March 25, 2006
ATLANTA (SMU) - The SMU men's swimming and diving team wrapped up a great weekend at the NCAA Championships with the Mustangs finishing in 19th place. SMU scored 38 points at the meet and also had seven swimmers earn All-America accolades. The finish is a huge jump from last season, when SMU finished 30th, scoring just five points, and had three All-Americans. This season's finish is SMU's highest since 2001, when the `Stangs took 12th.
Saturday's finals were highlighted by Ian Clark's 12th-place finish in the 200 back. Clark touched in 1:44.18, a new career-best, after setting a then-career-best time of 1:45.20 in the prelims.
The Mustangs' 400 free relay team of Alex Hetland, Per Nylin, Luka Vrtovec and Emilio Garmendia also scored for SMU as the squad touched in 2:58.69 to finish 15th in the evening's consolation final.
"Ian had a tremendous swim tonight. He swam from lane eight and led the majority of the race. He got us off to a great start and it was really a nice way for him to end his career," said SMU Head Coach Eddie Sinnott. "During the meet, we had some surprises and some setbacks, but as a team, we're really excited to be back in the top 20. Hopefully, this will propel us closer toward our goal of the top 10."
NCAA Division I Champ. Meet 3/25/2006 - 19:30PM NCAA Men's D1 Championships - 3/23/2006 to 3/25/2006
Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke========================================================================= NCAA: N 1:38.29 2005 Ryan Lochte, Florida NCAA Meet: M 1:38.37 2005 Ryan Lochte, Florida American: A 1:38.29 2005 Ryan Lochte, Florida US Open: O 1:38.29 2005 Ryan Lochte, Florida GTAC Pool: P 1:44.89 2/26/2005 Erik S Weinberg, Maryland-PV Name Year School Prelims Finals Points========================================================================= === Championship ===
1 Lochte, Ryan SR Florida 1:40.07 1:37.68N 22.64 47.42 (24.78) 1:12.14 (24.72) 1:37.68 (25.54) 2 Sun, Hongzhe JR Stanford 1:40.78 1:40.25P 23.44 48.78 (25.34) 1:14.55 (25.77) 1:40.25 (25.70) 3 Thoman, Nick SO Arizona 1:42.20 1:41.31P 23.63 49.33 (25.70) 1:15.46 (26.13) 1:41.31 (25.85) 4 Cromwell, David SR Harvard 1:42.96 1:41.83P 23.81 49.28 (25.47) 1:15.60 (26.32) 1:41.83 (26.23) 5 Salatta, Lucas FR Florida 1:42.76 1:42.89P 23.99 49.72 (25.73) 1:16.13 (26.41) 1:42.89 (26.76) 5 Plummer, David SO Minnesota 1:43.31 1:42.89P 24.16 50.08 (25.92) 1:16.24 (26.16) 1:42.89 (26.65) 7 Van Wie, Doug SR Auburn 1:42.84 1:42.99P 23.98 49.58 (25.60) 1:15.85 (26.27) 1:42.99 (27.14) 8 Wike, James JR Auburn 1:42.16 1:43.18P 23.96 49.91 (25.95) 1:16.87 (26.96) 1:43.18 (26.31)
=== Consolation ===
