Newmark earns All-America honors
March 23, 2023 | Men's Swimming & Diving
200 medley relay sets school record
MINNEAPOLIS -- The 20th-ranked Wisconsin men's swimming team kicked off the first two days of the NCAA Championships with two school records and five All-America honors. The Badgers are in 18th place with 19 points after seven events.
On Wednesday night, the Badgers started off on a historic note, setting a school record in the 200 medley relay. Wes Jekel, Will Myhre, Constantin Bensch, and Ben Wiegand broke the six-year-old record by over half a second, setting the new standard at 1:23.09 to place UW 15th in the event.
On Thursday, junior Jake Newmark kept the momentum going, setting a school record in the 500 freestyle final in 4:10.12 seconds. It was the second time on the day that he broke the previous time of 4:11.98 set by Matthew Hutchins in 2017 after swimming 4:10.80 in the prelims. The time earned Newmark a fourth-place finish and a personal best time by over a second.
Wisconsin ended the night off with a 19th-place finish in the 200 free relay. Newmark, Wiegand, Andrew Benson and Taiko Torepe-Ormsby collectively hit the wall in 1:16.85, just .06 off the school record.
Up Next
Day three of the NCAA Championships kicks on Friday at 10 a.m. with preliminaries in the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back and 3-meter diving. Finals in all events as well as the 400 medley relay begin at 6 p.m. The championship will be streamed on ESPN+.
Results
200 Medley Relay
15. Wisconsin A (Jekel, Myhre, Wiegand, Bensch)- 1:23.09
500 Free
4. Jake Newmark - 4:10.12
200 Free Relay
19. Wisconsin- (Benson, Torepe-Ormsby, Wiegand, Newmark)- 1:16.85
Preliminaries
200 IM
40. Wes Jekel- 1:44.37
46. Dominik Mark Torok- 1:45.22
On Wednesday night, the Badgers started off on a historic note, setting a school record in the 200 medley relay. Wes Jekel, Will Myhre, Constantin Bensch, and Ben Wiegand broke the six-year-old record by over half a second, setting the new standard at 1:23.09 to place UW 15th in the event.
On Thursday, junior Jake Newmark kept the momentum going, setting a school record in the 500 freestyle final in 4:10.12 seconds. It was the second time on the day that he broke the previous time of 4:11.98 set by Matthew Hutchins in 2017 after swimming 4:10.80 in the prelims. The time earned Newmark a fourth-place finish and a personal best time by over a second.
Wisconsin ended the night off with a 19th-place finish in the 200 free relay. Newmark, Wiegand, Andrew Benson and Taiko Torepe-Ormsby collectively hit the wall in 1:16.85, just .06 off the school record.
Up Next
Day three of the NCAA Championships kicks on Friday at 10 a.m. with preliminaries in the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back and 3-meter diving. Finals in all events as well as the 400 medley relay begin at 6 p.m. The championship will be streamed on ESPN+.
Results
200 Medley Relay
15. Wisconsin A (Jekel, Myhre, Wiegand, Bensch)- 1:23.09
500 Free
4. Jake Newmark - 4:10.12
200 Free Relay
19. Wisconsin- (Benson, Torepe-Ormsby, Wiegand, Newmark)- 1:16.85
Preliminaries
200 IM
40. Wes Jekel- 1:44.37
46. Dominik Mark Torok- 1:45.22
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