Take your mark: Badgers host Big Tens

MADISON, Wis. — The No. 24 Wisconsin males’s swim and dive crew kick off postseason competitors on the Big Ten Championships from Wednesday to Saturday in Madison on the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center. 

The Wednesday session will kick off at 4 p.m., as preliminaries start at 10 a.m. and finals begin at 5:30 p.m. for every following day. 

SCOUTING THE COMPETITION

Alongside the No. 24 Badgers, 5 different Big Ten faculties fall within the Top 25 of the CSCAA ballot. The males rank sixth amongst convention foes, with No. 3 Indiana popping out on high. Ohio State, Michigan State, USC and Northwestern rank eleventh, twelfth, fifteenth and nineteenth, respectively, heading into convention championships. 

A LOOK BACK AT LAST YEAR

Last 12 months, the Wisconsin males positioned sixth general with 735 factors. The Indiana Hoosiers gained for his or her fourth consecutive season, accumulating 1579 factors throughout the week. Michigan and Ohio state rounded out the highest three finishers, with 1148 and 1100 factors. The 200 free relay crew of Taiko Torepe-Ormsby, Cooper Scharff, Ben Wiegand and Chris Morris highlighted the meet for the Badgers, garnering a silver medal and a brand new college report for the Badgers. 

B1G LEADERS

Senior Dominik Mark Torok leads the Badgers with a top-three time within the 200 fly this season when slated towards Big Ten opponents. Torok set a private greatest and college report within the occasion on the Texas Invitational earlier this season, ending in 1:40.07. The senior additionally holds the fifth-fastest 400 IM time of three:40.21. Senior Ben Wiegand checks in at fourth within the 100 breaststroke with a college report of 51.83 and seventh within the 50 free with 19.39. Sophomore Yoav Romano sits fourth within the 1650 free in 14:54.42 and sixth within the 500 free in 4:14.00. Freshman Enzo Solitario presently sits sixth within the 200 free in 1:33.16. Nathan Welker and Adam Graham sit eighth within the backstroke occasions, with Welker checking in at 45.79 within the 100 again and Graham in 1:41.07 within the 200 again.  

LOOKING AHEAD

Following the Big Ten Championships, the Badgers will head all the way down to Atlanta, Georgia, to compete within the NCAA Championships on March 25-28. Last 12 months, Wisconsin despatched 9 Badgers to compete, together with Torok, Wiegand, Romano, Luukas Vainio, Charlie Jones and Cooper Scharff.

FOLLOW ALONG

Live meet outcomes for the Championship might be discovered on the MeetMobile App. The official homepage for the Big Ten Championships might be discovered here. The live-streaming hyperlink may also be discovered right here or on the BIG+ web site. Follow us on Instagram and X for all the within scoop all through the meet @BadgerSwimDive.