Ohio State Buckeyes Earn Fourth-Consecutive Women's Big Ten Title (original) (raw)

2023 WOMEN’S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

  1. Ohio State – 1425
  2. Indiana – 1291
  3. Michigan – 1108
  4. Wisconsin – 954
  5. Minnesota – 768.5
  6. Northwestern – 710
  7. Purdue – 492.5
  8. Penn State – 475
  9. Rutgers – 467.5
  10. Nebraska – 437
  11. Illinois – 215
  12. Iowa – 198

The Ohio State Buckeyes pulled away from Indiana on the final day of the 2023 Women’s Big Ten Swimming & Diving Championships, winning the meet by over 100 points. The victory marks Ohio State’s fourth-straight women’s Big Ten title, which brings them within one title their program record for most consecutive Big Ten titles. The Michigan Wolverines hold the all-time record for consecutive Big Ten Women’s team titles, having strung off 12 straight conference victories from 1987 to 1998.

Ohio State used the same formula that’s been working for them for four years now to win this title. The Buckeyes simply have the best depth on their swimming roster in the conference. They only had one swimmer on the scoring roster who didn’t score points this year, which indicates they did a phenomenal job when it came to choosing who to swim exhibition and who to put on the scoring team. On top of that, Ohio State’s lowest scoring athlete, aside from the one swimmer who didn’t score any points, still provided 31 points to the team’s cause. A whopping 15 Buckeyes contributed 50+ points to the team score, the most of any team.

Here is the summary of Ohio State’s scoring athletes:

Junior Katherine Zenick led the way for the Buckeyes, scoring 91 points. Zenick won the 50 free and 100 fly, then came in third in the 100 free last night.

Here is a list of the Ohio State event winners:

Ohio State was also the highest-scoring relay team at these championships, winning four relays and coming in fourth in the 800 free relay.