By Jason Marsteller
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 15. FINALLY, Northwestern picked up a strong anchor to go with the opening three legs of Matt Grevers (45.83), Mike Alexandrov (51.28) and Kyle Bubolz (44.95) when Bruno Barbic (42.34) decided to transfer to Northwestern from the University of Washington. The Wildcats closed out the race with an NCAA-record time of 3:04.40, which lowered the previous standard of 3:04.47 set by Texas in 2003. It also marked NU's first relay national title since 1933.
Meanwhile, Stanford's quartet of Hongzhe Sun, Paul Kornfeld, Jason Dunford and Ben Wildman-Tobriner, which touched second in 3:05.00, was disqualified for an early takeoff. That gave second to the Texas foursome of Tom Sacco (46.19), Tyler O'Halloran (52.18), Rick Berens (45.46) and Garrett Weber-Gale (41.86) in 3:05.66, while Auburn's squad of Scott Goodrich (47.27), David Maras (52.33), Alexei Puninski (45.46) and Cesar Cielo (41.03) finished third in 3:06.09.
Auburn owned the top team score with 187 points, while Arizona moved into second with 121 points. Texas stood third with 107 points, while Northwestern (106) and Florida (106) tied for fourth.
Click here to hear from the Northwestern relay after the win.
NCAA Division I Champ. Meet 3/15/2007 – 20:52PM
NCAA Men's D1 Championships – 3/15/2007 to 3/17/2007
Event 6 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 3:04.47 3/27/2003 Texas, Texas
A PEIRSOL, B HANSEN, I CROCKER, C KEMP
American: A 3:02.47 3/4/2006 Longhorn Aquatics, Longhorn Aquatic
A PEIRSOL, B HANSEN, I CROCKER, N WALKER
US Open: O 3:02.47 3/4/2006 Longhorn Aquatics, Longhorn Aquatic
A PEIRSOL, B HANSEN, I CROCKER, N WALKER
Pool: P 3:06.45 3/24/2005 Stanford, Stanford
Cramer, Marshall, McDonald, Wildman-Tobriner
School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A – Final ===
1 NW 3:07.78 3:04.40N 40
1) Grevers, Matt SR 2) Alexandrov, Mike SR r:0.13
3) Bubolz, Kyle JR r:0.16 4) Barbic, Bruno JR r:0.17
22.13 45.83 (45.83)
1:09.25 (23.42) 1:37.11 (51.28)
1:57.36 (20.25) 2:22.06 (44.95)
2:41.54 (19.48) 3:04.40 (42.34)
2 TEX 3:10.37 3:05.69P 34
1) Sacco, Tom SR 2) Ohalloran, Tyler SR r:0.37
3) Berens, Rick FR r:0.24 4) Weber-Gale, Garrett SR r:0.15
22.24 46.19 (46.19)
1:10.33 (24.14) 1:38.37 (52.18)
1:59.07 (20.70) 2:23.83 (45.46)
2:43.44 (19.61) 3:05.69 (41.86)
3 AUB 3:09.20 3:06.09P 32
1) Goodrich, Scott JR 2) Maras, David JR r:0.30
3) Puninski, Alexei JR r:0.32 4) Cielo, Cesar SO r:0.18
22.87 47.27 (47.27)
