University of Minnesota Athletics

U SWIMMING AND DIVING WINS MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL

11/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

closestJunior Dan Croaston took top honors in the 1-m diving as the 12th-ranked Golden Gophers won the Minnesota Invitational with 970 points. The next closest school was the University of Pittsburgh who had 677.50 points to take runner-up honors. The Golden Gophers successfully defended their Minnesota Invite title from a year ago.

Scoring first-place points for Minnesota was the 400- meter medley relay team of Ben Bartell, Jeff Hackler, Keam Ang and Allen Ong that swam the event in 3:43.06.

Senior captain Yoav Meiri placed third in the 400m IM with a time of 4:26.61, while teammate Nick Toumanoff placed seventh with a time of 4:32.55.

Freshman Jeff Hackler placed third in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:03.34, while teammate Chris Brunson placed fifth with a time of 1:03.99. Hackler also placed second in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:16.74, while Malnik placed fifth with a time of 2:19.19.

Junior transfer Keam Ang took top honors in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:00.04, Meiri took second with a time of 2:00.20 and sophomore Chad Krastins took 10th with a time of 2:06.22.

The 400m freestyle relay team of Allen Ong, Brandon Crook, Grant Butler and Mark Atwood took second place behind Iowa with a time of 3:24.66. The Hawkeyes won the event in a time of 3:24.02.

The 200-meter medley relay team of Todd Smolinski, Chris Brunson, Keam Ang and Brandon Schindler took second place with a time of 1:42.97, just ahead of the Iowa State team who had a time of 1:43.45.

The Golden Gophers will travel to Texas on Dec. 3-5 to take part in the Texas Invitational.

Minnesota Invitational Nov. 19-21 AGATE Men's team scores 1. Minnesota 970 2. Pittsburgh 677.5 3. Wisconsin 518 4. Iowa State 471.5 5. Iowa 470.5 6. Utah 365 7. Air Force 335 8. Northern Illinois 77.5 9. Tennessee 61 10. North Dakota 25 11. St. Cloud STate 15 12. St. Olaf 12

