University of Minnesota Athletics
MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING CRUISES PAST WISCONSIN AND PURDUE
1/27/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
The Golden Gophers won all four relays during the two-day meet, beginning with the 200 medley relay, the first event of the meet. The team of Todd Smolinski , Jeff Hackler, Chad Krastins and Ricardo Dornelas was victorious in 1:31.47. The 800 freestyle relay team of Justin Mortimer, Matt Taylor, Brandon Crook and Alex Massura won the last event of the first day in 6:42.02, winning by over three seconds. The 200 freestyle relay team of Dornelas, Massura, Grant Butler and Allen Ong was victorious in 1:22.82 while the 400 freestyle relay team ended the meet with a win on 3:03.05.
Dan Croaston dominated the diving events and was one of three individuals that won multiple events. He won the one-meter by almost a 100 points with a 367.9 score. He was almost as impressive on the three-meter board, winning by over 60 points with a 369.95 score. Ong claimed wins in the 50 and 100 freestyle events. He won the 50 in 20.99 and the 100 in 45.54. Keam Ang was the other multiple-event winner, touching the wall first in the 100 and 200 butterfly with times of 49.16 and 1:47.17 respectively.
The Golden Gophers most productive swimming event was the 200 backstroke where they posted the top four finishers. Massura led the way in 1:48.19, followed by Smolinski in 1:49.61. Other individual winners for Minnesota included Mortimer in the 1000 freestyle (9:15.46), Smolinski in the 100 backstroke (49.07) and Martin Gustavsson in the 200 breaststroke (2:02.00).
Minnesota returns to action Feb. 2-3 at the Minnesota Challenge at the U of M Aquatic Center.
Results
200 Medley Relay 1. Minnesota A (Smolinski, Hackler, Krastins, Dornelas), 1:31.47 2. Minnesota B (Bartell, Gustavsson, Ang, Butler), 1:32.94
1000 Freestyle 1. Justin Mortimer, Minnesota, 9:15.46 6. Tim Sheely, Minnesota, 9:40.87 7. Adam Apprill, Minnesota, 9:41.60
200 Freestyle 1. Javier Diaz, Purdue, 1:39.91 2. Matt Taylor, Minnesota, 1:41.06 6. Allen Ong, Minnesota, 1:41.95 8. Brandon Crook, Minnesota, 1:42.78
100 Backstroke 1. Todd Smolinski, Minnesota, 49.07 2. Alex Massura, Minnesota, 49.79 3. Ben Bartell, Minnesota, 49.91 6. Mike Melrose, Minnesota, 51.21 7. Diego Urreta, Minnesota, 51.45 11. Ryan Plummer, Minnesota, 53.45
100 Breaststroke 1. Tamas Bessenyei, Purdue, 55.76 2. Jeff Hackler, Minnesota, 56.63 3. Martin Gustavsson, Minnesota, 57.05 6. Dov Malnik, Minnesota, 57.97 8. Chris Forrest, Minnesota, 57.98 12. Kris Carver, Minnesota, 1:02.73
200 Butterfly 1. Keam Ang, Minnesota, 1:47.17 3. Chad Krastins, Minnesota, 1:50.14 6. Mark Dillon, Minnesota, 1:54.56 11. Tim Sheely, Minnesota, 1:57.66
50 Freestyle 1. Allen Ong, Minnesota, 20.99 2. Ricardo Dornelas, Minnesota, 21.01 6. Grant Butler, Minnesota, 21.28 9. Brandon Crook, Minnesota, 21.90 10. Brian Gettelfinger</ a>, Minnesota, 22.02
200 Individual Medley 1. Brendan Coyne, Wisconsin, 1:52.80 2. Diego Urreta, Minnesota, 1:52.96 7. Ben Bartell, Minnesota, 1:55.26 8. Ryan Plummer, Minnesota, 1:55.51 9. Todd Smolinski, Minnesota, 1:56.48 10. Dov Malnik, Minnesota, 1:56.75 12. Jeff Hackler, Minnesota, 1:57.87 13. Chris Forrest, Minnesota, 1:57.90 15. Kris Carver, Minnesota, 2:00.57
800 Freestyle Relay 1. Minnesota A (Mortimer, Taylor, Crook, Massura), 6:42.02 4. Minnesota B (Dillon, Ang, Apprill, Gustavsson), 6:59.01
1-Meter Diving 1. Dan Croaston, Minnesota, 367.9 3. Adam White, Minnesota, 262.5 4. Ben Herdt, Minnesota, 254.2
200 Freestyle Relay 1. Minnesota A (Dornelas, Massura, Butler, Ong), 1:22.82 4. Minnesota B (Bartell, Krastins, Taylor, Gettelfinger), 1:25.05
400 Individual Medley 1. Matt Martin, Purdue, 4:00.74 4. Diego Urreta, Minnesota, 4:03.08 5. Justin Mortimer, Minnesota, 4:03.73 6. Ryan Plummer, Minnesota, 4:04.91 9. Tim Sheely, Minnesota, 4:09.77 13. Kris Carver, Minnesota, 4:15.50 15. Adam Apprill, Minnesota, 4:18.64
100 Freestyle 1. Allen Ong, Minnesota, 45.54 2. Ricardo Dornelas, Minnesota, 46.29 7. Grant Butler, Minnesota, 47.26 8. Brian Gettelfinger</ a>, Minnesota, 47.37
200 Backstroke 1. Alex Massura, Minnesota, 1:48.19 2. Todd Smolinski, Minnesota, 1:49.61 3. Diego Urreta, Minnesota, 1:49.73 4. Ben Bartell, Minnesota, 1:49.89
100 Butterfly 1. Keam Ang , 49.16 4. Chad Krastins, Minnesota, 50.59 8. Mark Dillon, Minnesota, 51.95 9. Ryan Plummer, Minnesota, 53.50
500 Freestyle 1. Matt Martin, Purdue, 4:34.68 2. Justin Mortimer, Minnesota, 4:34.90 3. Brandon Crook, Minnesota, 4:35.45 5. Matt Taylor, Minnesota, 4:36.93 9. Tim Sheely, Minnesota, 4:42.94
200 Breaststroke 1. Martin Gustavsson, Minnesota, 2:02.00 2. Jeff Hackler, Minnesota, 2:02.01 4. Chris Forrest, Minnesota, 2:04.55 5. Dov Malnik, Minnesota, 2:04.65
400 Freestyle Relay 1. Minnesota A (Ong, Dornelas, Butler, Massura), 3:03.05
3-Meter Diving 1. Dan Croaston, Minnesota, 369.95 3. Adam White, Minnesota, 267.9 5. Ben Herdt, Minnesota, 241.45
Players Mentioned
