Maggie Wanezek Sets Pool Record as Wisconsin Sweeps Minnesota

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Maggie Wanezek Sets Pool Record as Wisconsin Sweeps Minnesota

Maggie Wanezek improved her pool record in the 100 backstroke as Wisconsin swept Minnesota in a pair of dual meets on Friday.

The 12th-ranked women’s team claimed a 182.5-115.5 over the No. 22 Golden Gophers. The men captured a 165.5-132.5 victory.

Wanezek went 49.86 in the 100 back, improving her Soderholm Family Aquatic Center from 50.30 from October. The junior was part of the winning 200 medley relay and went 1:50.35 in the 200 back, the latter a 1-2-3 sweep for the Badgers. Lily Van Heel was second in both events.

Wanezek joined Brooke Corrigan, Hailey Tierney and Van Heel to go 1:35.77 in the relay. Corrigan won the 100 breaststroke in 59.55 and the 200 in 2:07.44. Tierney sprinted to the win in the 50 free, her time of 22.22 seconds .01 quicker than Minnesota’s Livi Wanner. Tierney then bested Wanner by .45 seconds with her 48.99 in the 100 free.

Wanezek, Tierney, Van heel and Sarah Freeman went 1:29.21 in an exhibitioned 200 free relay that was the fastest in the field.

Taryn Weatherhead outdueled teammate Vivian Moulson by .09 seconds with a winning time of 1:56.27 in the 200 butterfly and placed second in the 100 fly. Maddie Waggoner went 16:01.22 to win the 1,650 freestyle and touched first in the 500 free in 4:43.37.

Izzy Enz’s 146.44 powered a 1-2-3 in the 200 free and finished third in the 500. Wisconsin capped the individual events with a 1-2-3 sweep in the 400 individual medley, Stella Chapman winning in 4:07.75, followed by Waggoner and Moulson.

Morgan Thomas got Minnesota’s only win on the women’s side, going 52.84 to edge Weatherhead by a tenth in the 100 fly. Katie McCarthy was second in both distance events.

Enzo Solitario and Yoav Romano paced the Wisconsin men’s effort by monopolizing the freestyle events.

Romano prevailed in the 1,650 free in 14:49.41, then ruled over the 500 free with a time of 4:13.71. Second in the latter was Miles Cratsenberg, who was also second to Luukas Vainio (1:33.85) in the 200.

Enzo Solitario won the 100 free in 43.35, with Vainio second. He touched in 1:42.35 to secure the 200 fly and he was second in the 100 fly.

Wisconsin won the 200 medley relay in 1:25.70 with the foursome of Landon Kyser, Brayden Henkel, Nathan Welker and Vainio. Welker won the 100 back in 46.38 and was third in the 50 free. Henkel was tops in the 100 breast in 52.97. Adam Graham bested Kyser in the 200 back in 1:42.97, and Kyser was second by a tenth to Ege Kocak in the 400 IM, the freshman winning 3:51.65.

Joe Polyak won the 200 breast in 1:56.80 for Minnesota. He was also second in the 100 breast. Gophers freshman Joey Zelen went 19.98 in the 50 free to win ahead of Wisconsin rookie Mikhail Povaliaev. Dawson Walters won the 100 fly in 46.59.

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