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Roadrunners coast to 13th swim crown
Cal State Bakersfield regains team throne


Mar 29, 2004 12:05:07 PM


The NCAA News

Cal State Bakersfield made quick work of winning its 13th team title at the Division II Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, jumping out to a 46-point lead on the first day of the four-day meet and coasting to 132-point win over defending champion Drury.

The championships were March 10-13 at the Flickinger Center in Buffalo, New York.

The Roadrunners have swapped titles with Drury over the last several years, winning in 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002 and finishing second to the Panthers in 1999 and 2003.

Cal State Bakersfield upped its lead to nearly 100 points after the second day of the meet, buoyed by a record-setting performance from the 400-yard medley relay team of Seth Dawson, Greg Mroz, Bobby Dmytrow and Piotr Gegotek. The foursome finished the race in 3:17.62, almost a second better than the mark Oakland set way back in 1992. Mroz and Gegotek also participated on the Roadrunners' record-setting 800-yard freestyle relay team. That group also erased a more-than-decade-old record with a time of 6:34.57, two seconds ahead of another Roadrunner quad in 1991.

Cal State Bakersfield also won the 200-yard medley relay as part of six-event victory package that put the Roadrunners over the top.

Gegotek and Mroz were integral factors beyond the relay events. Gegotek captured the 100- and 200-yard freestyles, while Mroz took first in the 500-yard freestyle, beating Drury's distance specialist Henrik Weible, who won the 1,000- and 1,650-yard events. Mroz finished second and third, respectively, in those events.

Drury sophomore Jakub Jiracek was named swimmer of the meet after winning four events -- both breaststrokes and both individual medleys. Drury's Nathan Brisley was named diver of the meet after finishing second in the three-meter event won by North Dakota's Mike Hahn, and fifth in the one-meter dive won by Hahn's teammate, Kasey Moseley.

"Overall, we won more individual national championships this year than in any other year. We swam real well overall as a team and it was a pretty successful meet," said Drury head coach Brian Reynolds. "We just did not have the depth we needed to win the team title."

North Dakota's Fernando Alves was the meet's other multiple event winner, sweeping the butterfly events. North Dakota's third-place finish in the team standings also was aided by Rodrigo Ferreira's record-setting performance in the 100-yard backstroke. Ferreira's time of 48.19 broke a record that had stood since 1993.

Team results

1. Cal St. Bakersfield, 718 1/2; 2. Drury, 586; 3. North Dakota, 531; 4. West Chester, 322; 5. UC San Diego, 280; 6. (tie) South Dakota, and Delta St., 193; 8. Indianapolis, 175; 9. Mo.-Rolla, 165 1/2; 10. Southern Conn. St., 153; 11. Henderson St., 110; 12. (tie) Wayne St. (Mich.), and Tampa, 108; 14. Clarion, 81; 15. Ouachita Baptist, 75; 16. Truman, 68; 17. Seattle, 47; 18. Le Moyne, 23; 19. Colorado Mines, 22; 20. Fairmont St., 20; 21. St. Cloud St., 16; 22. Grand Valley St., 11; 23. Gannon, 10; 24. Kutztown, 6; 25. Indiana (Pa.), 4; 26. South Dakota St., 3.

Individual results

50-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Cole Tedhams, Indianapolis, 20.25; 2. Raul Neukamp, Drury, 20.31; 3. Chris Horner, Cal St. Bakersfield, 20.44; 4. Rodrigo Ferreira, North Dakota, 20.56; 5. Mike Trujillo, Cal St. Bakersfield, 20.60; 6. Bruno Fonseca, Indianapolis, 20.61; 7. Dirk Craft, South Dakota, 20.66; 8. Reggie Shearer, West Chester, 20.78. Consolation -- 9. Gabe Melo, West Chester, 20.71; 10. William Chidsey, Le Moyne, 20.77; 11. Bobby Dmytrow, Cal St. Bakersfield, 20.81; 12. Matt Rowan, Kutztown, 20.86; 13. John Murman, South Dakota, 20.87; 14. Mark Soho, Cal St. Bakersfield, 20.89; 15. Piotr Gegotek, Cal St. Bakersfield, 20.94, 16. Jason Mraule, North Dakota, 21.07.

