Feb. 26, 2009
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Senior Eric Nilsson (Weston, Mass./Weston) broke his own school record in the 500 freestyle during Thursday night finals action at the Big Ten Championships, earning a second-place finish in the event to headline Northwestern's efforts during the session.
Nilsson swam an NCAA `B' provisional qualifying standard of 4:17.31 to finish behind Michigan's Matt Patton, who swam an NCAA `A' automatic qualifying time of 4:15.65. Nilsson went out quick and held off a hard-charging George Markovic of Ohio State by .58 of a second to earn his second-place finish.
As a team, Northwestern is in seventh place with 69 points, four ahead of eighth-place Penn State and 5.5 behind sixth-place Wisconsin. Michigan leads the meet with 277.5, a whopping 113.5 in front of second-place Minnesota.
Thursday Preliminary Session:
A pair of Wildcats advanced to championship finals during Thursday morning preliminary action at the 2009 Big Ten Championships hosted by Purdue.
Nilsson made his first championship final of the meet and the eighth of his career right away, qualifying fifth overall in the 500 free with a season-best and NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time of 4:19.42. Freshman John Frutiger (Alma, Mich./Alma) also earned a second swim with a 22nd overall finish, placing himself in the bonus final with a season-best 4:25.24. Frutiger's time marked a full eight-second drop from his previous collegiate best.
Alex Tyler (Birmingham, Mich./Birmingham Groves) made it two events in a row with Wildcats' representation in the championship final after also qualifying fifth overall in the 200 IM. Tyler swam a career-best and NCAA `B' cut of 1:46.21 to join the field in the `A' heat. Sean Mathews (St. Louis, Mo./Lafayette) picked up a second-swim invitation with a career-best 1:48.37 to place 22nd overall and earn a spot in the bonus final.
Adam Beckman (Kearney, Neb./Kearney) narrowly missed a bonus final slot with his season-best effort of 1:49.10, which placed him in a tie for 27th place during the 200 IM preliminary heats.
Brian Kerr (East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) was Northwestern's top finisher in the 50 free prelims, barely missing the bonus final with a 27th-place finish and season-best time of 20.36. Truman Liang (Brooklyn, N.Y./Hunter College High School) was right behind Kerr with a career-best time of 20.48 to end up in 31st position.
Thursday Finals Session:
Northwestern began the finals session by swimming a season-best and NCAA `B' cut time of 1:20.34 to finish ninth in the 200 free relay. Nilsson, Kerr, Liang and Chris Doman (Pittsburgh, Pa./St. Charles Prep (Columbus, Ohio)) comprised the relay for the 'Cats.
After swimming in the relay, Nilsson came right back out to earn his silver medal in the 500 free, cutting more than two seconds off his preliminary time to break his own school mark by more than 1.5 seconds. The finish is the best of Nilsson's career at the Big Ten Championships, topping his previous high of third in the 200 free in 2007.
In the bonus final, Frutiger picked up an NCAA `B' time of his own with a 4:24.56 to take 22nd place in the event.
Tyler took home seventh place in the championship final of the 200 IM after swimming an evening time of 1:46.31. Tyler earned 12 points for the Wildcats with his swim.
In the bonus heat of the 200 IM, Mathews came in third with a time of 1:48.56 to earn 19th place in the event.
After not having an entrant in the finals of the 50 free or on the 1-meter springboard, Northwestern's team of Beckman, John Franklin (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./North Broward Prep), Mathews and Nilsson trimmed more than four seconds off their best time of the year in the 400 medley relay to come in eighth.
