Kenyon Opens A Huge Lead After Day One of Men’s Div. III Champs

ATLANTA, March 20. REIGNING NCAA Division III Swimmer of the Year, Marc Courtney-Brooks (Columbus, OH/St. Charles) picked up right where he left off last season.

The Kenyon College junior won two titles in record times and led the Lords to a 110-point lead over the rest of the competition at the 2003 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championship.

Kenyon finished Thursday, the first day of the three-day national meet at Emory University, with 230 points. Johns Hopkins was in second place with 120 points and Carnegie Mellon was in third with 105 points.

Courtney-Brooks set the tone in the 500-yard freestyle, an event he won with an NCAA record time of 4:23.28. He erased the old mark of 4:24.54 set by Kenyon's Dennis Mulvihill back in 1988.

Courtney-Brooks was also a part of the winning 400-yard medley relay team that placed first with an NCAA record time of 3:16.77. He joined Read Boon (Durham, NC), Russell Hunt (Columbus, OH) and Andrejs Duda (Jelgava, Latvia) to annihilate the old record of 3:19.31 set by Kenyon’s 2002 team.

Kenyon’s relay win in the 400-yard medley, coupled with an earlier victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay, gave the Lords their 16th straight relay title, dating back to the 2000 Championship. The Lords won four of five relay events in that season and then swept all five in each of the 2001 and 2002 Championships.

In addition to those victories, Duda who was also a part of the victorious 200-yard freestyle relay team, tacked on another Kenyon win in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:49.24.

Other winners from Thursday included Mt. Union College’s Eddis Singleton (East Cleveland), who won the 50-yard freestyle for the second straight season, clocking 20.07, and Whitworth College’s Ryan Freeman (Portland, OR), who won the one-meter diving competition.

Top Ten Team Scores after Thursday
1. Kenyon 230
2. Johns Hopkins 120
3. Carnegie Mellon 105
4. Emory 87
5. Denison 85
6. Wheaton 76
7. New Jersey 52
8. Kalamazoo 48
9. Union 43
10. Hope 39

2003 NCAA DIVISION III
MEN'S SWIMMING and DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
EMORY UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GA
March 20, 2003

EVENT: 1 MEN's 200 Yard FREESTYLE RELAY

NCAA RECORD 1:19.44 KENYON 3/19/98
QUALIFYING FOR EVENT 1:24.16

RESULTS of FINALS

RANK PRELIM TIME

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

1) KENYON 1:22.40 1:21.90
1) DUDA, ANDREJS FR :20.69 3) ASHBY, THOMAS SO 1:01.43
2) HUNT, RUSSELL SO :40.86 4) PHILIPSBORN, JON SR 1:21.90

2) WHEATON 1:23.16 1:22.55
1) GLASS, JOHN SR :21.28 3) DENBY, PHILLIP FR 1:02.76
2) GYORFI, SAM FR :41.74 4) GYORFI, PAUL SR 1:22.55

3) DENISON 1:23.72 1:23.56
1) PFEIF, DUSTIN SR :21.12 3) SMITH, JARED SR 1:02.94
2) SOBEK, JADE JR :42.09 4) HAAR, GREG SO 1:23.56

4) JOHNS HOPKINS 1:23.39 1:23.57
1) BRANNOCK, JUSTIN SR :21.05 3) HARRIS, TYLER FR 1:02.83
2) LEVIN, MARK SR :41.73 4) ROBINSON, KYLE JR 1:23.57

5) EMORY 1:23.72 1:23.74
1) HILLER, DAVID SR :21.33 3) HAKE, JUSTIN FR 1:02.82
2) SEYMOUR, BRIAN JR :41.96 4) PRESS, CHRIS SO 1:23.74

6) CARNEGIE MELLON 1:23.67 1:23.85
1) POWELL, EVAN FR :21.82 3) PEARSON, CHRIS SO 1:03.39
2) MCCARTHY, BRIAN JR :42.33 4) JUCHA, BRIAN JR 1:23.85

