The Wisconsin Badgers bested their border rivals Friday night 159-141 on the men’s side, and 152-148 on the women’s.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin Press Release:<\/strong><\/p>\n Minnesota has always provided a great dual meet each season it appears on the schedule for the Wisconsin swimming and diving program. Not just a Border Battle rival, but an established and consistent opponent.<\/p>\n The Badgers took another step in evening things up in the rivalry’s history, as the Wisconsin men topped Minnesota for the second straight season and the UW women knocked off the defending Big Ten champions at the UW Natatorium on Friday night.<\/p>\n “One of the girls came up to me and said, ‘You know, my freshman year I was told by two seniors that we’d never beat Minnesota,'” UW head coach\u00a0Whitney Hite<\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0shared.<\/p>\n “Well, that just happened.”<\/p>\n An exhilarating season opener, the men came out on top with a final team score of 159-141, while the women used a relay win in the night’s final event to edge the Gophers in dramatic fashion, 152-148.<\/p>\n Three pool records fell for the men and a handful of Badgers captured event titles for each side. Winning two individual titles each were distance swimmers\u00a0Matt Hutchins<\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jess Unicomb<\/dfn><\/strong>, sprint specialists\u00a0Chase Kinney<\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Brett Pinfold<\/dfn><\/strong>, plus butterfly swimmer\u00a0Harrison Tran<\/dfn><\/strong>.<\/p>\n “I’m just proud, because they competed. They were Badgers,” Hite said of his team. “I think this was a really good meet. Minnesota is such a good, high-quality program and they’re so well coached. They’ve been good for a really long time.<\/p>\n “I knew that if we were going to have a chance, we were going to have to be really good. We were.”<\/p>\n Wisconsin started and ended its night by sweeping relay events, as the men’s and women’s ‘A’ teams claimed both sides of the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.<\/p>\n The men rewrote two relay pool records in the process. In the 200 medley relay, Pinfold,\u00a0Jake Mandli<\/dfn><\/strong>, Tran, and\u00a0Cannon Clifton<\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0out-touched the Gophers in 1:29.88 to break a pool record that had been in place since 2004. The men’s winning 400 free relay team of Pinfold,\u00a0Ryan Stack<\/dfn><\/strong>, Hutchins and Clifton won in 2:57.97 also reset the pool record held since 2004 by Minnesota.<\/p>\n Clifton had the third pool record of the night, winning the 50 freestyle in 20.16 seconds to rewrite the record that had stood since 2011.<\/p>\n Another individual standout for the men was Hutchins, who stole the show in distance events with titles in both the 500 freestyle (4:25.50) and 1000 freestyle (9:13.48).<\/p>\n For the women,\u00a0Danielle Valley<\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0had three finishes in the top two. Valley won the 500 freestyle by edging out reigning Big Ten Swimmer of the Week, Samantha Harding, in 4:48.83, which ranks second in the nation this year. Valley finished runner-up in the 1000 freestyle at 9:54.95, which ranks third in the nation this year. She also finished in second place in the 200 individual medley in 2:03.93.<\/p>\n Kinney took home two individual titles of her own, winning both the women’s 50 freestyle (22.62) and 100 freestyle (49.90).<\/p>\n Unicomb made the most of her collegiate debut, winning both the women’s 100 and 200 backstroke titles. The freshman from Gold Coast, Australia, won the 100 back in an impressive 54.60 seconds and the 200 back in a time of 1:57.45.<\/p>\n Tran captured the men’s 100 butterfly title in 48.15 and the 200 butterfly crown in 1:49.19.<\/p>\n Pinfold won a pair of freestyle titles in the men’s 100 (44.61) and 200 (1:38.24).<\/p>\n Wisconsin swept the top three spots in the 200 backstroke, as\u00a0Austin Byrd<\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0took home the title in 1:47.48,\u00a0Todd McCarthy<\/dfn>\u00a0was right behind in second (1:47.80) and\u00a0Ryan O’Donnell<\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0was third (1:49.80).<\/p>\n In a close women’s 100 breaststroke race,\u00a0Anna Meinholz<\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0finished second in 1:03.38 and was just out-touched by Minnesota’s Rachel Munson. Meinholz was also runner-up in the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall at 2:18.00.<\/p>\n Wisconsin returns to the pool in November for a pair of Big Ten dual meets, as the Badgers will travel to face Indiana on Nov. 13 and Northwestern on Nov. 14.