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Big Ten Championships
Michigan Finishes Second at Big Ten Championships; Ray Named Swimmer of Championships
2/28/2026 10:35:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Site: Madison, Wis. (Soderholm Family Aquatic Center)
Event: Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships (Day 4 of 4)
U-M Team Result: 2nd Place of 9 Teams (1,208 points)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 6 -- Last Chance Meet, TBA
MADISON, Wis. -- The No. 12-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team scored 1,208 points to finish second overall on Saturday (Feb. 28) ending four days of competition at the Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at Soderholm Family Aquatic Center. No. 3-ranked Indiana won the Big Ten team title with a tally of 1,544 points.
Michigan closed strong in the final preliminary session of the meet, with seven Wolverines punching their tickets to championship finals, including three in the 200-yard IM.
Senior Tyler Ray put a bow on his final conference meet with a win in the 200-yard butterfly, posting a meet record mark of 1:38.82. Ray completed the sweep of the individual butterfly events after winning the 100-yard butterfly on Thursday (Feb. 26).
Ray is the third straight Wolverine to win the 200-yard butterfly conference crown, joining Colin Geer (2025) and Gal Groumi (2024) in the winners' circle. The senior is the first Michigan men's swimmer to win both fly events in the same Big Ten meet since Dan Madwed in 2012.
Ray was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships for his efforts, the second Wolverine in three years to win the award after Groumi earned the honor in 2024.
Elsewhere in the pool, Geer shined in the 200-yard IM and took the silver with a time of 1:40.15 to lead a trio of U-M swimmers in the A final.
Freshman Antoine Sauve led all Maize and Blue athletes with a time of 42.18 seconds to finish fifth in the 100-yard freestyle. Lorne Wigginton closed his meet with a fourth-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle, posting a mark of 14:46.09.
Jack Wilkening and Inbar Danziger dominated the B final in the 200-yard backstroke. Wilkening won the heat with a mark of 1:40.83, while Danziger finished second with a time of 1:41.25.
The quartet of Ole Eidam, Ray, Wilkening and Sauve wrapped the meet with a silver medal in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The foursome broke the school record with a time of 2:47.01.
In diving, both Julian Cardenas and Emmitt Reesor reached the consolation final in the platform dive. Cardenas scored 257.45 points, while Reesor registered a tally of 248.45 to finish 14th and 15th, respectively.
Next up, select Michigan swimmers will take part in the Last Chance Meet on March 6.
Team Standings (Final)
1. No. 3 Indiana 1,544 2. No. 12 Michigan 1,208 3. No. 11 Ohio State 1,035.5 4. No. 19 Northwestern 840 5. No. 24 Wisconsin 832.5 6. Purdue 783 7. No. 15 USC 707.5 8. Minnesota 644 9. Penn State 426
2026 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving All-Conference Teams
Swimmer of the Championships: Tyler Ray, Michigan
Diver of the Championships: Andrew Bennett, Minnesota
All-Big Ten First Team
Josh Bey, Indiana
Vidar Carlbaum, Indiana
Travis Gulledge, Indiana
Mira Knedla, Indiana
Mikkel Lee, Indiana
Owen McDonald, Indiana
Zalan Sarkany, Indiana
Dylan Smiley, Indiana
Kai Van Westering, Indiana
Ole Eidam, Michigan
Luka Mladenovic, Michigan
Tyler Ray, Michigan
Emmitt Reesor, Michigan
Antoine Sauve, Michigan
Jack Wilkening, Michigan
Andrew Bennett, Minnesota
Cornelius Jahn, Ohio State
Tristan Jankovics, Ohio State
Tomas Navikonis, Ohio State
Jordi Vichez, Ohio State
Max Miller, Purdue
All-Big Ten Second Team
Alexei Avakov, Indiana
Raekwon Noel, Indiana
Maxwell Weinrich, Indiana
Luke Whitlock, Indiana
Colin Geer, Michigan
Lorne Wigginton, Michigan
Stuart Seymour, Northwestern
Matthew Klinge, Ohio State
Mariano Lazzerini, Penn State
Tyler Wills, Purdue
Oliver Sogaard-Andersen, USC
Dominik Mark Torok, Wisconsin
Yoav Romano, Wisconsin
Enzo Solitario, Wisconsin
Luukas Vainio, Wisconsin
All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Josh Bey, Indiana
Noah Cakir, Indiana
Luke Ellis, Indiana
Andrew Shackell, Indiana
Luka Mladenovic, Michigan
Emmitt Reesor, Michigan
Antoine Sauve, Michigan
Ethan Reniewicki, Ohio State
Janis Dzirkalis, Purdue
Nathaniel Grannis, Purdue
Luc Goertzen, USC
Emiliano Zamudio, USC
Miles Cratsenberg, Wisconsin
Drew Gaerthofner, Wisconsin
Adam Graham, Wisconsin
Enzo Solitario, Wisconsin
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