Hoosiers Earn 21 Final Placements Friday

Friday, February 25

West Lafayette, Ind.

Indiana University

Big Ten Championships - Prelims

2/25/2022 12:22:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – No. 4 Indiana swimming and diving will have 21 individual finalists in the Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships' Friday (Feb. 25) night session, with 13 of those coming in championship finals, following preliminary action inside Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.

IU clinched three spots in each A final of the 100 Butterfly, 100 Backstroke and 3-meter dive and at least one championship finalist in each swimming event. The Hoosiers will also compete in the 200 Freestyle Relay. Indiana has at least one athlete in each consolation final.

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
100 Butterfly – Bruno Blaskovic (1st), Tomer Frankel (2nd), Gabriel Fantoni (4th)
400 IM – Maxwell Reich (7th)
200 Freestyle – Tomer Frankel (2nd), Rafael Miroslaw (3rd)
100 Breaststroke – Josh Matheny (5th)
100 Backstroke – Gabriel Fantoni (2nd), Brendan Burns (3rd), Jacob Steele (4th)
3-Meter Dive – Andrew Capobianco (2nd), Carson Tyler (3rd), Quinn Henninger (7th)

CONSOLATION FINAL
100 Butterfly – Van Mathias (12th)
400 IM – Tristan DeWitt (10th)
200 Freestyle – Warren Briggs (15th)
100 Breaststroke – Luke Barr (9th), Maxwell Reich (15th)
100 Backstroke – Gavin Wight (10th)
3-Meter Dive – None.

C FINAL
100 Butterfly – Corey Gambardella (21st)
400 IM – Michael Brinegar (19th)
200 Freestyle – None.
100 Breaststroke – None.
100 Backstroke – None.

TEAM SCORES
1. Ohio State – 487.5
2. Indiana – 449
3. Michigan – 408
4. Purdue – 288.5
5. Wisconsin – 278
6. Northwestern – 2366
7. Penn State – 230
8. Minnesota – 179

NOTABLES
• Indiana will be represented by three of the top four seeds in the 100 Butterfly A final. Senior Bruno Blaskovic took the top spot (45.24). Sophomore Tomer Frankel (45.28) was right behind him, finishing 1-2 with senior Gabriel Fantoni (45.39) in the fourth of six heats.
• IU will also have the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 seeds in the 100 Backstroke A final, featuring Fantoni, junior Brendan Burns and senior Jacob Steele in order. Fantoni and Steele placed first and third, respectively, in last year's Big Ten meet, as Fantoni captured his fourth straight title in the event. He'll go for a fifth straight Friday evening, unprecedented in any individual event.
• Hoosier diving will have three athletes competing in the 3-meter championship final. All three athletes scored 400 or better during the preliminary session, and senior Andrew Capobianco (446.25) and freshman Carson Tyler (437.00) finished second and third respectively. Freshman Quinn Henninger tallied a 405.60 to place seventh.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS
100 BUTTERFLY
Bruno Blaskovic – 45.24 (Championship Final, Career Best)
Tomer Frankel – 45.28 (Championship Final)
Gabriel Fantoni – 45.39 (Championship Final, Career Best)
Van Mathias – 46.44 (Consolation Final)
Corey Gambardella – 47.24 (C Final)
Gavin Wight – 47.53 (Alternate, Career Best)
Finn Brooks – 47.12 (Exhibition, Career Best)
Brandon Hamblin – 47.79 (Exhibition, Career Best)

400 IM
Maxwell Reich – 3:48.15 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Tristan DeWitt – 3:48.81 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)
Michael Brinegar – 3:55.21 (C Final)
Jackson Carlile – 3:49.90 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Mason Carlton – 3:53.35 (Exhibition, Career Best)

200 FREESTYLE
Tomer Frankel – 1:34.01 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Rafael Miroslaw – 1:34.05 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
Warren Briggs – 1:37.09 (Consolation Final, Career Best)
Jack Franzman – 1:42.12
Jacob Destrampe – 1:35.87 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Mikey Calvillo – 1:40.29 (Exhibition)

100 BREASTSTROKE
Josh Matheny – 52.13 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Luke Barr – 53.01 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Maxwell Reich – 53.95 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)
Jassen Yep – 53.85 (Exhibition, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
Andrew Davis – 54.73 (Exhibition, Career Best)

100 BACKSTROKE
Gabriel Fantoni – 45.34 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
Brendan Burns – 45.42 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
Jacob Steele – 45.52 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
Gavin Wight – 47.06 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)
28. Corey Gambardella – 49.86 (Career Best)

3-METER DIVE
Andrew Capobianco – 446.25 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
Carson Tyler – 437.00 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
Quinn Henninger – 405.60 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
Lenin Hibler – 294.10

UP NEXT
After a strong morning, the Hoosiers will look to capitalize in the evening session. Final heats are scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET.

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