BIG TEN CONFERENCE – WOMEN
- Dates: Wednesday, February 19 – Saturday, February 22
- Location: McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, Columbus, OH
- Groups: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
- Defending champions: Indiana (1x)
- Championship Central
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The Michigan had a robust begin to the 2025 Huge Ten Championships, successful each occasions and setting a brand new meet document within the 800 free relay.
The earlier mark was additionally held by a Michigan squad highlighted by 4x Olympic medalist Siobhan Haughey. Sophomores Stephanie Balduccini (1:42.10) and Hannah Bellard (1:43.42) made up the front-half, adopted by a pair of juniors: Malia Amuan (1:43.54) and Christey Liang (1:42.98).
The Wolverines weren’t the one quartet underneath the document. Runner-ups Ohio State dipped underneath the 2019 mark by simply 0.05-seconds with a squad of all first-years (6:54.53). The highest three groups have been all underneath Indiana’s successful time from final yr (6:55.45) as USC rounded out the highest three.
Report Cut up Comparability:
Balduccini was simply 0.25-seconds off her finest time to guide the Wolverines. She wasn’t the quickest lead-off cut up within the subject, nevertheless, as 2024 Olympian Anna Peplowski blasted a brand new private finest to tie the Huge Ten document on Indiana’s 4th-finishing relay (1:40.69).
The remainder of Michigan’s relay cut up inside about half a second of one another, as every athlete cut up quicker than their flat begin occasions. That’s in stark distinction to the previous document, which relied on Haughey’s big 1:40.75 cut up.
Liang had essentially the most dramatic drop; her finest time is 1:45.67 from the Georgia Tech Invite final November. Amuan is the newcomer to this relay, changing Katie Crom who led-off final yr.
Ohio State fully reloaded this yr; their whole squad was made up of freshmen. Sienna Angove was lower than half a second above her finest time (1:43.92), however Erin Little (1:42.74), Mila Nikanorov (1:44.88), and Rachel Bockrath (1:42.99) overcame an in depth race with USC for 2nd. That bodes properly for the Buckeyes as they vie for a convention title. They have been simply 0.5 factors behind Indiana final yr.
Indiana didn’t get a lot slower than their successful time of 6:55.45 from final yr (6:55.53). Relatively, the remainder of the sector bought a lot quicker.
Their relay performances tonight give Michigan the lead going into the remainder of the meet. They completed third on the 2024 version of those championships.
