2005 MIAC Swimming and Diving Championships
|
|
St. Olaf Women Maintain Hold on First Place, While Gustavus Men Move Past Oles into Top Spot
Minneapolis – The Saint Olaf women’s team maintained its lead, while the Gustavus men’s team surged past the Saint Olaf men into first place on the second day of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Swimming and Diving Championships. The meet is being held at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center in Minneapolis.
In the women’s race, Saint Olaf continued to show its tremendous depth in pushing its point total to 525. Carleton remained in second place with 454.50, followed by Gustavus in fourth with 419.5 and Macalester in fourth with 235. The Oles once again claimed only one event title on the day as Katie Detwiler picked up her second title of the meet by winning the 400-yard individual medley. However, Saint Olaf added 4th, 6th, and 8th place finishes behind Detwiler in the 400 IM, 4th, 5th, and 6th place finishes in the 100-yard butterfly, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 8th place finishes in the 200 freestyle and a 2nd place finish in the 800 free relay and a 3rd place finish in the 200 medley relay.
Carleton and Gustavus each won two individual event titles and a relay title. The Knights received first place individual performances from Marie Marsman in the 200-yard freestyle and Jenny Grover in the 100-yard backstroke. Marsman’s time of 1:53.32 bettered the NCAA automatically qualifying time of 1:53.89. Carleton’s 800 free relay team of Emily Mondloh, Elise Knoch, Jenny Grover, and Marsman finished first with a time of 7:44.06. The Gusties received first place individual performances from Eva Miller in the 100-yard breaststroke and Katie Garvey in the 100-yard butterfly. Gustavus’ 200-yard medley relay team of Sara Pfau, Eva Miller, Katie Garvey, and Beth DeLaRosby set one of the few MIAC records on the day with a time of 1:47.12. That time also bettered the NCAA automatic qualifying time.
In the men’s race, defending champion Gustavus charged into the lead by extending its point total to 555 points. The Oles slipped into second place with 529, while St. John’s remained in third with 410.5 and Carleton stayed put in fourth with 250. The Gusties made their move by winning five event titles including the 200-yard medley and 800-yard free relays. The 200 medley team consisted of Scott Hagemeyer, Brad Hammer, Jonah Winter, and Brian Amundson and the 800 free squad was made up of Will Sutor, Greg Pokorski, Brian Amundson, and Ben Hanson. The individual champions included Ben Hanson in the 200-yard freestyle, Will Sutor in the 100-yard butterfly with an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 50.02, and Scott Hagemeyer in the 100-yard backstroke in a MIAC record time of 50.61. Hagemeyer also met the NCAA automatic qualifying time.
The Ole’s event champions included Brad Wourms and Chris Lorentzen tying for the one-meter diving title, Mark Glineburg winning the 400-yard individual medley title, and Ben Wareham claiming the 100-yard breaststroke title with an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 56.97.
Every individual and relay event title won during the day was claimed by either Gustavus (8), Saint Olaf (4), or Carleton (3).
The MIAC Swimming and Diving Championships conclude on Saturday with prelims beginning at 10:30 am and finals at 6:30 pm.
