Minnesota Swims Past South Dakota State, St. Thomas on Senior Night

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The Minnesota men’s and women’s dive team remain undefeated after defeating both South Dakota State and St. Thomas in a tri-dual at home Friday night.

The No. 18-ranked men’s team took down St. Thomas, 251-47, and SDSU, 251-49, while the No. 23-ranked women’s team beat the Tommies, 253-47, and the Jackrabbits, 250-50.

It was another record-breaking weekend for the program as sophomore YuTong Wang set the school record in the 1-meter with a score of 435.15. The previous record was held by Nick Yang at 420.35. Wang also picked up the victory in the 3-meter with a score of 430.95.

Prior to the event, the Gophers honored 16 seniors for their contributions to the program.

“Through three meets, both of our teams are competing very well,” said Minnesota head coach Kelly Kremer. “I loved the energy tonight. It’s been a tough week of work for our swimmers and divers, but they didn’t seem to let that be a reason for not racing hard and putting in outstanding performances both on the board and in the pool.”

Seniors Joey Tepper, Josh Johnston, and Kaiser Neverman paced the Gopher men with two individual wins each.

Tepper came in first in the 400 IM (3:53.54) and 200 back (1:46.56), Johnston won the 100 breast (55.16) and 200 breast (2:01.39), while Neverman won both the 200 fly (1:48.23) and 100 IM (48.40).

Two other senior men picking up victories were Matt McDonald (100 breast, 50.04) and Bar Soloveychik (500 free, 4:26.78).

The other victories on the men’s side came from Joe Polyak (200 free, 1:41.38), Davide Harabagiu (50 free, 21.15), Lovro Serdarevic (200 back, 45.42) and Connor Groya (100 fly, 49.63).

The women were paced by Sophomores Anja Kaljevic, Jade Roghair and Mina Kaljevic. Anja Kaljevic finished first in both the 100 breast (1:05.95), and 100 free (52.25), Roghair in both the 200 free (1:51.91) and 500 free (5:00.58) and Mina Kaljevic in the 50 free (23.87) and 100 fly (56.05).

The other women’s victories came from Grace Drabot (400 IM, 4:21.18), Faith Johnson (200 fly, 2:04.56), Elise Jacobs (200 back, 2:01.70), Georgia Kahler (200 breast, 2:20.77) and Claire Reinke (100 IM, 58.29).

Both the men’s and women’s 200 medley relay teams were victorious. The women’s team made up of Paula Rodriguez Rivero, Ava Goodno, Faith Johnson, and Mina Kaljevic won with a time of 1:43.43. The men’s team of Luke Leonidas, Joe Polyak, Tommy McCarthy, and Serdarevic won with a time of 1:30.37.

Minnesota also swept the 400 freestyle relay. The women’s team of Mina Kaljevic, Paige Moreen, Roghair, and Kahler were victorious with a time of 3:28.74. The men’s team of Jayden Edmonson, Serdarevic, Ian Steffen, and Casey Stowe won with a time of 3:01.14.

In the diving well, Elna Widerstrom took the top spot in the 1-meter with a score of 306.10. Addie Albrecht was right behind her with a score of 304.35.

Widerstrom also picked up the victory in the 3-meter with a score of 354.65.

The Gophers are back in action at home next week for an Alumni meet before heading on the road to Wisconsin on November 9.

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