7) HOPE 1:23.93 1:24.21
1) SLAGH, BRIAN SR :21.34 3) BARKEL, TRAVIS FR 1:03.58
2) HAMSTRA, CHRISTOPHERJR :42.49 4) HEYDLAUFF, JEFFREY SO 1:24.21

8) COLLEGE OF NJ 1:24.51 1:24.38
1) STEFFANCI, NICK SO :21.75 3) GLENN, JEFF FR 1:03.48
2) BISSLIK, DAVY SO :42.83 4) GALLAGHER, BRENDAN SR 1:24.38

CONSOLATION FINAL

9) UNION 1:25.29 1:24.65
1) SEGUIN, ELLIOT SO :20.84 3) ACCIANI, MATT FR 1:04.22
2) HOGENKAMP, DJ FR :42.35 4) HARRISON, RIDGELY SR 1:24.65

10) WASHINGTON UNIV 1:24.89 1:24.74
1) JOHNSON, MATT SR :21.68 3) SLAVIK, MIKE FR 1:03.96
2) ROBISON, RAY SR :42.89 4) TRIEBE, ERIC FR 1:24.74

11) HAMILTON 1:24.92 1:24.95
1) SAUNDERS, ANDREW SO :21.73 3) FINK, ANDREW SO 1:04.07
2) THOMPSON, KEVIN JR :42.61 4) LAWRENCE, ARAN SO 1:24.95

12) CALVIN 1:24.75 1:25.07
1) WHITE, BRAD JR :21.52 3) JOHNSON, RYAN SR 1:04.02
2) BOUMGARDEN, PETER SO :42.72 4) PENNINGA, AJ SR 1:25.07

13) GUSTAVUS 1:25.20 1:25.12
1) BRASE, NICHOLAS SR :21.58 3) BRASE, NATHAN SR 1:04.58
2) MAYNARD, MICHAEL SO :43.21 4) SUTOR, WILL SO 1:25.12

14) AMHERST 1:24.98 1:25.19
1) WOO, BRYAN FR :21.38 3) CLINTON, CHUCK SO 1:03.92
2) ESTACIO, RICK FR :42.97 4) KENNEDY, PAT SR 1:25.19

15) KALAMAZOO 1:24.81 1:25.24
1) CALLAM, BEN SR :21.78 3) STOVER, VICTOR JR 1:04.22
2) KURTZ, ANDREW SO :42.89 4) CROWLEY, RYAN SR 1:25.24

16) UW STEVENS POINT 1:24.87 1:25.39
1) ANDERSON, ALEX FR :21.19 3) GUNTHER, THAD SR 1:04.12
2) SIEVERS, MATT JR :42.41 4) MARSHALL, AARON SO 1:25.39

EVENT: 2 MEN's 500 Yard FREESTYLE

NCAA RECORD 4:23.28 MARC COURTNEY-BROOKS KENYON 3/20/03
QUALIFYING FOR EVENT 4:38.63

RESULTS of FINALS

RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

1) C-BROOKS, MARC JR KENYON 4:29.45 4:23.28
:24.17 :50.49 1:16.84 1:43.55 2:10.74
2:37.98 3:05.16 3:32.12 3:57.78 4:23.28
2) RUSHTON, ELLIOT SO KENYON 4:30.72 4:24.20
:24.31 :50.87 1:17.81 1:44.85 2:11.94
2:38.90 3:05.45 3:32.19 3:58.82 4:24.20
3) PEARSON, CHRIS SO CARNEGIE MELLON 4:28.66 4:26.45
:24.77 :51.70 1:18.88 1:46.19 2:13.53
2:40.63 3:07.59 3:34.50 4:01.02 4:26.45
4) ARMSTRONG, SCOTT SR JOHNS HOPKINS 4:29.64 4:27.29
:24.86 :51.32 1:18.02 1:45.04 2:12.07
2:39.02 3:05.51 3:32.44 3:59.79 4:27.29
5) BOON, READ SR KENYON 4:30.33 4:27.51
:24.08 :50.72 1:17.22 1:43.83 2:10.72
2:37.79 3:04.95 3:32.75 4:00.46 4:27.51
6) WESTON, BEN SR UC SANTA CRUZ 4:30.44 4:28.07
:25.20 :51.92 1:18.68 1:45.56 2:12.69
2:39.73 3:06.46 3:33.49 4:01.23 4:28.07
7) WANG, KEVIN JR WHITWORTH 4:31.44 4:31.70
:25.08 :52.13 1:19.18 1:46.48 2:13.96
2:41.61 3:09.08 3:36.87 4:04.68 4:31.70
8) MONTEIRO, LEANDRO SO KENYON 4:32.45 4:32.09
:24.44 :51.41 1:18.76 1:46.66 2:14.04
2:41.68 3:09.64 3:37.72 4:05.89 4:32.09

