NCAA Men's Division I Championships Team Recaps - Day One
Alabama: Randall & Cosma Score in 500 Freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
The Alabama men’s swimming and diving team is in the 24th place after day one of the NCAA Championships being held in the Student Rec Center Natatorium on the Texas A&M campus.
“We’re off to a solid start today, but we have to pick things up if we’re going to reach our potential in terms of our team finish,” Alabama head coach Eric McIlquham said.
Junior Mark Randall and sophomore Catalin Cosma both scored in the 500 freestyle, finishing 12th and 13th respectively. Randall touched the wall at 4:16.51 while Cosma clocked in at 4:17.81 in finals after turning in a 4:16.86 in prelims. Both men earned honorable mention All-American honors in the 500.
Freshman Joe Ziegler finished 35th in the preliminaries of the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:22.40. Junior Aaron Fleshner scored 298.20 points in the prelims of the one-meter diving event, which placed him 22nd overall.
Friday will be a busy day for the Crimson Tide. Randall, Ziegler and sophomore Denes Zubcsek are all slated to swim the 200 freestyle on the championship’s second day. Zubcsek is also set to compete in the 100 butterfly and Fleshner off the three-meter board. The Tide’s school-record holding 800 freestyle relay of Ziegler, Zubcsek, Cosma and senior Alin Mihalca will also see action on Friday.
Arizona: Wildcats In Sixth After Day One
Jean Basson captivated the crowd at the Student Rec Center Natatorium with his performance in the 500 freestyle during night one of the men’s NCAA championships. The Johannesburg, South Africa native shattered Chad Carvin’s school record time of 4:11.59 set in 1995 with his 4:08.92 in route to his first ever NCAA individual title. Arizona sits in sixth place with xx points after Thursday’s finals.
“I’m really proud of my race tonight, said Basson. “It has always been a goal of mine to be an NCAA champion in an event and I’m proud that I’m able to uphold the legacy of South African swimmers here at U of A. Tomorrow I’m really looking forward to the 800 free relay. We’ve always been sort of an underdog in that race but it hasn’t stopped us from winning it for the past three years.”
Over the course of the race, Basson used a steady pace to be amongst the early leaders. At the half-way point, the Olympian kicked it up a gear and held the lead until the finish. The first-place finish awarded Arizona 20 points. Basson’s time also makes him the third fastest individual ever in the 500 free.
The men’s 200 free relay team of Jordan Smith, Nicolas Nilo, Adam Small and Joel Greenshields placed sixth tonight with a time of 1:16.68. Earlier in prelims that same foursome set a new school record by going 1:16.22. On the lead off leg, Cal’s Nathan Adrian set a new American and NCAA record by going 18.76 in the 50 free. Auburn’s team won with a time of 1:14.08, also a new NCAA record.
In the 200 individual medley consolation, Jack Brown finished runner up with a time of 1:43.67 to add seven points to Arizona’s total.
Swimming out of lane eight, Jordan Smith placed eighth overall with a time of 19.37. Cal’s Adrian re-broke his American record time set a half hour earlier in the 200 free relay, with a time of 18.71 in the individual event.
Sophomore Ben Grado scored his first points in a NCAA championship meet, as he placed seventh in the consolation finals in the 1-meter event with a 339.55. Tomorrow Grado will compete in the 3-meter dive.
Arizona’s 400 medley relay team of Jake Tapp, Marcus Titus, AJ Tipton and Nicolas Nilo posted a time of 3:06.50 to finish sixth.
Thursday saw two Arizona school records fall, as the 200 free relay team established a time of 1:16.22 in prelims and Basson took down Carvin’s record with a time of 4:08.92.
Auburn: Men's Swimming And Diving In Second After Day One Of The 2009 NCAA Championships
The Auburn swimming and diving team set two US Open record relay times on way to a second-place finish for day one of the 2009 NCAA Championships. Juniors Pascal Wollach and Kelly Marx also set new school records along the way.
The championships are a three-day meet held, March 26-28, at the Texas A&M Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas.
Auburn concluded the day with 141 points, trailing only Texas with 171. Behind Auburn are Stanford (130), Florida (107) and Cal (103).
“We wanted to win both relays,” said Auburn co-head men’s coach Brett Hawke. “Those guys just stepped up and responded. It was really exciting.”
