AND DIVING RELEASE • FEB. 12, 2007

2006-07 Schedule/Results Wisconsin Heads to Big Ten Championships (4-4 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) Time, Date: 11 a.m. CT (prelims) and 6 p.m.

Date Opponent Time/Result CT (finals) Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 15-17 Location: Oct. 6 UW-Green Bay W, 190-106 Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio Oct. 13-14 at Iowa W, 240-111 Polls: Wisconsin is unranked in the Feb. 9 vs. UW-Milwaukee W, 296.5-55.5 CSCAA Poll ... Northwestern leads at No. 6, Nov. 3-4 at Arizona L, 155-134 followed by Minnesota at No. 10, Michigan at Nov. 10 at Northwestern L, 142-97 No. 11, Indiana at No. 12, Ohio State at Nov. 17-19 at Minnesota Invitational 2nd, 636 pts No. 13 and Purdue at No. 18 N30-D2 at Texas Invitational 4th, 360 pts Last Meeting: Indiana won last year’s meet in Jan. 4 at Hawaii W, 137-103 Bloomington, Ind., with 760.5 points ... UW Jan. 19-20 Big Ten Quad Duals finished seventh with 214 points

vs. Minnesota L, 243-110 Notables: Sophomore Mike Hopkins is one of two Badgers with an NCAA provisional time. vs. Purdue L, 208.5-144.5 • This meet marks the second of four Feb. 15-17 Big Ten Championships All Day times UW will compete at Minnesota. Feb. 25 Go-Pher It Invite All Day UM also played host to the Minnesota Invite (Nov. 17-19) and will play host to the Go-Pher It Invite (Feb. 25) and the NCAA championships (March 15-17). Mar. 2-4 NCAA Zone Diving All Day • This will be one of Wisconsin’s youngest diving teams to compete at a Mar. 15-17 NCAA Championships All Day conference meet, as all four competitors are freshmen. However, they are experienced, as two were high school All-Americans, and two were state Home meets in bold champions. This Week: UW has never won the Big Ten championships but has claimed as high as second eight times ... the Badgers’ top finish last year came from the third-place 800-yard freestyle relay team of Tom Molzahn, Scott Rice, Mike Desautels and Mike CSCAA Men’s Dual Meet Poll, 2/9/07 Swanson; all four returned this year. Order of Events: Rank School Points Prev. 1 Texas (9) 270 1 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 2 Stanford 261 2 200 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 1650 freestyle 3 Auburn 248 3 500 freestyle 400 individual medley 200 backstroke 4 California 240 4 200 individual medley 100 butterfly 100 freestyle 5 Arizona 234 5 50 freestyle 200 freestyle 200 6 Northwestern 228 6 1-meter diving 100 breaststroke 200 butterfly 7 Southern California 215 7 400 medley relay 100 backstroke Platform diving 8 Florida 202 8 3-meter diving 400 freestyle relay 8 Georgia 202 9 800 freestyle relay 10 Minnesota 193 10 11 Michigan 175 12 12 Indiana 165 11 13 Ohio State 161 13 Media Information 14 Virginia 144 16 14 Florida State 144 15 All interview requests for Coach Hansen, the assistant coaches or the student-athletes should be 16 Tennessee 141 14 directed to Brian Lee of Wisconsin Athletic Communications at (608) 262-8216. Phone numbers 17 West Virginia 121 19 18 Purdue 117 18 of student-athletes will not be disseminated to the media. 19 Notre Dame 108 17 20 Alabama 103 20 Members of the media wishing to cover home meets should contact Brian Lee at least two days 21 Arizona State 84 21 in advance. Those who wish to cover away meets should contact the host institution. 21 North Carolina 84 22 23 Louisiana State 66 23 24 SMU 58 25 P: (608) 262-8216 • F: (608) 282-8184 25 Texas A&M 49 24 Cell: (608) 345-5252 • [email protected]

University of Wisconsin • Intercollegiate Athletics Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 (608) 262-1866 • www.uwbadgers.com NOTABLE SWIMMERS

