2018 MEN’S B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, February 21st – Saturday, February 24th
- Prelims 11am | Finals 6:30pm
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Central Time Zone)
- Defending Champion: Indiana (results)
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- Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet
After the Indiana Hoosiers opened the meet last night with a pair of relay victories, the first preliminary session of the 2018 Men’s B1G Ten Championships goes off this morning from Minnesota. We’ll see heats in the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free, with the 400 medley relay being added to tonight’s session.
Each event will be highlighted by the defending champion, with Felix Auboeck, Vini Lanza and Paul Powers all looking to defend their titles. Another man to keep an eye on in the 50 free is Bowen Becker of Minnesota, as he threw down a split of 18.24 on the medley relay last night.
Check out the heat sheet for this morning here.
500 Free Prelims
- B1G Meet Record: 4:10.63, Felix Auboeck (MICH), 2017
- Felix Auboeck, MICH, 4:13.18
- PJ Ransford, MICH, 4:15.41
- Ricardo Vargas, MICH, 4:15.83
- Victor Goicoechea, WISC, 4:16.21
- Brayden Seal, OSU, 4:16.92
- Nick Hogsed, OSU, 4:17.07
- Batuhan Hakan, PUR, 4:18.43
- Adam Destrampe, IU, 4:19.00
Felix Auboeck, PJ Ransford and Ricardo Vargas each won their respective circle-seeded heat in the 500 free, posting the top three times of the morning. Auboeck took top spot in 4:13.18, with Ransford (4:15.41) and Vargas (4:15.83) 2nd and 3rd.
Seniors Victor Goicoechea (Wisconsin), Brayden Seal (Ohio State) and Nick Hogsed (Ohio State) qualified 4th through 6th in times of 4:16.21, 4:16.92 and 4:17.07, respectively. Batuhan Hakan of Purdue and Adam Destrampe of Indiana both knocked over six seconds off their seed time to grab the last two spots in tonight’s A-final.
200 IM Prelims
- B1G Meet Record: 1:41.14, Kylie Whitaker (MICH), 2014
- Vini Lanza, IU, 1:42.06
- Evan White, MICH, 1:42.54
- Tommy Cope, MICH, 1:43.11
- Ian Finnerty, IU, 1:43.35
- Paul DeLakis, OSU, 1:43.39
- Blake Pieroni, IU, 1:43.92
- Jacob Montague, MICH, 1:44.06
- Andrew Loy, OSU, 1:44.24
Indiana’s Vini Lanza used quick fly and free splits to nail down the top spot in the 200 IM prelims, touching in a time of 1:42.06. Michigan’s Tommy Cope (1:43.11) and Hoosier Ian Finnerty (1:43.35) were just behind Lanza in the last heat, qualifying 3rd and 4th overall.
Ohio State freshman Paul DeLakis (1:43.39) took nearly five seconds off his seed to win heat 6 and qualify 5th, while Michigan senior Evan White (1:42.54) won the other circle-seeded heat for the 2nd seed.
Freestyler Blake Pieroni of Indiana and breaststroker Jacob Montague of Michigan qualified 6th and 7th, with Ohio State’s Andrew Loy sneaking in for the 8th spot. Wolverine Charlie Swanson was left on the outside looking in in 9th (1:44.80).
50 Free Prelims
B1G Meet Record: 18.80, Paul Powers (MICH), 2017
- Bowen Becker, MINN, 18.69
- Paul Powers, MICH, 19.04
- Ali Khalafalla, IU, 19.22
- Luiz Gustavo Borges, MICH, 19.26
- Bruno Blaskovic, IU, 19.36
- James Peek, MICH, 19.42
- Kalvin Koethke, OSU, 19.58
- Tyler Zelen, WISC, 19.59
Minnesota junior Bowen Becker backed up his 18.2 relay split from last night with a new B1G Ten Record in this morning’s prelims, clocking a sizzling 18.69. He also crushed the NCAA ‘A’ standard of 19.05, and now sits #2 in the country behind only Caeleb Dressel.
Defending champ Paul Powers was 2nd in 19.04, with his Wolverine teammates Luiz Gustavo Borges (19.26) and James Peek (19.42) also getting through in 4th and 6th. Indiana’s Ali Khalafalla proved his 19.5 split last night was indeed due to a botched breakout, clocking 19.22 for the 3rd seed. His freshman teammate Bruno Blaskovic took four tenths off his season best to qualify 5th in 19.36.
Uh oh looks like Paul’s gunna have to take that double dry scoop tonight to get the win tonight in the 50.
Surprising stat: Iowa has most scorers in the 50fr. Kudos.
Correct me if I’m wrong but Bowen Becker’s second 25 (9.50) is the same a Dressel’s when he went 18.20. That’s the first person I’ve seen match him on either 25 of the 50
I’m all for having a C final, but what about making it non-scoring? Like a “hey you went really fast and unfortunately are in a super fast conference, so you can get the extra swim at night, but it won’t score”
Swimmer! – I think the premise is as much about 1) motivating swimmers on the lower-end of the team to “still matter,” and 2) to recognize depth as much as is possible.
They actually added it so MSU could score some individual points.
Joking aside, I agree with having the C final, but I just don’t like the idea of a team with more top end depth losing because of a lack of C-finalists. And it also changes the point spread for relays. So now instead of 40 for a win, its 64, and instead of 34 for 2nd, its 56. I know it seems minimal, but this stuff can add up.
Sparty literally qualified a guy in the 50 freestyle for the B final not even a few hours ago…
It was just a joke. That being said, each year you usually can count the number of MSU B final swims on one hand
Don’t quite understand the downvotes. The B1G used to do A-B scoring, plus a non scoring C final and I never heard anyone complain. It gave acknowledgement to fast swims that didn’t quite make the cut of the A-B final.
I mean will we add a C final to the NCAA’s and score it?
Michigan is loaded in the 500 free. Top three qualifiers for the finals, then three more in the consolation finals.
That’s a lot of swimmers on one team for one event.
Crazy enough they actually have more in the 200IM, I count 9 in scoring positions
They posted 3 up, 4 mid, 2 down in the 200 IM and 3 up in the 50 Free. That’s a stellar morning session for the men in Blue!
Come NC’s this year might be the most stacked 50/100 free finals ever
Really is crazy, Ress 18, Becker 18, Sendyk, Hoffer, Schooling, Khallfalla, Powers, ringgold, Apple. Held, probably some other people are gonna break 19 but that’s at least 10 swimmers already with a best of 18 something. Probably forgetting someone
Remel
You forgot our lord and savior, Caeleb Dressel… Tho he will probably end up scratching the 50 at NCAA’s and go 18 free split in the 2IM just to prove his powers.
Tate Jackson went 18.99 in big 12 prelims this morning
the one leading the pack, Dressel
18.69 for Becker. Yikes!
Delakis is clutch