Syracuse Swimmers Break Five School Records During the Second Night of Finals at the 2001 BIG EAST Championships
2/17/2001 4:30:48 PM | Swimming / Diving
The Orangemen moved into sixth place (out of 13 BIG EAST teams) with their 262 points. The Pittsburgh men lead the competition with 446 points.
SU's women found themselves in ninth place after day two with 146 points. Notre Dame is at the head of the pack with 457.50 points.
Both of Syracuse's 200 medley relays set new school records in their respective races. The Orangewomen, made up of freshman Megan Daney (Newtown, PA), freshman Annie Tudryn (Springfield, MA), freshman Elyse McDonough (Delmar, NY) and senior Eleanor Thoet (Bath, ME), captured sixth place with a record time of 1:46.61. The old mark was 1:46.73 set in 1997.
The SU men's 200 medley relay consisted of senior Josko Vucetic (Split, Croatia), senior Ilia Mikhailov (Alta, Sweden), junior Djordje Filipovic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia) and freshman Spencer Raymond (Idstein, Germany). The foursome took second place in the finals with a time of 1:30.02, not only a new school record, but an NCAA "B" qualifying time.
Filipovic won his second gold medal of the meet in the 100 butterfly. He posted a time of 48.14, beating the old school standard of 48.51 set by Sebastian Goulet in 1993.
The other school records that fell Friday night were in the women's 100 breaststroke and the men's 100 backstroke. Freshman Kalei Mahi (Salinas, CA) took third place in the 100 breastroke in a time of 1:04.04, an NCAA "B" qualifying standard. Vucetic successfully defended his crown in the 100 backstroke with a new personal-best of 48.10, also an NCAA "B" qualifying time. His time last year in the same event was 49.07.
Other highlights included senior Dustin Riley (Carson City, NV) winning the 400 individual medley with a time of 3:57.37. It was his first-ever gold medal at the BIG EAST Championship.
Mikhailov was second in the 100 breaststroke with an NCAA "B" qualifying time of 55.80.
On Saturday, February 17, preliminaries will be held in the men's and women's 200 backstroke, the men's and women's 100 yard freestyle, the men's and women's 200 breaststroke and the men's and women's 200 butterfly. Action begins at 10:30 a.m. The finals will take place at 6:30 p.m. Also on Saturday night, individual and team awards will be presented.
SYRACUSE RESULTS FROM FRIDAY'S FINALS AND CONSOLATION FINALS
Friday, February 16, 2001
2001 BIG EAST SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP
Team Scores After Friday Night's Finals
Women: 1) Notre Dame 457.50, 2) Miami 334.50, 3) Rutgers 325.50, 4)
Virginia Tech 314, 5) Villanova 273, 6) Pittsburgh 268, 7) West Virginia
208, 8) Connecticut 155, 9) SYRACUSE 146, 10) Boston College 100.50, 11)
St. John's 71, 12) Seton Hall 42, 13) Georgetown 23.
Men: 1) Pittsburgh 446, 2) St. John's 296, 3) Rutgers 287, 4) Notre Dame 279.50, 5) Virginia Tech 279, 6) SYRACUSE 262, 7) West Virginia 217, 8) Connecticut 165, 9) Miami 145.50, 10) Seton Hall 133, 11) Villanova 106, 12) Boston College 51, 13) Georgetown 37.
Women's 200-yard medley relay: 6) SU A (Megan Daney, Annie Tudryn, Elyse McDonough, Eleanor Thoet) 1:46.61.
Men's 200-yard medley relay: 2) SU A (Josko Vucetic, Ilia Mikhailov, Djordje Filipovic, Spencer Raymond) 1:30.02 - NCAA "B" time.
Women's 1M Dive: 19) Julie Van Deusen 188.05, 21) Sara Mastropole 185.65.
Women's 400-yard individual medley: 8) Kelly Bryon 4:30.27, Consolation Final: 5) Mindy Morse 4:30.84, 8) Melissa Plummer 4:32.42.
Men's 400-yard individual medley: 1) Dustin Riley 3:57.37.
Men's 100-yard butterfly: 1) Djordje Filipovic 48.14 - NCAA "B" time.
Women's 100-yard breaststroke: 3) Kalei Mahi 1:04.04 - NCAA "B" time, 5) Annie Tudryn 1:04.15 - NCAA "B" time.
Men's 100-yard breaststroke: 2) Ilia Mikhailov 55.80 - NCAA "B" time, 8) Spencer Raymond 57.10.
Women's 100-yard backstroke consolation finals: 4) Megan Daney 58.58, 5) Kelly Bryon 58.76.
Men's 100-yard backstroke: 1) Josko Vucetic 48.10 - NCAA "B" time.
Men's 3M Dive: 15) Adam Earle 354.95.
Women's 800 freestyle relay: 11) SU A (Elyse McDonough, Kelly Bryon, Melissa Plummer, Megan Daney) 7:47.35.
Men's 800 freestyle relay: 3) SU A (Dustin Riley, Benjamin Henri, Dave Hanthorn, Djordje Filipovic) 6:44.69.
