UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HAWKEYE MEN S SWIMMING & DIVING

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1 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HAWKEYE MEN S SWIMMING & DIVING 2011 NCAA Championships March 24-26, 2011 University of Minnesota Aquatic Center Dorothy L. Sheppard Pool Minneapolis

2 THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HAWKEYE SWIMMING & DIVING SWIMMING & DIVING CONTACT: ASHLEY CARLSON SCHEDULE & RESULTS Men s Record: 7-1 (3-1 Big Ten) DATE MEET RESULT 10/2 Intrasquad Meet Black: 100 Gold: 90 10/8 Truman State W, /15 Wisconsin W, /22 at Michigan State W, /5 at Minnesota L, /3-5 Hawkeye Invitational 1st/7 teams 1/8 at Tampa Relays 1st/3 teams; 224 points 1/22 Northwestern W, /28-29 Shamrock Invite Notre Dame W, Denver W, /4 W. Illinois W, /23-26 Big Ten Championships 7/10 teams; points Minneapolis, Minn. -- Prelim/Final 3/5-6 Last Chance NCAA Qualifer TBA -- TBA 3/11-13 NCAA Diving Qualifier TBA -- TBA 3/24-26 NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn. --Prelim/Final 4/16 Alumni Meet Home meets in BOLD. Iowa City, Iowa a.m. March 22, 2011 THIS WEEK The Iowa men s swimming and diving team competes in the NCAA Championships Thursday-Saturday in Minneapolis, Minn. All events will be held at the University Aquatic Center on the University of Minnesota campus. Event prelims are scheduled to start at noon each day, while event finals are set to begin at 7:00 p.m. (CT) each evening. All-session tickets are $65 and single-session tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are available through the Golden Gopher Ticket Office at UGOPHER NCAA PREVIEW Iowa s 200-freestyle relay consisting of Paul Gordon, Jordan Huff, Duncan Partridge and Ryan Phelan earned an invite to the NCAA Championships in the 200-freestyle relay. The quartet, which finished third at the 2011 Big Ten Championships with a school record time of 1:18.28, is the first Hawkeye relay to qualify for the Championship since the 1995 season. Gordon also qualified individually in the 200-free with a time of 1: He is the fourth Iowa swimmer in the last decade to qualify for the NCAA Championships. With the team qualifying for a relay, any members of the relay that have earned provisional NCAA B cuts in individual events can compete in those events. Along with the 200-free, Gordon will compete in the 100-free. Partridge will compete in the 50 and 100- free, Phelan will swim in the 50-free, and Huff will compete in the 200-free BIG TEN REVIEW The Hawkeyes placed seventh with points at the 2011 Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis. During the four days of competition, the Hawkeyes broke eight school records. The 800 free relay consisting of Paul Gordon, Jordan Huff, Duncan Partridge and Max Dittmer set the record with a time of 6: Gordon set the school record in the 100 free with a time of Tyler Lentz set the school record in the 200 IM (1:1:47.51), while Byron Butler set a new mark in the 200 back (1:44.87). The quartet of Dustin Rhoads, Sean Hagan, Gordon, and Ryan Phelan recorded a new pool record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:28.45, while the 400 medley relay team of Rhoads, Hagen, Gordon and Partridge posted a time of 3:14.12 to break the school record. Lastly, the 200 free relay of Phelan, Partridge, Gordon and Huff posted a school record time of 1:18.28, while the 400 free relay of Partridge, Phelan, Huff and Gordon set the record with a time of 2: University of Iowa Sports Information Office Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA Phone: 319/ Fax: 319/

