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April 6, 1998

Stanford men cruise to victory at 75th swim championships

Stanford captured the team title at the 75th annual Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships March 26-28 at Auburn.

The Cardinal scored 599 points to beat the host Tigers (3941/2) and Texas (3621/2).

Stanford captain Tom Wilkens (with teammate Blake Holden) led a one-two finish for the Cardinal in the 200 breaststroke and also swept the two individual medley events. Junior Matthew Pierce and freshman Steven Brown also finished one-two for the Cardinal in the 200 butterfly, and junior Tate Blahnik edged world champion Lenny Kryzelburg of Southern California in the 200-yard backstroke, 1:41.21 to 1:41.55.

Stanford capped its victory with a narrow win over Texas in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Skip Kenney, who has coached seven of Stanford's eight NCAA men's championship teams, was proud that all of his swimmers managed to make the championship final in all 18 swimming events.

"This has exceeded everything I expected from this team. We had great leadership from our upperclassmen and the freshman did a great job," Kenney said.

Individually, Arizona's Ryk Neethling won three events -- the 200-, 500- and 1,650-yard freestyles. His 14:32.50 time in the 1,650 was the second fastest ever in the championships, trailing only Tom Dolan's record 14.29.31 time in 1995.

Neethling, from South Africa, joins an elite list of 200/500/1,650 triple winners that includes Iowa's Arthur Wojdat (1991), Southern California's Roy Saari (1965 and 1966) and Washington's Jack Medica (1934, 1935 and 1936).

Southern Methodist senior Lars Frolander was named swimmer of the year after winning the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly. The Mustang set a championship record in the 100 butterfly with his time of 45.59.

Alabama junior Brent Roberts won the platform diving event. Rio Ramirez of Miami (Florida) was named diver of the year and his coach, Randy Ableman, was named diving coach of the year after Ramirez won the one-meter event and finished second in the three-meter event.

Ableman's teammate, Bryan Gillooly, won the three-meter event and finished second in the one-meter event.

Division I men's
swimming and diving

TEAM

1. Stanford, 599; 2. Auburn 3941/2; 3. Texas, 3621/2; 4. Tennessee, 233; 5. Southern Cal, 220; 6. Arizona, 185; 7. Georgia, 1751/2; 8. California, 175; 9. Southern Methodist, 1551/2; 10. Arizona St., 143.

11. Harvard, 136; 12. Michigan, 134; 13. Florida St., 130; 14. Minnesota, 105; 15. Miami (Fla.), 100; 16. Texas A&M, 91; 17. Virginia, 89; 18. Nebraska, 80; 19. LSU, 77; 20. Ohio St., 67.

21. Indiana, 56; 22. Brigham Young, 501/2; 23. Cincinnati, 41; 24. Kentucky, 39; 25. Alabama, 34; 26. Florida, 19; 27. (tie) Kansas and UC Santa Barb., 16; 29. Eastern Mich., 15.

30. (tie) North Caro., Syracuse and UNLV, 12; 33. Iowa, 11; 34. Purdue, 10; 35. Iowa St., 8; 36. Maryland, 1; 37. South Caro., 1/2.

INDIVIDUAL

50-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Brendon Dedekind, Florida St., 19.22; 2. Aaron Ciarla, Auburn, 19.45; 3. Sabir Muhammad, Stanford, 19.47; 4. Neil Walker, Texas, 19.55; 5. Anthony Robinson, Stanford, 19.56; 6. Matt Busbee, Auburn, 19.59; 7. Brett Hawke, Auburn, 19.77; 8. Francisco Sanchez, Arizona St., 19.83. Consolation -- 9. Scott Claypool, Stanford, 19.44; 10. Jerrod Kappler, Texas A&M, 19.74; 11. Bart Kizierowski, California, 19.80; 12. Michael Colligan, Texas A&M, 19.87; 13. Justin Ewers, Stanford, 19.91; 14. Jason Lezak, UC Santa Barb., 19.94; 15. Steve Martyak, Texas, 20.06; 16. Craig Gilliam, Tennessee, 20.14.