Licensed to Purdue University HY-TEK's Meet Manager 2/26/2009 09:04 PM Men's Big Ten Championships Swimming and Diving ResultsEvent 1 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== NCAA: ! 1:14.71 3/15/2007 Auburn, Auburn Cielo, Targett,Goodrich,Lundquist Big Ten: # 1:17.21 2007 Northwestern, Northwestern Bubolz, Grevers,Barbic,Alexandrov Pool: * 1:18.28 2004 Minnesota Silkaitis,Osten,Volcansek,Cerensek 1:17.69 A 1:20.40 B School Finals =============================================================================== 1 University of Michigan 'A' 1:17.70*B 1) Savulich, Bobby SR 2) r:+0.33 Brady, Chris JR 3) r:+0.18 Dauw, Curtis SR 4) r:+0.16 Ryser, Evan JR 9.61 19.74 9.06 19.12 8.88 19.34 9.08 19.50 2 Purdue University 'A' 1:17.91*B+ 1) Langenfeld, Andrew SR 2) r:+0.32 Wachtel, Ben FR 3) r:+0.15 Schmitt, John SR 4) r:+0.25 Jung, Dan FR 9.40 19.40 9.33 19.74 8.93 19.23 9.28 19.54 3 University of Minnesota 'A' 1:18.07*B 1) Lee-To, Colin SR 2) r:+0.24 Richards, Michael SO 3) r:+0.02 Carlson, Curt SO 4) r:+0.12 Miller, Steve SR 9.57 19.93 9.16 19.56 8.85 19.25 9.10 19.33 4 Penn State University 'A' 1:18.26*B+ 1) Reydams, Vincent SR 2) r:+0.21 Alden, Brian FR 3) r:+0.19 Kaaki, Basil JR 4) r:+0.21 Goldner, Jason SR 9.48 19.60 9.19 19.37 9.16 19.51 9.34 19.78 5 Indiana University 'A' 1:18.52 B 1) Lenton, Matt SR 2) r:+0.34 Zoricic, Ante SO 3) r:+0.30 Chovanec, Bryan SO 4) r:+0.38 Miller, AJ SR 9.47 19.67 9.29 19.56 9.16 19.34 9.38 19.95 6 Ohio State University 'A' 1:18.85 B 1) Elber, Joel JR 2) r:+0.20 Olson, Andrew JR 3) r:+0.23 Travesso, Felipe SR 4) r:+0.20 Bretscher, Andrew JR 9.62 19.94 9.19 19.55 9.18 19.82 9.14 19.54 7 Wisconsin 'A' 1:19.32 B 1) Sorensen, Kyle SR 2) r:+0.07 Davies, Phil JR 3) r:+0.09 Scarbrough, Cole FR 4) r:+0.17 Lagerhausen, Wes FR 9.72 20.05 9.16 19.57 9.41 19.92 9.25 19.78 8 University of Iowa 'A' 1:19.59 B+ 1) Partridge, Duncan FR 2) r:+0.20 Phelan, Ryan FR 3) r:+0.32 Dwyer, Conor SO 4) r:+0.22 Hagan, Sean SO 9.88 20.21 9.45 19.94 9.19 19.39 9.43 20.05 9 Northwestern 'A' 1:20.34 B+ 1) Nilsson, Eric SR 2) r:+0.20 Kerr, Brian SO 3) r:+0.08 Liang, Truman SO 4) r:+0.13 Doman, Chris JR 9.92 20.36 9.41 19.73 9.45 20.02 9.40 20.23 10 Michigan State University 'A' 1:21.01 1) Schmitt, Joe JR 2) r:+0.06 Poteete, Marcus SR 3) r:+0.04 LaRocque, Jon JR 4) r:-0.11 Massman, Matt JR 10.07 20.57 9.51 20.53 9.22 20.06 9.19 19.85