3 THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HAWKEYE SWIMMING & DIVING SWIMMING & DIVING CONTACT: ASHLEY CARLSON MEN S SEASON BESTS Event... Team Leader... Mark 50 Free...Ryan Phelan (B) 100 Free...Paul Gordon (B) 200 Free...Paul Gordon...1:34.85(B) 500 Free...Manuel Belzer... 4:23.71 (B) 1,000 Free...Patrick Weigand... 9: ,650 Free...Manuel Belzer... 15:17.76 (B) 100 Back...Dustin Rhoads (B) 200 Back...Byron Butler... 1:44.87 (B) 100 Breast...Sean Hagan (B) 200 Breast...Sean Hagan... 1: Fly...Byron Butler (B) 200 Fly...Tyler Lentz... 1: IM...Tyler Lentz... 1:47.51 (B) 400 IM...Donny Warren... 3:53.54 (B) One-Meter Diving...Osvel Molina Three-Meter Diving...Osvel Molina Platform Diving...Osvel Molina (B) - NCAA B Cut PAGE 2 HAWKEYES FINISH IN TOP 25 The University of Iowa s men s swimming and diving team finished the dual meet season ranked 24th in the final TYR/CSCAA Men s Division I poll. The Hawkeyes entered the polls ranked 22nd on Dec. 16 after a fast start to the season. The Hawkeyes ended the season with a dual meet record of 7-1 overall, 3-1 in the Big Ten. Iowa is one of seven Big Ten teams to finish the season ranked in the top 25. The others include Michigan (7), Ohio State (10), Indiana (12), Minnesota (15), Purdue (19) and Penn State (22). Iowa was last ranked 22nd in the country in the season. DUAL MEET DOMINATION Since , the men s swimming and diving team has complied 27-4 dual meet record. That mark includes a 10-1 record in , which is the program s best record since finishing 13-1 and placing second at the Big Ten Championships in IOWA IN BIG TEN HISTORY Iowa has won three Big Ten team titles in school history (1936, 1981, 1982), and crowned 104 individual conference champions (76 in individual events, 20 in relays and eight in diving). Three Hawkeyes have earned Swimmer of the Championships honors - Artur Wojdat (1991, 1992), Rafal Szukala (1994) and Ales Abersek (2000). Wojdat was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Year three times (1990, 1991, 1992), while former Hawkeye John Davey earned the honor twice (1987, 1988). Diving coach Bob Rydze has been named conference diving coach of the year three times (1985, 1986 and 1995). Two Hawkeye divers top the list of all-time Big Ten top performers. Timo Klami scored a on one-meter (11 dives) in 2003, while Randy Abelman posted a on three-meter (6 dives) in Iowa won its last Big Ten individual swimming titles in 2000 when Ales Abersek took the 100 (47.68) and 200 fly (1:44.93) crowns and Jay Glenn won the 200 free (1:36.84). Iowa s last Big Ten diving champion was Timo Klami on three-meter (596.40) in Iowa s last Big Ten relay champion was the 200 free relay of Krzystzof Cwalina, Tim Schnulle, Jim Mulligan and Rafal Szukala (1:19.69) in HEAD COACH MARC LONG Marc Long is in his seventh season as head coach for the University of Iowa swimming program. It s his sixth year as head coach of the combined programs. During his tenure as head coach of both programs, 26 school records have fallen and 70 Hawkeyes have provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships. Under Long, University of Iowa Sports Information Office Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA Phone: 319/ Fax: 319/

4 THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HAWKEYE SWIMMING & DIVING SWIMMING & DIVING CONTACT: ASHLEY CARLSON PAGE 3 the men s team has a record, while the women s squad has a mark. As a Hawkeye swimmer ( ), Long was a multiple NCAA finalist, six-time All-American and three-time Big Ten champion, winning two conference titles in the 100 fly and one as part of the 400 free relay. He was voted a team captain in 1989 and helped lead the Hawkeyes to a Big Ten runner-up finish, and their highest team placing (eighth) in modern day history at the NCAA Championships. Long swam on Iowa s Big Ten and NCAA record setting 200 free relay that year. COACHING STAFF Frannie Malone (Iowa, 2000) was named to the position of associate head coach Oct. 11. Malone had served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator since joining the Hawkeye coaching staff in Long is assisted by Kirk Hampleman (Auburn, 2002), and Nathan Mundt (Iowa, 2000). DIVING COACH BOB RYDZE Bob Rydze is in