100-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Lars Frolander, Southern Methodist, 42.12; 2. Neil Walker, Texas, 42.83; 3. Dod Wales, Stanford, 42.91; 4. Bart Kizierowski, California, 42.93; 5. Scott Claypool, Stanford, 43.29; 6. Jason Lezak, UC Santa Barb., 43.70; 7. Matt Busbee, Auburn, 43.95; 8. Francisco Sanchez, Arizona St., 47.05. Consolation -- 9. Brock Newman, Auburn, 43.20; 10. Brendon Dedekind, Florida St., 43.45; 11. Bryan Jones, Texas, 43.74; 12. Adam Pine, Nebraska, 43.80; 13. John Stratman, Georgia, 44.04; 14. Bela Szabados, Southern Cal, 44.11; 15. Brett Hawke, Auburn, 44.24; 16. Jerrod Kappler, Texas A&M, 44.78.

200-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Ryk Neethling, Arizona, 1:34.19; 2. Bela Szabados, Southern Cal, 1:34.36; 3. Michael Kiedel, Harvard, 1:34.94; 4. Jay Schryver, Arizona, 1:35.55; 5. (tie) Romain Barnier, Auburn, and Jamie Rauch, Texas, 1:36.03; 7. Miro Vucetic, Syracuse, 1:36.37; 8. Adam Messner, Stanford, 1:36.83. Consolation -- 9. Philippe Demers, Southern Cal, 1:36.67; 10. Eric Matuszak, Harvard, 1:36.80; 11. Chris Counts, Arizona, 1:36.91; 12. (tie) Arunas Savickas, Brigham Young, and Blaine Morgan, Southern Methodist, 1:37.07; 14. Steve Parry, Florida St., 1:37.14; 15. Scott Goldblatt, Texas, 1:37.98; 16. Greg Busse, Auburn, 1:38.10.

500-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Ryk Neethling, Arizona, 4:13.42; 2. Tom Malchow, Michigan, 4:17.80; 3. Chris Thompson, 4:18.75; 4. Jon Younghouse, Texas, 4:19.76; 5. Michael Kiedel, Harvard, 4:20.25; 6. Steven Brown, Stanford, 4:20.49; 7. Austin Ramirez, Virginia, 4:21.67; 8. Jamie Ruch, Texas, 4:24.25. Consolation -- 9. Adam Messner, Stanford, 4:20.14; 10. Nat Lewis, Kentucky, 4:22.03; 11. Mark Leonard, Eastern Mich., 4:22.04; 12. Tim Martin, 4:22.71; 13. Jeremy Kane, Stanford, 4:23.49; 14. Mark Kwok, Southern Cal, 4:24.08; 15. Andy Potts, Michigan, 4:25.41; 16. Robert Justice, Florida, 4:25.91.

1,650-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Ryk Neethling, Arizona, 14:32.50; 2. Chris Thomspon, Michigan, 14:46.29; 3. Tyler Painter, Kansas, 14:54.31; 4. Austin Ramirez, Virginia, 15:00.63; 5. Tim Martin, Harvard, 15:00.75; 6. Jeremy Kane, Stanford, 15:06.62; 7. Steven McLeod, Cincinnati, 15:10.36; 8. Jon Younghouse, Texas, 15:10.76; 9. Mark Leonard, Eastern Mich., 15:12.21; 10. Nat Lewis, Kentucky, 15:12.95; 11. Mike McWha, Michigan, 15:14.55; 12. Beau Weibel, Georgia, 15:16.21; 13. Denis Sirringhaus, Harvard, 15:17.11; 14. Matt O'Mara, Stanford, 15:18.35; 15. Adam Messner, Stanford, 15:19.14; 16. Bill Bishop, Minnesota, 15:20.22.

100-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Neil Walker, Texas, 46.66; 2. Lenny Krayzelburg, Southern Cal, 46.90; 3. Tate Blahnik, Stanford, 46.93; 4. Sabir Muhammad, Stanford, 47.34; 5. Justin Ewers, Stanford, 47.55; 6. Michael Gilliam, Tennessee, 47.72; 7. Michael Bartz, Auburn, 47.77; 8. Alex Massura, Minnesota, 47.97. Consolation -- 9. Matt Allen, Arizona, 47.50; 10. Chip Crush, Auburn, 48.00; 11. Matt Ulrickson, Texas, 48.09; 12. Matthew Pierce, Stanford, 48.11; 13. Robert Brewer, Georgia, 48.14; 14. Derya Buyukuncu, Michigan, 48.24; 15. Shamek Pietucha, Virginia, 48.38; 16. Eithan Urbach, Auburn, 48.40.

