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2023 Men’s Big Ten Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

February 24, 2023

2023 MEN’S BIG TEN SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wednesday, February 22 – Saturday, February 25, 2023
Canham Natatorium, Ann Arbor, MI
Defending Champions:
- Men: Indiana (1x)
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Indiana, Ohio State, and Michigan are in prime position to separate themselves from the rest of the field at the 2023 Men’s Big Ten Championships on Thursday night. Of the 32 ‘A’ finalists tonight, our top three teams have 25 of them.

SCORES THROUGH DAY 1

Ohio State / Indiana – 118
(tie)
Michigan – 112
Purdue/Minnesota/Wisconsin – 100
(tie)
(tie)
Northwestern – 92
Penn State – 88

Tonight’s session will begin with the 500 free, 200 IM, and 50 free before a break from pool action for the 1-meter diving finals. The evening will conclude with timed finals of the 400 medley relay.

The first showdown of the night should be a fun one as top 500 free qualifier Bar Soloveychik of Minnesota aims to steal the crown from defending champion Jake Newmark of Wisconsin.

In the 200 IM, Indiana’s Luke Barr (1:43.14) and Purdue’s Nick Sherman (1:43.24) were separated by just a tenth of a second during prelims this morning.

And in the 50 free, Indiana’s Van Mathias blew away his lifetime best this morning (19.16) to claim the top seed for what could be a wide open race against Michigan’s Bence Szabados (19.19), Ohio State’s Ruslan Gaziev (19.24), and Michigan’s Cam Peel (19.24).