Seniors Led Badger Men To Victory
February 06, 2004 | Men's Swimming & Diving
The 12th-ranked Badger men's swimming and diving team celebrated Senior Night with a pair of easy victories against UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee. Seven individuals and two relay squads won 10 of 13 events to spur Wisconsin to a 153.5-82.5 win over the Phoenix and a 159-79 victory over the Panthers Friday night at the UW Natatorium.
Wisconsin's core of seniors turned in impressive performances during their final competition as a Badgers in Madison. Chris Anderson earned first place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.85) while Matt Marshall's 20.65 effort in the 50-yard freestyle gave the Badgers additional first-place points.
Senior Pat Torpey completed the third first-place finish for the senior class with a 1:49.56 finish in the 200-yard butterfly. Kevin Zakrzewski contributed by swimming a leg of the first-place 200-yard medley relay.
The 200-yard medley relay squad of classmates Zakrzewski, Marshall and juniors Tim Liebhold and Eric Wiesner edged the Wisconsin `B' relay by .36 seconds with a 1:33.10 effort.
Liebhold and Wiesner added to their relay accomplishments with victories in individual events as well. Liebhold swam to first-place in the 200-yard IM (1:52.13) while Wiesner earned first-place in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.74).
Adam Mania continued his impressive campaign Friday night. Mania impressively won the 100-freestyle (45.18) and the 200-yard breaststroke event (2.08.08) by over two seconds. Tom Molzahn wrapped up Wisconsin's first-place efforts with a 500-yard freestyle effort (4:42.95) which won by nearly four seconds.
Friday night's meet marked the UW's last dual meet and home appearance of the 2003-04 season. The Badgers finished 8-2 dual meets and a 4-1 in the Big Ten. Wisconsin will now rest until it heads to West Lafayette, Ind. Feb. 26-28 for the 2004 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.
