Michigan
Big Ten Championships
Ben-Shitrit Named Freshman of the Year, U-M Finishes Third at Big Ten Championships
2/25/2023 10:49:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
» Eitan Ben-Shitrit was named Freshman of the Year after collecting 69 points for U-M with one silver, two bronze and one 12th-place finish.
» Gal Groumi earned his third individual medal of the championships with a second-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly.
» Michigan finished third overall at the 2023 Big Ten Championships with 1,163 points.
Site:Â Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Event:Â Big Ten Championships (Day 4 of 4)
U-M Team Result:Â 3rd of 8 Teams (1,163 Points)
Next U-M Event: Monday, March 6 -- at NCAA Diving Zones (Bloomington, Ind.), Time TBA
• Complete Results (PDF) | Photo Gallery
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team finished third at the 2023 Big Ten Championships with 1,163 points behind a strong effort on the final day of competition Saturday (Feb. 25) at Canham Natatorium.
Eitan Ben-Shitrit was named Freshman of the Year after collecting 69 points with one silver, two bronze and one 12th-place finish. Gal Groumi was the only Wolverine named to the All-Big Ten first team, while Ben-Shitrit, Jared Daigle, Wyatt Davis, Brendan Fitzpatrick, Eduardo Moraes, Bence Szabados, Nikola Acin and Cam Peel were named to the All-Big Ten second team.
Connor Hunt got the Wolverines started on the final night of the Big Ten Championships with a fifth-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle, finishing in 15:03.13.
Groumi was the top finisher for the Maize and Blue in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing second with a time of 1:40.21 and earning an NCAA 'B' cut time. Charlie Morici touched fourth in the B-final, while Logan Zucker finished third and Juan Ceresa finished fifth in the C-final, respectively.
Davis picked up another medal, this time in the 200-yard backstroke, with a third-place finish in 1:40.67. Daigle, Jacque Wenger and Ben-Shitrit touched second, third, and fourth in the B-final, picking up big points for the Wolverines.
Szabados sprinted to a sixth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 42.67, picking up an NCAA 'B' cut time. In the B-final, Peel swam a personal-best 42.73 and finished first, while Acin finished right behind in second with a time of 43.02.
Ansel Froass was the best finisher in the A-final of the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing eighth with a time of 1:55.12. In the B-final, Ozan Kalafat finished fifth, while Fitzpatrick picked up the win in the C-final with a time of 1:55.29.
In the platform B-final for the U-M diving unit, Cameron Gammage finished third with a score of 312.55 and Kameron Liberman finished sixth with a score of 283.70.
The quartet of Szabados, Peel, Acin and Davis finished out the 2023 Big Ten Championships for the Wolverines with a bronze medal finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay (2:49.44).
The Wolverines will return to the pool for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships (March 6-8) in Bloomington, Indiana.
Results
Team Standings1. Indiana 1595.5 2. Ohio State 1290.5 3. Michigan 1163 4. Wisconsin 1014.5 5. Minnesota 785 6. Purdue 704.5 7. Northwestern 618 8. Penn State 5771650-Yard Freestyle
1. Charlie Clark, Ohio State 14:41.75 5. Connor Hunt, U-M 15:03.13 18. Eduardo Moraes, U-M. 15.23.90200-Yard Backstroke
1. Brendan Burns, Indiana 1:38.22 3. Wyatt Davis, U-M 1:40.67 10. Jared Daigle, U-M. 1:42.65 11. Jacque Wenger, U-M. 1:42.72 12. Eitan Ben-Shitrit, U-M 1:42.88100-Yard Freestyle
1. Ruslan Gaziev, Ohio State 41.38 6. Bence Szabados, U-M. 42.67 9. Cam Peel, U-M 42.73 10. Nikola Acin, U-M 43.02200-Yard Breaststroke
1. Max McHugh, Minnesota 1:50.20 8. Ansel Froass, U-M 1:55.12 13. Ozan Kalafat, U-M 1:56.07 17. Brendan Fitzpatrick, U-M 1:55.29 20. Jack McCurdy, U-M 1:58.41200-Yard Butterfly
1. Brendan Burns, Indiana 1:39.51 2. Gal Groumi, U-M 1:40.21 12. Charli Morici, U-M 1:45.26 21. Juan Ceresa, U-M 1:47.37 22. Logan Zucker, U-M 1:47.46Platform Diving
1. Carson Tyler, Indiana 451.65 11. Cameron Gammage, U-M 312.55 14. Kameron Liberman, U-M 283.70400-Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Indian 2:48.11
(Van Mathis, Gavin Wight,
Tomer Frankel, Rafael Miroslaw)
2. MICHIGAN 2:49.44
(Bence Szabados, Cam Peel,
Nikola Acin, Wyatt Davis)
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