Owen McDonald breaks Big 10 Meet Record in the 200 IMS of the men.

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• Data: Wednesday, February 26th – Saturday, March 1st
• Location: Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Defending champion: Indiana men (3x)
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Owen McDonald After a strong relay performance last night with a new Big 10 Conference Meet Record in 200 in day 2 of the meeting.

200 Single Medley – Finale

• NCAA recording: 1: 36.34 – Leon Marchand, state of Arizona (2023)
• Meet the record: 1: 40.48 – Gal GroumiMichigan (2024)
• BIG 10 Record: 1: 39.35 – Andreas Vazaios, Indiana (2019)
• NCAA 'A' CUT: 1: 40.75
• 2024 Champ: Gal GroumiMichigan – 1: 40.48

Top 8 finishers:

1. Owen McDonald (Indiana) – 1: 39.89
2. Gal Groumi (Michigan) – 1: 40.34
3. Luke Barr (Indiana) – 1: 40.62
4. Colin Geer (Michigan) – 1: 40.65
5. Tristan Jankovics (State of Ohio) – 1: 41.09
6. Tyler Lu (northwest) – 1: 42.49
7. Miroslav Kledla (Indiana) – 1: 42.67
8. Eitan ben-shitrit (michigan) -1: 43.00

The previous record at the event was 1: 40.48 compared to last year. These are McDonald's first big 10 championships when he swam to ASU for his first two college years before moving to Indiana this season.

His swim this evening was his third time under the 1:40 barrier, with his fastest time by 1: 39.23 from the NCAA championships of last year, where he took second overall. With this performance, it is currently the 9th fastest performer in history. He also went to last year's PAC-12S, where he went 1: 39.35. This season is his time in the NCAA, behind Floridas Julian Smith at 1: 39.38.

The former Big 10 Meet Record Holder, Michigan, Gal GroumiWas also in the event and he was also under the previous record and came 1: 40.34 for the 2nd place in total.