Swimmers set school mark at Big Tens

The first day of the Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships showcased only two events, the 800-freestyle relay and the 200-medley relay.

The 200 was the first event of the night. The Hawkeye relay team of sophomore Kenneth Mende, freshman Isaak Webb, junior Jerzy Twarowski, and sophomore Jack Smith raced for a seventh place slot. This event however, was overshadowed by the history made in the next event.

In the last event of the night, the 800-freestyle relay, the squad of freshman Joe Myhre, Smith, senior Kyle Gannon, and junior Thomas Rathbun broke the Iowa school record with a time of 6:24.93.

The second day of the Big Ten meet will boast four events — the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, and the 1-meter dive.

The Hawkeye to watch is Smith racing his best event, the 50 freestyle, in which he is ranked 11th in the Big Ten. He has the potential to maybe even crack the A-finals and score big for Iowa.

You can view all these races plus the next four sessions on BTN Plus or BTN2Go.

— by Carter Melrose