Day 4 Final Live summary

2025 big ten men

• Data: Wednesday, February 26th – Saturday, March 1st
• Location: Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Defending champion: Indiana men (3x)
• Live results
• Live video
• Central championship
• Fan guidelines
• Teams: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nordwest, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, USC*, Wisconsin
• Results: Day 1 | Day 2
• Review:

From a mathematical point of view, there is the likelihood that Indiana will remove today's session as 2025 Big Ten Champions and after 3 days of competition with 1067 points on the field. Before the confetti -but still swim a lot, there are still a lot to swim, with the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 -breast, 200 -fly and 400 -free relay for swimming events and the platform diving event.

The first event of the night will be the fastest heat of the 1650 Freesyle with the top seed Zalan Sarkany from Indiana on the field. The 2024 SC world champion in the 800 freestyle comes to Sarky as a severe favorite and lasts the top seeds by over 10 seconds (14: 37.49). The Freshman Luke Brennan in Minnesota in particular led the early preliminary runs with 14: 55.25, which has the potential to stay in the final for a TOP 5.

The ASU transfer Owen McDonald from Indiana will try to complete a strong meeting with the 200 -bridge back, where it thinks the top seeds. McDonald achieved a time of 1: 39.06 in preparations and led the field by about half a second. With his best of the season of 1: 38.07, which are well over a second in front of the field, McDonald should be able to add another gold to his collection.

The 100 freestyle will show a violent struggle between the top swimmers in the field. In the Prelims, the top 6 finishers were only separated from Indiana by 0.13 with Dylan Smiley and Michigan Gal Groumi Bind for the upper seed (42.09). In view of the fact that everything can happen over such a short distance, they expect a lot of excitement before this event steps on the blocks.

According to their legacy as “breast -growing U”, Indiana 4 of the 8 Lanes will take up this evening in the 200 Breastroke 'A' Finale, which is led by the 5th year and defended Big Ten Champion Jassen Yep (1: 51.20). Yeps teammate Josh Matheny (1: 51.47) and Toby Barnett (1: 52.44) should make this an interesting race for your team, with a likely Indiana podium being in sight.

The 200 Butterfly will complete the individual event slate for swimming, with the USC in the second year Krzyszof Chmielewski being in the preliminary round with a time of 1: 40.72. Chmielewski holds a best of the season of 1: 38.99 and should challenge the 1:40 barrier in the final together with Brendan Burns'Meet the recording of 1: 39.22.

The 400 freestyle relay will mark the end of the championships. As with all relays this week, this race could prove to be a big hit. Indiana appears as a top seed with 2: 47.87. Both Michigan and Ohio State were at 2:50 barriers this season, and Michigan won the 200 freestyle relay earlier at the meeting. Add-in USC wins the 800 freestyle relay in the first night of the competition, and the field feels wide open to take it.

Team classification after day 3

1. Indiana – 1.067
2. Michigan – 784.5
3. Ohio State – 731
4. USC – 588
5. Minnesota – 512.5
6. Wisconsin – 498
7. Northwestern – 473
8. Purdue – 406.5
9. Penn State – 372.5

Men 1650 Freestyle – Finale

• NCAA record: 14: 12.08 -Bobby Finke, Florida (2020 sec championships)
• Big Ten Record: 14: 22.88 – Felix Auboeck, Michigan (NCAA championships 2017)
• Meet record: 14: 29.25 – Felix Auboeck, Michigan (2017)
• NCAA 'A' CUT: 14: 37.31
• 2024 NCAA invited time: 14: 54.92
• 2024 Champion: Samuel Campbell, State of Ohio – 14: 42.63

Men 200 backstroke – final

• NCAA recording: 1: 35.37 – Destin Luco, Cal (2024 NCAAS)
• Big Ten Record: 1: 37.58 – Tyler Clary, Michigan (2009 NCAAS)
• Meet the record: 1: 38.22 – Brendan BurnsIndiana (2023)
• NCAA 'A' CUT: 1: 56.71
• 2024 NCAA invited time: 1: 40.62
• 2024 Champion: Brendan BurnsIndiana – 1: 39.50

Top 8 finishers:

100 freestyle of men – preliminary rounds

• NCAA record: 39.90 – Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018 NCAAS)
• Big ten record: 40.83 – Bowen Becker, Minnesota (2019 NCAAS)
• Meet record: 41.38 – Ruslan Gaziev, state of Ohio (2023)
• NCAA 'A' CUT: 49.18
• 2024 NCAA invited time: 42.19
• 2024 Champion: Bence Szabados, Michigan – 42.09 (return)

Top 8 finishers:

200 breast of men 200 – preliminary rounds

• NCAA recording: 1: 46.35 – Leon Marchand, state of Arizona (2024 NCAAS)
• Big ten record: 1: 48.76 – Max Mchugh, Minnesota (2022 NCAAS)
• Meet record: 1: 49.45 – Max Mchugh, Minnesota (2022)
• NCAA 'A' CUT: 1: 50.65
• 2024 NCAA invited time: 1: 53.12
• 2024 Champion: Jassen Yep, Indiana – 1: 50.40 (return)

Top 8 finishers:

Men's 200 butterfly – preparations

• NCAA recording: 1: 37.17 – Luca Urlando, Georgia (January 2025 Dual Meet)
• Big ten record: 1: 38.71 – Brendan BurnsIndiana (2022 NCAAS)
• Meet the record: 1: 39.22 – Brendan BurnsIndiana (2021)
• NCAA 'A' CUT: 1: 40.05
• 2024 NCAA invited time: 1: 42.10
• 2024 Champion: Gal Cohen Groumi, Michigan – 1: 39.60 (return)

Top 8 finishers:

Men's platform diving – final

• Meet record: 557.90 – David Boudia, Purdue (2011)
• 2024 Champion: Carson Tyler, Indiana – 462.60 (return)

400 freestyle relay of men – final

• NCAA record: 2: 42.41 -Tennessee (2025 sec championships)
• Big ten record: 2: 47.11 – Indiana (2018)
• Meet record: 2: 47.16 – State of Ohio (2022)
• NCAA 'A' CUT: 2: 49.79
• 2024 Champion: Indiana – 2: 48.19