UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 For Immediate Release Mar. 20, 1995 Eleven Golden Gophers Qualify For NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Championships University of Minnesota head coach Dennis Dale will take 11 swimmers and divers with him to this week's NCAA men's champi­ onships in Indianapolis. Heading the list is diver P.J. Bogart (Jr., Mesa, Ariz.), who earned Big Ten titles in three diving events a month ago. The junior won the national title on the 10-meter platform as a freshman in 1993. Other 1995 Big Ten champs who will be competing for the Gophers include Derek Williams (Jr., Lansdale, Pa.) and Paul Domer (Sr., Eau Claire, Wis.). Williams, who set a new Big Ten record in the 100 fly, has qualified for the national meet in that event as well as the 50 free and the 200 fly. Domer, the conference winner in the 200 breast, will compete in that event as well as the 100 breast at the national meet. Other top contenders for Minnesota include Bernie Zeruhn (Jr., Hamburg, Germany) in the 200 free and Manolis Lentaris (Fr., Rania, Crete, Greece) in the 500 free. In addition to the 11 individual qualifiers, all five Golden Gopher relay teams have qualified for the national championships. A year ago Minnesota finished seventh at the national meet when it was held at the U of M Aquatic Center. The Golden Gophers are currently ranked ninth in the country according to the most recent (3/9/95) national poll. Michigan, Stanford and Auburn hold down the top three spots. ~.-:ne NCAA championships will be held Thursday through Saturday, Mar. 25-27. The event will take place at the Indiana University ~-l'atatorium on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. I Following is a list of Minnesota qualifiers and their events: Name Event(s) Best Performance (rank*) Isaac Bjorklund (So., New Brighton, Minn.) Diving P.J. Bogart (Jr., Mesa, Ariz.) Diving Duane Dobko (Jr., Ajax, Ontario, Canada) 100 back 49.27 (27) 200 back 1:46.92 (29) Paul Domer (Sr., Eau Claire, Wis.) 100 breast 55.70 (25) 200 breast 1:58.22 (5) Matt Eisenhuth (Jr., Lakewood, Colo.) 50 free 20.38 (43) 100 free 45.10 (57) Manolis Lentaris (Fr., Hania, Crete, Greece) 500 free 4:20.90 (7) 200 free 1:36.62 (16) 1650 free 15:18.46 (22) Jonathon McLeod (Fr., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) 200IM 1:48.80 (20) 400IM 3:52.24 (19) Matt Schlessman (So., Avon, Ohio) 100 free 44.54 (38) Scott Walker (Sr., Lansdale, Pa.) Relays Derek Williams (Jr. Lansdale, Pa.) 50 free 20.26 (31) 100 fly 47.44 (4) 200 fly 1:48.15 (25) Bernie Zeruhn (Jr., Hamburg, Germany) 500 free 4:23.15 (20) 200 free 1:36.13 (7) 200 fly 1:46.84 (11) Eisenhuth, Schlessman, Williams, Walker 200 free relay 1:19.84 (10) Domer, Zeruhn, Schlessman 400 medley relay 3:15.83 (11) Domer, Williams, Walker 200 medley relay 1:28.97 (7) ..... ,,lla.u:.. Zeruhn, Schlessman, McLeod 800 free relay 6:31.62 (10) Zeruhn, Schlessman, Eisenhuth, Lentaris 400 free relay 2:56.90 (9) *rank indicates how Minnesota athletes compare to the other athletes who have qua/i.f::dfor thP i•a•wna! megt L':-JIVERSITY OF \1I:.i:"'JESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field :\thkti..: Budding 516 15th.\ \enue Southeast \ltinneapolis. MN 55455 i612l 625-4090 Fa\ 11.2:'-0."1:'') For Immediate Release: March 20, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHERS THIS WEEK GOLDEN GOPHER MONDAY, MARCH 20 HOTLINE Baseball at. Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla., 7 p.m. The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter­ !<FAN-AM 1130 views with coaches and student-athletes. It is Gymnastics at Nebraska available to the media 24 hours a day by calling Uncoln, Neb., 7 p.m. (612) 625-7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality TuESDAY, MARCH 21 and is changed by noon each day. This service is Baseball at. Oral Roberts for media u5e only. The following is the schedule Tulsa, Okla., 1:30 p.m. for the coming week: THURSDAY, MARCH 23 MONDAY, MARCH 20 Swimming and Diving at NCAA Otampionships Senior forward Scott Bell previews the NCAA West Indianapolis, Ind., all day Region game vs. RPI Baeeball vs. Iowa State Metrodome, 7 p.m. TuESDAY, MARCH 21 !