The No. 4-ranked Indiana University men’s swimming and diving team used a pair of medal finishes to get out to a fast start in the 2020 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center on Wednesday evening.
After the first two events, the Hoosiers sit in second place with 118.0 overall points. No. 3 Michigan leads the field with 120.0 points, while Ohio State rounds out the top-three teams with 108.0 points.
The meet started with a bang for the Hoosiers as the 200 Medley Relay team made up of junior Gabriel Fantoni, sophomore Zane Backes, freshman Brendan Burns, and junior Bruno Blaskovic earned the first gold medal of the week. The team finished with a NCAA A Cut and CBAC Pool Record time of 1:23.07.
The time marked the second-quickest mark posted by the Hoosiers in program history in the event and is the fastest time recorded in the NCAA this season.
Senior Mohamed Samy, sophomore Van Mathias, Burns, and sophomore Jack Franzman comprised the third-place 800 Freestyle Relay squad. The team finished with an NCAA A Cut time of 6:15.53. Samy led off the event with a time 200 Freestyle time of 1:32.63, an NCAA B Cut mark.
UP NEXT
The 2020 Big Ten Men’s Championships continue on Thursday with the first full day of competition. The action gets underway at 11:00 a.m. ET with the prelims of the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle and 1-meter dive.
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RESULTS
200 Medley Relay
- Gabriel Fantoni, Zane Backes, Brendan Burns, Bruno Blaskovic – 1:23.07 (NCAA A Cut, Pool Record)
800 Freestyle Relay
- Mohamed Samy, Van Mathias, Brendan Burns, Jack Franzman – 6:15.53 (NCAA A Cut)
100 Butterfly
Time Trial – Iago Moussalem – 46.74 (NCAA B Cut)
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