2021 BIG TEN MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
- When: Tuesday, March 2nd to Saturday, March 6th | Prelims 11am | Finals 5pm Tues, 6:30pm Wed-Sat (ET)
- Where: Ohio State University (Eastern Time Zone)
- Defending Champion: Michigan (1x) (2020 results)
- Streaming: Big Ten Network
- Championship Central
- Live Results
The Big Ten Men’s Championships are off to a hot start, as Michigan nearly set a new conference record and Minnesota junior Max McHugh logged a tremendous split on the Gophers’ 200 medley relay.
Registering a 22.40 breaststroke split, McHugh becomes the fastest-ever breaststroke split in history on a 200-yard medley relay.
McHugh’s 22.69 from a January dual meet left him third in history, behind Cal’s Chuck Katis (22.64) and USC’s Carsten Vissering (22.58). Vissering was the previous fastest-ever, and McHugh went by that mark by almost two full tenths of a second.
Meanwhile, Michigan’s Will Chan (22.67), Purdue’s Trent Pellini (22.82) and Ohio State’s Hudson McDaniel (22.97) were all under the 23-second barrier. Chan now ranks #4 all-time and Pellini eighth.
TOP 50-YARD BREAST SPLITS, ALL-TIME (BY PERFORMER)
- Max McHugh – 22.40
- Carsten Vissering – 22.58
- Chuck Katis – 22.64
- Will Chan – 22.67
- Peter John Stevens – 22.69
- Bruno Ortiz/Michael Houlie – 22.77
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- Trent Pellini – 22.82
How much do we think Max McHugh weighs? Big guy with big power!
Where can I find the top-10 split list referenced above?
OSU – here: https://www.usaswimming.org/times/data-hub/all-time-relay-splits
Anyone got a video?
He’s going 48 this week
Swimswam a month ago… “wisconsin can’t beat umn in invite scoring”…here we go. #onwisconsin
I don’t remember ever reading that. What I read was “Wisconsin can’t beat Max McHugh in NCAA scoring.”
We actually picked Wisconsin to finish well ahead of Minnesota at this meet:
https://swimswam.com/2021-big-ten-mens-fan-guide-after-lots-of-graduation-turnover-iu-has-edge/
Better dead than red 😘
Wow!
His split in breast was faster than the backstroke split on his relay–that might be a first…
Poor backstroker
Or, alternatively, poor Max. Splits a record time and his relay still isn’t competitive. A big ten school should be able to put up a 21 in the 50 back. It’s not the backstrokers fault, he gave it his all I’m sure. MN’s lackluster performance falls squarely on the shoulders of the coaching staff.
Minnesota has a very young team with a lot of potential that needs to be unlocked
What is wrong with the coaching staff at Minnesota?
Their breaststroker being able to ou-tsplit their backstroker is whey they were 8th.
He did the same thing in hs when he allegedly went 22.6, even outsplit his flyer and freestyler.
I out split my backstroker once. Of course he split :29.8 and I was watching the rest of the heat pass mid pool when I dove in.
I actually have a similar story, except my backstroker went 32 and was half a lap behind when I dove in. I could barely swim the 2nd 25 from the wash the flyers were making
That’s absolutely filthy. How many years until we see the first 21 second breast split??
About three weeks
in the opening 50
Of the 200
HE’S ON PACE!!