﻿{"id":3546,"date":"2002-03-10T17:44:20","date_gmt":"2002-03-10T22:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2002\/03\/ncaa-div-i-men-gophers-are-golden-after-day-one-of-big-10-champs\/"},"modified":"2014-07-24T19:34:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T02:34:36","slug":"ncaa-div-i-men-gophers-are-golden-after-day-one-of-big-10-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-div-i-men-gophers-are-golden-after-day-one-of-big-10-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Div. I Men: Gophers Are Golden After Day One of Big 10 Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLOOMINGTON, IN., Feb. 28 &#8212; The Gophers were golden this evening and as a result reside firmly atop the standings after Day 1 of the Big 10 men&#39;s swim<br \/>\nchampionships.<\/p>\n<p>The meet is underway through Saturday at the new Counsilman\/Billingsley Aquatics Complex on the campus of Indiana University, named for the Hoosiers&#39; legendary swimming and diving coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Dennis Dale&#39;s Minnesota Golden Gophers are defending Big 10 champs and showed their strength this evening with a runner-up finish to Penn State in the opening 200 free relay, then a second, sixth and eighth in the 500 free; a fourth and seventh in the 200 IM; a seventh and eighth in the 50 free and a win the 400 medley relay.<\/p>\n<p>Gopher Justin Mortimer, a soph who was fourth at NCAAs last season in the 1650 free (pr and school-record 14:47.82), clocked 4:18.06 in the 50 tonight to finish second behind Michigan&#39;s Dan Ketchum.<\/p>\n<p>Ketchum, also a sophomore, swam a pr 4:16.30 &#8212; the nation&#39;s fastest time this year &#8212; to win.  His time was an automatic NCAA cut.  <\/p>\n<p>In the 200 IM, Northwestern soph Anthony Swanson made a breakthrough with his initial Big 10 individual title, going a pr and schol-record 1:45.64.  His old pr and Wildcat record was 1:46.46 from the prelims of last year&#39;s NCAAs.<\/p>\n<p>Second was Michigan senior and defending Big 10 400 IM champ Tim Siciliano with a pr 1:46.97.  Siciliano, a Southern California native, will be going for a record fourth-consecutive 400 IM title at NCAAs.   His time knocked a second off his old pr of 1:47.84 from the 2000 Big 10s.<\/p>\n<p>In the 50 free, Penn State&#39;s Robert Mollettiere came close to the Big 10 record of 19.60 with his 19.68 pr, while teammate Eugene Botes clocked 19.89 for second and Indiana&#39;s Clase Anderson picked up the bronze (pr 19.93).<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State Buckeye Heath Knowling scored 342.15 to win the 1-meter board and Minnesota capped off the splashing with a 3:11.41 win inthe 400 medley relay<br \/>\n&#8212; just six tenths off their Big 10 record 3:10.79 that won last year&#39;s championship.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Smolinski, the Gophers&#39; 100 back Big 10 record-holder, led off in 46.51; Jeff Hackler split 53.21 for the breast leg, Chad Krastins went 47.19 on the fly and anchor Allen Ong touched in 43.50.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin gave chase and finished in 3:11.81 for second.