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March 31, 1997

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Kenyon rolls to 18th straight victory in III men's swimming

All is normal again in Division III men's swimming.

After a blip on the screen when Kenyon lost its conference meet for the first time in 44 years, the Lords made a resounding return to national dominance by compiling a record score at the Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championships March 20-22 at Oxford, Ohio.

The Lords won all five relay events and parlayed impressive performances by all-Americans Pedro Monteiro and David Phillips into an 18th consecutive team title.

It didn't take long for coach Jim Steen's Lords to assume command as their 200-yard freestyle relay team of Ken Heis, Darrick Bollinger, Richard Thoms and Matt Miller stroked to a meet record in just the meet's third preliminary heat. The same foursome then topped that mark to lead off that evening's finals.

Phillips and Heis followed with wins in the 500- and 50-yard freestyles, respectively, and Monteiro led a dramatic rally in Kenyon's 400-yard medley relay victory to give the Lords a commanding 136-point lead after the first day's events.

Bollinger's win in the 200-yard freestyle and two more relay wins highlighted the second day, and Monteiro set a sizzling record during the final day to electrify the crowd. Monteiro, a world-class butterfly performer, smashed his own 1995 mark in the 200-yard butterfly by nearly three seconds in the preliminaries and just missed eclipsing the mark again in winning the finals. Monteiro also captured the crown in the 100-yard backstroke to join Phillips as a double winner.

In all, Kenyon compiled 6891/2 points, the highest team total in the championships' 23-year history. UC San Diego, scoring 107 points in the two distance freestyle events, placed second for the sixth time in the last nine years. Denison, which had ended Kenyon's North Coast Conference reign in February, finished third and Union (New York) edged Williams for fourth.

As much as Kenyon dominated, the meet's brightest star was Claremont-Mudd-Scripps' Gary Simon, who won three events and set two meet records. A transfer from Loyola Marymount, Simon blasted to a meet record in the preliminaries of the 200-yard individual medley and topped it again in the finals. He also won the 100-yard breaststroke after setting another record in the preliminaries, then clinched swimmer-of-the-meet honors with his final-day win in the 200-yard breaststroke.

In all, five meet records fell. Besides those set by Simon and Monteiro, Matt Johnson of Johns Hopkins established a new standard in the 100-yard butterfly, besting his own mark set last year.

Other individual event winners included Jeremy Francioni of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the 200-yard backstroke, Jean-Paul Gowdy of Middlebury in the 400-yard individual medley and John Young of Williams, who successfully defended his crown in the 100-yard freestyle.

In diving, John Karpe of Wisconsin-Stevens Point took the one-meter crown and placed second in the three-meter to earn diver-of-the-meet honors. Kalamazoo's Jeffrey Gorton passed Karpe on the last dive to win the three-meter event. Karpe's coach, Debi Campbell, was named diving coach of the meet.

The swimming coach of the meet was Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Red Blair, who is retiring after guiding his team to a seventh-place finish in his last of 32 years as head coach.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Kenyon, 689 1/2; 2. UC San Diego, 336; 3. Denison, 303 1/2; 4. Union (N.Y.), 283; 5. Williams, 267; 6. Johns Hopkins, 240; 7. Wis.-Stevens Point, 207; 8. Claremont-M-S, 195; 9. UC Santa Cruz, 162; 10. Kalamazoo, 143; 11. Middlebury, 99; 12. Rowan, 93; 13. Emory, 70; 14. Geneseo St., 57; 15. Wis.-Eau Claire, 48; 16. (tie) Amherst and Col. of New Jersey, 44; 18. Gust. Adolphus, 42; 19. St. Olaf, 38; 20. DePauw, 36; 21. Wis.-Oshkosh, 35; 22. Mass.-Dartmouth, 31; 23. Mary Washington, 29; 24. (tie) Binghamton, Ithaca and Wesleyan (Conn.), 28; 27. Coast Guard, 24; 28. (tie) Hartwick, Hope and Wittenberg, 22; 31. Wash. & Lee, 21; 32. St. Johns (Minn.), 19; 33. (tie) Redlands and Sewanee, 16; 35. Wis.-La Crosse, 15; 36. Principia, 14; 37. Wheaton (Ill.), 13; 38. Clarkson, 11; 39. Bowdoin, 10; 40. (tie) Hamilton and New York U., 9; 42. Cortland St., 8; 43. (tie) Trinity (Tex.) and Washington (Md.), 7; 45. Wabash, 6; 46. Colby, 5; 47. (tie) Allegheny, Bates and Centre, 4; 50. (tie) John Carroll and Lake Forest, 3; 52. Pomona-Pitzer, 2; 53. (tie) Carleton, Springfield and Wis.-River Falls, 1.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

