The Golden Gopher swimming and diving teams started off their two-day dual with SMU strong Friday night at the Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center.
The women, ranked No. 24 in the CSCAA Poll, lead the Mustangs 137-49 after their first 10 events, while the men trail by just five points, 95-90. Of the 20 total swimming events of the evening, the Gophers claimed the top spot in 14 of them, including top two finishes in eight.
The women’s team saw six different individual winners for the evening in the pool.
Senior Megan Van Berkom touched the wall first in the 400 IM (4:13.06), followed by freshman Katie McCarthy in second (4:22.61). The duo also finished one-two in the 500 free, with McCarthy taking the top spot with a time of 4:51.38, followed by Van Berkom at 4:51.54.
The Gophers also saw individual victories from sophomores Ava Yablonski in the 100 fly (54.90) and Grace Drabot in the 100 breast (1:04.11), as well as junior Hannah Cornish in the 50 free (23.14) and senior Paula Rodriguez Rivero in the 100 back (55.11).
The Minnesota women also got wins from both relay teams. Rodriguez Rivero, Ava Goodno, Yablonski and Cornish made up the 200 medley relay team that finished in 1:42.22. Cornish and Yablonski joined Mina Kaljevic and Morgan Thomas on the first-place 400 freestyle relay team with a time of 3:24.60.
In the diving well, freshman Elna Widerstrom claimed her first career victory with a score of 303.83 in the 1-meter. Adeline Albrecht and Av Osero both contributed points for Minnesota behind scores of 284.33 and 257.33, respectively.
Three Minnesota men garnered individual wins in the pool along with one relay victory.
Freshman Davide Harabagiu took first place in the 100 fly with a time of 46.11 with teammate Kaiser Neverman placing third with a time of 47.14. Neverman went on to clock the fastest time of the night in the 50 free, finishing in 20.12.
The men’s final individual victory of the night came from senior Casey Stowe in the 100 back, touching the wall in 48.31.
Harabagiu and Neverman united with Lovro Serdarevic and Connor Groya to take the final race of the evening for Gophers in 2:55.76.
The men snagged the top two spots in the 3-meter dive, with sophomore Andrew Bennett placing first (363.08), followed by freshman YuTong Wang (349.13).
SMU’s Jack Hoagland’s time of 3:46.93 in the 400 IM was once again under the B-Cut — with him also setting an SMU record in the 500 free with a time of 4:17.66.
Sage Sungail also had an impressive day, finishing in the top two in three races.
SMU opened the meet with a first place finish in the 200 medley relay, with John Easton, Angus Corbeau, Russell Exum combining to touch the wall in 1:27.21.
Minnesota and SMU conclude their two-day dual Saturday morning beginning at 11 a.m. The meet will be streamed on Pony TV with live results available on the MeetMobile App (subscription required).
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