Men's Swim & Dive Set For NCAA Championships
Wednesday, March 26, 2003 | Men's Swimming & Diving
The No. 7 University of Florida men's swimming and diving team will compete at the 2003 NCAA Championships this week (Mar. 27-29) at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin, Texas.
Under Head Coach Gregg Troy, Florida has improved all three years at the NCAAs that he has been coach of the men's program. In Troy's first season in 2000, UF finished in ninth place, a jump of eight spots from the previous season (1999) when the Gators finished 17th. In 2001, Florida jumped up to fifth in the standings and jumped even higher last season with its fourth place effort.
Twelve Gators will take part in the event, as Florida will look to improve from last season's finish.
The list of Gators competing include: freshman Brian Hartley (Indianapolis, Ind.) in the 500 free and 1,650 free; junior Carlos Jayme (Goias, Brazil) in the 100 free, 200 free relay, 50 free, 400 medley relay, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay); sophomore Scott Kaufmann (Sparks, Nev.) in the 500 free and 1,650 free; junior Chris Kellam (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.) in the 200 IM, 100 back and 200 back; freshman Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 1,650 free, 200 free relay and 800 free relay); sophomore Gabriel Mangabeira (Piratininga, Brazil) in the 100 fly, 100 back, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay, 200 medley relay, 800 free relay and the 400 free relay; senior Philip Norris (Longwood, Fla.) in the 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay); junior Scott Schultz (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) in the 400 free relay; sophomore Adam Sioui (Ontario, Canada) in the 200 free, 500 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay and 800 free relay; sophomore Kris Wiebeck (Tampa, Fla.) in the 200 back and 800 free relay; sophomore Zach Wilcox (Yarrow Point, Wash.) in the one-meter and three-meter springboards and the 10-meter platform diving; and sophomore Jan Wolfgarten (Frankfurt, Germany) in the 1,650 free.
The preliminaries for the day's events will begin at 11 a.m. (CT), with the finals to begin at 7 p.m. (CT).
The schedule of events as follows:
Thursday, March 27:
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
500-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Individual Medley
50-Yard Freestyle
One-Meter Springboard Diving
400-Yard Medley Relay
Friday, March 28:
200-Yard Medley Relay
400-Yard Individual Medley
100-Yard Butterfly
200-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard Breaststroke
100-Yard Backstroke
Three-Meter Springboard Diving
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
Saturday, March 29:
1,650-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Backstroke
100-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Breaststroke
200-Yard Butterfly
Platform Diving
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
Live scoring for the event can be found at the following link:
http://www.texassports.com/mainpages/sw_pages/2002_03/msw_ncaa/index.html
