No. 4 IUSD Takes Care of Business in Saturday Morning Session

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – No. 4 Indiana men’s swimming and diving will have 18 final swims and three diving finalists as it looks to clinch a Big Ten title Saturday (Feb. 26) night inside Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.

 

The Hoosiers set themselves up well during the preliminary session. In the four trial races, IU clinched 15 final swims, with 11 of those earning A final positions. Indiana will also compete in the 400 Freestyle Relay and senior Michael Brinegar and sophomore Warren Briggs will race the 1,650 Freestyle.

 

In the Platform dive prelim, Indiana clinched two spots in the A final and one in the B final. Freshman Carson Tyler scored 410.30 to finish second in the trial event. Senior Andrew Capobianco will go for his third medal of the meet after finishing fifth in the prelim. After medaling in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives, freshman Quinn Henninger narrowly missed the A final, placing 10th.


CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
200 Backstroke – Gabriel Fantoni (1st), Brendan Burns (2nd), Jacob Steele (4th)

100 Freestyle – Bruno Blaskovic (3rd), Rafael Miroslaw (4th)

200 Breaststroke – Josh Matheny (2nd), Maxwell Reich (3rd), Luke Barr (7th)

200 Butterfly – Brendan Burns (1st), Corey Gambardella (5th), Tomer Frankel (7th)

Platform – TBD

CONSOLATION FINAL
200 Backstroke – None.

100 Freestyle – Gavin Wight (11th), Jack Franzman (13th)

200 Breaststroke – None.

200 Butterfly – Van Mathias (9th)

Platform – TBD

C FINAL
200 Backstroke – Tristan DeWitt (19th)

100 Freestyle – None.

200 Breaststroke – None.

200 Butterfly – None.

TEAM SCORES
1. Indiana – 972.5

  1. Ohio State – 940.5
  2. Michigan – 756.5
  3. Wisconsin – 564.5
  4. Purdue – 556
  5. Northwestern – 511
  6. Penn State – 427
  7. Minnesota – 404

    NOTABLES
    • Of Indiana’s 11 Championship final spots, nine are top five seeds and six are top three seeds.

  • Two Hoosiers earned No. 1 seeds in Saturday night’s finals. Senior Gabriel Fantoni earned the top time in the 200 Backstroke, and Brendan Burns is the top qualifier in the 200 Butterfly.
  • In an awesome moment in heat four of the 200 Breaststroke prelim, freshman Josh Matheny (1:53.16) and sophomores Maxwell Reich (1:53.83) and Jassen Yep (1:53.86) swept the top three positions.

    PRELIMINARY RESULTS
    200 BACKSTROKE

Gabriel Fantoni – 1:40.06 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Brendan Burns – 1:40.75 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Jacob Steele – 1:41.07 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Tristan DeWitt – 1:45.69 (Consolation Final, Career Best)

 

100 FREESTYLE

Bruno Blaskovic – 42.31 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Rafael Miroslaw – 42.33 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Gavin Wight – 42.99 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

Jack Franzman – 43.08 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)

Finn Brooks – 44.19 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut)

Jacob Destrampe – 44.23 (Exhibition)

Brandon Hamblin – 44.42 (Exhibition)

 

200 BREASTSTROKE

Josh Matheny – 1:53.16 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Maxwell Reich – 1:53.83 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

Luke Barr – 1:55.44 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

Jassen Yep – 1:53.86 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

Andrew Davis – 2:01.40 (Exhibition)

 

200 BUTTERFLY

Brendan Burns – 1:40.65 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Corey Gambardella – 1:42.95 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Tomer Frankel – 1:43.65 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

Van Mathias – 1:43.70 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)

 

PLATFORM DIVE

Carson Tyler – 410.30 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)

Andrew Capobianco – 398.95 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)

Quinn Henninger – 359.55 (Consolation Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier, Career Best)

  1. Lenin Hibler – 249.80

    UP NEXT
    The Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships will conclude Saturday (Feb. 26) evening, starting with the 1,650 Freestyle at 3:15 p.m. ET. The remaining finals will start at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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