Florida Gators
TCU
Men's Swim & Dive Wins At TCU With Split Squad
Saturday, January 17, 2004 | Men's Swimming & Diving
With half of its team preparing for the Dallas Morning News Classic later on in the evening, senior Scott Schultz (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and junior Zach Wilcox (Yarrow Point, Wash.) led the No. 5 Florida men's swimming and diving team to a 129.5-113.5 victory against TCU Saturday at the University Rec Center.
The Gators (7-1) won eight of the 11 individual events and eight of 13 overall, highlighted by Schultz and Wilcox, who each won two apiece against the Horned Frogs (8-1). Wilcox also set a career high on the three-meter with a zone qualifying score of 379.50.
After dropping the 200-yard medley relay to open the meet, Florida won the first three individual events. The Gators went 1-2-3 in the 1,000-yard freestyle with sophomore Michael Berger (Frankfurt, Germany) taking first with a time of 9:29.89, junior Scott Kaufmann (Sparks, Nev.) second with a mark of 9:31.11 and junior Steve Friedlander (Coral Springs, Fla.) third with a time of 9:34.69.
Schultz followed up with his first win of the meet in the 200-yard freestyle as he won by nearly a full second with a time of 1:41.67. Sophomore Nick Borreca (Honolulu, Hawaii) then touched the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle (21.48).
Wilcox then added his first season best score of the day on the one-meter where he won by nearly 60 points with a zone qualifying score of 348.15.
Schultz picked up his second win in the 100-yard freestyle with a mark of 46.66. Right behind in second was Borreca with a time of 47.15.
Junior Jan Wolfgarten (Frankfurt, Germany) led the Gators to another 1-2-3 finish in the 500-yard freestyle by placing first with a time of 4:35.42. Kaufmann added his second runner-up finish of the day (4:38.70), while Berger came in third (4:41.16).
Senior Ansel Tjin-A-Tam (Paramaribo, Suriname) followed with a win in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:06.64) to close out the individual events.
The other half of the Florida team swims Saturday in the final evening of the Dallas Morning News Classic at SMU. The meet is scheduled for an 8:30 p.m. (EST) start. Results can be found at: www.smumustangs.com
Men's Team Scores
Florida 129.5
TCU 113.5
Florida Winners
1,000-Yard Freestyle
Michael Berger, 9:29.89
200-Yard Freestyle
Scott Schultz, 1:41.67
50-Yard Freestyle
Nick Borreca, 21.48
One-Meter
Zach Wilcox, 348.15
100-Yard Freestyle
Scott Schultz, 46.66
500-Yard Freestyle
Jan Wolfgarten, 4:35.42
Three-Meter
Zach Wilcox, 379.50
200-Yard Breaststroke
Ansel Tjin-A-Tam, 2:06.64
