Indiana University Athletics
Feb. 2 Hoosier Notables (02-02-05)
2/2/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
NCAA PROVISIONAL QUALIFIERS
Indiana has eight individual and two relay NCAA provisional qualifying marks so far this season. Freshman Todd Patrick and junior Kevin Swander both cleared their marks against Northwestern on Nov. 5. Patrick took second in 1:38.41 in the 200-yard freestyle, while Swander took second in the 100-yard breaststroke in 55.30.
At the IU Invitational, freshman Alex Brunfeldt took second place with a 15:28.65 in the 1,650-yard freestyle, while junior Sergiy Fesenko won the 1,650y free in 15:25.85 and placed second in the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:24.93.
Additionally, senior Murph Halasz finished second in the 200-yard butterfly with a 1:47.47, while Patrick added an event-winning 1:48.87 in the 200-yard IM. Sophomore Colin Russell joined his teammates with a B-cut of his own by clocking a second-place 1:37.68 in the 200-yard freestyle.
At the Orange Bowl Classic, Patrick, sophomore Drew Ossakow, junior Hank Baldwin and freshman John Kevin Koehler concluded the day in a big way with an NCAA provisional qualifier in the 200 SCM freestyle relay with a first-place time of 1:29.81.
Against Michigan, freshman Ben Hesen, Swander, Halasz and Russell eclipsed the 200-yard medley relay standard with a second-place 1:29.30, while both Fesenko (15:17.63) and Brunfeldt (15:18.82) improved their 1,650y free qualifiers. Fesenko also added the 500-yard freestyle to his B-cut coffer with a third-place 4:22.16.
NCAA ZONE QUALIFIERS
Seven Indiana divers (Senior Alex Burns, senior Marc Carlton, junior Ryan Fagan, sophomore Brian Mariano, senior Brian Metzler, junior Jesse Rappaport and freshman Taylor Roberts) have posted NCAA zone qualifying marks this season.
A PERFECT 10?
With a win against Purdue in its final dual-meet of the season, Indiana will accomplish something no other Hoosier squad has done in 20 years - a 10-win season. The last time IU picked up 10 head-to-head victories in 1985, the Hoosiers went 10-2 with a Big Ten title under James "Doc" Counsilman.
MILESTONE WINS
Since joining the Hoosiers, Head Coach Ray Looze has reached several milestones in dual-meet victories.
With Indiana's win over then-No. 19 Texas A&M on Oct. 29, Head Coach Ray Looze achieved his 50th career dual-meet victory. Looze's 40th career dual-meet triumph came against Kentucky on Feb. 2, 2003 with a 133-88 taming of the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, Looze reached his 20th victory as a Hoosier with a 156-131 triumph over Southern Illinois on Dec. 4, 2004, as well as notched his 10th win under the Cream and Crimson banner versus the same Salukis on Jan. 10, 2004 with a 175-67 conquest of SIU.
