Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 2)
Siciliano Claims Third Straight NCAA 400-Yard IM Title
3/23/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- University of Michigan junior Tim Siciliano (San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS) won his third straight NCAA 400-yard individual medley title on Friday (March 23) in second-day action at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at Texas A&M. The ninth-ranked Wolverines scored 64 points to raise their meet total to 111 but dropped a spot to 11th in the team standings.
Siciliano clocked in at 3:40.77 to edge Southern Cal's Erik Vendt (3:40.98) and become just the fourth person to win three straight NCAA 400 IM titles. Siciliano's pool-record swim makes him the first Wolverine to win three consecutive NCAA titles in an event since 1995.
Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS) earned his second All-America award in as many days with a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.46), and U-M's 800-yard freestyle relay team of Ketchum, Chris Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg HS), Garrett Mangieri (Closter, N.J./Mercersburg Academy, Pa.) and Siciliano earned All-America honors with a third-place finish (6:25.92).
The 200-yard medley relay team of Jordan Watland (Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka), Scott Werner (Haymarket, Va./Paul VI HS), Ketchum and Mangieri finished in 17th place (1:30.61), and freshman diver Jason Coben (Newtown Square, Pa./Maple Newtown HS) placed 20th (488.50) on the three-meter springboard.
The final day of competition begins Saturday (March 24) with the preliminary heats at noon CST, and the finals will start at 7 p.m. CST. Complete meet results are available on the NCAA Championships website.
Top 11 Teams (after Day 2)
1. Texas 447.5 2. Stanford 337.5 3. Tennessee 247.5 4. Southern Cal 234 5. Auburn 231 6. Florida 159 7. Arizona 143 8. California 117 9. Minnesota 115 10. Texas A&M 114 11. MICHIGAN 111
Top Eight/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
(Preliminary times for U-M in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Texas 1:24.47!*#$ (Matt Ulrickson, Brendan Hansen, Nate Dusing, Leffie Crawford) 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 17. MICHIGAN 1:30.61 (Jordan Watland, Dan Ketchum, Scott Werner, Garrett Mangieri)400-yard Individual Medley
1. Tim Siciliano, U-M 3:40.77 2. Erik Vendt, Southern Cal 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 Cal 3:44.85 7. Eric Donnelly, Florida 3:45.53 8. Mark Warkentin, Southern Cal 3:47.43100-yard Butterfly
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 Cal 47.06 8. Justin Hoggatt, Tennessee 47.58200-yard Freestyle
1. Klete Keller, Southern Cal 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, U-M 1:35.56 8. Rodrigo Castro, Southern Cal 1:36.02 31. Garrett Mangier, U-M 1:38.17100-yard Breaststroke
1. Brendan Hansen, Texas 52.35$ 2. David Deniston, 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 Cal 53.34 7. Jeff Hackler, Minnesota 53.89 8. Mark Gangloff, Auburn 54.06 23. Scott Werner, U-M 55.13100-yard Backstroke
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. Tom Hannan, Texas 46.83 5. Rogan Markus, Stanford 46.83 7. Dan Westcott, Stanford 46.84 8. Todd Smolinski, Minnesota 47.23 31. Jordan Watland, U-M 49.65Three-meter Diving
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 20. Jason Coben, U-M 488.50800-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Texas 6:18.00!*#$ (Scott Goldblatt, Nate Dusing, Chris Kemp, Jamie Rauch) 2. Southern Cal 6:23.50 3. Michigan 6:25.92 (Dan Ketchum, Chris Thompson, Garrett Mangieri, Tim Siciliano) 4. Arizona State 6:26.67 5. Stanford 6:26.38 6. Florida 6:28.28 7. Tennessee 6:29.43 8. Auburn 6:29.93 ! NCAA Record * American Record # U.S. Open Record $ Student Recreation Center Natatorium
Day 1 Results
N O T E S
Tim Siciliano is the fourth person to win three straight NCAA 400 IM titles since 1963, the first year for the event at the national meet. Others to accomplish the feat are Gary Hall of Indiana (1970-71-72), Brian Goodell of UCLA (1978-79-80) and David Wharton of Southern Cal (1988-89-90-91).
Siciliano is the first Wolverine to win three straight NCAA titles in an event since 1995, when Gustavo Borges completed his run of four 100-yard freestyle titles (1992-93-94-95).
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