MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 17. THE Minnesota men took a 276-point lead, while the women fell behind to fourth place. The Badgers are in first with 254 points after the first day of competition at the Minnesota Invite. <\/p>\n
The University of Minnesota women's swimming and diving team opened the first day of the three-day Minnesota Invitational, tonight at the University Aquatic Center. The Gophers are currently in fourth place with a score of 168, while Wisconsin leads after the first day with 254 points. Notre Dame is second (245) followed by Tennessee (243). <\/p>\n
Minnesota opened the meet with a third-place finish in the 200 free relay. The relay of Jenny Hasling, Stacy Busack, Erin Holtmeyer and Roxane Akradi combined for a time of 1:33.74. Jenny Shaughnessy led the Gophers in the 500 free with a 12th-place finish and a time of 4:57.89. Erin O'Neil competed in the same event with a 19th-place finish in 5:01.41. <\/p>\n
Deidre DeWall led the Gophers in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:06.68 and a 12th-place finish, while Hasling chipped in a time of 2:08.17. Busack and McCarthy each competed in the 50 free A Final, placing fourth and eighth overall. Busack touched the wall in a time of 23.82 for fourth place. McCarthy added a finals time of 24.20 to place eighth. Her preliminary time of 24.07 was a season-best. The Gophers also had three make the B Final in Linzey Bachmeier, Krista Kezbers and Roxane Akradi. Bachmeier placed 14th overall in 24.28, followed by Kezbers in 15th (24.34) and Akradi (24.44). <\/p>\n
The Gophers finished the first day with a sixth-place finish in the 400 medley relay. Akradi, Kim Kazika, Shaughnessy and McCarthy combined for a time of 3:51.49. <\/p>\n
In diving action, Erica Schiffler led the Gophers in the 3-meter event. Schiffler had a finals score of 255.00 to place sixth overall. Brianna Hubbard finished 11th overall (226.80), followed by Hillary Provo in 15th (191.35). <\/p>\n
On the men's side, the Gophers took a commanding lead after the first day of the three-day meet. The Golden Gophers won all six events contested and hold a 276-point lead on second-place Wisconsin. The Gophers finished the first day with 488 points, followed by the Badgers with 212 and Florida Atlantic with 136. <\/p>\n
Minnesota's night began with a win and a second-place finish in the 200 free relay. The Minnesota A relay of Colin Lee-To, Mike Woodson, Tyler Schmidt and Igor Cerensek combined for a time of 1:21.42. The Gophers' B relay of Jason Timmer, Ales Volcansek, Mario Delac and Matt Engel finished second in a time of 1:22.33. <\/p>\n
The Gophers dominated the 500 free, placing 17 swimmers in the three finals, including seven in the A Final. Ray Betuzzi won the event in a time of 4:27.56, followed by Zach Wood in second (4:30.47), Evan Bernier in third (4:31.33) and Mike Holmes in fourth (4:33.18). Wisconsin's Tom Molzahn finished fifth, but was the only non-Minnesota swimmer to finish in the top eight in the event. The Gophers' Michael Daup placed sixth (4:37.21), while Drew Knoechel finished seventh (4:37.37) and Nico Zebley placed eighth in a time of 4:38.62. The Gophers placed another six in the B Final and four swimmers in the C Final. <\/p>\n
Timmer won the 200 individual medley event with a time of 1:50.91. Mark Solfelt touched the wall in a time of 1:54.85 and finished fifht, while David Plummer rounded out the A Final qualifiers with an eighth-place finish in 1:55.95. Cerensek won the 50 free in a time of 20.40 and Woodson placed third in the same event in a time of 20.72. Lee-To added a fifth-place finish (20.76), followed by Schmidt in sixth (20.85) and Engel in seventh (20.93). <\/p>\n
Just as they started the night, the Gophers placed first and second in the 400 medley relay. Minnesota's A relay of Plummer, Lee-To, Bernier and Cerensek combined for a time of 3:18.07. Minnesota's B relay of Dan Berve, Knoechel, Engel and Delac chipped in a second-place time of 3:20.50. <\/p>\n
Shaun Kennedy led the Gopher diving corps with a first-place finish in the 1-meter event. Kennedy added a finals score of 312.00 to take first place over Florida Atlantic's Andrew Scully, who finished with a score of 280.30. Cole Young added a third-place finish and a score of 274.75, while Tyler Jepsen placed 10th overall with a score of 212.35. <\/p>\n
Competition begins again tomorrow with the prelims at 11 a.m., followed by the finals at 6 p.m. Sunday's action is slated for 10 a.m. prelims and 3 p.m. finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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