200-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Tate Blahnik, Stanford, 1:41.21; 2. Lenny Krayzelburg, Southern Cal, 1:41.55; 3. Gordon Kozulj, California, 1:42.75; 4. Bart Sikora, California, 1:43.95; 5. Robert Brewer, Georgia, 1:43.99; 6. Derya Buyukuncu, Michigan, 1:44.87; 7. Arunas Savickas, Brigham Young, 1:45.12; 8. Tom Klement, Auburn, 1:45.56. Consolation -- 9. Michael Bartz, Auburn, 1:44.25; 10. Alex Massura, Minnesota, 1:44.38; 11. Jason Webb, Virginia, 1:44.72; 12. Justin Ewers, Stanford, 1:45.08; 13. Marko Strahija, Ohio St., 1:45.30; 14. Kris Babylon, Georgia 1:45.61; 15. Carlos Arena, Texas, 1:45.94; 16. Rob Canales, Stanford, 1:46.32.

100-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Jeremy Linn, Tennessee, 53.01; 2. Adam Jerger, Auburn, 53.31; 3. Dave Denniston, Auburn, 53.68; 4. Brendon Dedekind, Florida St., 53.70; 5. Kevin Kling, Ohio St., 53.93; 6. Blake Holden, Stanford, 54.15; 7. Michael Norment, 54.21; 8. Anthony Robinson, Stanford, 55.28. Consolation -- 9. Jarrod Marrs, LSU, 53.86; 10. (tie) Jay Schlindler, Iowa St.; Russell Chozick, Texas; and Dmitri Malinovski, Brigham Young, 55.15; 13. William Shefchik, Brigham Young, 55.33; 14. Christian Bahr, Southern Methodist, 55.51; 15. Marco Minonne, Iowa, 55.55; Brett Petersen, Florida St., DQ.

200-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Tom Wilkens, Stanford, 1:55.02; 2. Blake Holden, Stanford, 1:56.90; 3. Jeremy Linn, Tennessee, 1:57.43; 4. William Shefchik, Brigham Young, 1:57.45; 5. Jarrod Marrs, LSU, 1:58.49; 6. Adam Jerger, Auburn, 1:58.75; 7. Dave Denniston, Auburn, 1:58.87; 8. Michael Norment, Georgia, 2:01.18. Consolation -- 9. Marco Minonne, Iowa, 1:59.44; 10. Lionel Moreau, Auburn, 1:59.57; 11. Dmitri Malinovski, Brigham Young, 1:59.63; 12. Scott Werner, Michigan, 2:00.22; 13. Vilmos Kovas, Purdue, 2:00.80; 14. Glendon Flint, Arizona, 2:00.85; 15. Dave Schwartz, Harvard, 2:01.01; 16. Matt Buck, Georgia, 2:02.23.

100-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Lars Frolander, Southern Methodist, 45.99; 2. Sabir Muhammad, Stanford, 46.18; 3. Dod Wales, Stanford, 46.32; 4. Adam Pine, Nebraska, 46.35; 5. Nate Dusing, Texas, 46.60; 6. Martin Zielinski, Minnesota, 46.74; 7. Tucker Shade, North Caro., 46.86; 8. Dan Lindstrom, California, 47.24. Consolation -- 9. Shamek Pietucha, Virginia, 47.29; 10. Jed Crowe, Stanford, 47.32; 11. Bryan Jones, Texas, 47.57; 12. Mike Williams, Southern Cal, 47.58; 13. Brock Newman, Auburn, 47.61; 14. Francisco Sanchez, Arizona St., 47.67; 15. Derya Buyukuncu, Michigan, 47.99; 16. Steve Martyak, Texas, 48.11.

200-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Matthew Pierce, Stanford, 1:43.68; 2. Steven Brown, Stanford, 1:44.00; 3. Shamek Pietucha, Virginia, 1:44.28; 4. Steve Parry, Florida St., 1:44.44; 5. Tom Malchow, Michigan, 1:44.49; 6. Nate Dusing, Texas, 1:45.06; 7. Thomas Finch, Virginia, 1:45.32; 8. Jeff Somensatto, Auburn, 1:46.83. Consolation -- 9. Matt Hall, Tennessee, 1:45.36; 10. Philippe Demers, Southern Cal, 1:46.00; 11. Mark Kwok, Southern Cal, 1:46.07; 12. Andrew Livingston, UNLV, 1:46.12; 13. Casey Barrett, Southern Methodist, 1:46.48; 14. Yoav Meiri, Minnesota, 1:46.60; 15. Josh Ilika, Southern Cal, 1:47.03; 16. Honza Vitazka, Cincinnati, 1:47.31.

