Ian Finnerty Downs Own 100 Breast Big Ten Meet Record in 50.60

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• Wednesday, February 27 – Saturday, March 2
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (Central Time Zone)
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American and NCAA record holder Ian Finnerty took down his own Big Ten meet record in the 100 breast Friday, going 50.60 to best the previous mark of 50.72.

Finnerty, a senior at Indiana University, split 23.73/26.87 to take the top spot in prelims by over half a second. Both of his splits were the fastest in the field. His American record time from last year’s NCAA Championships sits at 49.69, for which he split 23.26/26.43.

Following him in prelims was Minnesota freshman Maxwell McHugh in 51.39 (23.96/27.42) and Purdue sophomore Trent Pellini 51.85 (24.40/27.45).

Full A-final field:

1. Ian Finnerty (IU) – 50.60
2. Max McHugh (Minn) – 51.39
3. Trent Pellini (Pur) – 51.85
4. Jeremy Babinet (Mich) – 52.02
5. Zane Backes (IU) – 52.42
6. William Chan (Mich) – 52.46
7. Gary Kostbade (IU) – 52.55
8. Jacob Montague (Mich) – 52.65

Finnerty raced the 200 IM on Day, taking third in finals with a time of 1:41.74 (21.86/26.15/28.57/25.16); his breastroke split of was the fastest in the field by nearly a full second.