Tom Molzahn Scott Rice

Honors and Awards: Honors and Awards: • 2005-06 Team MVP • Holds UW’s fastest time in four • 2006 Big Ten Sportsmanship individual events and three relays Award winner this season • Team captain • Two-time Big Ten Swimmer of the • Twice named Academic All-Big Ten Week • 2006 CSCAA Academic All-America • Currently has three NCAA selection provisional times Senior • 6-0 Sophomore • 5-10 Freestyle/Butterfly Butterfly/IM Barrington, Ill. Des Moines, Wash. Barrington Mount Rainier

Personal Bests: Personal Bests: 100 Free — 46.32 200 Free — 1:36.86 100 Fly — 47.90 200 Fly — 1:45.80 500 Free — 4:22.71 200 Fly — 1:49.36 200 IM — 1:48.97

NCAA PROVISIONAL TIMES

100 Butterfly 200 Backstroke 400 Freestyle Relay Scott Rice, 47.90 Mike Hopkins, 1:46.90 Kyle Sorensen, (Texas Invite, 11/30/06) (Texas Invite, 12/2/06) Tom Molzahn, Mike Desautels, 200 Butterfly 200 IM Phil Davies, Scott Rice, 1:45.80 Scott Rice, 1:48.97 2:58.68 (Texas Invite, 12/2/06) (Texas Invite, 11/30/06) (Texas Invite, 12/2/06)

WISCONSIN’S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY

IS THAT A TITLIST? PREVIOUSLY IN COLUMBUS COACH OF THE YEARS The Badgers boast 26 swimmers and Here’s how Wisconsin has fared at the Wisconsin has earned two Big Ten divers who have claimed 37 individual Big Ten championships when they are Coaches of the Year awards. Then-div- titles. In addition, UW has two relay held in Columbus, Ohio: 1979 (fifth), ing coach Jerry Darda won it in 1991, championships. 1971 (sixth), 1961, (eighth), 1955 and then-swimming coach won it in (sixth), 1947 (seventh), 1940 (did not 1992. UW’S LAST CHAMPION compete), 1932 (did not compete). Wisconsin’s last Big Ten title came in POINT, WISCONSIN 2003 from the 400-yard freestyle relay WE’VE GOT HIGH HOPES The Badgers’ highest point total in the team of Matt Marshall, Adam Mania, In Eric Hansen’s seven years as head last 10 years was 375, accomplished Eric Wiesner and Dale Rogers. coach, the Badgers have placed in the in 1999 when they took fourth. top five of the conference meet five FIRST TEAMERS times. It took the previous 16 years OTHER TITLES Since 1984, the Badgers have 15 indi- before Hansen’s tenure to have five UW has several Big Ten champions in viduals who have picked up 17 first- instances when Wisconsin took fifth events no longer held, such as Plunge team All-Big Ten honors. or better. for Distance. 2006 – 2007 Wisconsin Men’s Swimming Top Times Through January 21, 2007

50 Freestyle 100 Butterfly School Record: 19.77, Matt Marshall, 2003 School Record: 46.82, Matt Marshall, 2003 Big Ten Record: 19.35, , Northwestern, 2005 Big Ten Record: 46.16, Davis Tarwater, Michigan, 2006 NCAA Record: 18.74, Fred Bousquet, Auburn, 2005 NCAA Record: 44.72, , Texas, 2004

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 20.53 Mike Desautels Texas Invite 11/30/06 47.90B Scott Rice Texas Invite 11/30/06 20.56 Kyle Sorensen Texas Invite 11/30/06 49.04 Tommy Gregory Texas Invite 11/30/06 21.04 Phil Davies Texas Invite 11/30/06 50.43 Derrick O’Donnell Texas Invite 11/30/06 21.23* Eric Johnson Texas Invite 11/30/06 51.18 Nick Bennett Texas Invite 11/30/06 21.43 Tommy Gregory Texas Invite 11/30/06 51.25 Mike Desautels Texas Invite 11/30/06

100 Freestyle 200 Butterfly School Record: 43.93, Dale Rogers, 2001 & Matt Marshall, 2003 School Record: 1:45.80, Scott Rice, 2006 Big Ten Record: 42.46, Gustavo Borges, Michigan, 1994 Big Ten Record: 1:41.84, Davis Tarwater, Michigan, 2006 NCAA Record: 41.49, Duje Draganja, California, 2005 NCAA Record: 1:41.78, , Tennessee, 1991

