2025 Men’s Big Ten Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam

2025 MEN’S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dates: Wednesday, February 26–Saturday, March 1
Location: Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, MN
Defending champions: Indiana men (3x)
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Teams: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, USC*, Wisconsin
Results: Day 1 | Day 2
Recaps:
- Prelims: Day 2
- Finals: Day 1 | Day 2

Day 3 Prelims Heat Sheet

Team Scores Through Day 2

Indiana — 526
Michigan — 419.5
Ohio State — 413
USC — 281
Wisconsin — 272
Northwestern — 262
Minnesota — 260
Purdue — 223.5
Penn State — 153

100 Butterfly — Prelims

NCAA Record: 42.80 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
Big Ten Record: 43.85 — Tomer Frankel, Indiana (2024)
Meet Record: Tomer Frankel, Indiana — 44.32 (2024)
NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 44.51
2024 NCAA Invited Time: 45.37
2024 Champion: Tomer Frankel, Indiana — 44.32

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

Tyler Ray (MICH), 44.30
Finn Brooks (IU), 44.75
Tomer Frankel (IU), 45.05
Brady Samuels (PUR), 45.10
Jacob Johnson (MINN), 45.29
Matthew Klinge (OSU), 45.39
Michal Chmielewski (USC), 45.40
Colin Geer (MICH), 45.61

We’re off to a fast start of day three prelims in Minneapolis. Five of the eight ‘A’ finalists swam lifetime bests to secure their place in tonight’s championship final, led by Tyler Ray‘s 44.30. Ray finished third in this event last year and made a statement in prelims as his 44.30 takes over as the fastest time in the conference this season and improves on his lifetime best from the 2024 NCAA Championships by .44 seconds.

Ray will be flanked by two Hoosiers in the final as Finn Brooks and Tomer Frankel qualified second and third. Brooks’ swim marks a lifetime best for the senior, bettering the 44.84 he swam at this meet last year. While not a lifetime best, Frankel took six-hundredths off his season-best with a 45.05. He’s the defending champion in this event and owns the Big Ten record at 43.80.

Ohio State freshman Matthew Klinge continues to impress at these championships. Fresh off a lifetime best and 50 freestyle title yesterday, Klinge sliced .42 seconds off the 100 fly lifetime best he swam earlier this month at a dual meet, clocking 45.39. He qualified a hundredth ahead of Michal Chmielewski, whose lifetime best 45.40 makes him USC’s first individual ‘A’ finalist at these championships.

Colin Geer broke 46 seconds for the first time with a 45.61, making the ‘A’ final by a hundredth to give the Wolverines two in the championship final.

In heat three, Michigan’s mid-season addition Ole Mats Eidam turned in the first sub-46 second 100 fly of the morning. Eidam secured four years of eligibility when he joined the Wolverines and dropped a 45.95 in his third time swimming the event. It’s a 2.01 second drop from his previous best, a 47.96 from the Indiana vs. Michigan dual.