The Auburn sprinters continued their dominance in the 200 FR, winning their eighth title in the event since 1997. Cal took an early lead as Nathan Adrian (18.76) hit the new American 50 free record to start things off. Jakob Andkjaer wasn’t far behind, coming in at 18.89. Gideon Louw took the reins for the second leg, giving Auburn its first lead of the race touching in with an 18.33.
Stanford then took the lead as Jason Dunford (18.45) slipped past Kohlton Norys, who hit the wall in 18.67.
Auburn trailed Stanford by two-tenths going into the anchor. SEC Swimmer-of-the-Year Matt Targett left the block and it was all but over. The two-time Olympic medalist stormed passed David Dunford (18.52), clocking an 18.19 and earning Auburn a new NCAA and US Open record time of 1:14.08. Stanford placed second, hitting the wall in 1:14.22.
The old record of 1:14.71 was set by the Auburn team of Cesar Cielo, Targett, Scott Goodrich and Brian Lundquist at the 2007 NCAA Championships.
Just setting one US Open record was obviously not enough for the Tigers as the team of Wollach (45.32), Klein (51.01), McGill (43.99) and Targett (41.07) busted the old US Open record by over a second. The Tigers swam a 3:01.39 to beat out the old mark of 3:02.47 set by Longhorn Aquatics in March of 2006. Stanford set the previous NCAA record in Thursday’s prelims, swimming a 3:02.94.
Targett came from behind Cal’s Adrian after trailing for the first 75 yards of the anchor leg.
“Matt said he was hurting really bad, looked across and saw the guy next to him,” said Hawke. “He just started digging and clawing his way to the front. Once Matt’s in the lead, he’s not going to give that one up. I felt very confident, coming to the last turn that he was going to get the job done.”
Wollach set the new Auburn record during the 400 MR preliminary heat, storming in to the time of 44.90. The Alberta, Canada native set the previous record of 46.04 while taking first at the 2009 SEC Championships in Auburn.
On the 1-meter springboard, junior Kelly Marx set the all-time Auburn six-dive record en route to a sixth-place finish, earning the Tigers 13 valuable points.
“He followed the plan perfectly,” said Auburn head diving coach Jeff Shaffer. “As I said before, the 1-meter is our weaker event. The goal was to come in compete and not worry about what anybody else was throwing around. He ended up with the school record. A great performance setting us up to go into our stronger events over the next few days.”
The Overland Park, native topped the 3-year-old record, scoring 386.80. Marx surpassed the 382.80 mark set by Steve Segerlin at the 2008 NCAA Championships.
Auburn picked up 11 points in the 200 IM finals compliments 11th- and 12th- place finishes from junior Tyler McGill and senior Logan Madson. McGill hit the wall in 1:43.79 with Madson right on his heels in 1:44.09.
Matt Targett placed third in the 50 free finals, touching in with a time of 18.87 behind Cal’s Nathan Adrian (18.71) and Texas’ James Ferguson (18.84). Targett’s SEC Championship time of 18.52 remains the fastest 50-yard freestyle this season.
The Tigers picked up 37 points in the 50 free finals as 2008 Junior College National Champion Gideon Louw placed sixth, at 19.06, and Jakob Andkjaer tied for ninth in 18.96.
Following the 200 IM, Auburn was in fifth place with 51 points – 27 behind leader Texas. The 50 free changed all that, moving the Tigers up the ladder into second place. With platform diving and the 400 MR to go, Auburn trailed the Longhorns, 107-88. Cal was just one point behind in third.
Earlier in the day, Madson destroyed his previous career best time by over two seconds to lead all Tigers in the 200 IM prelims. The Bend, Ore., native won his heat with a 1:44.06 out of lane two, advancing to finals in 14th.
Action resumes at noon CST with prelims in the 200 MR, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back and 3-meter springboard.
Cal: NATHAN ADRIAN WINS NCAA TITLE IN 50 FREESTYLE
The California men's swimming team got a superb performance from sophomore Olympian Nathan Adrian, who captured the 2009 NCAA title in the 50-yard freestyle with an American record time of 18.71, during the first day of the 2009 NCAA Men’s Swimming Championships at the Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas. The Golden Bears, under the direction of second year head coach David Durden, were also the national runners-up in the 400 medley relay and placed third in the 200 free relay in Day One of the NCAA meet on Thursday. After six events, Cal sits in fifth place with 103, trailing only Texas (171), Auburn (141), Stanford (130) and Florida (107).
