With one day of finals complete at the 2021 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, No. 9 Indiana sits in ninth place with 18 team points at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
In the lone event of the evening, the Hoosier 800 Freestyle Relay team of freshman Tomer Frankel, junior Van Mathias, sophomore Brendan Burns, and junior Jack Franzman placed ninth overall with a time of 6:14.68. The time ranks as the sixth quickest time in program history.
The Hoosiers dropped 1.44 seconds from their entry seed time and were the top finishing Big Ten Conference team, topping the times set by Michigan (6:15.54, 11th place), Ohio State (6:16.63, 14th place), and Wisconsin (6:19.34, 17th place).
The lead off split of 1:32.98 from Frankel marked a career-best time in the 200 Freestyle and ranks him as the fourth-fastest performer in the history of the event at Indiana.
Each of the four Hoosier swimmers earned Honorable Mention All-America status for their efforts in the race.
FINALS RESULTS
800 FREESTYLE RELAY
- Tomer Frankel, Van Mathias, Brendan Burns, Jack Franzman – 6:14.68 (Honorable Mention All-America)
The 2021 NCAA Championships will continue on Thursday morning with the prelims of the 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, and 1-meter dive. The action gets underway at 10 a.m. ET.
