The Lords of Kenyon secured their place in NCAA history by winning their 21st consecutive Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championships March 18 at Emory. Kenyon piled up 10 event titles and five runner-up finishes for 670 1/2 points and the most titles in any sport at any level of NCAA competition.

Kenyon head coach Jim Steen said, "We swam with a lot of pride, a lot of class, and a lot of perseverance in a meet that was filled with exceptional teams."

Kenyon's lead was so massive that the nearest team, Denison, finished more than 300 points behind with a total of 317. Emory took third with 287 points.

Six meet records were set during the competition, including one by two-time Swimmer of the Meet Aaron Cole of Denison. Cole broke his own record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 47.43. He also won the 50-yard freestyle and contributed to his team's win in the 200-freestyle relay.

"I wanted to do the best I possibly could coming into this meet," Cole said. "I've given everything I've had every day in swimming the past four years and awards like this are just a result of that."

Kenyon's Tom Rushton won the 400-yard individual medley for the second consecutive year. He also won the 500-yard freestyle for the third straight year, making him only the second swimmer in Division III to accomplish that feat. Rushton contributed to the Lords' win in the 400-yard medley relay, which set a meet record of 3:30.39.

In diving, Jeff Gorton of Kalamazoo won both the one- and three-meter springboard events. His sweep of both events was the first for any diver since Pomona-Pitzer's Brian Forster did it in 1994.

"In the previous three years I've come up a little bit short, but I couldn't have asked for a better ending to my career than this," Gorton said.

Overall, 11 different athletes representing six schools won individual events. Kenyon dominated the relays, winning four of five races for the sixth time in the past seven years.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Kenyon, 670 1/2 ; 2. Denison, 317; 3. Emory, 287; 4. UC San Diego, 283; 5. Johns Hopkins, 224; 6. Hope, 160; 7. Wis.-Stevens Point, 150; 8. Hamilton, 132; 9. Middlebury, 125; 10. Williams, 123; 11. Wooster, 115; 12. Kalamazoo, 91; 13. Wis.-Eau Claire, 80; 14. Carnegie Mellon, 79; 15. (tie) Col. of New Jersey and Alfred, 76; 17. Hartwick, 681/2; 18. Puget Sound, 61; 19. Wheaton (Ill.), 59; 20. Claremont-M-S, 57; 21. Amherst, 46; 22. (tie) St. Olaf and Wis.-Whitewater, 44; 24. UC Santa Cruz, 43; 25. Springfield, 41; 26. Gust. Adolphus, 40; 27. Whitworth, 35; 28. Allegheny, 33; 29. Bates, 29; 30. DePauw, 27; 31. Wis.-Lacrosse, 23; 32. Oberlin, 20; 33. Mount Union, 18 1/2 ; 34. Rowan, 18; 35. Millikin, 17; 36.(tie) Swarthmore and Sewanee, 13; 38. Wittenberg, 12; 39. (tie)Wash. & Lee and John Carroll, 11; 41. Wabash, 10; 42. Alma, 9 1/2 ; 43. (tie) St. Thomas, Coast Guard and Colby, 9; 47. Lake Forest, 7; 48. Willamette, 6; 49. Frank. & Marsh., 4; 50. (tie) Case Western and Babson, 3; 52. Pomona-Pitzer, 2.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

50-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Aaron Cole, Denison, 20.06 seconds; 2. Wesley Bennett, Wooster, 20.16; 3. Lloyd Baron, Kenyon, 20.61; 4. Howard Hinds, Springfield, 20.83; 5. Stephen Bayuk, Wooster, 20.88; 6. Anthony Loeffler, Hamilton, 20.91; 7. Trent Johnson, Denison, 20.95; 8. Chuck Seymour, Sewanee, 21:22. Consolation -- 9. Chad Paulson, Wis.-Eau Claire, 20.98; 10. (tie) Darrick Bollinger, Kenyon, and Stephen Thomas, Hartwick, 21.03; 12. David Kent, Wabash, 21.22; 13. Gerry Shay, John Carroll, 21.29; 14. Ramon Lopez, Babson, 21.43; 15. Benjamin Komer, Pomona-Pitzer, 21.54; 16. Steve Domin, Kalamazoo, 21.55.

