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Indiana’s Brendan Burns Name 2021 Big Ten Swimmer Of The Championships

Indiana University sophomore Brendan Burns was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championship, adding to his Freshman of the Year honor from last season.

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Michigan Men Defend Big Ten Team Title, Earns 42nd Title in Program History

The Michigan men successfully defended their Big Ten team title, earning their 42nd title in program history, the most in Big Ten history.

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Brendan Burns Takes Advantage of Big Ten Meet Schedule, Four 41s to Close Meet

Instead of the fly/back double in 100s, he was able to do the 200 of each stroke on separate days, and he broke 1:40 in both for the first time.

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Zane Backes (above) is racing in tonight’s 200 breast A-final for IU, as the Hoosiers are gunning for a B1G title in an extremely close race with Michigan.

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IU V. Michigan Battle for 2021 Big Ten Title Will Come Down to Final Relay

After scoring prelims and 1650 FR seeds, Michigan will have just ONE point over Indiana on paper, leaving it to the 400 FR relay to decide the 2021 champion.

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Winding Up for the Final Day of the Big Ten Championships (HEAT SHEETS)

Swimming has given us another down-to-the-wire conference championship meet on the final day of the Big Ten Men’s Swimming Championships. Above: Brendan Burns

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Brendan Burns, B1G Breaststroke and Six 18-Splits at Big Tens Night Four

A big story of the night came in the 200 fly, where the race wasn’t competitive, but the time out of winner Brendan Burns was.

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Tonight, Max McHugh could become the second man under 50 seconds in the 100 breast, while Michigan and Indiana are locked in a cutthroat team race.

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2021 Big Ten Men Day 4 Ups/Downs: Indiana to Jump Michigan By 8.5 Pts

Indiana is now projected to jump Michigan by 8.5 pts with their 1-2 prelims seeds in the 100 BK and 1-2-3 seeds in the 200 FL, led by Brendan Burns (1:40.36).

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

This morning will run prelims of the 100 back, 100 breast and 200 fly, with a deep breaststroke field is finally able to get some individual swimming in.

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Brendan Burns Chooses 200 Fly Over 100 Back on Day 4 at Big Tens (Heat Sheets)

This year’s Big Ten schedule makes Brendan Burns’ choices more difficult, with the 100 back and 200 fly coming on the same day of the meet.

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2021 Big Ten Men Ups/Downs: Michigan Expected to Jump from 3rd to 1st

Racking out another solid 3-event morning session were the Michigan Wolverines, whose projected 250+ points will boost them into the lead.

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

After a 44.8 fly leg on Indiana’s winning 400 medley relay last night, Brendan Burns will try to snag the top seed in the 100 fly A-final.

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Hunter Armstrong the New Big Ten 100 BK Favorite, But IU Repeats in 400 Medley

West Virginia University transfer Hunter Armstrong led off OSU’s medley in 44.92, which was an enormous best for the sophomore.

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Fan Guide: After Lots of Graduation Turnover, IU Has Edge

It’s hard to gauge the firepower for the top five teams or so this year with the truncated season, but Indiana looks to have a slight edge.

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