Men's Swimming and Diving Concludes Texas Invite
December 02, 2001 | Men's Swimming & Diving
The Wisconsin men's swimming and diving team ended the Texas Invitational Sunday at Austin, Texas. The Badgers finished the three-day event in seventh place with 367 points.
'The weekend as a whole was very positive,' coach Eric Hansen said. 'Lance Jones' school record in the 200 breast and Dale Rogers breaking the 44 second barrier in the 100 free were highlights of Sunday. '
Senior Lance Jones (Corning, Calif.) registered an NCAA consideration time on Sunday in the 200 yard breast. Jones swam 1:59.34 in the morning prelims and broke his own school record with the mark.
Sophomore Dale Rogers (Oroville, Calif.), who finished third in the 100 yard free finals, touched in at 43.93 in prelims, an NCAA consideration time in the event. Rogers also reset his own UW record with the time.
Sophomore Matt Marshall (Chico, Calif.) finished seventh in the 100 yard free while Pat Torpey (Mentor, Ohio) took eighth in the 200 yard butterfly (1:48.49).
Wisconsin has a month off from the competitive waters. The Badgers next compete at the Rainbow Classic, Jan. 2-3, 2002.
