Gophers Open the New Yr Towards Tampa and Notre Dame

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. – The University of Minnesota males’s and ladies’s swimming packages hit the pool for the primary time in 2026 this weekend, touring to the Sunshine State to tackle the University of Tampa and the University of Notre Dame on the Riseman Aquatics Center.

 

MEET INFORMATION

 

Minnesota vs. Tampa / Notre Dame

Saturday, Jan. 3

10 AM (CT) / 11 AM (ET)

Riseman Aquatics Center

Tampa, Fla.

 

Last Time Out

 

The Gophers closed out the 2025 Minnesota Invite in second place of ultimate workforce scoring, with the ladies’s workforce tallying a complete workforce rating of 1616.5 and the lads’s workforce tallying a complete workforce rating of 1341.5.

 

Jacob Johnson got here away with the one swimming occasion win of the meet for the Gophers, tallying a 1:41.10 within the “A” closing to take the Men’s 200 fly. Drew Bennett swept the lads’s diving occasions, securing wins within the 1-meter, 3-meter, and platform for Minnesota. Elna Widerstrom walked away with wins within the 1-meter and 3-meter occasions on the ladies’s aspect.

 

Three Gopher swimmers reached NCAA qualifying marks all through the three day occasion, with Morgan Thomas qualifying within the 50 free, Johnson qualifying within the 100 and 200 fly, and Katie McCarthy qualifying within the 1650 free. 

 

CSCAA Rankings

 

Minnesota girls’s swim and dive hit the ultimate CSCAA rankings of 2025 at No. 23 within the nation. The first set of rankings for the brand new yr are at present set to launch on January 23.

 

Up Next

 

Gopher divers will make their 2026 debut subsequent weekend in Boca Raton, taking up Florida Atlantic University and the University of North Texas. Action towards the Owls and the Mean Green is at present set to start at 9 AM (CT).