Event 2 Men 500 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== NCAA: ! 4:08.60 3/23/2006 Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan Big Ten: # 4:12.37 2005 Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan Pool: * 4:15.06 2004 Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan 4:15.68 A 4:24.62 B Name Year School Prelims Finals =============================================================================== A - Final 1 Patton, Matt SR MICH 4:18.25 4:15.65 A 23.38 25.66 26.11 26.07 25.95 25.90 25.88 25.75 25.59 25.36 2 Nilsson, Eric SR NU 4:19.42 4:17.31 B 23.72 25.87 25.81 26.16 26.20 25.91 25.80 26.16 25.98 25.70 3 Markovic, George JR Ohio St. 4:17.60 4:17.89 B 24.02 25.35 26.25 26.33 26.30 25.99 26.10 26.35 26.12 25.08 4 Barba, Sal SR MICH 4:16.47 4:18.24 B+ 23.67 25.58 26.07 26.46 26.09 26.20 25.91 26.32 26.23 25.71 5 Ress, Eric FR Hoosiers 4:21.33 4:19.37 B 23.94 26.10 26.29 26.39 26.49 26.29 26.03 26.29 25.73 25.82 6 Houchin, Charlie JR MICH 4:17.92 4:20.12 B 23.23 25.91 26.53 26.25 26.46 26.22 26.44 26.47 26.83 25.78 7 Betuzzi, Ray JR Minnesota 4:20.84 4:22.82 B 24.24 26.28 26.34 26.69 26.86 26.31 26.24 26.57 26.90 26.39 8 Miller, Jared SO MICH 4:19.88 4:27.51 23.48 25.86 26.39 26.36 26.69 26.83 27.44 28.35 28.20 27.91 B - Final 9 DeJong, Adam JR MICH 4:22.49 4:18.66 B 23.90 26.18 26.21 26.24 26.19 26.18 25.96 26.18 26.21 25.41 10 Barbiere, Jimmy FR Hoosiers 4:22.54 4:22.52 B+ 23.94 26.30 26.65 26.87 27.01 26.87 26.87 26.76 26.01 25.24 11 Knight, Titus SO Hoosiers 4:21.79 4:22.81 B 23.61 26.50 26.60 26.74 26.86 26.51 26.36 26.61 26.69 26.33 12 Dwyer, Conor SO IOWA 4:22.35 4:23.05 B+ 23.85 25.77 26.43 26.46 26.80 26.79 27.32 27.03 26.91 25.69 13 Vanderkaay, Dane FR MICH 4:23.24 4:23.44 B+ 24.12 25.78 26.16 26.23 26.61 26.65 26.70 27.05 27.24 26.90 14 Holmes, Mike SR Minnesota 4:23.18 4:24.12 B+ 24.15 26.20 26.44 26.75 26.63 26.86 26.77 27.05 27.14 26.13 15 Ginocchio, Bart SO Hoosiers 4:23.52 4:24.32 B+ 24.44 26.44 26.89 26.99 26.91 26.72 26.55 26.80 26.59 25.99 16 Sullivan, Chris SR Penn State 4:23.23 4:24.58 B+ 24.29 26.37 26.77 26.93 26.89 26.91 26.93 27.05 26.70 25.74 C - Final 17 Divan, Nick JR IOWA 4:23.74 4:21.15 B+ 23.90 26.01 26.53 26.68 26.57 26.39 26.38 26.37 26.39 25.93 18 Nagle, Brett FR WISC 4:24.17 4:22.56 B 24.17 26.36 26.82 26.90 26.68 26.28 26.75 26.78 26.41 25.41 19 Sigrist, Stefan JR Ohio St. 4:25.94 4:23.02 B 24.24 26.44 26.85 26.96 26.59 26.86 26.66 26.60 26.37 25.45 20 Neiman, Mark JR Ohio St. 4:23.54 4:23.77 B 24.44 26.19 26.77 26.95 26.82 26.87 26.89 26.76 26.36 25.72 21 Stewart, Matt SO Purdue 4:26.01 4:24.40 B+ 24.26 26.24 27.11 27.29 27.03 26.63 26.80 26.81 26.73 25.50 22 Frutiger, John FR NU 4:25.24 4:24.56 B+ 23.76 26.27 26.96 27.08 26.97 26.88 27.08 27.07 26.88 25.61 23 Mattar, Tony FR Hoosiers 4:24.23 4:27.57 24.30 26.46 26.89 26.93 26.97 26.99 27.11 27.33 27.70 26.89 24 Hawker, David SO Minnesota 4:26.95 4:30.38 24.48 26.59 26.99 27.06 27.25 27.54 27.79 27.97 27.96 26.75