Adrian gave the Bears their first national title in the 50 free since 2000 Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin won the 50-meter freestyle at the 2000 NCAA championships. Adrian edged out James Feigen of Texas, who swam a time of 18.84, and Matt Targett of Auburn who recorded a mark of 18.87. Adrian won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a member of the United States 400 free relay, competing in the prelims.
The Cal 400 medley relay team of senior backstroker David Russell, sophomore breaststroker Damir Dugonjic, butterflyer Graeme Moore and Adrian swam a new school record time of 3:01.69, but narrowly missed a national championship as they were edged out by Auburn’s 3:01.39.
In the 200 free relay, the team of Adrian, Moore, sophomore Josh Daniels and senior Bennett Clark trailed Auburn (1:14.08) and Stanford (1:14.22), set a new school record with a time of 1:15.13. The 2009 Bears topped the old record of 1:15.78 set by Duje Draganja, Rolandas Gimbutis, Jonas Tilly and Milorad Cavic in 2005.
In another individual event, Cal sophomore Martti Aljand placed eighth in 200 IM with a time of 1:44.09. In the morning prelims he shattered his former record time of 1:43.59 with a mark of 1:43.21.
On Friday, the Bears will be competing in the 200 medley relay, the 400 IM, the 100 fly, the 200 free, the 100 breast, the 100 back and the 800 free relay. Cal’s 200 medley relay team of Russell, Dugonjic, Moore and Clark is seeded second nationally.
UC Davis: WELTZ EARNS ALL-AMERICA STATUS TO OPEN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
UC Davis junior Scott Weltz set a school record during the preliminary swims in the 200-yard individual medley and finished 15th overall to gain honorable mention All-America honors during the first day of the NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Student Rec Center Natatorium on the campus of Texas A&M.
Weltz went 1:43.97 in the prelims to break his school record of 1:44.34 and earn a spot in the consolation finals. He finished seventh during his second swim in 1:45.61. He becomes the first true Division I Aggie to earn All-America honors and the first UC Davis swimmer since 2003 to garner the distinction.
The finish earned UC Davis two points, which places it in a tie for 29th place in the team standings among scoring teams. Texas leads overall with 171 points.
The championships continue tomorrow with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. PST and finals starting at 5 p.m. PST. Live coverage of the day, which incudes video and stats, can be found through the UC Davis swimming and diving page on ucdavisaggies.com. Weltz will swim in the 400 IM.
Denver: Blake Worsley Records Record Finish on Day One of NCAA Championships
University of Denver men’s swimmer Blake Worsley (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) posted a record performance at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday at the Student Rec Center Natatorium on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
Worsley finished sixth in the nation in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:13.81, breaking a DU record which he set earlier in the day during the prelims as he posted a time of 4:13.82. Arizona’s Jean Basson won the title with a time of 4:08.92.
"We are so proud to have him make a final his senior year,” said head coach Brian Schrader. “It’s a goal he has been chasing as a college athlete for his entire career. To finish with a personal best time here in the prelims and finals is all you can ask. He is a great competitor."
Worsley has now become the first swimming athlete since Denver returned to Division I status to score in the top-eight at the NCAA championships.
He will also be competing in the 100 and 200 Freestyle events. The 200 freestyle is slated to take place on Friday morning, while the 100 freestyle is set for Saturday.
Worsley qualified for the 500 freestyle event after placing first at SBC’s, posting a time of 4:14.00 for an NCAA DI A Cut. He also qualified for the 100 and 200 freestyle events at the SBC’s after posting NCAA DI B cuts in both events.
For the season, the women’s team grabbed eight NCAA B Cut standards, while the men’s team grabbed one NCAA A Cut standard and 12 B Cut standards.
Florida: Ally Wins First National Title in NCAA Record Pace, UF in Fourth Following Day One of NCAA Competition
A national title, NCAA, NCAA Meet and UF record from senior Bradley Ally (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) in the 200-yard individual medley and five broken UF records highlighted day one of the 2009 NCAA Championships for the Gators. Florida resides in fourth place (107 points) following the first day of competition from the Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas. Texas (171), Auburn (141), Stanford (130), Florida (107) and California (103) round out the top five teams after day one.