100-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Piotr Gegotek, Cal St. Bakersfield, 44.56; 2. Raul Neukamp, Drury, 44.87; 3. Rodrigo Ferreira, North Dakota, 44.88; 4. Reggie Shearer, West Chester, 44.98; 5. Cole Tedhams, Indianapolis, 45.32; 6. Chris Horner, Cal St. Bakersfield, 45.39; 7. Bruno Fonseca, Indianapolis, 45.44; 8. Dirk Craft, South Dakota, 45.74. Consolation -- 9. Andras Schonek, West Chester, 45.16; 10. Bobby Dmytrow, Cal St. Bakersfield, 45.57; 11. Sebastian Andersson, North Dakota, 45.60; 12. Bram Olson, South Dakota, 45.63; 13. Fernando Jacome, Southern Conn. St., 46.08; 14. Tim Collins, Seattle, 46.24; 15. Fernando Alves, North Dakota, 46.25; 16. Dan Klee, Tampa, 46.34.

200-yard freestyle: Final -- 1 Piotr Gegotek, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:37.52; 2. Andras Schonek, West Chester, 1:37.71; 3. Seth Dawson, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:38.77; 4. Henrik Weible, Drury, 1:38.89; 5. Sebastian Andersson, North Dakota, 1:39.61; 6. Fernando Jacome, Southern Conn. St., 1:40.40; 7. Aaron Bell, Clarion, 1:40.63; 8. Rodrigo Cintra, North Dakota, 1:41.84. Consolation -- 9. Ryan Norrie, Drury, 1:40.82; 10. Bruno Fonseca, Indianapolis, 1:40.97; 11. Kyle Simas, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:41.13; 12. John Pearce, UC San Diego, 1:41.76; 13. Chris Haines, Southern Conn. St., 1:41.85; 14. Jeff Schneider, North Dakota, 1:42.15; 15. Ben Oshri, Indiana (Pa.), 1:42.35; 16. Adam Clements, Southern Conn. St., 1:43.79.

500-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Greg Mroz, Cal St. Bakersfield, 4:22.63; 2. Henrik Weible, Drury, 4:24.70; 3. Andras Schonek, West Chester, 4:27.09; 4. Rodrigo Cintra, North Dakota, 4:29.40; 5. Ryan Norrie, Drury, 4:30.65; 6. Mike Minard, Mo.-Rolla, 4:31.29; 7. Tripp Davis, Delta St., 4:34.32; 8. John Pearce, UC San Diego, 4:38.29. Consolation -- 9. Fernando Jacome, Southern Conn. St., 4:33.99; 10. Sebastian Andersson, North Dakota, 4:36.04; 11. David Lutz, Wayne St. (Mich.), 4:36.79; 12. Ryan Toman, Drury, 4:37.55; 13. Sam Taylor, North Dakota, 4:37.63; 14. Christian Erard, Wayne St. (Mich.), 4:38.83; 15. Jared Woodford, Delta St., 4:40.12; 16. Kyle Simas, Cal St. Bakersfield, 4:45.74.

1,000-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Henrik Weible, Drury, 9:03.95; 2. Greg Mroz, Cal St. Bakersfield, 9:05.67; 3. Rodrigo Cintra, North Dakota; 9:09.75; 4. Christian Erard, Wayne St. (Mich.), 9:22.75; 5. Tripp Davis, Delta St., 9:23.19; 6. Ryan Norrie, Drury, 9:24.02; 7. Mike Minard, Mo.-Rolla, 9:29.30; 8. John Pearce, UC San Diego, 9:30.16; 9. Ryan Toman, Drury, 9:31.55; 10. Sam Taylor, North Dakota, 9:36.71; 11. Cody Clauser, West Chester, 9:37.13; 12. Quin Chaves, Cal St. Bakersfield, 9:38.10; 13. Chris Hoffman, Southern Conn. St., 9:43.49; 14. Matt Hammond, Mo.-Rolla, 9:44.05; 15. Mike Breitstein, North Dakota, 9:45.64; 16. Grant Campbell, Drury, 9:45.84.

