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Delaware 143, Georgetown 96

November 1, 2003

Blue Hens Win First Meet of the Season; Skacel in On Three Wins for Hens

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware women won nine events to give head coach John Hayman his 100th career victory at UD and the Blue Hen men won their first meet of the season behind three wins from Alex Skacel on the way to a non-league swimming and diving sweep over Georgetown Saturday at Rawstrom Natatorium.

Alex Skacel won three events as the Blue Hens won their first dual of the seaon

The Delaware women (3-0) posted a 143-98 victory over Georgetown (0-1) to remain undefeated on the season while the Blue Hen men (1-2) won their first meet of the season with a 143-96 win over the Hoyas (0-2). In the women's section, Hayman won his 100th career meet at Delaware, improving to 100-59 in his 15th season at the helm.

The UD women dominated the action as Sara Stephens (St. Mark's/Wilmington, DE) captured the 200 butterfly (2:11.01) and 200 individual medley (2:12.94), Jill Fitzgerald (Wood/Warminster, PA) captured the 50 freestyle (24.83) and 100 freestyle (54.02), Kim Fields (Severna Park/Severna Park, MD) won the 1,000 freestyle (10:37.26), Louisiana State transfer Lauren Ostroski (Methacton/Norristown, PA) won the 200 breaststroke (2:25.52) in her Delaware debut, and Sara Reed (East/West Chester, PA) won the 200 freestyle (1:59.00).

The 400 medley relay team of Kristen Avioli (Bishop Shanahan/West Chester, PA), Ostroski, Stephens, and Erica Pearson (Howard/Columbia, MD) was also a winner in a time of 4:06.08.

On the men's side, Skacel (Holy Cross/Moorestown, NJ) had a hand in three victories as he won the 200 backstroke (2:02.38) and 200 individual medley (2:02.22), and teamed to win the 400 medley relay (3:46.00) with freshman Cory Sanderson (Einstein/Kensington,MD), David Hardy (DeMatha/Rainier,MD), and freshman Brendan Spencer (Yorktown/Arlington, VA).

Freshman Steve Henn (Dix Hills/Dix Hills, NY) won the one-meter diving event (248.10 points) and was second in the three-meter, Kevin Kotowski (Salesianum/Wilmington, DE) won the 100 freestyle (49.63) and teamed with Jeff Shields (Lawrence/Lawrenceville, NJ), Colin Gibson (Radnor/Villanova,PA),and freshman Matt DuShuttle (Caesar Rodney/Wyoming, DE) to win the 400 freestyle relay (3:20.91), Shields won the 200 freestyle (1:50.24), and Sanderson, making his collegiate debut, won the 1,000 freestyle (10:21.83).

Both teams will return to action next Saturday, Nov. 8 for a dual meet at Colonial Athletic Association foe George Mason.

AGATE:

Event 2  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Delaware  'A'                                     3:43.81    3:46.00   11  
     1) Sanderson, Cory FR              2) Hardy, David SR                
     3) Skacel, Alex W JR               4) Spencer, Brendan FR            
       28.49    58.36    29.25  1:04.01    24.48    54.73    23.22    48.90
  2 Georgetown University  'B'                             NT    3:48.25    4  
     1) Walden, Heath                   2) Nguyen, Peter                  
     3) Walsh, Kevin                    4) Caufield, Edmund               
       28.73    58.05    31.16  1:05.55    25.13    53.99    24.26    50.66
  3 Delaware  'B'                                          NT    3:54.59    2  
     1) Ritterson, Jeff SO              2) Wembacher, Eric FR             
     3) Lyons, Sean FR                  4) Weldin, Mark JR                
       29.53  1:00.76    30.92  1:05.61    26.17    55.62    25.14    52.60
  4 Georgetown University  'A'                             NT    4:00.02  
     1) Libertiny, Nick                 2) Sehestedt, William             
     3) Perez, Brad                     4) Ball, Don                      
       29.06    59.42    31.67  1:09.25    27.39    58.95    17.45    52.40
  5 Delaware  'C'                                          NT    4:11.52  
     1) Birchenall, Alex SR             2) Bailey, Dan JR                 
     3) Kindelan, John FR               4) Panas, Robert FR               
       31.49  1:04.99    32.41  1:09.00    28.30  1:02.12    25.70    55.41
         
