No. 8 Indiana Claims Three Medals, Remains in Second Place Franzman, Mathias Secure Silver Medals

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The No. 8-ranked men’s swimming team collected three medals on the second night of finals at the 2021 Big Ten Championships at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Indiana remains in second place in the team standings.

 

200 IM FINALS

Junior Van Mathias earned a silver medal in the 200 IM with an NCAA B Cut mark of 1:43.61, while senior Jacob Steele placed eighth out of the Championship Final with a time of 1:44.44.

 

The Hoosiers represented half of the field in the 200 IM C Final and scored 24 points from the heat. Senior Thomas Vanderbrook was the first of the Hoosier quartet to touch with a time of 1:45.90, good for 17th place. Junior Zane Backes finished 19th with a time of 1:47.24, freshman Tristan DeWitt took 20th with a time of 1:47.53, and senior Spencer Lehman claimed 21st with a time of 1:47.67.

 

50 FREESTYLE FINALS

Junior Jack Franzman turned in a career-best time of 19.14 to claim the silver medal in the 50 Freestyle, his first individual Big Ten medal of his career.

 

Senior Gabriel Fantoni tied for 15th out of the Consolation Final in the event with a time of 19.82, while junior Brandon Hamblin placed 23rd overall with a time of 20.01.

 

500 FREESTYLE FINALS

Junior Mikey Calvillo placed fifth out of the Championship Final, improving on his sixth-place finish in the 2020 Big Ten Championships, with a time of 4:18.01. Redshirt sophomore Michael Brinegar finished one spot behind his teammate in sixth with a time of 4:19.70.

 

400 MEDLEY RELAY

The Hoosiers, made up of Fantoni, Backes, sophomore Brendan Burns, and Franzman, won the 400 Medley Relay with an NCAA A Cut time of 3:02.57. Fantoni led off with an NCAA B Cut time of 45.26, the second-fastest time in the field. Burns turned in the quickest 100-fly split at 44.79.

TEAM SCORES

  1. Ohio State – 628 pts.
  2. INDIANA – 574.5 pts.
  3. Michigan – 526 pts.
  4. Purdue – 414.5 pts.
  5. Wisconsin – 345 pts.
  6. Northwestern – 296 pts.
  7. Penn State – 267 pts.
  8. Minnesota – 259 pts.
  9. Iowa – 250 pts.
  10. Michigan State – 102 pts.

 

NOTABLES

  • The Hoosiers won the 400 Medley Relay for the sixth-straight season and 27th time overall. The six-year run of victories is the longest stretch of wins for Indiana in the event since taking the title 11-straight times from 1967-77.
  • The relay time ranks as the fourth-fastest time in program history and currently stands as the second-fastest time in the nation. It also ranks as the fourth-fastest Big Ten-winning time ever swam.
  • For Franzman, he ranks as the fifth-fastest Hoosier in the history of the program in the 50 Freestyle. His time is tied for the 12th-quickest time in the nation.
  • The second-place time for Mathias in the 200 IM marks the 20th-best time swam in the NCAA this season after narrowly missing out on his personal best time.

 

FINALS RESULTS

200 IM

  1. Van Mathias – 1:43.61 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. Jacob Steele – 1:44.44 (NCAA B Cut)
  3. Thomas Vanderbrook – 1:45.90 (NCAA B Cut)
  4. Zane Backes – 1:47.24 (Career Best)
  5. Tristan DeWitt – 1:47.53
  6. Spencer Lehman – 1:47.67

 

50 FREESTYLE

  1. Jack Franzman – 19.14 (NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

t-15. Gabriel Fantoni – 19.82 (NCAA B Cut)

  1. Brandon Hamblin – 20.01

 

500 FREESTYLE

  1. Mikey Calvillo – 4:18.01 (NCAA B Cut)
  2. Michael Brinegar – 4:19.70 (NCAA B Cut)

 

400 MEDLEY RELAY

  1. Gabriel Fantoni, Zane Backes, Brendan Burns, Jack Franzman – 3:02.57 (NCAA A Cut)

 

UP NEXT

The 2021 Big Ten Championships will continue on Thursday morning with the second afternoon of preliminary action beginning at 11 a.m. ET. Three events will be contested, including the 100 Butterfly, 400 IM and 200 Freestyle.

 

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