1,650-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Henrik Weible, Drury, 15:12.92; 2. Rodrigo Cintra, North Dakota, 15:24.23; 3. Greg Mroz, Cal St. Bakersfield, 15:34.00; 4. Christian Erard, Wayne St. (Mich.), 15:46.09; 5. Tripp Davis, Delta St., 15:51.26; 6. Mike Minard, Mo.-Rolla, 15:54.55; 7. Ryan Norrie, Drury, 16:01.02; 8. John Pearce, UC San Diego, 16:01.37; 9. Ryan Toman, Drury, 16:03.99; 10. Levente Nagy-Pal, West Chester, 16:04.96; 11. Cody Clauser, West Chester, 16:06.13; 12. Quin Chaves, Cal St. Bakersfield, 16:14.68; 13. Sam Taylor, North Dakota, 16:17.28; 14. Grant Campbell, Drury, 16:26.92; 15. Doug Vitagliano, Southern Conn. St., 16:30.03; 16. Matt Crowley, Southern Conn. St., 16:32.02.

100-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Rodrigo Ferreira, North Dakota, 48.19 (meet record; old record 48.37, John Keppeler, UC Davis, 1993); 2. Alexis Perdomo, Drury, 48.90; 3. William Chidsey, Le Moyne, 49.97; 4. Cagri Sapmaz, Delta St., 50.40; 5. Seth Dawson, Cal St. Bakersfield, 50.52; 6. Matt Jones, Cal St. Bakersfield, 50.91; 7. Zach Rhue, Cal St. Bakersfield, 50.98; 8. Karol Zemier, Cal St. Bakersfield, 51.46. Consolation -- 9. Aaron Bell, Clarion, 50.41; 10. Mike Lahey, UC San Diego, 51.03; 11. Chris Achey, Ouachita Baptist, 51.19; 12. Alec Best, West Chester, 51.44; 13. Jason Mraule, North Dakota, 51.79; 14. Benji Erickson, South Dakota St., 51.83; 15. Aram Yoo, UC San Diego, 51.95; 16. Matt Rowan, Kutztown, 52.57.

200-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Alexis Perdomo, Drury, 1:47.48; 2. Rodrigo Ferreira, North Dakota, 1:47.54; 3. Matt Jones, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:47.75, 4. Mike Lahey, UC San Diego, 1:48.55; 5. Cagri Sapmaz, Delta St., 1:50.70; 6. Aaron Bell, Clarion, 1:50.82; 7. David Lutz, Wayne St. (Mich.), 1:50.87; 8. Zach Rhue, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:51.83. Consolation -- 9. Seth Dawson, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:49.76; 10. Chris Achey, Ouachita Baptist, 1:50.62; 11. Patrick Collins, West Chester, 1:51.57; 12. Alec Best, West Chester, 1:52.02; 13. Aram Yoo, UC San Diego, 1:52.43; 14. Matej Tomas, Fairmont St., 1:52.68; 15. Ben Oshri, Indiana (Pa.), 1:52.71; 16. Jack Pennuto, Mo.-Rolla, 1:53.56.