Event 3 Men 200 Yard IM =============================================================================== NCAA: ! 1:40.55 3/23/2006 Ryan Lochte, Florida Big Ten: # 1:43.88 2008 Alex Vanderkaay, Michigan Pool: * 1:45.56 2004 Louis Paul, Purdue 1:44.13 A 1:47.77 B Name Year School Prelims Finals =============================================================================== A - Final 1 Clary, Tyler SO MICH 1:44.34 1:43.23#A+ 9.97 12.19 13.20 12.09 15.22 15.63 13.07 11.86 2 Schultz, Andre JR MICH 1:45.31 1:43.52#A+ 10.48 12.62 13.21 12.37 14.76 15.30 12.78 12.00 3 Madwed, Dan FR MICH 1:45.80 1:45.20*B 10.34 12.23 13.27 12.78 15.13 16.52 12.87 12.06 4 Wold, Alex JR Minnesota 1:46.04 1:45.85 B 10.51 12.35 13.76 13.55 14.88 15.68 13.13 11.99 5 Dauw, Curtis SR MICH 1:46.73 1:46.24 B+ 10.18 12.37 13.78 13.06 15.61 16.15 12.92 12.17 5 Rice, Scottie SR WISC 1:46.43 1:46.24 B 10.36 12.38 13.81 13.12 15.84 15.86 12.96 11.91 7 Tyler, Alex SO NU 1:46.21 1:46.31 B+ 10.49 12.68 13.87 13.26 14.74 15.30 13.65 12.32 8 Kennedy, Neal SO MICH 1:46.57 1:46.43 B 10.34 12.49 13.71 13.18 15.13 15.87 13.60 12.11 B - Final 9 Farra, Justin SO Ohio St. 1:47.53 1:46.99 B+ 10.79 12.48 13.81 13.15 14.92 15.78 13.76 12.30 10 Weik, Cody SO Hoosiers 1:46.87 1:47.01 B+ 10.47 12.91 13.62 12.70 15.64 16.07 13.35 12.25 11 Odonnell, Derrick JR WISC 1:46.78 1:47.06 B+ 10.15 12.61 13.51 13.02 15.21 16.04 13.84 12.68 12 Sievers, Markus FR Ohio St. 1:47.83 1:47.71 B+ 10.63 12.64 13.53 12.90 15.79 16.25 13.59 12.38 13 Weinberg, Shaun JR MICH 1:47.29 1:48.01 10.59 12.69 13.79 12.66 15.90 16.73 13.54 12.11 14 Opell, Aaron JR Hoosiers 1:47.21 1:48.40 10.97 13.39 14.44 13.81 14.49 15.22 14.11 11.97 15 Seleskie, Philip SO Ohio St. 1:47.41 1:48.46 10.58 13.06 13.63 12.98 15.52 15.91 14.14 12.64 16 Miller, AJ SR Hoosiers 1:47.49 1:48.48 10.84 12.85 14.33 13.41 15.25 15.22 13.80 12.78 C - Final 17 Marino, Scott FR Penn State 1:48.18 1:47.42 B+ 10.64 12.66 14.04 13.17 15.45 15.77 13.38 12.31 18 Williams, Tim SR Penn State 1:48.28 1:48.33 10.35 12.21 14.49 14.43 15.08 16.02 13.47 12.28 19 Mathews, Sean SO NU 1:48.37 1:48.56 10.63 12.65 14.15 13.97 15.53 16.13 13.32 12.18 20 Cox, Matt SO Penn State 1:48.76 1:49.00 11.04 12.98 13.77 12.87 15.58 16.13 13.91 12.72 21 Koop, Andre JR Purdue 1:48.89 1:49.37 10.63 12.96 13.56 13.18 16.62 16.27 13.58 12.57 22 Olson, Andrew JR Ohio St. 1:47.84 1:49.40 10.69 13.14 14.12 13.00 15.61 17.17 13.17 12.50 23 Roki, Niksa JR Ohio St. 1:48.36 1:50.48 10.60 12.56 13.73 13.00 16.13 16.43 14.89 13.14 -- Portela, Anthony SR Minnesota 1:49.20 DQ 11.04 13.66
