Phil Mercier and NU's class of 2005 went out winners Saturday at the Norris Aquatics Center.Phil Mercier and NU's class of 2005 went out winners Saturday at the Norris Aquatics Center.

'Cats Swim Past Iowa, 171-131, On Senior Day

Feb. 5, 2005

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern sent its four seniors out on top Saturday morning at the Norris Aquatics Center, defeating Iowa, 171-131, in the Wildcats' final dual meet of the season.

The dual marked the final home competition for seniors Mike Gustafson (Lowell, Mich./Lowell), Phil Mercier (Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic), Louis Torres (Morton Grove, Ill./Niles West) and Matt Wever (Boise, Idaho/Boise).

Gustafson won his second event in as many meets, finishing first in the 200 IM with a time of 1:52.61.

Sophomore Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) won both the 200 free (1:37.96) and the 100 back (48.49) while freshman Kyle Bubolz (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) earned a win in the 50 free (20.49).

Also winning events for the Wildcats were Brian Davis (Issaquah, Wash./Issaquah) in the 200 fly (1:53.40) and Daniel Walls (Tucson, Ariz./Sabino) in the 1000 free (9:45.97).

Torres captured a second-place finish in the 100 breast with a time of 56.97. Wever anchored the winning 200 medley relay squad (1:31.52) for NU while Mercier anchored the Wildcats' 400 free relay 'A' squad which finished with a time of 3:04.22.

Northwestern is now off until Feb. 24-26 at the Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis, Minn.

Following are results from both days of competition:

Licensed to Northwestern University Hy-Tek's Meet Manager 2/5/2005 11:17 AM
 NU VS Iowa 05 - 2/4/2005 to 2/5/2005
 Results

Men 50 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Bubolz, Kyle NU-IL 20.49 9 2 Rowland, Bryan Iowa-IA 21.53 4 3 Dye, Cameron Iowa-IA 21.96 3 4 Landon, Jonathan Iowa-IA 22.41 1.5 4 Tweedy, Seth Iowa-IA 22.41 1.5 -- Dexter, Ben NU-IL X21.27 -- Kormushoff, David NU-IL X21.46 -- Wever, Matt NU-IL X21.46 -- Sourbeer, James NU-IL X22.09 -- Kubat, Jeff Iowa-IA X22.61 -- Shin, Eric NU-IL X23.96

Men 100 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Bubolz, Kyle NU-IL 44.76 9 21.09 23.67 2 Kormushoff, David NU-IL 45.94 4 22.40 23.54 3 Dye, Cameron Iowa-IA 47.80 3 23.01 24.79 4 Tweedy, Seth Iowa-IA 48.62 2 23.09 25.53 5 Rowland, Bryan Iowa-IA 48.92 1 23.49 25.43 6 Kubat, Jeff Iowa-IA 48.94 23.41 25.53 -- Dexter, Ben NU-IL X46.44 22.17 24.27 -- Ehret, Jon NU-IL X47.54 22.86 24.68 -- Sourbeer, James NU-IL X47.95 23.25 24.70 -- Hayden, Alec NU-IL X51.24 24.69 26.55

Men 200 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Grevers, Matt NU-IL 1:37.96 9 22.31 25.29 25.44 24.92 2 Davis, Brian NU-IL 1:41.55 4 24.04 25.77 26.00 25.74 3 Dye, Cameron Iowa-IA 1:42.54 3 23.95 26.12 26.07 26.40 4 Keeling, Nathan Iowa-IA 1:47.41 2 24.66 27.46 28.30 26.99 5 Tweedy, Seth Iowa-IA 1:49.98 1 24.56 27.18 28.46 29.78 6 Kubat, Jeff Iowa-IA 1:50.96 24.93 27.68 28.67 29.68 -- Sourbeer, James NU-IL X1:44.33 24.16 26.25 26.97 26.95 -- Simpson, Eric NU-IL X1:47.44 25.19 27.39 27.70 27.16

