Oct. 27, 2000
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's swim team defeated the Vincennes Trailblazers today at Lambert Pool by a score of 105-79 in its first exhibition meet of the year.
"The freshmen swam a lot of events today," Purdue head coach Dan Ross said. "They really have impressed us (the coaching staff) early and we'll be looking for good things from them the rest of the year. Our 200 relay also went well and this prepared us for next weekend."
The Purdue men were able to produce some good times against the Trailblazers, previewing what could be an excellent season. In the 200 freestyle, freshman Tony Ten Haagen took first place with a time of 1:46.99. Freshman Ian Lehman took second with a time of 1:48.75.
In the 50 freestyle, the Boilermakers' Tamas Bessenyei, a freshman, took first and was the only scorer for Purdue.
In the 200 individual medley, freshman Nick Cenci took the top spot for the Boilermakers, coming in second with a time of 2:02.84. Freshman Garth Bringman finished third with a time of 2:04.27.
Cenci also took first in the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.14, while sophomore Gui Rego came in second at 57.50.
The 100 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke were dominated by Purdue freshmen Mike Miller and Bringman. Miller came in first with a time of 49.91 and Bringman recorded a time of 52.53 in the freestyle. In the breaststroke, Miller finished first with 59.24 and Bringman finished second with a 1:04.63.
Sophomore Tad Sayce took the first place finish for Purdue in the 100 backstroke with freshman Kyle Jackson right behind at 53.56.
Ten Haagen and Lehman finished 1-2 for the Boilermakers in the 500 freestyle. Ten Haagen recorded a time of 4:47.44 while Lehman recorded a 4:52.57.
In the relay events, Purdue's entries did not score but swam the exhibitions.
Purdue freshman diver John Haglund finished first with a total of 217.13 points. Junior Kevin Young also dove as exhibition.
The Purdue men will return to action when they travel to Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 3 for their first regular season meet. The meet is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. EST. The Boilermakers will then return to Lambert Pool on Saturday, Nov. 4 to host Evansville. Start time is 3 p.m.