After Ohio State’s women’s swimming and diving team won its third straight Big Ten title last week, the men’s swimming and diving team made a run at a conference championship of its own this week.
Ultimately, the Buckeyes came up one place short of the title, finishing with 1,406.5 points – 93 points behind first-place Indiana – at the Big Ten men's swimming and diving championships.
Fought 'til the end
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 27, 2022
Ohio State takes second at the 2022 #B1GMSD Championships with 1,406.5 points#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/A1ZWG2G021
While the Hoosiers won the team title, several Ohio State swimmers and relay teams won individual conference titles and set school records along the way.
Hunter Armstrong, fresh off competing in the Olympics last summer, won the 50-yard freestyle in a school-record time of 18.93 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 41.78 seconds.
BUCKEYES GO 1-2!!
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 24, 2022
Hunter Armstrong races a 18.93 to win the conference title!
Sem Andreis takes second in 19.15 #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/Qp7rkCB4GH
Oh YEAHHHHHHH! Hunter Armstrong, Ruslan Gaziev and Sem Andreis go 1-2-3 in the 100 freestyle with James Ward ninth! Great efforts, Buckeyes! pic.twitter.com/zWYE69cteu
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 26, 2022
Alex Quach won the 100-yard butterfly in a school-record time of 44.74 seconds, while Charlie Clark won the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 14:36.02.
Ohio State's evening is off to a great start: Charlie Clark wins the 1,650 freestyle in 14:36.02 with Fabio Dalu fifth in 14:51.41 and Jonathan Edwards 13th in 15:12.68. NCAA A cut for Clark; B for Dalu and Edwards. #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/9NYhvyGdLv
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 26, 2022
Ohio State also won the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay, setting Big Ten championship meet records in both the 200 medley (1:22.13) and 400 free (2:47.16).
And just like that the Buckeyes are on the board!
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 23, 2022
The Ohio State 200 medley relay sets a meet record and school record in a time of 1:22.13 to win the event! #GoBucks | #B1GMSD pic.twitter.com/ABc6nDKL73
The Buckeye 200 freestyle relay took gold in a Big Ten record time of 1:15.28 #GoBucks | #B1GMSD pic.twitter.com/Yf8gruzv0x
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 26, 2022
Ohio State wins the final race of the championships! The Buckeyes race to a Big Ten and Ohio State record finish of 2:47.16#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/IttVBqrxb2
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 27, 2022