75th Men's NCAA Champs

James E. Martin Aquatics Center Auburn University Auburn, AL

3/26-28/98

200 Freestyle Relay

Final: Stanford 1:16.76 (Robinson 19.66, Muhammad 18.79, Ewers 19.39, Claypool 18.92) (NCAA and American record, old 1:16.93 Stanford 94), Auburn 1:17.19 (Busbee 19.79, Newman 19.28, Hawke 19.12, Ciarla 19.00), Texas 1:18.31 (Esway 20.24, Walker 19.17, Jones 19.67, Martyak 19.23), Texas A&M 1:18.42, Arizona State 1:18.63, California 1:18.74, Florida State 1:18.75, Tennessee 1:18.79

Consolation: SMU 1:19.62, Georgia 1:19.62, Nebraska 1:19.88, Minnesota 1:19.99, Southern Cal 1:20.41, Purdue 1:20.95, Arizona 1:20.99, Harvard 1:26.04

500 Freestyle

Final: Neethling, Ryk AZ 4:13.42 (48.58, 1:39.18, 2:30.65, 3:22.68), Malchow, Tom M 4:17.80, Thompson, Chris M 4:18.75, Younghouse, Jon TX 4:19.26, Kiedel, Michael H 4:20.25, Brown, Steven S 4:20.49, Ramirez, Austin V 4:21.67, Rauch, Jamie TX 4:24.25

Consolation: Messner, Adam S 4:20.14, Lewis, Nat KY 4:22.03, Leonard, Mark EM 4:22.04, Martin, Tim H 4:22.71, Kane, Jeremy S 4:23.49, Kwok, Mark USC 4:24.08, Potts, Andy M 4:25.41, Justice, Robert FL 4:25.91

200 Individual Medley

Final: Wilkens, Tom S 1:45.16 (23.39, 50.14, 1:19.89), Moreau, Lionel AUB 1:45.76, Dusing, Nate TX 1:46.80, Vitazka, Honza CINC 1:47.35, Bartz, Michael AUB 1:47.52, Klement, Tom AUB 1:48.07, Babylon, Kris G 1:48.20, Bundy, Chris AZ 1:48.53

Consolation: Counts, Glenn S 1:47.11, Counts, Chris AZ 1:47.18, DeWitz, Zane TN 1:47.45, Canales, Rob S 1:48.05, Mcnew, Shawn TN 1:48.47, VonRichter, Owen M 1:49.07, Demers, Philippe USC 1:49.44, Shefchik, William BY 1:49.65

50 Freestyle

Final: Dedekind, Brendon FS 19.22, Ciarla, Aaron AUB 19.45, Muhammad, Sabir S 19.47, Walker, Neil TX 19.55, Robinson, Anthony S 19.56, Busbee, Matt AUB 19.59, Hawke, Brett AUB 19.77, Sanchez, Francisco AS 19.83

Consolation: Claypool, Scott S 19.44, Kappler, Jerrod A&M 19.74, Kizierowski, Bart CAL 19.80, Colligan, Michael A&M 19.87, Ewers, Justin S 19.91, Lezak, Jason UCSB 19.94, Martyak, Steve TX 20.06, Gilliam, Craig TN 20.14

1 Meter Diving

Finals: Ramirez, Rio MFL 630.70, Gillooly, Bryan MFL 571.95, Guertin, Daren LS 557.10, Campbell, Judson G 555.15, Collier, Michael IND 554.90, Dumais, Justin USC 542.25, Bergman, Daniel NEB 541.55, Roy, Shannon TN 502.05

9th-16th: Roberts, Brent AL 489.65 , Gritzmacher, Grant TX 486.40 , Chereches, Gabby TN 486.00 , Rivera, Paco KY 484.45 , McIntyre, Mike OS 481.45 , Harmon, Ryan TX 476.80 , Davidson, Thomas IN 472.95 , Mantilla, Chris MFL 471.65

400 Medley Relay

Final: Stanford 3:07.73 (Blahnik 47.09, Wilkens 53.42, Muhammad 45.09, Wales 42.13), Auburn 3:09.38 (Bartz 47.00, Jerger 52.77, Newman 46.39, Hawke 43.22), Tennessee 3:10.80 (Gilliam 47.90, Linn 52.13, DeWitz 47.02, Quilter 43.75), Southern Cal 3:10.85, Texas 3:11.44, California 3:11.73, SMU 3:12.15, Arizona 3:13.42

Consolation: Georgia 3:13.41, Minnesota 3:13.58, Ohio State 3:14.32, Arizona State 3:15.54, Nebraska 3:15.66, Florida 3:15.80, Louisiana State 3:17.02, Iowa State DQ

