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No. 19 Wisconsin 186.5, Northwestern 110.5 Natatorium Madison, Wis. Final Results |
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MADISON, Wis. -- No. 19 Wisconsin proved to be a strong early-season foe for Northwestern Thursday at the Badgers' home Natatorium with the Wildcats falling in the meet, 186.5-110.5.
Northwestern falls to 5-2 on the year with its loss and is 0-1 against conference opponents. Wisconsin is 4-2 on the season, 2-0 in the Big Ten with its victory.
The two teams battled through a close opening 200 medley relay that Wisconsin pulled out in the end by .28 of a second. The NU team of Alex Snarski (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville), Uula Auren (Helsinki, Finland/Mäkelänrinteen Lukio), Mark Ferguson (Perth, Australia/John XXIII) and Almog Olshtein (Haifa, Israel/Haifa) touched in 1:30.95 with Olshtein in particular trying to close the gap via a 19.94 final 50 free anchor leg.
Junior Jordan Wilimovsky (Malibu, Calif./Malibu) cruised to a win in the 1,000 free with a 9:25.58, opening a large lead early on and then smoothly sailing in for winning points via a time that was 17 seconds off the pace of his season-best so far this year.
Wisconsin then won the 200 free with NU sophomore Charlie Cole (Bernardsville, N.J./Bernards) taking second-place points in 1:41.09 followed by a sweep of the top spots in the 100 back in favor the Badgers.
In the 100 breast, Auren came in second with a 56.96 before Grant Halsall (Laxey, Isle of Man, GBR) took third as Northwestern's top finisher in the 200 fly via a season-best 1:54.13.
Heading into the first break of the meet, Olshtein challenged for the victory in the 50 free but ended up second in 20.95.
During that first part of the meet, NU completed a 1-2 sweep of the 3-meter springboard when John Andrade (Avon, Conn./Notre Dame) scored a 323.48 and Andrew Cramer (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral) followed in 304.65 for solid points on the boards.
Andy Jovanovic (Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy) and Olshtein went 2-3 in the 100 free coming out of the first break for NU. Jovanovic swam a 46.38 while Olshtein had a 46.80 to finish in a dead heat with a Wisconsin entry. The Badgers' strong backstrokers then again performed a top-three sweep in the 200 back.
Van Donkersgoed (Eden Prairie, Minn./Minnehaha Academy) led NU's swimmers in the 200 breast with a third-place time of 2:07.09 before Wilimovsky ended up second in the 500 free with a 4:26.23, Snarski led NU with a second-place 50.86 in the 100 fly and Wilimovsky returned to grab second-place points in the 400 IM as well with a 4:02.17.
In second-half diving, Cramer (276.30), Andrade (263.85) and Reed Dillon (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central) went second through fourth on the 1-meter board.
Jovanovic, Nick Petersen (Thiensville, Wis./Homestead), Olshtein and Gage Kohner (Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton Community) closed out the meet with a second-place 1:24.79 in the 200 free relay.
Northwestern returns to action at its home TYR Invitational Friday through Sunday, Nov. 21-23 at the Norris Aquatics Center.
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