Minnesota vs. South Dakota vs. Nebraska
- October 4, 2024
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- 25 Yards (SCY)
- Scores
- Girls:
- #23 Minnesota, 196 – Nebraska, 104
- #23 Minnesota, 251 – South Dakota, 49
- Nebraska, 226 – South Dakota, 74
- Males:
- #21 Minnesota, 241 – South Dakota, 59
- Girls:
- Full Outcomes
The Golden Gophers started their season within the win column as the boys’s and ladies’s groups took down the College of South Dakota, and the ladies additionally beat convention rivals Nebraska. The Large Crimson got here out on prime of their duel with South Dakota, with a decisive 226-74 win.
Girls’s Meet
The #23 Golden Gophers began the meet by going 1-2 within the 200 medley relay and taking three out of the highest 4 spots. Religion Johnson (25.89), Ava Goodno (28.50), Mina Kaljevic (25.39), and Livi Wanner (22.87) earned the win in 1:42.65.
Sophomore butterflier Claire Reinke led the Minnesota ladies with three particular person occasion wins. Reinke, named Most Improved on the crew’s 2023-24 season awards, swept the butterfly occasions. She gained the 100 butterfly by over a second (54.73) and the 200 butterfly by 3.34 seconds (2:01.42). She held off Nebraska’s Marissa Laurin on the ultimate 50 to win her third occasion, the 200 IM, 2:06.43 to 2:06.79.
Nebraska’s Gena Jorgenson matched Reinke with three particular person wins of her personal. Jorgenson completed eighth within the 1650 freestyle at 2024 NCAAs and kicked off the brand new season by successful the five hundred freestyle (4:54.33), 1000 freestyle (10:02.71), and 200 backstroke (2:01.53). Jorgenson’s 1000 freestyle was six seconds quicker than at this meet final season, and her 200 backstroke was .93 seconds quicker.
Minnesota swept the butterfly due to Reinke, however Nebraska managed the breaststrokes as senior Maia Corridor—fifth in each occasions at 2024 Large Tens—tied to win the 100 breast in 1:03.43 with teammate JoJo Randby. Corridor gained the 200 breast later within the meet with a 2:17.43, capping off Nebraska’s occasion wins.
Minnesota bought wins within the pool from Mina Kaljevic (200 free), Religion Johnson (100 again), and Wanner (50 free, 100 free) to construct their lead. Diving was additionally enormous for the Golden Gophers in securing the double win on the day.
They went 1-2-3 on the 1-meter because the reigning NCAA platform champion Viviana Del Angel and NCAA 1-meter ‘A’ finalist Elna Widerstrom battled it out. Del Angel gained with 295.15 factors forward of Widerstrom’s 291.10, with NCAA qualifier Adeline Albrecht scoring 286.64 for third. Widerstrom gained the 3-meter with 330.35 factors.
South Dakota’s highest finishes on the ladies’s aspect of the meet had been the fifth place finishes from freshman Emily DiProspero, sophomore Gabbie Ahrendt, and senior Sara Meyer.
Males’s Meet
The #21 Minnesota males gained each occasion besides the 50 freestyle, steamrolling to the win over South Dakota. The Gophers set the tone by taking the highest 4 spots within the 200-medley relay.
Three of Minnesota’s newcomers earned wins within the season-opener. Jacob Johnson, ranked #7 in SwimSwam’s class of 2024 recruit rankings, gained the 200 butterfly (1:45.51) by over six seconds. Then, He posted 45.50 to win the 100 freestyle as the one man sub-46, and completed off the day splitting 44.89 on the 400 freestyle relay, the place he teamed with Ian Steffen (46.04), Connor Groya (45.25), and Omar Abdelwahab (46.28) for the win in 3:02.46.
Luke Brennan earned his first collegiate win within the first particular person occasion of the meet, claiming the 1000 freestyle in 9:31.29, forward of South Dakota freshman Alex Parkinson (9:38.29). After ending second to Kaiser Neverman within the 100 breaststroke, Joe Polyak earned his first collegiate win within the 200 breaststroke, swimming 2:03.79.
South Dakota freshman Nick Rounds stored Minnesota from successful each occasion by successful the 50 freestyle with a 20.98. Rounds was .70 seconds off his lifetime greatest from earlier this 12 months to seize his first collegiate win, being Minnesota’s Groya by a tenth. The Coyotes additionally bought two third-place finishes from sophomore Joaquin Contreras-Fallico by way of the 100 and 200 backstroke (50.44/1:52.94) because the underclassmen led the way in which for South Dakota.
Neverman had a robust outing to start his fifth 12 months. Along with successful the 100 breaststroke, Neverman led a 1-2-3 Minnesota sweep within the 500 freestyle, pacing the sphere with a 4:30.35. The time was a private greatest for Neverman, and his first recorded time swimming within the occasion since 2016.
Minnesota picked up wins within the 200 freestyle (Tyler Hansen, 1:39.64), 100 backstroke (Steffen, 49.07), 200 backstroke (Luke Leonidas, 1:50.10), and 200 IM (Ryan Slonac, 1:50.39).
Like the ladies’s meet, the male divers dominated as YuTong Wang—who took eighth on each 1-meter and 3-meter at 2024 NCAAs—swept the 2 boards. He led a 1-2 Minnesota end on 3-meter and a 1-2-3 end on 1-meter.
Up Subsequent
The South Dakota ladies had been again in motion on Oct. 5 for a twin towards Minnesota State, whereas their males’s crew subsequent races at Kansas’ two-day meet from Oct. 25-26. Nebraska takes on the Iowa Hawkeyes on Oct. 18, whereas Minnesota hosts Military on Oct. 11.