50-yard freestyle: Final--1. Ken Heis, Kenyon, 20.33; 2. Matt Miller, Kenyon, 20.46; 3. Darrick Bollinger, Kenyon, 20.48; 4. Eric Dinsmore, Rowan, 20.53; 5. Aaron Cole, Denison, 20.62; 6. Richard Thoms, Kenyon, 20.82; 7. Matt Johnson, Johns Hopkins, 20.88; 8. Jesse Moen, Wis.-Stevens Point, 20.92; Consolation--9. Derek VenderHeide, Hope, 20.88; 10. John Young, Williams, 20.91; 11. Frederick Licon, Williams, 20.97; 12. Joseph Moore, Trinity (Tex.), 20.99; 13. Kevin OLaughlin, Gust. Adolphus, 21.03; 14. Matthew Zelen, St. Johns (Minn.), 21.09; 15. Mark Weinhold, Wis.-Stevens Point, 21.11; 16. Mike Humphreys, Union (N.Y.), 21.13.

100-yard freestyle: Final--1. John Young, Williams, 44.91; 2. Eric Dinsmore, Rowan, 45.04; 3. Ken Heis, Kenyon, 45.07; 4. Aaron Cole, Denison, 45.48; 5. Matt Miller, Kenyon, 45.57; 6. Derek VanderHeide, Hope, 45.62; 7. (tie) Frederick Licon, Williams, and Richard Thoms, Kenyon, 45.81; Consolation--9. Darrick Bollinger, Kenyon, 45.44; 10. Jeff Hoerle, Union (N.Y.), 45.55; 11. Jean-Paul Gowdy, Middlebury, 46.02; 12. Mark Weinhold, Wis.-Stevens Point, 46.19; 13. Kevin Makarowski, Union (N.Y.), 46.27; 14. Matthew Zelen, St. Johns (Minn.), 46.35; 15. Joseph Moore, Trinity (Tex.), 46.37; 16. Matthew VanDerMeid, Geneseo St., 46.95.

200-yard freestyle: Final--1. Darrick Bollinger, Kenyon, 1:39.64; 2. Matthew Humphreys, UC Santa Cruz, 1:39.74; 3. Brendan Herlihy, Denison, 1:39.76; 4. Kevin Makarowski, Union (N.Y.), 1:40.01; 5. John Young, Williams, 1:40.52; 6. Nathan Gardner, Kenyon, 1:41.13; 7. John Newland, Kenyon, 1:41.50; 8. Mark Oglesby, Wis.-Eau Claire, 1:41.83; Consolation--9. Jeff Hoerle, Union (N.Y.), 1:40.73; 10. Tim McAteer, UC San Diego, 1:41.17; 11. Kenneth Sims, Kenyon, 1:42.20; 12. Andrew Whitney, Johns Hopkins, 1:42.21; 13. Todd Macaulay, Denison, 1:42.24; 14. Robert Edgell, Lake Forest, 1:42.44; 15. Mark Weinhold, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:42.51; 16. David Brende, Claremont-M-S, 1:43.24.

