Big Ten swimmers set fire to the record books at the conference's championship meet in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday night. Indiana maintained its lead, but Ohio State and Michigan are clawing back into the mix. OSU's Matt McHugh joined the 44 club in the 100-yard butterfly. Ian Finnerty is halfway to a four-year sweep in the 100 breaststroke, and Shane Ryan took down his own record in the 100 backstroke.

100-YARD BUTTERFLY

Big Ten Conference record: 45.24 (Chris Brady - Michigan, 2009) 44.91 (Matt McHugh - OSU, 2017)
NCAA 'A' cut: 45.73
2016 Invited: 46.44

Ohio State senior Matt McHugh reigned supreme in Friday night's 100 butterfly, breaking the Big Ten record in the process and going the fourth-fastest time in the NCAA behind Joseph Schooling (44.06), Caeleb Dressel (44.21), and Andrew Sansoucie (44.86). McHugh was out like a rocket (20.49), similar to Schooling's (20.45) at Big 12s. But Vini Lanza was charging on the last 25, outsplitting McHugh 12.0 to 12.5. Wisconsin's Cannon Clifton took down a school record in 45.81, a phenomenal time for someone who is widely considered a sprint freestyler.

1.) Matt McHugh (OSU): 44.91 (BIG TEN RECORD)
2.) Vinicius Lanza (Indiana): 45.07 (NCAA 'A')
3.) Cannon Clifton (Wisconsin): 45.81
4.) Evan White (Michigan): 46.05
5.) Noah Lense (OSU): 46.28
6.) Miles Smachlo (Michigan): 46.43
7.) Jerzy Twarowski (Iowa): 46.78
8.) Tuomas Pokkinen (Minnesota): 47.02
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400 IM

Big Ten Conference record: 3:35.98 (Tyler Clary - Michigan, 2009) 
NCAA 'A' cut: 3:40.76
2016 Invited:  3:45.61

The rookie takes the crown! Charles Swanson from Michigan touched the wall well off of ​Tyler Clary's record with a time of 3:41.13. The reason Clary is brought into this is because Swanson is a freshman. He has three more years to take that record down, which he most certainly should. His last 100 was 51.9, almost the slowest last 100 of the A final. While he held a very significant lead, it will be interesting to see what happens at NCAAs. Also, an interesting note here is how seemingly far behind the Big Ten is in this event in comparison to the Southeastern Conference.

1.) Charles Swanson (Michigan): 3:41.13
2.) Jakub Maly (Minnesota): 3:44.41
3.) Ching Lim (OSU): 3:46.89
4.) Joshua Brooks (Purdue): 3:47.58
5.) Cameron Stitt (Michigan): 3:47.72
6.) Patrick Ransford (Michigan): 3:47.79
7.) Adam Noens (Purdue): 3:48.03
8.) Stephen Holmquist (Michigan): 3:48.10

200 FREESTYLE

Big Ten Conference record: 1:31.83 (Blake Pieroni - Indiana, 2017)
NCAA 'A' cut: 1:32.97
2016 Invited:  1:34.67

Indiana's Blake Pieroni took the Big Ten title as expected but was a few 10ths slower than his record-breaking lead off swim from the 800 freestyle relay. So far in the NCAA, Blake Pieroni joins Harvard's Dean Farris as the only one's who have gone 1:31 so far. But Townley Haas of Texas was 1:32.17 on Friday at Big 12s, and Maxime Rooney of Florida was 1:32.18 at SECs. How many more can go under 1:32 come March?  

