Nov. 16, 2001
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Purdue men's swim team leads after Day One of the men's side of the Northwestern Invitational with 318 points. The Northwestern men follow in second place with 251 points, Southern Illinois are third with 193 points and Louisville is fourth with 63 points.
In the 50 free, senior Ryan Sprengel finished fourth with a time of 21.41, as senior Jon Duncan was fifth in 21.46 and freshman Ignatius Goh was sixth with a time of 21.50.
Just after finishing the 50 free race, junior Jeremy Wright dove right back in for a second-place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:32.67. Freshman Rion Epping finished fourth with a time of 4:34.46 and sophomore Kyle Jackson was not far behind at 4:34.50.
In the 200 individual medley, senior Javier Diaz finished second with a time of 1:51.55 and junior Tad Sayce finished fifth with a time of 1:53.03. Sophomore Tony Ten Haagen added a seventh-place finish with a time of 1:54.80.
On the 1-meter board, freshman Clay Davis was the Boilermakers' top finisher in third-place with 264.30 points. Senior Kevin Young finished eighth with 194.95 points.
The Old Gold and Black finished first in the 200 free relay, as team members Duncan, Sprengel, senior Donovan Crowley and Wright recorded a time of 1:24.02. The relay team of Goh, junior Will Seelbach, Sayce and Diaz finished with a time of 1:34.43 for second place.
Then, in the final event of the evening, Purdue took control as the 400 medley relay team of freshman David Hughes, sophomore Tamas Bessenyei, Sayce and Duncan finished first in 3:21.09 and the team of Seelbach, junior Gui Rego, Crowley and Wright finished third with a time of 3:27.70.
The Boilermakers will return to the water on Saturday, when they compete in Day Two the Northwestern Invitational.
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