Michigan
Big Ten Championships
Michigan Sets Two Meet Records, Finishes as Runner-Up at B1G Championships
2/19/2022 10:13:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
» Michigan finished the 2022 Big Ten Championships in second place 1,185 points. Ohio State won the team title with 1,303 points.
» Olivia Carter (200-yard butterfly) and the 400-yard freestyle relay set a meet record Saturday (Feb. 19).
» Maggie MacNeil was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Meet after she notched three individual titles and two relay titles at the championships.
Site: Madison, Wis. (Soderholm Family Aquatic Center)
Event: Big Ten Championships (Day 4 of 4)
U-M Team Standing: 2nd place of 13 Teams (1,185 points)
Next U-M Event: Mon-Wed., March 7-9 -- NCAA Zone Diving Championships (Canham Natatorium)
• Complete Results (PDF) | Photo Gallery
MADISON, Wis. -- Behind two meet records in Saturday's (Feb. 19) final session, the University of Michigan women's swim and dive team finished in second place at the 2022 Big Ten Championships at the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center. Ohio State captured the team title with 1,303 points.
Senior Maggie MacNeil was named the Big Ten Championships Swimmer of the Meet for the third time, winning three individual titles and two relay titles. MacNeil, along with Lindsay Flynn, Claire Newman, and Olivia Carter set a Big Ten meet record with a 3:09.84 in the 400-yard freestyle relay to win the title for the fifth straight time. Carter set a meet record of her own in the 200-yard butterfly (1:15.83).
U-M had nine top-10 finishes Saturday, with Carter and MacNeil leading the way. In addition to Carter, MacNeil won her third individual title, swimming the 100-yard freestyle in 47.10 seconds and earning an NCAA 'A' cut.
Kathryn Ackerman and Kaitlynn Sims earned the first podium finishes, with Ackerman finishing seventh in the 1,650-yard freestyle and Sims coming in eighth overall.
In the 200 backstroke, Casey Chung swam an NCAA 'B' cut time of 1:54.80 to place sixth overall, while sophomores Noelle Kaufmann and Sophie Housey swam NCAA 'B' cut times to finish 13th and 15th, respectively, in the event.
Flynn placed sixth overall in the 100 free, touching the wall in 48.26 seconds, good for an NCAA 'B' cut, while Newman (48.46) rounded out Michigan's top-10 finishers.
Freshman Letitia Sim led Michigan in the 200-yard breaststroke, swimming an NCAA 'B' cut time of 2:08.74 for a sixth-place finish.
Carter closed out the swimming portion of the championships with her meet record in the 200 fly. Senior Victoria Kwan placed sixth overall with a time of 1:55.73.
Michigan divers will be back in action Monday through Wednesday (March 7-9) at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships at Canham Natatoruim. The NCAA Championships will take place Wednesday through Saturday, March 16-19 in Atlanta, Ga.
Results
Team Standings
1. Ohio State 1,303 2. MICHIGAN 1,185 3. Indiana 1,100 4. Wisconsin 1,085 5. Northwestern 919.5 6. Minnesota 838.5 7. Purdue 479 8. Rutgers 449 9. Nebraska 423 10. Penn State 396 11. Illinois 199 12. Iowa 165
1,650-Yard Freestyle
1. Paige McKenna, Wisconsin 15:47.31 A 7. Kathryn Ackerman, U-M 16:10.72 B 8. Kaitlynn Sims, U-M 16:13.30 B 10. Kathryn Shanley, U-M 16:14.32 B
200-Yard Backstroke
1. Phoebe Bacon, Wisconsin 1:51.23 B 6. Casey Chung, U-M 1:54.80 B 13. Noelle Kaufmann, U-M 1:55.73 B 15. Sophie Housey, U-M 1:56.09 B 16. Mariella Venter,U-M 1:57.38
100-Yard Freestyle
1. Maggie MacNeil, U-M 47.10 A 6. Lindsay Flynn, U-M 48.26 B 10. Claire Newman, U-M 48.46 B 21. Natalie Kan, U-M 49.58
200-Yard Breaststroke
1. Brearna Crawford, Indiana 2:06.86 B 6. Letitia Sim, U-M 2:08.74 B 17. Claire Donan, U-M 2:13.56 B
200-Yard Butterfly
1. Olivia Carter, U-M. 1:51.83! A 6. Victoria Kwan, U-M 1:55.73 B 20. Megan Glass, U-M 2:00.51 23. Sophie Housey, U-M 2:02.19
Platform Diving
1. Tarrin Gilliland, Indiana 382.80 A 16. Lucy Hogan, U-M 225.15 A
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
1. MICHIGAN 3:09.84!A (Lindsay Flynn, Claire Newman, Olivia Carter, Maggie MacNeil)
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