March 24, 2005
Minneapolis, Minn. - The third-ranked Stanford men's swimming team got things started on the first day of competition at the 2005 NCAA Championships with a victory in the 400 medley relay in Minneapolis, Minn. The quartet of Jayme Cramer, Gary Marshall, Matt McDonald and Ben Wildman-Tobriner clock in with a pool record time of 3:06.45.
The meet kicked off with the 200 freestyle relay. California captured the relay title, clocking a record time of 1:15.78 in the process. Cal's winning time set new U.S. Open, NCAA and meet marks. After setting an NCAA meet record during the morning session, Cal returned to clock the first-ever time below 1:16 in the finals. Auburn, the defending champion in the event, recorded the second-fastest time in history, touching in 1:16.00. The former record was held by Auburn at 1:16.09. Arizona picked up third place (1:16.96) and Stanford was fourth in 1:17.46 as Ben Wildman-Tobriner went 19.15 on the leadoff leg. Wildman-Tobriner's mark ties the school record in the 50 free (Anthony Robinson, 2001).
Michigan junior Peter Vanderkaay successfully defended his middle-distance freestyle title, touching the wall in a sizzling time of 4:09.82 for the 500-yard distance. Cardinal Shaun Phillips took fourth, clocking in at 4:15.48. His prelim time of 4:14.77 is the fastest in school history in this event and a personal best (previous record of 4:15.63 held by John Witchel, 1989). Teammate Michael McLean finished seventh in the consolation final (15th overall) with his time of 4:21.21.
Florida junior Ryan Lochte broke his own American record en route to his victory in the 200 individual medley at the NCAA Championships. Stanford junior Tobias Oriwol came in seventh, touching the wall in 1:46.66. Fellow Cardinal Mark Stephens placed third in the consolation final (11th overall) with his time of 1:46.45 - a .01 second over his personal best.
In a follow-up to his incredible, record-setting swim of 18.74 seconds in the prelims of the 50 freestyle, Auburn senior Fred Bousquet clocked another sub-19 second performance, touching in 18.90 in the championship finals. Sophomore Ben Wildman-Tobriner finished third in the finals, touching the wall in 19.27.
In the final event of day one, Stanford had to come from behind to score a victory in the 400 medley relay. Throughout the race, it was Northwestern that held the lead behind a strong opening leg by Matt Grevers (45.89), an equally impressive breaststroke by Mike Alexandrov (52.47) and Kyle Bubolz's brisk butterfly split (45.75). Unfortunately for the Wildcats there are four legs to a relay and Northwestern faded to fourth over the final freestyle leg.
Stanford's Ben Wildman-Tobriner seized first-place shortly after entering the water during his anchor leg and would not relinquish the lead. He closed with a 41.82 freestyle split over the final 100 to salt away a Cardinal victory. Stanford recorded a pool record time of 3:08.78 by adding in Jayme Cramer's opening split of 46.28, Gary Marshall's breaststroke split of 52.19, the fastest in the field, and Matt McDonald's butterfly leg of 46.21.
Action continues tomorrow with the following events being contested: 200 medley relay, 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 3m springboard. Prelims begin at 1 p.m. ET with finals kicking off at 8 p.m. ET.
