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Gophers Beat Iowa, Win 14 of 16 Events
10/28/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Minnesota men's swimming and diving defeated Iowa 185.5 to 113.5 Friday night in Minneapolis. The Gophers won 14 of 16 events. Pack the Pool weekend will continue with the women's dual meet against Iowa Saturday at 11 a.m.
The win was Minnesota's second in as many dual meets this fall. The Gophers had opened the season by beating another border rival, Wisconsin.
"I was happy to see a continuation of them doing most of the little things right," head coach Kelly Kremer. "I think when you're tired and you're broken down like they are, it's harder to do. But I just can't wait to see how that translates into the championship season down the road."
Minnesota finished in spots 1-4 in the 100-yard breaststroke, and also claimed the top three places in the 200. Conner McHugh won both for the second time this fall. He finished in 54.60 in the 100 with Nick Hatanaka (56.00), John Bushman (56.06) and Eric Sande (56.65) following. In the 200, McHugh's 1:57.50 led Bushman (2:00.44) and Jakub Maly (2:03.39).
The Gophers also claimed the top four places in the 1,650 freestyle. Michael Messner won in 15:43.03 ahead of Logan Redondo (15:45.22), Nick Plachinski (15:55.68) and Justin Torres (15:56.83).
Redondo went on to win the 500 free in 4:32.21. Plachinski (4:34.39) and Messner (4:39.57) took third and fourth.
Matt Barnard won on both diving springboards. He tallied scores of 413.40 in 1-meter and 373.75 in 3-meter. Alan LeBlang was the Gophers' second finisher on both boards, taking fourth in 1-meter and fifth in 3-meter.
Bowe Becker won the 100 and 200 free races. He won the 200 free from lane 8, touching in 1:39.44. Nick Saulnier (1:40.20) and Erick Huft (1:40.51) picked up points in third and fourth. Becker (44.59) and Paul Fair (44.80) took first and second in the 100. Fair (20.47) won the 50 free with Hunter Doerr (20.60) in second.
Daryl Turner won at the 100-yard distance in the backstroke (48.75) and butterfly (47.74). Noah Busch tied for fourth (50.87) in the 100 back, and Nick Orf was fourth (50.46) in the 100 fly.
Maly won the 200 fly in 1:49.62. Brian Poon won the 200 IM in 1:49.95 and was third (1:50.39) in the 200 fly.
The Gophers' 200 free relay of Becker, Fair, Doerr and Turner won in 1:20.24. Minnesota's "A" 200 free relay team was disqualified, and the "B" team of Noah Busch, Nick Hatanaka, Tuomas Pokkinen and Doerr took second. The only other event Minnesota did not win was the 200 back, in which Poon was the top finisher in fourth.
"Iowa's a really good team," Kremer said. "We face them every year, so we see them a lot. It's nice to have a meet where I felt like our men did a really nice job controlling it from start to finish. That continues to build confidence for these guys."
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