100-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Aaron Cole, Denison, 44.21; 2. Lloyd Baron, Kenyon, 44.77; 3. Wesley Bennett, Wooster, 45.37; 4. Howard Hind, Springfield, 45.50; 5. Read Boon, Kenyon, 46.16; 6. Brian Striker, Alfred, 46.32; 7. Darrick Bollinger, Kenyon, 46.38; 8. Grant Rowe, Denison, 46.53. Consolation -- 9. Anthony Loeffler, Hamilton, 45.98; 10. Christian Brose, Kenyon, 46.19; 11. Stephen Bayuk, Wooster, 46.55; 12. Gerry Shay, John Carroll, 46.59; 13. Christian Deck, UC San Diego, 46.79; 14. Emmanuel Job, Johns Hopkins, 46.93; 15. Brian Goldthorpe, Denison, 46.94; 16. 16. Trent Johnson, Denison, 46.95.

200-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Read Boon, Kenyon, 1:39.18; 2. John Borta, Wis.-Whitewater, 1:41.09; 3. Chris Kamienski, Wheaton (Ill.), 1:41.14; 4. Jeff Klug, Emory, 1:41.60; 5. Brian Striker, Alfred, 1:42.16; 6. Rob Winograd, Amherst, 1:42.40; 7. Joshua White, Kenyon, 1:43.10; 8. Howard Hinds, Springfield, 1:43.26. Consolation -- 9. Ben Weston, UC Santa Cruz, 1:40.24; 10. Scott Armstrong, Johns Hopkins, 1:41.78; 11. Todd Macauly, Denison, 1:42.08; 12. Darrick Bollinger, Kenyon, 1:42.11; 13. Will Freund, Johns Hopkins, 1:42.21; 14. Justin Brannock, Johns Hopkins, 1:42.32; 15. Gerry Shay, John Carroll, 1:43.17; 16. Eric Caines, Emory, 1:44.10.

500-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Tom Rushton, Kenyon, 4:28.50; 2. Ben Weston, UC Santa Cruz, 4:30.23; 3. Scott Armstrong, Johns Hopkins, 4:30.26; 4. Eric Caines, Emory, 4:34.12; 5. John Borta, Wis.-Whitewater, 4:34.21; 6. Michael Bonomo, Kenyon, 4:34.25; 7. Jeff Klug, Emory, 4:34.97; 8. Will Freund, Johns Hopkins, 4:39.06. Consolation -- 9. Rob Winograd, Amherst, 4:36.55; 10. Dagart Allison, UC San Diego, 4:37.35; 11. Daniel Lloyd, Milliken, 4:37.43; 12. Joshua White, Kenyon, 4:38.46; 13. Judsen Schneider, Kalamazoo, 4:38.97; 14. Brady Childs, Willamette, 4:39.00; 15. Drew Anderson, Denison, 4:40.64; 16. Jessen Book, Kenyon, 4:40.82.

1,650-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Michael Bonomo, Kenyon, 15:36.72 (meet record; old record 15:37.04, Kevin Casson, St. Olaf, 1989); 2. Ben Weston, UC Santa Cruz, 15:41.25; 3. Scott Armstrong, Johns Hopkins, 15:41.94; 4. Eric Caines, Emory, 15:46.95; 5. Michael Baird, Kenyon, 15:53.77; 6. John Borta, Wis.-Whitewater, 15:57.09; 7. Drew Anderson, Denison, 16:00.47; 8. Daniel Lloyd, Millikin, 16:01.32; 9. Jessen Book, Kenyon, 16:05.10; 10. Bill Rhoads, Emory, 16:06.62; 11. Ben Doob, Williams, 16:09.47; 12. Jay Auwerter, Denison, 16:10.22; 13. Kurt Phillips, Col. of New Jersey, 16:11.39; 14. Jake Peterson, Case Western, 16:12.94; 15. Adam Ziegler, Denison, 16:18.24; 16. Jeff McBride, Williams, 16:20.91.

100-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Mark Latronica, UC San Diego, 48.81 (meet record; old record 49.31, Estevao Avila, Kenyon, 1999); 2. Estevao Avila, Kenyon, 48.87; 3. Randy Boelk, Wis.-Stevens Point, 50.37; 4. Jason Faulconer, Hartwick, 50.97; 5. Jeremy Francioli, Wis.-Stevens point, 50.99; 6. Todd Striker, Alfred, 51.27; 7. Chris Dattels, Hope, 51.29; 8. Aaron Edsall, Wittenberg, 51.67. Consolation -- 9. Kyle Sexton, Puget Sound, 50.99; 10. Brett Fisher, Johns Hopkins, 51.59; 11. Ian Doherty, Middlebury, 51.95; 12. Cyrus King, Williams, 52.03; 13. Fred Schreiber, Emory, 52.04; 14. Garret Yamaguchi, Claremont-M-S, 52.21; 15. Carlos Vega, Kenyon, 52.51; 16. Robert Edgell, Lake Forest, 52.53.

