Tuesday, February 23
Minneapolis, MN.
All Day
Wisconsin Badgers
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Big Ten Swimming Championships
Top-five finish for the Badgers in Big Ten Championships
February 27, 2021 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
Badgers continue to dominate 200 Back, win event fourth-year straight
MINNEAPOLIS - Phoebe Bacon kept the streak going for the Badgers and won the 200 Back (1:50.90) to make it the fourth year in a row that Wisconsin has won the event. Her two first-place events, along with the efforts of her teammates resulted in a fifth-place finish for the Badgers in the Big Ten Championship meet where they scored 749.5 points.
Another outstanding performance came from Mara Newman who also placed in the 200 Back. She swam a time of 1:54.18 to place fifth in the event.
In the last even of the meet, Lillie Hosack, Phoebe Bacon, Alana Palmer and Isabel Lampre placed fourth in the 400 Free Relay. They finished with a time of 3:15.71.
On the diving side of things Tazman Abramowicz placed fourth for the men's team on the Platform. He scored 395.50 after taking 10th in the 3M yesterday (350.40).
Freshman, Emily Ecker raced phenomenally in the 1650 free. She placed eighth and finished with a time of 16:16.23.
After five days of competition, the Badgers took fifth place as a team for women's swim and dive. They scored the most they have in the last three seasons at the championship meet. The final team standings went as followed:
STRAIGHT FROM THE POOL: "We had a number of tong individual performances to close out our meet. Special mention goes to Phoebe Bacon for being named Big Ten Freshman of the Meet. An honor well deserved! Despite some challenges this year, this team persevered and scored our highest point total in the last three seasons. I'm proud of the way they competed. - Head Coach Yuri Suguiyama
Now watch Phoebe crush it 🙃#OnWisconsin pic.twitter.com/6npmdAyMnW
— Wisconsin Swimming & Diving (@BadgerSwimDive) February 28, 2021
Another outstanding performance came from Mara Newman who also placed in the 200 Back. She swam a time of 1:54.18 to place fifth in the event.
Outstanding performance from Mara Newman 👏 pic.twitter.com/t4rF4WEYx7
— Wisconsin Swimming & Diving (@BadgerSwimDive) February 28, 2021
In the last even of the meet, Lillie Hosack, Phoebe Bacon, Alana Palmer and Isabel Lampre placed fourth in the 400 Free Relay. They finished with a time of 3:15.71.
Nothing like finishing the week with a top five finish in the 400 relay!
— Wisconsin Swimming & Diving (@BadgerSwimDive) February 28, 2021
All thanks to Lillie, Phoebe, Alana & Isabel 😤👐 pic.twitter.com/h3zyv9uPni
On the diving side of things Tazman Abramowicz placed fourth for the men's team on the Platform. He scored 395.50 after taking 10th in the 3M yesterday (350.40).
Huge congrats to Taz for this performance👏👏
— Wisconsin Swimming & Diving (@BadgerSwimDive) February 28, 2021
4th place on Platform ‼️‼️ pic.twitter.com/V2WcsKEfwn
Freshman, Emily Ecker raced phenomenally in the 1650 free. She placed eighth and finished with a time of 16:16.23.
That's our girl 🤩
— Wisconsin Swimming & Diving (@BadgerSwimDive) February 28, 2021
Congratulations Emily on your 8th place finish! #Badgers pic.twitter.com/KrNsMZDKvs
After five days of competition, the Badgers took fifth place as a team for women's swim and dive. They scored the most they have in the last three seasons at the championship meet. The final team standings went as followed:
1. Ohio State - 1584
2. Michigan - 1326.5
3. Indiana - 1066.5
4. Northwestern - 992
5. Wisconsin - 749.5
6. Minnesota - 555
7. Nebraska - 542.5
8. Iowa - 424
9. Purdue - 414
10. Penn State - 410
11. Michigan State - 217
12. Illinois - 177
13. Rutgers - 60
UP NEXT: The men's Big Ten Swimming Championships will take place next week March 3-6 at Ohio State.STRAIGHT FROM THE POOL: "We had a number of tong individual performances to close out our meet. Special mention goes to Phoebe Bacon for being named Big Ten Freshman of the Meet. An honor well deserved! Despite some challenges this year, this team persevered and scored our highest point total in the last three seasons. I'm proud of the way they competed. - Head Coach Yuri Suguiyama
Players Mentioned
Diving
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Free / Back / IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Back / IM / Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free / Back
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free
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