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Both Gopher Squads Top Iowa
10/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Final Stats (HTML) | Final Results
The University of Minnesota men and women both outscored the Hawkeyes in Iowa City on Friday night. The Gopher women won every individual event, and seven women earned two first-place finishes each, for a final score of 192 to Iowa's 105. The Minnesota men's team earned its first win of the season, totaling 169.50 points over the Hawkeyes' 130.50.
WOMEN - W, 192-105
Samantha Harding posted the nation's leading mile time in her first 1,650-yard freestyle of the season with a time of 16:36.33. Harding recorded a first-place finish in the 500 free as well with a 4:51.79. Freshman Erin Emery followed for second in both distance free events. Emery had a 16:52.40 in the 1,650 free and a 4:57.64 in the 500.
Sophomore Danielle Nack completed another butterfly sweep, recording a 54.86 in the 100 fly and a 2:00.80 in the 200 fly.
Brooke Zeiger recorded two gold finishes and one silver finish against the Hawkeyes. Zeiger had a 2:02.32 in the 200 backstroke for first. She posted a leading 2:04.39 in the 200 individual medley, and placed second in the 200 free with a time of 1:50.88.
Senior Lauren Votava won both the 100 free and 200 free for Minnesota, finishing with times of 50.08 and 1:50.23, respectively.
Rookie Zoe Avestruz tallied two gold individual finishes. Avestruz led the 100 back field with a 55.31 and posted a 23.43 in the 50 free.
Freshman Rachel Munson took first in both breaststroke events. Munson had a 1:02.27 in the 100-yard event and 2:16.69 in the 200.
Yu Zhou picked up first in both the women's diving events, finishing with a score of 338.55 on the 1-meter board and 392.25 points on 3-meter. Teammate Lexi Tenenbaum followed Zhou on both boards.
The Golden Gophers wrapped the meet with a powerful 3:24.57 in the 400 free relay for first featuring Zoe Avestruz, Danielle Nack, Lauren Votava and Kaia Grobe.
MEN - W, 169.50-130.50
Matt Barnard finished first in both men's diving events. He topped the 1-meter competition with 378.60 points, and finished 3-meter diving with a score of 398.93. Manny Pollard earned silver on the 1-meter board, while Dylan Zoe picked up second on 3-meter.
Freshman Michael Messner earned first-place marks in the men's distance freestyle events. Messner had a convincing 15:46.35 in the 1650 free, and recorded a time of 4:33.59 in the 500.
Similar to the women, the Minnesota men powered their way to a 1-2 finish in the 200 free. Jakub Maly touched first with a time of 1:39.54, while Ben Bravence took home silver with a 1:39.66.
The Gophers dominated the 200 IM, picking up first, second and third marks. Maly led the field with a 1:49.58, followed by rookie Brian Poon (1:49.84) and Nick Hatanaka (1:52.99).
Daryl Turner finished first in the 100 back with a 48.39. The junior went on to pick up second in the 100 fly (48.18).
The 400 free relay team of Turner, Paul Fair Noah Busch and Hunter Doerr took home a win with a time of 2:58.93.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Gophers will make a trip to Grand Forks, North Dakota, next Saturday, Nov. 7 for some non-conference competition against the University of North Dakota. The meet is slated for 5 p.m. CT.
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