Jan. 22, 2000
STANFORD, Calif. - Senior Ryk Neethling (Bloemfontein, South Africa/Grey HS) won three events and No. 3 Arizona pulled out the 400 freestyle relay to defeat No. 2 Stanford 124-119 Saturday afternoon at deGuerre Pool. Stanford falls to 3-3 overall on the season and 1-1 in the Pac-10. The Wildcats improve to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the Pac-10.
Stanford jumped out on top by taking the 400 medley relay, but Neethling won the 1000 free and the 200 free back-to-back to give the Wildcats the lead. Neethling broke the pool record in his come-from-behind win over Stanford junior Adam Messner (Ann Arbor, MI/Dexter HS) in the 200, taking the lead in the last 50 yards. Both posted NCAA automatic qualifying times. Neethling, the 1999 NCAA Swimmer of the Year, also won the 500 free for Arizona.
Cardinal junior Steven Brown (Reno, NV/Reno HS) won the 200 individual medley to give Stanford a brief lead, but the Wildcats quickly regained the advantage. For Stanford, freshman Randall Bal (Fair Oaks, CA/Bella Vista HS) won the 200 backstroke to narrow the gap, but the Wildcats still led 110-97 going into the 200 breaststroke, the second-to-last event. Stanford junior Rob Canales (San Jose, CA/Bellarmine Prep) led a one-two-three sweep in the 200 breaststroke to tie the meet at 113, but Arizona pulled out the 400 free relay to conclude the meet.
Stanford returns to action at deGuerre Pool Tuesday, hosting Pacific at 1:00 p.m.
#3 Arizona 124, #2 Stanford 119
(short-course yards)400 medley relay - Stanford (Dan Westcott 48.79^, Anthony Robinson 55.46, Glenn Counts 47.93, Adam Messner 44.18) 3:16.36^, Arizona (Matt Allen 49.12^, Chris Bundy 56.31, Roland Schoeman 47.73, Coley Stickels 44.62) 3:17.78^, Stanford (Randall Bal 48.77^, Steve Ronson 55.84, Kurt Spenser 51.17, Jeff Guyman 45.79) 3:21.57, Arizona (Kris Souther 51.18, Dave Anderson 58.68, Seth Orozco 50.65, Oscar la Fleur 47.64) 3:28.15.
1000 freestyle - Ryk Neethling (A) 9:08.11, Nat Lewis (A) 9:09.11, Greg Long (S) 9:19.11, Michael O'Neil (S) 9:28.39, Reid Gustin (S) 9:28.48, James Thorton (A) 9:44.71.
200 freestyle - Ryk Neethling (A) 1:35.88* (new pool record, old record 1:35.91, Joe Hudepohl, Stanford, 1993), Adam Messner (S) 1:36.33*, Jay Schryver (A) 1:37.67^, John Waters (S) 1:39.20^, Clayton Jones (S) 1:41.13, Brian Rodde (S) 1:41.37, Scott Gaskins (A) 1:42.58, Peter Johnson (A) 1:46.48.
50 freestyle - Roland Schoeman (A) 20.36^, Randall Bal (S) 20.65, Coley Stickels (A) 20.94, Anthony Robinson (S) 20.95, Mario Scussel (S) 20.97, Mark Siebert (S) 21.62, Oscar la Fleur (A) 21.64.
200 individual medley - Steven Brown (S) 1:49.58^, Rob Canales (S) 1:50.54, Ben Anderson (A) 1:51.55, Jeff Dash (A) 1:52.78, Greg Long (S) 1:52.95, Chris Bundy (A) 1:52.98, Steve Ronson (S) 1:53.40, Tom Martensen (A) 1:59.20.
One-meter diving - Scott Koenig (A) 388.85, Mark Michelin (S) 365.50, Gavin Olmstead (S) 359.40, Arno Bergstrom (A) 350.10, Chris Lane (A) 344.45.
200 butterfly - Jeff Dash (A) 1:47.29^, Steven Brown (S) 1:47.52^, Adam Messner (S) 1:47.91^, Michael O'Neil (S) 1:50.78, Bill Bishop (A) 1:50.81, Ben Anderson (A) 1:51.75, Seth Orozco (A) 1:55.07.
100 freestyle - Jay Schryver (A) 45.38, Jeff Guyman (S) 45.71, Glenn Counts (S) 46.13, Coley Stickels (A) 46.23, John Waters (S) 46.50, Mario Scussel (S) 46.56, Scott Gaskins (A) 46.81, Peter Johnson (A) 47.60.
200 backstroke - Randall Bal (S) 1:45.82^, Matt Allen (A) 1:46.80^, Dan Westcott (S) 1:47.59, Rob Canales (S) 1:50.38, Kris Souther (A) 1:50.96, Bill Bishop (A) 1:51.16, Pete Lennox-King (S) 1:56.92, Tom Martensen (A) 1:58.01.
500 freestyle - Ryk Neethling (A) 4:27.70^, Nat Lewis (A) 4:30.09, Steven Brown (S) 4:32.52, Reid Gustin (S) 4:34.75, Greg Long (S) 4:35.29, Jeff Dash (A) 4:35.38, James Thornton (A) 4:42.59.
Three-meter diving - Arno Bergstrom (A) 433.40, Gavin Olmstead (S) 428.10, Scott Koenig (A) 404.60, Mark Michelin (S) 387.05, Chris Lane (A) 352.25.
200 breaststroke - Rob Canales (S) 2:02.72, Steve Ronson (S) 2:05.38, Michael O'Neil (S) 2:05.86, Chris Bundy (A) 2:07.33, Pete Lennox-King (S) 2:07.59, Dave Anderson (A) 2:12.32.
400 freestyle relay - Arizona (Roland Schoeman 44.25^, Jay Schryver 44.64, Scott Gaskins 45.36, Dave Anderson 45.20) 2:59.45^, Stanford (Anthony Robinson 45.48, John Waters 45.43, Jeff Guyman 44.56, Glenn Counts 44.72) 3:00.19^, Stanford (Dan Westcott 46.77, Brian Rodde 46.04, Mario Scussel 46.36, Clayton Jones 46.38) 3:05.55, Arizona (Peter Johnson 47.31, Oscar la Fleur 46.58, Nat Lewis 48.55, Bill Bishop 47.55) 3:09.99, Stanford-unoff. (Mark Siebert 46.56, Thomas Zochowski 46.91, Brad Kleinjans 48.73, Kurt Spenser 46.44) 3:08.64.
^ NCAA provisional qualifying time
* NCAA automatic qualifying time
Records: #2 Stanford 3-3, 1-1, #3 Arizona 5-1, 2-1