Wisconsin swept the Gophers men's and women's teams in a swimming and diving meet Friday night in Madison. The Badgers men won 159-141, the women 152-148.
The Gophers dominated the diving events. Matt Barnard and Yu Zhou took first in both the 1- and 3-meter events, with Barnard setting two pool records and Zhou one.
Other top performances:
• Samantha Harding won the 1,000-yard freestyle for the third time this season. Her time of 9 minutes, 51.61 seconds is the second best in the nation.
• Rachel Munson and Connor McHugh both took first in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes.
• Brooke Zeiger and Brian Poon won the 200 individual medley events.
• Dani Nack was first in the 100 and 200 butterflies.
Wisconsin won the final event in the women's dual meet, the 400 freestyle relay, to win the Badgers' opening meet of the season. The Gophers women came in 1-0-1.