Badgers Ground Hawkeyes, Set Two Pool Records
October 25, 2003 | Men's Swimming & Diving
Wisconsin relay teams set two more pool records forcing new changes to the wall of records on the west end of the Natatorium. The record-setting 400 medley and 200 freestyle relay teams led the Badgers to an impressive 172-116 victory over the Hawkeyes.
The 400-yard medley relay team of Adam Mania, Kevin Zakrewski, Matt Marshall and Dale Rogers opened the first Big Ten meet with their record-setting performance of 3:20.87. Seniors Marshall and Rogers were part of the 2001 squad who owned the previous Natatorium best of 3:21.
The pair of seniors teamed with juniors Adam Mania and Eric Weisner to break the `Nat's' pool record in the 200 yard freestyle relay. The team's 1:21.76 finish beat the previous mark set by Purdue in 1998 (1:22.42).
Wisconsin found success in individual events as well. Weisner dominated the freestyle action, winning three events: 100 yard freestyle (46.18), 200 yard freestyle (1:40.34) and 500 freestyle (4:40.84). Marshall added two more victories in the 50 freestyle (20.68) and the 100 butterfly (49.14). Mania and Zakrewski each added individual first-place finishes. Mania won the 100 yard backstroke in :49.38 and the 200 yard freestyle in the 200 yard backstroke in 1:48.38. Zakrewski won the 100 yard breaststroke in 58.45.
Michael Hamm, Tim Liephold and Pat Torpey contributed first-place finishes. Hamm won the 1000 yard freestyle event. Liephold earned the victory in the 400 individual medley (4:04.6) while Torpey won the 200 yard butterfly (1:49.48).
The Badgers travel to Tucson, Ariz. for the Arizona Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Action returns to the `Nat' on Friday, Nov. 7 when the Badgers host the Indiana Hoosiers at 4 p.m.
