Florida Gators
NCAA Championships
Men's Swimming And Diving Finishes Fifth At NCAAs
Sunday, March 25, 2001 | Men's Swimming & Diving
"We were solid every day of the meet and every guy scored," Florida head coach Gregg Troy said. "I couldn't be prouder of the effort our guys gave. We came out of the blocks fast every day and we scored in every event we were in (all but the 200-yard freestyle). It was a true team effort. We have a great coaching staff, our assistants are outstanding and do a great job."
In the 200-yard butterfly, junior Duncan Sherrard (Lakeland, Fla./Bartow) had the top overall performance in the preliminaries, touching the wall in 1:44.15. In the finals, Sherrard placed second with a time of 1:43.18. Senior Greg Reeves (Tallahassee, Fla./Leon) came in third place in the finals of the 200 fly with a time of 1:43.44 after finishing fourth in the preliminaries, swimming the event in 1:44.34. Junior Eric Donnelly (Sarasota, Fla./Cardinal Mooney) qualified for the consolation finals in the event, coming in fourth with a time of 1:44.81. In the preliminaries, Donnelly came in 15th, touching the wall in 1:45.31.
In the 1,650-yard freestyle, which only had a finals round, senior Ricardo Monasterio (Caracas, Venezuela/Indian River CC) represented the Gators, coming in 12th with a time of 15:02.90.
Freshman Carlos Jayme (Goias, Brazil/Annapolis) finished sixth in the preliminaries of the 100-yard freesrtyle with a time of 43.31. In the championship finals of the event, Jayme swam the event in 43.27 to finish in sixth place. Jayme's time in the finals ranks third in UF history. Also in the 100 free, senior Nathan Summers (Pensacola, Fla./Brooke Point) swam in the consolation finals after finishing 14th in the preliminaries with a time of 43.73. In the consolation finals, Summers touched the wall in 44.31 to finish eighth.
The 400-yard freestyle relay team of junior Jim Kostowicz (Longwood, Fla./Ohio State), Summers, junior Hendrik Odendaal (Stellenbosh, South Africa/Paul Roos Gymnasium) and Jayme finished fifth in the preliminaries with a time of 2:54.87. In the finals, the team of Summers, Odendaal, Sherrard and Jayme came in sixth, touching the wall in 2:54.05.
Sophomore Ansel Tjin-A-Tam (Paramaribo, Suriname/Bolles) finished seventh in the consolation finals of the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:58.72 after finishing 12th in the preliminaries, swimming the event in 1:58.52.
Junior Mike Jansen (Wellington, Fla./Wellington) and freshman Chris Kellam (Mt. Juliet, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) each reached the consolation finals of the 200-yard backstroke after finishing ninth and 10th respectively in the preliminaries. In the consolation finals, Kellam finished second with a time of 1:44.19 and Jansen came in fourth, touching the wall in 1:44.88.
Junior diver Hank Richardson (Houston, Tex./Memorial) came in ninth in the preliminaries of the platform diving competition, scoring 472.50 points and narrowly missing a spot in the finals.
Selected Florida swimmers will compete again March 29-April 2 at the World Championship Trials, hosted by the University of Texas in Austin, Tex.
UF FINALS RESULTS FROM DAY 3
1,650-yard freestyle, Championship Finals
12. Ricardo Monasterio, 15:02.90
200-yard backstroke, Consolation Finals
2. Chris Kellam, 1:44.19
4. Mike Jansen, 1:44.88
100-yard freestyle, Consolation Finals
8. Nathan Summers, 44.31
100-yard freestyle, Championship Finals
6. Carlos Jayme, 43.27
200-yard breaststroke, Consolation Finals
7. Ansel Tjin-A-Tam, 1:58.72
200-yard butterfly, Consolation Finals
4. Eric Donnelly, 1:44.81
200-yard butterfly, Championship Finals
2. Duncan Sherrard, 1:43.18
3. Greg Reeves, 1:43.44
400-yard freestyle relay, Championship Finals
6. Summers, Odendaal, Sherrard, Jayme, 2:54.05
UF FINALS RESULTS FROM DAY 2
200-yard medley relay, Consolation Finals
3. Jansen, Tjin-A-Tam, Odendaal, Jayme, 1:28.50
400-yard individual medley, Consolation Finals
4. Bryan Kim, 3:48.53
400-yard individual medley, Championship Finals
4. Greg Reeves, 3:44.43
7. Eric Donnelly, 3:45.53
100-yard butterfly, Consolation Finals
8. Duncan Sherrard, 48.28
100-yard breaststroke, Consolation Finals
6. Ansel Tjin-A-Tam, 54.72
100-yard backstroke, Consolation Finals
3. Nathan Summers, 48.16
Three-meter diving, Championship Finals
8. Hank Richardson, 543.80
800-yard freestyle relay, Championship Finals
6. Summers, Jayme, Donnelly, Sherrard, 6:28.28
UF FINALS RESULTS FROM DAY 1
200-yard Freestyle Relay, Championship Finals
7. Kostowicz, Jayme, Odendaal, Summers, 1:18.70
500-yard Freestyle, Consolation Finals
2. Ricardo Monasterio, 4:18.71
200-yard Individual Medley, Consolation Finals
1. Duncan Sherrard, 1:46.29
4. Greg Reeves, 1:46.66
50-yard Freestyle, Consolation Finals
1. Carlos Jayme, 19.79
400-yard Medley Relay, Consolation Finals
2. Jansen, Norris, Sherrard, Summers, 3:13.51
TOP 10 TEAM RESULTS
1. Texas 597.6
2. Stanford 457.5
3. Tennessee 330.5
4. USC 299
5. Florida 265
6. Arizona 251
7. Auburn 236
8. California 191
9. Minnesota 176
10. Michigan 161
RESULTS AMONG SEC TEAMS
3. Tennessee 330.5
5. Florida 265
7. Auburn 236
15. Georgia 78
17. Kentucky 53
19. LSU 39
20. South Carolina 38