his 36th year as diving coach of the Hawkeye men and women s teams. During his tenure with the Hawkeyes, Rydze has coached 31 All-Americans, nine Big Ten and one NCAA Champion. Rydze served as Team Leader for USA Diving at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. IOWA SWIMMING HISTORY & TRADITION Since 1917, the University of Iowa swimming and diving program has been rich in tradition. Iowa was one of the first schools in the nation to compete on a collegiate level, and competed at the first NCAA Championship. From 1937 to 1960, Iowa placed in the NCAA top times, crowning nine NCAA and 22 Big Ten champions. In its 93-year history, the Iowa men s team has produced 17 Olympians, 26 NCAA champions and 382 All-Americans. CAMPUS RECREATION AND WELLNESS CENTER The Hawkeyes opened the season in their new Campus Recreation and Wellness Center pool, which opened in August Ground was broken for the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in October, The facility is located at the corner of Burlington and Madison streets and estimated to have cost $69 million. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Thursday, March 24, 2011 Prelims- Noon (CT) 200-yard Freestyle Relay 500-yard Freestyle 200-yard Individual Medley 50-yard Freestyle 400-yard Medley Relay 1M Diving- 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 25, 2011 Finals - 7:00 p.m (CT) 200-yard Free Relay 500-yard Freestyle 200-yard Individual Medley 50-yard Freestyle 1M Diving 400-yard Medley Relay Friday, March 25, 2011 Prelims- Noon (CT) 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Individual Medley 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Freestyle 100-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Backstroke 800-yard Freestyle Relay 3M Diving- 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2011 Finals - 7:00 p.m (CT) 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Individual Medley 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Freestyle 100-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Backstroke 3M Diving 800-yard Freestyle Relay Saturday, March 26, 2011 Prelims- Noon (CT) 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Butterfly 400-yard Freestyle Relay Platform Diving- 1:30 p.m. 1,650-yard Freestyle- 4:45 p.m. approx. Saturday, March 26, 2011 Finals - 7:00 p.m (CT) 1,650-yard Freestyle 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Butterfly Platform Diving 400-yard Freestyle Relay University of Iowa Sports Information Office Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA Phone: 319/ Fax: 319/

5 Iowa Swimming and Diving Men s All-Time Top Performers Randy Abelman Ales Abersek Dragos Agache B.J. Blair Jory Blauer Stewart Carroll Max Dittmer Paul Gordon 50 Freestyle 1. Dave Kohmetscher, Tom Williams, Krzysztof Cwalina, Ryan Phelan, Matt Wood, Duncan Partridge, Steve Grams, Mike River, Dan Dumford, Bryan Farris, Dan Ross, Freestyle 1. Paul Gordon, Duncan Partridge, Krzysztof Cwalina, Steve Grams, Steve Grams, Matt Wood, Matt Smith, Jim Mulligan, Duncan Partridge, Bryan Farris, Freestyle 1. Artur Wojdat, : Paul Gordon, : Conor Dwyer, : Jordan Huff, : Graeme Brewer, :36.39 Jay Glenn, : Gavin Lilley, : Matt Smith, : Jim Mulligan, : Eric Bacon, : Dan Stoppenhagen, : Freestyle 1. Artur Wojdat, : Erik Bacon, : Graeme Brewer, : Tom Gawronski, : Nick Divan, : John Davey, : Conor Dwyer, : Gavin Lilley, : Paul Gordon, : Manuel Belzer, : ,650 Freestyle 1. Artur Wojdat, : Tom Gawronski, : Gavin Lilley, : Nick Divan, : Ron McKeon, : Maunel Belzer, : James Lorys, : Alan Hayes, : Scott Wisner, : Ryan Evans, : Backstroke 1. Matt Smith, Max Dittmer, Dustin Rhoads, Kevin Velleca, Nick Hinz, Jory Blauer, Wil Whaley, Mike Johnson, Byron Butler, Andrei Ciurca, Backstroke 1. Byron Butler, : Max Dittmer, : Wil Whaley, : Matt Smith, : Nick Hinz, : Jory Blauer, : Donny Warren, : Andrei Ciurca, : Bogdan Deac, : Tom Roemer, : Breaststroke 