EVENT: 1 MEN's 200 Yard FREESTYLE RELAY
NCAA Record: 1:16.09 AUBURN 2004 NCAA MEET Record: 1:16.49 STANFORD 2002 AMERICAN Record: 1:16.49 STANFORD 2002 US OPEN Record: 1:16.09 AUBURN 2004 POOL RECORD: 1:16.93 STANFORD 1994 QUALIFYING FOR "A" CUT: 1:18.47
RESULTS of FINALS
RANK TEAM PRELIM TIME
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
1) CAL. BERKELEY 1:16.49 1:15.78** 1) DRAGANJA, DUJE SR :19.24 3) TILLY, JONAS JR :19.04 2) GIMBUTIS, ROLANDAS JR :18.86 4) CAVIC, MILORAD JR :18.64 ** NCAA Record: NCAA MEET Record: US OPEN Record: POOL RECORD: 2) AUBURN 1:16.97 1:16.00 1) WOCHOMURKA, RYAN SR :19.48 3) LUNDQUIST, BRYAN SO :19.14 2) BOUSQUET, FRED SR :18.64 4) BOVELL, GEORGE JR :18.74
3) ARIZONA 1:17.49 1:16.96 1) BURNETT, SIMON JR :19.41 3) ZANDBERG, GERHARD FR :19.30 2) FERNS, LYNDON JR :18.69 4) PERSSON, JONAS FR :19.56
4) STANFORD 1:17.85 1:17.46 1) WILDMAN-TOBRINER,BE SO :19.15 3) Ransom, Kyle SO :19.23 2) Cramer, Jayme SR :19.44 4) Crowe, Matt SO :19.64
5) KENTUCKY 1:17.48 1:17.66 1) PATRICK, TIM SR :20.05 3) FARNHAM, DANIEL JR :18.82 2) GASPAROVICH, CLAY SR :19.42 4) MANLEY, STEVEN JR :19.37
6) TEXAS 1:17.78 1:17.80 1) O'HALLORAN, TYLER SO :19.94 3) DITORO, DANIEL SR :19.53 2) McANALLY, AUSTIN SR :19.28 4) WEBER-GALE, GARRETT SO :19.05
7) MINNESOTA 1:18.30 1:18.13 1) DELAC, MARIO SO :20.21 3) VOLCANSEK, ALES SO :19.38 2) SILKAITIS, TERRY SR :19.23 4) CERENSEK, IGOR SO :19.31
8) FLORIDA 1:18.05 1:18.32 1) BORRECA, NICK JR :19.85 3) PENNIMAN, DANIEL FR :19.54 2) TOWNSEND, DARIAN FR :19.56 4) SIOUI, ADAM SR :19.37
CONSOLATION FINAL
9) NORTHWESTERN 1:18.41 1:18.58 1) ALEXANDROV, MIKE SO :20.45 3) GREVERS, MATT C SO :18.84 2) BUBOLZ, KYLE FR :19.43 4) KORMUSHOFF, DAVID FR :19.86
10) TEXAS A&M 1:18.48 1:18.69 1) BLANCHARD, DAN SR :20.20 3) GARDNER, OZZIE SO :19.69 2) COLLINS, ROSS SR :19.78 4) SULLIVANT, ANDREW JR :19.02
11) GEORGIA 1:19.84 1:19.61 1) HOLLINGER, CAMERON SO :20.14 3) VERHOEF, PETER JR :19.49 2) GARDNER, SCOTT SR :20.19 4) LABAN, JOSH SR :19.79
12) INDIANA 1:19.73 1:19.82 1) RUSSELL, COLIN SO :20.03 3) PATRICK, TODD FR :19.92 2) SWANDER, KEVIN JR :20.11 4) HOUCHIN, LEE SO :19.76
13) NEVADA - LAS VEGAS 1:19.71 1:20.11 1) NELMS, BRANDON SO :20.35 3) HUGO, JONATHAN SR :19.87 2) BARTOCH, JOE JR :20.03 4) ERIKSSON, BJORN SR :19.86
14) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1:19.46 1:20.54 1) SUSSEX, SEAN SO :20.14 3) FLASKAY, MIHALY SO :19.96 2) MASSON, SAM SO :20.12 4) BODROGI, VIKTOR SO :20.32
