No. 24 Gophers Open 2025-26 Season Towards Nebraska and South Dakota

MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Minnesota swimming and diving packages are set to start their 2025-26 campaigns at house within the Jean Okay. Freeman Aquatic Center this Friday. The males’s program will face off towards the University of South Dakota, whereas the ladies’s program will tackle each the University of Nebraska and the University of South Dakota. The meet will kick off with Diving occasions starting at 3:30 PM, adopted by Swimming occasions starting at 4:00 PM.

 

MEET INFORMATION

 

No. 24 Minnesota vs. Nebraska / South Dakota

Friday, Oct. 10

3:30 PM / 4:00 PM

Jean Okay. Freeman Aquatic Center

Minneapolis, Minn.

 

MEN’S PROGRAM

 

The Gopher males’s program returns 19 athletes to the roster, 5 of which competed on the 2024-25 NCAA Championships final season. The crew ranked at No. 24 within the first College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) ballot of the season final week.

 

Drew Bennett has been named a Big Ten Diver to Watch after an All American Honorable Mention season, putting 14th on platform on the 2024-25 NCAA Championships. The veteran diver was named Big Ten Diver of the Week as soon as all through his junior season whereas climbing up this system report books, shifting as much as ninth all time within the 3-meter (415.15) and seventh all time within the 1-meter (399.95).

 

Daniel Eichel closed out a robust freshman season final yr, competing on the 800 free relay squad for the Gophers within the 2024-25 NCAA Championships. Eichel ranks second in crew historical past for the 200 free (1:34.00), fourth within the 500 free (4:17.28), and fifth within the 200 fly (1:43.72), and was named a 2025 CSCAA Spring Scholar All American First Team.

 

Jacob Johnson enters the season as a Big Ten Swimmer to Watch after tallying a report breaking season for the Gophers, setting this system report for the 200 fly (1:39.96) whereas additionally sitting at eighth all time within the 50 free (19.26). Johnson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week 4 occasions all through 2024-25, capping off his rookie marketing campaign with Big Ten All Freshman crew honors, Second Team All Big Ten honors, and All American honors within the 200 fly taking tenth within the 200 fly on the NCAA Championships.

 

Joe Polyak competed within the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM prelims for the Gophers on the 2024-25 NCAA Championships, and closed out his freshman yr with Big Ten All-Freshman crew honors. Polyak now ranks third at school historical past within the 100 breast (52.44) and 200 breast (1:52.58), sixth within the 200 IM (1:44.91), and twelfth within the 400 IM (3:48.40).

 

YuTong Wang earned Second Team All Big Ten honors for his efforts in 2024-25, competing within the 1-meter and 3-meter prelims for the Gophers eventually yr’s NCAA Championships. The two time All-American and former Big Ten champion continues to carry the college report in each the 1-meter (435.15) and 3-meter (472.05).

 

The roster can even function six freshmen and one junior switch: Jack Hackler, Ethan Kosin, Jackson Scheiber, Oliver Schimberg, Ethan Schutten, Zed Warain, and John Watson. This newcomer class provides seven swimmers to the crew.

 

WOMEN’S PROGRAM

 

The Gopher ladies’s program returns 24 athletes to the roster, 5 of which competed on the 2024-25 NCAA Championships final season. The crew additionally ranked at No. 24 within the first College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) ballot of the season final week.

 

Addie Albrecht positioned twenty ninth on the 1-meter (259.00) at her second profession NCAA Championship look final season. The Academic All Big Ten honoree collected seven prime three finishes all through 2024-25 within the 1-meter and 3-meter occasions.

 

Vivi Del Angel returns as one of many Gophers’ Divers to Watch after additionally incomes the award final season. The former nationwide champion closed out the 2024-25 season putting third and posting the second highest rating in program historical past (371.50) in platform eventually yr’s NCAA Championships whereas incomes All American honors in platform and the 1-meter.

 

Katie McCarthy returns as one of many Gophers’ Swimmers to Watch after incomes the award final season. The Edina, Minn. native positioned twenty fifth on the 2024-25 NCAA Championships within the 500 free prelims with a time of 4:39.71, a private report and the eighth quickest time in program historical past. McCarthy etched her title in this system report books for 3 different occasions, sitting at seventh all time within the 1000 free (9:40.68), seventh within the 400 IM (4:10.36), and seventh within the 1650 free (16:05.75).

 

Elna Widerstrom positioned thirty second within the 1-meter prelims (252.80) for the Gophers on the 2024-25 NCAA Championships and was named an Academic All Big Ten honoree to shut out her sophomore season. The 2024 All-American at present ranks eleventh in crew historical past within the 1-meter (318.15), and ninth within the 3-meter (354.65).

 

Ava Yablonski at present holds the college report for the 100 again (51.61), ranks sixth within the 100 fly (52.59), and fourth within the 200 again (1:53.69). Yablonski positioned thirtieth within the 100 again prelims (51.88) and thirty eighth within the 200 again prelims (1:54.34) on the 2024-25 NCAA Championships, capping off the yr with Academic All Big Ten honors.

 

The roster can even function 4 freshmen: Kayla Barr, Emma Fellman, Finnly Jollands, and Cassie Kaplan. This newcomer class provides three swimmers and one diver to the crew.

 

UP NEXT

 

The Gophers will head to Atlanta, Georgia for his or her first highway contest of the season subsequent weekend, taking up The Dual Meet Tournament at Georgia Tech on Friday, Oct. 17 and Saturday, Oct. 18.