Brunelli, Kovacs Are Winners At ASU Intrasquad Pentathon

TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 26. ARIZONA State sophomore Nick Brunelli and freshman �gnes Kovacs each earned first-place honors as Sun Devil swimmers contested one another in the intrasquad ASU Pentathlon at Mona
Plummer Aquatic Center in Tempe, Friday afternoon.

Under the format of the meet, every ASU swimmer competed in the 100-yard butterfly, 100y backstroke, 100y breaststroke, 100y freestyle and the 200y individual medley. Meet places were determined by combining a swimmer’s times in all five events for one
final time.

With a five-event total of 5:28.03, Brunelli beat his nearest competitor, fellow sophomore Rich Jacobs (5:33.96), by almost six seconds. While former Sun Devil Scott VonSchoff, who was swimming unattached in this exhibition meet, nipped Brunelli for the overall
win in the 100y free, Brunelli was ASU’s top finisher in that event (46.12), as well as in the 100y back (51.03) and 200y IM (1:55.21).

Senior Simon MacDonald turned in the fastest times of the day in the 100y fly (50.90) and 100y breast (57.89), but finished fifth among active ASU athletes.

On the women’s side, Kovacs was even more dominant, defeating second-place senior Sarah Baham by almost eight seconds, 5:56.90 to 6:04.81. Baham actually finished ahead of Kovacs in three of the five events, but Kovacs’ dominance in the 100y breast (1:03.18) and
200y IM (2:04.25) was too much for Baham to overcome.

A handful of ASU newcomers fared well in the sprint-heavy meet. Gerrit Hillebrand, a sophomore transfer from Auburn University, placed third overall for the men (5:36.18), just ahead of freshman Bobby Crowder (5:36.78). On the women’s side it was freshman Kari
Wilcox who swam to a third-place overall finish (6:12.04). While Wilcox was more than seven seconds off of Baham’s second-place effort, she was better than nine seconds in front of junior Josie Jedick in fourth (6:21.17).

Both Sun Devil swimming teams will reunite with their teammates from the diving pool in one week, making the short trip south to face Arizona and Wisconsin in Tucson, Friday, November 2, at 2:00 p.m.

Men’s Final Standings:
1) Nick Brunelli 5:28.03;
2) Rich Jacobs 5:33.96;
3) Gerrit Hillebrand 5:36.18;
4) Bobby Crowder 5:36.78;
5) Scott VonSchoff (unattached) 5:37.83;
6) Simon MacDonald 5:38.69;
7) Federico Martin 5:38.92;
8) Justin Mathias 5:41.69;
9) Russell MacDonald 5:43.28;
10) Kyle Horton 5:44.08;
11) Christian Harcsas 5:44.44;
12) Ahmed Hussein 5:48.85;
13) Adam Bugledich 5:49.34;
14) Mike Dowling 5:51.26;
15) Bobby Zaabadich 5:55.60;
16) Ace Tate 5:56.19;
17) A.J. Blusiewicz 5:55.60;
18) Eric Souther 5:56.47;
19) Bob Tolar 5:56.89;
20) Wiley Wallace 5:59.63;
21) Emerson Ward 5:59.85;
22) Otto Hinks (unattached) 6:00.38;
23) Jonathan Shaw 6:04.10;
24) Brian Spetman 6:06.28;
25) Joshua Gemmell 6:06.68;
26) Derek Miller 6:10.02;
26) Christian Rasmussen 6:18.46;
DQ) Anders Lybring, Bo West.

Women’s Final Standings:
1) �gnes Kovacs 5:56.90;
2) Sarah Baham 6:04.81;
3) Kari Wilcox 6:12.04;
4) Josie Jedick 6:21.17;
5) Alicia Wheelock 6:21.42;
6) Florencia Szigeti 6:24.40;
7) Brianna Patterson 6:24.92;
8) Amanda Stanford 6:25.57;
9) Melissa Bartlett 6:26.95;
10) Jennifer Lowe 6:27.21;
11) Brooke Townsend 6:28.95;
12) Florence Mauro 6:29.67;
13) Sarah Fischer 6:30.81;
14) Liz Lightner 6:33.03;
15) Katie Titcomb 6:35.83;
16) Jancy Thompson 6:36.34;
17) Amy Pokora 6:38.86;
18) Emily Pokora 6:40.12;
19) Katie Cuskie 6:40.23;
20) Claire Hedenskog 6:42.13;
21) Karyl Johnson 6:42.48;
22) Miranda Shald 6:43.27;
23) Jen Lees 6:57.43;
DQ) Riley Mants.

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