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Men's Swimming and Diving Beats Cornell and Penn
November 18, 2000 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 18, 2000
ITHICA, N.Y. - The Princeton men's swimming and diving team won 11 out of 13 events to win their first meet of the season. The competition wasn't even close at the double-dual meet hosted by Cornell as the Tigers beat the Big Red 187.00-56.00 and Penn 191.00-52.00.
The relay team of Patrick Donahue, Matt Harrigan, Jesse Gage and Mike Salerno won the 400 medley with a time of three minutes 27.64 seconds. The relay team of Gage, Cunningham, Nathan Rebuck and Salerno won the 400 freestyle relay (3:07.32).
Kevin Volz won the 1,000 free (9:25.09) and the 500 free (4:34.74), Cunningham won the 200 free (1:42.40) and Gage won the 50 free (20.76).
Sophomore Carl Hessler won the 200 butterfly and set a new Cornell pool record with his time of 1:49.67. Harrigan won the 200 IM (1:53.93) and the 200 breaststroke (2:07.84), Salerno won the 100 free (47.16) and Steve Flemming won the 200 back (1:52.19).
Michael Sullivan placed second in the one-meter diving for the Tigers (261.25) and Eric Carty-Fickes was second in the three-meter (258.65). Princeton will host Brown, Penn State, Villanova and Tennessee at the Princeton Invitational Dec. 1-3 at DeNunzio pool.
Dual Meet Scores
Penn 145.00 Cornell 96.00
Princeton 187.00 Cornell 56.00
Princeton 191.00 Penn 52.00
Results (Princeton)
400 Medley Relay 1. Princeton 3:27.64 Patrick Donahue, Matt Harrigan, Jesse Gage, Mike Salerno 3. Princeton 3:28.67 Andrew Chadeayne, Hallet Johnson, Craig Wales, Chris Johnson
1,000 Free 1. Kevin Volz 9:25.09 2. Juan Valdivieso 9:32.61 4. Paul Cremer 9:33.89 5. Steve Flemming 9:57.74 -x
200 Free 1. Chris Cunningham 1:42.40 2. Jim Nash 1:42.82 4. Matt Keay 1:44.72 6. Nathan Rebuck 1:45.30 -x
50 Free 1. Jesse Gage 20.76 4. Dennis Change 21.58 5. Jamie Leahy 21.64 9. Jeff Yellin 21.97 -x
200 IM 1. Matt Harrigan 1:53.93 3. Lance Neeham 1:56.88 4. Hallett Johnson 1:57.29 9. Oliver Stroeh 2:00.28 -x
1-Meter Diving 1. Jon Cebulshi (Cornell) 276.25 2. Michale Sullivan 261.60 3. Eric Cary-Fickes 260.05 6. Michael Shyong 224.90
200 Fly 1. Carl Hessler 1:49.67 2. Juan Valdivieso 1:51.47 3. Craig Wales 1:53.09 4. Jeff Peterson 1:53.92 -x
100 Free 1. Mike Salerno 47.16 3. Nathan Rebuck 47.53 5. Chris Johnson 48.26 10. Jeff Yellin 49.09 -x
200 Back 1. Steve Flemming 1:52.19 2. Andrew Chadeayne 1:53.02 3. Chris Cunningham 1:53.40 6. Patrick Donahue 1:55.49 -x
500 Free 1. Kevin Volz 4:34.74 2. Carl Hessler 4:37.34 3. Paul Cremer 4:39.75 6. Jim Nash 4:43.04 -x
3-Meter Diving 1. Jon Cebulski (Cornell) 261.80 2. Eric Carty-Fickes 258.65 3. Michael Shyong 252.35 4. Michael Sullivan 249.65
200 Breaststroke 1. Matt Harrigan 2:07.84 3. Lance Needham 2:10.62 5. Oliver Stroeh 2:12.98 6. Matt Keay 2:14.08
400 Free 1. Princeton 3:07.32 Jesse Gage, Chris Cunnigham, Nathan Rebuck, Mike Salerno 3. Princeton 3:11.14 Jamie Leahy, Chris Johnson, Dennis Chang, Jeff Yellin x-Exhibition