Men's Swimming Has Best Session in Post Season History at NCAA Day Two Prelims

 
Carlos Van Isschot is rewriting record books in the backstroke.


Carlos Van Isschot is rewriting record books in the backstroke.

March 27, 2010

In what head coach Arthur Albiero declared the "best NCAA session in men's school history" U of L had three school records fall and will final in three events at this afternoon's preliminaries at the Men's NCAA Swimming and Diving National Championships held on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

In the 200-medley relay, the Cardinals qualified 13th and set a school record. Senior Carlos Van Isschot led off the backstroke leg with a school record 21.58, the third fastest split of all the heats. Next in the water was Carlos Almeida in the breaststroke leg, posting a 24.28 split. Pedro Oliveira powered through the butterfly leg in 21.62 and senior Kris Findorff anchored the freestyle in 19.06.

"Carlos Van Isschot is the heartbeat of that relay. When he is on, we are all on," said Albiero.

In individual events, Carlos Almeida qualified 11th in the 100-breast with a school record time of 53.15 and will swim in the finals tonight.

Carlos Van Isschot qualified 11th in the 100-back with a time of 46.64 which is another school record time.

Event 11  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
===============================================================================
    American: A 51.56   3/16/2007 Mike Alexandrov, Northwestern
     US Open: O 50.86   3/27/2009 Damir Dugonjic, California
   NCAA Meet: M 50.86   3/27/2009 Damir Dugonjic, California
        NCAA: N 50.86   3/27/2009 Damir Dugonjic, California
        Pool: P 52.24   2/17/2007 Mike Alexandrov, Northwestern
 Meet Qualifying:  53.58
    Name                    Year School                  Seed    Prelims
===============================================================================
  1 Titus, Marcus                ARIZ                   53.32      52.30
     r:+0.71  11.09       24.46 (13.37)       38.30 (13.84)       52.30 (14.00)
  2 Lovelace, Curtis             STAN                   52.51      52.43
     r:+0.75  11.25       24.81 (13.56)       38.49 (13.68)       52.43 (13.94)
  3 Dugonjic, Damir              CAL                    52.12      52.46
     r:+0.80  10.91       24.33 (13.42)       38.01 (13.68)       52.46 (14.45)
  4 Klein, George                AUB                    52.78      52.54
     r:+0.77  11.08       24.56 (13.48)       38.34 (13.78)       52.54 (14.20)
  5 Aljand, Martti               CAL                    53.37      52.55
     r:+0.72  11.18       24.55 (13.37)       38.34 (13.79)       52.55 (14.21)
  6 Spann, Scott                 TEX                    53.56      52.63
     r:+3.56  11.27       24.78 (13.51)       38.31 (13.53)       52.63 (14.32)
  7 Mahoney, Sean                CAL                    52.91      52.64
     r:+0.73  11.13       24.63 (13.50)       38.61 (13.98)       52.64 (14.03)
  8 Criste, John                 STAN                   52.90      52.82
     r:+0.82  11.44       24.85 (13.41)       38.70 (13.85)       52.82 (14.12)
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  9 Koon, Nolan                  CAL                    53.18      52.89
     r:+0.70  11.43       24.92 (13.49)       38.80 (13.88)       52.89 (14.09)
 10 Pelkey, Sam                  OSU                    53.49      52.96
     r:+0.70  11.33       24.84 (13.51)       38.63 (13.79)       52.96 (14.33)
 11 Almeida, Carlos              LOU                    54.45      53.15
     r:+0.73  11.41       24.96 (13.55)       38.98 (14.02)       53.15 (14.17)
 12 Connolly, Dillon             USC                    52.73      53.21
     r:+0.66  11.39       24.97 (13.58)       38.73 (13.76)       53.21 (14.48)
