TYR Cup, Day Two

EVANSTON, Illinois. November 22. AFTER entering the second day of the three-day TYR Invitational with a slim four-point lead against second-place Michigan State, the Wildcats opened up a 63-point cushion over the Spartans.

Northwestern now has 879 points to Michigan State's 816, while Kenyon College sits in third place with a two-day total of 553 points.

The day began very well for the Spartans, who broke the Northwestern pool record in the 200 medley relay with an NCAA `B' time of 1:27.85. The Wildcats came in second with a 1:31.03 put together by Adam Beckman, John Franklin, Sean Mathews and Brian Kerr.

In the 400 IM, senior Eric Nilsson won the super final with an NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time of 3:50.98 after also swimming a `B' cut of 3:51.57 in the prelims. Teammate Alex Tyler was second with a 3:55.03 while Peter Park took fourth in the super heat with a 4:05.46.

Freshman John Frutiger won the consolation final for NU with a 4:05.51.

In the 100 fly, Chris Doman and Franklin represented NU in the super final, with Doman taking third in 49.98 and Franklin earning fourth in 50.77. Mathews won the consolation final with an effort of 49.48 while Truman Liang won the bonus final with a 51.23.

In the 200 free, Nilsson took down his own pool record and swam an NCAA `B' cut with a 1:34.84 in the prelims before winning the super final with a 1:35.76. Beckman was second with a 1:39.27, nearly 4.5 seconds behind the blazing Nilsson. Frutiger also participated in the super final, picking up fourth with a 1:40.52 for NU.

Franklin's third-place super final finish in the 100 breast with a 55.84 was tops for Northwestern, with Tyler earning NU's best point total in the consolation final with a third-place (seventh overall) effort of 57.61.

The 100 back again saw the Wildcats' lone super final participant take third, this time behind Beckman's 50.98. Jake Vogel and Kyle O'Brien swept the top two spots in the consolation final with times of 51.96 and 52.76, respectively.

After crushing the field in the 1-meter event Friday, senior diver Alex Kiaie repeated his feat with a 334.65 to win the 3-meter board on Saturday, this time withstanding a tough challenge from Michigan State's David Garry, who was second with a 327.30.

In the 800 free relay, Northwestern swam another NCAA `B' cut, this time turning in a first-place effort of 6:36.17. The team of Frutiger, Nilsson, Tyler and Beckman won the race and gave the Wildcats their first NCAA relay cut of the year.

Special thanks to Northwestern for contributing this report.

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