 
Event 4  Men 1000 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Sanderson, Cory           FR DEL                       NT   10:21.83    9  
      28.63   31.23   31.44   31.68   31.47   31.76   31.60   31.23
      30.98   31.25   31.51   31.12   31.08   31.38   31.35   31.33
      30.77   31.60   31.39   29.03                                
  2 Rieffel, Kevin               GU                        NT   10:22.01    4  
      28.11   31.17   31.27   31.54   31.47   31.78   31.29   30.84
      31.19   31.26   31.56   31.86   31.71   31.68   31.63   31.64
      31.47   31.27   31.16   28.11                                
  3 Goldstein, Adam           JR DEL                 10:20.34   10:26.19    3  
      28.56   30.83   31.60   31.71   31.46   31.82   31.74   31.81
      31.85   31.76   31.65   31.76   31.78   31.66   31.69   31.20
      31.07   31.32   30.60   30.32                                
  4 Hayden, Jon                  GU                        NT   10:33.21    2  
      28.83   30.52   31.30   31.46   31.80   31.53   31.72   31.75
      31.76   31.57   31.89   32.13   32.08   32.05   32.21   32.10
      31.77   32.38   32.24   32.12                                
  5 Griffin, Brendan             GU                        NT   10:42.83    1  
      27.86   29.98   30.85   31.30   31.40   31.53   31.57   31.93
      32.36   32.92   32.55   32.75   33.46   33.21   33.47   33.07
      33.54   33.76   33.35   31.97                                
  6 Kindelan, John            FR DEL                 11:24.33   11:23.66  
      30.05   31.72   32.68   33.47   33.86   34.10   34.48   35.03
      34.62   35.43   35.26   35.48   35.00   35.33   34.96   34.15
      34.89   34.39   34.94   33.82                                
  7 Aungst, Matt              SR DEL                       NT  x11:25.45  
      28.54   32.01   33.39   34.47   34.79   35.43   35.28   34.85
      35.03   35.47   35.18   34.57   35.07   34.16   35.17   35.14
      34.59   34.79   34.57   32.95                                
 
 
Event 6  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Shields, Jeff             SR DEL                  1:48.06    1:50.24    9  
      25.79   27.97   28.67   27.81                                
  2 Bair, Josh                   GU                        NT    1:50.63    4  
      26.19   27.72   28.73   27.99                                
  3 Kotowski, Kevin           JR DEL                  1:47.02    1:50.64    3  
      25.99   28.35   28.63   27.67                                
  4 Rasch, Michael            SO DEL                  1:51.18    1:52.16    2  
      26.80   27.96   28.65   28.75                                
  5 Virion, Joe               FR DEL                       NT   x1:52.92  
      25.28   28.06   29.86   29.72                                
  6 Caufield, Edmund             GU                        NT    1:52.95    1  
      26.95   29.03   29.08   27.89                                
  7 Walden, Heath                GU                        NT    1:53.38  
      26.56   28.65   29.34   28.83                                
         
 
Event 8  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Bayer, Michael               GU                        NT      22.72    9  
  2 DuShuttle, Matt           FR DEL                    22.85      22.90    4  
  3 Gibson, Colin             SO DEL                    22.72      22.99    3  
  4 Heynen, Daniel               GU                        NT      23.44    2  
  5 Ball, Don                    GU                        NT      23.66    1  
  6 Wembacher, Eric           FR DEL                       NT      23.97  
  7 Panas, Robert             FR DEL                    24.87      24.58  
 