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Bill Bell<\/p>\n<p>2002 MEN&#39;S BIG 10 SWIMMING &#038; DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS<br \/>\nCOUNSILMAN\/BILLINGSLEY AQUATIC COMPLEX<br \/>\nINDIAMA UNIVERSITY<br \/>\nBLOOMINGTON, IN., FEB. 28<\/p>\n<p>25 Yd. Pool<\/p>\n<p>TEAM RANKINGS (End 1st Day)<\/p>\n<p>Place      School<br \/>\n      Points<\/p>\n<p>      1        University of Minnesota                      MINN<br \/>\n            197<br \/>\n      2        University of Michigan                       MICH<br \/>\n            169<br \/>\n      3        Penn State University                        PSU<br \/>\n            157<br \/>\n      4        Northwestern University                      NW<br \/>\n            134<br \/>\n      5        Indiana University                           IND<br \/>\n            122<br \/>\n      6        The Ohio State University                    OSU<br \/>\n            108<br \/>\n      7        University of Wisconsin                      WISC<br \/>\n             94<br \/>\n      8        Purdue University                            PURD<br \/>\n             70<br \/>\n      9        The University of Iowa                       IOWA<br \/>\n             68<br \/>\n     10        Michigan State University                    MSU<br \/>\n             23<\/p>\n<p>Results<\/p>\n<p>Event 1  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nBig Ten Meet: @ 1:18.49  2001      Minnesota<br \/>\n                         Dornelas, Massura, Butler, Ong<br \/>\n        Pool: $ 1:19.11  1999      Penn State<br \/>\n        NCAA: % 1:16.50  1999      Auburn<br \/>\n                1:18.47  A<br \/>\n                1:20.82  B<br \/>\n    School                                         Seed     Finals<br \/>\nPoints<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Penn State University                       1:21.67    1:18.69$B<br \/>\n40<br \/>\n     1) Botes, Eugene X JR              2) Molettiere, Robert J SR<br \/>\n     3) Minnier, Todd J SO              4) Lutz, John T FR<br \/>\n        9.58    19.91     9.00    19.17     9.29    19.78     9.19    19.83<br \/>\n  2 University of Minnesota                     1:20.60    1:19.09$B<br \/>\n34<br \/>\n     1) Ong, Allen JR                   2) Gettelfinger, Brian T SO<br \/>\n     3) Silkaitis, Terry M FR           4) Smolinski, Todd F JR<br \/>\n        9.72    20.09     9.27    19.60     9.17    19.33     9.41    20.07<br \/>\n  3 University of Wisconsin                     1:20.61    1:19.17 B<br \/>\n32<br \/>\n     1) Rogers, Dale E SO               2) Marshall, Matt T SO<br \/>\n     3) Coyne, Brendan M SR             4) Jones, Lance C SR<br \/>\n        9.77    20.16     9.31    19.65     9.32    19.66     9.02    19.70<br \/>\n  4 Indiana University                          1:21.63    1:19.29 B<br \/>\n30<br \/>\n     1) Ramsy, Dale SO                  2) Andersson, Claes M SO<br \/>\n     3) Payne, Michael A SO             4) Burgess, Nicholas M FR<br \/>\n        9.66    20.02     9.12    19.52     9.06    19.71     9.38    20.04<br \/>\n  5 University of Michigan                      1:21.99    1:19.85 B<br \/>\n28<br \/>\n     1) Kurth, Tony A JR                2) Raines, Matthew P SR<br \/>\n     3) Watland, Jordan SR              4) Mangieri, Garrett I JR<br \/>\n        9.91    20.46     8.96    19.30     9.26    19.88     9.89    20.21<br \/>\n  6 Northwestern University                     1:22.91    1:20.44 B<br \/>\n26<br \/>\n     1) Swanson, Anthony M SO           2) Hamming, Mark G SO<br \/>\n     3) Kennedy, Adam S SR              4) Barnes, Nicholas A SR<br \/>\n        9.92    20.44     9.63    20.41     9.39    19.72     9.30    19.87<br \/>\n  7 The Ohio State University                   1:23.38    1:21.17<br \/>\n24<br \/>\n     1) Cheney, Nick A SR               2) Carver, Dale T SR<br \/>\n     3) Seay, Tommy C FR                4) Rees, Nicholas A JR<br \/>\n       20.73    19.98    20.08    20.38<br \/>\n  8 Purdue University                           1:23.68    1:21.20<br \/>\n22<br \/>\n     1) Duncan, Jonathan L SR           2) Wright, Jeremy R JR<br \/>\n     3) Diaz, Javier SR                 4) Crowley, Donovan D SR<br \/>\n       20.91    19.78    20.23    20.28<br \/>\n  9 Michigan State University                   1:24.79    1:21.78<br \/>\n18<br \/>\n     1) Hageman, Joel T SO              2) DeFauw, Nick Z JR<br \/>\n     3) Shaffer, Scott D SR             4) Rigali, Michael C SO<br \/>\n       20.99    20.10    20.42    20.27<br \/>\n10 The University of Iowa                      1:23.28    1:21.86         14<br \/>\n     1) Boyce, Alex J FR                2) Buys, Michael J SR<br \/>\n     3) Prada, Andrei C SO              4) Snider, Jason R SO<br \/>\n       20.82    20.21    20.41    20.42<\/p>\n<p>Event 2  Men 500 Yard Freestyle<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nBig Ten Meet: @ 4:15.55  1999      John Piersma, Michigan<br \/>\n        Pool: $ 4:17.17  1999      Chris Thompson, Michigan<br \/>\n        NCAA: % 4:08.75  1995      Tom Dolan, Michigan<br \/>\n                4:19.72  A<br \/>\n                4:27.51  B<br \/>\n    Name              Year School               Prelims     Finals<br \/>\nPoints<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nChampionship Finals<br \/>\n  1 Ketchum, Daniel J   SO Michigan             4:17.61    4:16.30$A<br \/>\n20<br \/>\n      23.98   25.57   25.51   25.86   26.53   26.63   26.12   25.88<br \/>\n      25.45   24.77<br \/>\n  2 Mortimer, Justin B  SO Minnesota            4:19.89    4:18.06 A<br \/>\n17<br \/>\n      24.39   25.75   25.62   25.82   26.14   26.36   26.52   26.12<br \/>\n      26.07   25.27<br \/>\n  3 Hurd, Andrew G      FR Michigan             4:21.09    4:18.73 A<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n      24.49   26.35   26.17   26.39   26.45   25.99   26.15   26.26<br \/>\n      25.76   24.72<br \/>\n  4 Neligan, Brendan C  FR Michigan             4:19.43    4:19.13 A<br \/>\n15<br \/>\n      24.27   25.65   25.90   26.10   25.94   26.23   26.08   26.35<br \/>\n      26.81   25.80<br \/>\n  5 Schierhorn, Martin  SR Penn State           4:21.29    4:21.31 B<br \/>\n14<br \/>\n      24.28   26.46   26.40   26.46   26.19   26.40   26.33   26.39<br \/>\n      26.38   26.02<br \/>\n  6 Taylor, Matt M      JR Minnesota            4:20.63    4:21.93 B<br \/>\n13<br \/>\n      24.62   26.62   26.51   26.72   26.68   26.56   26.57   26.04<br \/>\n      26.13   25.48<br \/>\n  7 Shue, Michael C     JR Northwestern         4:23.92    4:23.58 B<br \/>\n12<br \/>\n      24.48   26.47   26.52   26.69   26.65   26.62   26.63   26.70<br \/>\n      26.58   26.24<br \/>\n  8 Crook, Brandon T    SR Minnesota            4:22.53    4:28.52<br \/>\n11<br \/>\n      24.43   27.01   26.96   26.95   27.21   27.00   27.15   27.32<br \/>\n      27.41   27.08<\/p>\n<p>Event 3  Men 200 Yard IM<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nBig Ten Meet: @ 1:46.02  1995      Jason Lancaster, Michigan<br \/>\n        Pool: $ 1:46.48  1997      Matt Brown, Purdue<br \/>\n        NCAA: % 1:42.85  2001      Nate Dusing, Texas<br \/>\n                1:47.13  A<br \/>\n                1:50.34  B<br \/>\n    Name              Year School               Prelims     Finals<br \/>\nPoints<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nChampionship Finals<br \/>\n  1 Swanson, Anthony M  SO Northwestern         1:45.77    1:45.64*A    20<br \/>\n      22.87   26.10   31.29   25.38<br \/>\n  2 Siciliano, Timothy  SR Michigan             