During the course of the three-day meet at Texas A&M, the Longhorns won 11 individual titles and set six NCAA records en route to accumulating 5971/2 points.

The squad's versatility and depth kept challenger Stanford firmly in second place. The Cardinal earned 4571/2 points, while Tennessee (3301/2), Southern California (299) and Florida (265) rounded out the top five.

Swimmer of the meet Nate Dusing led all competitors with 57 points. In addition to contributing to four of Texas' five relay wins, Dusing claimed the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley titles for himself. Teammate Brendan Hansen grabbed both breaststroke titles, breaking Mike Barrowman's 1990 record in the 200-yard event. And teammate Troy Dumais swept the one- and three-meter springboard dives.

Several swimmers contributed fine post-Olympic swims for their respective schools. Southern California freshman Klete Keller powered his way to victories in the 200- and 500-yard freestyles. California's Anthony Ervin tied Matt Biondi's 1987 record in the 100-yard freestyle. Ian Crocker won the 100-yard butterfly for Texas, while Stanford's Adam Messner defended his title in the 200-yard butterfly.

"I talked with (Tom) Dolan before we left and he told me to go after it," Thompson said. "It feels awesome to add to the great tradition at Michigan."

Texas ended the meet with a record-setting win in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Texas' Eddie Reese, named coach of the year after the meet, said, "This was fun. If you go by total points, I don't know if we can call this team the best ever at an NCAA meet, because we would be third on the list. But if you look at the strength of the meet and how fast people had to go, we were the fastest team in the best meet ever."

Team results

1. Texas, 5971/2; 2. Stanford, 4571/2; 3. Tennessee, 3301/2; 4. Southern California, 299; 5; Florida, 265; 6. Arizona, 251; 7. Auburn, 236; 8. California, 191; 9. Minnesota, 176; 10. Michigan, 161; 11. Texas A&M, 156; 12. Southern Methodist, 88; 13. Virginia, 82; 14. Arizona St., 79; 15. Georgia, 78; 16. Penn St., 721/2; 17. Kentucky, 53; 18. Wisconsin, 43; 19. LSU, 39; 20. South Carolina, 38; 21. Miami (Fla.), 37; 22. Harvard, 32; 23. Northwestern, 27; 24. Iowa St., 26; 25. Purdue, 21; 26 (tie) Indiana and Ohio St., 20; 28. Columbia, 11; 29. Georgia Tech, 10; 30 (tie) Syracuse, North Carolina St., Brigham Young and UNLV, 7; 34. Yale, 6.

Individual results

50-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Anthony Robinson, Stanford, 19.15; 2. Anthony Ervin, California, 19.23; 3. Roland Schoman, Arizona, 19.29; 4. Bobby O'Bryan, Stanford, 19.52; 5. Randal Bal, Stanford, 19.62; 6. Michael Gilliam, Tennessee, 19.68; 7. Gregory Busse, Auburn, 19.79; 8. Matt Weghorst, Southern Methodist, 19.81. Consolation -- 9. Carlos Jayme, Florida, 19.79; 10. Matt Macedo, California, 19.84; 11. Chris Hussey, Tennessee, 19.87; 11. Leffie Crawford, Texas, 19.87; 13. Ian Crocker, Texas, 19.94; 13. Bob Molettiere, Penn St., 19.94; 15. Matt Rose, Texas A&M, 19.95; 16. Renato Gueraldi, Tennessee, 19.96.

100-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Anthony Ervin, California, 41.80 (ties meet record set by Matt Biondi, California, 1987); 2. Roland Schoman, Arizona, 42.58; 3. Gregory Busse, Auburn, 42.65; 4. Jamie Rauch, Texas, 42.97; 5. Ian Crocker, Texas, 43.18; 6. Carlos Jayme, Florida, 43.27; 7. Michael Gilliam, Tennessee, 43.62; 8. Matt Macedo, California, 43.66. Consolation -- 9. Bobby O'Bryan, Stanford, 43.60; 10. David Morrow, Texas A&M, 43.61; 11. Chris Hussey, Tennessee, 43.82; 12. Andrew Schnell, Stanford, 43.92; 13. Brian Malich, Ohio St., 44.11; 14. Chris Kemp, Texas, 44.13; 15. Dylan deBruin, Iowa St., 44.21; 16. Nathan Summers, Florida, 44.31.

