Big Ten Men’s Championships, Night 2: Gal Groumi Sets Meet Record in 200 IM
After a stellar morning swim, there was no catching Michigan’s Gal Groumi in the men’s 200 IM Thursday night at the Big Ten Championships.
Groumi went 1:40.48, routing the five-year-old meet record set of Indiana’s Vini Lanza. He led a 1-2 finish for Michigan, which took four of the top five spots. It’s one of several lead changes in a wide open meet in the team standings.
All the action from McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion:
Team Standings
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 5 1. Michigan, University of 361.5 2. Wisconsin, University of 322.5 3. Indiana University 322 4. Ohio State University 272 5. University of Minnesota 173.5 6. Northwestern University 161 7. Purdue University 154.5 8. Pennsylvania State University 147
500 freestyle
The 500 free brought high drama, thanks to Yigit Aslan. The Wisconsin junior surged in the final 50 to get over Minnesota’s Bar Soloveychik by .29 seconds. Aslan went 4:11.20, Soloveychik 4:11.49. Aslan split 23.64 coming home to surge past Soloveychik’s 24.08.
Ohio State’s Alex Axon finished third in 4:13.90, ahead of Northwestern’s Andrew Martin. Buckeyes finished third, fifth, sixth and seventh to leapfrog over overnight leader Indiana and into the lead, with Wisconsin second. The Hoosiers are fourth. That’s lead change No. 1.
Event 3 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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B1G Meet: ! 4:09.29 2/22/2018 Felix O Auboeck, Michigan
4:10.74 A NCAA Qualifying
4:21.99 B NCAA Provisional
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Aslan, Yigit JR Wisconsin-B1 4:13.35 4:11.20 B 32
23.52 48.91 (25.39)
1:14.48 (25.57) 1:40.06 (25.58)
2:05.47 (25.41) 2:30.95 (25.48)
2:56.72 (25.77) 3:22.59 (25.87)
3:47.56 (24.97) 4:11.20 (23.64)
2 Soloveychik, Ba JR Minnesota-B1 4:12.76 4:11.49 B 28
23.12 48.32 (25.20)
1:13.61 (25.29) 1:39.12 (25.51)
2:04.81 (25.69) 2:30.63 (25.82)
2:56.54 (25.91) 3:22.32 (25.78)
3:47.41 (25.09) 4:11.49 (24.08)
3 Axon, Alex SO Ohio State-B1 4:14.89 4:13.90 B 27
23.36 49.00 (25.64)
1:14.70 (25.70) 1:40.53 (25.83)
2:06.30 (25.77) 2:32.00 (25.70)
2:57.81 (25.81) 3:23.67 (25.86)
3:49.38 (25.71) 4:13.90 (24.52)
4 Martin, Andrew GR Northwestern-B1 4:16.06 4:14.62 B 26
23.59 49.40 (25.81)
1:15.52 (26.12) 1:41.28 (25.76)
2:07.15 (25.87) 2:33.02 (25.87)
2:58.78 (25.76) 3:24.45 (25.67)
3:49.75 (25.30) 4:14.62 (24.87)
5 Metzler, Alex JR Ohio State-B1 4:17.78 4:15.78 B 25
23.43 48.78 (25.35)
1:14.24 (25.46) 1:40.09 (25.85)
2:06.30 (26.21) 2:32.56 (26.26)
2:59.05 (26.49) 3:25.19 (26.14)
3:50.91 (25.72) 4:15.78 (24.87)
6 Clark, Charles SR Ohio State-B1 4:16.41 4:16.62 B 24
23.67 49.32 (25.65)
1:15.04 (25.72) 1:40.65 (25.61)
2:06.50 (25.85) 2:32.29 (25.79)
2:58.29 (26.00) 3:24.24 (25.95)
3:50.48 (26.24) 4:16.62 (26.14)
7 Campbell, Samue SO Ohio State-B1 4:15.49 4:19.08 B 23
23.63 49.22 (25.59)
1:15.01 (25.79) 1:41.13 (26.12)
2:07.27 (26.14) 2:33.72 (26.45)
3:00.19 (26.47) 3:27.06 (26.87)
3:53.77 (26.71) 4:19.08 (25.31)
8 Zucker, Logan SO Michigan-B1 4:17.31 4:20.11 B 22
23.83 49.48 (25.65)
1:15.66 (26.18) 1:41.83 (26.17)
2:07.74 (25.91) 2:34.13 (26.39)
3:00.42 (26.29) 3:27.22 (26.80)
3:54.20 (26.98) 4:20.11 (25.91)
200 individual medley
Gal Groumi went 1:40.48, routing the 1:41.05 meet record that had stood since 2019. That’s an A cut for the Israeli international.