15) VIRGINIA 1:21.25 1:21.03 1) ANDERSON, LUKE SR :19.89 3) STAHL, BRYAN FR :20.45 2) ROGULJ, VANJA SO :20.12 4) HIRNIAK, STEFAN SO :20.57
TENNESSEE 1:19.61 DISQUAL 1) ALESI, OCTAVIO FR :00.00 3) GOLDBERG, BRYAN JR :00.00 2) GUSTAFSON, TYLER JR :00.00 4) BOSWELL, BRAD SO DISQUAL
VENT: 2 MEN's 500 Yard FREESTYLE
NCAA Record: 4:08.75 TOM DOLAN MICHIGAN 1995 AMERICAN Record: 4:08.75 TOM DOLAN MICHIGAN 1995 US OPEN Record: 4:08.75 TOM DOLAN MICHIGAN 1995 POOL RECORD: 4:11.59 CHAD CARVIN ARIZONA 1994 QUALIFYING FOR "A" CUT: 4:19.63
RESULTS of FINALS
RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
1) VANDERKAAY, PETER JR MICHIGAN 4:14.29 4:09.82** :47.52 :50.31 :50.44 :51.41 :50.14 ** POOL RECORD: 2) DEBERRY, TYLER JR ARIZONA 4:14.56 4:14.35 :48.44 :50.87 :51.25 :52.24 :51.55 3) MORTIMER, JUSTIN SR MINNESOTA 4:14.21 4:14.45 :48.27 :50.44 :51.47 :53.21 :51.06 4) MARGALIS, ROBERT SR GEORGIA 4:17.47 4:15.37 :48.73 :51.55 :51.60 :52.20 :51.29 5) Phillips, Shaun SO STANFORD 4:14.77 4:15.48 :49.10 :51.58 :51.73 :51.78 :51.29 6) MELLOULI, OUS JR SOUTHERN CAL. 4:17.60 4:16.86 :48.76 :51.57 :52.26 :52.58 :51.69 7) McGINNIS, MATT FR TEXAS 4:15.59 4:17.42 :48.78 :51.70 :52.05 :52.18 :52.71 8) JENSEN, LARSEN SO SOUTHERN CAL. 4:15.49 4:19.31 :49.40 :51.79 :52.84 :52.90 :52.38
CONSOLATION FINAL
9) TARWATER, DAVIS JR MICHIGAN 4:18.18 4:16.89 :49.13 :52.44 :52.03 :52.02 :51.27 10) FESENKO, SERGIY JR INDIANA 4:19.56 4:17.96 :49.51 :52.41 :52.80 :52.41 :50.83 11) CRIPPEN, FRAN JR VIRGINIA 4:19.75 4:19.32 :49.96 :52.55 :52.88 :52.64 :51.29 12) HURD, ANDREW SR MICHIGAN 4:18.63 4:19.36 :49.53 :52.63 :53.20 :52.96 :51.04 13) HARTLEY, BRIAN JR FLORIDA 4:19.57 4:19.53 :49.31 :52.73 :52.99 :52.57 :51.93 14) JONES, BJ SR AUBURN 4:18.42 4:19.97 :49.00 :52.37 :53.05 :53.42 :52.13 15) McLEAN, MIKE JR STANFORD 4:18.24 4:21.21 :48.21 :51.36 :53.20 :54.49 :53.95 16) MILLEN, JOHN SO VIRGINIA 4:19.63 4:22.23 :49.37 :53.35 :53.53 :53.31 :52.67
EVENT: 3 MEN's 200 Yard INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
NCAA Record: 1:41.76 RYAN LOCHTE FLORIDA 2005 NCAA MEET Record: 1:42.66 GEORGE BOVELL AUBURN 2003 AMERICAN Record: 1:41.76 RYAN LOCHTE FLORIDA 2005 US OPEN Record: 1:41.76 RYAN LOCHTE FLORIDA 2005 POOL RECORD: 1:43.66 GREG BURGESS FLORIDA 1994 QUALIFYING FOR "A" CUT: 1:46.69
RESULTS of FINALS
RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