200-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Estevao Avila, Kenyon, 1:47.62 (meet record; old record 1:48.13, Travis Miller, UC San Diego, 1994); 2. Randy Boelk, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:49.80; 3. Todd Striker, Alfred, 1:50.82; 4. Kyle Sexton, Puget Sound, 1:51.32; 5. Cyrus King, Williams, 1:51.38; 6. Jeff Klug, Emory, 1:51.61; 7. Jeremy Francioli, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:51.88; 8. Jason Boettner, UC San Diego, 1:51.94. Consolation -- 9. Chris Dattels, Hope, 1:52.05; 10. Fred Schreiber, Emory, 1:52.35; 11. Joseph Glenn, Denison, 1:52.43; 12. Todd Gamblin, Williams, 1:52.74; 13. Jason Reed, Claremont-M-S, 1:52.83; 14. Ian Doherty, Middlebury, 1:52.91; 15. Robert Edgell, Lake Forest, 1:53.28; 16. Aaron Edsall, Wittenberg, 1:53.36.

100-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Matt Payne, UC San Diego, 55.04; 2. Joshua Boss, Hope, 55.94; 3. Jonathan Taylor, Wheaton (Ill.), 56.78; 4. Nathan Guy, Puget Sound, 57.59; 5. Dan Schupsky, Col. of New Jersey, 58.18; 6. Chuck Souvignier, Wis.-Eau Claire, 58.22; 7. Ted Sherer, Swarthmore, 58.69; 8. Dave Cecere, Hamilton, 59.01. Consolation -- 9. Flurry Stone, Kenyon, 58.08; 10. Jonathan Eck, Colby, 58.37; 11. Ian Peters, Carnegie Mellon, 58.45; 12. Greg Scott, UC San Diego, 58.46; 13. Steven Thomas, Hartwick, 58.48; 14. Mike Calhoun, Coast Guard, 58.52; 15. Pat Lahey, Amherst, 58.99; 16. Mike Maggard, Sewanee, 59.01.

200-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Joshua Boss, Hope, 2:02.12; 2. Matt Payne, UC San Diego, 2:02.24; 3. Brett Holcomb, Kenyon, 2:02.86; 4. Daniel Kiepfer, Kenyon, 2:03.16; 5. Jonathan Taylor, Wheaton (Ill.), 2:03.62; 6. Nathan Guy, Puget Sound, 2:05.21; 7. Kent Wehde, UC San Diego, 2:05.57; 8. Mark Shimko, Emory, 2:06.98. Consolation -- 9. Michael Holter, Kenyon, 2:06.23; 10. Dave Cecere, Hamilton, 2:06.76; 11. Adam Daigneault, Denison, 2:06.98; 12. Greg Scott, UC San Diego, 2:07.38; 13. Benjamin Whittam, Allegheny, 2:07.61; 14. Joe McDowell, Wabash, 2:07.92; 15. Pat Lahey, Amherst, 2:08.12; 16. Ted Sherer, Swarthmore, 2:08.66.

100-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Aaron Cole, Denison, 47.43 (meet record; old record 47.94, Cole, Denison, 1999); 2. Mark Latronica, UC San Diego, 48.78; 3. Jason Reed, Claremont-M-S, 49.78; 4. Dave Riebel, Denison, 50.18; 5. Grayson Stuntz, Middlebury, 50.42; 6. Brian Goldthorpe, Denison, 50.70; 7. Emmanuel Job, Johns Hopkins, 50.77; 8. George Heidinger, Carnegie Mellon, 50.86. Consolation -- 9. Kyle Sexton, Puget Sound, 50.16; 10. Sebastian Popa, Emory, 50.54; 11. Chris Rendall, Emory, 50.58; 12. Colin Hayes, Wash. & Lee, 50.99; 13. Kamal Masud, Johns Hopkins, 51.00; 14. Carlos Vega, Kenyon, 51.02; 15. Matthew Oglesby, Wis.-Eau Claire, 51.04; 16. Dan Garrison, DePauw, 51.09.

