Badgers down Minnesota on Border Battle

Friday, November 3

Minneapolis, MN

5 p.m.

Wisconsin Badgers

178

120

Minnesota

Photo by: Taylor Wolfram

Badgers down Minnesota on Border Battle

November 03, 2023 | Men's Swimming & Diving

WIS at MINN Results

Wisconsin defeats Golden Gophers, 178-120

By: Diane Nordstrom

MINNEAPOLIS - Behind 12 event wins, the 22nd-ranked Wisconsin men's swimming and diving team downed Minnesota, 178-120, in a Border Battle on Friday night.

Newmark wins four events

Jake Newmark won four events against the Golden Gophers (3-1, 0-1 B1G) to lead the Badgers (3-1, 2-0). Individually the senior won the 100 backstroke in 47.91 seconds and the 200 backstroke in 1:46.65.

He was also a member of the winning 200 medley relay and 400 free relay. Newmark teamed with Matthew Segal, Taiko Torepe-Ormsby and Ben Wiegand to claim the medley relay in 1:27.92. Newmark, Segal, Chris Morris and Luukas Vainio took the free relay in 2:58.07.

Wisconsin also picked up third-place finishes in both relays. The team of Nathan Welker, Brayden Henkel, Evan Bock and Benson earned bronze in the medley relay in 1:29.35 while Isaac Casey-Hrenak, Nico Butera, Charlie Jones and Bock finished third in the free relay in 3:02.49.

Other event winners

Segal, Wiegand and Benson also won individual events.

Wiegand led a 1-2-3 finish for the Badgers in the 50 freestyle. The Sun Prairie native won gold in 20.09 while Torepe-Ormsby earned silver in 20.21. Benson completed the sweep in 20.25.

Segal touched first in the 100 breaststroke in 54.40 while Benson won the 100 freestyle in 44.43. Junior Chris Morris, a transfer from Minnesota, finished third in the free against his former teammates in 45.18.

Aslan, Torok remain undefeated

Junior Yigit Aslan and sophomore Dominik Mark Torok remain undefeated on the season, picking up two wins apiece against Minnesota.

Aslan is undefeated in the distance free events, claiming the 500 freestyle in 4:25.35 and the 1000 free in 9:09.48. In the longer distance, Zach Ward finished second in 9:14.33 while Jude Williams took third in the shorter distance in 4:32.64.

Torok won the 200 butterfly in 1:45.36 and led a 1-2 sweep in the 200 breaststroke. Torok touched in 1:58.93 while Segal was second in 2:00.71.

Up Next

Wisconsin returns to action on Nov. 15-18 as the swimmers head to Austin, Texas, for the Texas Invitational while the divers go to Athens, Georgia, for the Georgia Invitational.

Team scores
Wisconsin 178, Minnesota 120

200 medley relay
1. Wisconsin A (Newmark, Segal, Torepe-Ormsby, Wiegand) - 1:27.92
3. Wisconsin B (Welker, Henkel, Bock, Benson) - 1:29.35

1000 free
1. Yigit Aslan - 9:09.48
2. Zach Ward - 9:14.33
5. Jude Williams - 9:21.90

200 free
2. Luukas Vainio - 1:38.09
3. Chris Morris - 1:38.48
5. Nico Butera - 1:40.53

100 back
1. Jake Newmark - 47.91
4. Nathan Welker - 49.52
7. Jake DiMartile - 49.90
8. Michael Long - 51.70x

100 breaststroke
1. Matthew Segal - 54.40
4. Truman teDuits - 56.89
5. Brayden Henkel - 56.94
8. Janis Silins - 57.22x

200 butterfly
1. Dominik Mark Torok - 1:45.36
4. Charlie Jones - 1:50.01
6. Evan Bock - 1:50.56
8. Lance Swanepoel - 1:55.39x

50 free
1. Ben Wiegand - 20.09
2. Taiko Torepe-Ormsby - 20.21
3. Andrew Benson - 20.25
7. Isaac Casey-Hrenak - 21.02x

100 free
1. Andrew Benson - 44.43
3. Chris Morris - 45.18
6. Luukas Vinio - 456.0
8. Isaac Casey-Hrenak - 46.74x

200 backstroke
1. Jake Newmark - 1:46.65
4. Jake DiMartile - 1:49.44
7. Nathan Welker - 1:50.41
8. Michael Long - 1:53.38x

1-meter diving
2. Daniel Muller - 342.68
4. Jan Lanser - 289.43

200 breaststroke
1. Dominik Mark Torok - 1:58.93
2. Matthew Segal - 2:00.71
7. Truman teDuites - 2:06.95
8. Janis Silins - 2:08.54x

500 free
1. Yigit Aslan - 4:25.35
3. Jude Williams - 4:32.64
4. Zach Ward - 4:32.74
8. Nico Butera - 4:42.91x

1-meter diving
3. Daniel Muller - 357.00
4. Jan Lanser - 3:18.23

100 butterfly
3. Evan Bock - 49.22
4. Charlie Jones - 49.25
6. Nathan Welker - 50.33
8. Lance Swanepoel - 51.00x

200 IM
1. Dominik Mark Torok - 1:47.60
3. Matthew Segal - 1:51.42
4. Jake DiMartile - 1:52.84
8. Truman TeDuits - 2:00.74x

400 free relay
1. Wisconsin A (Benson, Morris, Vainio, Newmark) - 2:58.07
3. Wisconsin B (Casey-Hrenak, Butera, Jones, Bock) - 3:02.49