Event 32 Men 200 Meter Backstroke Name Yr School Finals Time A - Final 1 Elko, Brian SR PITT 2:00.69 2 Deac, Bogdan SR IOWA-IA 2:02.03 3 Skoog, Peter JR ISU 2:02.21 4 Krueger, Ted SO WISC 2:03.52 5 Bartell, Ben SO MINN 2:04.44 6 Nogar, Josh JR ISU 2:05.08 7 Smolinski, Todd FR MINN 2:05.73 8 Byars, Adam JR WISC 2:06.82 B - Final 9 Eden, Will SO PITT 2:04.54 10 Melrose, Mike FR MINN 2:06.23 11 Pecival, Scott JR AF 2:06.24 12 Horner, Matt SO AF 2:06.28 13 Coyne, Mick JR NIU 2:06.53 14 Steinfort, Race SO AF 2:06.59 15 Ciferri, Brink FR WISC 2:06.89 16 Hinz, Nick JR IOWA-IA 2:07.74 C - Final 17 Jimenez, Mike FR ISU 2:06.04 18 Mahoney, Mike FR MINN 2:06.68 19 Batulis, David FR MINN 2:07.62 20 Nowak, Dustin FR AF 2:09.96 21 Wencl, Mike SR SCSU 2:10.93 22 Fleisch, David FR UTAH-UT 2:11.39 23 Kolfenbach, Jason SR IOWA-IA 2:12.62 24 Linge, Stephen SO UTAH-UT 2:13.92 Event 34 Men 100 Meter Freestyle Name Yr School Finals Time A - Final 1 Nystrom, Johan SR UTAH-UT 50.58 2 Lonergan, John JR IOWA-IA 50.65 3 Godsman, Eric SR WISC 50.90 4 Ong, Allen FR MINN 50.99 5 DeBruin, Dylan SO ISU 51.22 6 Paschke, Tim SR AF 51.40 7 Crook, Brandon SO MINN 52.46 8 Grube, Mike FR PITT 52.70 B - Final 9 Glenn, Jay JR IOWA-IA 50.39 10 Paige, Tyler JR AF 52.23 11 Atwood, Mark FR MINN 52.36 12 Koller, Jerry SR PITT 52.52 13 Tallman, Tim SR PITT 52.63 14 Tainter, Andrew JR WISC 52.89 14 Butler, Grant JR MINN 52.89 16 Heath, Miah SO PITT 52.93 C - Final 17 Von Bodungen, Max SO MINN 52.24 18 Breshears, Rob SR ISU 52.92 19 Zuckerman, Russell SO WISC 53.38 20 Hackney, Thad SR IOWA-IA 53.41 21 Kofoed, Kyle JR UTAH-UT 53.42 22 Shedlock, Patrick JR PITT 53.98 23 Demos, Mike SO PITT 54.04 24 Lupetin, Brendan SR PITT 54.11 Event 36 Men 200 Meter Breaststroke Name Yr School Finals Time A - Final 1 Ihlenfeld, Matt JR AF 2:16.27 2 Hackler, Jeff FR MINN 2:16.74 3 Pron, Mike SR PITT 2:18.31 4 Van Epps, Scott SR PITT 2:18.87 5 Malnik, Dov SO MINN 2:19.19 6 Neuman, Brian FR WISC 2:21.53 7 Brunson, Chris FR MINN 2:22.89 8 Howard, Brian SR MINN 2:23.55 B - Final 9 Cherep, Andy SR PITT 2:21.78 10 Mednick, Avi SR IOWA-IA 2:22.01 11 Forrest, Chris SO MINN 2:23.66 12 Porter, Brian SO MINN 2:23.73 13 Dayton, John FR AF 2:24.13 14 Binkowski, Danny FR ISU 2:24.52 15 Bales, James JR AF 2:24.84 16 Johnson, Curt FR UTAH-UT 2:25.22 C - Final 17 Weed, Leon SO NIU 2:25.90 18 Godfrey, Daniel SO UTAH-UT 2:27.18 19 McGinty, Robbie FR ISU 2:29.01 20 Carlile, John FR UTAH-UT 2:29.92 21 Christianson, Mike FR ISU 2:30.78 22 Galazka, Tom JR NIU 2:36.90 23 Sheehan, Jim SR ISU 2:37.59 Event 38 Men 200 Meter Butterfly Name Yr School Finals Time A - Final 1 Ang, Keam JR MINN 2:00.04 2 Meiri, Yoav SR MINN 2:00.20 3 Abersek, Ales SO IOWA-IA 2:00.29 4 Wright, Jon SR UTAH-UT 2:01.41 5 Franicevic, Lovrenco SR ISU 2:03.10 6 Chamberlain, Matt SR UTAH-UT 2:03.77 7 Peiffer, Neil SR WISC 2:05.20 