March 27, 2004
Complete Results
Long Island, NY - Senior Markus Rogan and junior Jayme Cramer tied for third in the individual points standings to help the Stanford men's swimming team to a second place finish with 377.5 points at the 2004 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Long Island, New York. Auburn won the champioship (634), followed by Stanford (377.5), Texas (374), Arizona (322) and Michigan (271).
The Cardinal had three swimmers place in the top 10 overall point leaders: Markus Rogan (3rd, 51), Jayme Cramer (3rd, 51) and Peter Marshall (47).
The first event of the evening was the 1500 meter freestyle won by Michigan's Peter Vanderkaay in 14:44.53. Cardinal freshman Shaun Phillips placed sixth, clocking in at 15:05.88 while teammate Tobias Oriwol finished 24th (15:25.82).
Texas' Aaron Peirsol took top honors in the 200 meter backstroke in a world record time of 1:50.64, breaking his own record he set last year. Senior Markus Rogan placed second, touching the wall in 1:51.37. Fellow senior Peter Marshall, won won the 100m back yesterday, was fourth, clocking in at 1:53.95. Freshman Hongzhe Sun finished sixth in a time of 1:55.47.
Texas' Ian Crocker won the 100 meter freestyle in a world record time of :46.25.
The next event was the 200 meter breaststroke won by Brendan Hansen of Texas in 2:04.73 (NCAA record time). Cardinal junior Gary Marshall finished third (2:07.98) right behind Scott Usher from Wyoming (2:07.66). Senior Michael Bruce placed eighth in the consolation final in a time of 2:12.27.
The 200 meter butterfly was won by Rainer Kendrick from Texas in an NCAA record time of 1:54.97 as he edged Cardinal Jayme Cramer (1:55.00) for top honors. Junior Matt McDonald turned in a time of 1:55.97 to finish sixth overall.
Auburn's Caesar Garcia won the platform diving event (635.05).
The final event of the championship was the 400 meter freestyle relay won by Auburn in a world record time of 3:08.85. The Stanford relay team of Peter Marshall, Markus Rogan, Jayme Cramer and Andrew Schnell placed seventh (3:15.18) in the final.