With the first national championship of his career, Ally became Florida’s first UF national champion since 2006, when Gator great Ryan Lochte won three individual event titles (200 back, 200 & 400 IM). The 200 IM title marks the 33rd all-time national title for the Gator men, the 25th individual title in school history. After swimming a career-best time in prelims, Ally returned to shatter Lochte’s Florida, NCAA, and NCAA meet records in the event with his 1:40.49 swim.
“We had a good first day,” head coach Gregg Troy said. “We swam outstanding this morning and had a few school records. We weren’t quite as sharp this evening, but we still had some good races. Bradley Ally was absolutely outstanding. He’s been working so hard all year and he really deserves the national championship.”
Juniors Shaune Fraser (George Town, Cayman Islands) and Omar Pinzon (Bogota, Colombia), who both additionally swam career-bests in prelims of the 200 IM, joined Ally in the championship final of the event, finishing fifth (1:42.88) and seventh (1:43.93), respectively.
After swimming a UF record-breaking 200-yard free relay in preliminaries (1:16.76), the Gators switched up the quartet, swimming sophomore Brett Fraser (George Town, Cayman Islands), junior Roberto Gomez (Weston, Fla.), junior Raul Martinez (Caguas, Puerto Rico) and senior Rex Tullius (Port Orange, Fla.). The quartet swam to an eighth-place 1:18.05 finish to kick off the finals session.
Sophomore Balazs Gercsak (Budapest, Hungary), who eclipsed a UF record in prelims with his career-best time of 4:14.67, returned Thursday evening and clocked a 4:23.13, eighth-place finals finish in the event.
Florida closed out the evening session with a fifth-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay, composed of Pinzon, junior Clark Burckle (Louisville, Ky.), Ally and Fraser (S). The quartet swam to a time of 3:05.75 to carry the Gators into day two of the championship meet in fourth place.
The 2009 NCAA Championship meet continues Friday from College Station. Preliminaries of the 200 MR, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, three-meter diving and the 800 FR are set to begin at noon (CT).). Gator fans can follow the meet live here or visit www.GatorZone.com following finals for complete results and a recap of the day’s swimming and diving action.
Florida State: Horner Earns Honorable Mention All-American Award On First Day Of NCAA Championships
The Florida State men’s swimming and diving team opened the 2009 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday with junior Terry Horner scoring the Seminole’s only points in College Station, Texas. FSU ended day one with six points.
“It was a tough morning for us,” FSU head coach Neil Harper said. “We did score points and now we have to prepare ourselves for tomorrow. I’m disappointed, but we need to pick ourselves up and get excited for the rest of our opportunities.”
Horner earned honorable mention All-American status with his 11th-place finish on the one-meter board. After a difficult preliminary round, the Orlando, Fla., native scored 371.65 points in the consolation final. Senior Dan Frebel finished 34th in the event (259.70).
“I’m disappointed for Terry,” said FSU diving coach Patrick Jeffrey. “He had trouble on his most difficult dive, but he still almost came back. I was proud that he dove well in the consolation final and he hung in there all day and didn’t give up.”
In the pool, the 200 free relay of senior Jimmy Holway, fifth-year seniors Jarryd Botha and Ed Denton and junior Andy Hodgson placed 19th with a time of 1:18.69 just .09 out of the consolation finals.
“We were seeded 20th and moved up a spot, but we couldn’t make it in,” Harper said. “We were only a couple of hundredths away, but we just missed out.”
FSU’s best individual performance in the swimming pool came from fifth-year senior Kyle Young who placed 22nd in the 500 free (4:18.24). Sophomore Ian Rowe placed 41st in the event (4:24.08).
In the 200 individual medley, sophomore Robby Hayes placed 51st with a time of 1:47.29. In the 50 free Botha placed 33rd (19.77), Holway touched in 50th position (20.06) and Denton was 56th (20.10).
In the final event of the preliminary round the 400 medley relay team of Hodgson, junior Scott Thacker, Botha and Denton were disqualified when Denton jumped early.
“Those guys really looked pretty good at the beginning,” Harper said. “Jarryd was fading at the end of his leg and Ed jumped a little early. It’s a shame because we would have been in 12th position which would have given us a second swim.”
