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MSD: Gophers Fall to Fourth-Ranked Florida 153-147

10/29/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Fla.The seventh-ranked Minnesota men's swimming and diving team lost its dual meet opener this evening to fourth-ranked Florida, 153-147, at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center Natatorium in Gainesville, Fla. The Gophers won seven of nine events in the loss.

The close meet was par for the course as the Gators edged Minnesota by just three points last year in Minneapolis. Florida now leads the all-time series 2-0.

Junior Sean Kelly was the Gophers' top performer of the night for Minnesota, winning the 100 and 200 breastroke. Kelly swam a 56.81 in the 100 to win by over a second. He was equally impressive in the 200, swimming a 2:04.13 to win by two seconds. Senior Justin Mortimer was victorious in the 500 and 1000 freestyle events as well. Mortimer coasted to a win in the 1000, beating second-place finisher Ryan Lochte by nine seconds. Mortimer won the 500 in 4:26.73.

Other event winners for the Gophers included Terry Silkaitis in the 200 freestyle (1:37.72) and Adam Mitchell in the 200 back (1:46.83). The 400 free relay team of Mario Delac, Silkaitis, Neil Osten and Igor Cerensek won easily in a time of 2:58.48.

Florida scored big points in the diving events, going 1-2 in both the 1 and 3-meter boards.

Minnesota returns to action next weekend when it travels to Chapel Hill, N.C. for a two-day triple dual with North Carolina and Virginia Tech.