1. Dragos Agache, Marco Minonne, Andrei Prada, Sean Hagan, Cal Shelangoski, Rob Leyshon, Matt Ryan, Chris Brunson, Doug Mencl, Todd Slaybaugh, Breaststroke 1. Dragos Agache, : Rob Leyshon, : Marco Minonne, : Sean Hagan, : Andrew Marciniak, : Chris Brunson, : Cal Shelangoski, : Andrei Prada, : Paul Divan, : Elliot Ptasnik, : Butterfly 1. Rafal Szukala, Ales Abersek, Marc Long, Byron Butler, Paul Gordon, Tomasz Dzeidzic, Jason Snider, Joe Hayes, Mike Johnson, Nick Hinz, Butterfly 1. Rafal Szukala, : Ales Abersek, : John Davey, : Mike Johnson, : Mariusz Muras, : Jason Snider, : Charlie Roberts, : Roland Zschiegner, : Tyler Holcomb, : Nate Keeling, : Individual Medley 1. Tyler Lentz, : Sean Hagan, : John Davey, : Max Dittmer, : Jory Blauer, : Marco Minonne, : Erik Marchitell, : Tom Roemer, : Roland Zschiegner, : Mike Curley, : Individual Medley 1. John Davey, : Marko Milenkovic, : Tyler Lentz, : Kyle Noser, : Donny Warren, : Erik Marchitell, : Trevor Haley, : Avi Mednick, : Bogdan Deac, : Mark Stori, :57.42 One Meter Diving (6) 1. Timo Klami, Randy Ableman, Tete Gil, Michael Gilligan, F. Van Dijkhuizen, Osvel Molina, B.J. Blair, Ira Stein, Simon Chrisander, Glen Galemmo, One-Meter Diving (11) 1. Timo Klami, Simon Chrisander, Tete Gil, B.J. Blair, Vico Hidalgo, Randy Ableman, Jeff Stein, Brad Virkler, Mark Brown, Tomasz Rossa, Three Meter Diving (6) 1. Randy Ableman, Timo Klami, F. Van Dijkhuizen, Vico Hidalgo, Ira Stein, Michael Gilligan, Tete Gil, B.J. Blair, Roberto Gutierrez, Tomasz Rossa, Names in bold are current team members.

6 Iowa Swimming and Diving Men s All-Time Top Performers Tomasz Gawronski Michael Gilligan Jay Glenn Nick Hinz Three-Meter Diving (11) 1. Timo Klami, Simon Chrisander, Randy Ableman, Tete Gil, B.J. Blair, Vico Hidalgo, Brad Virkler, Tomasz Rossa, Roberto Gutierrez, Glen Galemmo, Platform Diving 1. Michael Gilligan, Arsen Sarkisian, Platform Diving (11) 1. B.J. Blair, Robert Gutierrez, Simon Chrisander, Timo Klami, Free Relay 1. Phelan, Partridge, Gordon, Huff, : Cwalina, Szukala, Smith, Kirch, : Cwalina, Schnulle, Mulligan, Szukala, : Grams, Kohmetscher, Long, Kellner, : Phelan, Partridge, Hagan, Huff, : Partridge, Phelan, Dwyer, Hagan, : Cwalina, Schnulle, Mulligan, Szukala, : : Phelan, Partridge, Huff, Hagan, : Phelan, Partridge, Meeks, Hagan, :20.93 Eric Kirch Timo Klami Dave Kohmetscher Marco Minnone 400 Free Relay 1. Partridge, Phelan, Huff, Gordon, : Cwalina, Mulligan, Stoppenhagen, Szukala, : Cwalina, Mulligan, n/a, Szukala, : Dwyer, Partridge, Phelan, Gordon, : Szukala, Mulligan, Marchitell, Cwalina, : Gordon, Partridge, Phelan, Huff, : Smith, Kirch, Stoppenhagen, Cwalina, : Lower, Linxwiler, Dumford, Grams, : Grams, Kohmetscher, Wojdat, Kellner, : : Free Relay 1. Gordon, Huff, Partridge, Dittmer, : Huff, Gordon, Partridge, Farris, : Stoppenhagen, Gawronski, Wojdat, Carroll, : Gawronski, Carroll, Wojdat, Johnson, : Davey, Lilley, Wilson, Bacon, : Bacon, Stewart, Gawronski, Wojdat, : Smith, Stoppenhagen, Szukala, Mulligan, : Szukala, Smith, Stoppenhagen, Johnson, : Bacon, Grams, Gawronski, Wojdat, : Dwyer, Farris, N. Divan, Evans, : Medley Relay 1. Rhoads, Hagan, Gordon, Phelan, : Dittmer, Phelan, Gordon, Hagan, : Hinz, Prada, Abersek, Glenn, : Szukala, Minnone, Hayes, Cwalina, :29.78 Rhoads, Hagan, Gordon, Phelan, : Ciurca, Prada, Snider, Kazmierczak, : Johnson, Geath, Szukala, Cwalina, : Gazvoda, George, Beaumier, Brunson, : Ciurca, Prada, Snider, Buys, : Hinz, Mednick, Abersek, Glenn, : Blauer, Minonne, Hayes, River, : Medley Relay 1. Rhoads, Hagan, Gordon, Partridge, : Dittmer, Ryan, Gordon, Partridge, : Blauer, Minnone, Szukala, Cwalina, : Johnson, Gaeth, Szukala, Smith, : Hinz, Prada, Abersek, Glenn, : Williams, Leyshon, Long, Kohmetscher, : Ciurca, Prada, Dziedzic, Ranstead, : Dittmer, Hagan, Gordon, Partridge, : Blauer, Minnone, Hayes, Schnulle, : Dittmer, Hagan, J. Dragon, Partridge, :18.27 Names in bold are current team members.

