WISCONSIN Men’s & Diving Release Men’s Contact: Danny Goldin November 19, 2007 Office: (608) 262-1811 / Cell: (847) 508-1354 e-mail: [email protected]

2007-08 northwestern triangular schedule/results u The University of Wisconsin 3-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten men’s swimming team was unable to catch No. 5 Michigan and No. 18 Oct. 5 @ UW-Green Bay W 159-77 Northwestern at the Northwestern Oct. 11 Iowa W 175-125 Triangular, which concluded Saturday Oct. 12 UW-Milwaukee W 154-85 in Evanston, Ill. UW fell 283-86 against Nov. 2-3 @ Arizona L 172-116 Michigan and 237-131 against host- Nov. 16 @ #5 Michigan L 283-86 Northwestern. Nov. 17 @ #18 Northwestern L 237-131 Nov. 29- Texas Invite All Day u The Badgers set 15 new season Dec. 1 best-times over the two-day meet. Jan. 12 Hawaii 2 p.m. Feb. 1-2 Big Ten Quad All Day Feb. 28- Big Ten Championships All Day competition highlights Mar. 1 @ Ann Arbor, Mich. Mar. 8 Go-Pher It Invite 1 p.m. u The 200-yard freestyle relay team Junior Eric Johnson helped UW take third Mar. 14-16 NCAA Zone Diving Champ. All Day in the 200-yard medley relay, and placed of Kyle Sorensen (Pallatine, Ill.), Phil third and fifth individually in the 100- and Mar. 27-29 NCAA Championships All Day Davies (Rye, N.Y.), Mike Desautels 200-yard breatstroke races, respectively. (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Mitch Home events in bold placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke Buenger (Racine, Wis.) earned UW’s (57.29) and fifth in the 200-yard breast- first points with their third place finish stroke (2:06.74). with a time of 1:22.81. 2007-08 Quick Facts u Senior captain Brett Koerten u Head Coach: Eric Hansen (9th year) Freshman Kyle Thompson (New (Sevierville, Tenn.) was UW’s top fin- Berlin, Wis.) was Wisconsin’s top fin- isher in the 400-yard IM (4:04.44) and Alma Mater: Iowa State, 1988 isher in the 500-yard freestyle as he took Thompson took fifth with his time of ninth place (4:39.91). Junior Scott Rice Assistant Coaches: Geoff Hanson, 1:41.29 in the 200-yard freestyle. (Des Moines, Wash.) took third in the Daniel Kowalski, Kari Woodall 200 IM (1:51.70) and Desautels finished u Junior Mike Hopkins (Wilmington, Diving Coach: Tom Michaël in fifth place in the 50-yard freestyle Del.) took sixth in the 100-yard back- (20.89). Volunteer Assistant Diving Coach: stroke (52.38) and third in the 200-yard Whitney Michaël backstroke (1:49.14). u In the first race of the second day 2007 Big Ten Finish: Men - 8th of competition, Wisconsin’s ‘A’ 200-yard u Wisconsin’s 800-yard freestyle relay medley relay team comprised of Derrick Women - 5th ‘A’ team (Rice, Desautels, Sorensen O’Donnell (McFarland, Wis.), Eric and Thompson) took fifth (6:52.69) and 2007 NCAAs: Men - 29th Johnson (Frderal Way, Wash.), Rice Desautels also placed fifth in the 100- Women - 24th and Davies took third place with their yard freestyle (45.99). time of 1:32.36. u Freshman Luke Lengfeld (Cross u Rice later took third in the 100-yard Plains, Wis.) was UW’s lone competitor butterfly (49.63) and second in the 200- in the 1,650-yard freestyle and captured yard butterfly (1:48.18) while Johnson eighth place with his time of 16:30.75.

STAT OF Number of new season-best times that were recorded The week 15 at the Northwestern Triangular last weekend.

Athletic Communications Office • University of Wisconsin • Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, WI 53711 CSCAA Men’s Dual Meet Poll, 11/7/07 u In the final swimming event of Rank School Points the meet, the 400-yard freestyle relay, 1 Texas 299 (9) Wisconsin’s ‘A’ team took third as 2 Auburn 287 (1) Desautels, Davies, Sorensen and fresh- 3 Stanford 283 4 Arizona 266 man Greg Zupek (Manitowoc, Wis.) 5 Michigan 261 combined for a time of 3:02.39. 6 Florida 253 7 Califonia 232 7 Indiana 232 diving 9 Georgia 220 10 Minnesota 216 u On the one-meter springboard, 11 Tennessee 201 12 Southern California 180 sophomore Al Morrison (Fenton, Mich.) 13 Virginia 172 earned second place with his 305.60 13 Purdue 172 points and freshman Caleb Percevecz 15 North Carolina 167 Freshman Caleb Percevecz took third place (Scottsdale, Ariz.) followed closely 16 Ohio State 157 on the one-meter springboard and fourth on 17 Notre Dame 138 behind with a third place finish (300.30 the three-meter board. 18 Northwestern 132 points.) 19 Hawaii 108 19 Louisiana State 98 21 UNLV 83 u On the three-meter springboard, 22 Penn State 73 Percevecz was UW’s top finisher as he 23 Missouri 72 scored 288.95 points, earning fourth 24 Florida State 69 place. 25 Texas A & M 54

Teams Receiving Votes: SMU 46, Clemson 42, Santa Barbara 40, Virginia Tech 19, Louisville 17, Wisconsin next competition 14, Arizona State 13, Alabama 12, Missouri State 9, California-Irvine 9, Pittsburgh 3 u Wisconsin has next weekend off before traveling to Austin, Texas for the Texas Invitational Nov. 29- Dec. 1.

other notes

u The Badgers recieved votes in the Nov. 7 CSCAA Men’s Swimming poll. (Please see the left-hand sidebar for the complete list of rankings.)

u UW is now 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the Big Ten.

