TUCSON, Ariz. - After two days of competition in Tuscon, the Badgers swimming and diving teams came out on top, beating the University of Hawaii and the University of Arizona. Wisconsin dominated the competition with the men's team defeating Arizona 195 to 119 and Hawaii 252 to 62 while the women beat Arizona 221 to 93 and Hawaii 243 to 71.
The following are all first place finishes of the day:
200 Medley Relay (1:41.13)
Mackenzie McConagha, Katie McClintok,
Mallory Jump,
Lillie HosackÂ
200 Medley Relay (1:27.81)
Wes Jekel,
Will Myhre,
Ryan Zelen, Andrerw Benson
500 Free (4:52.00)
Paige McKenna
200 IM (2:01.39)
Phoebe Bacon
200 IM (1:50.35)
Caleb Aman
100 Free (50.20)
Sophie Fiske
100 Free (43.49)
Andrew Benson
100 Back (54.00)
Phoebe Bacon
100 Back (48.59)
Erik Gessner
100 Breast (1:02.26)
Jade Neser
100 Breast (53.95)
Will Myhre
200 Fly (1:58.91)
Mackenzie McConagha
400 Free Relay (3:22.63)
Lillie Hosack,
Sophie Fiske,
Alana Palmer,
Phoebe Bacon
1M Dive (315.25)
Tazman Abroamowicz
Straight from the deck:
Head Coach Yuri Suguiyama: "Today was another good day for the Badgers. It's nice to leave here with some quality wins but more importantly, valuable experience racing and diving on the road. After yesterday, I challenged the team to come in this morning and be even better, which they did. We have a saying in the program to go "1-0" every day and that was the theme here as well. We have a lot to work on and improve, but this was a step forward for the program!"
Diving Coach Yahya Radman: "Today was a very solid day for us on the boards.
Molly Hampton being on 3 m and putting together a very simple and basic list she was still competitive against some very top level talent. Tazman had a battle on his hands down on 1 m after he missed his front 3 1/2 but I have to say that I am very happy with how he battled back to squeeze out a win in the end. This gives us two weeks of good training as we head up to see the gophers."
Up Next: The Badgers face Big Ten opponent Minnesota on Friday, Nov. 5 in Minneapolis.