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 44.84* Kyle Sorensen Texas Invite 12/2/06 1:45.80B Scott Rice Texas Invite 12/2/06 45.00 Mike Desautels Texas Invite 12/2/06 1:50.06 Tom Molzahn Texas Invite 12/2/06 45.50 Phil Davies Texas Invite 12/2/06 1:50.37 Tommy Gregory Texas Invite 12/2/06 46.32 Tom Molzahn Texas Invite 12/2/06 1:50.42 Brett Koerten Texas Invite 12/2/06 46.62* Eric Johnson Texas Invite 12/2/06 1:52.02 Nick Bennett Texas Invite 12/2/06

200 Freestyle 100 Backstroke School Record: 1:35.92, Dale Rogers, 2004 School Record: 46.86, Adam Mania, 2005 Big Ten Record: 1:33.31, , Michigan, 2006 Big Ten Record: 45.62, Matt Grevers, Northwestern, 2005 NCAA Record: 1:31.20, Simon Burnett, Arizona, 2006 NCAA Record: 44.60, Ryan Lochte, Florida, 2006

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 1:38.93 Mike Desautels Texas Invite 12/1/06 50.81* Nick Fulton Texas Invite 11/30/06 1:39.40 Tom Molzahn Texas Invite 12/1/06 50.90 Scott Rice Texas Invite 12/1/06 1:40.51 Kyle Sorensen Texas Invite 12/1/06 50.90 Mike Hopkins Texas Invite 12/1/06 1:40.74* Phil Davies Texas Invite 12/1/06 51.03 Jeff Wurm Texas Invite 12/1/06 1:42.72 Mike Swanson Texas Invite 12/1/06 52.03 Tommy Gregory Texas Invite 12/1/06

500 Freestyle 200 Backstroke School Record: 4:19.81, Valter Kalaus, 1992 School Record: 1:42.75, Adam Mania, 2005 Big Ten Record: 4:08.60, Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan, 2006 Big Ten Record: 1:40.66, Matt Grevers, Northwestern, 2006 NCAA Record: 4:08.60, Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan, 2006 NCAA Record: 1:37.68, Ryan Lochte, Florida, 2006

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 4:30.10 Tom Molzahn Texas Invite 11/30/06 1:46.90B Mike Hopkins Texas Invite 12/2/06 4:36.50 Mike Hopkins Texas Invite 11/30/06 1:49.36 Ben Bruce Texas Invite 12/2/06 4:37.22 Mike Swanson Minn / Purdue 1/20/07 1:50.43 Nick Fulton Texas Invite 12/2/06 4:37.97 Taylor Mathis Texas Invite 11/30/06 1:52.27 Jeff Wurm Texas Invite 12/2/06 4:38.10 Ben Bruce Texas Invite 11/30/06 100 Breaststroke 1000 Freestyle School Record: 54.15, Lance Jones, 2001 School Record: 9:11.44, Ola Stromberg, 1995 Big Ten Record: 52.54, Kevin Swander, Indiana, 2006 Big Ten Record: 8:44.11, Chris Thompson, Michigan, 2001 NCAA Record: 51.86, , Tennessee, 1997 NCAA Record: 8:44.11, Chris Thompson, Michigan, 2001 Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 55.75 Eric Johnson Texas Invite 12/1/06 9:35.43 Taylor Mathis Northwestern 11/10/06 57.03 Derrick O’Donnell Texas Invite 12/1/06 9:56.45 Ben Bruce Northwestern 11/10/06 57.63 Dan Koenig Texas Invite 12/1/06 10:09.24 Steve Wiesner Minn / Purdue 1/19/07 59.92 Lance Carriaga Texas Invite 12/1/06

1650 Freestyle 200 Breaststroke School Record: 15:03.87, Roddy Kirschenman, 1987 School Record: 1:58.91, Adam Mania, 2004 Big Ten Record: 14:26.62, Chris Thompson, Michigan, 2001 Big Ten Record: 1:53.77, Mike Barrowman, Michigan, 1990 NCAA Record: 14:26.62, Chris Thompson, Michigan, 2001 NCAA Record: 1:52.62, , Texas, 2003

