Daryl Turner Impresses As Minnesota Wins Tri-Meet with Purdue and Northwestern

By Andy Ross, Big Ten Beat Writer

The big story on Friday night was that Minnesota had a sound lead on Northwestern and Purdue after the first night of the Big Ten double duel meet. The Purdue women did not take that lying down and fought back on Saturday. Ultimately they fell up short to the Gophers in Evanston, but they started off action Saturday morning with a win and pool record in the 400 Medley Relay.

Breanna Robinson, Emily Fogle, Megan Lim and Allie Davis won the medley relay with a 3:41.54 ahead of Minnesota’s 3:41.88. The Boilermakers also got a 1-2 finish from its distance dynamic duo of Davis (4:47.29, B cut) and Kaersten Meitz (4:49.46). Meitz had to come back and out-touch Minnesota’s Sam Harding who finished third overall with a 4:50.01.

The Boilers almost had another 1-2 finish in the next event as Fogle won the 200 breast with a 2:14.74, which was a B-cut. She finished ahead of Minnesota’s Rachel Munson (2:17.25) who out-touched Purdue’s Annie Spalding (2:17.72). The Boilermakers may have out-scored Minnesota on the day, but Minnesota won the meet overall.

The Gophers claimed four events on the day with Brooke Zeiger winning the 400 IM at 4:17.26 for another B cut. Lauren Votava came in the next event to win the 100 free with a 50.01 and Danielle Nack won the 100 fly with a 54.80. The Gophers closed the day on a winning note with a win in the 200 free relay of Zoe Avestruz, Nack, Abigail Raatz and Votava (1:32.10).

Northwestern claimed one win on the day with Lacey Locke in the 200 back at 1:59.23.

The Minnesota men continued their winning ways on Saturday starting off with a win in the 400 medley relay (Daryl Turner, Conner McHugh, Paul Fair and Bowen Becker) at 3:15.79, a good five seconds ahead of second place Northwestern. Fair and Becker returned later to sweep the top two spots in the 100 free with a 44.59 and 44.84 respectively. Their impressive sprint crew continued its dominance with Turner demolishing the field in the 100 fly with a 47.69, finishing two seconds ahead of second place Austin Flager of Purdue (49.51).

The Gophers picked up another 1-2 finish with McHugh and John Bushman in the 200 breast with a 2:01.23 and 2:01.47 respectively. They finished off the day with a 200 free relay win (Becker, Fair, Turner [19.56 split] and Hunter Doerr) at 1:19.78. Minnesota has traditionally been a great sprint school even if Dennis Dale isn’t there anymore. They will be dangerous at Big Tens in that relay.

Purdue was without a lot of upperclassmen on the day due to a stomach virus, but claimed a 1-2 finish in the 400 IM with healthy senior Danny Conway (3:55.53) and sophomore Adam Noens (3:56.53) for its only win on the day.

Northwestern won two events thanks to Anthony Marcantonio in the 200 back (1:47.50) and Carter Page in the 500 (4:33.60).

Northwestern men finished with four conference losses (Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Purdue) and is done competing until Big Tens. The Purdue men finished with three conference losses (Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota) and will host a first chance meet on the 20th and 21st before hosting Big Tens the following week. Minnesota only lost to Wisconsin in conference play and they will host the Minnesota challenge next week before going to Big Tens.

Minnesota women finished the regular season with only one conference loss (Wisconsin) and will host the Minnesota Challenge next Friday and Saturday before vying for a fifth straight Big Ten title. Purdue women finishes the season with three conference losses (Michigan, Indiana and Minnesota) and will finish up at the Ohio State Invite (Feb.12-13) before Big Tens. Northwestern women finish with three conference losses (Wisconsin, Minnesota and Purdue) and is done competing before Big Tens.

Team Scores:

Men:

PU 186 NU 167

MN 224 PU 129

MN 230 NU 122

Women:

PU 244 NU 109

MN 191 PU 162

MN 245 NU 108

2016 Purdue vs. Minnesota vs. Northwestern – Results

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