1:10.96 (23.69) 1:39.60 (52.33)
1:59.96 (20.36) 2:25.06 (45.46)
2:44.58 (19.52) 3:06.09 (41.03)
4 ARIZ 3:10.06 3:06.29P 30
1) Tapp, Jake FR 2) Barnes, Ivan JR r:0.14
3) Subirats, Albert JR r:0.16 4) Ritter, Adam SR r:0.16
22.82 47.48 (47.48)
1:11.39 (23.91) 1:39.87 (52.39)
2:00.16 (20.29) 2:24.39 (44.52)
2:44.29 (19.90) 3:06.29 (41.90)
5 TENN 3:10.79 3:09.48 28
1) Boswell, Brad SR 2) Murphy, Barry SO r:0.07
3) Alesi, Octavio JR r:0.29 4) Morrell, Nolan SO r:0.31
22.47 47.02 (47.02)
1:10.94 (23.92) 1:40.20 (53.18)
2:01.13 (20.93) 2:26.21 (46.01)
2:47.06 (20.85) 3:09.48 (43.27)
6 FLA 3:09.88 3:09.65 26
1) Salatta, Lucas SO 2) Ally, Bradley SO r:0.29
3) Hughes, Tim JR r:0.33 4) Penniman, Daniel JR r:0.28
22.50 46.63 (46.63)
1:11.16 (24.53) 1:39.55 (52.92)
2:01.21 (21.66) 2:26.49 (46.94)
2:46.72 (20.23) 3:09.65 (43.16)
7 USC 3:10.59 3:12.38 24
1) Bodrogi, Viktor SR 2) Flaskay, Mihaly SR r:0.10
3) Masson, Sam SR r:0.21 4) Sussex, Sean SR r:0.24
23.39 48.23 (48.23)
1:12.74 (24.51) 1:41.58 (53.35)
2:02.99 (21.41) 2:28.32 (46.74)
2:48.92 (20.60) 3:12.38 (44.06)
— STAN 3:08.58 DQ
1) Sun, Hongzhe SR 2) Kornfeld, Paul SO r:-0.04
3) Dunford, Jason SO r:0.39 4) Wildman-Tobriner, Ben r:0.20
=== B – Final ===
9 MICH 3:11.07 3:10.44 18
1) Patton, Matt SO 2) Spann, Scott FR r:0.20
3) Brady, Chris FR r:0.18 4) Savulich, Bobby SO r:0.24
23.12 47.51 (47.51)
1:12.14 (24.63) 1:40.59 (53.08)
2:01.68 (21.09) 2:27.27 (46.68)
2:47.70 (20.43) 3:10.44 (43.17)
10 CAL 3:11.41 3:10.62 14
1) Russell, David SO 2) Lentz, Graham SR r:0.32
3) Godec, Jernej JR r:0.27 4) Adrian, Nathan FR r:0.33
22.34 46.61 (46.61)
1:11.61 (25.00) 1:41.26 (54.65)
2:02.07 (20.81) 2:27.45 (46.19)
2:47.69 (20.24) 3:10.62 (43.17)
11 IND 3:11.07 3:10.90 12
1) Hesen, Ben JR 2) Penoyar, Pat JR r:0.21
3) Patrick, TP JR r:0.33 4) Lenton, Matt FR r:0.25
21.91 45.76 (45.76)
1:10.85 (25.09) 1:40.01 (54.25)
2:01.79 (21.78) 2:27.65 (47.64)
2:48.15 (20.50) 3:10.90 (43.25)
12 MINN 3:11.81 3:11.36 10
1) Plummer, David JR 2) Lee-To, Colin SO r:0.13
3) Bernier, Evan SO r:0.21 4) Cerensek, Igor SR r:0.31
22.52 46.64 (46.64)
1:11.30 (24.66) 1:40.34 (53.70)
2:02.09 (21.75) 2:28.51 (48.17)
2:48.71 (20.20) 3:11.36 (42.85)
13 SMU 3:11.76 3:11.66 8
1) Clark, Ian SR 2) Hetland, Alex JR r:0.08
3) Smith, Justin SR r:0.17 4) Vrtovec, Luka SO r:0.29
23.76 49.01 (49.01)
1:13.02 (24.01) 1:41.31 (52.30)
2:03.30 (21.99) 2:29.27 (47.96)
2:49.02 (19.75) 3:11.66 (42.39)
14 UCI 3:11.91 3:11.69 6
1) Erazo, Eddie JR 2) Simonsen, Daniel SR r:0.23
