Florida Gators
Men's NCAA Champs. - Day 1
Men's Swimming in 4th after Day One of NCAAs
Friday, March 29, 2002 | Men's Swimming & Diving
The University of Florida finished the first night of competition at the 2002 Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in fourth place with 91 points. Texas leads the Championships with 163 points, followed by Stanford with 143 points and Arizona with 104 points.
"We're really pleased with the first day," said Head Coach Gregg Troy. "Our best swimming is in front of us. (Eric) Donnelly and (Duncan) Sherrard) in the 200-yard IM were outstanding for two seniors who got out and raced well."
Florida began the night with a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Carlos Jayme, Hendrik Odendaal, Gabriel Mangabeira and Jim Kostowicz combined for a time of 1:18.02, earning Florida 26 points in its first event. Stanford, which set a new NCAA record, American record, US Open Record and pool record with its time of 1:16.49, took first place, followed by California in second at 1:16.89. Cal's Anthony Ervin set a new NCAA record and tied an American, US Open and pool record with his 50-yard freestyle split of 19.05.
In the 500-yard freestyle, Adam Sioui moved from last place in the consolation final after the first 100 yards to a third-place finish in the consolation final (11th overall) with his time of 4:20.20. Klete Keller of USC won the event with a time of 4:12.83, followed by teammate Erik Vendt, who finished in a time of 4:13.99.
Duncan Sherrard finished fourth in the championship finals of the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:45.67, while Eric Donnelly finished sixth, clocking in at 1:45.85. Stanford's Markus Rogan won the event, clocking in at 1:44.03, and teammate Dan Trupin touched the wall in 1:44.08 to finish second.
In the 50-yard freestyle, Odendaal finished sixth in the consolation finals (14th overall) in a time of 20.02, just edging teammate Jayme, who clocked in at 20.03 to finish seventh (15th overall). Arizona's Roland Schoeman finished first in the event, touching the wall in 19:08, followed by California's Ervin at 19:10.
The team of Mike Jansen, Ansel Tjin-A-Tam, Gabriel Mangabeira and Carlos Jayme finished the 400-yard medley relay in a time of 3:11.82 for a sixth-place finish. Stanford won the event in a time of 3:06.81, followed by Texas in second place in a time of 3:06.93.
Eight Florida swimmers earned 13 All-America honors during Friday's competition.
Competition continues Friday at 11 a.m. with preliminaries and finals at 7 p.m. with finals. Results of both preliminaries and finals are available at www.gatorzone.com on the men's swimming and diving home page.
Friday's Events
200-yard medley relay
400-yard individual medley
100-yard butterfly
200-yard freestyle
100-yard breaststroke
100-yard backstroke
3-meter diving
800-yard freestyle relay
AGATE
200-yard freestyle relay
1. Randall Bal, Peter Marshall, Andrew Schnell, Bobby O'Bryan, Stanford, 1:16.49: 2. Anthony Ervin, Mattias Ohlin, Matthew Macedo, Duje Draganja, California, 1:16.89: 3. Roland Schoeman, Eric LaFleur, Tyler Johnson, Byron Jeffers, Arizona, 1:16.99
500-yard freestyle
1. Klete Keller, USC, 4:12.83: 2. Erik Vendt, USC, 4:13.99: 3. John Cole, Harvard, 4:16.91
200-yard individual medley
1. Markus Rogan, Stanford, 1:44.03: 2. Dan Trupin, Stanford, 1:44.08: 3. Tamas Kerekjarto, USC, 1:45.56
50-yard freestyle
1. Roland Schoeman, Arizona, 19:08: 2. Anthony Ervin, California, 19:10: 3. Randall Bal, Stanford, 19:48
1-meter diving
1. Troy Dumais, Texas, 390.35: 2. Clayton Moss, Kentucky, 379.90: 3. Phillip Jones, Tennessee, 366.85
400-yard medley relay
1. Peter Marshall, Michael Bruce, Dan Westcott, Randall Bal, Stanford, 3:06.81: 2. Tom Hannan, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Chris Kemp, Texas, 3:06.93: 3. Todd Smolinski, Jeff Hackler, Chad Krastins, Terry Silkaitis, Minnesota, 3:09.73