200-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Klete Keller, Southern California, 1:34.43; 2. Chris Kemp, Texas, 1:34.69; 3. Adam Messner, Stanford, 1:35.05; 4. Jamie Rauch, Texas, 1:35.23; 5. Jay Schryver, Arizona, 1:35.39; 6. Scott Goldblatt, Texas, 1:35.42; 7. Dan Ketchum, Michigan, 1:35.56; 8. Rodrigo Castro, Southern California, 1:36.02. Consolation -- 9. Scott VonSchoff, Arizona St., 1:36.34; 10. Joe Bruckart, California, 1:36.37; 11. John Retrum, Penn St., 1:36.67; 12. Gavin Meadows, Arizona St., 1:36.68; 13. Martin Schierhorn, Penn St., 1:36.77; 14. Arunas Savickas, Brigham Young, 1:36.95; 15. Ian Prichard, Virginia, 1:37.38; 16. Jim Pullin, Texas, 1:37.65.

500-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Klete Keller, Southern California, 4:14.67; 2. Chris Thompson, Michigan, 4:14.71; 3. Erik Vendt, Southern California, 4:16.13; 4. Scott Goldblatt, Texas, 4:16.41; 5. Tim Siciliano, Michigan, 4:18.09; 6. Justin Mortimer, Minnesota, 4:19.58; 7. Dan Ketchum, Michigan, 4:20.10; 8. Adam Messner, Stanford, 4:20.56. Consolation -- 9. Chris Kemp, Texas, 4:18.57; 10. Ricardo Monasterio, Florida, 4:18.71; 11. Ian Prichard, Virginia, 4:19.11; 12. John Cole, Harvard, 4:19.56; 13. Martin Schierhorn, Penn St., 4:19.66; 14. Tyler Painter, Arizona, 4:20.84; 15. Mark Warkentin, Southern California, 4:21.50; 16. Jamie Rauch, Texas, 4:21.57.

1,650-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Chris Thompson, Michigan, 14:26.62 (meet record; old record 14:29.31, Tom Dolan, Michigan, 1995); 2. Tim Siciliano, Michigan, 14:41.84; 3. Erik Vendt, Southern California, 14:45.69; 4. Justin Mortimer, Minnesota, 14:47.82; 5. John Cole, Harvard, 14:49.48; 6. Matthew Martin, Purdue, 14:50.56; 7. Tyler Painter, Arizona, 14:52.78; 8. Klete Keller, Southern California, 14:56.86; 9. Ian Prichard, Virginia, 14:57.70; 10. Daniel DeMarco, Virginia, 14:59.62; 11. Shilo Aaylon, Georgia Tech, 15:01.76; 12. Ricardo Monasterio, Florida, 15:02.90; 13. Dan Ketchum, Michigan, 15:04.01; 14. Kevin Clements, Auburn, 15:06.55; 15. James Grimes, Virginia, 15:06.75; 16. Mark Warkentin, Southern California, 15:09.43.

100-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Michael Gilliam, Tennessee, 45.97; 2. Peter Marshall, Stanford, 46.23; 3. Randal Bal, Stanford, 46.59; 4. Riley Janes, Texas A&M, 46.69; 5. (tie) Tom Hannan, Texas, and Markus Rogan, Stanford, 46.83; 7. Dan Westcott, Stanford, 46.84; 8. Todd Smolinski, Minnesota, 47.23. Consolation -- 9. Matt Ulrickson, Texas, 47.27; 10. Braden Holloway, North Carolina St., 48.11; 11. Nathan Summers, Florida, 48.16; 12. Marc Lindsay, Georgia, 48.20; 13. Evan Martinec, LSU, 48.36; 14. Josko Vucetic, Syracuse, 48.41; 15. Jakob Anderson, Southern Methodist, 48.44; 16. Raymond Hunt, Auburn, 48.74.

