Minnesota Leads Big Ten Rivals After Day One of Purdue Quad
Three Big Ten swim teams have traveled to West Lafayette, Ind., this weekend for a two-day quad meet, and in both the women’s and men’s competition, the Minnesota Golden Gophers have built early leads on Purdue, Northwestern and Iowa (women only).
Women’s Team Scores:
- Minnesota 150, Iowa 55
- Minnesota 121, Purdue 84
- Purdue 143, Iowa 62
- Minnesota 139, Northwestern 63
- Northwestern 105, Iowa 97
- Purdue 122, Northwestern 80
Men’s Team Scores:
- Minnesota 104, Purdue 101
- Minnesota 114, Northwestern 91
- Purdue 117, Northwestern 88
The Golden Gopher women edged out Northwestern by 21-hundredths to win the 200 medley relay. Paula Rodriguez Rivero, Ava Goodno and Morgan Thomas were almost a half-second back before Hannah Cornish anchored in a blazing 21.91 to give Minnesota a 1:38.60 victory. Eliot Kennedy followed with a dominant win in the 1000 freestyle (9:40.52), and Rodriguez Rivero was the winner in the 100 backstroke (52.88).
Megan Van Berkom won the 200 butterfly (1:56.77) as well as the 200 IM (1:58.02), and she anchored the victorious Minnesota 800 free relay team, with Thomas, Mina Kaljevic andAnja Kaljevic swimming the first three legs on the way to a final time of 7:11.61.
Northwestern’s Ayla Spitz swam a swift mark of 1:44.96 to win the 200 free, and teammate Lindsay Ervin posted a time of 22.70 to win the 50 free. Iowa’s Olivia Swalley finished first in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.01). Purdue’s Sophia McAfee dominated diving, winning on 3-meter (349.05) and 1-meter (298.10).
The men’s team from Minnesota got rolling with Davide Harabagiu winning the 100 back (47.06) before Kaiser Neverman swam a mark of 1:42.66 to win the 200 fly. YuTong Wang finished first in 1-meter diving (356.05). Neverman, Bar Soloveychik, Tyler Hansen and Alberto Hernandez Garcia earned a commanding victory in the 800 free relay, touching in 6:28.17.
Purdue’s men got off to a hot start with Brady Samuels, Andrew Witty, Charlie King and Idris Muhammad leading the way in the 200 medley relay at 1:24.98. Samuels also won the 200 free (1:39.90) and 50 free (19.99). Purdue’s Max Miller won 3-meter diving (394.15).
Northwestern’s Andrew Martin won a tight matchup with Minnesota’s Soloveychik in the 1000 free, pulling ahead for good with just over 100 yards to go and winning in 8:52.28, with Soloveychik touching in 8:52.95. Tyler Lu won both the 100 breast (53.66) and 200 IM (1:46.78).