For the first time since 2010 Ohio State’s men’s swimming and diving teams will welcome the rest of the Big Ten into McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion for the 2017 Big Ten Championships.
Parking, ticketing, and much more can be found at our Big Ten Championships Meet Central page, which is linked at the top of this release and can also be found by clicking here.
The seven-session meet begins Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ET with the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays. Prelims are set for the afternoon sessions and begin at 11 a.m. ET. Relays are contested, Big Ten champions determined and team points earned in the evening finals, which begin nightly at 6:30 p.m. ET. Diving prelims begin daily at 1 p.m. ET as the afternoon bridge between the sessions.
Event Schedule
Below is the event schedule for this week. Finals will begin each night at 6:30 p.m. ET and prelims will begin on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 11:00 a.m. ET.
| Wednesday, Feb. 22 | Thursday, Feb. 23 | Friday, Feb. 24 | Saturday, Feb. 25 |
| 200 medley relay | 500 freestyle | 100 butterfly | 200 backstroke |
| 800 freestyle relay | 200 IM | 400 IM | 100 freestyle |
| 50 freestyle | 200 freestyle | 200 breaststroke | |
| One-meter diving | 100 breaststroke | 200 butterfly | |
| 400 medley relay | 100 backstroke | Platform diving | |
| Three-meter diving | 1,650 freestyle | ||
| 200 freestyle relay | 400 freestyle relay |
Where They Stand
Several Ohio State swimmers are poised to turn in some excellent performances this week. Listed below are all the individuals who own a Top 10 time in the Big Ten this season:
50 free- Mossimo Chavez (19.95, 10th in Big Ten)
100 free- Josh Fleagle (43.02, 5th in Big Ten)
200 free- Josh Fleagle (1:34.91, 5th in Big Ten)
500 free- Brayden Seal (4:19.91, 7th in Big Ten)
1650 free- Brayden Seal (15:00.32, 6th in Big Ten)
100 back- Matt McHugh (46.42, 3rd in Big Ten)
100 back- Mark Belanger (47.17, 7th in Big Ten)
200 back- Thomas Trace (1:43.72, 3rd in Big Ten)
100 breast- Jack Barone (54.41, 9th in Big Ten)
100 fly- Matt McHugh (46.78, 3rd in Big Ten)
100 fly- Noah Lense (46.91, 6th in Big Ten)
100 fly- Michael Salazar (46.98, 7th in Big Ten)
200 fly- Ching Lim (1:45.86, 5th in Big Ten)
200 fly- Henrique Painhas (1:46.11, 7th in Big Ten)
200 fly- Noah Lense (1:46.56, 8th in Big Ten)
200 fly- Greg Nymberg (1:46.63, 9th in Big Ten)
200 IM- Ching Lim (1:46.41, 6th in Big Ten)
400 IM- Ching Lim (3:46.16, 2nd in Big Ten)
400 IM- Andrew Lindstrom (3:%1.74, 9th in Big Ten)
Last Year at Big Ten Championships
In 2016 the Buckeyes finished in third place to continue its streak of Top 5 finishes at their conference meet (every season since 2006). In addition to his championships listed below, Colin Zeng was named Diver of the Championships.
Overall, Ohio State claimed four Big Ten Championships:
One-meter diving: Colin Zeng, 450.55
Platform diving: Colin Zeng, 498.95
100 butterfly: Matt McHugh, 45.46
100 backstroke: Matt McHugh, 45.07
Ohio State at Big Tens
In its history, Ohio State has won 13 Big Ten Championships with the last coming in 2010, and its finished in the top-5 every year since 2006. The Buckeyes’ 13 team titles are third-most in conference history. Since Ohio State’s first Big Ten Championships in 1931, its claimed 200 gold medals: 95 in individual swimming events, 22 relays, and 83 in diving, which is almost twice as many as any other school.
If you want to check out anything else regarding past Big Ten Championships you can check out the official conference record book.
In the Rankings
Ohio State is sitting pretty in both the College Swimming Coaches’ Association of America poll and the CollegeSwimming.com poll.
In the CSCAA poll the Buckeyes are currently 18th in the nation, and they are joined by four other Big Ten teams. Over at CollegeSwimming.com Ohio State is ranked 24th, along with four other Big Ten teams inside the Top 30.