Wisconsin vs. Michigan vs. Arizona (women’s tournament)
- Friday to Saturday, October 20th to 21st, 2023
- Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, Madison, WI
- SCY (25 yards)
- result
team score
- Wisconsin def. Michigan State 216-137
- Wisconsin def. Arizona 240-101
- Michigan def. Arizona 228-119
Wisconsin hosted a Michigan-Arizona double dual last weekend at the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center. The Badgers easily defeated the Wolverines and Wildcats in a two-day yardage tournament. The University of Michigan defeated Arizona with a 228-119 decision.
This post contains only an overview of women’s events. Click here for the men’s roundup.
Wisconsin was busy with long-distance free events. In his first individual event of the meet, the 1000 free, the Badgers finished him 1-2.new student Maddie Wagoner He took the lead with a time of 9 minutes 47.30 seconds, overwhelming the others. Paige McKenna, took second place with a time of 9 minutes 48.15 seconds. Although she is a freshman who has only competed in a few collegiate events, she has actually already been quite fast in the 1000m dash this season, running a time of 9:43.27 against Notre Dame in early October. Was. McKenna, on the other hand, is of course one of the top distance swimmers in the NCAA, and she holds her personal best of 9:31.93.
McKenna also swam the 500 free in 4:52.05, taking second place. Wagoner placed fourth in the event with a time of 4:52.26.in wisconsin abby carlson He won the 500 meters with a time of 4:48.23. She took the lead from the start and took the 250-yard turn with a lead of about two seconds.michigan’s katie chrome He took 3rd place with a time of 4:52.08 and was in the lead.
Carlson also won the 200 free, running a time of 1:47.03. She extended her lead midway through the race, running a second 50 of 27.03, a third 50 of 27.27, and a mid-race 100 of 54.30.
In addition to his individual victory, Carlson helped lead Wisconsin’s 400 free relay to victory at the end of the meet. blair stoneberg (50.27), hayley tierney (49.51), phoebe bacon (49.99) and Carlson (50.11) combined for a time of 3:19.88, beating Michigan by about a second.Of note is the state of Michigan. lindsay flynn Despite playing leadoff, he led the Wolverines to victory with a score of 49.68, the second-fastest split in the field.
Stoneberg, Tierney and Bacon teamed up. Abby Wanezek He also won the 200 free relay in Wisconsin. Tierney started first in 22.62 seconds, followed by Wanezek in 22.91 seconds, Stoneberg in 22.71 seconds and Bacon in 22.59 seconds. They hit the wall with a time of 1:30.83 and beat Michigan by just 0.09 seconds. The Wolverines once again had the fastest split on the field. Natalie Kang He anchored the relay in 22.50 seconds.
In addition to a big leadoff leg in the Michigan 400 free relay. lindsay flynn He won the individual 100 free with a time of 49.47 seconds. She started about half a second ahead of the Arizona competitors. Julia HeimsteadHeimstead closed on her in the second half of the race, but ultimately finished second in 49.60 seconds.
Meanwhile, Tierney took first place in the 50m free, stopping the clock in 22.45 seconds. Flynn placed second in that race, scoring 22.72 points as the only athlete to break 23 seconds.
Wisconsin of course phoebe bacon There was great excitement throughout the two-day tournament. Bacon won all four individual events. She started in the 200 back and easily won in 1:54.44. Bacon won the 100 fly on the first day of the competition with a score of 53.10.Arizona’s like she did in the 100 free. Julia Heimstead Although we were not as good as the leader (Bacon), we closed the gap in the second half. This time the race was even closer, but Heimstead still finished in second place. She scored 53.13 points.
Bacon moved on to day two and started in the 200 IM, winning in 2:00.47. A time of 2:00 wasn’t necessarily an incredibly fast time for his 200 IM in a dual meet, but Bacon dominated, winning by nearly three seconds. As expected, she excelled in the first half of the race, scoring a 25.56 in the fly, 29.81 in the back, and a 55.37 in her first 100.
She then wrapped up her individual competition with a victory in the 100-meter back, scoring 53.37 points and finishing as the only athlete in the race to run under 54 seconds. She had a decent swim for Bacon, but she had a pretty good lead in the first event of the meet, the Wisconsin 400 medley relay. There Bacon scored her 52.60, completing her great dual meet 100 for her. Hazar Ozcan (1:01.19), Mackenzie Maconaga (53.98), and hayley tierney (49.93) to round out the rest of the relay and won with a time of 3:37.70.
The same quartet will also team up to win the 200-meter medley relay. Bacon (25.02), Ozcan (28.21), Maconaga (24.33) and Tierney (22.08) combined for his 1:39.64. The University of Michigan took second place with a time of 1:40.04 by a wide margin over the freshmen. Lexi Greenhortassumed command on March 25th.
hazel ozkan In the breaststroke event, both Michigan State and Arizona State dominated in a fairly thin field. She started the competition in 2:13.76 and won by more than four seconds. Ozcan won the 100m her chest in 1:02.53 and won that race by a 1.5 second difference.
Arizona took second place in the 100 free, 200 free and 100 fly. Julia Heimstead She finally won the 200 fly in 1:59.80. In the first 100 meters of the race, four competitors in the field were faster than Heimstead, but she was much better in the second half, eventually taking the lead in the final 50 meters and carrying it to the finish. . This is her only individual event win in the Arizona pool.
400 IM went to Michigan Kathryn Ackermanswam in 4 minutes 16.16 seconds.