Event 4 Men 50 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== NCAA: ! 18.47 2008 Cesar Cielo, Auburn Big Ten: # 19.35 2005 Matt Grevers, Northwestern Pool: * 19.44 2004 Matt Grevers, Northwestern 19.35 A 20.02 B Name Year School Prelims Finals =============================================================================== A - Final 1 Langenfeld, Andrew SR Purdue 19.38 19.34#A+ 9.31 10.03 2 Brady, Chris JR MICH 19.60 19.46 B 9.48 9.98 3 Lenton, Matt SR Hoosiers 19.67 19.59 B 9.50 10.09 4 Savulich, Bobby SR MICH 19.51 19.74 B 9.59 10.15 5 Miller, Steve SR Minnesota 19.62 19.84 B+ 9.62 10.22 6 Carlson, Curt SO Minnesota 19.53 19.89 B 9.72 10.17 7 Zoricic, Ante SO Hoosiers 19.76 20.08 9.83 10.25 8 Elber, Joel JR Ohio St. 19.76 20.12 9.71 10.41 B - Final 9 Schmitt, John SR Purdue 19.96 19.82 B+ 9.60 10.22 10 Martone, Jamie SR MICH 19.80 19.95 B+ 9.67 10.28 11 Richards, Michael SO Minnesota 19.89 20.05 9.57 10.48 12 Alden, Brian FR Penn State 19.83 20.08 9.75 10.33 13 Ryser, Evan JR MICH 19.91 20.17 9.88 10.29 14 Chovanec, Bryan SO Hoosiers 19.76 20.21 9.84 10.37 15 Phelan, Ryan FR IOWA 19.98 20.24 9.77 10.47 16 Goldner, Jason SR Penn State 19.99 20.25 9.82 10.43 C - Final 17 Reydams, Vincent SR Penn State 20.11 19.77 B+ 9.48 10.29 18 Sorensen, Kyle SR WISC 20.08 20.13 9.73 10.40 19 Kaaki, Basil JR Penn State 20.22 20.19 9.89 10.30 20 Partridge, Duncan FR IOWA 20.30 20.28 9.96 10.32 21 Baseheart, Kevin SO Minnesota 20.19 20.31 9.91 10.40 22 Davies, Phil JR WISC 20.17 20.44 9.94 10.50 23 Jung, Dan FR Purdue 20.22 20.48 10.00 10.48 24 Lagerhausen, Wes FR WISC 20.34 20.72 10.02 10.70
Event 5 Men 1 mtr Diving =============================================================================== Big Ten: # 388.55 2008 Landon Marzullo, Indiana Pool: * 402.45 11/14/2008 David Boudia, PURDUE Name Year School Prelims Finals =============================================================================== Finals 1 Boudia, David FR Purdue 350.10 446.65* 2 Marzullo, Landon Hoosiers 412.45 412.00* 3 Colturi, David SO Purdue 363.50 389.95# 4 Showe, Burkley Ohio St. 350.40 378.75 5 Altman, Linus Hoosiers 367.40 373.45 6 Young, Cole SR Minnesota 317.95 J334.60 7 Brown, Drew SO Minnesota 329.80 J331.65 8 Jefferson, Ryan Ohio St. 321.90 J324.15 9 Moore, Sean Ohio St. 305.95 J337.90 10 Mitrione, Kyle JR Purdue 311.90 J331.60 11 Cox, Danny JR Purdue 306.30 J326.10 12 Van Dijkhuizen, Frank JR IOWA 298.05 319.20 13 Gilligan, Mike JR IOWA 302.35 317.65 14 Percevecz, Caleb WISC 289.90 313.30 15 Bonner, Joshua SR Penn State 293.25 309.25 16 Schroeder, Kyle SR MICH 301.15 302.10
