IOWA CITY – The Michigan Wolverines won their fifth-straight Big Ten men’s title by more than 100 points.
Jordan Wilimovsky of Northwestern started the night off with a bang as he blasted the men’s 1650-yard field with a 14:33.50. That swim chopped 10 seconds off Connor Jaeger’s 2012 pool record of 14:43.64.
Wilomovsky also came within just two seconds of Chris Thompson’s meet record of 14:31.15, and moved into the top 15 all time in the event with the swim.
Michigan’s PJ Ransford claimed second overall in 14:49.63, while Minnesota’s CJ Smith rounded out the podium with a third-place time of 14:52.34.
Wisconsin’s Drew teDuits took down the pool record in the 200-yard back with an A cut time of 1:40.30 for the win. He touched out Penn State’s Nate Savoy (1:40.60) for the title, while Savoy still managed an NCAA A cut of his own.
Both cleared the pool record of 1:40.90 set by Michigan’s Tristan Sanders this morning. Sanders could not replicate the time with a sixth-place 1:42.19, while Ohio State’s Rowan Williams grabbed the last podium spot with a third-place 1:41.17.
Michigan’s Bruno Ortiz hit the wall in 42.63 to win the men’s 100-yard free. That’s a bit off his pool record of 42.46 from this morning, but it was good enough for the win.
Ohio State’s Josh Fleagle claimed second in the finale with a time of 42.75, while Wisconsin’s Cannon Clifton placed third in 42.80.
Purdue’s Lyam Dias blasted the 1:54 barrier with a 1:53.92 to win the men’s 200-yard breast and clear the pool record. Michigan’s Richard Funk clocked a 1:54.05 this morning, but wound up taking fifth tonight in 1:54.77.
Indiana’s Tanner Kurz finished second in the finale with a time of 1:54.23, while Purdue’s Marat Amaltdinov posted a third-place time of 1:54.33.
Michigan went 1-2 in the 200-yard fly with Dylan Bosch taking down his preliminary pool record of 1:42.12 with a 1:40.75 this evening. He still has some time to drop to challenge his NCAA record of 1:39.33 set a year ago.
Teammate Evan White grabbed second in 1:42.32, while Ohio State’s Tamas Gercsak placed third in 1:43.81.
Indiana’s James Connor won the 10-meter diving title with 532.45 points, while Purdue’s Steele Johnson took second with 510.20 points. His teammate Nathan Cox snared third with 463.35 points.
Michigan put a capper on its team title win as Paul Powers (42.90), Justin Glanda (42.76), Anders Nielsen (42.86) and Bruno Ortiz (41.62) won the 400-yard free relay in a 2:50.14. That’s a Big Ten record, clipping the 2009 mark of 2:50.16 set by Michigan.
Indiana lowered its 400-yard free relay record by more than three seconds as Anze Tavcar (42.94), Blake Pieroni (42.07), Sam Lorentz (43.30) and Ali Khalafalla (43.14) finished with an NCAA A cut time of 2:51.45.
Ohio State (2:52.50) and Wisconsin (2:52.93) also posted NCAA A cuts for third and fourth.
Team Scores
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