The Seminoles return to the water on Friday at 1:00 p.m., with preliminary heats in the 200 medley relay, 400 individual medley, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back and 800 free relay. The divers will compete on the three-meter board.
Georgia Tech: GAL NEVO LEADS MEN’S SWIMMING ON DAY ONE OF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Gal Nevo finished fourth in the 200-IM with a school record-time of 1:42.79 to lead Georgia Tech Thursday on the first day of the NCAA Men’s Championships held at the Student Rec Natatorium on the campus of Texas A&M University. The Yellow Jackets are 14th in the nation with 21 points after the first night of competition.
With his fourth-place finish, Nevo earned All-American accolades, the first Yellow Jacket male swimmer to receive this honor since Sam Morgan in 2005. He broke his own school record set last month at the ACC Championships. In prelims, Nevo secured the eighth and final spot in the evening final with a 1:43.56 but improved that by almost a second in the final race.
The Yellow Jackets also set a school record tonight in the 400-medley relay as the team of Ilia Ayzenshtok, Mickey Malul, Nevo and Noah Copeland finished 14th in a time of 3:11.01.
The 200-free relay team of Nigel Plummer, Noah Copeland, Mauricio Sousa and Garrett Robberson finished 18th in a time of 1:18.65. That was almost a second behind their ACC-winning mark of 1:17.84.
Georgia Tech had five swimmers turn in solid performances in the 50-free. Sousa led the way with a 19.81, which was good for 37th-place. Robberson finished in a 50th-place tie (20.06), while Plummer was 60th (20.15), Sullivan Lynch came in 61st (20.20) and Copeland was 63rd (20.40).
Indiana Wraps Up Day One of NCAA Competition
The Indiana University men’s swimming and diving contingent completed day one of the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday at the Student Rec Center in College Station, Texas. The Hoosiers are 27th with five points.
In the one-meter springboard diving competition, sophomore Landon Marzullo advanced to the consolation finals after finishing 13th in the prelims with a score of 345.00. He ended the competition in 12th with a score of 357.45 Freshman Linus Altman-Kurosaki got his first taste of NCAA Championship competition, finishing 32nd with a score of 263.15.
Freshman Eric Ress took to the pool for his first-ever NCAA event, finishing fifth in his heat and 32nd overall in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:21.26. That is his second-fastest time ever in the event.
Also competing at his first NCAA Championships, sophomore Cody Weik posted a personal best in the 200 individual medley, touching the wall in 1:45.72. That is the fifth-fastest time in school history. Weik placed second in his heat and 33rd overall.
Senior Matt Lenton closed out the morning with the 50 freestyle, finishing seventh in his heat and tied for 33rd overall with a time of 19.77.
Competition continues on Friday with Weik in the 400 individual medley, Ress in the 100 backstroke, and Marzullo and Altman-Kurosaki in the three-meter diving competition.
LSU MEN’S RELAYS EARN ALL-AMERICA RECOGNITION ON DAY 1 AT NCAA’S
The 17th-ranked LSU men’s swimming and diving team opened the 2009 NCAA Championships with a pair of honorable mention All-America honors in relay competition Thursday at Texas A&M’s Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas.
The 200-yard freestyle foursome of Hannes Heyl, Sean LeNeave, Julius Gloeckner and Brandon Selts captured 12th overall with a time of 1 minute, 18.50 seconds. The team’s finish marks the second consecutive season the Tigers have placed in the top-12 in that event.
Furthermore, the 400 medley relay group of Heyl, Gloeckner, Christoph Lubenau and LeNeave posted a time of 3:12.82 to secure 16th in the finals. Lubenau led the effort, recording the fastest butterfly split of the consolation final, 45.38.
In individual competition, Gloeckner improved his school record-setting time in the 200 individual medley with a mark of 1:44.88 to place 27th overall. Selts tied for 57th in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.11.
Moreover, senior Niko Dalman tallied a six-dive total of 278.95 in the one-meter springboard to take 28th.
Miami: Reuben Ross Collects All-America Honor in 1-meter Diving
University of Miami junior Reuben Ross took seventh place in the 1-meter diving event Thursday evening, collecting his third consecutive All-America honor for the event at this year’s NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. This year’s event is hosted by Texas A&M University inside the Student Recreation Natatorium.
