2025 MEN’S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Dates: Wednesday, February 26–Saturday, March 1
- Location: Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Defending champions: Indiana men (3x)
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- Teams: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, USC*, Wisconsin
- Results: Day 1
- Recaps:
The Michigan men closed the second night of the 2025 Men’s Big Ten Championships with a bang, setting a new meet record in the 200 freestyle relay.
200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL
- NCAA Record: 1:12.80 – Tennessee (2025)
Meet Record: 1:15.28 – Ohio State (2022)Big 10 Record: 1:15:28 – Ohio State (2022)- NCAA ‘A’ cut: 1:16.51
- 2024 Champ: Wisconsin – 1:15.3
Results:
- Michigan – 1:14.83
- Wisconsin – 1:15.02
- Ohio State – 1:15.19
- Indiana – 1:15.33
- USC – 1:16.40
- Purdue – 1:17.44
- Minnesota – 1:17.59
- Northwestern – 1:17.79
- Penn State – 1:17.79
Michigan’s team of Bence Szabados, Tyler Ray, Colin Geer, and Jack Wilkening combined for a time of 1:14.83, shattering Ohio State’s meet record of 1:15.28 from 2022. That Ohio State team featured US Olympian Hunter Armstrong alongside teammates Sem Andreis, Alex Quach, and Ruslan Gaziev, who eventually went on to finish 7th at the 2022 NCAA Championships.
Notably, all three of the teams on the podium finished under the old record, with Wisconsin finishing 2nd in 1:15.02 and Ohio State finishing 3rd in 1:15.19. Indiana was also extremely close to breaking the existing mark, finishing 4th in 1:15.33.
For the Michigan men, Szabados led off in a 19.07, only .01 off of his time from the 50 freestyle final earlier in the session. He handed it off to Ray, who dropped a massive 18.35 split to give Michigan the lead. That split ended up standing in the fastest in the field. At Ray’s touch, Geer entered the pool and split 18.88, finally handing it off to Wilkening for a 18.53 anchor leg.
With their performance, the team dropped over a second off of their time from midseason, moving up to 5th in the NCAA this season. Though Michigan will have a lot of work to do in order to best Tennessee at the NCAA Championships next month, they have certainly set themselves up for A-final contention.
Go Blue