7 Iowa Swimming and Diving Meet The Hawkeyes Paul Gordon Free Junior Sioux Falls, S.D. Washington High School Iowa Items -- his best times in the 100 free (43.52), 200 free (1:34.85) rank first and second, respectively, in school history and 500 free (4:22.55) ranks ninth... swam on all five relays, which set school records at the 2011 Big Ten Champioships leads the team in the 100 free (43.52) and 200 free (1:36.68) fly time (48.19) ranks fifth on the all-time top performers list... swam a collegiate best time in the 50 free (20.49)... recorded nine first-place finishes. Gordon s Collegiate Best Times Event Time Meet Date 50 Free Hawkeye Invite 12/3/ Free at Big Ten Championships 2/22/ Free 1:34.85 at Big Ten Championships 2/23/ Free 4:22.55 at Big Ten Championships 2/24/ Fly Hawkeye Invite 12/3/ Fly 1:54.57 at Truman State 10/9/ Back Truman State 10/8/ IM 1:50.39 at Missouri Invite 12/5/08 Jordan Huff Back/Free Sophomore Dubuque, Iowa Senior High School Iowa Items -- his best time in the 200 free (1:36.15) ranks fourth in school history... member of the 200 free (1:18.28), 400 free (2:53.50) and 800 free (6:27.36) relays that set school records at the 2011 Big Ten Championships swam a best time in the 100 back (52.79) against Truman State... recorded 11 top-two finishes. Huffs s Collegiate Best Times Event Time Meet Date 50 Free at Big Ten Championships 2/23/ Free at Big Ten Championships 2/24/ Free 1:36.15 at Big Ten Championships 2/23/ Free 4:36.21 at Shamrock Invite 1/29/ Back Truman State 10/8/ Back 1:52.60 Hawkeye Invite 11/20/ IM 1:59.31 at Truman State 10/9/09

8 Iowa Swimming and Diving Meet The Hawkeyes Duncan Partridge Free Junior Lake Forest, Ill. Stevenson High School Iowa Items -- his best times in 50 free (19.99) and 100 free (43.64) rank fifth and second, respectively, on Iowa s all-time best performers list... swam on 200 free (1:18.28), 400 free (2:53.50), 800 free (6:27.36) and 400 medley (3:14.12) relays that set school records at the 2011 Big Ten Championships swam a collegiate best time in the 100 breast (57.57) against Wisconsin... recorded 10 first-place finishes. Partridge s Collegiate Best Times Event Time Meet Date 50 Free at Big Ten Championships 2/23/ Free at Big Ten Championships 2/23/ Free 1:39.73 at Missouri Invite 12/5/ Back Truman State 10/9/ Breast Wisconsin 10/15/10 Ryan Phelan Free/Breast Junior Cedar Rapids, Iowa Washington High School Iowa Items -- his best time in 50 free (19.75) ranks fourth on Iowa s all-time best performers list... swam on 200 free (1:18.28) and 400 free (2:53.50) relays that set school records at the 2011 Big Ten Championships leads the team in the 50 free (19.75)... recorded nine top-three finishes. Phelan s Collegiate Best Times Event Time Meet Date 50 Free at Big Ten Championships 2/23/ Free at Big Ten Championships 2/23/ Breast at Big Ten Championships 2/27/09