B1G Men's Swimming and Diving Championships - Day 2
Not stealing WD's thunder, but I thought a day 2 thread may be of interest. Prelims for today are underway: 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free and 1m diving.
Standings after day one (two events):
1. Michigan, University of 80 2. Ohio State University 64 3. Indiana University 58 3. University of Minnesota 58 5. Wisconsin, University of, Madi 56 6. Northwestern University 54 7. Iowa, University of 50 8. Purdue University 48 9. Michigan State University 32 10. Pennsylvania State University 22
February 26th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
Go Penn State! Pick it up Lions.
...and of course, Go Blue!
February 26th, 2015 at 1:06 PM ^
WTF are they doing from the high dive, cannonballs, jack knives??
"I hope I get a perfect 10 on this pencil dive!"
February 26th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
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February 26th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^
That Dive is IMPOSSIBLE!!!
February 26th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
Fuck Penn State. JoePa knew.
February 26th, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^
I loved that event...it was my favorite event in college swimming. Although, much to my chagrin, the 1650 (also referred to as "the mile") was my best event. But the 500 was such a great race...
February 26th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
Man it's hard to get excited about swimming.
Go Blue!!!
February 26th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^
Disagree... I'm always excited about cool Michigan things whether or not it's related to the athletic department, or the colleges, or cool things alumni are doing which garners some kind of public notoriety.
In this case, seeing Michigan in first is awesome. Adding sprinkles on top of all that Go Blue awesomeness is seeing sparty in their rightful place.
February 26th, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
U-M put three in A final and two in B final for 500. Anders Nielsen tied Connor Jaeger's pool record in qualifying first for Michigan.
February 26th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^
Qualified 1-2-7 in 200 IM - pool record for Dylan Bosch
February 26th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
And to cap off today's swimming prelims: THREEE, yes three, Wolverines qualify for the 50 free final. A freshman qualified first! This is truly remarkable, considering we were not known for sprint freestylers. 1-4-7 Mike Bottom effect.
We can basically put the dagger in tonight after finals - we're kicking ass. Finals start at 6:30 CST tonight.
February 26th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
Yes, the team is younger than it has been, but it appears that relative youth won't matter this year (at least based on today's prelim results). We went 9 up/3 down (9 in the A finals and 3 in the consolation finals, while the next two best teams, Indiana and OSU both went 4/4.
Nationally, we are #5, but one never really knows what's really going on until the respective conference meets happen. FYI, OSU is #8, Indiana #9, Wisconsin #19, Iowa #21, Minnesota #22 and PSU #24.
February 26th, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
Very cool! Thanks for the update! I look forward to seeing our "young" team in the next few seasons. When are NCAA championships?
February 26th, 2015 at 4:58 PM ^
Glad you asked about when NCAA's are, because I just realized they too are in Iowa City, March 26-28.
February 26th, 2015 at 3:45 PM ^
Good luck to all HS swimmers in making state cuts. In the meantime just check out some of these insane times:
U-M Finishers (Day 2 Prelims) 500-yard Freestyle 1. Anders Nielsen, U-M 4:14.84#@ 4. PJ Ransford, U-M 4:17.23# 7. Justin Glanda, U-M 4:18.27# 14. Jack Mangan, U-M 4:22.71# 16. Cameron Stitt, U-M 4:23.28# 25. Ian Rainey, U-M 4:26.22 31. Alex Katz, U-M 4:26.92
200-yard IM 1. Dylan Bosch, U-M 1:42.21* 2. Evan White, U-M 1:44.13# 7. Tristan Sanders, U-M 1:45.23# 17. Richard Funk, U-M 1:46.49# 19. Will Raynor, U-M 1:46.85# 23. Chris Klein, U-M 1:47.25# T43. Ryan Sebastian, U-M 1:49.25 45. Matt McNamara, U-M 1:49.45
50-yard Freestyle 1. Paul Powers, U-M 19.21*$ 4. Vinny Tafuto, U-M 19.53# 7. Bruno Ortiz, U-M 19.63# 14. Jason Chen, U-M 19.96# 21. Jeremy Raisky, U-M 20.07# 50. Julian Ballestas, U-M 20.81
* NCAA automatic-qualifying time ("A") # NCAA provisional-qualifying time ("B") ^ NCAA Zone Diving qualifying score ! Big Ten record & Big Ten Championships record $ Michigan record @ Pool record
February 26th, 2015 at 6:15 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 7:51 PM ^
Uggg...Anders Nielsen lost the 500 by 6 hundredths of a second LOL
February 26th, 2015 at 7:54 PM ^
Michigan diver placed 14th, so some points there in the 1m.
February 26th, 2015 at 7:56 PM ^
2-5-6-13-14 in 500 free for Wolverines
February 26th, 2015 at 8:10 PM ^
Champion - Dylan Bosch in 200 IM. Second to U-M, as well as fifth
February 26th, 2015 at 8:23 PM ^
1-2-4 50 free - just friggin' huge GO BLUE!!!!!
February 26th, 2015 at 8:30 PM ^
Not sure what the hell is going on - I think they are doing diving (1m finals now), and so we might squeak out more points in that (nix my comment above about diving).
400 medley relay still to come.
After five swimming events:
1. Michigan, University of 238 2. Ohio State University 134 3. Indiana University 133 4. Wisconsin, University of, Madi 104 5. University of Minnesota 90 6. Northwestern University 80 7. Purdue University 66.5 8. Pennsylvania State University 55 9. Iowa, University of 54.5 10. Michigan State University 32
February 26th, 2015 at 8:38 PM ^
1M Diving is now and then the 400 medley.
Absolutely huge points in the 50 free. 3 in the top 4.
2015 B1G Men's 200 IM Champion Dylan Bosch, Runner-up Evan White and Tristan Sanders who finished in 5th.
Bosch celebrating
2015 B1G Men's 50-yd Freestyle Champion Paul Powers and runner-up Bruno Ortiz. Not pictured but not forgotten is Vinny Tafuto who finished in 4th place.
February 26th, 2015 at 9:18 PM ^
B1G and pool record for champion University of Michigan in the 400 medley relay. 'nuff said
February 26th, 2015 at 9:21 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 9:30 PM ^
I'm gonna post a thread congratulating all of the champions of today's action.