2022 MEN’S B1G SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- February 23-26, 2022
- Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center, West Lafayette, IN
- SCY (25 yards)
- Prelims at 10AM Eastern, Finals at 5:30PM Eastern
- Defending Champions: Michigan (2x)
- Championship Central
- Live Results
- Live Stream: DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4
- B1G Men’s Record Book
- 2021 Men’s B1G Champs Results
- Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet
The first prelim session of the men’s Big Ten Championships kicks off this morning on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The session starts with the 500 free, then continues with the 200 IM and concludes with the 50 free.
Leading the psych sheets in the 500 is Michigan senior Patrick Callan, a member of the US Olympic team as a member of the 4×200 free relay last summer. His Wolverine and Olympic teammate Jake Mitchell sits just behind him in the second seed, giving the Wolverines a strong 1-2 punch in the mid distance free.
The Wolverines also hold the top two seeds in the 200 IM, with freshman Gal Groumi leading the psych sheets with his 1:41.99 from mid season. His senior teammate Jared Daigle holds the second seed in 143.83.
Indiana fifth year All American Bruno Blaskovic comes in as the top seed in the 50 free at 19.21, though has a slew of challengers waiting just behind him. Penn State freshman Victor Baganha comes in with the second seed in 19.28, while Purude senior Nikola Acin sits third in 19.31. Ohio State Olympian Hunter Armstrong will also race the 50 free this morning, flanking Blaskovic in the prelims as then fourth seed.
Men’s 500 free
- NCAA A standard: 4:11.62
- NCAA B standard: 4:23.34
Top 8 finishers:
- Jacob Newmark (WISC): 4:14.05
- Charles Clark (OSU): 4:15.39
- Bar Soloveychik (MINN): 4:15.54
- Patrick Callan (MICH): 4:16.63
- Yigit Aslan (WISC): 4:16.71
- Warren Briggs (IU): 4:17.98
- Jake Mitchell (MICH): 4:18.10
- James Freeman (MINN): 4:19.02
Wisconsin sophomore Jacob Newmark dropped nearly 6 and a half seconds from his seed time to win heat four and take the top seed heading into tonight’s finals in 4:14.05. He will be joined by his freshman teammate Yigit Aslan, who qualified fifth in 4:16.71.
Minnesota and Michigan will also have two swimmers in the A final tonight. For the Gophers, freshman Bar Soloychik qualified third in 4:15.54, while his sophomore teammate James Freeman qualified 8th in 4:19.02. Both swimmers put up season bests in the prelims.
Michigan’s Olympian duo of Patrick Callan and Jake Mitchell cruised through the prelims, finishing well off of their season bests. Callan, who came in as the top seed, added over four seconds from his seed to qualify fourth in 4:16.63. In the previous heat, Mitchell added three and a half seconds from his seed to touch in 4:18.10, taking the 7th seed into tonight.
Ohio State sophomore Charlie Clark impressed for the Buckeyes, dropping almost three seconds from his seed to qualify second in 4:15.39, securing a likely NCAA invite. Indiana will also have one swimmer in the A final, with sophomore Warren Briggs qualifying 6th in 4:17.98.
The Hoosiers did have a big miss this morning, with junior Michael Brinegar adding over 8 seconds from his seed to finish 20th, way off of his 5th seed coming in.
Men’s 200 IM
- NCAA A standard: 1:41.34
- NCAA B standard: 1:46.77
Top 8 finishers:
- Gal Groumi (MICH): 1:43.31
- Caleb Aman (WISC): 1:43.46
- Alex Quach (OSU): 1:43.48
- Luke Barr (IU): 1:43.80
- Van Mathias (IU): 1:44.18
- Jared Daigle (MICH): 1:44.32
- Jacob Steele (IU): 1:44.45
- Wes Jekel (WISC): 1:44.72
Michigan’s Gal Groumi took care of business in the prelims, defending his top seed to qualify first for the final in 1:43.31, over a second off of his season best. His senior teammate Jared Daigle, who came in as the second seed, qualified 6th in 1:44.32, a half second off of his seed.
The Wisconsin Badgers have been impressive in the early portion of this meet, taking the top seed in the 500 and now putting two swimmers in the A final in the 200 IM. Senior Caleb Aman dropped nearly three seconds from his seed to qualify second in 1:43.46, which his junior teammate Wes Jekel dropped a full second from his seed to qualify 8th in 1:44.72.