Ross finished the event with a score of 379.80 through six final dives. He started the day finishing fourth in the preliminary round with a score of 367.35.
Ross began the finals with a score of 74.10 after completing an Inward 2 ½ Somersault Tuck, but found his second dive (Forward 3 ½ Somersault Tuck) a bit harder as he scored just a 42.30, moving to eighth place.
The Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada) native bounced back on his third dive with a score of 63 to move up a spot to seventh place after landing a Reverse 2 ½ Somersault Tuck. That seventh place spot is as high as Ross would advance, however, as the rest of the field stayed steady throughout their final three dives. Ross went to score a 70.50 on his fourth dive, a Reverse 1 ½ Somersault Tuck, 2 ½ Twist Free.
Drew Livingston of Texas claimed the top honor for the event, scoring a final round of 442.70—setting a new meet record on the 1-meter springboard. Behind him was David Boudia, the reigning Big Ten Diver of the Year, from Purdue scoring a 420.80 in his final round. Rounding out the top three competitors was Eric Sehn of homestanding Texas A&M with a score of 420.70.
Sehn definitely had the crowd behind him as he was applauded heavily, along with the Longhorns’ Livingston, following every dive.
As earlier stated, this is Reuben Ross’ third consecutive All-America honor as a Hurricane, collecting the award in 2007 (freshman) and 2008 (sophomore). His highest finish in the 1-meter event was a fourth place showing last year in Washington.
Ross now seeks to collect All-America status on the 3-meter springboard for the third consecutive year tomorrow evening as the defending National Champion from a year ago. Along with women’s diver Brittany Viola, Ross helped to collect the 22nd individual national title for the UM program.
UNLV COMPETES AT FIRST DAY OF NCAA MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
It was a disappointing day for the UNLV men's swim team on Thursday, as the Rebels' 200 free relay was disqualified due to a false start in the first event of the morning preliminaries at the 2009 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. This year’s championship is being held from Thursday through Saturday at the Texas A&M Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas.
Steven Nelms, Charlie Tapp, Thomas Andolfsson and Calan Eldridge entered the championships seeded 10th in the event with a time of 1:17.61, but during their swim the relay squad was disqualified after it was ruled that one of the Rebels left .02 early on his leg of the relay.
Four Rebels swam individual events as well in the preliminaries. The best showing came in the 50 free, as Andolfsson placed 30th with a time of 19.71, Nelms finished in a tie for 35th in 19.78, and Tapp was tied for 57th in 20.11. Also swimming an event on Thursday was Kier Maitland, who placed 47th in the 500 free in 4:28.21.
Penn State: Men’s 200 Free Relay Places 14th at NCAA Championships
On the first day of the 2009 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, the 200 freestyle relay team of Vincent Reydams, Brian Alden, Basil Kaaki, and Jason Goldner placed 14th with a a time of 1:18.75 to earn Honorable Mention All-America status.
This is the second honor for Reydams and Goldner who earned laurels with a 16th place finish last year in the 400 freestyle relay. Kaaki and Alden have now picked up their first all-american honors.
Earlier in the day, Reydams placed 49th in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.02. Alden wasn’t far behind touching the wall in 20.09 for a 53rd place finish while Goldner rounded out the Nittany Lions in 20.48 for 65th place.
Penn State is currently tied for 25th with Florida State at six points in the field of 30.
The Championships will resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET with the 200 medley relay, the 400 IM, the 100 butterfly, the 200 freestyle, the 100 backstroke and the 800 free relay.
Senior All-American Patrick Schirk will be the only one competing for the Nittany Lions tomorrow as he takes to the water for the 100 backstroke. Last year, he became an All-American in the event with an eighth place finish in a time of 47.29.
SMU: Mustangs Garner Points In 200 Free Relay
SMU men's swimming competed at NCAA Championships at the Student Rec Natatorium on Texas A&M's campus in College Station, Texas on Thursday, March 26, collecting points in the 200 free relay.
A team of junior Thomas Fadnes, senior Luka Vrtovec, freshman Robin Andreasson, and freshman Greg Doughty clocked a `B' final time of 1:18.09 to earn 12 points for the Mustangs and finish tenth overall.
