Wisconsin v. Notre Dame
- October 17, 2026
- Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, Madison, WI
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Final Scores
- Women: Wisconsin 202, Notre Dame 95
- Men: Wisconsin 160, Notre Dame 140
The Badgers of Wisconsin outlasted a tough Notre Dame squad on Saturday, taking two wins on home water; the women handled business 202-95, while the men picked up a hard-fought 160-140 victory.
Maggie Wanezek led the Badger women, setting a pool record in the 100 back in 50.30 en route to a win, then completing the sweep of the 200 back in 1:50.94. She notched a career best in the 100 free, leading off the 400 free relay in 48.22.
Wisconsin also saw multiple women deliver strong swims; one of which was Maddie Waggoner, who was unstoppable in the distance events, sweeping both the 500 free and 1000 free races in 4:45.85 and 9:43.80. Stella Chapman was a top three finisher in all three of her individual races; touching 1st in the 200 IM (1:57.62), runner-up in the 200 fly (1:57.32), and notched a career best in the 200 back to finish 3rd (1:54.99).
Hailey Tierney topped the women’s 50 free with 22.47, then notched a 2nd-place finish in the 100 free in 49.08. Izzy Enz, Andrea Dworak and Maeva Soldermann led a 1-2-3 finish for Wisconisn in the 200 free; Enz popped a 1:46.81, more than a second ahead of Dworak in 1:48.30, Solderman outpaced Notre Dame’s Jaylee Hager for the 3rd place finish in 1:48.80. Vivian Kinnard also delve red some strong points as the winner of the 1-meter event with a score of 287.40.
Wisconsin’s men also delivered big time, pulling out a tight win over the Fighting Irish; Yoav Romano notched a 1000 free lifetime best, winning in 8:54.78. He also won the 500 free, clocking 4:16.67. Luukas Vainio also took two wins, taking the 100 free and 200 free in 43.89 and 1:34.66.
The list of men’s victors went well beyond Romano and Vainio: Enzo Solitario won the 200 fly in 1:43.39, Brayden Henkel took the 100 breast (53.19), Adam Graham won the 200 back in 1:43.97, and Landon Kyser clocked the fastest 200 IM time in 1:47.05.
Despite the loss, Notre Dame posted several strong performances: Hollie Widdows swam a lifetime best in the 100 fly in 52.88 to take the win, and she also took the 100 free in 48.55. Carli Cronk won the 200 fly in 1:57.27. Her teammate Averie Hager finished just behind Widdows in 53.40.
On the men’s side, the Irish men finished 1-2 in the 50 free as Shane Eckler earned his first of two wins of the day, touching in 19.62; Finn Martin followed in 2nd in 20.27. Eckler also won the 100 fly later in the meet in 45.99, a career-best time.
Marcus Reyes-Gentry also won for Notre Dame, taking the 100 back in 46.22. Daniel Knapp won both the 1-meter (380.40) and 3-meter (350.33) diving events for the Irish men. Jack Armour also got his hands on the wall first for Notre Dame, picking up the 200 breast in 1:57.28.
