University of Illinois
Big Ten Championships
Illini Gear Up For Big Ten Championships
February 19, 2019 | Swimming & Diving
| Big Ten Swimming & Diving Championships | |
|---|---|
| When | Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 20-23, 2019 |
| Where | Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center // Bloomington, Ind. |
| Follow Live | Swim Results | Dive Results |
| Watch |
Wednesday // 5:30 p.m. CT // BTN Plus |
| More Info | Championship Central | Illinois Season Stats |
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Fighting Illini swimming and diving team will jump back in the pool this week for the Big Ten Championships, held in Bloomington, Indiana. The four-day event, hosted by the University of Indiana, is set to begin on Wednesday, February 20, and will conclude on Saturday, February 23. The Illini finished 12th at the event a year ago.
The Orange and Blue will see competition from five teams that are currently ranked in the top-25 nationally (according to the CSCAA poll) including, No. 2 Michigan, No. 14 Indiana, No. 16 Wisconsin, No. 18 Minnesota and No. 22 Ohio State. Although the Illini didn't compete against any of those teams in the regular season, the team will also face off against familiar foes Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern and Nebraska.
The four-day meet will begin with relay events on Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. On Thursday through Saturday, the teams will swim a preliminary session in the morning at 10 a.m. with the championship session to follow at 5:30 p.m.
A Year Ago
Illinois accumulated a point total of 187 a year ago in Columbus, Ohio, to place 12th at the event. The Illini had a number of highlights in the pool, including Aby Olson swimming the third-fastest 50 backstroke in program history, as well as NCAA B Cut times in the 200 individual medley from both Michelle McCord and Samantha Stratford.
Diver Ling Kuhn came away with one of the best performances in Illinois diving history a year ago, becoming the first Illini diver to score on all three events at the Big Ten Championships. Kuhn also secured a school-record performance during the preliminary round of platform diving, finishing with a 287.80.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, Feb. 20 (5:30 p.m.)
200-yard Medley Relay
800-yard Freestyle Relay
Thursday, Feb. 21 (Preliminaries at 10 a.m., Finals at 5:30 p.m.)
500-yard Freestyle
200-yard Individual Medley
50-yard Freestyle
One-Meter Diving (12 p.m.)
400-yard Medley Relay
Friday, Feb. 22 (Preliminaries at 10 a.m., Finals at 5:30 p.m.)
100-yard Butterfly
400-yard Individual Medley
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breaststroke
100-yard Backstroke
Three-Meter Diving (12 p.m.)
200-yard Freestyle Relay
Saturday, Feb. 23 (Preliminaries at 10 a.m., Finals at 5:30 p.m.)
200-yard Backstroke
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
Platform Diving (12 p.m.)
1,650-yard Freestyle (3:15 p.m.)
400-yard Freestyle Relay
Scoring Format
A Final Scoring: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22
B Final Scoring: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
C Final Scoring: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Relay Scoring: 64-56-54-52-50-48-46-44-40-34-32-30-28
Note: Only A & B finals (championship & consolation) will be contested in the diving events.
Watch the Championships
The Big Ten Championships will be streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. Complimentary access to BTN2Go is available to viewers connected to the internet network of a Big Ten university. Fans elsewhere can sign up for the pay-per-view webcasts.
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