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2026 Men’s Big Ten Championships
Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28 Location: Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, Madison, WI Defending champions: Indiana men (4x) Live Results (also available on Meet Mobile: “2026 Men’s B1G Championship”) Live Video ($): B1G+ Championship Central – Big Ten Championship Central – Wisconsin SwimSwam’s Meet Preview Teams: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, USC, Wisconsin SwimSwam Live Recaps Prelims: Day 2 Finals: Day 1 RelaysMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS
NCAA Record: 42.80, Caeleb Dressel (Florida) – 2018 Big Ten Record: 43.85, Tomer Frankel (Indiana) – 2024 Big Ten Meet Record: 44.28, Tyler Ray (Michigan) – 2025 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 46.11 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 45.12Top 8 Finishers:
Tyler Ray (Michigan), 43.83 *Big Ten Record* Matthew Klinge (Ohio State), 44.48 Michal Chmielewski (USC), 44.57 Owen McDonald (Indiana), 44.62 Stuart Seymour (Northwestern), 44.69 Ole Eidam (Michigan), 44.71 Jacob Johnson (Minnesota), 44.92 Colin Geer (Michigan), 45.04Michigan senior Tyler Ray defended his 2025 Big Ten crown in the 100 butterfly in a historic swim; taking a more than half second win over the field in 43.83, breaking the Big Ten record formerly held by Tomer Frankel of Indiana in 43.85, and lowering his own 2025 championship record of 44.25.
This swim also makes him the 10th fastest performer in history, passing Tom Shields by one hundredth of a second. His jump also knocks Frankel down to #12 all-time. Ray is now just the 16th swimmer in history to swim under 44 seconds in the 100 fly.
Ray entered these championships with a lifetime best of 44.00, a swim that earned him a 7th-place finish at last season’s NCAA, and marked a .17-second drop on the day. Ray had only been as fast as 44.78 on the season, but clocked a prelims swim of 44.29 in the prelims to give him a middle lane.
Entering this meet, he was seeded 3rd behind Ohio State’s Matthew Klinge (2nd in finals, 44.48), and Indiana’s Owen McDonald (4th in finals, 44.62).
Men’s 100 Butterfly (SCY) Top 10 Performers All-Time:
Caeleb Dressel- 42.80 Josh Liendo– 43.06 Youssef Ramadan- 43.38 Ilya Kharun– 43.38 Luca Urlando- 43.49 Dare Rose- 43.52 Andrei Minakov- 43.71 Joseph Schooling- 43.75 Jordan Crooks- 43.77 Tyler Ray– 43.83Record Splits Comparison:
New Big Ten/Big Ten Champs Record (Ray) Former Big Ten Record (Frankel) Former Big Ten Championship Record (Ray) 25 9.32 9.18 9.52 50 11.27 (20.59) 11.21 (20.39) 11.11 (20.63) 75 11.68 (32.27) 11.35 (31.74) 12.13 (32.76) 100 11.56 (43.83) 12.11 (43.85) 11.52 (44.28)Looking ahead to the Men’s NCAA Championships in less than a month’s time, that swim for Ray now makes him the 3rd fastest performer this season, only behind Florida’s Josh Liendo (43.06) and Arizona State’s Ilya Kharun (43.38).
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