1) LOCHTE, RYAN JR FLORIDA 1:44.64 1:41.71** :22.50 :24.96 :30.57 :23.68 ** NCAA Record: NCAA MEET Record: AMERICAN Record: US OPEN Record: ** POOL RECORD: 2) SHANTEAU, ERIC JR AUBURN 1:44.38 1:44.15 :23.35 :25.87 :29.89 :25.04 3) ROLLINS, DAVE JR ARIZONA 1:44.69 1:44.42 :23.31 :26.20 :29.42 :25.49 4) VAN WIE, DOUG JR AUBURN 1:45.43 1:44.69 :23.00 :25.43 :31.69 :24.57 5) PAUL, LOUIS SR PURDUE 1:44.89 1:45.50 :22.99 :25.92 :31.28 :25.31 6) DORR, JOHN SR CAL. BERKELEY 1:45.91 1:45.67 :23.33 :26.06 :30.83 :25.45 7) Oriwol, Tobias JR STANFORD 1:45.43 1:46.66 :22.75 :27.33 :31.13 :25.45 8) MITCHELL, ADAM JR MINNESOTA 1:45.97 1:47.05 :23.92 :26.41 :32.00 :24.72
CONSOLATION FINAL
9) ALEXANDROV, MIKE SO NORTHWESTERN 1:46.64 1:45.74 :23.06 :27.70 :29.98 :25.00 10) MELLORS, PAT FR VIRGINIA 1:46.07 1:46.34 :23.30 :27.13 :30.26 :25.65 11) STEPHENS, MARK JR STANFORD 1:46.24 1:46.45 :22.75 :27.53 :30.78 :25.39 12) LIEBHOLD, TIMOTHY SR WISCONSIN 1:46.54 1:46.58 :23.49 :26.70 :31.65 :24.74 13) CADY, KURT JR AUBURN 1:46.29 1:47.21 :23.10 :27.57 :31.02 :25.52 14) MANIA, ADAM SR WISCONSIN 1:46.14 1:47.31 :23.05 :26.52 :31.70 :26.04 15) CONNELL, RORY FR AUBURN 1:46.29 1:47.91 :23.54 :27.08 :32.19 :25.10 16) KAHN, DAVID JR TEXAS 1:46.33 1:48.30 :23.30 :27.36 :31.41 :26.23
VENT: 4 MEN's 50 Yard FREESTYLE
NCAA Record: :19.05 ANTHONY ERVIN CALIFORNIA 2002 AMERICAN Record: :19.05 JAGER/ ERVIN SCSC / CAL '90/'02 US OPEN Record: :19.05 JAGER/ ERVIN SCSC / CAL '90/'02 POOL RECORD: :19.08 NEIL WALKER TEXAS 1994 QUALIFYING FOR "A" CUT: :19.74
RESULTS of FINALS
RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
1) BOUSQUET, FRED SR AUBURN :18.74** :18.90 :09.38 :09.52 ** NCAA Record: US OPEN Record: POOL RECORD: 2) DRAGANJA, DUJE SR CAL. BERKELEY :19.32 :19.01 :09.29 :09.72 3) WILDMAN-TOBRINER,BE SO STANFORD :19.32 :19.27 :09.48 :09.79 4) FERNS, LYNDON JR ARIZONA :19.30 :19.30 :09.44 :09.86 5) GIMBUTIS, ROLANDAS JR CAL. BERKELEY :19.45 :19.31 :09.37 :09.94 6) WOCHOMURKA, RYAN SR AUBURN :19.40 :19.45 :09.32 :10.13 7) GREVERS, MATT C SO NORTHWESTERN :19.40 :19.55 :09.41 :10.14 8) WEBER-GALE, GARRETT SO TEXAS :19.39 :19.57 :09.59 :09.98
CONSOLATION FINAL
