Jan. 15, 2000
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's swimming and diving team defeated Michigan State 147.50 to 91.50 in dual meet action on Saturday. The Boilermakers won nine of the 13 events on the day, including sweeping the top three spots in the 200 medley relay, 200 IM, 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke.
"This was a good meet for us," coach Dan Ross said. "We won going away, but it wasn't an easy victory which is good at this point in the season. We had a few career best times and several season best marks which really shows how hard we swan today. Michigan State has a great mile swimmer and a fast 200 freestyler and when we won both of those events it really took the wind out of them. Overall the coaching staff is pretty pleased."
Among those having an impressive day was diver Kevin Young. The sophomore finished third in the first session of diving with a score of 143.62 and was runner up in the second with a 241.72. His combined score of 385.34 was a career best score.
"Kevin is showing great promise," diving coach Jim Mountjoy said. "The past couple of weeks I have been extremely impressed with his diving and progress on the boards. He has really stepped up this season and I am looking forward to the next two meets and how he competes in them. Just an awesome job of diving today."
In the races the Boilermakers' Dan Kleber set a Lambert Pool record in the 100 butterfly with his winning time of 49.91. Javier Diaz won the 200 free in a time of 1:40.30 and finished second with a time of 47.37 in the 100. 100 breaststroke winner, Zach Landrum, shaved nearly three seconds off his previous season best time swimming a 58.61.
The Boilermakers will hold their final home meet of the season next weekend as the Michigan Wolverines come to Lambert on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.