Take your mark: Wisconsin hosts Badger Invitational

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Badgers males’s and ladies’s swim and dive groups will wrap up their common season, internet hosting the Badger Invitational at Soderholm Family Aquatic Center on Friday, Feb. 6 and Saturday, Feb. 7. The swimmers will compete towards Milwaukee because the divers tackle Michigan and Northwestern. 

Preliminary periods will start at 10 a.m. every morning, with finals periods following go well with shortly after at 4 p.m.

Before the Badgers dive in, listed here are 5 issues to know:

1. LAST TIME OUT

The Badgers took on Northwestern in Evanston on Jan. 17 for his or her final twin meet of the season. The ladies’s crew sealed a 154-146 victory over the Wildcats, because of a dominant displaying within the breaststroke and distance occasions. Junior Ryane Neal stood out within the diving properly, choosing up two top-10 all-time scores at UW within the 1-meter and 3-meter. The males’s crew got here up quick, falling 161-133 to Northwestern’s depth. 

2. BADGERS IN THE RANKINGS

In the newest January ballot, the ladies stay ranked fifteenth for the second month in a row. The crew has solely dropped one meet this season, towards Michigan in early October, the place they narrowly fell, 145-155. Following their fall to Northwestern, the lads’s aspect dropped 4 spots and now sit at 23. 

3. SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) introduced the collection of 711 groups for the Scholar All-America record for the Fall 2025 semester. The accolade is the very best educational honor given by the group, recognizing applications that spotlight excellence within the classroom. Both Wisconsin’s ladies’s and males’s applications have been acknowledged with a 3.50 and three.13 GPA, respectively. 

4. B1G LEADERS

Multiple Badgers verify in with top-10 instances within the Big Ten of their respective occasions, incomes NCAA cuts. Sophomore Maggie Wanezek leads the Big Ten within the 200 again and holds the second and third quickest instances within the 50 and 100 again, respectively. In the 200 breast, Hazal Ozkan, Bridget McGann and Brooke Corrigan verify in at third, fourth and sixth, respectively. Maddie Waggoner ranks third within the 1000 free and fifth within the 1650 free. Five different Badgers fall within the top-10 with NCAA cuts of their occasions, together with Abby Wanezek, Hailey Tierney and Stella Chapman.

For the lads, Yoav Romano holds the No. 4 spot and No. 6 spot within the 1650 free and 500 free. Three Badgers pack the top-10 within the 200 fly with NCAA cuts, with Dominik Mark Torok in third, Enzo Solitario in seventh and Charlie Jones in tenth. Five different Badgers fall within the top-10 of their occasions, together with Adam Graham, Luukas Vainio and Ben Wiegand. 

5. FOLLOW ALONG

Meet outcomes could be discovered on the MeetCellular App.  Follow us on Instagram and X for reside updates all through the weekend @BadgerSwimDive.