100-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Jakub Jiracek, Drury, 56.46; 2. Rob Small, UC San Diego, 56.53; 3. Matt Goodwin, Tampa, 56.73; 4. Shane Copsey, Colorado Mines, 56.97; 5. Brett Going, UC San Diego, 56.98; 6. Andy Harken, Truman, 57.43; 7. Lee Webber, Tampa, 57.55; 8. David Collins, Wayne St. (Mich.), 57.56. Consolation -- 9. Jeff Schneider, North Dakota, 57.26; 10. Carl Crawford, Cal St. Bakersfield, 58.21; 11. Justin Farmer, Henderson St., 58.22; 12. Bill Gaul, Mo.-Rolla, 58.38; 13. Justin Mason, Cal St. Bakersfield, 58.44; 14. Matt Mattingly, Tampa, 58.57; 15. Jacob Dong, UC San Diego, 58.81; 16. Trohn Trabona, Delta St., (disqualified).

200-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Jakub Jiracek, Drury, 2:00.63; 2. Rob Small, UC San Diego, 2:03.56; 3. David Collins, Wayne State (Mich.), 2:04.00; 4. Justin Mason, Cal St. Bakersfield, 2:04.93; 5. Lee Webber, Tampa, 2:05.52; 6. Jacob Dong, UC San Diego, 2:06.19; 7. Don Smith, Henderson St., 2:06.55; 8. Jason Brennan, West Chester, 2:06.62. Consolation -- 9. Brett Going, UC San Diego, 2:06.17; 10. Shane Copsey, Colorado Mines, 2:06.48; 11. Kyle Knoff, Cal St. Bakersfield, 2:07.12; 12. Deniz Monkul, Indianapolis, 2:07.52; 13. Jeff Schneider, North Dakota, 2:07.76; 14. Mike Breitstein, North Dakota, 2:08.44; 15. Bill Gaul, Mo.-Rolla, 2:09.00; 16. Matt Hammond, Mo.-Rolla, 2:09.83.

100-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Fernando Alves, North Dakota, 47.72; 2. Bobby Dmytrow, Cal St. Bakersfield, 48.36; 3. Alexis Perdomo, Drury, 48.82; 4. Kin Wong, Cal St. Bakersfield, 49.28; 5. Raul Neukamp, Drury, 49.33; 6. Karol Zemier, Cal St. Bakersfield, 49.94; 7. Mike Trujillo, Cal St. Bakersfield, 50.54; 8. Patrick Bass, Henderson St., 50.69. Consolation -- 9. Bram Olson, South Dakota, 50.25; 10. Jason Crocitto, Southern Conn. St., 50.38; 11. Trent Trabona, Delta St., 50.46; 12. Matej Tomas, Fairmont St., 50.57; 13. Jorg Zimmermann, Drury, 50.64; 14. Brian Teson, Truman, 50.73; 15. Chris Read, Henderson St., 50.92; 16. Mert Saygin, Delta St., 51.52.

200-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Fernando Alves, North Dakota, 1:47.44; 2. Alexis Perdomo, Drury, 1:47.74; 3. Bobby Dmytrow, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:48.68; 4. Piotr Gegotek, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:51.56; 4. Jack Pennuto, Mo.-Rolla, 1:51.56; 6. Kin Wong, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:52.06; 7. Matej Tomas, Fairmont St., 1:52.09; 8. Daniel McCleary, Drury, 1:53.06. Consolation -- 9. Quin Chaves, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:51.86; 10. Chris Read, Henderson St., 1:53.65; 11. Andrew Brand, North Dakota, 1:53.92; 12. Barnabas Sclafani, UC San Diego, 1:54.24; 13. Levente Nagy-Pal, West Chester, 1:54.25; 14. Ben Falcioni, UC San Diego, 1:54.49; 15. Mert Saygin, Delta St., 1:55.56; 16. Marcus Cantu, Southern Conn. St., 1:56.27.

