Sophomore Daniel Rave set the school record in the 200-yard breaststroke by going 1:59.86 during the finals on Saturday evening.

Fighting Irish Finish Third At Ohio State Invitational

Dec. 3, 2006

Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 16 Notre Dame men’s swimming and diving team concluded the Ohio State Invitational in third place with 601 points on Sunday afternoon in the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Seventh-ranked Minnesota captured the meet title with 1,193 points. The highlight on the third and final day for the Fighting Irish was freshman MacKenzie LeBlanc’s (Plano, Texas/Plano East) victory in the 200-yard butterfly in a pool-record time of 1:48.36.

Seven events were completed during the third day of the meet. Rounding out the top five teams in the final standings is No. 13 Ohio State in second with 749.5 points, South Carolina in fourth (499.5 points) and Utah in fifth (243 points).

Another highlight for Notre Dame on Sunday was the 200-yard breaststroke as the Irish placed three athletes in the final. Sophomore Daniel Rave (Hannover, Germany) took fourth in 2:02.97, while his classmate Sam Pendergast (Melbourne, Australia) was seventh (2:04.59) and freshman Tyler Angelo (Walnut Creek, Calif./Las Lomas) was eighth (2:05.00).

Freshman Andrew Deters (Claremont, Calif./Claremont) placed sixth in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:46.45 for the Irish and his junior teammate Jay Vanden Berg (Holland, Mich./Southfield Christian School) took eighth in 15:52.56 and fellow junior Rob Seery (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) was ninth in 15:52.61.

Notre Dame’s 400-yard freestyle relay quartet of John Lytle (Clearfield, Pa./Clearfield Area), Jeff Wood (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport/Indiana), Danny Lutkus (Granger, Ind./Penn) and Ted Brown (Kokomo, Ind./Western) placed fifth in a time of 3:02.75.

Full results of the meet can be found at ohiostatebuckeyes.com and und.com.

SUNDAY RECAP(all distances in yards):

1,650 Free: Notre Dame placed three competitors in the top 10 of the event. Andrew Deters was the top finisher for the Fighting Irish as he took sixth in a time of 15:46.45 to earn 13 team points. Jay Vanden Berg was eighth in 15:52.56 and Rob Seery was right behind him in ninth with a mark of 15:52.61. Chris Zeches rounded out the scorers for the Irish as he placed 12th in 16:03.18. Ohio State’s George Markovic took first in 15:22.74, which was an NCAA consideration time.

200 Back: Notre Dame did not have any competitors in the final. The Irish took three spots in the consolation final for a total of 11 points. Jeff Wood placed 12th in 1:50.68, Alan Carter was 13th in 1:50.75 and Brian Freeman finished 15th overall in the event with a time of 1:53.14. Minnesota’s David Plummer won the event with an NCAA `B’ cut of 1:44.45.

100 Free: Notre Dame’s only scorer in the event was John Lytle, who finished 11th in 45.61 to earn six points. Igor Cerensek placed first in a time of 44.46 (NCAA `B’ cut).

200 Breast:The Fighting Irish took three spots in the final. Daniel Rave placed fourth in 2:02.97 for 15 points. Sam Pendergast took seventh in 2:04.59 and Tyler Angelo was eighth in 2:05.00. Daniel Molnik from Ohio State won in a pool-record and NCAA `B’ time of 1:59.17

200 Fly: Notre Dame freshman MacKenzie LeBlanc took first in a pool-record time of 1:48.36 to claim 20 points. The Irish had three more scorers in the event, all in the consolation final. Justin Barber took 11th in 1:53.70, Andrew Deters was 12th in 1:53.91 and Tim Kegelman placed 16th in 1:59.64. In the bonus final for the Irish, Ted Brown posted a time of 1:53.28 and David Cavadini notched a mark of 1:53.38.

Platform Diving: Notre Dame did not have any competitors in the event. Danny Cox from Purdue won with a total of 339.85 points.

400 Free Relay: The Fighting Irish quartet of John Lytle, Jeff Wood, Danny Lutkus and Ted Brown placed fifth with a mark of 3:02.75 to earn 28 team points. Notre Dame also took seventh as Alan Carter, Rob Seery, Louis Cavadini and Tim Kegelman teamed up to register a time of 3:04.85. The Golden Gophers placed first in a time of 2:56.27 (NCAA `B’ cut).