9 Dejong, Chris SR Michigan 1:43.35 1:43.12P 24.81 50.99 (26.18) 1:17.41 (26.42) 1:43.12 (25.71) 10 Grant, Andy JR Stanford 1:45.07 1:44.06P 25.84 52.44 (26.60) 1:18.35 (25.91) 1:44.06 (25.71) 11 Lemyre, Robert JR Ohio State 1:44.38 1:44.12P 24.59 51.14 (26.55) 1:17.89 (26.75) 1:44.12 (26.23) 12 Clark, Ian JR Southern Method. 1:45.20 1:44.18P 24.08 50.39 (26.31) 1:17.19 (26.80) 1:44.18 (26.99) 13 Mitchell, Adam SR Minnesota 1:43.65 1:44.31P 25.36 51.78 (26.42) 1:18.31 (26.53) 1:44.31 (26.00) 14 King, Nathan JR Ohio State 1:45.18 1:44.33P 24.81 51.17 (26.36) 1:17.75 (26.58) 1:44.33 (26.58) 15 Vayo, Louis SO Cal. Berkeley 1:44.82 1:45.90 25.21 51.48 (26.27) 1:18.99 (27.51) 1:45.90 (26.91) 16 Hartley, Brian SR Florida 1:45.03 1:46.08 25.09 52.13 (27.04) 1:19.27 (27.14) 1:46.08 (26.81)
Event 21 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay================================================================================ NCAA: N 2:47.70 2005 California, California American: A 2:49.80 2001 Texas, Texas US Open: O 2:47.70 2005 California, California GTAC Pool: P 2:57.26 2/26/2005 Florida State University J Roycik, A Kennon, M Averett, E Denton School Prelims Finals Points================================================================================ === Championship ===
1 Arizona 2:52.24 2:48.39A 1) *Burnett, Simon SR 2) Ferns, Lyndon SR 3) Subirats, Albert SO 4) Ritter, Adam SO 20.22 42.06 (42.06) 1:01.64 (19.58) 1:23.79 (41.73) 1:43.67 (19.88) 2:06.33 (42.54) 2:26.23 (19.90) 2:48.39 (42.06) 2 Auburn 2:52.44 2:48.89A 1) Andkjaer, Jakob FR 2) *Cielo, Cesar FR 3) Targett, Matt SO 4) Bovell, George SR 20.56 42.85 (42.85) 1:02.66 (19.81) 1:24.87 (42.02) 1:44.19 (19.32) 2:06.55 (41.68) 2:26.74 (20.19) 2:48.89 (42.34) 3 Texas 2:53.49 2:51.56P 1) McGinnis, Matthew SO 2) McDermott, Caleb SO 3) Harris, Jeremy SO 4) Weber-Gale, Garrett JR 20.66 43.02 (43.02) 1:03.65 (20.63) 1:26.21 (43.19) 1:46.54 (20.33) 2:09.48 (43.27) 2:28.97 (19.49) 2:51.56 (42.08) 4 Cal. Berkeley 2:53.59 2:52.37P 1) Tilly, Jonas JR 2) Cavic, Milorad SR 3) Copeland, William SO 4) Wagner, Garrett SO 20.46 43.46 (43.46) 1:03.29 (19.83) 1:26.27 (42.81) 1:46.39 (20.12) 2:09.34 (43.07) 2:29.80 (20.46) 2:52.37 (43.03) 5 Stanford 2:54.36 2:52.47P 1) Dunford, Jason FR 2) Wildman-Tobriner, BE JR 3) Crowe, Matt JR 4) Grant, Andy JR 20.65 43.28 (43.28) 1:03.54 (20.26) 1:25.96 (42.68) 1:46.29 (20.33) 2:09.64 (43.68) 2:29.91 (20.27) 2:52.47 (42.83) 6 Florida 2:52.35 2:53.56P 1) Lochte, Ryan SR 2) Townsend, Darian JR 3) Penniman, Daniel SO 4) Borreca, Nicholas SR 20.18 42.44 (42.44) 1:03.01 (20.57) 1:26.58 (44.14) 1:47.15 (20.57) 2:10.23 (43.65) 2:30.55 (20.32) 2:53.56 (43.33) 7 Northwestern 2:55.26 2:54.02P 1) Grevers, Matt JR 2) Bubolz, Kyle SO 3) Nilsson, Eric FR 4) Alexandrov, Mike JR 20.23 42.80 (42.80) 1:02.82 (20.02) 1:25.71 (42.91) 1:46.72 (21.01) 2:10.28 (44.57) 2:30.74 (20.46) 2:54.02 (43.74) 8 Minnesota 2:55.08 2:54.64P 1) Cerensek, Igor JR 2) Mitchell, Adam SR 3) Volcansek, Ales JR 4) Schmidt, Tyler SO 21.10 43.82 (43.82) 1:04.47 (20.65) 1:27.43 (43.61) 1:48.16 (20.73) 2:11.15 (43.72) 2:31.94 (20.79) 2:54.64 (43.49)
