Wisconsin completes day one among Badger Invite

MADISON, Wis. — The No. 24 Wisconsin males’s swim group closed out the primary day of competitors on the Badger Invitational on Friday, taking first place in each occasion. 

How it occurred: 

The Wisconsin A relay group of Nathan Welker, Ben Wiegand, Charlie Jones and Luukas Vainio began the finals session robust with an all-time top-10 efficiency within the 200 medley relay, touching the wall in 1:24.99. 

Nathan Welker broke his private finest within the 100 fly, touching the wall in 46.25 for a seventh-best all-time efficiency at UW. Freshman Enzo Solitario and Lance Swanepoel rounded out the highest three within the occasion, ending in 46.99 and 47.48, respectively.

Six different Badgers collected first-place finishes of their occasions. Dominik Mark Torok and Yoav Romano tied for first within the 200 free at 1:34.37. Freshman Miles Cratsenberg led the best way within the 500 free, ending in 4:22.56. 

Up Next:

Wisconsin returns for day two of the Badger Invitational on Feb. 7. Preliminaries start at 10 a.m., and finals will happen at 5 p.m.

 

200 Medley Relay

1. Wisconsin A (Welker, Wiegand, Jones, Vainio) – 1:24.99

2. Wisconsin C (Long, Skarda, Swanepoel, Solitario) – 1:28.34

500 Free

1. Miles Cratsenberg – 4:22.56

2. Andrew Hanson – 4:29.06

3. Zach Ward – 4:31.04

4. Declan Kelly – 4:26.96

 

100 Fly

1. Nathan Welker – 46.25

2. Enzo Solitario – 46.99

3. Lance Swanepoel – 47.48

 

200 Free

1. Dominik Mark Torok – 1:34.37

1. Yoav Romano – 1:34.37

3. Landon Kyser – 1:37.20

4. Charlie Jones – 1:37.45

5. Carter Jewell – 1:41.95

 

100 Breast

1. Brayden Henkel – 53.41

2. Nate Harris – 53.68

3. Jack Skarda – 54.87

 

100 Back

1. Cooper Scharff – 47.85

2. Michael Long – 48.57

3. Finn Bacon – 48.72

4. Adam Graham – 48.89

 

50 Free

1. Ben Wiegand – 19.60

2. Luukas Vainio – 20.24

 

400 Free Relay

1. Wisconsin A (Kyser, Torok, Romano, Graham) – 2:56.09

2. Wisconsin B (Welker, Solitario, Gaerthofner, Cratsenberg) – 2:56.98

3. Wisconsin C (Hanson, Kelly, Swanepoel, Jewell) – 3:04.78