Men's Swimming & Diving December 06, 2015

Four More Records Fall As Panthers Wrap Up Iowa Invite

Barson, Menninga, Rozeboom all set new records in final day of action

Iowa City, Iowa – Four more records were broken as the Milwaukee swimming & diving team wrapped up the final day of the Iowa Hawkeye Invitational Sunday at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.

The Panthers posted another 73 season-best times Sunday – capping the three-day meet with an incredible 217 season-best times.

Jacob Barson, Ryan Menninga and Shelby Rozeboom all broke freshman records to headline the day, running the total records broken by UWM over the weekend to eight.

Barson continued his coming out party Sunday. One day after setting the new freshman record in the 100 breaststroke, the newcomer set not only the freshman record in the 200 breast but also the school record. Barson touched the wall in 2:01.58 in finals – nearly a full second ahead of former Panther Brady Huemann's mark of 2:02.42 set in 2012. That time is also the fastest in the Horizon League this season by two full seconds.

On the women's side, it was sophomore Natalie O'Connell leading the was in 2:20.25 for 10^th overall. Jenn Kordik came in 16^th overall in 2:23.60, with senior Hannah Lucas winning the C-final in 2:23.39.

Menninga took down the freshman record in the 200 fly with a preliminary time of 1:50.80, taking down Jordan Diel's previous mark of 1:51.25 from 2009. Menninga finished an impressive seventh overall in finals. Yevgeniy Foster (1:51.73), Anthony Kolbus (1:53.86) and Adriel Huerta (1:56:01) all also swam in finals and did well.

In the women's 200 fly, it was sophomore Maggie Burns leading the way. The Canada native touched the wall in 2:05.66 for 11^th overall.

Nearly two records fell in the women's 100 freestyle. Mandie Siehs came in third overall with an outstanding time of 50.30 – by far the fastest time in the Horizon League thus far this season. That time also missed a school record by a mere two-hundredths of a second.

Meanwhile, Rozeboom did break a record in that event – the freshman mark set by Diana Diel in 2011. Rozeboom touched the wall in 51.46 – the second-fastest time in the league so far this year.

Nick Menninga was the leader for UWM on the men's side, finishing the sprint event in a season-best 45.72 – also one of the fastest times in the league this season.

Sara Bentley had yet another strong performance Sunday. The sophomore came in sixth overall in the 200 backstroke with a solid time of 2:01.68 – the fastest league time this year. Junior Kristin Zablocki also posted a strong swim, finishing 15^th on the day in 2:04.89.

Sophomore Payton teDuits was the leader on the men's side. The Madison native finished in 1:52.95 for 19^th overall, with Kyle Gerum (1:53.95) and Mathew Jansen (1:56.25) close behind.

Sunday marked the first time Milwaukee competed in the 1650 free on the season. Senior Max Gatzke (15:49.92) and junior Natalie Johnson (17:07.56) set the bar for the Panther men and women, each taking 10^th on the day.

UWM wrapped up the meet with two more solid showings in the 400 free relay. On the women's side, it was Johnson, Rozeboom, Emma Helgeson and Siehs combining for a time of 3:26.68 for seventh on the day. Meanwhile, Tim Halverson, Erik Wahlgren, Tanner Nimke and N. Menninga came in eighth on the men's side in a solid 3:03.43.

Milwaukee is now off until the turn of the calendar, heading to Florida for its annual training trip in early January before returning to action Jan. 15 against IUPUI.

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Players Mentioned

Yevgeniy Foster: 5' 9"; Junior; Butterfly/IM

Max Gatzke: 5' 9"; Senior; Distance

Kyle Gerum: 6' 3"; Sophomore; Backstroke/Free

Tim Halverson: 5' 11"; Senior; Distance

Nick Menninga: 6' 4"; Junior; Sprints

Tanner Nimke: 6' 0"; Senior; Sprints

Erik Wahlgren: 6' 2"; Senior; Sprints/Fly

Sara Bentley: 5' 5"; Sophomore; Backstroke

Maggie Burns: 5' 4"; Sophomore; Butterfly

Natalie Johnson: 5' 10"; Junior; Freestyle

Players Mentioned

Yevgeniy Foster
: 5' 9"; Junior; Butterfly/IM

Max Gatzke
: 5' 9"; Senior; Distance

Kyle Gerum
: 6' 3"; Sophomore; Backstroke/Free

Tim Halverson
: 5' 11"; Senior; Distance

Nick Menninga
: 6' 4"; Junior; Sprints

Tanner Nimke
: 6' 0"; Senior; Sprints

Erik Wahlgren
: 6' 2"; Senior; Sprints/Fly

Sara Bentley
: 5' 5"; Sophomore; Backstroke

Maggie Burns
: 5' 4"; Sophomore; Butterfly

Natalie Johnson
: 5' 10"; Junior; Freestyle