Feb. 18, 2000
Long Island, N.Y. – The University of Notre Dame men’s swimming and diving team is in third place after day one of the 2000 BIG EAST Swimming and Diving Championships in Long Island, N.Y. The Irish have 134 points and trail Pittsburgh, who is in first with 256.50 points, and Rutgers (146).
Notre Dame did not have any event winners Thursday, but sophomore Jonathan Pierce placed second in the 500 freestyle in a school record time of 4:30.96. Pierce broke the old school record of 4:31.41 set by John Lubker last season. Lubker finished ninth in the race with a time of 4:34.40.
Senior diver Herb Huesman continued his comeback from injury placing fourth in the one-meter diving competition with a score of 477.90. Huesman missed the entire 1999 season after having a tumor removed from his rib cage. Freshman Andy Maggio was sixth with 454.70 points and Tony Xie was 14th with 336.80 points.
Irish senior Ray Fitzpatrick placed fifth in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.78. Fitzpatrick tied his school record of 20.73 in the morning preliminary session.
Fitzpatrick also anchored the 400 medley relay team that placed fourth in a time of 3:21.66. Other swimmers on the team included juniors Brian Skorney, Dan Szilier and Ryan Verlin.
The 2000 BIG EAST Championships continue Friday with preliminaries at 10 a.m. and finals beginning at 6:30 p.m.
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Pittsburgh 256.50, 2. Rutgers 146, 3. Notre Dame 134, 4. West Virginia 116.50, 5. Syracuse 101, 6. St. John’s 94, 7. Miami 91, 8. Villanova 89, 9. Connecticut 58, 10. Seton Hall 47, 11. Georgetown 36, 12. Boston College 31, 13. Providence 16.
RESULTS 200 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1. PITTSBURGH (Demos, Heath, Koller, Grube), 1:20.26*, 2. RUTGERS (Buren, Matulewicz, Kush, Wood), 1:22.11, 3. ST. JOHN’S (Rueger, Perunovic, Savvi, Janes), 1:23.02. 8. Notre Dame (Horak, Hedden, Anderson, Fetter) 1:25.62
ONE-METER DIVING 1. Imre Lengyel (Miami), 626.40, 2. Kyle Prandi (Miami), 580.30, 3. Tyce Routson (Miami) 579.85 Other Notre Dame Scores: 4. Herbie Huesman (Notre Dame), 579.85, Andy Maggio 454.70, 14. Tony Xie 336.80
500-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Tim Harris (Rutgers), 4:27.62, 2. Jonathan Pierce (Notre Dame), 4:30.96, 3. Mark Moskal (West Virginia), 4:33.34. Other Notre Dame Times: 9. John Lubker 4:34.40, 13. Sean Casey 4:39.03
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1. Djordge Filipovic (Syracuse), 1:49.61, Mike Pron (Pittsburgh), 1:50.81, Brendan Laracy (Rutgers), 1:50.94. Other Notre Dame Times: 10. Ryan Verlin 1:53.35
50-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Mike Grube (Pittsburgh), 20.35, 2. Dennis Matulewicz (Rutgers), 20.52, 3. Miah Heath (Pittsburgh), 20.57. Other Notre Dame Times: 5. Ray Fitzpatrick 20.73, 19. Matt Heddin 21.43, 28. Austin Andreson 21.70, 29. T.J. Durkin 21.71, 33. Rob Fetter 21.84, 34. Brian Skorney 21.90, Mike Koss 22.10
400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 1. Pittsburgh (Elko, Pron, Heath, Grube), 3:16.80, 2. Syracuse (Vucetic, Mikhailov, Filipovic, Lovstrom), 3:20.49, 3. St. John’s (Ciechanowski, Lewandowski, Savvi, Janes), 3:21.42. 4. Notre Dame (Skorney, Szilier, Verlin, Fitzpatrick) 3:21.66.