<\/p>\n Minnesota Press Release:<\/strong><\/p>\n The University of Minnesota swimming and diving teams both fell to the border-state rival Badgers\u00a0on Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0night in Madison, Wisconsin. The women\u2019s team lost a tight race, 152-148, while the men lost 159-141.<\/p>\n Minnesota diving continued its dominance, capturing the win in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. In the racing pool, the Gopher women won seven out of 12 individual swimming events, but were unable to capitalize on relays. The men\u2019s swimming team took home four first-place marks.<\/p>\n WOMEN \u2013 L, 152-148<\/strong><\/p>\n Yu Zhou<\/strong>\u00a0captured first in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events for the second straight week. Zhou\u2019s 1-meter score of 332.77 broke the UW Natatorium pool record. Teammate\u00a0Lexi Tenenbaum<\/strong>\u00a0followed for second (315.67), while\u00a0Jessica Ramberg\u00a0placed fourth. In the 3-meter contest, Zhou scored 366.38 points for the gold, and Tenenbaum finished fourth.<\/p>\n Danielle Nack<\/strong> swept the women\u2019s butterfly events against the Badgers. She powered through the 200-yard butterfly with a 1:59.05 to top the field, and posted a 54.32 in the 100-yard event. Both of Nack\u2019s best times this season are currently in the top five times in the nation. Nack was also a member of both leading relays for the Gophers, taking home second in the 200 medley relay (1:40.96) and 400 free relay (3:22.69).<\/p>\n Rachel Munson<\/strong>\u00a0tallied two gold finishes after sweeping the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. Munson\u2019s 100-yard time of 1:02.65 bested the field, while her 200 time of 2:16.17 broke her out of her\u00a02:19<\/span><\/span>\u00a0trend.\u00a0Rae Bullinger<\/strong>\u00a0had a 1:04.74 in the 100 breast for fourth place, while\u00a0Kaela Morris<\/strong>\u00a0finished third in the 200 breast with a 2:21.73.<\/p>\n Big Ten Swimmer of the Week\u00a0Samantha Harding<\/strong>\u00a0won the 1,000-yard freestyle for the third straight weekend for the Gophers. She finished with a time of 9:51.61, her best this season, which is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation. Harding was unable to sweep the distance freestyles for the first time this season, but finished second in the 500 free. Her time of 4:50.19 is a season best, and is currently the third fastest in the nation.<\/p>\n Senior\u00a0Lauren Votova<\/strong>\u00a0won the 200 free with a time of 1:50.41. Votava also picked up second in the 100 free with a 50.84 and contributed to the Gophers\u2019 200 medley relay and 400 free relay.<\/p>\n Freshman\u00a0Zoe Avestruz<\/strong>\u00a0picked up four silver finishes in the 100 backstroke and 50 free with times of 55.84 and 23.73, respectively, as well as both the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay.<\/p>\n MEN \u2013 L, 159-141<\/strong><\/p>\n Matt Barnard<\/strong>\u00a0returns to Minneapolis with both men\u2019s diving event wins and two UW Natatorium pool records in his pocket. Barnard recorded a 357.83 on the 1-meter board and was followed by teammates\u00a0Dylan Zoe<\/strong>\u00a0(340.72),\u00a0Manny Pollard<\/strong>\u00a0(335.62) and\u00a0Alan LeBlang<\/strong>\u00a0(300.67). On 3-meter, Minnesota went 1-2-3-4 again, led by Barnard\u2019s 403.12 points.<\/p>\n Sophomore\u00a0Conner McHugh<\/strong>\u00a0led Minnesota a breaststroke sweep with a first-place finish in the 100 breast with a team season-best time of 56.07, as well as picking up a gold in the 200 breast with a 2:00.93. Teammate\u00a0John Bushman<\/strong>\u00a0followed for third in the 100 breast (57.07) and second in the 200 with a 2:02.58.<\/p>\n Daryl Turner<\/strong>\u00a0won the 100 back by over a second with a time of 48.78. The junior finished second in the 100 fly (48.54), 50 free (20.59) and 200 medley relay (1:29.99).<\/p>\n Freshman\u00a0Brian Poon\u00a0<\/strong>had a powerful event win in the 200 IM with a time of 1:50.18. Poon also led the Gophers in the 200 fly (1:59.53) and 200 back (1:51.46) for second and fourth place, respectively.<\/p>\n Michael Messner<\/strong>\u00a0led the Gophers in the distance freestyle events, finishing second in the men\u2019s 1000 free with a time of 9:25.90 and third in the 500 free with a 4:34.79.<\/p>\n LOOKING AHEAD<\/strong> The Wisconsin Badgers bested their border rivals Friday night 159-141 on the men’s side, and 152-148 on the women’s. 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\nThe Golden Gophers will have some time off before heading to Iowa on Friday, Oct. 30 for a dual against the Hawkeyes. The contest is scheduled for\u00a05 p.m. CT<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at the University of Iowa\u2019s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"