University of Minnesota Athletics
Men's Swimmers Capture US Open Championship
12/7/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
The University of Minnesota men's swimmers captured the US Open Swimming Championship today at the Aquatic Center. They achieved a team score of 552 over Florida's 378 and placed two teams in the top three of the 400M Freestyle Relay to earn the victory.
In the 400M freestyle relay, the team of Matt Taylor, Allen Ong, Todd Smolinski and Terry Silkaitis took the second place spot with a National Cut qualifying time of 3:27.55. The team of Adam Mitchell, Neil Osten, Sean McCaffrey and Anders Bo Peders also achieved a National Cut qualifying time and placed third (3:30.38).
In the 200M Butterfly, Matt Taylor came in second in heat A behind Tom Malchow with a National Cut qualifying time of 2:03.34. Anders Bo Peders placed sixth in heat A with a time of 2:07.78
Mike Brown swam to a second place finish in heat A of the 200M breaststroke and achieved a Olympic Trial qualifying time of 2:18.78 and Jeff Hackler took fourth with a National Cut qualifying time of 2:2.15. In heat B, Ryan Plummer took fourth with a time of 2:27.11.
In the 1500M freestyle, Minnesota's Justin Mortimer placed third with an Olympic Trial qualifying time of 15:46.10 and Travis Beckerle brought in seventh (15:58.08). Silkaitis, with a time of 52.12, placed eighth in heat A of the100M freestyle.
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