Oct. 19, 2007
IOWA CITY, IA – The University of Iowa men and women’s swimming and diving teams hosted their home opener against Big Ten Conference foe Minnesota on Friday afternoon at the Field House Pool in Iowa City. Both squads fell to the Golden Gophers; the men by a score of 180.5 to 113.5 and the women by a score of 179-111, dropping both the men and women’s team records to 0-2 (0-2 Big Ten).
The Hawkeye diving team swept all four events after sophomore Frank Van Dijkhuizen claimed the one-meter (287.93) and three-meter titles (327.15), sophomore Deidre Freeman won the one-meter competition (253.20) and freshman Veronica Rydze (236.55) took home first place in the three-meter competition.
The lone swimming victory for the men came in the 200 breaststroke when sophomore Wil Whaley (1:51.68) edged Minnesota’s David Plummer in exciting fashion. Senior Dragos Agache took second place honors in the 100 (57.01) and 200 (2:09.68) breaststroke. Also adding second place finishes were freshman Conor Dwyer in the 100 freestyle (47.93), Brian Farris in the 500 freestyle (4:46.39), freshman Richard Salhus in the 100 butterfly (52.63), freshman Alex Dragon in the 200 IM (1:58.30), and Iowa’s 400 freestyle relay team of Richard Salhus, Conor Dwyer, Wil Whaley, and Brian Farris (3:08.10).
For the women, second place finishes were plentiful and found by freshman Kelsie Neubauer in the 200 freestyle (1:55.84), freshman Katarina Tour in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.38), sophomore Christine Kuczek in the 100 freestyle (53.14), junior Alison Gschwend in the 200 backstroke (2:06.04), sophomore Julie Feingold in the 200 breaststroke (2:24.95), junior Ashley Dell in the 500 freestyle (5:05.12), sophomore Laura Mozdzen in the 100 butterfly (58.03), freshman Kelsie Neubauer in the 200 IM (2:09.82), and Iowa’s 400 freestyle relay team of Alison Gschwend, Christine Kuczek, Katie Michelau, and Kelsie Neubauer (3:33.84).
With arguably the conference’s top two teams behind them, assistant swimming coach Frannie DeBord commented, “it was still an exciting meet, especially Wil Whaley’s victory in the 200 backstroke over NCAA qualifier and all-American David Plummer. We are learning to race against the best there is and we just need to keep plugging away.”
The Hawkeyes will return to action next Friday when the Michigan State Spartans come to Iowa City. The meet is scheduled to start at 5:00 in the Field House Pool.
TEAM RESULTS Men Minnesota 180.5 IOWA 113.5 Women Minnesota 179 IOWA 111
MEN’S MEET RESULTS (Winner Plus Iowa)
200 Medley Relay
1. Minnesota `A’ 1:31.68
(Plummer, Lee-To, Portela, Roberts)
4. IOWA `A’ 1:35.57
(Dittmer, Agache, Salhus, Keeling)
5. IOWA `B’ 1:38.51
(Lenert, Ryan, Dragon, Hagan)
1,000 Freestyle
1. Ray Bertuzzi 9:26.31
4. Brian Farris 9:44.19
6. Rob Adams 9:54.66
7. Tyler Verink 10:25.99
200 Freestyle
1. Curt Carlson 1:40.68
3. Conor Dwyer 1:42.23
6. Chuck Christensen 1:46.53
7. Andy Miner 1:46.66
8. Sean Hagan 1:52.31
100 Backstroke
1. David Plummer 51.15
4. Wil Whaley 52.23
6. Max Dittmer 53.77
7. Andrej Lenert 54.03
8. Bryan Hill 55.94
100 Breaststroke
1. Colin To-Lee 55.99
2. Dragos Agache 57.01
5. Alex Dragon 1:00.06
6. Matt Ryan 1:00.36
200 Butterfly
1. Russ Payne 1:52.04
5. Nathan Keeling 1:57.78
6. Seth Wessels 1:59.27
7. James Dragon 2:01.32
8. Josh Schubert 2:04.63
50 Freestyle
1. Michael Richards 21.40
4. Brad Jones 21.86
6. Richard Salhus 22.15
7. Sean Hagan 22.46
8. Jake Moore 22.63