500-yard freestyle: Final--1. David Phillips, Kenyon, 4:30.41; 2. Jason Boettner, UC San Diego, 4:32.15; 3. David Tudury, UC San Diego, 4:34.03; 4. Tim McAteer, UC San Diego, 4:34.10; 5. Torsten Seifert, Kenyon, 4:35.41; 6. Andrew Whitney, Johns Hopkins, 4:37.71; 7. Matt Feinberg, Binghamton, 4:38.62; 8. John Newland, Kenyon, 4:39.08; Consolation--9. Mark Beiter, UC San Diego, 4:35.86; 10. Jeff Fellows, Denison, 4:37.14; 11. Joshua Muldner, Geneseo St., 4:37.92; 12. Brian Kirkvold, Kenyon, 4:40.29; 13. Erik Siegfried, Redlands, 4:40.45; 14. Josh Sultz, Denison, 4:40.91; 15. Corey Ryon, Cortland St., 4:43.56; 16. Brendan Herlihy, Denison, 4:43.91.

1,650-yard freestyle: Final--1. David Phillips, Kenyon, 15:43.48; 2. Jason Boettner, UC San Diego, 15:45.32; 3. Matt Feinberg, Binghamton, 15:48.55; 4. David Tudury, UC San Diego, 15:52.52; 5. Torsten Seifert, Kenyon, 15:55.04; 6. Tim McAteer, UC San Diego, 16:06.36; 7. Erik Siegfried, Redlands, 16:10.74; 8. Jeff Fellows, Denison, 16:13.39; 9. D. J. Postles, Hamilton, 16:14.56; 10. David Reid, UC Santa Cruz, 16:15.64; 11. Corey Ryon, Cortland St., 16:18.04; 12. Mark Beiter, UC San Diego, 16:18.92; 13. Jeffrey Hundt, Allegheny, 16:18.93; 14. Brian Kirkvold, Kenyon, 16:23.81; 15. Jeffrey Clark, Wheaton (Ill.), 16:24.88; 16. Patrick Burton, Williams, 16:25.06.

100-yard backstroke: Final--1. Pedro Monteiro, Kenyon, 50.72; 2. Scott Wiederhold, UC San Diego, 50.74; 3. Mike Humphreys, Union (N.Y.), 50.91; 4. Jeremy Francioli, Wis.-Stevens Point, 50.99; 5. Matt Miller, Kenyon, 51.39; 6. Jacki Lin, Emory, 51.46; 7. Tom Richner, Denison, 51.84; 8. John Latham, Kalamazoo, 52.23; Consolation--9. Cyrus King, Williams, 52.02; 10. Brett Robbins, Kalamazoo, 52.08; 11. Mike McCollum, Middlebury, 52.61; 12. Gregory Keyes, Wheaton (Ill.), 52.71; 13. Sean Krueger, St. Olaf, 52.94; 14. Jon Schild, Claremont-M-S, 52.95; 15. Pat Kielty, Ithaca, 53.00; 16. John Moon, Wis.-River Falls, 54.07.

200-yard backstroke: Final--1. Jeremy Francioli, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:49.81; 2. Scott Wiederhold, UC San Diego, 1:50.49; 3. (tie) Cryus King, Williams, and Tom Richner, Denison, 1:51.14; 5. Patrick Morrow, Coast Guard, 1:51.64; 6. Nathan Gardner, Kenyon, 1:52.21; 7. Mike Humphreys, Union (N.Y.), 1:53.18; 8. John Newland, Kenyon, 1:56.02; Consolation--9. Scott Marsic, UC Santa Cruz, 1:52.64; 10. John Latham, Kalamazoo, 1:53.13; 11. Gregory Keyes, Wheaton (Ill.), 1:53.41; 12. Ryan Beauregard, Claremont-M-S, 1:53.77; 13. Jon Oldham, Centre, 1:54.05; 14. Michael Courtney Brooks, Kenyon, 1:54.80; 15. Bill Bare, DePauw, 1:54.98; 16. Joe Glenn, Denison, 1:58.37.

