Men's Swimming & Diving Hosts Big Ten Championships This Week

Men's Swimming & Diving Hosts Big Ten Championships This Week

2/27/2024 1:28:00 PM | Men's Swim & Dive

Championship Central

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 13 Ohio State men's swimming and diving team is gearing up to host the 2024 Big Ten Championships at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion this Wednesday through Saturday.

Meet Information

Finals will begin at 5:00 p.m. each day and prelims will begin at 10:00 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.
All sessions will be available to watch on BTN+.
Fans can find ticket, parking and streaming information HERE.

Event Schedule
Wednesday – Finals Only, 5:00 P.M.

200 Medley Relay
Exhibition Team Diving Event
800 Freestyle Relay

Thursday – Prelims at 10:00 A.M., Finals at 5:00 P.M.

500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
One-Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay (finals only)

Friday – Prelims at 10:00 A.M., Finals at 5:00 P.M.

100 Butterfly
400 Individual Medley
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
Three-Meter Diving
200 Freestyle Relay (finals only)

Saturday – Prelims at 10:00 A.M., Finals at 5:00 P.M.

1650 Freestyle (all but last heat begin at 3:15 p.m.)
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Platform Diving
400 Freestyle Relay (finals only)

Ohio State Meet Notes

The Buckeyes placed second at the 2023 Big Ten Championships. It was the 14^th consecutive season Ohio State has finished in the top three at the conference championships.
Ohio State won 11 total medals in 2023, including seven individual medals and four relay medals.
Pete Krusinski, Ruslan Gaziev and Charlie Clark were named to the All-Big Ten First Team and Daniel Baltes and Lyle Yost were named to the Second Team.
Clark won gold in the 1650 free for the second straight year. He finished in a time of 14:41.75, which was an NCAA B cut and nine seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Gaziev placed first in the 100 free with an NCAA A standard time of 41.38, which was also a program record, a Big Ten Championships record and a pool record at Michigan's Canham Natatorium.
The Buckeyes also won the 200 medley relay, with the team of Alex Quach, Krusinski, James Ward and Gaziev finishing in an NCAA A standard time of 1:23.03, which was also a Canham Natatorium record.
20 Buckeyes have turned in an NCAA B cut time in at least one event this season: Henry Dvorak (100 fly), Nathan Holty (400 IM), Gaziev (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back), Baltes (50 free), Tomas Navikonis (200 free, 500 free), Alex Axon (500 free, 1650 free), Clark (500 free), Sam Campbell (500 free, 1650 free,e), Sam Campbell (500 free, 1650 free 400 IM), Alex Metzler (500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM), Tristan Jankovics (500 free, 200 back, 200 IM, 400 IM), Josh Bedford (1650 free), Mason Edmund (1650 free), Luke Paxton (200 back), Pete Krusinski (100 breast), Billy Regan (200 breast), Chachi Gustafson (100 fly, 200 fly), Evan Fentress (100 fly), Owen Conley (400 IM), Will Bansberg (400 IM) and Bob Fick (200 fly).
All six divers have recorded an NCAA Zones qualifying score in at least two events: Lyle Yost (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Clayton Chaplin (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Jack Matthews (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Tyler Read (1-meter, 3-meter), Mo Noaman (1-meter, 3-meter, platform) and Kylie Flory (1-meter, 3-meter, platform).