Event 6 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== NCAA: ! 3:04.40 3/15/2007 Northwestern, Northwestern Grevers,Alexandrov,Bubolz,Barbic Big Ten: # 3:06.99 2007 Northwestern, Northwestern Grevers,Alexandrov,Bubolz,Barbic Pool: * 3:10.55 2004 Northwestern Grevers,Alexandrov,Hamming,Swanson 3:08.22 A 3:14.80 B School Finals =============================================================================== 1 University of Michigan 'A' 3:07.16*A+ 1) Mandel, Alon JR 2) r:+0.16 Hiett, Jon JR 3) r:+0.17 Brady, Chris JR 4) r:+0.34 Savulich, Bobby SR 10.79 22.12 34.08 46.47 24.45 38.39 53.18 9.03 20.46 32.36 44.94 9.13 19.97 31.30 42.57 2 University of Minnesota 'A' 3:10.13*B+ 1) Burdis, Karl FR 2) r:+0.21 Lee-To, Colin SR 3) r:+0.30 Kochavi, Nadav SO 4) r:+0.25 Carlson, Curt SO 11.32 23.25 35.62 48.20 10.63 24.08 37.98 52.64 9.51 21.42 33.74 46.23 9.38 20.09 43.06 3 Ohio State University 'A' 3:10.31*B 1) Chammah, Itai SO 2) r:+0.13 Travesso, Felipe SR 3) r:+0.08 Allison, Chuck SO 4) r:+0.09 Elber, Joel JR 11.47 23.40 35.96 48.70 10.30 23.71 37.78 52.64 9.36 21.37 33.52 46.33 9.18 19.97 31.33 42.64 4 Purdue University 'A' 3:11.04 B 1) Watts, Tim SR 2) r:+0.21 Koger, Aaron JR 3) r:+0.29 Langenfeld, Andrew SR 4) r:+0.34 Schmitt, John SR 11.18 23.04 35.38 47.60 11.02 24.67 39.02 54.01 9.42 21.59 33.81 46.53 9.63 20.49 31.48 42.90 5 Wisconsin 'A' 3:12.48 B 1) Stipek, Jesse SO 2) r:+0.11 Odonnell, Derrick JR 3) r:+0.19 Rice, Scottie SR 4) r:+0.04 Davies, Phil JR 11.32 23.23 35.76 48.33 11.01 25.11 39.30 54.19 9.50 21.54 33.70 46.73 9.30 20.39 31.73 43.23 6 Penn State University 'A' 3:13.63 B 1) Schirk, Pat SR 2) r:+0.26 Alden, Brian FR 3) r:+0.10 Williams, Tim SR 4) r:+0.06 Kaaki, Basil JR 11.36 23.44 35.77 48.17 11.14 25.18 39.62 54.70 9.43 21.72 34.27 47.24 9.45 20.26 31.73 43.52 7 Indiana University 'A' 3:14.36 B 1) Ress, Eric FR 2) r:+0.12 Lemert, Tyler SO 3) r:+0.17 Lenton, Matt SR 4) r:+0.35 Barbiere, Jimmy FR 11.17 23.07 35.41 47.60 11.32 24.85 39.23 54.16 9.29 21.32 34.18 47.94 9.96 21.17 32.88 44.66 8 Northwestern 'A' 3:14.88 1) Beckman, Adam SR 2) r:+0.04 Franklin, John SR 3) r:+0.18 Mathews, Sean SO 4) r:+0.02 Nilsson, Eric SR 11.89 24.02 36.70 49.30 11.04 24.89 39.53 54.84 10.00 21.91 34.38 47.39 9.59 20.58 31.96 43.35 9 University of Iowa 'A' 3:18.27 1) Dittmer, Max SO 2) r:+0.25 Hagan, Sean SO 3) r:+0.13 Dragon, James SR 4) r:+0.23 Partridge, Duncan FR 11.43 23.79 36.66 49.55 25.30 40.06 55.13 9.87 22.24 35.32 49.27 9.56 20.74 32.48 44.32 -- Michigan State University 'A' DQ 1) LaRocque, Jon JR 2) r:-0.03 Puskaric, Kevin SO 3) r:+0.10 Poteete, Marcus SR 4) r:+0.15 Schmitt, Joe JR 11.10 22.81 35.53 48.33 11.23 24.70 39.06 53.64 9.78 21.63 34.56 47.29 9.66 20.54 32.26 44.11
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6
1. University of Michigan 277.5 2. University of Minnesota 154 2. Indiana University 154 4. Purdue University 142 5. Ohio State University 136 6. Wisconsin 74.5 7. Northwestern 69 8. Penn State University 65 9. University of Iowa 56 10. Michigan State University 14