100-yard breaststroke: Final--1. Gary Simon, Claremont-M-S, 56.29; 2. Michael Garrett, Wesleyan (Conn.), 56.78; 3. Julien Lazarus, Wittenberg, 56.81; 4. Aaron Cole, Denison, 56.91; 5. Michael Lane, Mass.-Dartmouth, 57.09; 6. Glenn Thomsen, Rowan, 57.15; 7. John Stevens, Wis.-Stevens Point, 57.27; 8. John Gentry, Wis.-La Crosse, 57.42; Consolation--9. Matt Payne, UC San Diego, 57.09; 10. Nathan Hottle, Wash. & Lee, 57.21; 11. Eric Bruner, UC San Diego, 57.39; 12. Greg Knott, UC San Diego, 57.45; 13. Brian Murphy, Johns Hopkins, 57.72; 14. Mark Anderson, Union (N.Y.), 57.84; 15. Tim Blum, Denison, 58.21; 16. Max Harper, Carleton, 58.25.

200-yard breaststroke: Final--1. Gary Simon, Claremont-M-S, 2:01.66; 2. Michael Lane, Mass.-Dartmouth, 2:03.35; 3. Andrew Diemer, Williams, 2:03.76; 4. Matt Payne, UC San Diego, 2:04.09; 5. Nathan Hottle, Wash. & Lee, 2:04.64; 6. Matt Stypul, Col. of New Jersey, 2:04.86; 7. Pete Schauer, Johns Hopkins, 2:04.91; 8. Michael Garrett, Wesleyan (Conn.), 2:05.41; Consolation--9. (tie) Eric Bruner, UC San Diego, and Brendan Cartlidge, Col. of New Jersey, 2:04.95; 11. Julien Lazarus, Wittenberg, 2:05.50; 12. Tim Blum, Denison, 2:05.68; 13. Mark Anderson, Union (N.Y.), 2:05.77; 14. John Stevens, Wis.-Stevens Point, 2:06.04; 15. Scott Swanson, Pomona-Pitzer, 2:07.01; 16. Brian Murphy, Johns Hopkins, 2:07.38.

100-yard butterfly: Final--1. Matt Johnson, Johns Hopkins, 48.29 (meet record; old record 48.67, Matt Johnson, Johns Hopkins, 1996); 2. Pedro Monteiro, Kenyon, 48.81; 3. Brett Robbins, Kalamazoo, 48.96; 4. Tom Richner, Denison, 49.24; 5. Jacki Lin, Emory, 49.83; 6. Matthew Zelen, St. Johns (Minn.), 50.04; 7. Robin Blume-Kohout, Kenyon, 50.15; 8. Charlie Weisman, Clarkson, 50.78; Consolation--9. Trevor Miele, New York U., 50.93; 10. Angel Prado, Washington (Md.), 50.96; 11. Colby Genrich, Kenyon, 50.98; 12. Tim Selgas, Mary Washington, 50.99; 13. Phil Curran, Johns Hopkins, 51.18; 14. Chris Rice, Mary Washington, 51.20; 15. Emmanuel Job, Johns Hopkins, 51.45; 16. Benjamin Douglass, Kenyon, 51.49.

200-yard butterfly: Final--1. Pedro Monteiro, Kenyon, 1:45.25; 2. Robin Blume-Kohout, Kenyon, 1:50.73; 3. Matt Johnson, Johns Hopkins, 1:51.07; 4. Matthew Humphreys, UC Santa Cruz, 1:51.64; 5. Reed Newland, Principia, 1:52.35; 6. Brett Robbins, Kalamazoo, 1:52.63; 7. Tim Selgas, Mary Washington, 1:53.73; 8. Colby Genrich, Kenyon, 1:54.55; Consolation--9. Chris Rice, Mary Washington, 1:52.83; 10. Dave Searles, Union (N.Y.), 1:53.62; 11. Joshua Muldner, Geneseo St., 1:53.64; 12. Geoffrey Herrick, Colby, 1:53.97; 13. Jason Faulconer, Hartwick, 1:53.99; 14. Grant Comer, Wabash, 1:54.66; 15. Emmanuel Job, Johns Hopkins, 1:54.69; 16. Dave Stegman, Emory, 1:55.61.