9) CAVIC, MILORAD JR CAL. BERKELEY :19.46 :19.41 :09.47 :09.94 10) BURNETT, SIMON JR ARIZONA :19.46 :19.48 :09.54 :09.94 11) BOVELL, GEORGE JR AUBURN :19.51 :19.62 :09.76 :09.86 12) TILLY, JONAS JR CAL. BERKELEY :19.71 :19.68 :09.58 :10.10 13) JONES, CULLEN JR N.CAROLINA STATE :19.63 :19.83 :09.62 :10.21 14) PATRICK, TIM SR KENTUCKY :19.45 :19.90 :09.77 :10.13 15) ZANDBERG, GERHARD FR ARIZONA :19.67 :19.94 :09.72 :10.22 16) FARNHAM, DANIEL JR KENTUCKY :19.65 :20.10 :09.74 :10.36
EVENT: 6 MEN's 400 Yard MEDLEY RELAY
NCAA Record: 3:04.47 TEXAS 2003 AMERICAN Record: 3:04.47 TEXAS 2003 US OPEN Record: 3:04.47 TEXAS 2003 POOL RECORD: 3:08.50 NORTHWESTERN 2005 QUALIFYING FOR "A" CUT: 3:12.36
RESULTS of FINALS
RANK TEAM PRELIM TIME
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
1) STANFORD 3:08.78 3:06.45** 1) Cramer, Jayme SR :46.23 3) McDonald, Matt SR :46.21 2) Marshall, Gary SR :52.19 4) WILDMAN-TOBRINER,BE SO :41.82 ** POOL RECORD: 2) ARIZONA 3:10.19 3:07.57 1) ZANDBERG, GERHARD FR :46.98 3) FERNS, LYNDON JR :45.76 2) BARNES, IVAN FR :53.13 4) BURNETT, SIMON JR :41.70
3) AUBURN 3:10.93 3:07.92 1) VAN WIE, DOUG JR :46.35 3) BOUSQUET, FRED SR :46.05 2) OSBORNE, SEAN SO :53.80 4) BOVELL, GEORGE JR :41.72
4) NORTHWESTERN 3:09.70 3:08.33 1) GREVERS, MATT C SO :45.89 3) BUBOLZ, KYLE FR :45.75 2) ALEXANDROV, MIKE SO :52.47 4) KORMUSHOFF, DAVID FR :44.22
5) CAL. BERKELEY 3:11.17 3:08.54 1) CAVIC, MILORAD JR :46.72 3) DRAGANJA, DUJE SR :45.22 2) ROWE, CALEB SR :53.53 4) GIMBUTIS, ROLANDAS JR :43.07
6) FLORIDA 3:09.10 3:08.55 1) LOCHTE, RYAN JR :45.37 3) MANGABEIRA, GABRIEL SR :45.90 2) WELCH, COREY SR :54.72 4) TOWNSEND, DARIAN FR :42.56
7) MICHIGAN 3:11.04 3:11.49 1) DEJONG, CHRIS JR :47.42 3) TARWATER, DAVIS JR :46.04 2) VANDERKAAY,CHRISTIANSR :54.39 4) VANDERKAAY, PETER JR :43.64
8) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 3:10.99 3:11.69 1) BODROGI, VIKTOR SO :47.92 3) MASSON, SAM SO :46.50 2) FLASKAY, MIHALY SO :52.77 4) MELLOULI, OUS JR :44.50
CONSOLATION FINAL
9) GEORGIA 3:13.69 3:12.45 1) OSBORN, PETER SR :47.97 3) SCHMIDT, JONATHAN JR :46.56 2) GARDNER, SCOTT SR :54.00 4) VERHOEF, PETER JR :43.92
10) MINNESOTA 3:12.74 3:13.86 1) PLUMMER, DAVID FR :48.38 3) OSTEN, NEIL SR :48.10 2) TIMMER, JASON FR :54.58 4) SILKAITIS, TERRY SR :42.80
11) TEXAS A&M 3:14.91 3:14.52 1) BLANCHARD, DAN SR :49.43 3) NEWMANN, SCOTT JR :48.02 2) JACOBO, ALFREDO SR :53.93 4) SULLIVANT, ANDREW JR :43.14
12) ALABAMA 3:15.05 3:14.58 1) SOUTHON, FRANCK SR :50.25 3) TSAGKARAKIS,APOSTOL SO :49.04 2) POLYAKOV, VLADISLAV SO :52.53 4) DARREN, ERASMUS JR :42.76
