Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 1)
Trio Leads U-M in Day One of NCAA Championships
3/23/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
U-M was led by junior Chris Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg HS) and sophomore Tim Siciliano (San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS) in the 400-meter freestyle, and freshman Tony Kurth (Toledo, Ohio/St. Francis de Sales HS) in the 200-yard individual medley.
The Wolverines turned in two of the top 11 finishers in the 400-meter freestyle in putting 22 points on the board in the second event of the evening. Thompson placed third in the finals session after posting the top time in prelims earlier in the day. His finals time was 3:43.81, and the top-eight finish earns him All-America honors for the fifth time in his career. Siciliano placed 11th (3:46.69) to earn All-America Honorable Mention. Senior tri-captain Mike McWha (Windsor, Ontario/Kennedy Collegiate Institute) finished 38th (3:52.59).
U-M also earned points in the 200-meter individual medley as Kurth finished in 16th place with a time of 2:01.96. The finish earned him All-America Honorable Mention for finishing in the second eight (places 9-16. Junior Scott Werner (Haymarket, Va./Paul VI HS) placed 25th (2:01.22).
The action continues Friday and Saturday (March 24-25) at the University Aquatic Center. Preliminary sessions begin at noon CST with finals at 7 p.m. Complete results are available at the NCAA Championships site.
Top Teams (After Day 1)
1. Texas 173 2. Auburn 151 3. Arizona 114.5 4. California 100 5. Stanford 88 6. Southern Cal 80 7. Tennessee 77 8. Minnesota 63 9. Georgia 53 10. Florida 50 11. Miami (Fla.) 49 12. Arizona State 48 13. Virginia 41 Hawaii 41 15. Nebraska 29 16. MICHIGAN 23
Top Eight/U-M Finishes (Day 1)
(Preliminary times for U-M in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-meter Freestyle Relay
1. Auburn 1:25.14 (Matthew Busbee, Aaron Ciarla, Oswaldo Quevedo, Gregory Busse) 2. California 1:25.21 3. Arizona 1:26.74 4. Texas 1:27.09 5. Hawaii 1:27.37 6. Stanford 1:27.87 7. Minnesota 1:28.32 8. Florida 1:28.53
400-meter Freestyle
1. Ryk Neethling, Arizona 3:40.47^ 2. Erik Vendt, Southern Cal 3:42.81 3. CHRIS THOMPSON, U-M 3:43.81 (3:43.68) 4. Scot Goldblatt, Texas 3:44.44 5. Adam Messner, Stanford 3:46.07 6. Michael Windisch, Nebraska 3:47.28 7. Mark Warkentin, Southern Cal 3:47.53 8. Austin Ramirez, Virginia 3:47.76 11. TIM SICILIANO, U-M 3:46.69 38. MIKE McWHA, U-M 3:52.59
200-meter Individual Medley
1. Atilla Czene, Arizona State 1:54.65$*^ 2. Nate Dusing, Texas 1:56.84 3. Beau Wiebel, Georgia 1:57.86 4. Kevin Clements, Auburn 1:58.06 5. Steven Brown, Stanford 1:58.52 6. Joe Montague, Texas 1:59.32 7. Zane DeWitz, Tennessee 1:59.49 8. Jeffrey Somensatto, Auburn 2:01.09 16. TONY KURTH, U-M 2:01.96 (1:59.46) 25. SCOTT WERNER, U-M 2:01.22
50-meter Freestyle
1. Anthony Ervin, California 21.21$*#^ 2. Roland Schoeman, Arizona 21.22 3. Gregory Busse, Auburn 21.49 4. Bart Kizierowski, California 21.50 5. Matthew Busbee, Auburn 21.64 6. Matthew Macedo, California 21.66 7. Aaron Ciarla, Auburn 21.75 8. Bryan Jones, Texas 22.00
One-meter Diving
1. Troy Dumais, Texas 605.20 2. Shannon Roy, Tennessee 570.95 3. Imre Lengyel, Miami (Fla.) 565.40 4. Stefan Ahrens, Miami (Fla.) 560.20 5. Dan Croaston, Minnesota 556.45 6. Jud Campbell, Georgia 551.00 7. Tyce Routson, Miami (Fla.) 543.15 8. John Eisler, Texas 533.35
400-meter Medley Relay
1. Texas 3:31.23^ (Tom Hannan, Nate Dusing, Russell Chozick, Bryan Jones) 2. Tennessee 3:32.22 3. Auburn 3:32.69 4. Virginia 3:33.47 5. Southern Cal 3:33.85 6. Stanford 3:35.06 7. Arizona 3:35.48 8. Minnesota 3:38.24 $ World Best * World Record # American Record ^ U.S. Open Record
N O T E S
This marks the first-ever NCAA Championships appearance for freshman Tony Kurth. He earned All-America Honorable Mention in the 200-meter IM (16th place).
Chris Thompson turned in a personal-best time in the 400-meter freestyle prelims, finishing in 3:43.68.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Jon Urbanchek
On Thompson's and Siciliano's performances ... "Chris Thompson and Tim Siciliano got into the rhythm at this meet. They are on pace to do well at the championships."
Junior Chris Thompson
On the team's goals for the championships ... "We still want to place in the top 10. That's important to us."
Contact: Justin Pfauth (734) 763-4423
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