Big Ten Weekly Awards

Swimming: Scott Rice, Oct. 9, 2007

Diving: Caleb Percevecz, Oct. 9, 2007 2007-2008 Wisconsin Men’s Swimming Top Times 11/19/07 50 Freestyle 100 Butterfly School:19.77, Matt Marshall, 2003 School: 46.82, Matt Marshall, 2003 Big Ten: 19.35 Matt Grevers, Northwestern, 2005 Big Ten: 45.93, Kyle Bubolz, Northwestern, 2007 NCAA: 18.69 Cesar Cielo, Auburn, 2007 NCAA: 44.57 Albert Subirats, Arizona, 2007

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 20.89 Mike Desautels NWU 11/16/07 49.63 Scott Rice NWU 11/17/07 21.01 Kyle Sorensen NWU 11/16/07 49.97 Scott Rice Ariz. 11/2/07 21.22 Kyle Sorensen Iowa 10/11/07 50.21 Scott Rice UWGB 10/5/07 21.37 Kyle Sorensen UWGB 10/5/07 51.08 Kyle Sorensen NWU 11/16/07

100 Freestyle 200 Butterfly School:43.93 Dale Rogers , 2001 School: 1:45.64, Scott Rice, 2007 Big Ten: 41.49 Duje Draganja, California, 2005 Big Ten: 1:41.84 Davis Tarwater, Michigan 2006 NCAA: 42.46 Gustavo Borges, Michigan, 1994 NCAA: 1:41.78 , Tennessee, 1991

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 45.99 Mike Desautels NWU 11/17/07 1:48.18 Scott Rice NWU 11/17/07 46.02 Phil Davies NWU 11/17/07 1:49.99 Scott Rice Ariz. 11/2/07 46.20 Phil Davies UWM 10/12/07 1:52.84 Kyle Thompson NWU 11/17/07 46.51 Kyle Sorensen NWU 11/17/07 1:53.33 Brett Koerten Ariz. 11/2/07

200 Freestyle 100 Backstroke School: 1:35.92 Dale Rogers, 2004 School: 46.86 Adam Mania, 2005 Big Ten: 1:33.31 , Michigan, 2006 Big Ten: 45.61 Matt Grevers, Northwestern, 2007 NCAA: 1.31.20 Simon Burnett, Arizona, 2006 NCAA: 44.60 , Florida, 2006

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 1:41.29 Kyle Thompson NWU 11/17/07 51.84 Derrick O’Donnell Iowa 10/11/07 1:41.98 Scott Rice Iowa 10/11/07 52.09 Mike Hopkins Ariz. 11/2/07 1:42.70 Mike Desautels NWU 11/17/07 52.38 Mike Hopkins NWU 11/17/07 1:42.99 Phil Davies NWU 11/17/07 52.46 Derrick O’Donnell UWGB 10/5/07

500 Freestyle 200 Backstroke School: 4:19.81 Valter Kalaus, 1992 School: 1:42.75 Adam Mania, 2005 Big Ten: 4:08.60 Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan, 2006 Big Ten: 1:38.71 Matt Grevers, Northwestern, 2007 NCAA: 4:08.60 Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan, 2006 NCAA: 1:37.68, Ryan Lochte, Florida, 2006

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 4:39.91 Kyle Thompson NWU 11/16/07 1:49.14 Mike Hopkins NWU 11/17/07 4:42.70 Scott Rice UWM 10/12/07 1:51.12 Mike Hopkins Ariz. 11/2/07 4:44.76 Mike Swanson UWGB 10/5/07 1:51.31 Mike Hopkins Iowa 10/11/07 4:46.42 Kyle Thompsen Iowa 10/11/07 1:53.67 Nick Fulton NWU 11/17/07

1,650 Freestyle 100 Breaststroke School: 15:03.87 Roddy Kirschenman, 1987 School: 54.03, Eric Johnson, 2007 Big Ten: 14:26.62 , Michigan, 2001 Big Ten: 51.56 Mike Alexandrov, Northwestern, 2007 NCAA: 14:26.62 Chris Thompson, Michigan, 2001 NCAA: 51.56 Mike Alexandrov, Northwestern, 2007