200-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Tom Wilkens, Stanford, 1:45.16; 2. Lionel Moreau, Auburn, 1:45.76; 3. Nate Dusing, Texas, 1:46.80; 4. Honza Vitazka, Cincinnati, 1:47.35; 5. Michael Bartz, Auburn, 1:47.52; 6. Tom Klement, Auburn, 1:48.07; 7. Kris Babylon, Georgia, 1:48.20; 8. Chris Bundy, Arizona, 1:48.53. Consolation -- 9. Glenn Counts, Stanford, 1:47.11; 10. Chris Counts, Arizona, 1:47.18; 11. Zane Dewitz, Tennessee, 1:47.45; 12. Rob Canales, Stanford, 1:48.05; 13. Shawn McNew, Tennessee, 1:48.47; 14. Owen vonRichter, 1:49.07; 15. Philippe Demers, Southern Cal, 1:49.44; 16. William Shefchik, Brigham Young, 1:49.65.

400-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Tom Wilkens, Stanford, 3;43.96; 2. Steven Brown, Stanford, 3:46.52; 3. Owen vonRichter, Michigan, 3:48.91; 4. Lionel Moreau, Auburn, 3:49.02; 5. Beau Weibel, Georgia, 3:50.21; 6. Honza Vitazka, Cincinnati, 3:50.42; 7. Greg Wriebe, Harvard, 3:50.63; 8. Thomas Finch, Virginia, 3:56.66. Consolation -- 9. Matt Hall, Tennessee, 3:50.17; 10. Erik Scalise, UNLV, 3:50.65; 11. Rob Canales, Stanford, 3:51.35; 12. Robert Iglinski, Indiana, 3:51.90; 13. Kris Babylon, Georgia, 3:53.52; 14. Michael Windisch, Nebraska, 3:53.65; 15. Casey Barrett, Southern Methodist, 3:54.00; 16. Christopher Read, Georgia, 3:57.77.

One-meter diving: Final (17 dives) -- 1. Rio Ramierz, Miami (Fla.), 630.70; 2. Bryan Gillooly, Miami (Fla.), 571.95; 3. Daren Guertin, LSU, 557.10; 4. Judson Campbell, Georgia, 555.15; 5. Michael Collier, Indiana, 554.90; 6. Justin Dumais, Southern Cal, 542.25; 7. Daniel Bergman, Nebraska, 541.55; 8. Shannon Roy, Tennessee, 502.05. Consolation (11 dives) -- 9. Brent Roberts, Alabama, 489.65; 10. Grant Gritzmacher, Texas, 486.40; 11. Gabby Chereches, Tennessee, 486; 12. Paco Rivera, Kentucky, 484.45; 13. Mike McIntyre, Ohio St., 481.45; 14. Ryan Harmon, 476.80; 15. Thomas Davidson, Indiana, 472.95; 16. Chris Mantilla, Miami (Fla), 471.65.

Three-meter diving: Final (17 dives) -- 1. Bryan Gillooly, Miami (Fla.), 631.40; 2. Rio Ramirez, Miami (Fla.), 599.15; 3. Daren Guertin, LSU, 597.95; 4. Michael Collier, Indiana, 575.95; 5. Gabby Chereches, Tennessee, 574.60; 6. Justin Dumais, Southern Cal, 573.00; 7. Bert Locklin, Nebraska, 539.35; 8. Mike McIntyre, Ohio St., 522.35. Consolation (11 dives) -- 9. Daniel Bergman, 533.70; 10. Grant Gritzmacher, Texas, 527.25; 11. Mark Naftanel, Texas A&M, 520.80; 12. Brent Robets, Alabama, 516.05; 13. Judson Campbell, Georgia, 511.70; 14. Paco Rivera, Kentucky, 510.05; 15. Brett Wilmot, Michigan, 498.85; 16. Kevin Burke, Maryland, 487.75.