Men 500 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Alexandrov, Mike NU-IL 4:35.57 9 24.45 27.73 28.50 28.74 28.97 28.66 27.63 27.56 27.81 25.52 2 Dye, Cameron Iowa-IA 4:42.73 4 25.58 28.39 29.13 29.12 29.00 28.86 29.00 28.42 27.99 27.24 3 Hackney, Cody Iowa-IA 4:50.24 3 26.36 29.23 29.24 29.68 29.41 29.35 29.40 29.52 29.35 28.70 4 Billups, Nate Iowa-IA 4:59.27 2 26.69 30.40 30.46 30.31 30.32 29.95 30.80 30.60 30.68 29.06 5 Divan, Paul Iowa-IA 4:59.38 1 27.03 29.94 30.83 31.40 31.50 29.71 30.06 30.57 29.38 28.96 -- Walls, Daniel NU-IL X4:38.13 25.45 28.22 28.42 28.45 28.75 28.68 27.99 28.01 28.05 26.11 -- Wever, Matt NU-IL X4:39.55 25.19 27.84 28.43 28.59 28.75 28.71 28.42 28.23 28.01 27.38

Men 1000 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Hackney, Cody Iowa-IA 10:00.41 9 27.32 29.77 30.29 30.53 30.27 30.31 30.17 30.30 30.16 30.31 30.19 30.18 30.23 30.56 30.24 30.41 30.00 30.12 30.07 28.98 -- Walls, Daniel NU-IL X9:45.97 26.12 29.03 29.44 29.57 29.58 29.47 29.70 29.61 29.72 29.59 29.60 29.94 29.83 29.69 28.89 29.60 29.72 29.38 29.14 28.35 -- Wever, Matt NU-IL X9:49.00 26.95 29.22 29.43 29.64 29.44 29.65 29.69 29.52 29.54 29.52 29.50 30.06 29.93 29.78 30.03 30.06 30.16 29.75 28.99 28.14

Men 100 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Grevers, Matt NU-IL 48.49 9 23.77 24.72 2 Ashby, Cade Iowa-IA 52.00 4 25.20 26.80 3 Ciurca, Andrei Iowa-IA 52.07 3 24.82 27.25 4 Simpson, Eric NU-IL 52.80 2 26.07 26.73 5 Hahn, Eric Iowa-IA 53.50 1 25.48 28.02 6 Pheil, Natan Iowa-IA 54.84 26.43 28.41 7 Hayden, Alec NU-IL 55.55 26.87 28.68 -- Lenert, Andrej Iowa-IA X53.67 26.20 27.47

Men 200 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Grevers, Matt NU-IL 1:50.65 9 25.22 28.36 29.20 27.87 2 Simpson, Eric NU-IL 1:51.88 4 26.85 28.46 28.39 28.18 3 Ciurca, Andrei Iowa-IA 1:54.70 3 26.70 29.49 29.92 28.59 4 Lenert, Andrej Iowa-IA 1:55.11 2 27.52 29.40 29.38 28.81 5 Pheil, Natan Iowa-IA 1:58.14 1 27.48 30.08 30.73 29.85 6 Ashby, Cade Iowa-IA 1:58.65 27.69 29.46 31.12 30.38 -- Davis, Brian NU-IL X1:54.21 27.58 29.04 29.05 28.54 -- Hayden, Alec NU-IL X2:00.55 28.27 30.38 30.91 30.99

Men 100 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Agache, Dragos Iowa-IA 56.72 9 27.10 29.62 2 Torres, Louis NU-IL 56.97 4 26.73 30.24 3 Shelangoski, Cal Iowa-IA 57.26 3 26.70 30.56 4 Ptasnik, Elliot Iowa-IA 58.08 2 27.18 30.90 5 Divan, Paul Iowa-IA 59.00 1 27.67 31.33 6 Lewno, Adam NU-IL 59.87 28.04 31.83 7 Shin, Eric NU-IL 1:01.10 28.87 32.23 -- Lureau, Joe Iowa-IA X59.28 27.82 31.46

Men 200 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Alexandrov, Mike NU-IL 1:57.06 9 26.44 30.31 30.39 29.92 2 Agache, Dragos Iowa-IA 2:05.42 4 27.82 31.13 32.69 33.78 3 Ptasnik, Elliot Iowa-IA 2:06.19 3 27.74 31.66 32.85 33.94 4 Shelangoski, Cal Iowa-IA 2:08.28 2 28.08 31.87 33.44 34.89 5 Divan, Paul Iowa-IA 2:09.05 1 28.49 32.66 33.63 34.27 -- Torres, Louis NU-IL X2:02.16 27.31 31.41 31.42 32.02 -- Lureau, Joe Iowa-IA X2:10.10 28.77 32.69 34.19 34.45 -- Lewno, Adam NU-IL X2:10.51 29.44 32.96 33.89 34.22 -- Gustafson, Mike NU-IL X2:11.26 29.61 33.42 34.51 33.72 -- Shin, Eric NU-IL X2:16.16 29.40 34.39 35.49 36.88