8 Coyne, Brendan JR WISC 2:05.51 B - Final 9 Rahaeuser, Ryan SO PITT 2:05.05 10 Krastins, Chad SO MINN 2:06.22 11 North, Steve FR PITT 2:06.57 12 Figueroa, Adrian SO PITT 2:06.66 13 Buccicone, Blair SO MINN 2:07.27 14 Grados, Mike JR AF 2:07.43 15 Taylor, Matt FR MINN 2:07.95 16 Wells, Andrew FR AF 2:09.03 C - Final 17 Finch, Josh JR AF 2:08.27 C - Final ... (Event 38 Men 200 Meter Butterfly) Name Yr School Finals Time 18 Morrisey, Kyle JR NIU 2:09.85 19 Ryan, Shane FR MINN 2:10.88 20 Fastabend, Mark SR IOWA-IA 2:11.48 21 Badgett, Andrew JR AF 2:12.00 22 Maulding, Matt SO IOWA-IA 2:12.63 23 McGinty, Mitch SR ISU 2:13.94 24 Homan, Andy FR SCSU 2:15.14 Event 42 Men 400 Meter Freestyle Relay Team Relay Finals Time 1 IOWA-IA A 3:24.02 1) Lonergan, John-JR 2) Hackney, Thad-SR 3) Fuller, Pat-FR 4) Glenn, Jay-JR 2 MINN A 3:24.66 1) Ong, Allen-FR 2) Crook, Brandon-SO 3) Butler, Grant-JR 4) Atwood, Mark-FR 3 ISU A 3:25.29 1) Skoog, Peter-JR 2) Gahan, Jeff-JR 3) DeBruin, Dylan-SO 4) Breshears, Rob-SR 4 UTAH-UT A 3:25.83 1) Nystrom, Johan-SR 2) Wright, Jon-SR 3) Kofoed, Kyle-JR 4) Chamberlain, Matt-SR 5 WISC A 3:25.98 1) Tainter, Andrew-JR 2) Byars, Adam-JR 3) Zuiderhof, Matt-FR 4) Godsman, Eric-SR 6 MINN B 3:28.53 1) Taylor, Matt-FR 2) Schindler, Brandon-SR 3) Krastins, Chad-SO 4) Von Bodungen, Max-SO 7 AF A 3:28.59 1) Paschke, Tim-SR 2) Dayton, John-FR 3) Parker, Stewart-SO 4) Paige, Tyler-JR 8 PITT A 3:28.69 1) Tallman, Tim-SR 2) Heath, Miah-SO 3) Grube, Mike-FR 4) Koller, Jerry-SR 9 ISU B 3:30.61 1) Wilson, Jeremy-JR 2) Owens, Doug-SO 3) DeSsoeke, Evan-SR 4) Franicevic, Lovrenco-SR 10 WISC B 3:30.63 1) Krueger, Ted-SO 2) Coyne, Brendan-JR 3) Patee, Dan-SO 4) Zuckerman, Russell-SO 11 IOWA-IA B 3:31.72 1) Kahn, Aaron-SR 2) Kopacz, Andy-SO 3) Deac, Bogdan-SR 4) Renner-Arjes, Ian-FR 12 MINN C x3:32.53 1) Bartell, Ben-SO 2) Shilt, Aaron-FR 3) Dillon, Mark-FR 4) Ayres, Ryan-JR 13 UTAH-UT B 3:34.40 1) Williams, Chris-SR 2) Fleisch, David-FR 3) Linge, Stephen-SO 4) Johnson, Curt-FR 14 AF B 3:36.40 1) Horner, Matt-SO 2) Finch, Josh-JR 3) Haylett, Marshall-SO 4) Wells, Andrew-FR 14 IOWA-IA C x3:36.40 1) Willer, Jason-SR 2) Hinz, Nick-JR 3) George, Chris-FR 4) Abersek, Ales-SO 16 PITT C 3:37.00 1) Quinn, Josh-SO 2) Drew, Regan-SR 3) Eden, Will-SO 4) Rahaeuser, Ryan-SO 17 AF C x3:37.27 1) Smith, Andrew-SR 2) Amidon, Nate-FR 3) Tarantino, Matt-SO 4) Ihlenfeld, Matt-JR 18 ISU C x3:40.28 1) McGinty, Robbie-FR 2) Lindner, Ansel-FR 3) McGinty, Mitch-SR 4) Sunrydh, Karl-FR 19 IOWA-IA D x3:41.16 1) Mednick, Avi-SR 2) Maulding, Matt-SO 3) Kolfenbach, Jason-SR 4) Fastabend, Mark-SR 20 UTAH-UT C x3:41.82 1) Durrant, Brandon-SO 2) Linford, Joe-JR 3) Godfrey, Daniel-SO 4) Heidelberger, Cory-SR --- PITT B DQ 1) Elko, Brian-SR 2) Demos, Mike-SO 3) Lupetin, Brendan-SR 4) Shedlock, Patrick-JR

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