CONSOLATION FINAL

9) KINNETT, RICHARD JR EMORY 4:33.58 4:35.11
:25.69 :53.03 1:20.55 1:48.23 2:15.90
2:43.90 3:12.00 3:40.20 4:08.12 4:35.11
10) KLEINMAN, JON SO JOHNS HOPKINS 4:36.10 4:35.37
:25.55 :53.64 1:21.55 1:49.46 2:17.54
2:45.71 3:13.52 3:41.32 4:08.55 4:35.37
11) SCHUTT, JOHN SO DENISON 4:35.50 4:35.47
:26.35 :54.16 1:22.15 1:50.14 2:18.22
2:46.05 3:14.42 3:42.49 4:10.13 4:35.47
12) HOFFMAN, ANDY FR DENISON 4:37.18 4:36.00
:26.00 :53.57 1:21.44 1:49.48 2:17.53
2:45.60 3:13.51 3:41.28 4:08.92 4:36.00
13) HUNTER, BRIAN FR CARNEGIE MELLON 4:36.56 4:37.23
:25.77 :53.56 1:21.93 1:50.16 2:18.27
2:46.97 3:14.52 3:42.34 4:09.70 4:37.23
14) WHITBECK, SCOTT JR KALAMAZOO 4:37.05 4:38.12
:25.05 :52.90 1:21.23 1:49.51 2:17.70
2:45.86 3:14.10 3:42.64 4:10.96 4:38.12
15) BODELL, JASON FR EMORY 4:37.61 4:39.63
:26.09 :53.79 1:21.90 1:50.57 2:18.68
2:47.03 3:15.61 3:44.23 4:12.65 4:39.63
16) VOLLMOND-CARSTENS, C JR WILLIAMS 4:38.18 4:39.88
:25.29 :52.89 1:21.02 1:49.34 2:17.70
2:45.99 3:14.41 3:43.21 4:12.12 4:39.88

EVENT: 3 MEN's 200 Yard INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

NCAA RECORD 1:46.97 GARY SIMON C-M-S 3/19/98
QUALIFYING FOR EVENT 1:55.09

RESULTS of FINALS

RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

1) DUDA, ANDREJS FR KENYON 1:51.31 1:49.24
:23.56 :52.50 1:24.04 1:49.24
2) MCCARTHY, BRIAN JR CARNEGIE MELLON 1:51.03 1:49.45
:24.41 :52.02 1:23.37 1:49.45
3) HUNT, RUSSELL SO KENYON 1:51.24 1:49.60
:24.17 :51.66 1:23.77 1:49.60
4) RADER, STEVE JR WITTENBERG 1:52.73 1:52.76
:24.28 :52.74 1:25.95 1:52.76
5) RODRIGUES, GABRIEL SO KENYON 1:52.38 1:52.88
:24.54 :54.00 1:26.49 1:52.88
6) LOFTHUS, DAVE SR JOHNS HOPKINS 1:53.06 1:53.49
:24.56 :53.35 1:27.31 1:53.49
7) KRVARIC, PETAR JR KENYON 1:52.82 1:53.64
:24.76 :53.63 1:26.65 1:53.64
8) DOBELBOWER, TYLER FR WHEATON 1:52.88 1:53.89
:25.01 :52.35 1:25.57 1:53.89

