May 16, 2000
STANFORD, Calif. - The Stanford University men's swimming program honored its three graduating seniors and handed out individual awards at its annual banquet on Sunday, May 7. During the 1999-2000 season, Stanford continued to extend its Pac-10 record for consecutive conference championships in any sport by capturing its 19th, and also finished fourth at the NCAA Championships to finish in the top four for the 19th straight season. Here is the complete list of awards handed out at the May 7th event:
Seniors Presented
Glenn Counts - BS: Science, Technology and Society with
Mechanical Engineering emphasis
Steve Ronson - BA: Human Biology, will attend Maryland Medical School in Fall `00
Kurt Spenser - BA: Science, Technology and Society with Product Design emphasis
Freshmen - Most Improved
Randall Bal -Dropped 2.7 in the 100 Back to 47.04 and 4.0 in
the 200 Back to 1:43.53
Greg Long -Dropped 7.0 in the 500 Free to 4:20.6 and 7.5 in the 400 IM to 3:48.16
John Waters -Dropped 12.7 in the 500 Free to 4:24.79 and 3.5 in the 200 Free to 1:35.80
Freshmen - Most Valuable
Randall Bal -Pac-10 Champion in the 100/200 Back, NCAA
scorer in 100 Back/Relays
John Waters -3 time Pac-10 scorer, NCAA finalist in 200 Free and on two Relays
Dan Westcott - Scored in top three in 100 Fly/Back and 200 Back at Pac-10s, NCAA scorer in 100/200 Back
Upperclassmen - Most Improved
Adam Messner - Dropped 3.5, 1.3, 1.7 in the 500/200 Free /200 Fly to 4:16.70, 1:34.35, 1:43.34
Brian Rodde -Dropped 2.1 and 0.6 in the 200/100 Free to 1:38.18 and 45.41
Mark Siebert -Dropped .6, .9, 2.5 in the 50/100 Free /100 Back to 20.31, 44.70 and 50.00
Upperclassmen - Most Valuable
Adam Messner - Pac-10 Champion in the 200 Free/Fly, NCAA 200 Fly-1st/200 Free-2nd
Anthony Robinson - Pac-10 scorer in 7 events, NCAA scorer 3 ind. and 3 relay events
James Gaughran Academic Award
Clayton Jones - Computer Science (3.70 GPA)