3) Tom, Randall JR r:0.16 4) Reilly, Eric SR r:0.18
23.36 47.95 (47.95)
1:12.80 (24.85) 1:42.00 (54.05)
2:02.77 (20.77) 2:27.45 (45.45)
2:47.65 (20.20) 3:11.69 (44.24)
15 BAMA 3:11.91 3:12.00 4
1) Perry, Chris SO 2) Polyakov, Vlad SR r:0.15
3) Mihalca, Alan SO r:0.26 4) Tsagkarakis, Apostol S r:0.17
23.53 49.04 (49.04)
1:12.97 (23.93) 1:40.87 (51.83)
2:03.01 (22.14) 2:29.38 (48.51)
2:49.30 (19.92) 3:12.00 (42.62)
16 WVU 3:12.70 3:12.62 2
1) Tolic, Ivan FR 2) Delic, Nick JR r:0.29
3) Langenfeld, Andrew SO r:0.21 4) Povazsai, Zoltan FR r:0.02
22.78
1:12.92 ( ) 1:41.53 ( )
2:03.34 (21.81) 2:28.68 (47.15)
2:48.90 (20.22) 3:12.62 (43.94)
=== Preliminaries ===
17 GA 3:13.23
1) Stovall, Gil JR 2) Versfeld, Neil SO
3) Bibliowicz, Nathan JR 4) Smutz, Joe SR
23.60 48.53 (48.53)
1:13.49 (24.96) 1:42.14 (53.61)
2:04.04 (21.90) 2:29.73 (47.59)
2:50.03 (20.30) 3:13.23 (43.50)
18 OSU 3:14.26
1) Lemyre, Robert SR 2) Travesso, Felipe SO
3) Doyle, Joseph SR 4) Voelker, Matthew JR
23.32 48.75 (48.75)
1:13.28 (24.53) 1:42.86 (54.11)
2:04.01 (21.15) 2:29.97 (47.11)
2:50.56 (20.59) 3:14.26 (44.29)
19 VA 3:14.61
1) Mellors, Pat JR 2) Rogulj, Vanja SR
3) Hirniak, Stefan SR 4) Hutton, Richard SR
23.76 49.26 (49.26)
1:13.41 (24.15) 1:41.96 (52.70)
2:03.77 (21.81) 2:29.78 (47.82)
2:50.82 (21.04) 3:14.61 (44.83)
20 PSU 3:16.06
1) Schirk, Patrick SO 2) Miranda, Kyle JR
3) Williams, Tim SO 4) Kaiserian, Dan SR
23.32 48.54 (48.54)
1:13.89 (25.35) 1:42.93 (54.39)
2:05.51 (22.58) 2:32.25 (49.32)
2:52.66 (20.41) 3:16.06 (43.81)
21 WISC 3:16.25
1) Rice, Scott SO 2) Johnson, Eric SO
3) Molzahn, Tom SR 4) Desautels, Mike SO
24.04 49.74 (49.74)
1:14.48 (24.74) 1:43.89 (54.15)
2:05.51 (21.62) 2:32.16 (48.27)
2:52.64 (20.48) 3:16.25 (44.09)
22 SCAR 3:20.43
1) Lendjel, Dominique FR 2) White, Dan JR
3) Mack, Colby SR 4) Cormier, Kyle JR
23.93 49.36 (49.36)
1:15.97 (26.61) 1:46.62 (57.26)
2:09.36 (22.74) 2:36.02 (49.40)
2:57.25 (21.23) 3:20.43 (44.41)
Men – Team Rankings – Through Event 6
1. Auburn 187 2. Arizona 121
3. Texas 107 4. Northwestern 106
4. Florida 106 6. Stanford 100
7. Southern California 60 8. Michigan 58
9. California 52 10. Ohio State 39
11. Georgia 38 12. Tennessee 32
13. Florida State 27 14. West Virginia 26
15. Minnesota 24 16. Hawaii 17
17. Alabama 16 18. Texas A&M 14
19. Virginia 12 19. Purdue 12
19. Indiana 12 22. Miami 11
23. Southern Methodist 8 24. Harvard 6
24. California Irvine 6 24. Wisconsin 6
27. Brigham Young 5 28. Arizona State 4
29. Yale 3 29. North Carolina 3