200-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Jakub Jiracek, Drury, 1:48.47; 2. Seth Dawson, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:48.69; 3. Kyle Simas, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:52.24; 4. Matt Jones, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:52.40; 5. Mike Breitstein, North Dakota, 1:52.78; 6. Fernando Alves, North Dakota, 1:53.97; 7. Jack Pennuto, Mo.-Rolla, 1:54.50; 8. Mike Lahey, UC San Diego, 1:54.69. Consolation -- 9. Justin Mason, Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:51.94; 10. Fernando Jacome, Southern Conn. St., 1:53.98; 11. Aaron Bell, Clarion, 1:54.00; 12. Deniz Monkul, Indianapolis, 1:54.04; 13. Don Smith, Henderson St., 1:54.52; 14. Ben Falcioni, UC San Diego, 1:54.66; 15. Matt Adams, Mo.-Rolla, 1:54.84; 16. David Mendoza, Mo.-Rolla, 1:55.17.

400-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Jakub Jiracek, Drury, 3:50.67; 2. Greg Mroz, Cal St. Bakersfield, 3:54.42; 3. Matt Jones, Cal St. Bakersfield, 3:58.29; 4. Levente Nagy-Pal, West Chester, 3:59.97; 5. Ben Falcioni, UC San Diego, 4:01.39; 6. Jack Pennuto, Mo.-Rolla, 4:04.16; 7. Jordy Troyan, West Chester, 4:05.72; 8. Mike Breitstein, North Dakota, 4:08.96. Consolation -- 9. David Mendoza, Mo.-Rolla, 4:02.86; 10. Drew Hastings, Indianapolis, 4:03.64; 11. Justin Mason, Cal St. Bakersfield 4:03.89; 12. Topher Rowenhurst, Drury, 4:05.53; 13. Christian Erard, Wayne St. (Mich.), 4:05.71; 14. Ryan Toman, Drury, 4:05.75; 15. Mike Lahey, UC San Diego, 4:06.72; 16. Jason Brennan, West Chester, 4:12.32.

One-meter diving: Final -- 1. Kasey Moseley, North Dakota, 402.95; 2. Ray Murray, Clarion, 402.80; 3. Mike Hahn, North Dakota, 399.25; 4. Patrick Krebs, Delta St., 396.35; 5. Nathan Brisley, Drury, 393.60; 6. Geoff Doran, Drury, 387.30; 7. Michael Bergen, West Chester, 379.70; 8. Sean Spiegel, Delta St., 366.25. Consolation -- 9. Justin Pollock, Cal St. Bakersfield, 332.50; 10. Dan Gay, South Dakota, 332.15; 11. Josh DeVries, Grand Valley St., 319.85; 12. James Ziegler, North Dakota, 316.30; 13. Justin Piazza, Gannon, 308.65; 14. Joshua Rainey, Drury, 308.10; 15. John Wood, Southern Conn. St., 297.25; 16. Jeff Hilyard, Henderson St., 272.00.

Three-meter diving: Final -- 1. Mike Hahn, North Dakota 428.35; 2. Nathan Brisley, Drury, 426.90; 3. Ray Murray, Clarion, 419.15; 4. John Wood, Southern Conn. St., 401.75; 5. Geoff Doran, Drury, 381.80; 6. Patrick Krebs, Delta St., 374.55; 7. Justin Pollock, Cal St. Bakersfield, 371.90; Kasey Moseley, North Dakota, 368.15. Consolation -- 9. Dan Gay, South Dakota, 359.55; 10. Michael Bergen, West Chester, 339.85; 11. Justin Piazza, Gannon, 326.55; 12. Josh DeVries, Grand Valley St., 325.50; 13. Sean Spiegel, Delta St., 321.80; 14. James Ziegler, North Dakota, 318.00; 15. Jeff Hilyard, Henderson St., 305.75; 16. Joshua Rainey, Drury, 257.35.

