Nov. 2, 2002
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's swimming and diving defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center, 194.5-104.5. With the win, the Boilermakers improve to 2-0 (1-0 Big Ten), while the Hawkeyes fall to 0-3 (0-3 Big Ten).
The Old Gold and Black started the meet with a win in the 400 medley relay by the team of sophomore Louis Paul, junior Tamas Bessenyei and seniors Tad Sayce and Jeremy Wright with a time of 3:21.31.
In the 1,000 freestyle, sophomore Rion Epping finished first with fellow Boilermakers Steuart Martens, Mark Wolfred and Garth Bringman finishing 2-3-4. Epping set a team season-best time of 9:27.46.
The 200 freestyle was won by junior Kyle Jackson with a time of 1:42.13, as the Boilermakers also swept with second, third and fourth places. Eric Prugh, Wright and Ehud Dekter finished with times of 1:43.16, 1:43.72 and 1:44.28, respectively.
In the 100 back, sophomore Louis Paul tallied a season-best 50.01 with sophomore David Hughes in second in 51.78. Senior Will Seelbach finished fifth with a time of 52.93.
Bessenyei took the first-place finish with a time of 55.94 in the 100 breaststroke, as freshman Giordan Pogioli was third with a time of 58.12.
In the 200 butterfly, freshman Blake Scholz finished first with a time of 1:50.47, a season-best. Junior Nick Cenci was third and junior Tony Ten Haagen finished fifth.
Sophomore Ignatius Goh finished first with a time of 21.30 in the 50 freestyle, as Sayce, sophomore Adam King and sophomore John Arzner picked up third, fourth and fifth places.
In the only event the Boilermakers did not win, Goh finished second with a time of 47.11, Wright was third in 47.31, Prugh finished fifth in 47.75 and Seelbach was sixth in 47.95.
Paul repeated as the victorious Boilermaker in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.03, as Jackson was third with a finish time of 1:53.06. Hughes and Cenci came in fourth and fifth, respectively.
In the 200 breaststroke, Bessenyei was first with a time of 2:02.28 and Pogioli was second with a time of 2:03.48. Ten Haagen finished sixth and senior Gui Rego was seventh.
In the 100 butterfly, Sayce finished first with a season-best time of 49.87. Scholz and Goh finished 4-5 and freshman Mark Wolfred finished eighth.
In the 400 IM, the Boilermakers' Pogioli, Cenci, Ten Haagen and Epping all swam as exhibition swims. Pogioli was first in 4:05.48.
In the final event of the afternoon, Purdue finished first in the 400 free relay with Wright, Sayce, Paul and Seelbach in a time of 3:04.96.
On the diving boards, sophomore Clay Davis finished first on the 1-meter board with a season-best score of 300.45, while junior David Hanisch was fourth with a season-best score of 223.43. On the 3-meter board, Davis was second with a score of 320.77 and Hanisch finished fourth with a season-best score of 251.92.
The Old Gold and Black will return to the pool on Friday, Nov. 8, when they host Pittsburgh and Northwestern in a co-ed tri-dual meet at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. Meet time is 6 p.m.
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