2022 B1G WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
- When: Wednesday, February 16 – Saturday, February 19, 2022
- Where: Madison, Wis. – Soderholm Family Aquatic Center
- Defending Champion: Ohio State (2x) (2021 Results)
- Prelims: 10 am, Finals: 5:30 pm (Central), (Wednesday night relays begin at 5 pm)
- Championships Central
- Live Results
- Streaming: DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4
- Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet
Video courtesy of Andrew Mering.
Reported by Spencer Penland.
WOMEN’S 200 IM – FINALS
- B1G Champs Record – 1:51.66, Beata Nelson (2020)
- B1G Conference Record –
- NCAA ‘A’ Cut – 1:53.66
Top 3:
- Kristen Romano (OSU) – 1:54.43
- Megan Van Berkom (MINN) – 1:54.92
- Phoebe Bacon (WISC) – 1:55.64
Ohio State’s Kristen Romano put up a gutsy performance in tonight’s 200 IM A final, leading the race from start to finish. The Ohio State school record holder took the race out with a 24.76 fly split, then tacked on a 28.02 backstroke split, which was even faster than Olympic backstroker Phoebe (28.80). Romano was able to maintain her lead through breaststroke, and although she was out-split by several swimmers in the field on free, her lead was too much to be overcome.
Megan Van Berkom, a Minnesota sophomore who finished 35th in this event at Big Tens last year, was creeping up on Romano on the final 50, and touched 2nd. Phoebe Bacon was 3rd, and Indiana had a strong showing, with Mac Looze (1:55.68) and Noelle Peplowski (1:55.88) taking 4th and 5th respectively.
I’m not a fan of the empty lanes in relays. If it actually makes a difference, they’ll just end up having to lower the NCAA relay cuts, and then everyone will feel like they have to have an empty lane on both sides to have a fair chance at qualifying. Seems short sighted to me.
not only that but everybody is already huffin and puffin on each other all over that pool deck. if it’s to reduce COVID, they gotta do a lil more than just put a 6 foot lane in between 8 people but i digress