Stanford: No. 1 Stanford Third After Day 1 Of NCAA Championships
No. 1 Stanford men's swimming is off to a fast start at the 2009 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. After a day of record breaking swims, the Cardinal sit in third place with 130 points. Texas leads with 171 points, while Auburn is second with 141.
With two days of action left, there is still a long way to go to see who will be crowned NCAA champion on Saturday evening.
After the prelim heats in the morning, the action begun with the 200 free relay on Thursday night. Despite swimming under the previous NCAA record, Stanford settled for second as they were edged by Auburn at the wall. The Cardinal team of Alex Coville, Austin Staab, Jason Dunford and David Dunford did set a new school record with a time of 1:14.22. Auburn's time of 1:14.08 was a new NCAA record, breaking their own record from 2007. Neither Stanford nor Auburn had a swimmer split over 19 seconds accounting for the record times.
The top individual event of the day for Stanford was the 50 free where the Cardinal put a pair of swimmers in both the championship and consolation finals. Coville led the way by placing fourth overall with a time of 18.92 seconds. However, it was not his fastest swim of the day as his time of 18.87 in the prelims tied the school record of 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Ben Wildman-Tobriner from 2007.
Jason Dunford also competed in the championship final and finished seventh with a time of 19.32. Dunford was also faster in the prelims with a time of 19.09, the fourth-fastest in Stanford history.
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Nathan Adrian of California won the event with an American record time of 18.71. In the consolation final Staab tied for the top time to finish tied for ninth overall. Staab's time of 18.96 is the third-fastest in Stanford history. Also in the consolation final was David Dunford who finished 13th with a time of 19.28.
The 500 free saw three Stanford swimmers compete in the consolation final. Chad La Tourette led the way finishing 11th with a time of 4:15.93. In 14th place was David Mosko with a time of 4:18.52.
Bobby Bollier actually swam the fastest time of the day for Stanford with a 4:14.75 in the prelims. The time was the third fastest in school history. In the finals Bollier finished 16th with a time of 4:20.28.
In the 200 IM, Stanford had just one swimmer in the consolation final. Nate Cass finished 13th with a time of 1:44.27. In the prelims, Cass set the school record in the event with a time of 1:43.82.
Also in the prelims, Josh Charnin-Aker had a good swim with a time of 1:44.45. Charnin-Aker finished 19th, but his time was fourth-fastest all-time for the Cardinal.
The swimming portion of the evening concluded with the 400 medley relay where Stanford finished third. The team of Eugene Godsoe, Paul Kornfeld, Staab and Coville finished with a time of 3:01.91.
Auburn swept both relays on the day by winning the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:01.39.
In diving, Dwight Dumais advanced to the finals of the 1-meter springboard competition where he finished eighth. Dumais had a score of 339.70 in the finals after finishing the prelims with the second-best score.
Brent Eichenseer also competed, but did not advance out of the prelims, finishing 20th.
The Cardinal will be back in action tomorrow for the second of three days at the NCAA Championships. Stanford will look to move up in the standings as they attempt to claim their ninth NCAA title in school history.
Texas: Livingston captures one-meter title, leads Texas to opening day lead at NCAA Championships
Texas freshman diver Drew Livingston set a new meet record on his way to victory in the one-meter diving event, as the Longhorns assumed the day-one lead at the 2009 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships with four top-three individual finishes and two top-four relay showings.
The Longhorns lead the three-day event with 171 points, and Auburn sits in second with 141 points. Stanford is in third with 130 points and Florida is in fourth with 107 points.
Livingston (The Woodlands, Texas) became UT’s first one-meter diving champion since Troy Dumais in 2002 when he obliterated the NCAA meet record and captured the event with 442.70 points. Livingston outdistanced his nearest competitor, Purdue’s David Boudia, by over 20 points. Livingston handily topped the NCAA meet record of 421.05 points set by Arizona State’s Joona Puhakka in 2005. Senior Jonathan Wilcox added a fifth-place finish with 399.20 points.
Texas opened the day one finals by rewriting the school and American records it had set earlier in the day in the 200-yard freestyle relay. After clocking 1:16.22 to land the fifth seed in the preliminary round, the Longhorns lowered their mark to 1:15.90 for fourth place in the evening finals. Junior Dave Walters led off in 19.18 before giving way to freshman Jimmy Feigen, who split a staggering 18.41 – the fourth-fastest leg among the 64 legs swum in the championship and consolation final. Sophomore Scott Jostes picked up the third leg in 19.08, and junior Ben Van Roekel anchored in 19.23.
