Men's Swimming has several season-best times

February 2, 2003
In Friday night's men's swimming dual meet hosted by MIAC power St. Olaf, St. Thomas got a victory from sophomore star Dave Linn in the 200 backstroke (2:00.79). Linn's time was just one second off his season-best clocking.

Coach Tom Hodgson's Tommies also posted several season-best times, including:
--Brian Privette in the 200 IM (2:09.06) and the 200 breaststroke (2:22.34)
--John Kuykendall in the 50 free (22.43)
--Taylor Luke in the 1,000 free (11:26.37)
--Nick Schleder in the 200 backstroke (2:04.47)
--Eric Moeker in the 500 free (5:08.58)
--and the 400 free relay team of Linn, Kuykendall, Schleder and Jesse Winden (3:20.09).

The Toms have completed their dual-meet season and will compete Feb. 20-22 at the MIAC Championships hosted by the University of Minnesota.

St. Olaf 120, St. Thomas 89
--400 Medley Relay: 1. St. Olaf 3:39.97; 2. UST (Dave Linn, Brian Privette, Eric Moeker, John Kuykendall) 3:40.60.
--1000 Free: 1. Jon Saxton SO 10:24.33; 2. Taylor Luke UST 11:26.37; 3. Paul Stahler UST 12:10.63.
--200 Free: 1. Mark Glineburg SO 1:48.68; 2. Drew Vanderwert SO 1:50.31; 3. Jesse Winden UST 1:56.61; 4. Eric Hanson UST 2:00.32
--50 Free: 1. J.C. Chambers SO 22.36; 2. Kuykendall UST 22.43; 3. B.J. Brent SO 22.45; 4. Lee Thomsen SO 22.47; 5. Nick Erickson UST 23.84; 6. Nick Schleder UST 24.06.
--200 IM: 1. Adam Lukens SO 2:04.89; 2. Privette UST 2:09.06; 3. Grant Van Lishout SO 2:12.61; 4. Kirk Sandvig SO 2:12.71; 5. Ian Erlandson UST 2:23.61.
--1-Meter Diving: 1. Brad Wourms SO; 2. Tommy Kortuem SO.
--200 Fly: 1. Glineburg SO 2:02.04; 2. Moeker UST 2:07.53; 3. Anthony Blum SO 2:11.03; 4. Thomsen SO 2:14.53.
--100 Free: 1. Chambers SO 49.93; 2. Winden UST 51.82; 3. Kirk Sandvig SO 52.05; 4. Leeth Patterson SO 52.73; 5. Erickson UST 52.84; 6. Hanson UST 53.49
--200 Back: 1. Linn UST 2:00.79; 2. Schleder UST 2:04.47; 3. Erlandson UST 2:23.11; Exhibition: Lukens SO 2:05.27; EX: Saxton SO 2:07.29.
--500 Free: 1. Moeker UST 5:08.58; 2. Luke UST 5:35.92; 3. Stahler UST 5:52.47; EX: Vanderwert SO 5:05.27; EX: Nick Hudson SO 5:08.43.
--200 Breaststroke: 1. Privette UST 2:23.34; EX: Glineburg SO 2:17.92; EX: VanLishout SO 2:19.63; Palmer SO 2:31.08.
--400 Free Relay: 1. UST (Linn, Kuykendall, Schleder, Winden) 3:20.09; 2. UST (Hanson, Erickson, Stahler, Paul Bohle) 3;49.21; EX: SO 3;14.84; EX: SO 3:27.11.