No. 24 ‘U’ Heads South for The Dual Meet Tournament

MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Minnesota swimming and diving program faces their first street motion of the 2025-26 season this weekend, heading south to tackle The Dual Meet Tournament hosted by Georgia Tech.

The motion kicks off on Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 AM CT with the Gophers taking over the Auburn University Tigers within the opening spherical of the event.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Friday, Oct. 17

Round One

No. 24 Minnesota vs. No. 20 Auburn

Wave One | 7:30 AM (CT)

Atlanta, GA

Round Two

Wave One Winners, Wave One Consolation

Wave Three | 2:00 PM (CT)

Atlanta, GA

Saturday, Oct. 18

Finals

Wave Five: fifth/sixth/seventh/eighth Place Meets | 7:30 – 9 AM (CT)

Wave Six: third/4th Place Meet | 10:30 AM – 12 PM (CT)

Wave Seven: Championship Meet | 1:30 – 3 PM (CT)

CSCAA Rankings

Both males’s and ladies’s applications ranked at No. 24 within the first College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) ballot of the season on Oct. 2.

Last Time Out

The Gophers have been fast to leap again into profitable kind, gathering first place finishes in all 26 occasions of their season debut and choosing up triple digit wins over Nebraska and South Dakota.

Drew Bennett and Braylon Goodno ran the desk over within the diving nicely for the primary occasion of the 12 months. The duo collected first and second place respectively in each the 1-meter and 3-meter occasions, with Bennett gathering scores of 351.80 and 370.25 and Goodno gathering scores of 279.95 and 319.70. 

Elna Widerstrom and Vivi Del Angel wrote the same story on the ladies’s aspect, with Widerstrom gathering scores of 317.00 and 326.55 and Del Angel gathering scores of 300.90 and 315.55 to brush first and second in each occasions.

On the swimmers aspect, Ryan Slonac and Katie McCarthy led the Gophers to open the 12 months. Slonac picked up a pair of particular person wins within the 50 free (20.39) and the 200 again (1:46.66), whereas additionally anchoring the crew’s profitable 200 free relay (1:21.11). McCarthy collected a trio of particular person wins to begin the 12 months, taking first within the 1000 free (9:57.75), the 200 IM (2:03.36), and the five hundred free (4:51.80).

Gopher newcomers John Watson, Finnly Jollands, and Ethan Schutten additionally had robust outings of their debut for the maroon and gold. Watson collected a person win within the 200 IM with a time of 1:49.81, whereas Jollands collected a win within the 200 again with a time of two:00.15. Schutten collected his particular person win within the 500 free with a time of 4:32.17.

Up Next

The University of Minnesota girls will head to Iowa City to tackle the Hawkeyes earlier than each applications return to Jean Okay. Freeman Aquatic Center for a Senior Day twin meet with the University of Wisconsin. Action in opposition to the University of Iowa is ready to happen on Friday, Oct. 31, at 1:30 PM.