 12 Fox, Christopher             AUB                    53.78      53.21
     r:+0.70  11.44       24.69 (13.25)       38.74 (14.05)       53.21 (14.47)
 14 Ferguson, Stuart             AUB                    53.55      53.26
     r:+0.77  11.29       24.77 (13.48)       38.58 (13.81)       53.26 (14.68)
 15 Craig, Bradley               TENN                   53.13      53.50
     r:+0.68  11.37       24.98 (13.61)       39.05 (14.07)       53.50 (14.45)
 16 Walling, Emmett              USC                    54.46      53.52
     r:+0.64  11.34       24.95 (13.61)       39.04 (14.09)       53.52 (14.48)
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 17 Holderness, Robert           FSU                    53.82      53.55
     r:+0.72  11.66       26.07 (14.41)       39.18 (13.11)       53.55 (14.37)
 18 Cole, Thomas                 SMU                    53.82      53.61
     r:+0.78  11.60       25.20 (13.60)       39.31 (14.11)       53.61 (14.30)
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 19 Munsch, Kevin                ARIZ                   53.17      53.62
     r:+0.69  11.36       25.33 (13.97)       39.30 (13.97)       53.62 (14.32)
 20 Ferrif, Nick                 CAL                    53.47      53.68
     r:+0.73  11.46       24.97 (13.51)       39.09 (14.12)       53.68 (14.59)
 21 Mickelson, Carl              ARIZ                   53.19      53.78
     r:+0.76  11.39       24.94 (13.55)       39.06 (14.12)       53.78 (14.72)
 22 Friedland, Eric              TEX                    53.44      53.81
     r:+0.76  11.51       25.20 (13.69)       39.27 (14.07)       53.81 (14.54)
 23 Opell, Aaron                 IND                    54.15      53.85
     r:+0.78  12.03       25.61 (13.58)       39.85 (14.24)       53.85 (14.00)
 24 Anderson, Richard            UNCW                   53.53      53.89
     r:+0.68  11.29       24.90 (13.61)       39.20 (14.30)       53.89 (14.69)
 25 Keefer, Elliott              OSU                    53.23      53.92
     r:+0.73  11.65       25.30 (13.65)       39.24 (13.94)       53.92 (14.68)
 26 Silva, Michael               AUB                    52.97      53.95
     r:+0.71  11.12       24.72 (13.60)       38.99 (14.27)       53.95 (14.96)
 27 Crespo, Edgar                TCU                    53.32      54.00
     r:+0.69  11.65       25.20 (13.55)       39.38 (14.18)       54.00 (14.62)
 28 Gutesa, Ivan                 MINN                   53.57      54.08
     r:+0.77  11.78       25.31 (13.53)       39.59 (14.28)       54.08 (14.49)
 29 Lavery, Nathan               TA&M                   53.70      54.10
     r:+0.83  11.57       25.36 (13.79)       39.54 (14.18)       54.10 (14.56)
 30 Malnik, Daniel               OSU                    53.58      54.12
     r:+0.68  11.70       25.56 (13.86)       39.71 (14.15)       54.12 (14.41)
 31 Morrell, Andrew              UNLV                   53.77      54.24
     r:+0.72  11.32       25.25 (13.93)       39.71 (14.46)       54.24 (14.53)
 32 Casey, Thomas                UVA                    54.22      54.73
     r:+0.71  11.78       25.84 (14.06)       40.10 (14.26)       54.73 (14.63)
 33 Ridgeway, James              MICH                   54.34      54.99
     r:+0.71  11.54       25.28 (13.74)       39.50 (14.22)       54.99 (15.49)
 34 Tuomola, Andrei              LSU                    53.93      55.04
     r:+0.69  11.57       25.09 (13.52)       39.67 (14.58)       55.04 (15.37)
 35 Hoyt, Trevor                 CAL                    54.93      55.25
     r:+0.74  11.82       25.68 (13.86)       40.24 (14.56)       55.25 (15.01)
 36 Beeri, Tom                   UGA                    55.25      55.94
     r:+0.81  12.82       26.64 (13.82)       41.50 (14.86)       55.94 (14.44)

