Jan. 8, 2000
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The 19th-ranked Louisiana State Tigers won 10 of 13 events to defeat the visiting Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 137-98, in men’s swimming and diving action Saturday afternoon in Baton Rouge, La. With the loss, the Irish fell to 1-4 overall for the 1999-2000 dual meet season.
LSU was led by double-event winner Ken Kuhn, who won both the 50 and 100 freestyle, as the Tigers rolled up first-place finishes in the first 10 events before exhibitioning its swimmers and divers in the final three. The Irish received first-place points in the final three events with senior Herb Huesman winning the three-meter diving event with a score of 272.10, junior Dan Szilier picking up a win in the 100 breaststroke (58.87) and the 200 freestyle relay team of Ray Fitzpatrick, Rob Fetter, David Horak and Austin Anderson winning their event with a time of 1:27.37.
Earlier in the meet, Notre Dame earned runner-up finishes with Jonathan Pierce placing second in the 500 freestyle (9:39.62), freshman Clay Miller finishing second in the 200 individual medley (1:58.26) and Huesman tallying a second-place score of 280.37 in the one-meter diving event.
The Irish return home before heading back on the road to Cleveland State for a tri-meet with the Vikings and Niagara University, January 15 at 1 p.m.
Notre Dame Results
| 200 Medley Relay | 100 Backstroke | |||
| 2. Notre Dame | 1:38.52 | 3. Brian Skorney | 54.78 | |
| 4. Notre Dame | 1:36.76 | 4. T.J. Durkin | 55.94 | |
| 6. Notre Dame | 1: 41.41 | 5. Greg Juszli | 56.16 | |
| 7. Notre Dame | 1:46.84 | 8. John Hudson | 57.13 | |
| 1000 Freestyle | 500 Freestyle | |||
| 2. Jonathan Pierce | 9:39.69 | 2. Sean Casey | 4:54.19 | |
| 4. John Lubker | 9:57.72 | 3. Jonathan Pierce | 4:55.36 | |
| 5. Sean Casey | 9:57.80 | 4. Travis Kline | 4:52.22 | |
| 5. John Lubker | 4:59.50 | |||
| 200 Freestyle | Three-Meter Diving | |||
| 4. Ray Fitzpatrick | 1:44.98 | 1. Herb Huesman | 272.10 | |
| 5. Matt Grunewald | 1:46.34 | 2. Andy Maggio | 270.60 | |
| 6. Austin Anderson | 1:47.80 | 3. Joe Miller | 203.40 | |
| 8. Travis Kline | 1:52.77 | 4. Tony Xie | 195.23 | |
| 50 Freestyle | 100 Breaststroke | |||
| 4. T.J. Durkin | 22.39 | 1. Dan Szilier | 58.87 | |
| 5. Matt Hedden | 22.07 | 2. Mike Koss | 1:00.69 | |
| 7. Mike Koss | 22.88 | 3. Matt Hedden | 1:01.07 | |
| 4. Tony Fonseca | 1:01.74 | |||
| 200 IM | ||||
| 2. Clay Miller | 1:58.26 | 200 Freestyle Relay | ||
| 5. Rob Fetter | 2:03.66 | 1. Notre Dame | 1:27.37 | |
| 6. Jason Fitzpatrick | 2:06.19 | 2. Notre Dame | 1:30.42 | |
| 7. Mark Becher | 2:12.11 | 3. Notre Dame | 1:33.95 | |
| 4. N otre Dame | 1:36.99 | |||
| One-Meter Diving | ||||
| 2. Herb Huesman | 280.37 | |||
| 3. Andy Maggio | 272.77 | |||
| 6. Joe Miller | 206.77 | |||
| 7. Tony Xie | 201.60 | |||
| 100 Butterfly | ||||
| 3. David Horak | 51.77 | |||
| 4. Ryan Verlin | 52.33 | |||
| 5. Brendan Lechner | 52.37 | |||
| 8. Matt Hyde | 57.86 | |||
| 100 Freestyle | ||||
| 4. Ray Fitzpatrick | 48.24 | |||
| 5. Matt Grunewald | 49.41 | |||
| 7. Austin Anderson | 49.64 | |||
| 8. Rob Fetter | 50.90 |