200 Medley Relay

Final: Auburn 1:25.24 (Bartz 21.97, Jerger 23.57, Hawke 20.57, Ciarla 19.13) (NCAA record, old 1:25.40 Auburn 97), Stanford 1:25.70 (Blahnik 22.58, Robinson 24.55, Muhammad 19.74, Claypool 18.83), Tennessee 1:26.25 (Gilliam 21.69, Linn 23.89, Engle 20.96, Olafson 19.71), Texas 1:26.36, Southern Cal 1:27.54, Southern Method. 1:27.75, Arizona State 1:28.19, Florida State 1:28.68

Consolation: California 1:27.91, Minnesota 1:28.62, Louisiana State 1:28.68, Georgia 1:28.86, Florida 1:28.93, Ohio State 1:29.00, Arizona 1:29.57, Iowa State 1:30.15

400 Individual Medley

Final: Wilkens, Tom S 3:43.96 (51.72, 57.23, 1:02.37, 52.64), Brown, Steven S 3:46.52, VonRichter, Owen M 3:48.91, Moreau, Lionel AUB 3:49.02, Weibel, Beau G 3:50.21, Vitazka, Honza CIN 3:50.42, Wriede, Greg H 3:50.63, Finch, Thomas V 3:56.66

Consolation: Hall, Matt TN 3:50.17, Scalise, Erik UNLV 3:50.65, Canales, Rob S 3:51.35, Iglinski, Robert IND 3:51.90, Babylon, Kris G 3:53.52, Windisch, Michael NEB 3:53.65, Barrett, Casey SM 3:54.00, Read, Christopher G 3:57.77

100 Butterfly

Final: Frolander, Lars SM 45.59 (21.37) (NCAA record, old 45.65 Frolander in prelims; prior 46.18 Frolander SM 95), Muhammad, Sabir S 46.18 (21.44) (fastest time ever by an American, but does not count for record due to recent rule change), Wales, Dod S 46.32, Pine, Adam NEB 46.35, Dusing, Nate TX 46.60, Zielinski, Martin MN 46.74, Shade, Tucker NC 46.86, Lindstrom, Dan CAL 47.24

Consolation: Pietucha, Shamek V 47.29, Crowe, Jed S 47.32, Jones, Bryan TX 47.57, Williams, Mike USC 47.58, Newman, Brock AUB 47.61, Sanchez, Francisco AS 47.67, Buyukuncu, Derya M 47.99, Martyak, Steve TX 48.11

200 Freestyle

Final: Neethling, Ryk AZ 1:34.19 (22.64, 46.81, 1:10.84), Szabados, Bela USC 1:34.36, Kiedel, Michael H 1:34.94, Schryver, Jay AZ 1:35.55, Barnier, Romain AUB 1:36.03, Rauch, Jamie TX 1:36.03, Vucetic, Miro SYR 1:36.37, Messner, Adam S 1:36.83

Consolation: Demers, Philippe USC 1:36.67, Matuszak, Eric H 1:36.80, Counts, Chris AZ 1:36.91, Savickas, Arunas BY 1:37.07, Morgan, Blaine SM 1:37.07, Parry, Steve FS 1:37.14, Goldblatt, Scott TX 1:37.98, Busse, Greg AUB 1:38.10

100 Breaststroke

Final: Linn, Jeremy TN 53.01 (24.97), Jerger, Adam AUB 53.31, Denniston, Dave AUB 53.68, Dedekind, Brendon FS 53.70, Kling, Kevin OS 53.93, Holden, Blake S 54.15, Norment, Michael G 54.21, Robinson, Anthony S 55.28

Consolation: Marrs, Jarrod LS 53.86, Schindler, Jay IS 55.15, Chozick, Russell TX 55.15, Malinovski, Dmitri BY 55.15, Shefchik, William BY 55.33, Bahr, Christian SM 55.51, Minonne, Marco IA 55.55, Petersen, Brett FS DQ

100 Backstroke

Final: Walker, Neil TX 46.66 (22.15), Krayzelburg, Lenny USC 46.90, Blahnik, Tate S 46.93, Muhammad, Sabir S 47.34, Ewers, Justin S 47.55, Gilliam, Michael TN 47.72, Bartz, Michael AUB 47.77, Massura, Alex MN 47.97

Consolation: Allen, Matt AZ 47.50, Crush, Chip AUB 48.00, Ulrickson, Matt TX 48.09, Pierce, Matthew S 48.11, Brewer, Robert G 48.14, Buyukuncu, Derya M 48.24, Pietucha, Shamek V 48.38, Urbach, Eithan AUB 48.40

