MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Badgers men's swim and dive team opened its season with a win against Green Bay at the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center Friday afternoon. The Badgers took home 206 points to Green Bay's 60.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Wisconsin stayed strong, going one, two, three in almost every event. Senior Yoav Romano won both his events, finishing with a time of 9:15.62 in the 1000 freestyle and 4:25.11 in the 500 freestyle.
Luukas Vainio also had a clean sweep of first-place finishes on the night with a time of 1:37.44 in the 200 free and a time of 44.29 in the 100 free.
Making his collegiate debut, Enzo Solitario put up strong second-place finishes in the 200 butterfly and 500 free with times of 1:47.23 and 4:29.46, respectively.
Senior Jan Lanser held consistent on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards for the Badgers, finishing with scores of 303.52 and 361.43, respectively.
UP NEXT
The Badgers will hit the road to South Bend, Indiana, to take on Notre Dame and Michigan in a meet on Friday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m.
TEAM SCORES
Wisconsin - 206
Green Bay - 60
200 Medley Relay
1. Wisconsin A (Welker, Wiegand, Jones, Torepe-Ormsby) - 1:28:07
2. Wisconsin B (Graham, Henkel, Solitario, Scharff) - 1:30:64
3. Wisconsin C (Bacon, Skarda, Swanepoel, Vainio) - 1:31.43
1000 Freestyle
1. Yoav Romano - 9:15.62
2. Andrew Hanson - 9:37.10
3. Zach Ward - 9:42.67
200 Freestyle
1. Luukas Vainio - 1:37.44
2. Landon Kyser - 1:39.57
3. Carter Jewell - 1:41.34
100 Backstroke:
1. Nathan Welker - 48.95
2. Finn Bacon - 49.69
3. Adam Graham - 50.49
100 Breaststroke
1. Ben Wiegand - 54.45
2. Nate Harris - 56.13
3. Brayden Henkel - 56.30
5.
Jack Skarda - 58.45
200 Butterfly
1. Dominik Mark Torok - 1:46.47
2. Enzo Solitario - 1:47.23
3. Charlie Jones - 1:49.08
4. Lance Swanepoel - 1:53.30
50 Freestyle
1. Taiko Torepe-Ormsby - 20.23
2. Cooper Scharff - 20.69
100 Freestyle
1. Luukas Vainio - 44.29
2. Ben Wiegand - 45.89
3. Taiko Torepe-Ormsby - 46.97
6. Cooper Scharff - 48.20
200 Backstroke
1. Adam Graham - 1:48.64
2. Landon Kyser - 1:50.26
3. Nathan Welker - 1:51.92
200 Breaststroke
1. Nate Harris - 2:05.57
2. Brayden Henkel - 2:08.70
3. Jack Skarda - 2:10.96
500 Freestyle
1. Yoav Romano - 4:25.11
2. Enzo Solitario - 4:29.46
3. Andrew Hanson - 4:39.09
4. Carter Jewell - 4:41.10
100 Butterfly
1. Charlie Jones - 48.95
2. Dominik Mark Torok - 48.97
3. Lance Swanepoel - 50.46
4. Finn Bacon - 50.68