RESULTS

University of Florida Florida/Minnesota - 10/29/2004 Results Event 1 Men 1 mtr Diving ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Assuncao, Vitor SO UF NT 299.69 9 2 Schmidt, Justin SO UF NT 295.19 4 3 Schmidt, John JR Minnesota NT 284.55 3 4 Larson, Luke SR Minnesota NT 234.07 2 5 Skeate, Joe FR Minnesota NT 233.10 1 6 Kennedy, Shaun SO Minnesota NT x231.97 Event 2 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay ======================================================= ======================== School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Florida Gators 'B' NT 1:30.18 11 1) Lochte, Ryan JR 2) Welch, Corey SR 3) Townsend, Darian FR 4) Borreca, Nick JR 22.36 25.66 21.77 20.39 2 Minnesota Golden Gopher 'A' NT 1:30.22 4 1) Mitchell, Adam JR 2) Kelly, Sean JR 3) Osten, Neil SR 4) Cerensak, Igor SO 22.79 25.52 21.71 20.20 3 Minnesota Golden Gopher 'B' NT 1:30.67 2 1) Berve, Daniel SR 2) Timmer, Jason FR 3) Peterson, Lucas SR 4) Delac, Mario SO 23.45 25.50 21.89 19.83 4 Minnesota Golden Gopher 'C' NT 1:32.97 1) Plummer, David FR 2) Bernier, Nathan SR 3) Anguis, Christian SR 4) Woodson, Michael FR 23.47 26.32 22.60 20.58 5 Florida Gators 'C' NT 1:35.98 1) Wiezorek, Grant FR 2) Ratliff, Will SR 3) Penniman, Daniel FR 4) Coan, Matt SO 24.70 26.57 23.18 21.53 6 Florida Gators 'A' NT 1:37.99 1) Johnson, Grant FR 2) Deery, Kyle SO 3) Zumsteg, Justin SR 4) Berger, Michael JR 24.33 27.64 23.23 22.79 7 Florida Gators 'D' NT x1:38.44 1) Greener, Andrew JR 2) Mullervy, Scott SO 3) Meena, Elliot JR 4) Bernard, Chris FR 24.73 27.84 45.87 Event 3 Men 1000 Yard Freestyle ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Mortimer, Justin SR Minnesota NT 9:00.53 9 1:46.92 2 Lochte, Ryan JR UF NT 9:09.60 4 1:51.06 3 Work, Tobias FR UF NT 9:09.81 3 1:48.95 4 Beckerle, Travis JR Minnesota NT 9:14.27 2 1:49.70 5 Wolfgarten, Jan SR UF NT 9:14.46 1 1:50.06 6 Kaufmann, Scott SR UF NT x9:18.09 1:50.54 7 Moulder, David SR Minnesota NT 9:32.17 1:54.67 8 Loeffler, Tim FR Minnesota NT x9:42.60 1:55.59 Event 4 Men 200 Yard Freestyle ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Silkaitis, Terry SR Minnesota NT 1:37.72 9 23.31 24.85 24.76 24.80 2 Sioui, Adam SR UF NT 1:38.53 4 23.93 25.14 25.02 24.44 3 McCaffrey, Sean SR Minnesota NT 1:38.89 3 24.14 25.60 25.12 24.03 4 Hartley, Brian JR UF NT 1:40.37 2 24.01 25.57 25.66 25.13 5 Medrano, Albert FR UF NT 1:40.60 1 24.23 25.71 25.49 25.17 6 Coan, Matt SO UF NT x1:41.02 24.13 25.56 25.72 25.61 7 Knoechel, Andrew SO Minnesota NT 1:41.12 24.24 25.72 25.30 25.86 8 Schmidt, Tyler FR Minnesota NT x1:42.30 23.81 26.25 25.83 26.41 Event 5 Men 100 Yard Backstroke ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Lochte, Ryan JR UF NT 48.77 9 23.64 25.13 2 Plummer, David FR Minnesota NT 49.22 4 24.25 24.97 3 Mitchell, Adam JR Minnesota NT 49.27 3 24.14 25.13 4 Woodson, Michael FR Minnesota NT 50.20 2 24.57 25.63 5 Wiebeck, Kris SR UF NT 50.73 1 25.06 25.67 6 Berve, Daniel SR Minnesota NT x50.75 24.57 26.18 7 Johnson, Grant FR UF NT 51.66 25.55 26.11 8 Greener, Andrew JR UF NT x52.30 25.57 26.73 Event 6 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Kelly, Sean JR Minnesota NT 56.81 9 26.84 29.97 2 Welch, Corey SR UF NT 57.74 4 27.44 30.30 3 Ratliff, Will SR UF NT 57.96 3 27.57 30.39 4 Timmer, Jason FR Minnesota NT 58.13 2 27.29 30.84 5 Bernier, Nathan SR Minnesota NT 58.25 1 28.01 30.24 6 Fischetti, Robbie SO UF NT 59.47 28.44 31.03 7 Deery, Kyle SO UF NT x1:00.40 28.21 32.19 -- Mullervy, Scott SO UF NT X1:01.76 29.01 32.75 Event 7 Men 200 Yard Butterfly ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Hughes, Tim FR UF NT 1:50.45 9 26.03 28.64 28.17 27.61 2 Walsh, J.B. FR UF NT 1:50.50 4 25.15 28.40 28.10 28.85 3 Peterson, Lucas SR Minnesota NT 1:51.18 3 25.23 28.38 28.77 28.80 4 Sioui, Adam SR UF NT 1:53.12 2 25.55 28.87 29.09 29.61 5 Payne, Russ FR Minnesota NT 1:53.24 1 25.16 28.82 29.21 30.05 6 Jaben, Max FR UF NT x1:54.65 26.59 29.00 29.46 29.60 7 Young, Scott JR Minnesota NT 1:55.87 25.69 28.63 30.14 31.41 -- Friedlander, Steve SR UF NT X1:55.82 26.67 29.89 29.99 29.27 Event 8 Men 50 Yard Freestyle ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Townsend, Darian FR UF NT 20.68 9 2 Delac, Mario SO Minnesota NT 20.87 4 3 Borreca, Nick JR UF NT 21.04 3 4 Cerensak, Igor SO Minnesota NT 21.09 2 5 Osten, Neil SR Minnesota NT 21.19 1 6 Silkaitis, Terry SR Minnesota NT x21.22 7 Penniman, Daniel FR UF NT 21.41 8 Johnson, Grant FR UF NT x21.94 9 Schmidt, Tyler FR Minnesota NT x21.96 -- Anguis, Christian SR Minnesota NT X21.48 -- Bernard, Chris FR UF NT X22.24 Event 9 Men 3 mtr Diving ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Schmidt, Justin