It’s a 1-2 for Israeli-via-Michigan swimmers, with Eitan Ben-Shitrit second in 1:42.26. Michigan also finished fourth and fifth, with Colin Geer and Jacques Wenger, to jump into first. Indiana is back up to second with Ohio State down to fourth.
Kaiser Neverman of Minnesota won bronze in 1:42.75. Wisconsin finished seventh and eighth.
Event 4 Men 200 Yard IM
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B1G Meet: ! 1:41.05 2/28/2019 Vinicius M Lanza, Indiana
1:41.03 A NCAA Qualifying
1:46.16 B NCAA Provisional
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Cohen Groumi, G JR Michigan-B1 1:41.76 1:40.48!A 32
21.49 46.07 (24.58)
1:15.68 (29.61) 1:40.48 (24.80)
2 Ben-Shitrit, Ei SO Michigan-B1 1:42.61 1:42.26 B 28
21.88 46.79 (24.91)
1:17.04 (30.25) 1:42.26 (25.22)
3 Neverman, Kaise SR Minnesota-B1 1:43.08 1:42.75 B 27
22.16 48.18 (26.02)
1:17.55 (29.37) 1:42.75 (25.20)
4 Geer, Colin FR Michigan-B1 1:43.22 1:42.82 B 26
22.19 47.57 (25.38)
1:17.81 (30.24) 1:42.82 (25.01)
5 Wenger, Jacque JR Michigan-B1 1:44.02 1:43.14 B 25
22.09 47.57 (25.48)
1:18.01 (30.44) 1:43.14 (25.13)
6 Barr, Luke JR Indiana-B1 1:43.45 1:43.20 B 24
22.14 47.34 (25.20)
1:17.60 (30.26) 1:43.20 (25.60)
7 Morris, Christo JR Wisconsin-B1 1:43.95 1:43.72 B 23
22.73 49.01 (26.28)
1:19.66 (30.65) 1:43.72 (24.06)
8 Mark Torok, Dom SO Wisconsin-B1 1:43.07 1:44.34 B 22
22.63 48.68 (26.05)
1:18.53 (29.85) 1:44.34 (25.81)
50 freestyle
The Badgers are back up to second on the back of Taiko Torepe-Ormsby, who defended his top seed from the morning by going 18.76 to win the 50 free comfortably. Bence Szabados of Michigan was second in 19.00, and Penn State’s Victor Baganha finished third.
Finlay Brooks of Indiana tied with Wisconsin’s Andrew Benson for fourth. Indiana finished ninth, 13th and 14th in the B final, not exactly maximizing return.
Event 5 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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B1G Meet: ! 18.69 2/22/2018 Bowen Becker, Minnesota
18.82 A NCAA Qualifying
19.79 B NCAA Provisional
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Torepe-Ormsby, SO Wisconsin-B1 19.15 18.76 A 32
9.06 18.76 (9.70)
2 Szabados, Bence SR Michigan-B1 19.18 19.00 B 28
9.23 19.00 (9.77)
3 Baganha, Victor JR Penn State-B1 19.37 19.14 B 27
9.22 19.14 (9.92)
4 Brooks, Finlay JR Indiana-B1 19.41 19.37 B 25.5
9.22 19.37 (10.15)
4 Benson, Andrew SR Wisconsin-B1 19.58 19.37 B 25.5
9.27 19.37 (10.10)
6 Baltes, Daniel JR Ohio State-B1 19.60 19.45 B 24
9.44 19.45 (10.01)
7 Ray, Tyler SO Michigan-B1 19.47 19.48 B 23
9.25 19.48 (10.23)
8 Wiegand, Ben SO Wisconsin-B1 19.59 19.56 B 22
9.39 19.56 (10.17)
1-meter diving
400 medley relay