1:48.98    1:46.97 A<br \/>\n17<br \/>\n      23.98   27.37   30.55   25.07<br \/>\n  3 Hamming, Mark G     SO Northwestern         1:47.73    1:47.58 B<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n      23.34   26.84   31.27   26.13<br \/>\n  4 Plummer, Ryan R     SO Minnesota            1:47.47    1:47.59 B<br \/>\n15<br \/>\n      23.62   26.41   31.52   26.04<br \/>\n  5 O&#39;Connor, Kellan P  JR Northwestern         1:48.24    1:47.62 B<br \/>\n14<br \/>\n      23.02   27.37   31.26   25.97<br \/>\n  6 Coyne, Brendan M    SR Wisconsin            1:48.62    1:48.61 B<br \/>\n13<br \/>\n      23.36   27.54   32.57   25.14<br \/>\n  7 Smolinski, Todd F   JR Minnesota            1:48.54    1:49.02 B<br \/>\n12<br \/>\n      22.81   26.12   33.65   26.44<br \/>\n  8 Haupt, Matthew R    JR Penn State           1:48.60    1:50.30 B<br \/>\n11<br \/>\n      23.44   28.02   32.24   26.60<\/p>\n<p>Event 4  Men 50 Yard Freestyle<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nBig Ten Meet: @ 19.60  2000      Ricardo Dornelas, Minnesota<br \/>\n        Pool: $ 19.75  1999      Brian Hostetler, Penn State<br \/>\n        NCAA: % 19.07  2000      Roland Schoeman, Arizona<br \/>\n                19.74  A<br \/>\n                20.33  B<br \/>\n    Name              Year School               Prelims     Finals<br \/>\nPoints<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nChampionship Finals<br \/>\n  1 Molettiere, Robert  SR Penn State             19.82      19.68$A<br \/>\n20<br \/>\n       9.63   10.05<br \/>\n  2 Botes, Eugene X     JR Penn State             19.89      19.89 B<br \/>\n17<br \/>\n       9.64   10.25<br \/>\n  3 Andersson, Claes M  SO Indiana                19.97      19.93 B<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n       9.70   10.23<br \/>\n  4 Kennedy, Adam S     SR Northwestern           20.05      19.96 B<br \/>\n15<br \/>\n       9.77   10.19<br \/>\n  5 Ramsy, Dale         SO Indiana                20.05      20.09 B<br \/>\n14<br \/>\n       9.67   10.42<br \/>\n  6 Raines, Matthew P   SR Michigan               20.11      20.18 B<br \/>\n13<br \/>\n       9.73   10.45<br \/>\n  7 Ong, Allen          JR Minnesota              20.18      20.19 B<br \/>\n12<br \/>\n       9.69   10.50<br \/>\n  8 Gettelfinger, Bria  SO Minnesota              20.14      20.41<br \/>\n11<br \/>\n      10.12   10.29<\/p>\n<p>10.05   10.76<\/p>\n<p>Event 5  Men 1 mtr Diving<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nBig Ten Meet: @ 598.98  1994      P.J. Bogart, Minnesota<br \/>\n        Pool: $ 381.15  2000      Mike Collier, Indiana<br \/>\n    Name              Year School               Prelims     Finals<br \/>\nPoints<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nChampionship Finals<br \/>\n  1 Knowling, Heath P   JR Ohio State            330.15     342.15<br \/>\n20<br \/>\n  2 Klami, Timo W       SO Iowa                  292.20     339.10<br \/>\n17<br \/>\n  3 Richeson, Mitchell  FR Ohio State            259.45     331.90<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n  4 Coben, Jason J      SO Michigan              276.10     317.90<br \/>\n15<br \/>\n  5 Carlton, Marc R     SO Indiana               273.50     316.70<br \/>\n14<br \/>\n  6 Chrisander, Simon   SR Iowa                  298.10     315.05<br \/>\n13<br \/>\n  7 Monson, Christophe  SR Ohio State            270.95     293.70<br \/>\n12<br \/>\n  8 Hazes, Adam J       JR Indiana               278.50     264.10<br \/>\n11<br \/>\n&#8212; Laskowski, Justin   FR Michigan State        231.70<\/p>\n<p>Event 6  