NOTRE DAME, Ind., Feb. 9. THE University of Notre Dame men's swimming and diving team completed its dual meet season with a 128-106 victory over Cleveland State in Rolfs Aquatic Center on Saturday afternoon. <\/p>\n
The Irish complete the dual meet section of the 2001-02 schedule 11-3 and look forward to the BIG EAST
\nChampionship in Uniondale, N.Y., beginning Feb. 21.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame won eight of the 13 events on the meet schedule, beginning with a one-two sweep in the 400 medley relay. The team of Dean Wolf, Jason Fitzpatrick, David Horak and Matt Obringer took first in 3:27.26, followed by Jason Colettis, Mike Koss, Lucas Wymore and Drew Pittman in 3:31.50.<\/p>\n
Senior Jonathan Pierce (competing in his last home dual meet along with classmates Horak, Austin Anderson, Koss and Elliott Drury) won the second event of the meet – taking the 1,000 freestyle in 9:30.99.<\/p>\n
Cleveland State rebounded to win the 200 and 50 freestyle races, but David Moisan put the Irish back in control of the meet with a victory in the 200 individual medley (1:56.50). <\/p>\n
Andy Maggio followed up with his first of two diving victories, taking the three-meter competition with 333.60 points. Maggio eventually won the one-meter diving event with 339.29 points later in the meet.<\/p>\n
The Notre Dame win streak continued in the 200 butterfly, where sophomore J.R. Teddy continued to dominate in his signature event with a 1:53.66 victory. Also notable, sophomore Brian Coughlan qualified for the first BIG EAST Championship meet of his career, taking second in 1:55.08. The conference meet qualifying time to beat was 1:55.09. <\/p>\n
David Horak won the only backstroke race of the night, taking the 200 back in 1:51.02. Matt Obringer then shut the door on the visiting Vikings, winning the 500 freestyle in 4:41.57. <\/p>\n
The Irish will rest up, then train for a week heading into the 2002 BIG EAST Championship. This year's championship meet is set at the traditional Nassau County Aquatics Center in Uniondale, N.Y. (Feb.
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