The Indiana Hoosiers will have three representatives in tonight’s A final. Freshman Luke Barr was their top swimmer this morning, qualifying 4th in 1:43.80, just ahead of senior Van Mathias, who is fifth in 1:44.18. Fifth year Jacob Steeele qualified seventh in 1:44.45. All three swimmers posted season bests this morning.
Rounding out the A final will be Ohio State freshman Alex Quach, who dropped three seconds from his seed to qualify third in 1:43.48, a time that should earn an NCAA invite.
Men’s 50 free
- NCAA A standard: 18.96
- NCAA B standard: 19.96
Top 8 finishers:
- Hunter Armstrong (OSU): 19.02
- Semuede Andreis (OSU): 19.19
- Bruno Blaskovic (IU): 19.27
- Victor Baganha (PSU): 19.28
- Cameron Peel (MICH): 19.40
- Bence Szabados (MICH): 19.51
- Jack Franzman (IU): 19.54
- William Chan (MICH): 19.56
The Ohio State Buckeyes put up a pair of dominant swims in the 50 free this morning, taking the top two spots. Olympian Hunter Armstrong took the top seed in 19.02, a .35 drop from his seed and just off of the NCAA A standard. His senior teammate Semuede Andreis touched second in 19.19, a half second drop that should earn him an NCAA invite.
Top seed Bruno Blaskovic of Indiana will swim in lane three this evening after qualifying third in 19.27, just .06 off of his seed. He will be joined by senior teammate Jack Franzman, who qualified 7th in 19.54.
Michigan will have three swimmers in tonight’s A final, with junior Cam Peel leading the way for the Wolverines with a 19.40 to qualify 5th. Sophomore Bence Szabados was just behind him with a 19.51, good for 5th and senior Will Chan qualified 8th with a 19.56.
Penn State freshman Victor Baganha, who came in as the second seed, matched his seed time of 19.28 to qualify fourth.
Purdue’s Nikola Acin, who came in as the third seed, added three tenths from his seed to drop all the way to 15th.
IU had two swimmers exhibition times that would have made it back in the 50. Only one IU non-exhibition swimmer missed a second swim. On the other hand, IU distance was rough. Good thing they were exhibition swims.
Chitwood has really hindered the IU distance swimmers. I know people weren’t the biggest fan of Westphal, but he did get the job done on the mid & distance side.
I loved training under Westphal, but IU had no choice with the allegations against him.
Westphal was an abusive person. He deserves to be watching big tens from home right now.
Kinda self-defeating to say Chitwood’s swimmers are the only ones struggling and then say he “fits right in.”
I think he means “brown stain on deck”, meaning he fits in with the Ray Looze/IU culture well.
why does SwimSwam allow comments like this?
Pitt transfer Warren Briggs was a 4:20 500 swimmer before coming to IU. 4:17 this morning
Damn Wisconsin coulda used a 19.2 50 freestyler ig, if only they had one on roster
Where is he btw
Hurt his back
Not promising to be SwimSwam Accurate:
Indiana 6-2-1
OSU 4-5-2
MI 7-2-3
WI 4-1-8
Wisky liking reduced participation numbers?
MI Ansel Forass 1:45 would have been in the B Final. Strategy has the Michigan 50 guys scoring on the other two days.
Badgers are for sure benefitting some from the participation cuts, almost enough to offset having their superstar sprinter out of the meet
OSU looks dangerous. If they can keep it close with Michigan and Indiana on the swimming side they’ll win the meet. They have 8 divers who all look to score a lot at this meet
Refresh me, what are the rules on number of divers? Is it 18 athletes total? It seems impossible to have 10 swimmers only.
At conference, divers count as 1/3 a person. So if you take 6 divers it counts as 2 people/adoring spots.
They used to count as half-spots, don’t know if that changed this year.
Divers count as half.
Divers count as 1/2 of a person on the roster
Divers count for half in scoring positions. So presumably, OSU could have 14 swimmers and 8 divers.
If OSU and IU keep with Michigan on the swimming side, Mich will be a distant 3rd behind IU and OSU diving.
4:19 to make it back? Huh?
“Cruising at its finest” for the 500 Free Preliminaries.
In 2018 8th prelims was 4:19.02, otherwise this is the fastest its been since
4:19.00*
I am referring to Jake Mitchell and Patrick Callan cruising. I expect fast tonight.
Brinegar def gonna beat Finke with that 4:25 speed.
Why would he even speak on that like he’s in the running?
IU’s distance program hasn’t seen much improvement under the new coaches (Chitwood?). Was hoping it wouldn’t be a trend but this is the 3rd Big 10s where times aren’t dropping
Michael Brinegar? Wooooooooof.