University of Minnesota Athletics
MSD: Gophers Lead Minnesota Invitational After Day One of Competition
11/20/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
The Gophers started the evening well, winning the 200 free relay. The team of Terry Silkaitis, Neil Osten, Mario Delac and Igor Cerensek touched the wall first in 1:21.16. Wisconsin took second in 1:21.72. The Gophers took four of the top five slots in the next event, the 500 free. Travis Beckerle touched first in an NCAA provisional time of 4:27.02, followed by Sean McCaffrey in 4:28.44. Drew Knoechel (4:35.49) and David Moulder (4:36.41) finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Minnesota was equally as strong in the 200 individual medley. Adam Mitchell broke the meet record in a time of 1:48.28. Justin Mortimer finished third in 1:49.23 and Russ Payne was eighth in 1:53.27.
In one-meter diving, Shaun Kennedy, John Schmidt and Joe Skeate finished 4-5-6 for Minnesota. Kennedy finished with 486.70 points.
Wisconsin touched out the Gophers in the evening's final event, the 400 medley relay. The Badgers beat Minnesota by .08 seconds in a time of 3:19.34. The Gophers team consisted of Mitchell, Sean Kelly, Lucas Petersen and McCaffrey.
The meet continues tomorrow with prelims at 11 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.
TEAM SCORES
Minnesota 414
Purdue 269
Wisconsin 219
North Dakota 121
Iowa 96
St. Cloud State 34
St. Olaf 28
South Dakota State 16
Carleton 6
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