Indiana Looks Forward to Final Night of Big Ten Championships

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 5-ranked Indiana will have 18 finalists competing during the last night of the 2024 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday (March 2) inside the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of the Ohio State University.

The Hoosiers have a 176-point lead over second place in the team standings going into the final night as they look to capture their third-straight Big Ten Championship. With the women’s team title a week ago, it would also mark the greater program’s second “double” in school history and first since 2019.

IU’s list of Saturday night participants includes 13 in championship heats, four in consolation finals and one C finalist. Indiana can also earn points out of the 1,650-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay. The Hoosiers have the top seed in four events: the 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, platform diving and 400-yard freestyle relay.

Senior Brendan Burns will attempt to win the 200 back, 200 fly double for a fourth-straight season. He gave himself the platform to do so in prelims as the top qualifier in the 200 back (1:40.88) and No. 2 seed in the 200 fly (1:41.57). Burns is the only Big Ten male to win both races in a single meet – Indiana’s Kate Fesenko was the first athlete and only woman to do so, completing the feat in 2010. A win in the 200 fly would make Burns the first Big Ten athlete to become a five-time Big Ten Champion in an individual event.

Junior Kai van Westering is the No. 2 seed in the 200 back behind Burns, touching in 1:40.91 during prelims. Friday’s 100-yard butterfly champion, Tomer Frankel ranked No. 5 in the 200 fly with a time of 1:42.40.

Indiana will swim in the middle four lanes of the 200-yard breaststroke championship final. Junior Josh Matheny (1:52.06), senior Jassen Yep (1:52.70), freshman Toby Barnett (1:54.02) and senior Maxwell Reich (1:54.17) earned the top-four seeds in the morning. Sophomore Collin McKenzie (1:55.96) will swim the consolation heat, and Luke Barr (1:56.37) will score out of the C final.

For the second-straight night, Indiana will have three athletes in the top diving final. Friday’s 3-meter champion and reigning NCAA platform diving champion will represent IU on 10-meter Saturday night, joined by sophomore Maxwell Weinrich and fellow junior Quinn Henninger. Dash Glasberg finished 15th in qualifying to get into the consolation final.


TEAM SCORES
1. Indiana – 996
2. Ohio State – 820

  1. Michigan – 770.5
  2. Wisconsin – 734.5
  3. Minnesota – 560.5
  4. Penn State – 498
  5. Northwestern – 469
  6. Purdue – 427.5 

    RESULTS (PRELIMS)
    200 BACKSTROKE
    1. Brendan Burns – 1:40.88 (Championship Final Top Qualifier, NCAA B Cut)

  7. Kai van Westering – 1:40.91 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  8. Alejandro Kincaid – 1:43.82 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)100 FREESTYLE

    5. Mikkel Lee – 42.53 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

t6. Gavin Wight – 42.89 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

  1. Rafael Miroslaw – 43.06 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)

200 BREASTSTROKE

  1. Josh Matheny – 1:52.06 (Championship Final Top Qualifier, NCAA B Cut)
  2. Jassen Yep – 1:52.70 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
  3. Toby Barnett – 1:54.02 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  4. Maxwell Reich – 1:54.17 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
  5. Collin McKenzie – 1:55.96 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  6. Luke Barr – 1:56.37 (C Final, NCAA B Cut)
  7. Benson Wong – 1:55.90 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

200 BUTTERFLY

  1. Brendan Burns – 1:41.57 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
  2. Tomer Frankel – 1:42.40 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
  3. Drew Reiter – 1:45.42 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)
  4. Armando Vegas – 1:42.87 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut)
  5. Dylan Smiley – 1:44.36 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut)
  6. Alejandro Kincaid – 1:45.01 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  7. Max Cahill – 1:45.20 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut)
  8. Lucas Piunti – 1:47.90 (Exhibition, Career Best)

PLATFORM DIVING

  1. Carson Tyler – 425.85 (Championship Final Top Qualifier, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
  2. Maxwell Weinrich – 363.65 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
  3. Quinn Henninger – 351.30 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
  4. Dash Glasberg – 280.70 (Consolation Final, Career Best)

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