.74 (29.32) 1:53.76 (30.02) 2 Klein, Christopher A SR Michigan-MI 1:55.70 1:53.93 25.39 54.40 (29.01) 1:23.87 (29.47) 1:53.93 (30.06) 3 Montague, Jacob R FR Michigan-MI 1:57.21 1:55.00 25.73 54.71 (28.98) 1:23.98 (29.27) 1:55.00 (31.02) 4 McHugh, Conner A JR Minnesota-MN 1:54.85 1:55.04 25.66 54.67 (29.01) 1:24.30 (29.63) 1:55.04 (30.74) 5 Barone, Jack J JR Ohio St-OH 2:03.10 1:55.46 25.57 54.80 (29.23) 1:25.11 (30.31) 1:55.46 (30.35) 6 Bushman, John P SR Minnesota-MN 1:56.74 1:55.51 26.46 55.75 (29.29) 1:25.32 (29.57) 1:55.51 (30.19) 7 Maly, Jakub SR Minnesota-MN 2:03.39 1:55.66 26.28 55.41 (29.13) 1:25.08 (29.67) 1:55.66 (30.58) 8 Swanson, Charles A FR Michigan-MI 1:58.88 1:55.80 26.55 56.00 (29.45) 1:25.93 (29.93) 1:55.80 (29.87)
200 Fly
Vinicius Lanza of Indiana set himself up for a second fly medal with a top showing in prelims of the 200 fly. Lanza turned in a 1:42.22, followed closely by Michigan’s Miles Smachlo and his time of 1:42.86. Ohio State’s Noah Lense added a third place seed time of 1:43.14.
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Butterfly ================================================================== Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Lanza, Vinicius M SO Indiana-IN 1:41.34 1:42.22 22.88 48.80 (25.92) 1:14.97 (26.17) 1:42.22 (27.25) 2 Smachlo, Miles A FR Michigan-MI 1:45.03 1:42.86 23.18 49.27 (26.09) 1:15.30 (26.03) 1:42.86 (27.56) 3 Lense, Noah J FR Ohio St-OH 1:46.56 1:43.14 22.71 48.23 (25.52) 1:14.78 (26.55) 1:43.14 (28.36) 4 Irwin, Max M SR Indiana-IN 1:45.70 1:43.53 22.73 48.91 (26.18) 1:15.87 (26.96) 1:43.53 (27.66) 5 White, Evan S JR Michigan-MI 1:45.52 1:43.71 23.34 49.45 (26.11) 1:16.25 (26.80) 1:43.71 (27.46) 6 Painhas, Henrique SO Ohio St-OH 1:46.11 1:44.85 23.77 49.93 (26.16) 1:17.06 (27.13) 1:44.85 (27.79) 7 Salazar, Michael G SO Ohio St-OH 1:47.20 1:45.60 23.10 49.45 (26.35) 1:17.04 (27.59) 1:45.60 (28.56) 8 Tran, Harrison D SR Wisconsin-WI 1:47.00 1:45.70 23.70 50.07 (26.37) 1:16.99 (26.92) 1:45.70 (28.71)