=== Consolation ===
9 Michigan 2:55.77 2:55.07P 1) Tarwater, Davis SR 2) Vanderkaay, Peter SR 3) Dejong, Chris SR 4) Savulich, Bobby FR 20.99 43.78 (43.78) 1:03.95 (20.17) 1:26.62 (42.84) 1:47.86 (21.24) 2:10.81 (44.19) 2:31.67 (20.86) 2:55.07 (44.26) 10 Georgia 2:57.17 2:56.60P 1) Bibliowicz, Nathan SO 2) Verhoef, Peter SR 3) Stovall, Gil SO 4) Owen, Matthew SR 21.30 44.57 (44.57) 1:05.65 (21.08) 1:29.00 (44.43) 1:49.68 (20.68) 2:12.38 (43.38) 2:33.47 (21.09) 2:56.60 (44.22) 11 Texas A&M 2:56.35 2:57.03P 1) Gardner, Ozzie JR 2) Sullivant, Andrew SR 3) Picasso, Francisco JR 4) Newmann, Scott SR 21.18 44.30 (44.30) 1:04.80 (20.50) 1:28.16 (43.86) 1:49.08 (20.92) 2:12.83 (44.67) 2:33.87 (21.04) 2:57.03 (44.20) 12 Tennessee 2:56.47 2:57.20P 1) Boswell, Brad JR 2) Murphy, Barry FR 3) Wolfe, Michael SO 4) Gustafson, Tyler SR 21.69 44.92 (44.92) 1:05.64 (20.72) 1:28.72 (43.80) 1:49.68 (20.96) 2:13.56 (44.84) 2:34.24 (20.68) 2:57.20 (43.64) 13 Southern Cal. 2:57.27 2:57.49 1) Sussex, Sean JR 2) Masson, Sam JR 3) Elser, Bryce SO 4) Mellouli, Ous SR 21.36 44.12 (44.12) 1:05.90 (21.78) 1:29.44 (45.32) 1:50.27 (20.83) 2:13.57 (44.13) 2:34.48 (20.91) 2:57.49 (43.92) 14 Florida State 2:57.27 2:57.65 1) Kennon, Alex JR 2) Connor, Stephan 3) Denton, ED SO 4) Roycik, Joel SR 21.48 44.98 (44.98) 1:06.06 (21.08) 1:29.85 (44.87) 1:50.52 (20.67) 2:13.70 (43.85) 2:34.36 (20.66) 2:57.65 (43.95) 15 Southern Method. 2:57.35 2:58.69 1) Hetland, Alex SO 2) Nylin, Per SR 3) Vrtovec, Luka FR 4) Garmendia, Emilio SR 21.63 45.23 (45.23) 1:05.13 (19.90) 1:29.04 (43.81) 1:50.22 (21.18) 2:13.86 (44.82) 2:34.77 (20.91) 2:58.69 (44.83) -- Alabama 2:55.72 DQ Early take-off swimmer #3 1) Erasmus, Darren SR 2) Tsagkarakis, Apostol JR 3) Latone, Ryan SO 4) Bitsakis, Spiros SR
Place School Points 1 Auburn AUB 480.5 2 Arizona ARIZ 440.5 3 Stanford STAN 362.5 4 Texas TEX 307 5 Florida FLA 268.5 6 California CAL 250.5 7 Southern California USC 223 8 Michigan MICH 209 9 Georgia GA 197 10 Northwestern NW 183.5 11 Minnesota MINN 136.5 12 Indiana IND 115.5 13 Alabama BAMA 114.5 14 Arizona State ASU 68 15 Tennessee TENN 66 16 Purdue PU 59 17 Texas A&M TA&M 45 18 Virginia VA 39 19 Southern Methodist SMU 38 20 Harvard HARV 29.5 21 Ohio State OSU 28 21 Princeton PRIN 28 21 North Carolina State NCS 28 24 Kentucky KENT 27.5 25 Oakland OAK 22 26 Utah UTAH 21 27 Virginia Tech VT 19 28 Nevada, Las Vegas UNLV 18 29 California, Santa Barbara UCSB 17 30 Hawaii HAWA 16 30 West Virginia WV 16 32 Miami MIA 15 33 Florida State FSU 12 33 Georgia Tech GTCH 12 35 North Carolina, Wilmington NCW 11 35 U.S. Air Force Academy AF 11 37 South Carolina SCAR 10 38 Missouri MIZZ 9 39 George Mason GM 8 40 Louisiana State LSU 7 41 Florida Atlantic FAU 5 41 Louisville LOUI 5 41 North Carolina NC 5 41 Brigham Young BYU 5 45 Washington WASH 4 46 Cornell CORN 3 46 Syracuse SYRA 3 48 Yale YALE 2.5 49 Pennsylvania State PSU 2