200-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. North Dakota (Fernando Alves, Andy Burckhard, Jason Mraule, Rodrigo Ferreira), 1:21.29; 2. Cal St. Bakersfield, 1:21.44; 3. South Dakota, 1:21.57; 4. West Chester, 1:22.20; 5. Indianapolis, 1:22.69; 6. Ouachita Baptist, 1:23.52; 7. Drury, 1:23.63; 8. Southern Conn. St., 1:24.06. Consolation -- 9. UC San Diego, 1:22.87; 10. Seattle 1:23.15; 11. Tampa, 1:23.87; 12. Mo.-Rolla, 1:24.10; 13. Delta St., 1:24.57; 14. Henderson St., 1:25.18; 15. Truman, 1:26.04; 16. Clarion, 1:26.85.

400-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. North Dakota (Jeff Schneider, Fernando Alves, Jason Mraule, Sebastian Andersson), 3:00.56; 2. Cal St. Bakersfield, 3:00.75; 3. West Chester, 3:02.24; 4. South Dakota, 3:02.57; 5. Drury, 3:02.62; 6. Tampa, 3:03.40; 7. Indianapolis, 3:04.02; 8. Southern Conn. St., 3:04.10. Consolation -- 9. Henderson St., 3:04.73; 10. Ouachita Baptist, 3:04.85; 11. St. Cloud St., 3:05.79; 12. UC San Diego, 3:05.84; 13. Seattle, 3:06.08; 14. Delta St., 3:07.63; 15. Mo.-Rolla, 3:07.87; 16. Clarion, 3:08.28.

800-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Cal St. Bakersfield (Greg Mroz, Kyle Simas, Seth Dawson, Piotr Gegotek), 6:34.57 [meet record; old record 6:36.67, Cal St. Bakersfield (Rasmus Jensen, James Hassett, Chris Perier, Brent Katzer), 1991]; 2. Drury, 6:40.43; 3. Southern Conn. St., 6:43.06; 4. North Dakota, 6:44.63; 5. West Chester, 6:48.09; 6. Indianapolis, 6:48.12; 7. UC San Diego, 6:49.95; 8. Henderson St., 6:50.23; 9. South Dakota, 6:53.25; 10. Mo.-Rolla, 6:53.69; 11. Truman, 6:57.24; 12. Tampa, 6:58.44; 13. Delta St., 6:58.69; 14. Wayne St. (Mich.), 6:59.99; 15. St. Cloud St., 7:00.12; 16. Ouachita Baptist, 7:03.47.

200-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Cal St. Bakersfield (Seth Dawson, Greg Mroz, Kin Wong, Chris Horner), 1:30.35; 2. Drury, 1:31.24; 3. North Dakota, 1:31.53; 4. West Chester, 1:32.45; 5. UC San Diego, 1:32.62; 6. South Dakota, 1:32.88; 7. (tie) Henderson St., and Delta St., 1:33.17. Consolation -- 9. Truman, 1:33.26; 10. Mo.-Rolla, 1:33.45; 11. Tampa, 1:33.67; 12. Ouachita Baptist, 1:33.79; 13. Indianapolis, 1:34.78; 14. Wayne St. (Mich.), 1:34.99; 15. Clarion, 1:35.34; 16. Southern Conn. St., 1:47.09.

400-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Cal St. Bakersfield (Seth Dawson, Greg Mroz, Bobby Dmytrow, Piotr Gegotek), 3:17.62 [meet record; old record 3:18.40, Oakland (Carl Boyd, Jeff Van Norman, Eric McIlquham, Jon Teal), 1992]; 2. North Dakota, 3:18.68; 3. Drury, 3:21.73; 4. South Dakota, 3:23.83; 5. West Chester, 3:23.95; 6. UC San Diego, 3:24.70; 7. Delta St., 3:24.82; 8. Mo.-Rolla, 3:27.36. Consolation -- 9. Truman 3:25.69; 10. Wayne St. (Mich.), 3:26.81; 11. Ouachita Baptist, 3:26.94; 12. Tampa, 3:27.65; 13. Seattle, 3:28.34; 14. Southern Conn. St., 3:29.21; 15. Indianapolis, 3:35.43; 16. St. Cloud St., 3:35.70.


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