CONSOLATION FINAL

9) HALSTEAD, CHRIS SO EMORY 1:53.55 1:53.10
:24.53 :53.43 1:25.55 1:53.10
10) BALFOUR, JOHN SO JOHNS HOPKINS 1:53.19 1:53.29
:24.70 :51.87 1:26.17 1:53.29
11) WAKEFIELD, WILLIAM SO KENYON 1:53.83 1:53.47
:24.87 :54.56 1:26.79 1:53.47
12) BRENNION, TRAVIS FR KENYON 1:54.47 1:53.54
:25.16 :53.19 1:26.61 1:53.54
13) FREEMAN, RYAN SR WHITWORTH 1:54.04 1:53.68
:25.13 :53.94 1:27.50 1:53.68
14) DOUGLASS, BEN SR DENISON 1:53.62 1:54.21
:24.56 :53.89 1:26.46 1:54.21
15) RODRIGUEZ, FERNANDO JR KENYON 1:53.86 1:54.39
:25.03 :53.23 1:27.06 1:54.39
16) BURKE, BRANDON FR EMORY 1:54.10 1:57.29
:25.50 :54.78 1:29.48 1:57.29

EVENT: 4 MEN's 50 Yard FREESTYLE

NCAA RECORD :19.90 AARON COLE DENISON 3/18/99
QUALIFYING FOR EVENT :21.09

RESULTS of FINALS

RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

1) SINGLETON, EDDIS JR MOUNT UNION :20.72 :20.07
2) DECAPRIA, NATHAN FR LYCOMING :20.69 :20.77
3) SEGUIN, ELLIOT SO UNION :20.95 :21.03
4) ANDERSON, ALEX FR UW STEVENS POINT :20.98 :21.04
5) BRANNOCK, JUSTIN SR JOHNS HOPKINS :20.78 :21.05
6) ASHBY, THOMAS SO KENYON :20.93 :21.08
7) JUCHA, BRIAN JR CARNEGIE MELLON :21.03 :21.15
8) ARNOLD, JAMES SR ST. JOHN'S :21.03 :21.19

CONSOLATION FINAL

9) HARRISON, RIDGELY SR UNION :21.24 :21.12
10) GYORFI, SAM FR WHEATON :21.05 :21.19
11) PFEIF, DUSTIN SR DENISON :21.16 :21.29
12) HAAR, GREG SO DENISON :21.19 :21.33
13) BROWN, JASON SR CARLETON :21.28 :21.34
14) SLAGH, BRIAN SR HOPE :21.19 :21.35
15) LAWRENCE, ARAN SO HAMILTON :21.18 :21.39
16) WHITE, BRAD JR CALVIN :21.13 :21.45

EVENT: 6 MEN's 400 Yard MEDLEY RELAY

NCAA RECORD 3:19.31 KENYON 3/21/02
QUALIFYING FOR EVENT 3:28.11

RESULTS of FINALS

RANK PRELIM TIME

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

1) KENYON 3:20.77 3:16.77**
1) HUNT, RUSSELL SO :23.71 3) DUDA, ANDREJS FR 2:07.11
:49.29 2:32.64
2) BOON, READ SR 1:14.72 4) C-BROOKS, MARC JR 2:53.28
1:45.23 3:16.77
** NCAA RECORD
2) JOHNS HOPKINS 3:23.21 3:21.25
1) BALFOUR, JOHN SO :24.84 3) LOFTHUS, DAVE SR 2:09.30
:51.52 2:35.49
2) PITZ, SCOTT JR 1:17.36 4) BRANNOCK, JUSTIN SR 2:57.08
1:47.34 3:21.25

3) EMORY 3:24.40 3:23.02
1) KLUG, JEFF SR :24.78 3) HAKE, JUSTIN FR 2:11.01
:51.48 2:37.74
2) HALSTEAD, CHRIS SO 1:17.92 4) SEYMOUR, BRIAN JR 2:59.08
1:49.08 3:23.02

4) CARNEGIE MELLON 3:22.67 3:24.18
1) MCCARTHY, BRIAN JR :24.39 3) JUCHA, BRIAN JR 2:11.66
:51.17 2:38.79
2) CHIOU, STEPHEN JR 1:18.29 4) PEARSON, CHRIS SO 3:00.84
1:49.43 3:24.18

