MIAC Swimming: Friday team scores, recap

February 22, 2003
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2003 MIAC Swimming & Diving Championships
at U of M Aquatic Center
Day 2 of 3/Team Scores
(13 of 20 events completed)

Women's Team Leaders
St. Olaf 498.5
Carleton 490.5
Gustavus 486
Macalester 200
St. Thomas 184
St. Benedict 156
Hamline 146
Concordia-Moorhead 132
St. Catherine 88
St. Mary's 72

Men's Team Leaders
Gustavus 583.5
St. John's 474
St. Olaf 454
Carleton 277.5
St. Thomas 194
Macalester 187
St. Mary's 181
Hamline 108

Friday Women's Recap

Carleton junior All-American Marie Marsman continued her dominance and the Knights find themselves in a classic last-day battle with St. Olaf and defending champion Gustavus for the team title after Friday's second-day action at the 2003 MIAC Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships.

The Oles (498.5) hold an eight-point lead over Carleton (490.5) and 12.5-point advantage over Gustavus (486) with 13 of 20 women's events completed. Macalester (200) and St. Thomas (184) lead the battle for fourth place.

Marsman, a three-time NCAA champ and five-event winner in the 2002 MIAC meet, contributed to two all-time conference and meet records among three victories Friday night. She now has five firsts and four records in individual and relay events thus far in the competition.

Marsman broke an 18-year-old meet and all-time record in the 100 butterfly with a winning time of 58.19, which also eclipsed the NCAA automatic qualifying standard. Marsman also led off the Knights' record-setting 800 free relay, joining Emily Mondloh, Elisa Knoche and Jenny Grover in 7:42.51, a time which also bettered the NCAA automatic time. Marsman also anchored the winning 200 medley relay with Grover, Molly Miller and Mondloh in 1:49.12. That group also won Thursday's 400 medley relay.

Grover, a freshman, also won the 100 backstroke in 59.12, which tied the conference meet and all-time record. Knoche gave the Knights their fifth win of the night as she captured the 200 freestyle in 1:57.37.

St. Olaf won two Friday events -- Anna Guenther won the 100 breaststroke in an NCAA auotmatic qualifying time of 66.24, and Katie Detwiler won the 400 IM in 4:41.50. Detwiler also won the 200 IM Thursday.

Friday Men's recap
Gustavus sophomore Will Sutor had a hand in three Friday victories, giving him four firsts in two days, as the Gusties moved closer to a repeat team championship. Teammate Charlie Kimball finished a sweep of the diving events with a victory in Friday's three-meter (472.25).

Gustavus (583.5) has used depth and seven firsts to open up a big lead over first-day leader St. John's (474) and St. Olaf (454). Carleton appears locked into fourth (277.5) with St. Thomas (194) and Macalester (187) in a close race for fifth.

Sutor, who won Thursday's 200 IM, won Friday's 100 butterfly in an NCAA automatic time of 50.17. Sutor also led off the Gusties' winning 800 free relay, joining Jesse Pearson, Scott Stephens and Chris Kramer in 6:58.61. Sutor, Mike and Marc Maynard and Nick Brase won the 200 medley relay in 1:34.56.

Swimmers from four other schools had the other Friday victories. St. Thomas sophomore Dave Linn was a repeat champion in the 100 backstroke (52.66); Carleton's Jason Brown won the 200 freestyle (1:43.19); St. Olaf's Marc Glineberg won the 400 IM (4:08.09); and St. John's Luke Prokup edged teammate Luke Vestrum to win the 100 breaststroke (58.25).

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Thursday Women's recap
Carleton junior All-American Marie Marsman had a hand in two record-setting victories for the Knights to highlight Thursday night's finals at the MIAC Swimming & Diving Championships.

With six of 20 events completed and two more days of competition, defending champion Gustavus has a slight lead in the women's race with 236 points. St. Olaf (216) and Carleton (212) are also in the title race with Macalester (91) leading the race for fourth.

Marsman was a repeat champ in the 50 freestyle in a meet and conference all-time best of 23.24, breaking her old record of 23.66. That also bettered the automatic qualifying time for the March Division III national meet. Marsman later anchored Carleton's winning 400 medley relay to a time of 3:58.27, which broke a five-year old MIAC meet and all-time record of 3:59 held by St. Ben's. Jenny Grover, Molly Miller and Emily Monloh joined Marsman on the winning relay.

Carleton also got big points in the 500 free as Elise Knoche (5:06.27) and Grover (5:08.0) finished 1-2, and in the 200 IM with a 2-3 finish by Mondloh and Heidi Branz.

Gustavus won the 200 free relay in a time of 1:36.30, which eclipsed the NCAA automatic qualifying standard. Beth DeLaRosby, Jessica Coleman, Melissa Brasel and Katie Garvey comprised the winning relay. DeLaRosby, Brasel and Garvey also swam on the Gusties' winning 200 free relay in 2002.

DeLaRosby and Garvey placed 2-3 in the 50 free. DeLaRosby's time of 23.85 also hit the NCAA automatic qualifying standard.

Thursday's other winners were St. Olaf's Katie Detwiler in the 200 IM (2:12.82) and Concordia's Emily Hall in three-meter diving (417.45).


Men's Day One Recap

St. John's senior Jim Arnold won the 50 free and anchored two winning relays and helped the Johnnies post a slight lead over Gustavus through the first of three days of competition.

The Johnnies, seeking their first ever MIAC swimming championship, have 241 points to Gustavus' 239.5. St. Olaf (176) and Carleton (107.5) appear to be battling for third, with Macalester (91) taking a slight lead on St. Thomas and St. Mary's in the battle for fifth.

Arnold won the 50 free in 21.10. He joined Luke Vestrom, David Williams and Kerry O'Neill on the winning 200 free relay (1:24.45), and joined Vestrum, Luke Prokup and Williams on the winning 400 medley relay (3:28.85). Vestrum and Arnold were also members of SJU's winning 200 free relay in 2002.

Gustavus won three events to keep pace -- senior Charlie Kimball in one-meter diving (488.95), Chris Kramer, a repeat champ in the 500 free (4:42.64) and Will Sutor in the 200 IM (1:54.14). Sutor moved up from a fourth-place finish in 2002.