University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Men Swimmers Take Commanding Lead at Minnesota Invite
11/23/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Minnesota continued to dominate the relay events by setting meet records in the 200-yard medley relay as well as the 800-yard freestyle relay. The team of Todd Smolinski</ a>, Jeff Hackler, Bjorn Lundin, and Allen Ong came in with a time of 1:29.23. The time is a season best, as well as a B standard time , which provisionally qualifies the relay for the NCAA Championships. In a thrilling race to conclude tonight's action, the 800-yard freestyle relay team of Justin Mortimer</ a>, Sean McCaffrey, Terry Silkaitis, and Matt Taylor placed first in the event in a meet record time of 6:35.56. This time is also a B standard time as well as a season best.
In the 400-yard individual medley, Justin Mortimer</ a> and Ryan Plummer placed third and fourth respectively. Mortimer came in with a season best time of 3:55.68, while Plummer swam a 3:58.61.
Allen Ong placed fourth in the 100-yard butterfly. Ong's time of 49.93 is a season best. Ong was followed by Travis Stensby</ a> and Bjoern Lundin, who placed seventh and eighth respectively.
The top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle were dominated by the maroon and gold. Terry Silkaitis placed first with a time of 1:37,70. He was followed in second by Matt Taylor who swam a season best 1:39.21, and in third by Sean McCaffrey</ a> who came in with another season best time of 1:39.41.
All-American Jeff Hackler won the 100-yard breaststroke in usual fashion with a time of 55.71. Freshman Mike Brown placed ninth in the event.
Another All-American, in Todd Smolinski, set a meet record time in route to winning the 100-yard backstroke. Smolinski's time of 48.47 is a season best, as well as a B standard time. Adam Mitchell placed seventh with a time of 51.43, which is a season best.
In diving, senior Ben Herdt placed fifth in a tough field in the meter diving competition. Herdt recorded a score of 302.95.
The Minnesota Invitational will conclude tomorrow at the Aquatic Center with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. and finals beginning at 3 p.m.
Male Team Scores Place School Points 1 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MINN 708 .50 2 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WISC 551 3 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA 420 .50 4 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MIZZ 359 5 FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FAU 235 6 AIR FORCE ACADEMY USAFA 157 7 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA UND 108 8 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TENN 70 9 AUBURN UNIVERSITY AUB 62 10 TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY TSING 34 11 GUSTAVUS GAC 32 12 ST. OLAF STO 24 13 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LSU 21 14 CARLETON COLLEGE CARLE 8
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