Men 100 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Kormushoff, David NU-IL 49.66 9 23.30 26.36 2 Bubolz, Kyle NU-IL 49.80 4 23.35 26.45 3 Boyce, Alex Iowa-IA 51.03 3 23.48 27.55 4 Hahn, Eric Iowa-IA 52.39 2 23.82 28.57 5 Keeling, Nathan Iowa-IA 52.69 1 24.50 28.19 6 Billups, Nate Iowa-IA 55.34 25.50 29.84 -- Wever, Matt NU-IL X51.34 24.23 27.11 -- Ehret, Jon NU-IL X51.52 24.50 27.02 -- Davis, Brian NU-IL X51.90 24.58 27.32 -- Mercier, Phil NU-IL X52.28 24.72 27.56

Men 200 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Davis, Brian NU-IL 1:53.40 9 26.14 28.83 29.26 29.17 2 Ehret, Jon NU-IL 1:53.76 4 25.34 29.12 29.51 29.79 3 Haley, Trevor Iowa-IA 1:54.14 3 26.05 28.77 29.72 29.60 4 Boyce, Alex Iowa-IA 1:54.49 2 25.86 29.30 29.38 29.95 5 Mercier, Phil NU-IL 1:56.00 1 25.85 29.17 30.21 30.77 6 Billups, Nate Iowa-IA 1:59.82 26.20 30.32 31.71 31.59 7 Keeling, Nathan Iowa-IA 2:00.51 26.37 30.18 31.57 32.39

Men 200 Yard IM =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Gustafson, Mike NU-IL 1:52.61 9 24.59 29.26 32.66 26.10 2 Haley, Trevor Iowa-IA 1:57.13 4 26.13 30.36 33.60 27.04 3 Torres, Louis NU-IL 1:57.27 3 25.71 32.92 31.08 27.56 4 Ptasnik, Elliot Iowa-IA 1:57.63 2 25.75 30.94 33.00 27.94 5 Ehret, Jon NU-IL 1:58.71 1 25.36 31.20 35.32 26.83 6 Lureau, Joe Iowa-IA 2:00.24 26.40 31.11 33.90 28.83 7 Lewno, Adam NU-IL 2:01.56 26.30 32.96 33.58 28.72 8 Pheil, Natan Iowa-IA 2:02.08 26.35 31.47 36.27 27.99 -- Simpson, Eric NU-IL X2:03.20 27.14 31.30 37.42 27.34 -- Lenert, Andrej Iowa-IA X2:05.21 27.63 30.74 37.32 29.52 -- Walls, Daniel NU-IL X2:10.09 26.00 32.88 42.39 28.82 -- Divan, Paul Iowa-IA XDQ 26.30 31.47 32.29 28.83

Men 400 Yard IM =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Alexandrov, Mike NU-IL 3:50.23 9 24.59 28.44 30.06 30.16 31.41 32.19 27.36 26.02 2 Gustafson, Mike NU-IL 3:58.32 4 25.33 28.72 31.42 30.42 32.87 33.66 28.28 27.62 3 Haley, Trevor Iowa-IA 4:17.16 3 27.17 30.82 33.42 32.98 37.53 37.20 30.30 27.74 4 Hackney, Cody Iowa-IA 4:17.75 2 27.82 31.89 33.00 32.08 38.44 38.47 28.33 27.72 -- Lewno, Adam NU-IL X4:15.36 26.34 30.43 34.57 33.85 34.21 35.66 30.89 29.41

Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Northwestern University-IL 'B' 1:22.29 11 1) Wever, Matt 2) Sourbeer, James 3) Dexter, Ben 4) Bubolz, Kyle 21.02 21.13 20.68 19.46 2 Northwestern University-IL 'A' 1:22.91 4 1) Davis, Brian 2) Ehret, Jon 3) Kormushoff, David 4) Grevers, Matt 22.08 21.36 20.36 19.11 3 University of Iowa-IA 'A' 1:26.10 2 1) Boyce, Alex 2) Rowland, Bryan 3) Tweedy, Seth 4) Dye, Cameron 21.54 21.22 21.68 21.66 4 University of Iowa-IA 'B' 1:28.87 1) Hahn, Eric 2) Landon, Jonathan 3) Ashby, Cade 4) Kubat, Jeff 22.55 21.67 22.62 22.03 5 Northwestern University-IL 'C' 1:30.79 1) Hayden, Alec 2) Mercier, Phil 3) Walls, Daniel 4) Shin, Eric 23.45 21.49 22.48 23.37

Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Northwestern University-IL 'B' 3:03.33 11 1) Bubolz, Kyle 2) Davis, Brian 3) Kormushoff, David 4) Dexter, Ben 23.26 47.50 21.61 44.40 22.73 45.86 21.79 45.57 2 University of Iowa-IA 'A' 3:12.00 4 1) Boyce, Alex 2) Dye, Cameron 3) Rowland, Bryan 4) Tweedy, Seth 23.74 48.49 22.28 47.18 22.48 48.11 22.87 48.22 3 University of Iowa-IA 'B' 3:19.14 2 1) Kubat, Jeff 2) Ashby, Cade 3) Landon, Jonathan 4) Haley, Trevor 24.15 49.96 23.28 48.92 23.42 49.25 24.31 51.01 4 University of Iowa-IA 'C' 3:26.32 1) Keeling, Nathan 2) Agache, Dragos 3) Lureau, Joe 4) Billups, Nate 24.29 51.60 23.15 49.59 24.98 54.48 23.97 50.65 -- Northwestern University-IL 'A' X3:04.22 1) Wever, Matt 2) Sourbeer, James 3) Grevers, Matt 4) Mercier, Phil 23.47 48.07 21.91 45.53 20.67 43.11 22.52 47.51

Men 200 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 University of Iowa-IA 'A' 1:33.23 11 1) Ciurca, Andrei 2) Shelangoski, Cal 3) Boyce, Alex 4) Rowland, Bryan 23.99 25.73 22.62 20.89 2 University of Iowa-IA 'B' 1:34.75 4 1) Hahn, Eric 2) Agache, Dragos 3) Keeling, Nathan 4) Landon, Jonathan 24.24 25.34 23.58 21.59 -- Northwestern University-IL 'A' X1:31.52 1) Grevers, Matt 2) Kormushoff, David 3) Ehret, Jon 4) Wever, Matt 22.46 25.28 23.17 20.61 -- Northwestern University-IL 'B' X1:32.45 1) Simpson, Eric 2) Torres, Louis 3) Bubolz, Kyle 4) Dexter, Ben 24.96 25.63 21.28 20.58 -- Northwestern University-IL 'C' X1:40.24 1) Hayden, Alec 2) Lewno, Adam 3) Mercier, Phil 4) Sourbeer, James 26.69 27.66 24.03 21.86

Men 400 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== School Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Northwestern University-IL 'A' 3:19.64 11 1) Grevers, Matt 2) Torres, Louis 3) Bubolz, Kyle 4) Kormushoff, David 23.26 47.86 1:13.77 1:43.82 22.49 49.57 1:11.34 1:35.82 2 University of Iowa-IA 'A' 3:31.88 4 1) Hahn, Eric 2) Agache, Dragos 3) Boyce, Alex 4) Dye, Cameron 25.39 53.76 1:08.08 1:22.07 1:50.14 2:12.54 25.58 3 University of Iowa-IA 'B' 3:33.97 2 1) Ciurca, Andrei 2) Shelangoski, Cal 3) Keeling, Nathan 4) Tweedy, Seth 25.27 52.98 1:18.99 31.01 54.68 1:22.85 1:33.30 41.68 4 University of Iowa-IA 'C' 3:35.43 1) Ashby, Cade 2) Ptasnik, Elliot 3) Lenert, Andrej 4) Landon, Jonathan 26.73 55.08 1:22.71 31.51 55.75 1:24.71 1:47.55 25.17 -- Northwestern University-IL 'B' X3:36.81 1) Simpson, Eric 2) Lewno, Adam 3) Ehret, Jon 4) Dexter, Ben 25.92 52.54 1:22.02 34.08 57.59 1:24.92 1:48.24 26.55 -- Northwestern University-IL 'C' X3:50.44 1) Hayden, Alec 2) Shin, Eric 3) Mercier, Phil 4) Sourbeer, James 27.66 57.32 1:28.04 34.79 45.70 1:29.29 1:54.14 28.26