Trio pace Badgers in tangle with Trojans

Monday, January 15

Los Angeles, CA

2 PM

Wisconsin Badgers

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148

USC

Victor Goicoechea - Red-White Intrasquad 2017

Photo by: David Stluka

Trio pace Badgers in tangle with Trojans

January 15, 2018 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Jagdfeld, Nelson, Unicomb all score multiple wins as UW women fall just short at USC

Results

LOS ANGELES — The Wisconsin swimming and diving team finished up its trip west with a solid performance against USC on Monday.

Following a period of intense training during their annual training trip to Hawaii, the Badgers put their endurance and grit on display back on the mainland in a dual meet that went on to be swept by the Trojans.

Leading the way for the 18th-ranked UW women, senior Abby Jagdfeld, junior Jess Unicomb and sophomore Beata Nelson each scored multiple wins in the clash with No. 9 USC.

Jagdfeld won the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle events and combined with Unicomb, Marissa Berg and Emmy Sehmann to cap the day with a victory in the 400 free relay.

Unicomb added individual an individual event win in the 200 back, finishing in 1:57.38 to claim victory by more than four seconds.

Nelson won the 100-yard butterfly in 53.72 seconds, then added to her spoils with a second-place finish in the next event, the 200 IM (1:58.34). A victory in the 100 backstroke was the cherry on top of a productive day, with Nelson winning in a time of 52.64.

Despite those efforts, the Badgers fell just short of the USC women, who held off UW for a 133-129 victory.

On the men's side, senior Victor Goicoechea put up a pair of winning performances for UW. He took home the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:27.85 and won the 1000 free in 9:09.81.

Giocoechea was joined by Eric Geunes (9:26.96), Cam Tysoe (9:35.01) and Mike Sullivan (9:35.90) as the Badgers claimed the top four spots in the 1000 freestyle.

Seventh-ranked USC took the men's competition by a score of 148-109.

Notable

• The women's 400 freestyle relay squad of Sehmann, Unicomb, Berg and Jagdfeld wrapped up the day with a win (3:21.14).

• Unicomb, Berg and Sehmann were joined by Nelson to score a runner-up finish in the 200 medley relay in 1:41.72.

• Behind Jagdfeld's winning effort (1:48.27) in the women's 200 free, Unicomb (1:50.41) took third.

• In the 500 free, Maddie Tew (4:52.54) and Grace Tierney (4:57.06) followed Jagdfeld's winning effort of 4:50.50 to complete a 1-2-3 finish.

• Tew also took the win in the women's 1000 free (9:54.81) ahead of Tierney (10:02.79) in another 1-2 finish for the Badgers.

• Sehmann sprinted to second-place finishes in the 50 freestyle (23.29 seconds) and the 100 free (50.36).

• Freshman MJ Mao (56.55) finished second in the men's 100 breast.

• Cooper Hodge (2:03.62) and Ben Attenberger (2:04.67) finished 2-3 in the men's 200 breast.

• Justin Temprano finished third (1:48.80) and Tysoe finished fourth (1:50.21) in the men's 200 back.

Up Next
The Badgers have until Jan. 26 to prepare for its final regular-season competition, the Shamrock Invitational at Notre Dame, where they will be up against a number of solid opponents. Notre Dame's men's team is currently ranked 20th and its women's team is ranked 22nd.