Nov. 2, 2001
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's swimming and diving team earned its first victory both on the year and at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center today by defeating Miami (Ohio) 172.5-122.5. The Boilermakers recorded five new Holloway Pool records to stand at 1-0 on the year, while the RedHawks fall to 0-1.
"We were Miami's first opponent in their new pool and today, they were ours, here," said Purdue head coach Dan Ross. "We won handedly, but Pete Lindsay is a good friend and I truly appreciate them coming up here to join us.
"I thought we swam well, even though we're tired. I know the guys are proud of our new facility and I really think that is attributing to how fast we're swimming. They're swimming fast in practice and getting a lot of confidence and that is carrying over into our meets because they are so proud of the facility."
The Boilermakers started the meet out by breaking a pool record with the very first event. With a time of 3:22.88, senior Jon Duncan, sophomore Tamas Bessenyei, junior Tad Sayce and senior Javier Diaz recorded a record in the 400 medley relay.
Then in the 1,000 free, Purdue took a 1-2-3 finish with freshman Rion Epping at 9:27.32, freshman Steuart Martens at 9:43.11 and sophomore Nick Cenci at 9:43.19.
Junior Jeremy Wright turned a pool record in the 200 freestyle in 1:41.23 with junior Will Seelbach and senior Tom Drejer close behind in fourth and fifth. Seelbach netted a 1:43.63 finish and Drejer finished in 1:45.66.
Duncan finished with another pool record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.63. Freshman David Hughes was close behind in second place with a time of 52.71.
In the 100 breast, Purdue took another 1-2-3 finish with junior Mike Miller, senior Donovan Crowley and junior Gui Rego. Finishing in 58.91, 59.18 and 1:00.03 respectively, sophomore teammate Garth Bringman was not far behind at 1:03.68, swimming in exhibition.
Miami's John Carroll recorded a pool record with a finish of 1:51.33 in the 200 butterfly, as Purdue's Diaz, sophomores Tony Ten Haagen and Ian Lehman and Bessenyei finished 2-3-4-5. Diaz gathered a time of 1:54.49, Ten Haagen a time of 1:54.58, Lehman a 1:57.60 and Bessenyei a 1:57.66 in exhibition.
Freshman Ignatius Goh scored his first collegiate career win in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.56, while teammates Ehud Dekter and Eric Prugh finished tied for third and fifth with times of 22.01 and 22.14, respectively.
In the one-meter diving, senior Kevin Young finished third with a score of 277.87 and sophomore transfer Eric Warrick finished with a score of 254.10 for fourth.
Senior transfer Ryan Sprengel finished second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.30, while freshman John Arzner was third with a time of 48.44.
In the 200 backstroke, Hughes came away with a first-place finish in 1:55.30 and Prugh was second in 1:57.47.
Ten Haagen gathered his first career win in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:11.73. Bringman finished fourth with a time of 2:20.29.
Sophomore Kyle Jackson finished first in the 500 freestyle in 4:40.61 with Wright close behind for second place in 4:40.77.
Event 13 gave Purdue a 1-3-5 finish with Crowley in first in 51.26 for a pool record, Dekter in third with a time of 52.66 and Goh in fifth with a time of 53.29.
On the three-meter board, Purdue's Warrick finished first with a score of 315.67 for a new Center record and Young finished fifth with a score of 265.57.
The 200 individual medley gave Purdue all exhibition finishes, as Sayce, Diaz, Ten Haagen, Bessenyei and Cenci swam.
The 400 freestyle relay team of Duncan, Sprengel, Goh and Wright looked sharp at a 3:06.16 finish, but swam in exhibition also.
The Boilermakers will return to action next Saturday, Nov. 10, when they host Iowa in a single dual meet at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. Meet time is set for 11 a.m.
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