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 15:56.40 Taylor Mathis Texas Invite 12/2/06 2:02.24 Eric Johnson Texas Invite 12/2/06 2:03.91 Derrick O’Donnell Texas Invite 12/2/06 2:08.54 Dan Koenig Texas Invite 12/2/06 2:09.54 Brett Koerten Iowa / UW-M 10/14/06 A – NCAA Automatic Qualifying Standard B – NCAA Consideration Qualifying Standard * – Relay Leadoff

2006 – 2007 Wisconsin Men’s Swimming Top Times Through January 21, 2007

200 Individual Medley 200 Medley Relay School Record: 1:45.74, Adam Mania, 2004 School Record: 1:26.39, Coyne, Jones, Marshall, Rogers, Big Ten Record: 1:44.64, Adam Mitchell, Minnesota, 2006 2002 NCAA Record: 1:40.55, Ryan Lochte, Florida, 2006 Big Ten Record: 1:25.73, Hesen, Swander, Clavier, Patrick, Indiana, 2006 Time Swimmer Meet Date NCAA Record: 1:23.88, Subirats, Rollins, Ferns, Burnett, 1:48.97B Scott Rice Texas Invite 11/30/06 Arizona, 2006 1:51.88 Dan Koenig Texas Invite 11/30/06 1:51.97 Derrick O’Donnell Texas Invite 11/30/06 Time Swimmers Meet Date 1:52.95 Brett Koerten Texas Invite 11/30/06 1:30.45 Jeff Wurm Texas Invite 12/1/06 1:54.21 Eric Johnson Texas Invite 11/30/06 Eric Johnson Scott Rice 400 Individual Medley Kyle Sorensen School Record: 3:46.08, Tim Liebhold, 2005 Big Ten Record: 3:38.18, , Michigan, 1995 400 Medley Relay NCAA Record: 3:38.15, Ryan Lochte, Florida, 2006 School Record: 3:11.81, Coyne, Jones, Marshall, Rogers, 2002 Time Swimmer Meet Date Big Ten Record: 3:07.91, Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Dexter, 3:59.04 Brett Koerten Texas Invite 12/1/06 Northwestern, 2006 4:01.02 Scott Rice Minn / Purdue 1/20/07 NCAA Record: 3:04.47, Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Kemp, 4:02.34 Ben Bruce Texas Invite 12/1/06 Texas, 2003 4:09.73 Steve Wiesner Texas Invite 12/1/06 Time Swimmers Meet Date 200 Freestyle Relay 3:20.01 Mike Hopkins Texas Invite 11/30/06 School Record: 1:19.03, Marshall, Mania, Wiesner, Rogers, Eric Johnson 2003 Scott Rice Big Ten Record: 1:17.74, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Grevers, Mike Desautels Kormushoff, Northwestern, 2005 NCAA Record: 1:15.78, Draganja, Gimbutis, Tilly, Cavic, California, 2005

Time Swimmers Meet Date 1:20.89 Kyle Sorensen Texas Invite 11/30/06 Tom Molzahn Mike Desautels Phil Davies

400 Freestyle Relay School Record: 2:54.05, Mania, Marshall, Wiesner, Rogers, 2004 Big Ten Record: 2:51.24 Delac, Silkaitis, Mitchell, Cerensek, Minnesota, 2004 NCAA Record: 2:47.70, Draganja, Cavic, Tilly, Gimbutis, California, 2005

Time Swimmers Meet Date 2:58.68B Kyle Sorensen Texas Invite 12/2/06 Tom Molzahn Mike Desautels Phil Davies

800 Freestyle Relay School Record: 6:28.37, Wiesner, Rogers, Torpey, Zuiderhof, 2003 Big Ten Record: 6:18.11, P. Vanderkaay, DeJong, A. Vanderkaay, Tarwater, Michigan, 2006 NCAA Record: 6:16.25, Lochte, Townsend, Hartley, Sioui, Florida, 2005

Time Swimmers Meet Date 6:39.32 Tom Molzahn Texas Invite 12/1/06 Mike Desautels Kyle Sorensen Scott Rice

A – NCAA Automatic Qualifying Standard B – NCAA Consideration Qualifying Standard * – Relay Leadoff