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\nBig Ten Meet: @ 3:10.79  2001      Minnesota<br \/>\n                         Smolinski, Hackler, Krastins, Massura<br \/>\n        Pool: $ 3:14.31  1999      Minnesota<br \/>\n        NCAA: % 3:05.37  2001      Texas<br \/>\n                3:12.44  A<br \/>\n                3:18.21  B<br \/>\n    School                                         Seed     Finals<br \/>\nPoints<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 University of Minnesota                 3:15.07    3:11.41$*A       40<br \/>\n     1) Smolinski, Todd F JR            2) Hackler, Jeff C JR<br \/>\n     3) Krastins, Chad S SR             4) Ong, Allen JR<br \/>\n       11.03    22.55    34.92    47.51    10.95    24.51    38.85    53.21<br \/>\n        9.56    21.41    34.10    47.19     9.37    20.47    31.91    43.50<br \/>\n  2 University of Wisconsin                     3:13.58    3:11.81$A<br \/>\n34<br \/>\n     1) Coyne, Brendan M SR             2) Jones, Lance C SR<br \/>\n     3) Marshall, Matt T SO             4) Rogers, Dale E SO<br \/>\n       10.93    22.76    35.37    47.72    10.44    24.08    38.60    53.79<br \/>\n        9.59    21.41    33.73    47.03     9.12    20.06    31.60    43.27<br \/>\n  3 Purdue University                           3:19.41    3:15.36 B<br \/>\n32<br \/>\n     1) Paul, Louis L FR                2) Bessenyei, Tamas SO<br \/>\n     3) Sayce, Edward W JR              4) Duncan, Jonathan L SR<br \/>\n       11.65    23.81    36.62    49.44    10.89    24.44    39.08    53.66<br \/>\n        9.84    21.85    34.88    48.14     9.71    20.71    32.39    44.12<br \/>\n  4 Indiana University                          3:18.25    3:15.64 B<br \/>\n30<br \/>\n     1) Leach, Matthew M SO             2) Schulze, David R JR<br \/>\n     3) Halasz, Murph S FR              4) Andersson, Claes M SO<br \/>\n       11.52    23.48    36.43    49.15    11.01    24.84    39.59    54.07<br \/>\n        9.80    22.35    35.49    48.46     9.68    20.95    32.60    43.96<br \/>\n  5 Penn State University                       3:20.60    3:15.84 B<br \/>\n28<br \/>\n     1) Weaver, Joshua D SR             2) Zucca, Mark S FR<br \/>\n     3) Creager, Brent R JR             4) Minnier, Todd J SO<br \/>\n       11.42    23.54    36.48    48.92    11.55    25.64    40.54    55.46<br \/>\n       10.03    22.32    34.85    47.74     9.49    20.56    32.23    43.72<br \/>\n  6 University of Michigan                      3:19.48    3:16.16 B<br \/>\n26<br \/>\n     1) Watland, Jordan SR              2) Hopwood, Jeffrey C JR<br \/>\n     3) Kurth, Tony A JR                4) Mangieri, Garrett I JR<br \/>\n       11.22    23.31    36.33    49.74    11.18    25.01    39.25    54.03<br \/>\n        9.69    22.05    34.85    48.69   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 3) Snider, Jason R SO              4) Boyce, Alex J FR<br \/>\n       11.88    24.51    37.96    51.09    11.03    24.78    38.88    54.04<br \/>\n        9.68    21.98    34.87    48.30     9.64    21.32    33.73    46.29<br \/>\n&#8212; Michigan State University                   3:24.21         DQ<br \/>\n     1) Sunryd, Karl G JR               2) Baicy, Joe P JR<br \/>\n     3) Sloan, David J JR               4) Shaffer, Scott D SR<br \/>\n       11.22    23.38  1:00.35<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLOOMINGTON, IN., Feb. 28 &#8212; The Gophers were golden this evening and as a result reside firmly atop the standings after Day 1 of the Big 10 men&#39;s swim 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