5) DENISON 3:25.25 3:24.73
1) PFEIF, DUSTIN SR :25.23 3) RECTOR, JOEL SO 2:12.50
:52.04 2:39.79
2) DOUGLASS, BEN SR 1:18.65 4) HAAR, GREG SO 3:00.89
1:49.68 3:24.73

6) AMHERST 3:25.74 3:24.83
1) ESTACIO, RICK FR :25.88 3) WOO, BRYAN FR 2:11.71
:52.63 2:38.72
2) POHORYLO, MIKE JR 1:18.80 4) CLINTON, CHUCK SO 3:00.47
1:48.87 3:24.83

7) WHEATON 3:25.13 3:25.14
1) DOBELBOWER, TYLER FR :25.14 3) GYORFI, PAUL SR 2:12.50
:52.00 2:38.71
2) GUIDRY, DUSTIN JR 1:18.78 4) GLASS, JOHN SR 3:00.78
1:50.51 3:25.14

8) WASHINGTON UNIV 3:25.57 3:26.05
1) SLAVIK, MIKE FR :25.82 3) VIGDORCHIK, JON SR 2:13.48
:52.72 2:40.44
2) TRIEBE, ERIC FR 1:18.97 4) JOHNSON, MATT SR 3:01.97
1:50.27 3:26.05

CONSOLATION FINAL

9) WHITWORTH 3:26.99 3:25.73
1) FREEMAN, RYAN SR :24.32 3) HOLMES, CHRIS FR 2:11.35
:50.19 2:38.52
2) BERGMAN, CORY SO 1:17.04 4) BIRKY, RHYS FR 3:01.11
1:48.22 3:25.73

10) COLLEGE OF NJ 3:27.23 3:26.48
1) DONNELLY, WES JR :25.74 3) GALLAGHER, BRENDAN SR 2:12.68
:53.29 2:40.14
2) SWENSON, STEVE FR 1:18.90 4) GLENN, JEFF FR 3:01.49
1:49.74 3:26.48

11) HOPE 3:27.45 3:27.30
1) KOBES, IAN JR :24.76 3) BOUWENS, DANIEL SR 2:13.82
:51.61 2:41.39
2) GEURINK, ROSS JR 1:18.76 4) SLAGH, BRIAN SR 3:03.40
1:50.63 3:27.30

12) CALVIN 3:27.31 3:27.82
1) WHITE, BRAD JR :24.70 3) BOUMGARDEN, PETER SO 2:14.69
:52.08 2:41.63
2) PRESTON, RYAN SO 1:19.71 4) PENNINGA, AJ SR 3:03.65
1:52.24 3:27.82

13) WILLIAMS 3:29.32 3:28.15
1) CUNNINGHAM, WILL FR :24.54 3) PEPE, NICK SO 2:13.80
:50.96 2:41.83
2) LOVELESS, JON SO 1:18.63 4) BRECHER, BRAD FR 3:03.65
1:50.25 3:28.15

14) KALAMAZOO 3:28.79 3:28.41
1) WHITBECK, SCOTT JR :26.42 3) CALLAM, BEN SR 2:15.12
:55.03 2:42.77
2) KURTZ, ANDREW SO 1:21.04 4) CROWLEY, RYAN SR 3:04.41
1:51.88 3:28.41

15) UW STEVENS POINT 3:31.66 3:31.79
1) GUNTHER, THAD SR :25.58 3) MARSHALL, AARON SO 2:15.28
:54.02 2:43.82
2) ANDERSON, ALEX FR 1:20.15 4) SIEVERS, MATT JR 3:06.22
1:50.99 3:31.79

16) HAMILTON 3:34.75 3:32.72
1) LAWRENCE, ARAN SO :26.30 3) FINK, ANDREW SO 2:17.19
:53.80 2:45.84
2) CHUNG, TAE SO 1:21.41 4) SAUNDERS, ANDREW SO 3:07.86
1:53.54 3:32.72

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