Bloomington, Ind. – The Wisconsin men's swimming & diving wrapped up its final day of competition at the Big Ten Championships, finishing in fourth place with 834.5 points – the team's best finish at the championships since 2001.
Senior
Cameron Tysoe secured his second bronze medal of the championships with a 1:41.02 finish in the 200 back, while three of his teammates swam in the C-Final of the event. Freshman
Drew Nixdorf (1:45.07), freshman
Tadzio Kurka (1:45.18, new career-best) and senior
Justin Temprano (1:50.92) touched in 19
th, 20
th and 24
th overall.
Three Badgers dropped nearly 30 seconds on their entry time in the grueling 1650 free, as sophomore
Matthew Hillmer (15:00.25, new career-best), freshman
Jack Leuthold (15:14.66) and sophomore
Graham Miotke (15:16.83) finished sixth, 10
th and 13
th overall. Senior
Eric Geunes (15:24.99) and sophomore
Robert Niemann (15:40.95) touched in 20
th and 26
th, respectively.
Seniors
Griffin Back,
Niko Stines and
Kevin Braun joined junior
Matthew Novinski to finish in fourth place in the 400 free relay, touching at 2:53.83.
In the 200 fly, senior
Michael Milinovich finished in seventh place with a 1:44.69, while sophomore
Frank Niziolek swam a new career-best 1:46.62 to place fourth in the C-Final (20
th overall).
Senior
MJ Mao was another Badger to compete in an A-Final, finishing in eighth place in the 200 breast with a time of 1:54.73. Sophomore
Caleb Aman swam a new career-best of 1:57.25 to finish sixth in the C-Final (22
nd overall).
In the 100 free, senior
Griffin Back (43.77) and junior Matt Novinski (43.93) finished sixth and seventh in the B-Final, while seniors
Kevin Braun (44.18) and
Niko Stines (44.25) finished sixth and seventh in the C-Final.
