The Big Ten Championships got off to a wild and unpredictable start on Wednesday night in Columbus, Ohio. Indiana got started with a near American Record in the 200 medley relay and Michigan won the 800 free relay handily without their best swimmer. But Michigan disqualified their medley relay so they will be in a bit of a hole the rest of the meet as the Hoosiers have a lot of momentum moving forward.
200 Medley Relay
The Indiana Hoosiers got the Big Ten Championships started just narrowly missing the NCAA and American Records in the 200 medley relay. Ali Rockett (23.63), Lilly King (25.84), Christie Jensen (22.67) and Grace Haskett (22.02) won the Big Ten title with a 1:34.16. That swim narrowly missed Cal’s record from last year of 1:34.10 and Stanford’s American Record from 2016 of 1:34.15.
Stanford’s American Record of 1:34.15 was set at Pac-12’s in 2016 with Ally Howe (23.62), Sarah Haase (26.20), Janet Hu (22.82) and Lia Neal (21.51). The NCAA record was set at NCAA’s last year of 1:34.10 by Cal who had two international swimmers on the relay. Kathleen Baker (23.62), Abbey Weitzeil (26.67), Noemie Thomas (22.70) and Farida Osman (21.11) swam for Cal last year and will hang on to the record for another day.
Minnesota (1:35.06) and Ohio State (1:35.51) finished second and third. Michigan was disqualified in the race, and that puts a damper on their title defense.
Event 1 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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School Seed Finals
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1 Indiana 1:34.58 1:34.16
1) Rockett, Alexandra SR 2) King, Lillia JR
3) Jensen, Christine JR 4) Haskett, Grace FR
12.02 23.63 (23.63)
35.38 (11.75) 49.47 (25.84)
59.63 (10.16) 1:12.14 (22.67)
1:22.53 (10.39) 1:34.16 (22.02)
2 Minnesota 1:37.56 1:35.06
1) Waddell, Tevyn SO 2) Kozelsky, Lindsey SO
3) Nack, Danielle SR 4) Avestruz, Zoe JR
12.21 24.57 (24.57)
36.21 (11.64) 34.97 (10.40)
1:13.29 (38.32)
1:23.74 (10.45) 1:35.06 (21.77)
3 Ohio St 1:38.28 1:35.51
1) Bradley, Rebekah SO 2) Gresser, Hanna FR
3) Li, Zhesi SR 4) Rayner, Freya FR
12.13 24.57 (24.57)
36.73 (12.16) 51.75 (27.18)
1:01.91 (10.16) 1:14.11 (22.36)
1:24.26 (10.15) 1:35.51 (21.40)
4 Wisconsin 1:37.14 1:36.23
1) Unicomb, Jessica JR 2) Berg, Marissa SR
3) Nelson, Elizabeth SO 4) Sehmann, Emmy JR
12.06 24.34 (24.34)
36.44 (12.10) 51.51 (27.17)
1:01.88 (10.37) 1:14.67 (23.16)
1:24.73 (10.06) 1:36.23 (21.56)
5 Purdue 1:39.48 1:37.83
1) Smailis, Jacklyn JR 2) Phee, Jinq En SO
3) Kitchel, Taite JR 4) Auckley, Danielle JR
12.39 24.91 (24.91)
26.28 (1.37) 52.09 (27.18)
56.10 (4.01) 1:15.59 (23.50)
1:06.23 ( ) 1:37.83 (22.24)
6 Northwestern 1:39.80 1:38.44
1) Sheridan, Calypso FR 2) Angus, Sophie FR
3) Lebl, Ilektra FR 4) Warren, Mary SR
12.24 24.88 (24.88)
36.88 (12.00) 52.06 (27.18)
1:02.72 (10.66) 1:16.24 (24.18)
1:26.79 (10.55) 1:38.44 (22.20)
7 Penn St 1:41.10 1:38.80
1) Hart, Madison SO 2) Cooke, Madeleine FR
3) Price, Nicole SR 4) Kuhn, Katrina JR
12.46 24.75 (24.75)
37.03 (12.28) 33.62 (8.87)
1:16.31 (42.69)
1:27.03 (10.72) 1:38.80 (22.49)
8 Iowa 1:41.85 1:39.26
1) Jekel, Johanna SR 2) Hoyt, Shea SR
3) Hackett, Meghan SO 4) Scheitlin, Mekenna SR
12.36 25.01 (25.01)
37.59 (12.58) 52.80 (27.79)
1:03.64 (10.84) 1:16.87 (24.07)
1:27.44 (10.57) 1:39.26 (22.39)
800 Free Relay
Michigan got things rebounded in a hurry after the medley DQ with an 800 free relay win. The team of Rose Bi (1:44.15), Gabby DeLoof (1:42.30), Catie DeLoof (1:44.24) and G Ryan (1:45.59) took control early and didn’t look back as Michigan won the race with a 6:56.28.
Michigan won the race even without Siobhan Haughey who was fourth at NCAA’s last year and could have easily split a 1:41 or 1:42. This really showcases Michigan’s depth in the middle distance freestyle events as they still did not have a split slower than a 1:45.
Minnesota finished in second at 6:59.53 and Indiana was third at 7:02.24.