SO UF NT 299.55 9 2 Assuncao, Vitor SO UF NT 288.90 4 3 Kennedy, Shaun SO Minnesota NT 274.42 3 4 Schmidt, John JR Minnesota NT 266.62 2 5 Skeate, Joe FR Minnesota NT 239.32 1 6 Larson, Luke SR Minnesota NT x226.87 Event 10 Men 100 Yard Freestyle ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Townsend, Darian FR UF NT 44.70 9 21.59 23.11 2 Delac, Mario SO Minnesota NT 44.73 4 21.61 23.12 3 Silkaitis, Terry SR Minnesota NT 45.01 3 22.03 22.98 4 Cerensak, Igor SO Minnesota NT 45.93 2 22.46 23.47 5 Borreca, Nick JR UF NT 45.98 1 22.31 23.67 6 Timmer, Jason FR Minnesota NT x46.33 22.25 24.08 7 Penniman, Daniel FR UF NT 46.86 22.54 24.32 8 Coan, Matt SO UF NT x47.70 22.89 24.81 Event 11 Men 200 Yard Backstroke ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Mitchell, Adam JR Minnesota NT 1:46.83 9 25.56 27.12 27.17 26.98 2 Wiebeck, Kris SR UF NT 1:47.21 4 26.09 27.52 27.05 26.55 3 Plummer, David FR Minnesota NT 1:49.09 3 25.82 28.02 27.73 27.52 4 Woodson, Michael FR Minnesota NT 1:50.14 2 26.54 28.03 28.13 27.44 5 Payne, Russ FR Minnesota NT x1:50.55 26.27 28.03 28.17 28.08 6 Wiezorek, Grant FR UF NT 1:51.62 1 26.72 27.94 27.94 29.02 7 McLarty, Dustin FR UF NT 1:52.70 27.22 28.42 28.63 28.43 8 Greener, Andrew JR UF NT x1:53.47 27.03 28.12 28.72 29.60 -- Young, Scott JR Minnesota NT X1:53.27 26.94 28.65 28.93 28.75 -- Zumsteg, Justin SR UF NT X1:53.45 27.25 28.87 29.15 28.18 Event 12 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Kelly, Sean JR Minnesota NT 2:04.13 9 28.22 32.11 31.87 31.93 2 Welch, Corey SR UF NT 2:06.13 4 28.67 32.14 32.13 33.19 3 Ratliff, Will SR UF NT 2:07.77 3 29.20 32.77 32.53 33.27 4 Bernier, Nathan SR Minnesota NT 2:08.19 2 29.27 32.85 33.02 33.05 5 Fischetti, Robbie SO UF NT 2:09.08 1 29.47 32.86 33.46 33.29 6 Knoechel, Andrew SO Minnesota NT 2:09.24 29.46 32.80 33.31 33.67 7 Deery, Kyle SO UF NT x2:09.76 29.66 32.84 33.53 33.73 Event 13 Men 500 Yard Freestyle ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Mortimer, Justin SR Minnesota NT 4:26.73 9 26.16 2 Medrano, Albert FR UF NT 4:28.81 4 25.36 3 Hartley, Brian JR UF NT 4:28.93 3 25.90 4 Beckerle, Travis JR Minnesota NT 4:29.27 2 25.69 5 McCaffrey, Sean SR Minnesota NT 4:32.93 1 24.69 6 Kaufmann, Scott SR UF NT 4:34.09 26.79 7 Jaben, Max FR UF NT x4:35.94 27.00 8 Loeffler, Tim FR Minnesota NT x4:45.11 27.96 Event 14 Men 100 Yard Butterfly ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Sioui, Adam SR UF NT 49.18 9 23.50 25.68 2 Peterson, Lucas SR Minnesota NT 49.61 4 23.20 26.41 3 Townsend, Darian FR UF NT 49.80 3 4 Osten, Neil SR Minnesota NT 49.96 2 23.45 26.51 5 Berve, Daniel SR Minnesota NT 50.17 1 23.37 26.80 6 Hughes, Tim FR UF NT 51.07 24.42 26.65 7 Anguis, Christian SR Minnesota NT x51.22 23.75 27.47 8 Zumsteg, Justin SR UF NT x52.17 24.60 27.57 -- Young, Scott JR Minnesota NT X51.72 24.28 27.44 -- Meena, Elliot JR UF NT X52.31 24.56 27.75 -- Swenson, Andrew SO UF NT X52.61 24.66 27.95 -- Johnson, Grant FR UF NT X53.03 25.40 27.63 -- Berger, Michael JR UF NT X54.78 25.87 28.91 Event 15 Men 400 Yard IM ======================================================= ======================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Lochte, Ryan JR UF NT 3:49.62 9 24.28 2 Mortimer, Justin SR Minnesota NT 3:50.69 4 24.91 3 Mitchell, Adam JR Minnesota NT 3:54.68 3 26.28 4 McLarty, Dustin FR UF NT 3:58.07 2 26.71 5 Payne, Russ FR Minnesota NT 4:01.52 1 28.31 6 Work, Tobias FR UF NT 4:01.71 26.20 7 Wolfgarten, Jan SR UF NT x4:01.99 26.27 8 Moulder, David SR Minnesota NT x4:09.50 27.98 -- Fischetti, Robbie SO UF NT X4:06.53 26.66 -- Millen, Chris FR UF NT X4:07.17 26.27 -- Mullervy, Scott SO UF NT X4:07.22 27.62 -- Walsh, J.B. FR UF NT X4:15.63 28.88 Event 16 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay ======================================================= ======================== School Seed Finals Points ======================================================= ======================== 1 Minnesota Golden Gopher 'A' NT 2:58.48 11 1) Delac, Mario SO 2) Silkaitis, Terry SR 3) Osten, Neil SR 4) Cerensak, Igor SO 23.21 2 Florida Gators 'A' NT 3:01.86 4 1) Wiebeck, Kris SR 2) Borreca, Nick JR 3) Penniman, Daniel FR 4) Sioui, Adam SR 23.39 3 Minnesota Golden Gopher 'B' NT 3:02.70 2 1) McCaffrey, Sean SR 2) Anguis, Christian SR 3) Woodson, Michael FR 4) Timmer, Jason FR 23.69 4 Minnesota Golden Gopher 'C' NT 3:08.15 1) Knoechel, Andrew SO 2) Schmidt, Tyler FR 3) Plummer, David FR 4) Berve, Daniel SR 24.29 5 Florida Gators 'B' NT 3:08.30 1) Wiezorek, Grant FR 2) Coan, Matt SO 3) Jaben, Max FR 4) Hartley, Brian JR 24.17

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