200-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. John Limouze, Oberlin, 1:50.47; 2. Jason Faulconer, Hartwick, 1:50.58; 3. Tom Rushton, Kenyon, 1:50.92; 4. Tom Shane, Emory, 1:51.03; 5. Mark Latronica, UC San Diego, 1:51.61; 6. Carlos Vega, Kenyon, 1:51.90; 7. Colby Genrich, Kenyon, 1:51.92; 8. Sebastian Popa, Emory, 1:52.08. Consolation -- 9. Jason Reed, Claremont-M-S, 1:52.86; 10. Kamal Masud, Johns Hopkins, 1:53.21; 11. Colin Hayes, Wash. & Lee, 1:53.23; 12. Brent Rice, Whitworth, 1:54.45; 13. Stephen Michaels, Frank. & Marsh., 1:54.50; 14. Chris Rendall, Emory, 1:54.72; 15. Rob Winograd, Amherst, 1:54.84; 16. Keith Salazar, Sewanee, 1:55.59.

200-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Colby Genrich, Kenyon, 1:51.75; 2.Brett Holcomb, Kenyon, 1:52.11; 3. Estevao Avila, Kenyon, 1:53.08; 4. Randy Boelk, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:53.38; 5. Jason Faulconer, Hartwick, 1:53.61; 6. Chris Kamienski, Wheaton (Ill.), 1:54.26; 7. Ryan Wong, UC San Diego, 1:54.42; 8. Read Boon, Kenyon, 1:55.61. Consolation -- 9. Brent Rice, Whitworth, 1:53.96; 10. Daniel Kiepfer, Kenyon, 1:54.23; 11. Cyrus King, Williams, 1:54.38; 12. Fred Schreiber, Emory, 1:55.06; 13. Robert Edgell, Lake Forest, 1:54.53; 14. Mark Shimko, Emory, 1:55.06; 15. Jonathan Eck, Colby, 1:56.17; 16. Michael Holter, Kenyon, 1:56.42.

400-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Tom Rushton, Kenyon, 3:56.75; 2. Brett Holcomb, Kenyon, 3:58.00; 3. Daniel Kiepfer, Kenyon, 3:59.81; 4. Colby Genrich, Kenyon, 4:01.65; 5. Brent Rice, Whitworth, 4:02.40; 6. Michael Holter, Kenyon, 4:03.91; 7. Adam Daigneault, Denison, 4:03.95; 8. Mark Shimko, Emory, 4:03.98. Consolation -- 9. Ryan Wong, UC San Diego, 4:01.96; 10. Benjamin Swineheart, Whitworth, 4:03.84; 11. Evan Whitbeck, Kalamazoo, 4:04.63; 12. Nicholas Duda, Kalamazoo, 4:04.83; 13. Jason Boettner, UC San Diego, 4:06.69; 14. Brady Childs, Willamette, 4:07.68; 15. Joe McDowell, Wabash, 4:09.04; 16. Llyod Chris, Claremont-M-S, 4:09.48.

One-meter diving: Final (17 dives) -- 1. Jeff Gorton, Kalamazoo, 510.05; 2. Gabe Korteum, St. Olaf, 493.10; 3. John Hreha, Allegheny, 461.35; 4. Derek Chicarilli, Middlebury, 430.25; 5. Andrew Hastings, Bates, 419.60; 6. Ben Hopkins, Amherst, 408.65; 7. Brandon Smith, Mount Union, 405.30; 8. Kevin Lilly, Wis.-Lacrosse, 378.40. Consolation (11 dives) -- 9. Tim Ullrey, Kalamazoo, 404.50; 10. Kyle Rudser, St. Olaf, 390.75; 11. Kyle Gahan, Coast Guard, 381.60; 12. Brendan Boyle, Connecticut Coll., 381.20; 13. Sean Courtney, Rowan, 379.95; 14. Joey Mead, Alma, 376.00; 15. Matt MacDonald, UC San Diego, 373.25; 16. Chris Wendell, Williams, 372.20.