200-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Nate Dusing, Texas, 1:41.52; 2. Markus Rogan, Stanford, 1:41.64; 3. Marc Lindsay, Georgia, 1:42.04; 4. Peter Marshall, Stanford, 1:42.38; 5. Luke Wagner, Virginia, 1:42.67; 6. Kirk Hampleman, Auburn, 1:43.21; 7. Randal Bal, Stanford, 1:43.51; 8. Raymond Hunt, Auburn, 1:44.18. Consolation -- 9. Alex Lim, California, 1:43.63; 10. Chris Kellam, Florida, 1:44.19; 11. George Gleason, Yale, 1:44.73; 12. Michael Jansen, Florida, 1:44.88; 13. Josko Vucetic, Syracuse, 1:45.14; 14. Mike Im, Harvard, 1:45.41; 15. Ben Bartell, Minnesota, 1:46.05; 16. Tony Swanson, Northwestern, 1:46.13.

100-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Brendan Hansen, Texas, 52.35; 2. David Denniston, Auburn, 52.62; 3. Anthony Robinson, Stanford, 52.76; 4. Patrick Calhoun, Auburn, 52.98; 5. Jeremy McDonnell, Tennessee, 53.15; 6. Ryosuke Imai, Southern California, 53.34; 7. Jeff Hackler,

Minnesota, 53.89; 8. Mark Gangloff, Auburn, 54.06. Consolation -- 9. Martin Gustavsson, Minnesota, 54.26; 10. Justin Caron, Auburn, 54.38; 11. Michael Bruce, Stanford, 54.48; 12. Eric vanGoethem, Auburn, 54.57; 13. Peter Aronsson, California, 54.64; 14. Ansel Tjin-a-Tam, Florida, 54.72; 15. Tamas Bessenyei, Purdue, 54.96; 16. Lance Jones, Wisconsin, 55.13.

200-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Brendan Hansen, Texas, 1:53.11 (meet record; old record 1:53.77, Mike Barrowman, Michigan, 1990); 2. David Denniston, Auburn, 1:53.48; 3. Kyle Salyards, Georgia, 1:56.02; 4. Martin Gustavsson, Minnesota, 1:56.15; 5. Ryosuke Imai, Southern California, 1:56.24; 6. Jeff Hackler, Minnesota, 1:56.66; 7. Gary Marshall, Virginia, 1:56.88; 8. Andrew Bree, Tennessee, 1:57.57. Consolation -- 9. Chris Stewart, Tennessee, 1:58.18; 10. Scott Werner, Michigan, 1:58.21; 11. Michael Bruce, Stanford, 1:58.22; 12. Tamas Bessenyei, Purdue, 1:58.36; 13. Tomonjori Tsuji, Georgia Tech, 1:58.37; 14. Mark Gangloff, Auburn, 1:58.40; 15. Ansel Tjin-a-Tam, Florida, 1:58.72; 16. Dov Malnik, Minnesota, 1:59.25.

100-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Ian Crocker, Texas, 45.96; 2. Nate Dusing, Texas, 46.22; 3. Roland Schoman, Arizona, 46.53; 4. Peter Marshall, Stanford, 46.82; 5. Zsolt Gaspar, South Carolina, 46.84; 6. Tom Hannan, Texas, 46.93; 7. Jeff Lee, Southern California, 47.06; 8. Justin Hoggatt, Tennessee, 47.58. Consolation -- 9. Andrew Haidinyak, Auburn, 47.19; 10. Dan Westcott, Stanford, 47.28; 11. Jeffrey Somensatto, Auburn, 47.40; 12. Bobby O'Bryan, Stanford, 47.42; 13. Brendan Coyne, Wisconsin, 47.52; 14. Eugene Botes, Penn St., 47.69; 15. Michael Greene, Texas A&M, 47.80; 16. Duncan Sherrard, Florida, 48.28.

200-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Adam Messner, Stanford, 1:43.12; 2. Duncan Sherrard, Florida, 1:43.18; 3. Greg Reeves, Florida, 1:43.44; 4. Steven Brown, Stanford, 1:44.19; 5. Kellan O'Connor, Northwestern, 1:44.40; 6. Jeff Dash, Arizona, 1:44.79; 7. Juan Veloz, Arizona, 1:45.13; 8. Jeff Lee, Southern California, 1:45.87. Consolation -- 9. Zsolt Gaspar, South Carolina, 1:43.85; 10. Andrew Livingston, UNLV, 1:44.31; 11. Joe Montague, Texas, 1:44.58; 12. Eric Donnelly, Florida, 1:44.81; 13. Jeffrey Somensatto, Auburn, 1:44.83; 14. Dan Westcott, Stanford, 1:44.88; 15. Tsim Schneider, Texas, 1:45.82; 16. Keam Ang, Minnesota, 1:46.04.

