ANN ARBOR, MI., JAN. 11 — On the day prior to the Michigan-Stanford men's dual here (Jan. 12), the schools had an exhibition meet in which some outstanding performacnes were swum.<\/p>\n
Foremost was soph Peter Marshall's 46.92 100 back, No. 3 nationally for 2001-'02.<\/p>\n
Marshall's pr, 46.08 from the prelims of the 400 medley relay at last year's NCAAs (Randal Bal led off at night) ranks him fifth on the all-time performers' list, 12th performance and is a United States Swimming 17-18 national age group record.<\/p>\n
Marshall finished second in the 100 back race itself to Tennessee's Michael Gilliam (45.97-46.23).<\/p>\n
Bal led off in 46.31, stil his pr.<\/p>\n
This evening Bal was second (seasonal-best 47.50) while freshman Jayme Cramer was third (seasonl pr 47.96).<\/p>\n
In the 400 IM, Stanford's Austrian Olympian, Markus Rogan, who was silver medalist in the 200 back at the World Championships in Fukuoka, went a pr 3:48.81 to win the 400 IM. His best had been a 3:50+ from the Longhorn Invitational in Austin lastDecmber.<\/p>\n
Since with the addition of Jayme Cramer Stanford has a surfeit of sprint bzckstrokers (Bal, Marshall, Dan Westcott [pr 46.84] and Rogan [pr 46.83]), having the latter swim the longer medley at NCAAs could pay big dividends.<\/p>\n
In the 100 fly, Carmer went another seasonal pr of 48.18. His career-best is 47.46 from the YMCA Nationals and if he keeps dropping as he has, he could
\ngive Texas' Ian Crocker — defending NCAA champ — a real battle.<\/p>\n
In the 100 breast Cardinal Michael Bruce won in 55+. His pr's a 54.37 from last year's Pac-10s.<\/p>\n
Two other Stanford swimmers made waves: Matt Sorlein in the 1650 with a fine unshaved 15:11.76 and rookie Dan Trupin with a 1:38+ 800 free relay leadoff.<\/p>\n
The Cardinal are tabbed by many experts to have the inside track to the NCAA title this season and Michigan coach Jon Urbancek — whose Wolverines won in
\n1995 (making him the first man to ever win and coach a national collegiate championship team at the same school) — thinks that favorite's role is well
\ndeserved.<\/p>\n
"Stanford's got too many horses and Texas lost too much to graduation," he says.<\/p>\n
— Bill Bell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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