<FAN-AM 1130 Senior goalie Jeff Callinan previews the NCAA West FRIDAY, MARCH 24 region game vs. RPI Golf at BOrder Olympics San Antonio, Texas, all day WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 Swimming and Diving at NCAA Otampionships all Head Swimming and Diving Coach Dennis Dale pre­ Indianapolis, Ind., day views the NCAA Championships Track and Field at Alabama Relays TllliCaloosa, Ala., all day THURSDAY, MARCH 23 Hockey vs. RPI Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog previews the NCAA NCAA West Region, 4:05 p.m. Dane County Coiiseurii West Region game vs. RPI 1V TBA, KSlP-AM 1500 Baeeball vs. Southern Mississippi FRIDAY, MARCH 24 Metrodome, 7 p.m. Head Gymnastics Coach Fred Rothlisberger previews !<FAN-AM 1130 the Big Ten Championships SATURDAY, MARCH 25 Golf at Border Olympics SATURDAY, MARCH 25 San Antonio, Texas, all day TBA Swimming and Diving at NCAA O.ampionships Indianapolis, Ind., all day SUNDAY, MARCH 26 Gymnastics at Big Ten 0\ampionships TBA 0\ampaign, ill., all day Hockey (winner of Minnesota/RPI 88!Jie) vs. Colorado College NCAA West Region, 3:30t&fP Dane County Coliseum, 1V TBA, -AM 1500 Baeeball vs. Southern Mississippi SPRING FOOTBALL Metrodome, 7 p.m. !<FAN-AM 1130 With "March Madness" really beginning to heat up, SUNDAY, MARCH 26 keep in mind that spring football practice begins on Golf at Border Olympics Saturday, April1. The spring game will be held San Antonio, Texas, all day Saturday April29 at 11 a.m. in the Mettodome. Baseball vs. Southern MisSissippi Metrodome, 1 p.m. Track and Field at Alabama Relays TllliCaloosa, Ala., all day Gymnastics at Big Ten Otampionships Champaign, ill. ---- - ----- ---------------------- Golden Gophers Advance to NCAA Tournament For 11th Straight Year: The Golden Gophers were selected for the 11th straight year (an NCAA record) for the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Gophers are the third seed in the West Region and will play the RPI Engineers of the ECAC in Madison, Wis. March 24. If Minnesota defeats RPl, they will play on Saturday A against WCHA rival Colorado College -the No. 2 West seed. .. Head Coach Doug Woog has guided the Golden Gophers to the NCAA's in each of his 10 years. Tickets: There will be no public sale of tickets through the 1994-95 MINNESOTA HOCKEY SCHEDULE Mariucci Arena box office. All sales will be handled through Wisconsin Ticketmaster at (608) 255-4646. Oct.21 at Minnesota-Duluth 5-4W Oct. 22 at Minnesota-Duluth 6-2W News Conference: A news conference involving the six head Ocr.28 WISCONSIN 2-1(0TIW coaches of the participating teams will take place at 4 p.m. Ocr.29 WISCONSIN (TARGET CENTER) 5-2W Thursday at the Dane County Memorial Coliseum in Madison. Nov.4 ST. CLOUD STATE 5-3W Nov.S at St. Ooud State 5-2W Minnesota in the NCAA's: This will be Minnesota's 22nd Nov. 11 at North Dakota 44<0DT Nov.12 at North Dakota 4-3L NCAA Tournament appearance, the most of any program in Nov.19 MICHIGAN TECH 3-2(0f) L the country. The Golden Gophers have compiled a record of 35- Nov.20 MICHIGAN TECH 6-2 w 24. Minnesota has won three national championships-1974, '76 Nov.25 COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE and '79. Last season, Minnesota was the second seed in the (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) West Region and defeated UMass-Lowell2-1 in two overtimes MICHIGAN STATE 3-2W on Jeff Nielsen's goal at 9:29 of the second overtime. With that Nov.26 COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE win, Minnesota advanced to the Final Four in St. Paul where (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) they lost to Boston University 4-1 in the semifinals. MICHIGAN 4-3W DEC. 10 DENVER 4-3L Golden Gophen vs. RPI: Minnesota holds a 2-1 advantage DEC.ll DENVER 3-2L against RPI .in NCAA tournament games. The last meeting Dec.16 at Colorado College 3-lW Dec.17 at Colorado College 9-2 L between the two teams in the NCAA Tournament was March DEC-28 SWEDISH NAT. TEAM (EXH.) 44T 18, 1961 when the Golden Gophers defeated the Engineers 4-3 DEC-30 MARIUCO CLASSIC in the third-place game of the NCAA Tournament held in YALE 6-2W Denver. The other two meetings were in 1953 and '54. DEC-31 MARIUCCI CLASSIC Minnesota defeated RPI 3-2 in the semifinal in 1953 in Colorado BOSTON UNIVERSITY 4-3(0f)L Springs. In 1954, RPI defeated Minnesota 5-4 in overtime to win a. Jan. 6 at Northern Michigan 2-2(0f)T their first national championship. ~ Jan. 7 at Northern Michigan 6-3L Jan. 13 at Alaska-Anchorage 6-3W The Series Record: In all games, Minnesota holds a 6-2 advan­ Jan. 14 at Alaska-Anchorage 1-0 L tage over the Engineers. The last meeting was in 1988 with the JAN. 20 COLORADO COLLEGE 4-3L JAN.21 COLORADO COLLEGE 7-4W two teams splitting a weekend series at old Mariucci Arena 4-7 Jan. 27 at Wisconsin 6-2W and 9-3. RPI is led by Head Coach Dan Fridgen, who is in his Jan.28 at Wisconsin 6-SL first year guiding the Engineers.