University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
Big Ten Triple Dual
Minnesota Sweeps B1G Triple Duals
1/30/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Complete Results 
| Day 1 Recap
The Golden Gophers men's and women's swimming and diving teams closed the annual two-day B1G Triple Dual in Evanston, Illinois this afternoon. Minnesota swept the Northwestern Wildcats and Purdue Boilermakers. Six Gophers earned two individual wins, including Conner McHugh, Danielle Nack, Daryl Turner, Lauren Votava, Brooke Zeiger and Yu Zhou. Minnesota also won seven out of eight relays.
WOMEN -
Minnesota at Northwestern, W 245-108
Minnesota vs. Purdue, W 191-162
Yu Zhou closed out another diving sweep after totaling 296.45 points on the 1-meter springboard. Lexi Tenenbaum followed closely for second place (293.85).
Minnesota's Zoe Avestruz, Rachel Munson, Danielle Nack and Lauren Votava placed second in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:41.88, just behind Purdue.
The Gophers didn't allow for another silver relay finish, however. Avestruz, Nack, Abigail Raatz and Votava finished with a time of 1:32.10 for the gold.
Brooke Zeiger turned in a season-best 4:17.26 to win the 400 IM, and completing the IM sweep on the weekend. Junior Breanne Siwicki followed for second, also recording a season best time (4:21.04).
Votava picked up another win in the 100 free with a time of 50.01. Rookie Avestruz grabbed third in the event (50.83).
Nack completed the butterfly sweep with a 54.80 win the the 100 fly.
Zeiger led the Gophers in the 500 free with a 4:50.01 for third. The sophomore was followed by Samantha Harding, Siwicki and Erin Emery.
Holmquist led Minnesota in the 200 back with a time of 2:03.30 for fifth place.
MEN -
Minnesota at Northwestern, W 230-122
Minnesota vs. Purdue, W 224-129
Daryl Turner, Conner McHugh, Paul Fair and Bowe Becker posted a 3:15.79 to win the 400 medley relay. Their time was nearly five seconds faster than the rest of the field. Minnesota also picked up third in the relay.
Minnesota's Becker, Fair, Turner and Hunter Doerr also won the 200 free relay with a time of 1:19.78.
Fair and Becker led the Gophers to a 1-2 finish in the 100 free. Fair won the event with a 44.59, while Becker had a 44.84 for second.
Turner recorded a season best 47.69 in the 100 fly to pick up another win. It was the junior's second NCAA "B" qualifying time of the meet.
Matt Barnard finished second on the men's 3-meter springboard with a score of 363.75. Teammates Dylan Zoe, Manny Pollard and Alan LeBlang followed, allowing the Gophers to go 2-3-4-5 in the event.
Freshman Nick Plachinski earned silver in the 500 free with a season best time of 4:34.62. Erick Huft followed for third (4:35.60).
Rookie Michael Messner led the Gophers to a third place mark in the 400 IM with a time of 3:57.29. Jakub Maly grabbed fifth, followed by teammates Brian Poon and John Bushman.
Noah Busch finished fifth in the 200 back with a 1:50.93.
UP NEXT
The Golden Gophers will host the annual Minnesota Challenge at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in a three-session meet on Friday, Feb. 5 and Saturday, Feb. 6. This will be the last opportunity for racing before the B1G Women's Swimming and Diving Championships from Feb. 17-20 at Michigan and the B1G Men's Swimming and Diving Championships from Feb. 24-27 at Purdue.
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