Event 12 Men 100 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== American: A 44.60 3/23/2006 Ryan Lochte, Florida US Open: O 44.60 3/23/2006 Ryan Lochte, Florida NCAA Meet: M 44.60 3/23/2006 Ryan Lochte, Florida NCAA: N 44.60 3/23/2006 Ryan Lochte, Florida Pool: P 45.52 2/17/2007 Ben Hesen, Indiana Meet Qualifying: 47.20 Name Year School Seed Prelims =============================================================================== 1 Godsoe, Eugene STAN 46.03 45.82 10.68 22.00 (11.32) 34.04 (12.04) 45.82 (11.78) 2 Tapp, Jake ARIZ 47.11 46.13 10.88 22.27 (11.39) 34.20 (11.93) 46.13 (11.93) 3 Gydesen, Mathias CAL 47.04 46.22 11.04 22.60 (11.56) 34.38 (11.78) 46.22 (11.84) 4 Barnea, Guy CAL 47.21 46.31 10.79 22.52 (11.73) 34.54 (12.02) 46.31 (11.77) 4 O'Connor, Bryan ARIZ 47.11 46.31 10.95 22.26 (11.31) 34.14 (11.88) 46.31 (12.17) 6 Pinzon, Omar FLOR 46.50 46.40 10.82 22.29 (11.47) 34.23 (11.94) 46.40 (12.17) 7 Taylor, Hill TEX 46.87 46.41 11.08 22.42 (11.34) 34.44 (12.02) 46.41 (11.97) 8 Loughran, Marco FLOR 46.05 46.54 10.89 22.53 (11.64) 34.64 (12.11) 46.54 (11.90) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 White, Jared AUB 46.86 46.55 10.83 22.26 (11.43) 34.25 (11.99) 46.55 (12.30) 10 Chitwood, Cory ARIZ 46.93 46.61 11.14 22.67 (11.53) 34.77 (12.10) 46.61 (11.84) 11 Van Isschot, Carlos LOU 46.77 46.64 10.98 22.33 (11.35) 34.37 (12.04) 46.64 (12.27) 12 Henahan, Ricky TENN 46.60 46.79 10.93 22.56 (11.63) 34.68 (12.12) 46.79 (12.11) 13 Wyher, Tommy UNC 46.08 46.80 11.01 22.75 (11.74) 34.73 (11.98) 46.80 (12.07) 14 Cox, Anthony AUB 46.67 46.89 10.89 22.16 (11.27) 34.27 (12.11) 46.89 (12.62) 15 Cragin, Cole TEX 47.58 46.92 10.94 22.72 (11.78) 34.83 (12.11) 46.92 (12.09) 16 Wollach, Pascal AUB 45.69 47.02 11.17 22.70 (11.53) 34.82 (12.12) 47.02 (12.20) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Konarzewski, Jan UMIZ 47.64 47.05 11.15 22.72 (11.57) 34.75 (12.03) 47.05 (12.30) 18 Bergstrom, Jason TA&M 47.46 47.11 11.24 22.89 (11.65) 34.98 (12.09) 47.11 (12.13) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Norys, Kohlton AUB 46.95 47.15 10.94 22.49 (11.55) 34.83 (12.34) 47.15 (12.32) 20 Mitchell, Andrew AUB 47.74 47.46 11.02 22.73 (11.71) 35.04 (12.31) 47.46 (12.42) 21 Elliott, Andrew OSU 46.01 47.48 11.13 22.86 (11.73) 35.28 (12.42) 47.48 (12.20) 22 Meyers, James LSU 47.61 47.57 11.12 22.85 (11.73) 35.16 (12.31) 47.57 (12.41) 23 Mandel, Alon MICH 46.97 47.59 11.09 22.70 (11.61) 35.08 (12.38) 47.59 (12.51) 24 Davis, Peter CAL 47.35 47.62 11.16 22.99 (11.83) 35.43 (12.44) 47.62 (12.19) 25 Higgins, Charlie VT 47.13 47.65 11.09 22.80 (11.71) 35.13 (12.33) 47.65 (12.52) 26 Olesen, Eric UVA 47.20 47.70 11.26 23.07 (11.81) 35.41 (12.34) 47.70 (12.29) 27 Murphy, Max AUB 47.02 47.76 11.07 22.84 (11.77) 35.30 (12.46) 47.76 (12.46) 28 Owens, Kyle AUB 46.46 47.81 10.97 22.49 (11.52) 34.84 (12.35) 47.81 (12.97) 29 Renholm, Pontus SMU 46.93 47.88 11.14 22.86 (11.72) 35.41 (12.55) 47.88 (12.47) 30 Swanston, Matthew STAN 47.71 48.03 11.27 23.08 (11.81) 35.35 (12.27) 48.03 (12.68) 31 Hodgson, Andrew FSU 48.39 48.14 11.27 23.14 (11.87) 35.65 (12.51) 48.14 (12.49) 32 Rudolf, Roland FLOR 48.12 48.24 11.47 23.37 (11.90) 35.96 (12.59) 48.24 (12.28) 32 Jarzen, Jacob MSU 48.11 48.24 11.67 23.80 (12.13) 36.08 (12.28) 48.24 (12.16) 34 Denisyako, Nikita TA&M 47.27 48.35 11.32 23.28 (11.96) 35.78 (12.50) 48.35 (12.57) 35 Anderson, Jordan AUB 47.50 48.42 11.23 23.01 (11.78) 35.58 (12.57) 48.42 (12.84) 36 Thompson, Chris UGA 48.32 48.52 11.72 23.85 (12.13) 36.27 (12.42) 48.52 (12.25) 37 Lendrum, James USC 47.92 48.54 11.45 23.42 (11.97) 35.79 (12.37) 48.54 (12.75) 38 Heyl, Hannes LSU 48.08 48.75 11.46 23.56 (12.10) 36.23 (12.67) 48.75 (12.52) 39 Sievers, Markus OSU 48.20 48.93 11.71 23.78 (12.07) 36.38 (12.60) 48.93 (12.55) 40 Spraul, Douglas IND 48.33 49.05 11.45 23.39 (11.94) 36.36 (12.97) 49.05 (12.69) 41 Krug, Karl AUB 48.90 49.15 11.36 23.29 (11.93) 36.12 (12.83) 49.15 (13.03) 42 Lainhart, Hunter UGA 46.37 49.73 12.03 24.18 (12.15) 37.05 (12.87) 49.73 (12.68) -- Small, Adam ARIZ 48.97 DQ Declared false start

 

 

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