3 Meter Diving

Finals: Gillooly, Bryan MFL 631.40, Ramirez, Rio MFL 599.15, Guertin, Daren LS 597.95, Collier, Michael IND 575.95, Chereches, Gabby TN 574.60, Dumais, Justin USC 573.00, Locklin, Bert NEB 539.35, McIntyre, Mike OS 522.35

9th-16th: Bergman, Daniel NEB 533.70, Gritzmacher, Grant TX 527.25, Naftanel, Mark A&M 520.80, Roberts, Brent AL 516.05, Campbell, Judson G 511.70, Rivera, Paco KY 510.05, Wilmot, Brett M 498.85, Burke, Kevin MD 487.75

800 Freestyle Relay

Top Eight: Texas 6:23.78 (Jones 1:36.72, Goldblatt 1:36.42, Dusing 1:35.73, Rauch, Arizona 6:24.01 (Counts 1:36.87, Schryver 1:35.82, Gaskins 1:37.35, Neethling 1:33.97), Harvard 6:25.92 (Cornue 1:37.77, Kurmakov 1:36.64, Matuszak 1:37.02, Kiedel 1:34.49), Southern Cal 6:26.29, Auburn 6:26.59, Stanford 6:26.62, Arizona State 6:29.43, SMU 6:29.70

9th-16th: Michigan 6:30.76, Minnesota 6:31.49, California 6:31.52, Georgia 6:32.40, Tennessee 6:34.19, Virginia 6:35.45, Florida 6:36.62, Nebraska 6:38.45

1650 Freestyle

Top Eight: Neethling, Ryk AZ 14:32.50 (52.55, 1:43.36, 2:36.40, 3:29.29, 4:22.34, 5:15.38, 6:08.35, 7:01.30, 7:54.15, 8:47.23, 9:40.29, 10:33.94, 11:27.74, 12:21.45, 13:15.41, 14:07.71) (4:22.34 - 500, 8:47.23 - 1000, 13:15.41 - 1500), Thompson, Chris M 14:46.29, Painter, Tyler KS 14:54.31, Ramirez, Austin V 15:00.63, Martin, Tim H 15:00.75, Kane, Jeremy S 15:06.62, McLeod, Steven CIN 15:10.36, Younghouse, Jon TX 15:10.76

9th-16th: Leonard, Mark EM 15:12.21, Lewis, Nat KY 15:12.95, McWha, Mike M 15:14.55, Weibel, Beau G 15:16.21, Sirringhaus, Denis H 15:17.11, O'Mara, Matt S 15:18.35, Messner, Adam S 15:19.14, Bishop, Bill MN 15:20.22

200 Backstroke

Final: Blahnik, Tate S 1:41.21 (24.22, 50.08, 1:15.97), Krayzelburg, Lenny USC 1:41.55, Kozulj, Gordon CAL 1:42.75, Sikora, Bart CAL 1:43.95, Brewer, Robert G 1:43.99, Buyukuncu, Derya M 1:44.87, Savickas, Arunas BY 1:45.12, Klement, Tom AUB 1:45.56

Consolation: Bartz, Michael AUB 1:44.25, Massura, Alex MN 1:44.38, Webb, Jason V 1:44.72, Ewers, Justin S 1:45.08, Strahija, Marko OS 1:45.30, Babylon, Kris G 1:45.61, Arena, Carlos TX 1:45.94, Canales, Rob S 1:46.32

100 Freestyle

Final: Frolander, Lars SM 42.12 (20.39), Walker, Neil TX 42.83, Wales, Dod S 42.91, Kizierowski, Bart CAL 42.93, Claypool, Scott S 43.29, Lezak, Jason UCSB 43.70, Busbee, Matt AUB 43.95, Sanchez, Francisco AS 47.05

Consolation: Newman, Brock AUB 43.20, Dedekind, Brendon FS 43.45, Jones, Bryan TX 43.74, Pine, Adam NEB 43.80, Stratman, John G 44.04, Szabados, Bela USC 44.11, Hawke, Brett AUB 44.24, Kappler, Jerrod A&M 44.78

200 Breaststroke

Final: Wilkens, Tom S 1:55.02 (26.18, 55.32, 1:24.73), Holden, Blake S 1:56.90, Linn, Jeremy TN 1:57.43, Shefchik, William BY 1:57.45, Marrs, Jarrod LS 1:58.49, Jerger, Adam AUB 1:58.75, Denniston, Dave AUB 1:58.87, Norment, Michael G 2:01.18

