University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, November 17
Iowa City, Iowa
All Day
University of Minnesota
at
Iowa Invitational
Players Mentioned
Freestyle/Backstroke
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Sprint Freestyle
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Back
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Breaststroke/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Breaststroke/Freestyle
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Middle-Distance/Backstroke
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Freestyle/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Butterfly
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Freestyle
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Backstroke/Freestyle
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Backstroke
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Backstroke/Butterfly/Freestyle
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
U Laps Competition at Hawkeye Invite
11/17/2018 10:18:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
Gopher women take first in Iowa, men finish second
The Hawkeye Invite has come to an end after three days of widespread Gopher success. The women capped off a competition of event wins, meet records, and nationally-ranked times with an overall points victory to claim first place. The Gophers sat atop the leaderboard at the close of each day of competition, finishing the meet with a score of 1,136. The men waged a close battle against Iowa for second place overall and came away victorious with 813 points to Iowa's 797.5 at the conclusion of events.
Throughout the women's three-day meet, Mackenzie Padington and Tevyn Waddell emerged as leaders in the pool for the Maroon and Gold.
Padington went the distance on the final day as she completed the 1650-yard freestyle race in 16:03.13 to win the event and best the previous meet record from Michigan's Adrienne Bicek in 2012. She added another win to her count when the 400-yard freestyle relay team took first place with a time of 3:16.10. The freestyle swimmer finished the meet with five event wins, two meet records, two pool records and three race times in the nation's top five so far this year.
Waddell leaves the invite with four individual event wins and five relay event wins under her belt. On the final day she claimed first place in the 200-yard backstroke, setting a new school record with her time of 1:52.46. Patricia Van Law, Emily Cook, and Chantal Nack joined her in the 200 backstroke's championship heat with Nack closing the gap in the home stretch to touch just after her teammate at 1:52.76. Waddell also swam the anchor leg in the winning 400-yard freestyle relay.
Lindsey Kozelsky cleaned up the competition in the breaststroke field, winning the 200-yard race with a time of 2:09.30. Zoe Avestruz also contributed to the Gopher victory with her first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle event in which she swam a 49.57.
In the diving well, Kristen Hayden took third in platform diving, closing the meet with a final score of 269.50. She finished within the top five in the one-meter and three-meter events in the first two days of the competition.
On the men's side, Bowen Becker snagged his second event win in Iowa, as he swam a 42.99 in the 100-yard freestyle. His time earned him a meet record and came in at the third-fastest in the country in 2018-19.
Max McHugh followed up his "A" cut time in Friday's 100-yard breastroke finals by swimming a 1:56.02 and earning a second-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke race. His time clocks in at number six for the nation's top times this season.
Nick Yang swept the men's diving competition, winning all three events and even setting a meet record in the platform diving competition on the final night with a score of 398.85.
The men ended the night with the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Becker, Tim Sates, Nick Saulnier and Tuomas Pokkinen, which came in third with a time of 2:55.44.
The Gophers will be back in action on Nov. 29 when they host the Minnesota Invite at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
Throughout the women's three-day meet, Mackenzie Padington and Tevyn Waddell emerged as leaders in the pool for the Maroon and Gold.
Padington went the distance on the final day as she completed the 1650-yard freestyle race in 16:03.13 to win the event and best the previous meet record from Michigan's Adrienne Bicek in 2012. She added another win to her count when the 400-yard freestyle relay team took first place with a time of 3:16.10. The freestyle swimmer finished the meet with five event wins, two meet records, two pool records and three race times in the nation's top five so far this year.
Waddell leaves the invite with four individual event wins and five relay event wins under her belt. On the final day she claimed first place in the 200-yard backstroke, setting a new school record with her time of 1:52.46. Patricia Van Law, Emily Cook, and Chantal Nack joined her in the 200 backstroke's championship heat with Nack closing the gap in the home stretch to touch just after her teammate at 1:52.76. Waddell also swam the anchor leg in the winning 400-yard freestyle relay.
Lindsey Kozelsky cleaned up the competition in the breaststroke field, winning the 200-yard race with a time of 2:09.30. Zoe Avestruz also contributed to the Gopher victory with her first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle event in which she swam a 49.57.
In the diving well, Kristen Hayden took third in platform diving, closing the meet with a final score of 269.50. She finished within the top five in the one-meter and three-meter events in the first two days of the competition.
On the men's side, Bowen Becker snagged his second event win in Iowa, as he swam a 42.99 in the 100-yard freestyle. His time earned him a meet record and came in at the third-fastest in the country in 2018-19.
Max McHugh followed up his "A" cut time in Friday's 100-yard breastroke finals by swimming a 1:56.02 and earning a second-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke race. His time clocks in at number six for the nation's top times this season.
Nick Yang swept the men's diving competition, winning all three events and even setting a meet record in the platform diving competition on the final night with a score of 398.85.
The men ended the night with the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Becker, Tim Sates, Nick Saulnier and Tuomas Pokkinen, which came in third with a time of 2:55.44.
The Gophers will be back in action on Nov. 29 when they host the Minnesota Invite at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
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