Wisconsin Sweeps UW-Green Bay, 218.5-78.5 Women/190-106 Men

MADISON, Wisconsin, October 6. THE University of Wisconsin men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams won 29 of 32 events Friday in their season-opening dual meet against UW-Green Bay at the UW Natatorium.

The Badger men (1-0) breezed to a 190-106 triumph while the women (1-0) crushed the Phoenix 218.5-78.5.

“I felt like we did real well,” head coach Eric Hansen said. “Our core group of people that trained year-round and stayed through the summer and swam at nationals this summer, it was obvious that what they did then is paying off now.”

On the women’s side, 10 separate swimmers won individual events, including senior Susan Johnson, sophomore Yi Ting Siow and freshman Gabby Maddalena, all of whom won two events apiece.

Johnson won the 100-yard backstroke (57.74) and the 100-yard butterfly (57.45) while Siow claimed first place in both the 100-yard (1:04.05) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.91). Maddalena had a strong day in her first meet as a Badger, winning the 500-yard freestyle (5:00.88) and 1,000-yard freestyle (10:10.70).

Freshmen Kasey Carpenter also had a strong start to her Wisconsin career as she took home the title in the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.92) as well as placing second in the 100-yard backstroke (58.50).

The Badger men were equally as impressive as senior captain Tom Molzahn was the top finisher in the 100-yard freestyle (46.67) and the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.90). He was also a member of the first place 200-yard free relay team (1:26.01) along with Scott Rice, Tommy Gregory and Dan Koenig.

Rice, a sophomore, also won the 100-yard butterfly (51.03) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:53.82). Junior Brett Koerten chipped in victories in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:10.36) and the 200-yard IM (1:56.31).

Jenny Hawkins and Kelly Todd led the Badger divers as Hawkins won the women’s 1-meter board with a score of 212.33 and the 3-meter board with a score of 237.30. Todd, meanwhile, claimed second in both the men’s 1-meter (264.08) and the 3-meter (220.73).

“The diving team did a great job,” diving coach Tom Michaël said. “They surpassed my expectations, especially considering this was the first collegiate diving experience for seven of the nine out there.”

For the entire meet, only three scorers per team were allowed in the individual events while the top two were taken for relays. Starting with the 500 freestyle events, Wisconsin only took its top scorer.

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