Nov. 22, 2003
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – The University of Iowa men’s swimming and diving team is in third place after two days of competition at the Purdue Invitational. The Hawkeyes moved up one spot from Friday with a current score of 411.50.
Timo Klami won the three meter diving competition for his second victory of the weekend. Klami posted a score of 547.15 in the preliminary rounds, and 573.90 in the finals.
Iowa placed second and fourth in the 200 Medley Relay. The second place team of Kevin Velleca, Calvin Shelangoski, Tomasz Dziedzic, and Konrad Kazmierczak posted a finals time of 1:30.72 while the fourth place squad of Andrei Ciurca, Andrei Prada, Jason Snider and Alex Boyce finished with a time of 1:32.65.
Trevor Haley came up third in the 400-IM with a time of 4:01.09. The Hawkeyes had five swimmers place in the top ten of the 100-fly. Other big finishes for the Hawkeyes included Kazmierczak in the 200-free, and Shelangoski and Elliot Ptasnik in the 100-breast.
The last day’s preliminary rounds will start Sunday at 12 p.m., and the finals will begin at 7 p.m.
Team Standings 1. Purdue 521 2. Northwestern 456.50 3. IOWA 411.50 4. Southern Illinois 385 5. Wyoming 250 6. Ohio State 194 7. Buffalo 151
200 Medley Relay 1. Nortwestern 1:30.70 2. IOWA 1:30.72 3. Purdue 1:31.22 4. IOWA 1:31.83
400 Individual Medley 1. Derek Helvey, SIU 3:55.65 2. Brian Davis, NU 3:57.36 3. Trevor Haley, IOWA 4:01.09 16. Steve Medaglia, IOWA 4:13.96
100 Butterfly 1. Tony Swanson, NU 48.26 2. Gene Birks, WYO 48.60 3. Mark Hamming, NU 48.71 5. Tomasz Dziedzic, IOWA 49.58 6. Jason Snider, IOWA 49.82 8. Kevin Velleca, IOWA 51.51 9. Alex Boyce, IOWA 49.58 10. Mariusz Muras, IOWA 50.45
200 Freestyle 1. Eric Prugh, PUR 1:39.32 2. Matt Wever, NU 1:39.71 3. Edoardo Daelli, SIU 1:40.81 5. Konrad Kazmierczak, IOWA 1:42.37 10. Cam Dye, IOWA 1:43.04 12. Jeff Kubat, IOWA 1:44.81 14. Trevor Haley, IOWA 1:45.66
100 Breaststroke 1. Tamas Bessenyei, PUR 54.47 2. Scott Usher, WYO 54.54 3. Louis Torres, NU 56.19 6. Kevin Shelangoski, IOWA 56.68 8. Elliot Ptasnik, IOWA 57.41 11. Andrei Prada, IOWA 57.77 16. Joe Lureau, IOWA 58.75
100 Backstroke 1. Matt Grevers, NU 47.64 2. Paul Louis, PUR 49.96 3. Tony Swanson, NU 50.17 5. Kevin Velleca, IOWA 50.45 9. Andrei Ciurca, IOWA 50.32 13. Jason Snider, IOWA 52.65 16. Konrad Kazmierczak, IOWA 57.04
Three Meter Diving 1. Timo Klami, IOWA 573.90 2. JR Hillis, PUR 540.45 3. Josh Karshen, PUR 502.25 15. John Singer, IOWA 328.35
800 Freestyle Relay 1. Northwestern 6:40.70 2. Purdue 6:44.94 3. Southern Illinois 6:47.45 6. IOWA (A) 6:55.05