Platform diving: Final (14 dives) -- 1. Brent Robert, Alabama, 834.45; 2. Paco Rivera, Kentucky, 803.90; 3. Mark Naftanel, Texas A&M, 790.00; 4. Gabby Chereches, Tennessee, 788.05; 5. Chris Mantilla, Miami (Fla.), 774.25; 6. Michael Collier, Indiana, 715.05; 7. Mike McIntyre, Ohio St., 686.35; 8. Rio Ramirez, Miami (Fla.), 667.30. Consolation (10 dives) -- 9. Trey Hart, Georgia, 464.00; 10. Thomas Davidson, Indiana, 459.50; 11. Daren Guertin, LSU, 447.50; 12. Grant Gritzmacher, Texas, 446; 13. Justin Dumais, Southern Cal, 436.20; 14. Shannon Roy, Tennessee, 434.40; 15. Justin Wilcock, Brigham Young, 423.80; 16. Judson Campbell, Georgia, 389.25.

200-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Stanford (Anthony Robinson, Sabir Muhammad, Justin Ewers, Scott Claypool), 1:16.76; 2. Auburn, 1:17.19; 3. Texas, 1:18.31; 4. Texas A&M, 1:18.42; 5. Arizona St., 1:18.63; 6. California, 1:18.74; 7. Florida St., 1:18.75; 8. Tennessee, 1:18.79. Consolation -- 9. (tie) Georgia and Southern Methodist, 1:19.62; 11. Nebraska, 1:19.88; 12. Minnesota, 1:19.99; 13. Southern Cal, 1:20.41; 14. Purdue, 1:20.95; 15. Arizona, 1:20.99; 16. Harvard, 1:26.04.

400-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Stanford (Dod Wales, Sabir Muhammad, Glenn Counts, Scott Claypool), 2:51.37; 2. Texas, 2:51.82; 3. Arizona St., 2:54.03; 4. California, 2:54.93; 5. Harvard, 2:55.75; 6. Texas A&M, 2:56.17; 7. Florida St., 2:56.50; Auburn, DQ. Consolation -- 9. Minnesota, 2:54.87; 10. Southern Methodist, 2:55.29; 11. Tennessee, 2:56.49; 12. Arizona, 2:56.68; 13. Georgia, 2:56.85; 14. Southern Cal, 2:57.01; 15. Ohio St., 2:58.22; 16. Nebraska, 2:58.79.

800-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Texas (Bryan Jones, Scott Goldblatt, Nate Dusing, Jamie Rauch), 6:23.78; 2. Arizona, 6:24.01; 3. Harvard, 6:25.92; 4. Southern Cal, 6:26.29; 5. Auburn, 6:26.59; 6. Stanford, 6:26.62; 7. Arizona St., 6:29.43; 8. Southern Methodist, 6:29.70; 9. Michigan, 6:30.76; 10. Minnesota, 6:31.49; 11. California, 6:31.52; 12. Georgia, 6:32.40; 13. Tennessee, 6:34.19; 14. Virginia 6:35.45; 15. Florida, 6:36.62; 16. Nebraska, 6:38.45.

200-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Auburn (Michael Bartz, Adam Jerger, Brett Hawke, Aaron Ciarla), 1:25.24; 2. Stanford, 1:25.70; 3. Tennessee, 1:26.25; 4. Texas, 1:26.36; 5. Southern Cal, 1:27.54; 6. Southern Methodist, 1:27.75; 7. Arizona St., 1:28.19; 8. Florida St., 1:28.68. Consolation -- 9. California, 1:27.91; 10. Minnesota, 1:28.62; 11. LSU, 1:28.68; 12. Georgia, 1:28.86; 13. Florida, 1:28.93; 14. Ohio St., 1:29.00; 15. Arizona, 1:29.57; 16. Iowa St., 1:30.15.

400-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Stanford (Tate Blahnik, Tom Wilkens, Sabir Muhammad, Dod Wales), 3:07.73; 2. Auburn, 3:09.38; 3. Tennessee, 3:10.80; 4. Southern Cal, 3:10.85; 5. Texas, 3:11.44; 6. California, 3:11.73; 7. Southern Methodist, 3:12.15; 8. Arizona, 3:13.42; Consolation -- 9. Georgia, 3:13.41; 10. Minnesota, 3:13.58; 11. Ohio St., 3:14.32; 12. Arizona St., 3:15.54; 13. Nebraska, 3:15.66; 14. Florida, 3:15.80; 15. LSU, 3:17.02; Iowa St., DQ.