1.) Blake Pieroni (Indiana): 1:32.13
2.) Joshua Fleagle (OSU): 1:33.25
3.) Felix Auboeck (Michigan): 1:33.27
4.) Brett Pinfold (Wisconsin): 1:33.85
5.) Mohamed Samy (Indiana): 1:34.05
6.) Jackson Miller (Indiana): 1:34.14
7.) Matthew Hutchins  (Wisconsin): 1:35.32
8.) Marwan El Kamash (Indiana): 1:35.86

100 BREASTSTROKE

Big Ten Conference record: 51.41 (Richard Funk - Michigan, 2015) 51.38 (Ian Finnerty - Indiana, 2017)
NCAA 'A' cut: 51.93
2016 Invited:  52.92

Indiana's Ian Finnerty made it a dirty double, winning the 100 breaststroke two years in a row for the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers have created quite the dominant run in Big Ten breaststroke over the past several years, highlighted by Cody Miller and Kevin Swander in the last decade, but now Ian Finnerty is halfway to winning the conference title four years in a row, creating a dynasty of his own. Another underclassman, sophomore Jacob Montague of Michigan, was 52.08, so expect Richard Funk's team record to go down next year or possibly even at NCAAs in March.

1.) Ian Finnerty (Indiana): 51.38 (BIG TEN RECORD)
2.) Jacob Montague (Michigan): 52.08
3.) Jack Barone (OSU): 52.26
4.) Conner McHugh (Minnesota): 52.44
5.) Eric Sande (Minnesota): 52.52
6.) Levi Brock (Indiana): 52.91
7.) Chris Klein (Michigan): 53.08
8.) Gunther Casell (Penn St): 54.38

100 BACKSTROKE

Big Ten Conference record: 44.72 (Ben Hesen - Indiana, 2008) S44.65 (Shane Ryan - Penn State, 2017)
NCAA 'A' cut: 45.37
2016 Invited:  46.51

Senior Shane Ryan made a huge statement and solidified himself in the record books with a scorcher of swim, hitting the wall in 44.65. It was his race from beginning to end, reaching the 50 at 21.43. This time falls ahead of SEC champion Connor Oslin but behind Cal's Ryan Murphy leading up to NCAAs. The 100 butterfly champion from Friday, Matt McHugh​, touched in a 45.52, and the Hoosiers' Bob Glover was 46.45.

1.) Shane Ryan (Penn St): 44.65 (BIG TEN RECORD)
2.) Matt McHugh (OSU): 45.52
3.) Bob Glover (Indiana): 46.45
4.) Thomas Trace (OSU): 46.53
5.) Tristan Sanders (Michigan): 46.61
6.) Luke Papendick (Michigan): 47.08
7.) Mark Belanger (OSU): 47.53
8.) Andrew Appleby (OSU): 47.30

200 FREESTYLE RELAY

B1G Meet Record: 1:16.42 (Turk, M. Ortiz, Fletcher, B. Ortiz - Michigan, 2013)
NCAA 'A' cut: 1:17.77

1.) Ohio State: 1:16.61
2.) Indiana: 1:16.72
3.) Michigan: 1:17.58
4.) Minnesota: 1:17.68
5.) Iowa: 1:18.13
6.) Wisconsin: 1:18.47
7.) Penn State: 1:19.00
8.) Purdue: 1:19.64
9.) Michigan State: 1:20.40

The Buckeyes just missed the conference record and took down the red-hot Hoosiers, with Matt McHugh splitting an impressive 18.85 inside the relay. Indiana touched just behind in 1:16.72, with a 19.15 leadoff by Ali Khalafalla, followed by Blake Pieroni's 18.93. Michigan came in third, and Paul Powers had an 18.93 of his own as the leadoff.

OSU passed Michigan into second place, but this is far from over. Both teams have a chance to flip the meet on it's head tomorrow, but we'll see how prelims stack up. Also an interesting battle is between Minnesota, Purdue, and Wisconsin for fourth place.

TEAM SCORES

1.) Indiana: 999   
2.) OSU: 939.5
3.) Michigan: 923.5   
4.) Minnesota: 551
5.) Purdue: 505.5   
6.) Wisconsin: 502
7.) Penn State: 405.5   
8.) Iowa: 297
9.) Northwestern: 237  
10.) Michigan State: 212