200-yard individual medley: Final--1. Gary Simon, Claremont-M-S, 1:49.05 (meet record; old record 1:50.13, Travis Miller, UC San Diego, 1993); 2. Jean-Paul Gowdy, Middlebury, 1:51.20; 3. Kevin Makarowski, Union (N.Y.), 1:51.46; 4. Matthew Humphreys, UC Santa Cruz, 1:52.00; 5. Nathan Gardner, Kenyon, 1:52.03; 6. Robin Blume-Kohout, Kenyon, 1:52.77; 7. Cyrus King, Williams, 1:53.24; 8. Andrew Diemer, Williams, 1:53.88; Consolation--9. John Latham, Kalamazoo, 1:53.50; 10. Ed Ruth, UC San Diego, 1:53.61; 11. Matt Stypul, Col. of New Jersey, 1:54.00; 12. Scott Marsic, UC Santa Cruz, 1:54.06; 13. Dave Searles, Union (N.Y.), 1:54.37; 14. Pete Schauer, Johns Hopkins, 1:54.45; 15. Colby Genrich, Kenyon, 1:54.55; 16. Tim Blum, Denison, 1:54.90.

400-yard individual medley: Final--1. Jean-Paul Gowdy, Middlebury, 3:59.85; 2. Matt Stypul, Col. of New Jesery, 4:03.48; 3. Jason Boettner, UC San Diego, 4:03.68; 4. David Phillips, Kenyon, 4:03.84; 5. Michael Holter, Kenyon, 4:03.84; 6. Ed Ruth, 4:05.07; 7. Kent Wehde, UC San Diego, 4:05.60; 8. Matt Trumbull, 4:05.67; Consolation--9. David Tudury, UC San Diego, 4:03.90; 10. Jeff Fellows, Denison, 4:04.67; 11. Pete Schauer, Johns Hopkins, 4:05.33; 12. David Reid, UC Santa Cruz, 4:07.74; 13. Mark Morehouse, Wis.-La Crosse, 4:08.95; 14. Grant Comer, Wabash, 4:09.92; 15. Jeff Shelden, Denison, 4:10.31; 16. Dave Searles, Union (N.Y.), 4:15.79.

One-meter diving: Final (17 dives)--1. John Karpe, Wis-Eau Claire, 497.30; 2. Brian Field, Union (N.Y.), 470.80; 3. Derek Zurn, Kenyon, 468.55; 4. Jeffrey Gorton, Kalamazoo, 458.35; 5. Matthew Smith, Amherst, 424.35; 6. Justin Borba, UC Santa Cruz, 410.55; 7. Ryan Witt, Wis.-Oshkosh, 401.65; 8. Chris Wendell, Williams, 380.65; Consolation (11 dives)--9. David Lambrecht, Wis.-Oshkosh, 383.50; 10. Kyle Gahan, Coast Guard, 381.90; 11. Matt Walker, St. Olaf, 379.30; 12. Jonathan Morris, Sewanee, 377.40; 13. Jonathan Mead, Bowdoin, 366.05; 14. Frank DAngelo, John Carroll, 358.00; 15. David Burke, Bates, 356.95; 16. Matt Gale, Springfield, 347.50.

Three-meter diving: Final (17 dives)--1. Jeffrey Gorton, Kalamazoo, 501.30; 2. John Karpe, Wis.-Eau Claire, 484.10; 3. Derek Zurn, Kenyon, 475.85; 4. Brian Field, Union (N.Y.), 464.35; 5. Justin Borba, UC Santa Cruz, 437.00; 6. Ryan Witt, Wis.-Oshkosh, 432.35; 7. Matthew Smith, Amherst, 425.00; 8. Jonathan Morris, Sewanee, 414.80; Consolation (11 dives)--9. Chris Wendell, Williams, 392.20; 10. Craig Wollschlager, Wis.-Stevens Point, 390.90; 11. Jonathan Mead, Bowdoin, 375.30; 12. Garth Miller, Kalamazoo, 371.90; 13. Matt Walker, St. Olaf, 364.65; 14. Kyle Gahan, Coast Guard, 364.50; 15. David Burke, Bates, 363.50; 16. David Lambrecht, Wis.-Oshkosh, 356.55.

