Michigan
Big Ten Championships
Pair of Silver Medals Puts Michigan in Third After Day One of Big Ten Championships
2/22/2023 7:03:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
» Michigan ended night one of the 2023 Big Ten Championships in third place with 112 points.
» The Wolverines started doff the championships with two silver medals; one in the 200-yard medley relay and one in the 800-yard freestyle relay.
» The Wolverines will return to the pool Thursday (Feb. 23) at 10 a.m., in Ann Arbor, Mich., for day two of the Big Ten Championships.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Event: Big Ten Championships (Day 1 of 4)
U-M Team Standing: 3rd of 8 Teams (112)
Next U-M Event: Thursday, February 23 -- at Big Ten Championships - Day Two (Canham Natatorium.), 10 a.m./5 p.m.
• Complete Results (PDF) | Photo Gallery
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No . 17-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team sits in third place after two podium finishes on the first day of the Big Ten Championships on Wednesday (Feb. 22) inside Canham Natatorium.
The quartet of Wyatt Davis, Brendan Fitzpatrick, Gal Groumi and Bence Szabados kicked off the 2023 Big Ten Championships with a second-place finish and an NCAA 'A' cut time in the 200-yard medley relay, finishing with a time of 1:23.07. The relay team finished the tightly-contested race just four one-hundredths of a second behind Big Ten champion Ohio State, but outpaced third-place finisher Indiana by over four tenths of a second.
In the 800-yard freestyle relay, the team of Groumi, Eitan Ben-Shitrit, Eduardo Moraes and Davis sprinted to Michigan's second second-place finish of the night, finishing in 6:13.51 and earning an NCAA 'A' qualifying time.
The Wolverines will return to action at Canham Natatorium on Thursday (Feb. 23) at 10 a.m. for day two of the Big Ten Championships.
Results
Team Standings1. Ohio State 118 1. Indiana 118 3. Michigan 112 4. Wisconsin 100 4. Minnesota 100 4. Purdue 100 7. Northwestern 92 8. Penn State 88200-Yard Medley Relay
1. Ohio State 1:23.03
(Alex Quach, Pete Krusinski,
James Ward, Ruslan Gaziev)
2. MICHIGAN 1:23.07
(Wyatt Davis, Brendan Fitzpatrick,
Gal Groumi, Bence Szabados)
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Indiana 6:10.80
(Rafael Miroslaw, Tomer Frankel,
Brendan Burns, Van Mathias)
2. MICHIGAN 1:23.07
(Gal Groumi, Eitan Ben-Shitrit,
Eduardo Moraes, Wyatt Davis)
Players Mentioned
