Wisconsin downs Minnesota in Border Battle

MINNEAPOLIS — The No. 22 Wisconsin Badgers males’s swim and dive group took down No. 24 Minnesota 177-117 in Minneapolis on Friday night, taking residence first in each occasion however one. 

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Sophomore Yoav Romano led the pack within the distance occasions, shaving over three seconds off his private finest within the 1000 free, accumulating a first-place end in 8:59.74. The sophomore collected one other first-place end within the 500 free with a time of 4:18.86.

The Badgers went one, two, three within the 100 breast, led by Ben Wiegand with a time of 53.52. Nate Harris and Brayden Henkel rounded out the rostrum with instances of 53.08 and 54.12, respectively. 

Multiple Wisconsin swimmers took first in each of their occasions. Dominik Mark Torok collected wins within the 200 fly and 200 breast with instances of 1:41.93 and 1:55.57. Luukas Vainio discovered success within the freestyle occasions, putting first within the 100 in 44.22 and 200 in 1:34.37.

The Badgers held sturdy within the relay occasions, accumulating first and second place within the 200 medley. In the 400 free relay, the first-place Wisconsin B squad of Wiegand, Vainio, Enzo Solitario and Romano notched a ninth-fastest all-time high efficiency time with 2:53.74. 

Jan Lanser held constant within the diving nicely, notching a second-place end on the 1-meter board with 329.63 factors and a third-place end on the 3-meter with 258.90 factors.

UP NEXT:

The Badgers break up up for meets at Texas and Ohio State, together with the four-day Texas Invite on Nov. 18 and the three-day OSU Invite on Nov. 19.

 

Team Scores 

Wisconsin – 177

Minnesota – 117

200 Medley

1. Wisconsin A (Welker, Henkel, Jones, Wiegand) – 1:25.99

2. Wisconsin B (Scharff, Gaerthofner, Mark Torok, Solitario) – 1:26.52

5. Wisconsin C (Graham, Skarda, Swanepoel, Bacon) – 1:30.38

1000 Free

1. Yoav Romano – 8:59.74 – private finest, beat 9:03.28

5. Declan Kelly – 9:17.17

6. Andrew Hanson – 9:24.51

200 Free

1. Luukas Vainio – 1:34.37

2. Enzo Solitario – 1:35.35

5. Landon Kyser – 1:37.41

8. Carter Jewell – 1:41.13

100 Back

1. Nathan Welker – 46.68

5. Adam Graham – 48.38

7. Michael Long – 48.44

8. Finn Bacon – 49.08

100 Breast

1. Ben Wiegand – 53.52

2. Nate Harris – 54.08

3. Brayden Henkel – 54.12

5. Drew Gaerthofner – 54.54

200 Fly

1. Dominik Mark Torok – 1:41.93

3. Charlie Jones – 1:45.49

5. Zach Ward – 1:48.88

7. Lance Swanepoel – 1:49.21

50 Free 

1. Ben Wiegand – 19.83

2. Cooper Scharff – 19.87

5. Jack Skarda – 20.84

100 Free

1. Luukas Vainio – 44.22

4. Cooper Scharff – 44.81

6. Carter Jewell – 46.17

200 Back

1. Adam Graham – 1:43.35

4. Landon Kyser – 1:45.23

5. Michael Long – 1:45.96

8. Nathan Welker – 1:49.44

200 Breast

1. Dominik Mark Torok – 1:55.57

2. Nate Harris – 1:59.19

5. Brayden Henkel – 2:01.88

7. Drew Gaerthofner – 2:03.31

500 Free

1. Yoav Romano – 4:18.86

3. Enzo Solitario – 4:22.58

7. Andrew Hanson – 4:34.02

8. Carter Jewell – 4:34.59

100 Fly

3. Charlie Jones – 47.39

5. Nathan Welker – 48.06

6. Lance Swanepoel – 49.00

8. Finn Bacon – 49.52

400 IM

1. Dominik Mark Torok – 3:45.03

2. Landon Kyser – 3:51.32

5. Zach Ward – 3:57.32

8. Nate Harris – 4:04.25

400 Free Relay

1. Wisconsin B (Wiegand, Vainio, Solitario, Romano) – 2:53.74

4. Wisconsin B (Jones, Scharff, Jewell, Gaerthofner) – 3:00.27

6. Wisconsin C (Swanepoel, Graham, Long, Bacon) – 3:04.52

1-meter

2. Jan Lanser – 329.63

3-meter

3. Jan Lanser – 258.90