Event 2 Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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School Seed Finals
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1 Michigan 6:55.43 6:56.28
1) Bi, Yirong JR 2) r:0.22 Deloof, Gabrielle SR
3) r:0.35 Deloof, Catherine JR 4) r:0.31 Ryan, G SR
r:+0.67 24.52 50.78 (50.78)
1:17.49 (1:17.49) 1:44.15 (1:44.15)
2:08.11 (23.96) 2:34.14 (49.99)
3:00.37 (1:16.22) 3:26.45 (1:42.30)
3:49.50 (23.05) 4:15.03 (48.58)
4:42.22 (1:15.77) 5:10.69 (1:44.24)
5:35.23 (24.54) 6:02.12 (51.43)
6:29.30 (1:18.61) 6:56.28 (1:45.59)
2 Minnesota 7:09.44 6:59.53
1) Nack, Danielle SR 2) r:0.07 Nack, Chantal JR
3) r:0.23 Padington, Macknzie FR 4) r:0.22 Avestruz, Zoe JR
r:+0.71 24.47 51.00 (51.00)
1:17.93 (1:17.93) 1:44.77 (1:44.77)
2:08.94 (24.17) 2:35.80 (51.03)
3:03.12 (1:18.35) 3:30.00 (1:45.23)
3:53.18 (23.18) 4:19.52 (49.52)
4:47.07 (1:17.07) 5:15.13 (1:45.13)
5:38.70 (23.57) 6:05.15 (50.02)
6:31.97 (1:16.84) 6:59.53 (1:44.40)
3 Indiana 7:10.79 7:02.24
1) Goss, Kennedy SR 2) r:0.29 Koontz, Shelby SO
3) r:0.24 Barnard, Delaney SR 4) r:0.30 Heitmann, Mariaaula SO
r:+0.59 24.75 51.10 (51.10)
1:17.60 (1:17.60) 1:44.06 (1:44.06)
2:08.19 (24.13) 2:35.25 (51.19)
3:02.72 (1:18.66) 3:30.74 (1:46.68)
3:54.87 (24.13) 4:21.84 (51.10)
4:49.16 (1:18.42) 5:16.45 (1:45.71)
5:40.55 (24.10) 6:06.77 (50.32)
6:34.02 (1:17.57) 7:02.24 (1:45.79)
4 Wisconsin 7:05.06 7:02.95
1) Jagdfeld, Abigail SR 2) r:0.34 Unicomb, Jessica JR
3) r:0.31 Sehmann, Emmy JR 4) r:0.11 Nelson, Elizabeth SO
r:+0.82 24.62 51.25 (51.25)
1:18.13 (1:18.13) 1:44.94 (1:44.94)
2:09.06 (24.12) 2:36.02 (51.08)
3:03.53 (1:18.59) 3:31.71 (1:46.77)
3:56.09 (24.38) 4:22.82 (51.11)
4:50.20 (1:18.49) 5:18.62 (1:46.91)
5:42.78 (24.16) 6:09.75 (51.13)
6:36.84 (1:18.22) 7:02.95 (1:44.33)
5 Ohio St 7:07.31 7:04.14
1) Romano, Kristen FR 2) r:0.21 Bailey, Meg SR
3) r:0.26 Trace, Katherine FR 4) r:0.18 Demler, Kathrin SO
r:+0.68 25.24 52.25 (52.25)
1:18.99 (1:18.99) 1:45.49 (1:45.49)
2:09.27 (23.78) 2:36.08 (50.59)
3:03.36 (1:17.87) 3:30.99 (1:45.50)
3:54.76 (23.77) 4:21.78 (50.79)
4:49.58 (1:18.59) 5:17.33 (1:46.34)
5:41.68 (24.35) 6:08.51 (51.18)
6:36.28 (1:18.95) 7:04.14 (1:46.81)
6 Penn St 7:14.14 7:07.32
1) Barry, Camryn FR 2) r:0.22 Dillione, Tomlyn SR
3) r:0.12 Price, Nicole SR 4) r:0.21 McHugh, Allyson JR
r:+0.75 25.09 52.29 (52.29)
1:20.18 (1:20.18) 1:48.33 (1:48.33)
2:12.88 (24.55) 2:39.59 (51.26)
3:07.11 (1:18.78) 3:34.72 (1:46.39)
3:58.79 (24.07) 4:25.73 (51.01)
4:53.54 (1:18.82) 5:21.73 (1:47.01)
5:46.55 (24.82) 6:13.50 (51.77)
6:40.74 (1:19.01) 7:07.32 (1:45.59)
7 Purdue 7:11.88 7:08.00
1) Meitz, Kaersten SR 2) r:0.22 Johnson, Megan FR
3) r:0.46 Seidl, Maizie FR 4) r:0.43 Auckley, Danielle JR
r:+0.80 24.60 50.95 (50.95)
1:17.70 (1:17.70) 1:44.90 (1:44.90)
2:09.08 (24.18) 2:36.04 (51.14)
3:03.94 (1:19.04) 3:31.84 (1:46.94)
3:56.24 (24.40) 4:23.09 (51.25)
4:51.08 (1:19.24) 5:19.27 (1:47.43)
5:44.29 (25.02) 6:11.42 (52.15)
6:39.40 (1:20.13) 7:08.00 (1:48.73)
8 Iowa 7:14.77 7:08.06
1) Burvill, Hannah SO 2) r:0.34 Fluit, Allyssa SO
3) r:0.27 Lavelle, Meghan SR 4) r:0.26 O'Brien, Carly SR
r:+0.71 24.51 50.58 (50.58)
1:17.55 (1:17.55) 1:44.42 (1:44.42)
2:08.21 (23.79) 2:34.87 (50.45)
3:02.74 (1:18.32) 3:31.62 (1:47.20)
3:56.17 (24.55) 4:23.60 (51.98)
4:51.71 (1:20.09) 5:20.10 (1:48.48)
5:44.33 (24.23) 6:10.93 (50.83)
6:38.94 (1:18.84) 7:08.06 (1:47.96)
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