Swim Teams Finish Second At Southern States
July 12, 2000 | Swimming & Diving
February 20, 2000
DAVIDSON, N.C. - The University of Louisville won 10 races and finished second in 10 others at the Southern States as both the men's and women's team placed second.
The Davidson women's team (756.50) earned its fourth-straight Southern States title behind the stand-out effort of Female-Swimmer-of-the-Meet, Mary Shell Brosche. Brosche took first, and set meet records, in the 200 IM (2:06.74) and the 400 IM (4:27.38) and won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:04.94.
Western Illinois' (693.50) men won their second-straight title behind the effort of male Swimmer-of-the-Meet Greg Gargas. Gargas took first, and set a meet record, in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:31.36. He also won the 1650-yard freestyle.
Davidson's Rich DeSelm earned Coach-of-the-Year for the women and Western Illinois' Jerry Champer won the men's top award. Louisville's Woody Franklin won the diving Coach-of-the-Year. DeSelm has won the women's award for the third straight year and a total of four times.
Davidson landed five females on the All-Southern States Team and the men posted four. The University of Louisville had four on both the men's and women's team. Western Illinois and the University of Tampa were each represented by four members on the men's team.
MEN'S RESULTS1. Western Illinois 693.502. LOUISVILLE 633.003. Davidson 597.004. Tampa 532.005. College of Charleston 416.506. Howard 188.007. Virginia Military 157.008. Florida A&M 7.00
WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS1. Davidson 756.502. LOUISVILLE 718.003. College of Charleston 490.004. Western Illinois 454.005. Georgia Southern 367.506. Howard 267.007. Tampa 197.008. Gardner-Webb 173.009. Florida A&M 59.00 Pfeiffer 59.0011. North Carolina A&T 30.00
ALL SOUTHERN STATES TEAM
MENBrian Gargas Western IllinoisKurt Hirsekorn DavidsonTyler Montaldie College of CharlestonJoseph Mittel LouisvilleTim Slamkowski TampaBrian Lucius LouisvilleZurab Beridze Western IllinoisGraham Gravley DavidsonMichael Chase TampaMatt Bentley LouisvilleBrian Rauscher College of CharlestonMatt Hansen Western IllinoisSam Kuykendall DavidsonScott Harper DavidsonPreston Bokos TampaJim Kiner TampaBenji Spence Western IllinoisDaniel Kananen Louisville
WOMENMary Shell Brosche DavidsonMelissa Smith Gardner-WebbCatherine Dievendorf LouisvilleSara Sanders College of CharlestonRonna Tackett LouisvilleHannah Goddard Georgia SouthernJennifer Martin Georgia SouthernJackie Sandell Western IllinoisMelissa Crowe Western IllinoisKendra Berner DavdisonMiriam Lynch HowardHeidi Hester DavidsonCheryl Horner Gardner-WebbStarr Daniell DavidsonAmanda Tobias LouisvilleCasilda Trotter HowardLiz Nugent DavidsonTara Tokarczyk Louisville
U OF L FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS - MEN100 Back Joseph Mittel 50.56200 Back Joseph Mittel 1:49.613M Diving Daniel Kananen 432.65100 Free Brian Lucius 46.20
U OF L FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS - WOMEN200 Free Relay Catherine Dievendorf, Jodi Fretz, 1:39.30 Melissa Dayton, Amanda Tobias200 Free Catherine Dievendorf 1:54.39100 Breast Ronna Tackett 1:06.39200 Breast Ronna Tackett 2:21.59800 Free Relay Amanda Tobias, Stephanie Basler, 7:49.79 Jodi Fretz, Catherine Dievendorf1 M Diving Tara Tokarczyk 408.65
U OF L SECOND-PLACE FINISHERS - MEN200 IM Matt Bentley 1:53.821 M Diving Daniel Kananen 427.90800 Free Relay Brian Lucius, Jacob Grieb, 6:52.46 Gary Raketich, Matt Bentley
U OF L SECOND-PLACE FINISHERS - WOMEN500 Free Catherine Dievendorf 5:08.26400 MR Karen Annear, Ronna Tackett, 3:59.98 Catherine Dievendorf, Jodi Fretz200 MR Melissa Dayton, Ronna Tackett, 1:50.21 Angela Hong, Amanda Tobias100 Back Melissa Dayton 1:00.01200 Back Duygu Senkal 2:10.50200 Fly Catherine Dievendorf 2:09.21400 Free Relay Catherine Dievendorf, Jodi Fretz, 3:37.80 Melissa Dayton, Amanda Tobias
