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Friday Headlines
March 18, 2005
FRIDAY HEADLINES
Even the disqualification of a winning relay wasn't enough to slow
Kenyon's march to a 26th consecutive NCAA Division III men's swimming
and diving championship as the Lords on Friday expanded their lead in
the team standings to more than 100 points. The judges deliberated several
minutes after the finish of the 200 medley relay before disqualifying
the Lords for jumping on the event's fourth leg. The relay victory went
to Emory which ended Kenyon's streak of 26 consecutive relay championships.
Hardly deterred, Kenyon went on to win three individual and the night's
final event, the 800 freestyle relay. Included was a one-two finish in
the 100 breaststroke. Heading into Saturday's final day of competition,
Kenyon has 382 points while Emory is a distant second at 281.5. Next is
Johns Hopkins with 228 followed by Williams 191, Denison 170, Gustavus
Adolphus 139, Washington, Mo. 119, Carnegie Mellon 109, MIT 103.5 and
Wheaton 94.5.
Defending national champions won in three of Friday's events -- Kenyon
junior Andrejs Duda in the 100 butterfly (:49.38), Carnegie-Mellon senior
Chris Pearson in the 200 freestyle (1:38.67), and Williams junior Will
Cunningham in the 100 backstroke (:55.62). For Duda it was his second
gold medal of the meet having won the 200 IM on Thursday.
Kenyon senior Elliot Rushton also won his second event, edging teammate Travis Brennion in the 400 individual
medley. Rushton was clocked in 3:56.06 while Brennion ended at 3:56.61. On Thursday Rushton won the 500 freestyle.
Kenyon also had a one-two finish in the 100 breaststroke with sophomores Davis Zarins and Joseph Gosselar being clocked in :55.62 and :56.22 respectively.
Kenyon won the 800-yard freestyle relay for the ninth consecutive year
with an all-senior team of Elliot Rushton, Thomas Ashby, Paul Kaminsky
and Gabriel Rodrigues (3:42.83).
So far every Holland Aquatic Center pool swimming record has been broken. The same was true a week ago when Hope hosted the women's championship.
FRIDAY EVENTS
200 Yard Medley Relay
Division III Record: 1:28.75, Kenyon, 2001
Aquatic Center Record: 1:31.81, Kenyon, 2005
2005 Champion: Emory, 1:32.02
400 Yard Individual Medley
Division III Record: 3:53.99, Brian McCarthy, Carn-Mellon, 2004
Aquatic Center Record: 3:56.06, Elliot Rushton, Kenyon, 2005
2005 Champion: Elliot Rushton, Kenyon, 3:56.06
100 Yard Butterfly
Division III Record: :47.43, Aaron Cole, Denison, 2000
Aquatic Center Record: :49.31, Joel Rousseau, WPI, 2005
2005 Champion: Andrejs Duda, Kenyon, :49.55
200 Yard Freestyle
Division III Record: :1:36.98, Marc Courtney-Brooks, Kenyon, 2003
Aquatic Center Record: 1:38.67, Chris Pearson, C-Mellon, 2005
2005 Champion: Chris Pearson, Carnegie-Mellon, 1:38.67
100 Yard Breaststroke
Division III Record: :54.69, Josh Boss, Hope, 1999
Aquatic Center Record: : 55.62, Davis Zarins, Kenyon, 2005
2005 Champion: Davis Zarins, Kenyon, :55.62
100 Yard Backstroke
Division III Record: :48.61, Estevao, Kenyon, 2001
Aquatic Center Record: :49.24, Will Cunningham, Williams, 2005
2005 Champion: Will Cunningham, Williams, :49.24
800 Yard Freestyle Relay
Division III Record: Kenyon, 6:36.25, Kenyon, 2002
Aquatic Center Record: 6:42.83, Kenyon, 2005
2005 Champion: Kenyon, 6:42.83
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