Senior Michael Klueh matched his 500 freestyle finish from the 2008 NCAA Championships by taking second place once more. Klueh finished in 4:09.32 to break his school record of 4:10.00 set a season ago at the NCAA meet. Freshman Jackson Wilcox secured his first career All-America finish by taking seventh in 4:16.19.
Junior Ricky Berens took down Nate Dusing’s eight-year-old school mark in the 200 IM and placed third in 1:41.92. The time fell well under Dusing’s school standard of 1:42.85 set at the 2001 NCAA Championships in College Station. Florida’s Bradley Ally won the event with a new NCAA record mark of 1:40.49. Sophomore Bryan Collins tacked on nine points for Texas by winning the consolation final in 1:43.52 to become the third-fastest Longhorn in the event.
Feigen followed by becoming the first Longhorn to break 19 seconds in the 50 freestyle. The San Antonio native took second in 18.84, finishing only behind California’s Nathan Adrian, who set a new American record in 18.84. Earlier in the day, Feigen broke Neil Walker’s 12-year-old school record of 19.08 by clocking 19.02 in the preliminary round. Walters added a third-place consolation round finish in 19.22.
Texas capped the evening by breaking a six-year-old school mark in the 400 medley relay, as the Horns finished in 3:03.92 for fourth place. Junior Hill Taylor led off in 45.17, and senior Agustin Magruder split 52.31 on the breaststroke leg. Junior Ricky Berens picked up the butterfly in 45.10, and Walters anchored in 41.34. The relay broke the previous school mark of 3:04.47 set by Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker and Chris Kemp at the 2003 NCAA Championships.
Texas A&M: Sehn Takes Bronze, Swimmers Break Two School Records at NCAAs
Texas A&M senior diver Eric Sehn broke his own school record and placed third in the one-meter springboard and the Aggie swimmers broke a pair of school records at the 2009 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday at the Student Recreation Natatorium.
The Aggies tallied points in three events on Thursday and stand in 11th place with 33 points. The Texas Longhorns stand atop the team standings after day one with 171 points.
Sehn dueled Texas’ Drew Livingston and Purdue’s David Boudia for the top spot in the 1m. In the end, Sehn was third with 420.70 points behind Livingston (442.70) and Boudia (420.80). Sehn crushed his old record of 405.15 that he set in a dual meet against SMU in 2007. Sehn’s freshman teammate Cam McLean also scratched a point with a 16th place finish on the 1m.
“I was happy with the list I dove tonight,” Sehn said. “I felt good with all my dives. It was great to dive in front of the home crowd. I got a lot of motivation from them. I dove my best and Drew (Livingston) dove his best and he came out on top. I give a lot of credit to him.”
The Aggie swimmers had a strong first day with a pair of school record swims. Junior Jason Bergstrom opened the Aggies’ preliminary race of the 400-yard medley relay with school record in the 100 backstroke in a time of 46.31 (old record of 46.69 by Riley Janes, 2001). Bergstrom’s swift opening leg sparked the relay to a two-second improvement of the school record in the race as the foursome of Bergstrom, sophomore Boris Loncaric, junior Nathan Lavery and sophomore Balazs Makany hit the wall in a time of 3:08.03 (old record of 3:10.18 from last year’s team at NCAAs). In the evening session, the Aggies’ 400 medley relay took third in the consolation final for an overall place of 11th in a time of 3:09.01.
“I thought we had a really good first day with a pair of school records,” Aggie head coach Jay Holmes said. “We always want to be swimming our best when we get to the NCAA Championships. The 400 medley relay did a great job, especially in the morning session. Jason Bergstrom broke (former A&M swimmer) Riley Janes’ record in the 100 back, and that was a great swim.”
The Aggies also grabbed points in the 200-yard freestyle relay when the foursome of junior Casey Strange, senior Brad Raiford, Makany and senior Shawn Clarke took seventh place in the consolation final and 15th place overall in a time of 1:18.76. In the prelims, the Aggies turned in a season-best of 1:18.58.
In other action, Strange swam to a time of 19.67 in the 50-yard freestyle, but did not qualify for a night swim.
