Minnesota harvests a pair of wins south of the border.

The University of Minnesota Gophers went to corn country to swim against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Gopher Men lead their series 44-39 but have dominated lately, putting their streak of nine straight wins in a row over Iowa on the line. The Women Gophers dominated Iowa last year and looked to repeat that outcome.


The Gopher Women came out strong going 1-3-4 in the 400Medley Relay. Abbey Staats swam the Anchor on the “C” Relay swimming a blistering 23.69 50FR.


In the 1000 Free, The Gopher Women went 1-2-3-5 and the Men went 1-2-4-5.


The 200 Free had Winonan Matt Papenfuss splashing for the first time of the evening in 1:43.44 scoring for the Gophers.


After some mixed results in the 100 Back, the 100 Breast saw the Gopher Women swim 1-2-3 and the Gopher Men 1-3-4-5.


The 200 Fly was a continuation with the Gopher Women swimming 1-2-3-5 and the Men 1-2-4.


The 50 Free saw the Gopher Women produce a 2-3-4-5 finish with 5th being Winona Abbey Staats in a time of 24.39. The Gopher Men went 1-2.


The Gopher Women dominated the 1 Meter Diving, going 1-2 and winning by 50+ points.


The 100 Free saw Abbey Staats bring home a 3rd place finish in 52.96 bracketed by her teammates taking 2-3-4-5. The Men’s 100 Free had Matt Papenfuss swim 7th in a time of 47.50.


The 500 Free had the Gopher Women start to swim Exhibition. Real time had them bring home 1-2-3 but they only got points for first. The Gopher men brought home 1-2-3-4.



Same for the 100 Fly the Gopher Women would have touched in 1-2-3.


The Gopher Women ran away with the 3 Meter Diving going 1-2 and outscoring the Iowa divers by 180 and 90 points respectively.


The 400 Fr Relay saw Abbey Staats swimming with the “A” Gopher Relay in the second spot. She swam a 52.42 leg and helped bring home a 2nd place. The Gopher Men’s event had Matt Papenfuss swimming with the Gopher “A” Relay the the 3rd position. He touched his leg in at 46.59 and they finished 3rd behind Iowa and the Gopher “B” Relay.


Finals Scores

1. University of Minnesota,  Twin       176          2. University of Iowa,       118


1. University of Minnesota,   Twin       184         2. University of Iowa,       114