200-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Nate Dusing, Texas, 1:42.85 (meet record; old record 1:43.52, Greg Burgess, Florida, 1993); 2. Tom Hannan, Texas, 1:43.87; 3. Markus Rogan, Stanford, 1:44.57; 4. Tomas Kerejarto, Southern California, 1:45.65; 5. Joe Montague, Texas, 1:46.31; 6. Steven Brown, Stanford, 1:46.63; 7. Tony Swanson, Northwestern, 1:46.80; 8. Rob Canales, Stanford, 1:46.86. Consolation -- 9. Duncan Sherrard, Florida, 1:46.29; 10. Jeffrey Somensatto, Auburn, 1:46.49; 11. Kevin Clements, Auburn, 1:46.56; 12. Greg Reeves, Florida, 1:46.66; 13. Andrew Bree, Tennessee, 1:47.75; 14. Ben Anderson, Arizona, 1:47.78; 15. Kirk Hampleman, Auburn, 1:47.88; 16. Tim Carlson, Southern Methodist, 1:47.97.

400-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Tim Siciliano, Michigan, 3:40.77; 2. Erik Vendt, Southern California, 3:40.98; 3. Kevin Clements, Auburn, 3:42.90; 4. Greg Reeves, Florida, 3:44.43; 5. Steven Brown, Stanford, 3:44.68; 6. Tomas Kerejarto, Southern California, 3:44.85; 7. Eric Donnelly, Florida, 3:45.53; 8. Mark Warkentin, Southern California, 3:47.73. Consolation -- 9. Istvan Bathazi, South Carolina, 3:46.15; 10. James Galloway, Auburn, 3:47.20; 11. Joe Montague, Texas, 3:47.32; 12. Bryan Kim, Florida, 3:48.53; 13. Dan Shevchik, Harvard, 3:48.72; 14. Miki Halika, Texas, 3:50.02; 15. Greg Long, Stanford, 3:53.55; 16. Matthew Martin, Purdue, 3:54.71.

One-meter diving: Final -- 1. Troy Dumais, Texas, 397.60; 2. Jud Campbell, Georgia, 372.25; 3. Thomas Davidson, Indiana, 368.85; 4. Clayton Moss, Kentucky, 358.95; 5. Justin Dumais, Texas, 356.10; 6. Shannon Roy, Tennessee, 344.40; 7. Gabi Chereches, Tennessee, 338.80; 8. Mark Fichera, Columbia, 297.15. Consolation -- 9. Heath Knowling, Ohio St., 296.10; 10. Erik Petursson, LSU, 294.60; 11. Brandon Hulko, South Carolina, 294.00; 12. Kyle Prandi, Miami (Fla.), 288.75; 13. Aaron Russell, Brigham Young, 285.75; 14. Corey Fox, LSU, 285.30; 15. Adam Morgan, Texas A&M, 284.80; 16. Dan Croaston, Minnesota, 278.25.

Three-meter diving: Final -- 1. Troy Dumais, Texas, 664.70; 2. Omar Ojeda, Arizona, 635.95; 3. Shannon Roy, Tennessee, 632.25; 4. Justin Dumais, Texas, 630.35; 5. Gabi Chereches, Tennessee, 612.75; 6. Dan Croaston, Minnesota, 590.90; 7. Kyle Prandi, Miami (Fla.), 544.65; 8. Hank Richardson, Florida, 543.80. Consolation -- 9. Jud Campbell, Georgia, 524.40; 10. Corey Fox, LSU, 516.95; 11. Ruben Vaca, Arizona, 513.55; 12. Aaron Kirkpatrick, Kentucky, 507.95; 13. Thomas Davidson, Indiana, 506.80; 14. Heath Knowling, Ohio St., 505.45; 15. Aaron Forgey, Wisconsin, 501.70; 16. Jesse Even, Texas A&M, 499.45.