9. Damjan Strbac 22.38
10. Bryan Hill 22.79
11. Chuck Christensen 22.87
12. Josh Peterson 28.47
One-Meter Diving
1. Frank Van Dijkhuizen 287.93
t3. Drew DeLashmutt 248.25
5. Michael Gilligan 247.05
100 Freestyle
1. Curt Carlson 46.15
2. Conor Dwyer 47.93
3. Jake Moore 48.93
4. Andy Miner 49.01
5. Kyle Siefers 49.99
9. Damjan Strbac 49.23
10. Tyler Verink 52.05
200 Backstroke
1. Wil Whaley 1:51.68
3. Andrej Lenert 1:58.38
4. Max Dittmer 2:00.12
5. Bryan Hill 2:02.61
200 Breaststroke
1. Colin Lee-To 2:06.76
2. Dragos Agache 2:09.68
3. Alex Dragon 2:10.67
4. Matt Ryan 2:12.97
500 Freestyle
1. Mike Holmes 4:31.05
2. Brian Farris 4:46.39
3. Rob Adams 4:52.13
4. Chuck Christensen 4:55.55
5. Brad Jones 5:02.45
100 Butterfly
1. Russ Payne 50.67
2. Richard Salhus 52.63
3. James Dragon 53.30
4. Seth Wessels 54.13
5. Nathan Keeling 54.17
Three-Meter Diving
1. Frank Van Dijkhuizen 327.15
3. Michael Gilligan 295.05
5. Drew DeLashmutt 234.45
200 Individual Medley
1. Jon Roberts 1:51.61
2. Alex Dragon 1:58.30
3. Seth Wessels 2:03.46
4. Sean Hagan 2:04.01
400 Freestyle Relay
1. Minnesota `A’ 3:04.08
(Woodson, Betuzzi, Carlson, Schmidt)
2. IOWA `A’ 3:08.10
(Salhus, Dwyer, Whaley, Farris)
3. IOWA `C’ 3:16.91
(Hill, Christensen, Strbac, Adams)
4. IOWA `B’ 3:19.55
(Keeling, Moore, Dittmer, Jones)
WOMEN’S MEET RESULTS
200 Medley Relay
1. Minnesota `A” 1:44.37
(Akradi, Tyler, Braun, Busack)
3. IOWA `A’ 1:47.48
(Gschwend, Tour, Chamberlin, DeBruin)
6. IOWA `B’ 1:50.32
(Leigh, Feingold, Mozdzen, Schulte)
1,000 Freestyle
1. Yuen Kobayashi 9:54.36
3. Ashley Dell 10:20.68
6. Ashley Lawler 10:38.41
200 Freestyle
1. Megan Braun 1:53.27
2. Kelsie Neubauer 1:55.84
4. Christine Kuczek 1:56.16
6. Kathryn Michelau 1:58.26
8. Katie Polz 2:02.28
100 Backstroke
1. Deidre DeWall 57.19
4. Alison Gschwend 59.33
6. Nicki Wex 1:00.24
7. Hilary Leigh 1:01.32
8. Leah Schwartz 1:02.46
100 Breaststroke
1. Jillian Tyler 1:03.19
2. Katarina Tour 1:05.38
5. Julie Feingold 1:07.02
7. Rachel Lee 1:08.97
8. Stacia Johns 1:10.53
200 Butterfly
1. Molly Belk 2:03.61
2. Margie Chamberlin 2:06.60
4. Laura Mozdzen 2:08.56
50 Freestyle
1. Meredith McCarthy 24.11
4. Julie deBruin 24.68
5. Christine Kuczek 24.77
7. Mindy Schulte 24.98
8. Caitlin Carlyle 25.18
11. Caitlin Polz 25.67
12. Amanda Johnson 26.39
One-Meter Diving
1. Deidre Freeman 253.20
5. Aimee Moylan 214.58
6. Veronica Rydze 212.85
100 Freestyle
1. Meredith McCarthy 51.98
2. Christine Kuczek 53.14
3. Kelsie Neubauer 53.59
4. Julie deBruin 54.67
5. Katarina Tour 55.42
10. Caitlin Carlyle 55.21
12. Hilary Leigh 55.62
200 Backstroke
1. Deidre DeWall 2:02.12
2. Alison Gschwend 2:06.04
3. Leah Schwartz 2:15.12
4. Amanda Johnson 2:17.80
200 Breaststroke
1. Kait Strickland 2:20.74
2. Julie Feingold 2:24.95
3. Rachel Lee 2:25.89
500 Freestyle
1. Yuen Kobayashi 4:53.65
2. Ashley Dell 5:05.12
3. Ashley Lawler 5:15.20
100 Butterfly
1. Megan Braun 56.97
2. Laura Mozdzen 58.03
3. Margie Chamberlin 58.24
4. Kathryn Michelau 59.03
5. Mindy Schulte 1:00.55
Three-Meter Diving
1. Veronica Rydze 236.55
2. Deidre Freeman 233.85
3. Meghan Seiversen 227.33
5. Aimee Moylan 219.08
200 Individual Medley
1. Jillian Tyler 2:05.09
2. Kelsie Neubauer 2:09.82
3. Julie Feingold 2:12.59
4. Katarina Tour 2:12.91
400 Freestyle Relay
1. Minnesota `A’ 3:28.59
(Shaughnessy, McCarthy, Braun, Busack)
2. IOWA `A’ 3:33.84
(Gschwend, Kuczek, Michelau, Neubauer)
3. IOWA `B’ 3:37.65
(Chamberlin, DeBruin, Schulte, Polz)
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