200-yard freestyle relay: Final--1. Kenyon (Ken Heis, Darrick Bollinger, Richard Thoms, Matt Miller), 1:20.48 (meet record; old record 1:21.11, Kenyon, 1995); 2. Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:22.60; 3. Denison, 1:23.17; 4. Johns Hopkins, 1:23.26; 5. Union (N.Y), 1:23.39; 6. Williams, 1:23.87; 7. Claremont-M-S, 1:23.93; 8. Gust. Adolphus, 1:24.61; Consolation--9. St. Olaf, 1:25.66; 10. Rowan, 1:25.69; 11. UC Santa Cruz, 1:26.00; 12. Middlebury, 1:26.20; 13. DePauw, 1:26.38; 14. Amherst, 1:26.39; 15. UC San Diego, 1:26.53; 16. Hartwick, 1:27.67.

400-yard freestyle relay: Final--1. Kenyon (Darrick Bollinger, Ken Heis, Richard Thoms, Matt Miller), 2:59.13; 2. Claremont-M-S, 3:03.22; 3. Union (N.Y.), 3:03.33; 4. Williams, 3:03.64; 5. Johns Hopkins, 3:04.37; 6. Denison, 3:04.58; 7. Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:05.22; 8. Middlebury, 3:09.64; Consolation--9. UC Santa Cruz, 3:07.12; 10. Geneseo St., 3:08.67; 11. Rowan, 3:09.90; 12. Amherst, 3:10.11; 13. Gust. Adolphus, 3:10.16; 14. UC San Diego, 3:10.74; 15. DePauw, 3:10.82; 16. St. Olaf, 3:12.06.

800-yard freestyle relay: Final--1. Kenyon (Darrick Bollinger, Nathan Gardner, Richard Thoms, John Newland), 6:44.65; 2. Union (N.Y.), 6:48.57; 3. UC San Diego, 6:48.97; 4. Geneseo St., 6:50.34; 5. Williams, 6:50.51; 6. UC Santa Cruz, 6:51.01; 7. Johns Hopkins, 6:52.34; 8. Denison, 6:52.95; 9. Claremont-M-S, 6:53.12; 10. Middlebury, 6:59.00; 11. Wis.-Stevens Point, 7:01.95; 12. DePauw, 7:09.56; 13. Kalamazoo, 7:10.22; 14. Gust. Adolphus, 7:12.48; 15. St. Olaf, 7:14.28; 16. Emory, 7:24.68.

200-yard medley relay: Final--1. Kenyon (Matt Miller, Colby Genrich, Pedro Monteiro, Ken Heis), 1:31.56; 2. Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:32.40; 3. Denison, 1:32.67; 4. Johns Hopkins, 1:33.12; 5. Union (N.Y.), 1:33.33; 6. Claremont-M-S, 1:33.45; 7. UC San Diego, 1:34.21; 8. Emory, 1:34.36; Consolation--9. Kalamazoo, 1:34.32; 10. Ithaca, 1:34.77; 11. Rowan, 1:34.90; 12. Hartwick, 1:35.55; 13. Williams, 1:35.61; 14. UC Santa Cruz, 1:36.44; 15. DePauw, 1:36.56; 16. Gust. Adolphus, 1:36.91.

400-yard medley relay: Final--1. Kenyon (Matt Miller, Colby Genrich, Pedro Monteiro, Ken Heis), 3:21.75; 2. Denison, 3:23.12; 3. Williams, 3:23.51; 4. Union (N.Y.), 3:23.72; 5. Johns Hopkins, 3:24.10; 6. Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:24.42; 7. Claremont-M-S, 3:24.75; 8. UC San Diego, 3:27.22; Consolation--9. Emory, 3:27.11; 10. Kalamazoo, 3:29.65; 11. Ithaca, 3:30.23; 12. Rowan, 3:30.70; 13. DePauw, 3:30.84; 14. Hartwick, 3:30.95; 15. Middlebury, 3:32.52; 16. Amherst, 3:34.06.