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 16:30.75 Luke Lengfeld NWU 11/17/07 57.29 Eric Johnson NWU 11/17/07 57.99 Eric Johnson Ariz. 11/2/07 1,000 Freestyle 58.39 Derrick O’Donnell NWU 11/17/07 School: 9:11.44, Ola Stromberg,1995 58.86 Eric Johnson Iowa 10/11/07 Big Ten: 8:44.11, Chris Thompson, Michigan, 2001 NCAA: 8:44.11, Chris Thompson, Michigan, 2001

Time Swimmer Meet Date 9:44.53 Kyle Thompson Iowa 10/11/07 9:46.93 Kyle Thompson UWGB 10/5/07 9:53.30 Mike Swanson UWM 10/12/07 9:53.77 Luke Lengfeld Ariz. 11/2/07

2007-2008 Wisconsin Men’s Swimming Top Times 11/19/07 200 Breaststroke 800 Freestyle Relay School: 1:58.91 Adam Mania, 2004 School: 6:28.37,Wiesner, Rogers, Torpey, Zuiderhof, 2003 Big Ten: 1:56.81 Giordan Pogioli, Purdue,2004 Big Ten: 6:18.11, Vanderkaay, Tarwater, DeJong, Hurd, Michi- NCAA: 1:52.62 Brendan Hansen, Texas, 2003 gan, 2006 NCAA: 6:14.14, Nilo, Basson, Townsend, Ritter, 2007 Time Swimmer Meet Date 2:06.74 Eric Johnson NWU 11/17/07 Time Swimmers Meet Date 2:07.47 Derrick O’Donnell NWU 11/17/07 6:52.69 Scott Rice NWU 11/17/07 2:09.08 Derrick O’Donnell Ariz. 11/2/07 Mike Desautels 2:09.51 Dan Koening NWU 11/17/07 Kyle Sorensen Kyle Thompson 200 Individual Medley School: 1:45.47, Adam Mania, 2004 200 Medley Relay Big Ten: 1:44.64, Adam Mitchell, Minnesota, 2006 School:1:26.39, Coyne, Jones, Marshall, Rogers, 2002 NCAA: 1:40.55 Ryan Lochte, Florida, 2006 Big Ten: 1:25.14, Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Barbic, Northwestern, 2007 Time Swimmer Meet Date NCAA: 1:23.37, Goodrich, Maras, Puninski, Cielo, 1:51.70 Scott Rice NWU 11/16/07 Auburn, 2007 1:53.11 Scott Rice Ariz. 11/2/07 1:54.72 Scott Rice UWM 10/12/07 Time Swimmers Meet Date 1:55.20 Derrick O’Donnell Iowa 10/11/07 1:32.46 Derrick O’Donnell NWU 11/16/07 Eric Johnson 400 Individual Medley Scott Rice School: 3:46.08, Tim Liebhold, 2005 Phil Davies Big Ten: 3:38.18, Tom Dolan, Michigan1995 400 Medley Relay NCAA: 3:38.15, Ryan Lochte, Florida, 2006 School: 3:11.81, Coyne, Jones, Marshall, Rogers, 2002 Big Ten: 3:04.40, Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Barbic, North- Time Swimmer Meet Date western, 2007 4:04.44 Brett Koerten NWU 11/16/07 NCAA: 3:04.40, Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Barbic, Northwest- 4:12.01 Ben Bruce NWU 11/16/07 ern, 2007

200 Freestyle Relay Time Swimmers Meet Date School: 1:18.77, Sorensen, Desautels, Davies, Molzahn, 2007 3:21.38 Derrick O’Donnell NWU 11/16/07 Big Ten: 1:16.98, Barbic, Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Eric Johnson Northwestern, 2007 Scott Rice NCAA: 1:14.71, Cielo, Targett, Goodrich, Lundquist, Phil Davies Auburn, 2007 1 Meter Diving Time Swimmers Meet Date School: 552.45, Terry Butler, 1992 1:22.81 Kyle Sorensen NWU 11/16/07 Big Ten: 367.60, Mitch Richeson, Ohio State, 2005 NCAA: Phil Davies 421.05, Joona Puhakka, Arizona State, 2005 Mike Desautels Mitch Buenger Score Diver Meet Date 348.23 Caleb Percevecz UWM 10/12/07 400 Freestyle Relay 305.60 Al Morrison NWU 11/16/07 School: 2:54.05, Mania, Marshall, Wiesner, Rogers, 2004 304.80 Louis Schiff UWM 10/12/07 Big Ten: 2:51.24, Grevers, Barbic, Nilsson, Bubolz, 302.63 Dan Smith UWM 10/12/07 Minnesota, 2004 NCAA: 2:47.70, Andkjaer, Cialo, Targett, Lundquist, 3 Meter Diving California, 2005 School: 373.95, Josh Bonner, 2005 Big Ten: 407.65,. Taylor Roberts, Indiana, 2006 Time Swimmers Meet Date NCAA: 460.95, Chris Colwill, Georgia, 2006 3:02.39 Mike Desautels NWU 11/17/07 Phil Davies Kyle Sorensen Score Diver Meet Date Greg Zupek 356.18 Caleb Percevecz UWM 10/12/07 326.55 Dan Smith UWM 10/12/07 314.70 Louis Schiff UWM 10/12/07 290.18 Caleb Percevecz Iowa 10/11/07