Michigan Wolverines Power Way to Pair of Pool Marks at Big Tens
IOWA CITY – The Michigan Wolverines powered their way to a pair of pool records during night one of the Big Ten Men’s Championships in Iowa City.
Michigan’s Aaron Whitaker (21.55), Bruno Ortiz (22.77), Jeremy Raisky (20.15) and Paul Powers (19.00) clocked the fastest time in the nation with a scorching 1:23.47 in the 200-yard medley relay to start the night.
Ortiz’s breaststroke leg was particularly impressive seeing as he went out in 9.98.
Ohio State’s Steven Zimmerman (21.66), DJ MacDonald (23.98), Matt McHugh (20.38) and Josh Fleagle (19.16) turned in a second-place time of 1:25.18.
Iowa’s Grant Betulius (21.59), Roman Trussov (23.84), Jerzy Twaroski (20.78) and Jackson Halsmer (19.32) checked in with a third-place time of 1:25.53 for an NCAA A cut of their own.
The top three times all cleared the pool record of 1:25.55 set by Michigan back in 2012.
Penn State was disqualified after finishing fourth overall. PSU would later time trial its way to a 1:25.48 to still make the NCAA A cut.
Michigan’s Justin Glanda (1:34.22), Anders Nielsen (1:32.19), Jack Mangan (1:33.46) and Dylan Bosch (1:32.33) crushed the men’s 800-yard free relay with a pool-record 6:12.20. That performance smashed the previous mark of 6:16.26 set by Michigan in 2012.
Wisconsin’s Cannon Clifton (1:34.82), Matt Hutchins (1:34.16), Brett Pinfold (1:34.19) and Nicholas Caldwell (1:33.13) claimed second in 6:16.30.
Indiana’s Blake Pieroni (1:33.10), Anze Tavcar (1:35.16), Jackson Miller (1:34.13) and Steve Schmuhl (1:34.43) finished third in 6:16.82.
Ohio State also beat the NCAA A cut with a fourth-place time of 6:22.65.
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