Wisconsin earns three more Olympic Trial cuts at U.S. Open

Wednesday, November 29

Greensboro, N.C.

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U.S. Open

Photo by: Taylor Wolfram

Wisconsin earns three more Olympic Trial cuts at U.S. Open

December 01, 2023 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Swimming & Diving

Torok, Carlson, Bacon swim qualifying marks

By: Dylan Vander Sanden

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The No.12 Wisconsin women's and No. 20 men's swimming and diving teams continue the regular season, taking part in the third day of competition at the U.S. Open.

Kicking off day three, Dominik Mark Torok competed in the men's 400-meter individual medley B final, finishing second in the heat and 10th overall in 4 minutes, 20.04 seconds. In the women's 400-meter individual medley, Maddie Waggoner finished fifth in the C final in 4:55.52.

In the freestyle events, Abby Carlson took part in the women's 200-meter freestyle B final, coming in fifth in her heat and 13th overall in 2:00.55, qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Senior Phoebe Bacon earned her second Olympic Trials cut of the meet, advancing to the A final of the women's 100-meter backstroke. She finished fifth in 1:00.11. Teammate Mackenzie McConagha qualified for the C final of the 100 back, touching in 1:02.23 for fifth place in her heat.

The only other Badger to qualify for one of the top three finals was Hazal Ozkan, who finished second in the C final of the 100-meter breaststroke in 1:09.62.

Wisconsin resumes competition tomorrow, the final day of the U.S. Open. Finals started at 5 p.m.. CT and you can access the full results here.

Men's Final Results

MEDLEY 400M FINAL
10. Dominik Mark Torok - 4:20.04

Women's Final Results

FREESTYLE 200M FINAL
13. Abby Carlson - 2:00.55 (OT)

BACKSTROKE 100M FINAL
6. Phoebe Bacon - 1:00.11 (OT)
21. Mackenzie McConagha - 1:02.23

BREASTSTROKE 100M FINAL
18. Hazal Ozkan - 1:09.52