WEST LAFAYETTE, IN. – The Penn State Men's Swimming & Diving team began the first day of individual competition of the Big Ten Championships with six NCAA B cuts and a broken school record on a relay.
The Nittany Lions six top-24 finishes place them in 7th with 230 points as the second of four days of competition concludes at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Freshman Victor Baganha led Penn State's finalists in the 50 free. Baganha swam to 3rd place with a time of 19.18 and made an NCAA B-cut. Following, grad student William Roberson came in 13th place with a time of 19.62 and made the NCAA B-cut. Sophomore Jake Houck came in 15th place with a time of 19.69 and also made the NCAA B-cut.
In the 500 free, freshman Eduardo Moraes placed 13th with a time of 4:22.86 and made the NCAA B-cut. In the 200 IM, senior Michael Daly placed 11th with a time of 1:45.43 and made an NCAA B-cut and senior William Lulek placed 22ndwith a time of 1:47.63.
Nittany Lion Relays
The Nittany Lions placed sixth in the 400-medley relay with a time of in 3:06.36. The team contributors were Lachlan Byrne, Daniel Raisanen, Baganha and Roberson. The relay team broke a school record with this time and made the NCAA B-cut.
What is Next
The men will continue competition on Friday with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. ET/ 9 a.m. CT and finals starting at 5:30 p.m. ET/ 4:30 p.m. CT. All sessions can be streamed on BTN Plus while live stats and results are available here and on Meet Mobile.
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