Ohio State's men’s swim and dive team finished second at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor and one of the brightest moments came Saturday as Ruslan Gaziev won the 100-yard freestyle gold medal with a time of 41.38.
Gaziev's blistering pace set a program record, meet record and pool record.
A gold medal, an NCAA A cut time, a program record, a meet record AND a pool record for Ruslan Gaziev as he wins the 100 free#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/dHnTDOi70P
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 25, 2023
Gaziev is a graduate student who hails from Toronto and he was a 2020 Tokyo Olympian.
As always, gotta sign off with the #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/E0vYSvjtYa
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 25, 2023
Gaziev was one of two Buckeyes to win individual gold medals during the final day of the championships along with Charlie Clark, who celebrated his victory in the 1,650-yard freestyle by wearing a TreVeyon Henderson jersey.
Charlie Clark with the fit in his post-win B1G+ interview#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/AickD3aZ99
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 25, 2023
The Buckeyes’ 200 medley relay team of Alex Quach, Pete Krusinski, James Ward and Gaziev also won gold during the first night of the championships with a Canham Natatorium record time of 1:23.03.
Crown 'em
— Ohio State Swim/Dive (@OhioStSwimDive) February 22, 2023
Buckeyes take first in the 200 medley relay to start off the 2023 B1G Men's Swimming & Diving Championship#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/IGgFCdtAWh