13) NEVADA - LAS VEGAS 3:15.95 3:16.34 1) HUGO, JONATHAN SR :49.57 3) BARTOCH, JOE JR :47.45 2) ADAMS, PATRICK SR :54.93 4) NELMS, BRANDON SO :44.39
14) TENNESSEE 3:16.49 3:16.68 1) BOSWELL, BRAD SO :48.03 3) ALESI, OCTAVIO FR :47.51 2) GOLDBERG, BRYAN JR :57.68 4) GUSTAFSON, TYLER JR :43.46
15) HARVARD 3:17.45 3:17.61 1) CROMWELL, DAVID JR :48.19 3) LAWLER, JAMES SR :48.33 2) RATHGEBER, GEOFF FR :55.80 4) COLE, JOHN SR :45.29
VIRGINIA 3:12.79 DISQUAL 1) GREENWOOD, BO SR :50.65 3) RAAB, MICHAEL SR :47.88 2) ROGULJ, VANJA SO :52.75 4) ANDERSON, LUKE SR DISQUAL
EVENT: 5 MEN's 1 Meter SPRINGBOARD DIVING
OPTIONAL LIMITED RANK NAME YEAR TEAM DD PRELIM DD FINALS
1 PUHAKKA, JOONA ARIZONA STATE 386.00 421.05 2 COLWILL, CHRIS GEORGIA 344.30 387.45 3 SMITH, STEWART ALABAMA 325.30 377.75 4 SEGERLIN, STEVE AUBURN 345.30 370.25 5 WILCOX, ZACHARY FLORIDA 326.45 352.55 6 TARANTINO, JEVO TENNESSEE 313.55 332.20 7 RICHESON, MITCH OHIO STATE 313.75 330.90 8 BRICKER, MATTHEW AUBURN 321.60 328.40
9 SEHN, ERIC TEXAS A&M 309.05 10 COLLIER, JOHN ARIZONA 307.20 11 ASHWORTH, AARON ALABAMA 306.40 12 DALMAN, NIKO LOUISIANA STATE 301.50 13 PIERCE, ADAM PENN. STATE 300.85 14 VELAZOVEZ, MIGUEL MIAMI (FLORIDA) 299.65 15 FAGAN, RYAN INDIANA 296.35 16 STARKS, DEREK MIAMI (FLORIDA) 294.75
17 GAGNET, LOUIE CAL. BERKELEY 286.85 18 GASTALDO, MARC PENN. STATE 286.20 19 VINCENT, RAY SOUTHERN CAL. 284.85 20 BRADLEY, ANDY SOUTH CAROLINA 284.30 21 McCAIN, KELLY TEXAS CHRISTIAN 283.50 22 HARKNESS, KELLEN OHIO STATE 281.00 23 HILDE, MIKE SOUTHERN CAL. 273.45 24 WATTERS, EVAN MISSOURI 271.15 25 CARLTON, MARC INDIANA 269.10 26 LoBUE, STEVE PURDUE 266.30 27 BERMAN, DEAN UNC-WILMINGTON 266.10 28 HANNEMAN, NICK OHIO STATE 263.05 29 NEMTSANOV, DENIS PITTSBURGH 262.60 30 AVERY, TODD GEORGIA 258.50 31 DeMOND, KENT PRINCETON 258.45 32 KALEC, DAVID TEXAS A&M 258.25 33 MARIANO, BRIAN INDIANA 257.85 34 SYDES, BEAU S.M.U. 243.30 35 RANDALL, SCOTT BRIGHAM YOUNG 240.70
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1) AUBURN 172 15) ARIZONA STATE 20 2) ARIZONA 130 16) TENNESSEE 19 3) CAL. BERKELEY 126 16) INDIANA 19 4) STANFORD 120 18) VIRGINIA 18 5) FLORIDA 86 19) NEVADA-LAS VEGAS 16 6) NORTHWESTERN 69 20) PURDUE 14 7) MINNESOTA 65 21) OHIO STATE 12 8) GEORGIA 62 22) WISCONSIN 8 9) MICHIGAN 58 23) LOUISIANA STATE 5 10) SOUTHERN CAL. 52 24) HARVARD 4 11) TEXAS 50 24) PENN. STATE 4 12) TEXAS A&M 35 24) N.CAROLINA STATE 4 13) KENTUCKY 32 24) MIAMI (FLORIDA) 4 13) ALABAMA 32