Platform diving: Final -- 1. Kyle Prandi, Miami (Fla.), 591.75; 2. Justin Dumais, Texas, 564.85; 3. Omar Ojeda, Arizona, 562.80; 4. Gabi Chereches, Tennessee, 561.00; 5. Dan Croaston, Minnesota, 545.50; 6. Troy Dumais, Texas, 542.50; 7. Corey Fox, LSU, 529.85; 8. Caesar Garcia, Auburn, 515.40. Consolation -- 9. Hank Richardson, Florida, 472.50; 10. Clayton Moss, Kentucky, 465.15; 11. Ruben Vaca, Arizona, 464.95; 12. Jesse Even, Texas A&M, 464.25; 13. Chris Monson, Ohio St., 458.10; 14. Jud Campbell, Georgia, 447.75; 15. Adam Morgan, Texas A&M, 440.75; 16. Mark Briggs, Arizona St., 438.60.

200-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Stanford (Randal Bal, Anthony Robinson, Jeff Guyman, Bobby O'Bryan), 1:16.83; 2. Tennessee, 1:17.56; 3. Texas A&M, 1:17.63; 4. California, 1:18.02; 5. Arizona, 1:18.04; 6. Texas, 1:18.16; 7. Florida, 1:18.70; 8. Auburn, 1:19.51. Consolation -- 9. Iowa St., 1:19.03; 10. Penn St., 1:19.58; 11. Arizona St., 1:19.79; 12. Southern Methodist, 1:19.80; 13. Southern California, 1:20.16; 14. Kentucky, 1:20.31; 15. Wisconsin, 1:20.55; 16. Virginia, 1:21.08.

400-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Texas (Nate Dusing, Ian Crocker, Tom Hannan, Jamie Rauch), 2:49.80 (meet record, old record 2:49.85, California, 2000); 2. California, 2:52.12; 3. Arizona, 2:53.17; 4. Tennessee, 2:53.67; 5. Texas A&M, 2:53.70; 6. Florida, 2:54.05; 7. Auburn, 2:55.25. 8. Arizona St., 2:56.02. Consolation -- 9. Stanford, 2:54.12; 10. Penn St., 2:55.44; 11. Southern California, 2:55.90; 12. Southern Methodist, 2:56.37; 13. Wisconsin, 2:56.64; 14. Virginia, 2:56.68; 15. Kentucky, 2:56.86; 16. Michigan, 2:59.36.

800-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Texas (Scott Goldblatt, Nate Dusing, Chris Kemp, Jamie Rauch), 6:18.00 (meet record; old record 6:20.89, Michigan, 1996). 2. Southern California, 6:23.50; 3. Michigan, 6:25.92; 4. Arizona St., 6:26.27; 5. Stanford, 6:26.38; 6. Florida, 6:28.28; 7. Tennessee, 6:29.43; 8. Auburn, 6:29.93; 9. Arizona, 6:30.33; 10. Penn St., 6:30.85; 11. Texas A&M, 6:31.65; 12. Virginia, 6:33.46; 13. Kentucky, 6:35.50; 14. Minnesota, 6:36.06; 15. Southern Methodist, 6:39.96; California, disqualified.

200-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Texas (Matt Ulrickson, Brendan Hansen, Nate Dusing, Leffie Crawford), 1:24.47 (meet record; old record 1:25.24, Auburn, 1998 ). 2. Tennessee, 1:24.75; 3. Auburn, 1:26.26; 4. Texas A&M, 1:26.55; 5. Southern Methodist, 1:27.20; 6. California, 1:27.21; 7. Wisconsin, 1:27.81; 8. Minnesota, 1:27.86. Consolation -- 9. Southern California, 1:28.04; 10. Arizona, 1:28.16; 11. Florida, 1:28.50; 12. Penn St., 1:28.94; 13. Kentucky, 1:29.00; 14. LSU, 1:29.34; 15. Harvard, 1:29.68; 16. Virginia, 1:30.57.

400-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Texas (Nate Dusing, Brendan Hansen, Tom Hannan, Ian Crocker), 3:05.37 (meet record; old record 3:07.28, Stanford, 1995); 2. Auburn, 3:07.17; 3. Tennessee, 3:07.54; 4. Stanford, 3:08.66; 5. Minnesota, 3:11.80; 6. California, 3:12.42; 7. Southern California, 3:12.79; 8. Southern Methodist, 3:13.05. Consolation -- 9. Texas A&M, 3:13.08; 10. Florida, 3:13.51; 11. Georgia, 3:13.76; 12. Virginia, 3:15.56; 13. Arizona, 3:16.84; 14. Iowa St., 3:17.20; 15. Michigan, 3:17.66; 16. Harvard, 3:18.54.