ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Nick Sherman eclipsed the team record in the 200 individual medley for the fourth time while winning his first individual medal at the Big Ten Championships, claiming silver to highlight the Thursday evening session for Purdue men's swimming & diving.
Ethan Shaw, Idris Muhammad, Aaron Frollo and the 400 medley relay team all joined Sherman in accounting for top-10 times in the team record book.
Sherman's time of 1:42.62 made him the first Boilermaker to medal in an IM event at Big Tens since Guillermo Blanco won bronze in the 200 IM in 2015. Sherman won his fourth career medal at Big Tens on Thursday.
A time drop of 0.28 hundredths from his time of 1:42.90 at the Purdue Invitational in November should also help keep Sherman ranked among the top 20 nationally and earn him an individual bid to the NCAA Championships. That in turn should also help the Boilermakers' top relay teams qualify for the national championship meet.
Jordan Rzepka and Sam Bennett both finished among the top 10 in 1-meter diving, teaming up to account for 40 team points. Rzepka was seventh in the championship final and remains 4-for-4 in career Top-10 finishes at Big Tens. As the runner-up in the consolation final, Bennett posted his first career top-10 showing at Big Tens. The sophomore recorded a career-best list score of 347.75 in the consol.
Shaw and Frollo registered career-best times in the 500 freestyle and earned second swims in the C final. Shaw was even faster as the runner-up in the C final, moving up to third place in program history with an NCAA provisional qualifying (B Cut) time of 4:20.79. It stands as the fastest time by a Boilermaker since Batuhan Hakan set the program record (4:18.43) at the 2018 Big Ten Championships. Frollo moved into seventh place in team history with a time of 4:23.64 in the prelims.
Sherman teamed up with Muhammad, Brady Samuels and Keelan Hart for a time of 3:08.36, taking over fourth place in team history. On the leadoff backstroke leg, Muhammad's split of 46.98 was a career best and moved the sophomore into fifth place in the record book.
Muhammad scored individually with a fourth-place finish in the B final of the 50 free, improving on his prelim time with a B Cut time of 19.63 on his second swim. Senior Liam Walker also scored in the C final of the 50 free, matching his career-best time of 20.12 in the prelims.
Sherman won heat 7 of the prelims with a time of 1:43.24, earning the No. 2 seed and the right to race in lane 5 in the A final -- the Purdue grad's third career championship final at Big Tens. He enjoyed a time drop of 0.62 hundredths from the prelims to final Thursday. He has now lowered the Purdue record in the 200 IM by 1.25 seconds since originally eclipsing Blanco's benchmark (1:43.87) in the prelims of the 2021 NCAA Championships.
Coleman Modglin accounted for a career best and Purdue's No. 2 time this season in the 200 IM, posting a time of 1:48.20 in the prelims.
The Big Ten Championships continue Friday with swimming prelims at 10 a.m. ET, 3-meter diving prelims at noon and the finals session at 5 p.m.
THURSDAY TEAM SCORES
1.) #8 Ohio State 487
2.) #6 Indiana 478
3.) #17 Michigan 403
4.) #23 Wisconsin 341
5.) #25 Minnesota 280
6.) Purdue 240
7.) Northwestern 210
8.) Penn State 204
Ethan Shaw, Idris Muhammad, Aaron Frollo and the 400 medley relay team all joined Sherman in accounting for top-10 times in the team record book.
Sherman's time of 1:42.62 made him the first Boilermaker to medal in an IM event at Big Tens since Guillermo Blanco won bronze in the 200 IM in 2015. Sherman won his fourth career medal at Big Tens on Thursday.
A time drop of 0.28 hundredths from his time of 1:42.90 at the Purdue Invitational in November should also help keep Sherman ranked among the top 20 nationally and earn him an individual bid to the NCAA Championships. That in turn should also help the Boilermakers' top relay teams qualify for the national championship meet.
Jordan Rzepka and Sam Bennett both finished among the top 10 in 1-meter diving, teaming up to account for 40 team points. Rzepka was seventh in the championship final and remains 4-for-4 in career Top-10 finishes at Big Tens. As the runner-up in the consolation final, Bennett posted his first career top-10 showing at Big Tens. The sophomore recorded a career-best list score of 347.75 in the consol.
Shaw and Frollo registered career-best times in the 500 freestyle and earned second swims in the C final. Shaw was even faster as the runner-up in the C final, moving up to third place in program history with an NCAA provisional qualifying (B Cut) time of 4:20.79. It stands as the fastest time by a Boilermaker since Batuhan Hakan set the program record (4:18.43) at the 2018 Big Ten Championships. Frollo moved into seventh place in team history with a time of 4:23.64 in the prelims.
Sherman teamed up with Muhammad, Brady Samuels and Keelan Hart for a time of 3:08.36, taking over fourth place in team history. On the leadoff backstroke leg, Muhammad's split of 46.98 was a career best and moved the sophomore into fifth place in the record book.
Muhammad scored individually with a fourth-place finish in the B final of the 50 free, improving on his prelim time with a B Cut time of 19.63 on his second swim. Senior Liam Walker also scored in the C final of the 50 free, matching his career-best time of 20.12 in the prelims.
Sherman won heat 7 of the prelims with a time of 1:43.24, earning the No. 2 seed and the right to race in lane 5 in the A final -- the Purdue grad's third career championship final at Big Tens. He enjoyed a time drop of 0.62 hundredths from the prelims to final Thursday. He has now lowered the Purdue record in the 200 IM by 1.25 seconds since originally eclipsing Blanco's benchmark (1:43.87) in the prelims of the 2021 NCAA Championships.
Coleman Modglin accounted for a career best and Purdue's No. 2 time this season in the 200 IM, posting a time of 1:48.20 in the prelims.
The Big Ten Championships continue Friday with swimming prelims at 10 a.m. ET, 3-meter diving prelims at noon and the finals session at 5 p.m.
THURSDAY TEAM SCORES
1.) #8 Ohio State 487
2.) #6 Indiana 478
3.) #17 Michigan 403
4.) #23 Wisconsin 341
5.) #25 Minnesota 280
6.) Purdue 240
7.) Northwestern 210
8.) Penn State 204