Nov. 9, 2002
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's swimming and diving team defeated both Pittsburgh and Northwestern on Friday night at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. Purdue tallied 202 points to Northwestern's 96, while they beat the Panthers 194.5-105.5. With the double-victory night, the Old Gold and Black improves to 4-0 overall and 2-0 Big Ten.
Purdue began the meet strong, with a first and third finish in the 400 medley relay. Sophomore Louis Paul, junior Tamas Bessenyei and seniors Tad Sayce and Jeremy Wright finished first with a time of 3:21.08. Sophomore David Hughes, freshmen Giordan Pogioli and Blake Scholz and sophomore John Arnzer came in third with a time of 3:27.03.
Sophomore Rion Epping continued his improvement in the 1,000 freestyle, as he finished first with a time of 9:20.59 with his closest competitor more than seven seconds behind. Sophomore Steuart Martens, freshman Mark Wolfred and junior Garth Bringman also swam the 1,000, finishing fourth, fifth and seventh.
Purdue repeated as the winner with junior Kyle Jackson finishing first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:41.32, while Wright finished third in 1:42.02. Sophomore Eric Prugh and senior Ehud Dekter finished sixth and seventh for the Boilermakers.
In the 100 backstroke, Paul finished first again in 49.73, while Hughes was third with a time of 51.65. Senior Will Seelbach finished eighth in 53.00.
Purdue's Bessenyei took the first-place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 55.44, while Pogioli finished third in 57.60. Senior Gui Rego finished ninth.
In the 200 butterfly, Purdue's Scholz finished second in 1:50.63 followed by junior Nick Cenci in third. Dekter finished fifth and junior Tony Ten Haagen came in sixth.
Sophomore Ignatius Goh came in second with a time of 21.07 in the 50 freestyle, while Sayce was third in 21.42. Arzner finished seventh and sophomore Adam King was eighth.
Purdue's top finisher in the 100 freestyle was Wright in third with a time of 46.62. Goh followed in fourth in 46.85 and Prugh and Dekter finished seventh and eighth.
Paul repeated as the first-place finisher in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:48.91 and Jackson was third in 1:52.05. Hughes and Cenci came in eighth and 10th.
Bessenyei also repeated as the winner in the 200 breaststroke, with a time of 2:00.72. Pogioli was second in 2:01.72 and Ten Haagen was fourth.
Epping gathered another win for the Old Gold and Black with a win in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:33.59 and Martens came in fifth. Jackson was seventh for the Boilermakers and Wolfred was ninth.
Sayce was the top finisher for Purdue in the 200 butterfly with a time of 50.32 for third place. Scholz finished seventh and junior Ian Lehman finished 10th. Besseneyei also swam the 200 fly for 12th place.
In the 200 individual medley, Paul finished second, Pogioli was fourth, Ten Haagen came in fifth and Cenci was seventh. Wolfred, Martens and Bringman also swam the event as exhibition.
The Boilermakers wrapped up their victorious meet with a first-place win in the 400 free relay with the team of Goh, Sayce, Wright and Seelbach. They finished in 3:05.57.
On the diving boards, sophomore Clay Davis took first twice with 283.95 points on the 1-meter and 290.90 points on the 3-meter. Also for the Boilermakers, junior David Hansich finished eighth on the 1-meter with a score of 188.60 and sixth on the 3-meter with 226.80 points.
The Boilermakers will return to the water on Friday, Nov. 15, and Saturday, Nov. 16, when they host Georgia Tech and Cincinnati in a co-ed double-dual meet at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. Meet time is 6 p.m. EST, on Friday and noon EST on Saturday.
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