Phoebe Bacon, Wes Jekel Pace Wisconsin to Sweep of Minnesota

Phoebe Bacon -- Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Phoebe Bacon, Wes Jekel Pace Wisconsin to Sweep of Minnesota

The Minnesota Golden Gophers traveled to Madison, Wisc., Friday evening for a rivalry dual meet with Wisconsin, and the Badgers came out on top in both the women’s and men’s meets. With 200-meter backstroke World Championships silver medalist Phoebe Bacon leading the way, Wisconsin’s women beat Minnesota 172 to 128, while the Wisconsin men won 181 to 117.

Bacon won the 100 back (54.35) and 200 back (1:55.61) against Minnesota, and she led off a team also consisting of Hazal Ozkan, Mallory Jump and Abby Wanezek to win the 200 medley relay in 1:40.63. Meanwhile, Abby Carlson won the 200 freestyle (1:48.08) and 100 free (50.56) for Wisconsin, and Elizabeth Moore swept the 100 breaststroke (1:02.30) and 200 breast (2:13.79).

Paige McKenna, last year’s NCAA champion in the 1650 free, finished on top of the 1000 free in 9:55.51, while Blair Stoneburg took the 500 free (4:49.53) and Jump won the 100 butterfly (54.37). Wanezek, Carlson, Stoneburg and Mackenzie McConagha placed first in the 400 free relay in 3:21.66.

For Minnesota, Megan Van Berkom won the 200 fly in 1:58.13, and she later touched out Bacon for the win by a mere one hundredth, 2:00.20 to 2:00.21. Hannah Cornish took first in the 50 free (22.94), and Joy Zhu won 1-meter (301.80) and 3-meter (336.45) diving.

The winning effort for the Wisconsin men was led by Wes Jekel, who recorded wins in the 100 back (47.99), 200 back (1:47.33) and 200 IM (1:47.44). Jude Williams took first in the 1000 free in 9:13.09, and Ben Wiegand went 20.00 for first place in the 50 free. Andrew Benson won the 100 free (44.02), and Jake Newmark went 4:25.60 to win the 500 free. In diving, Daniel Mueller won 1-meter (312.68). Wisconsin’s Jekel, Will Myhre, Benson and Wiegand posted a time of 1:26.35 to win the 200 medley relay, and Wiegand, Benson, Isaac Casey-Hrenak and Constantin Bensch won the 400 free relay in 2:58.23.

Representing the Golden Gophers for a fifth year, NCAA 100 breast champion Max McHugh was a double winner Friday as he won the 100 breast (53.43) and 200 breast (1:57.51). Kaiser Neverman took the 200 fly (1:46.96) as well as the 100 fly (47.94) while Bar Soloveychik won the 200 free (1:37.39). Andrew Bennett won 3-meter diving (360.30).

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