Three-meter diving: Final (17 dives) -- 1. Jeff Gorton, Kalamazoo, 577.05; 2. Gabe Korteum, St. Olaf, 456.60; 3. Matt MacDonald, UC San Diego, 419.75; 4. Andrew Hastings, Bates, 416.50; 5. Sean Courtney, Rowan, 411.80; 6. John Hreha, Allegheny, 406.45; 7. Kevin Lilly, Wis.-Lacrosse, 385.80; 8. Chris Wendell, Williams, 378.10. Consolation (11 dives) -- 9. Stephen Klugherz, St. Thomas (Minn.), 387.45; 10. (tie) Brandon Smith, Mount Union, and Joey Mead, Alma, 385.25; 12. Ben Hopkins, Amherst, 382.95; 13. Brendan Boyle, Connecticut Col., 375.95; 14. Kyle Rudser, St. Olaf, 367.05; 15. Kris Lewis, Johns Hopkins, 363.95; 16. Derek Chicarilli, Middlebury, 363.50.

200-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Denison (Aaron Cole, Trent Johnson, Grant Rome, Brian Goldthorpe), 1:21.41; 2. Kenyon, 1:21.61; 3. Wooster, 1:23.22; 4. Hamilton, 1:24.37; 5. Emory, 1:24.58; 6. Johns Hopkins, 1:24.79; 7. Wis.-Eau Claire, 1:24.98; 8. UC San Diego, 1:25.14. Consolation -- 9. Gust. Adolphus, 1:25.37; 10. Alfred, 1:25.53; 11. Middlebury, 1:25.59; 12. Hope, 1:25.62; 13. Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:25.69; 14. DePauw, 1:25.82; 15. Williams, 1:25.87; 16. Col. of New Jersey, 1:25.91.

400-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Kenyon (Lloyd Baron, Estevao Avila, Christian Brose, Read Boon), 3:00.85; 2. Denison, 3:01.47; 3. Hope, 3:06.44; 4. Johns Hopkins, 3:06.67; 5. Wooster, 3:06.88; 6. Middlebury, 3:06.95; 7. Carnegie Mellon, 3:07.00; 8. Williams, 3:07.39. Consolation -- 9. UC San Diego, 3:05.60; 10. Hamilton, 3:05.87; 11. Emory, 3:06.88; 12. Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:07.25; 13. DePauw, 3:07.39; 14. Gust. Adolphus, 3:09.13; 15. Claremont-M-S, 3:10.40; 16. Wis.-Eau Claire, 3:10.54.

800-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Kenyon (Tom Rushton, Joshua White, Darrick Bollinger, Read Boon), 6:45.08; 2. Johns Hopkins, 6:45.39; 3. Emory, 6:51.92; 4. Hamilton, 6:52.65; 5. Williams, 6:54.15; 6. Kalamazoo, 6:54.87; 7. Carnegie Mellon, 6:54.99; 8. Col. of New Jersey, 6:55.14; 9. Middlebury, 6:55.57; 10. Denison, 6:55.85; 11. DePauw, 6:59.66; 12. Claremont-M-S, 7:01.98; 13. Gust. Adolphus, 7:06.23; 14. Alfred, 7:08.64; 15. Wis.-Stevens Point, 7:13.16; 16. Wooster, 7:19.30.

200-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Kenyon (Estevao Avila, Read Boon, Lloyd Baron, Christian Brose), 1:30.57; 2. UC San Diego, 1:31.94; 3. Denison, 1:32.16; 4. Hope, 1:32.64; 5. Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:33.06; 6. Emory, 1:33.74; 7. Wis.-Eau Claire, 1:33.88; 8. Col. of New Jersey, 1:34.28. Consolation- 9. Johns Hopkins, 1:34.48; 10. Carnegie Mellon, 1:34.65; 11. Middlebury, 1:35.29; 12. Williams, 1:35.63; 13. Hartwick, 1:35.69; 14. Gust. Adolphus, 1:35.97; 15. Hamilton, 1:36.12; 16. Claremont-M-S, 1:36.57.

400-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Kenyon (Estevao Avila, Colby Genrich, Tom Rushton, Lloyd Baron), 3:20.39 (meet record; old record 3:20.46, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1998); 2. UC San Diego, 3:23.17; 3. Denison, 3:23.61; 4. Hope, 3:24.15; 5. Emory, 3:25.30; 6. Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:25.78; 7. Johns Hopkins, 3:25.97; Carnegie Mellon, disqualified. Consolation -- 9. Middlebury, 3:27.55; 10. Hamilton, 3:28.96; 11. Col. of New Jersey, 3:29.15; 12. Williams, 3:29.83; 13. Claremont-M-S, 3:30.38; 14. Wis.-Eau Claire, 3:30.99; 15. Hartwick, 3:32.25; 16. Gust. Adolphus, 3:32.32.