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University of Minnesota
B1G Championships
Gophers Finish 6th at B1G Championships
3/1/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Complete Results
IOWA CITY - The 2015 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships concluded Saturday night at the University of Iowa's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium. The Golden Gophers placed 6th with a total of 359 points over four nights of competition. Minnesota picked up three bronze medals this week, including a Minnesota school record-breaking performance from Jakub Maly in the 400 IM, Daryl Turner in the 100 fly and CJ Smith in the 1650 freestyle. The University of Michigan were first with 760 points, claiming their fifth-straight title.
The University of Minnesota was strongly led by a group of sophomores and freshman, which scored 128 of the 227 individual points scored (and 227.5 of the 359 total points, including relays). The sophomore Gophers were led by two of the team's top four individual point scorers at the Big Ten Championships. Junior diver Manny Pollard totaled 33 points in three individual events, the highest mark on the Gophers squad. Sophomore Jakub Maly finished the meet with 32 individual points, followed by fellow sophomore Daryl Turner, who scored 27 individual points - the same as senior distance swimmer CJ Smith. What shows the greatest promise to Minnesota's future development as a team lies in the freshman. Rookies Conner McHugh and Michael Nunan were the only two point scorers from their class, however their percentage among points for each class per athlete was the highest with 15.5 points (McHugh individually scored 16, Nunan 15). In comparison, that average for sophomores is 9.7, juniors 12.8 and seniors 7.
"The Big Ten Conference continues to increase in competitiveness, and with that we will need to rise to the occasion," Head coach Kelly Kremer stated. "I feel encouraged by how our young student-athletes performed and am excited for whats to come."
Saturday Finals Recap:
Senior CJ Smith posted a 14:52.34 to take home the bronze medal in the 1650 freestyle. Smith was also Minnesota's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree. Logan Redondo finished the 1650 free with a time of 15:12.46 for eleventh place.
Carl Newenhouse had a 1:44.86 for 15th place in the 200 backstroke. Fellow senior Chris Johnson finished in 20th place with a time of 1:45.56.
Sophomore Daryl Turner finished twelfth in the 100 freestyle. Turner had a 43.69. Three underclassmen Gophers competed in the C final of the 100 free. Michael Nunan placed 20th with a time of 45.18. Ian Gordon finished with a time of 45.74 for 23rd and Jonathon Thielen followed for 24th with a 46.34.
Jakub Maly tookeighth in the 200 breaststroke, finishing with a time of 1:55.94. Maly's time in prelims was just one-tenth off of the Minnesota school record of 1:55.36. Freshman Conner McHugh threw down a personal best time of 1:55.83 for tenth place in the 200 breast. Teammate Spencer Mattox followed for eleventh place with a personal record of 1:56.99. Sophomores Nick Hatanaka and Eric Sande placed 23rd and 24th in the 200 breast respectively. Hatanaka finished with a time of 2:00.04, Sande had a 2:01.87.
Nick Orf finished 16th in the 200 fly with a time of 1:47.58. Minnesota had three seniors compete in the C final of the 200 butterfly. Brandon Hatanaka led the way with a time of 1:47.67 for 17th place. Andrew Hartbarger followed for 18th with a 1:48.00. Alex Cisneros finished with a 1:51.12 for 23rd.
Sophomore Matt Barnard took fourth in platform diving, totaling 425.70 points. Junior Dylan Zoe claimed seventh with a score of 377.40. Manny Pollard finished at the top of the consolation final on the platform, finishing ninth with 397.10 points. Senior Erik Larsen placed 16th, scoring a total of 277.35 points. Earlier during the preliminary rounds of platform diving, freshman Daniel Monaghan placed 21st after totaling 250.80 points. Nick Rodriguez finished 25th with 226.45 points.
The 400 free relay team of Daryl Turner, Paul Fair, Ryan Miksch and Jakub Maly placed sixth with a time of 2:55.54 to close out the 2015 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.
Final Team Standings
1. Michigan, 760
2. Ohio State, 623
3. Indiana, 551
4. Purdue, 401.5
5. Wisconsin, 382
6. Minnesota, 359
7. Penn State, 232
8. Iowa, 230.5
9. Northwestern, 181
10. Michigan State, 82
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