Consolation: Minonne, Marco IA 1:59.44, Moreau, Lionel AUB 1:59.57, Malinovski, Dmitri BY 1:59.63, Werner, Scott M 2:00.22, Kovacs, Vilmos PRD 2:00.80, Flint, Glendon AZ 2:00.85, Schwartz, Dave H 2:01.01, Buck, Matt G 2:02.23

200 Butterfly

Final: Pierce, Matthew S 1:43.68 (23.38, 50.12, 1:16.79), Brown, Steven S 1:44.00, Pietucha, Shamek V 1:44.28, Parry, Steve FS 1:44.44, Malchow, Tom M 1:44.49, Dusing, Nate TX 1:45.06, Finch, Thomas V 1:45.32, Somensatto, Jeff AUB 1:46.83

Consolation: Hall, Matt TN 1:45.36, Demers, Philippe USC 1:46.00, Kwok, Mark USC 1:46.07, Livingston, Andrew UNLV 1:46.12, Barrett, Casey SM 1:46.48, Meiri, Yoav MN 1:46.60, Ilika, Josh USC 1:47.03, Vitazka, Honza CIN 1:47.31

Platform Diving

Finals: Roberts, Brent AL 834.45, Rivera, Paco KY 803.90, Naftanel, Mark A&M 790.00, Chereches, Gabby TN 788.05, Mantilla, Chris MFL 774.25, Collier, Michael IND 715.05, McIntyre, Mike OS 686.35, Ramirez, Rio MFL 667.30

9th-16th: Hart, Trey G 464.00 , Davidson, Thomas IND 459.50 , Guertin, Daren LS 447.50 , Gritzmacher, Grant TX 446.00 , Dumais, Justin USC 436.20 , Roy, Shannon TN 434.40 , Wilcock, Justin BY 423.80 , Campbell, Judson G 389.25 , Sheldon, Chad SCAR 389.25

400 Freestyle Relay

Final: Stanford 2:51.37 (Wales 42.92, Muhammad 42.65, Counts 43.41, Claypool 42.39), Texas 2:51.82 (Jones 43.88, Walker 41.88, Dusing 43.30, Rauch 42.76), Arizona State 2:54.03 (Sanchez 42.93, Abal 44.01, Von Schoff 43.75, Hutrchison 43.34), California 2:54.93, Harvard 2:55.75, Texas A&M 2:56.17, Florida State 2:56.50, Auburn DQ

Consolation: Minnesota 2:54.87, Southern Methodist 2:55.29, Tennessee 2:56.49, Arizona 2:56.68, Georgia 2:56.85, Southern Cal 2:57.01, Ohio State 2:58.22, Nebraska 2:58.79

Team Scores: 1) Stanford 599, 2) Auburn 394.5, 3) Texas 362.5, 4) Tennessee 233, 5) Southern California 220, 6) Arizona 185, 7) Georgia 175.5, 8) California 175, 9) Southern Methodist 155.5, 10) Arizona State 143, 11) Harvard 136, 12) Michigan 134, 13) Florida State 130, 14) Minnesota 105, 15) Miami (Florida ) 100, 16) Texas A&M 91, 17) Virginia 89, 18) Nebraska 80, 19) Louisiana State 77, 20) Ohio State 67, 21) Indiana 56, 22) Brigham Young 50.5, 23) Cincinnati 41, 24) Kentucky 39, 25) Alabama 34, 26) Florida 19, 27) Kansas 16, 27) UC Santa Barbara 16, 29) Eastern Michigan 15, 30) North Carolina 12, 30) Syracuse 12, 30) Nevada-Las Vegas 12, 33) Iowa 11, 34) Purdue 10, 35) Iowa State 8, 36) Maryland 1, 37) South Carolina .5

Individual Scoring: 1) Tom Wilkens, senior, Stanford, 60, 1) Ryk Neethling, sophomore, Arizona, 60, 3) Neil Walker, senior, Texas, 52, 4) Sabir Muhammad, senior, Stanford, 48, 4) Rio Ramirez, sophomore, Miami, 48, 6) Steven Brown, freshman, Stanford, 47, 7) Nate Dusing, freshman, Texas, 43, 8) Michael Collier, junior, Indiana, 42, 8) Brendon Dedekind, junior, Florida State, 42, 10) Lars Frolander, senior, SMU, 40

Swimmer of the Year: Lars Frolander, SMU

Diver of the Year: Rio Ramirez, Miami

Swimming Coach of the Year: Skip Kenney, Stanford

Diving Coach of the Year: Randy Ableman, Miami