Event 10  Men 200 Yard IM
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Skacel, Alex W            JR DEL                  2:04.54    2:02.22    9  
      25.99   31.80   36.19   28.24                                
  2 Spencer, Brendan          FR DEL                       NT    2:02.63    4  
      26.96   30.88   37.74   27.05                                
  3 Libertiny, Nick              GU                        NT    2:04.88    3  
      27.08   31.75   36.62   29.43                                
  4 Hardy, David              SR DEL                  1:58.70    2:05.30    2  
      27.86   32.69   35.76   28.99                                
  5 Bailey, Dan               JR DEL                  2:09.93   x2:12.98  
      28.41   35.51   38.22   30.84                                
  6 Nguyen, Peter                GU                        NT    2:17.71    1  
      28.65   39.58   37.82   31.66                                
  7 Sehestedt, William           GU                        NT    2:20.78  
      30.41   36.05   40.08   34.24                                
  8 Reynolds, Tim                GU                        NT   x2:22.26  
      30.72   36.03   42.14   33.37                                
 
 
Event 12  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Walsh, Kevin                 GU                        NT    2:02.39    9  
      28.24   31.20   31.51   31.44                                
  2 Walden, Heath                GU                        NT    2:04.81    4  
      27.92   32.00   32.45   32.44                                
  3 Perez, Brad                  GU                        NT    2:05.28    3  
      27.94   31.55   32.21   33.58                                
  4 Aungst, Matt              SR DEL                  2:00.90    2:08.23    2  
      27.89   31.92   34.06   34.36                                
  5 Lyons, Sean               FR DEL                  2:15.35    2:09.44    1  
      28.62   32.28   33.72   34.82                                
  6 Kindelan, John            FR DEL                       NT    2:22.57  
      29.29   34.42   38.41   40.45                                
 
 
Event 14  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Kotowski, Kevin           JR DEL                    48.15      49.63    9  
      23.83   25.80                                                
  2 Gibson, Colin             SO DEL                    49.72      50.00    4  
      23.96   26.04                                                
  3 DuShuttle, Matt           FR DEL                    50.42      50.80    3  
      24.60   26.20                                                
  4 Bair, Josh                   GU                        NT      51.02    2  
      24.69   26.33                                                
  5 Rasch, Michael            SO DEL                    50.81     x51.10  
      24.40   26.70                                                
  6 Heynen, Daniel               GU                        NT      51.29    1  
      24.69   26.60                                                
  7 Bayer, Michael               GU                        NT      55.15  
      25.48   29.67                                                
 
Event 16  Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Skacel, Alex W            JR DEL                  1:57.62    2:02.38    9  
      29.49   31.12   31.53   30.24                                
  2 Sanderson, Cory           FR DEL                  2:03.54    2:03.34    4  
      29.28   31.01   31.68   31.37                                
  3 Walsh, Kevin                 GU                        NT    2:04.59    3  
      29.46   31.17   32.18   31.78                                
  4 Goldstein, Adam           JR DEL                  1:58.86    2:08.28    2  
      30.34   32.46   33.09   32.39                                
  5 Libertiny, Nick              GU                        NT    2:08.99    1  
      30.57   32.28   33.25   32.89                                
  6 Reynolds, Tim                GU                        NT    2:18.53  
      33.01   35.07   35.48   34.97                                
  7 Weldin, Mark              JR DEL                  2:09.97   x2:18.72  
      32.23   34.69   35.68   36.12                                
 
 
Event 18  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Rieffel, Kevin               GU                        NT    5:03.39    9  
      27.79   30.29   30.77   30.62   30.93   31.10   31.35   30.98
      30.68   28.88                                                
  2 Spencer, Brendan          FR DEL                       NT    5:04.25    4  
      26.98   30.57   31.38   31.37   31.26   31.18   31.54   31.28
      30.52   28.17                                                
  3 Hayden, Jon                  GU                        NT    5:04.31    3  
      27.75   30.43   30.87   31.24   31.29   31.43   31.30   31.39
      30.03   28.58                                                
  4 Virion, Joe               FR DEL                       NT    5:04.46    2  
      27.71   30.33   30.88   31.12   30.50   31.00   30.47   31.27
      31.03   30.15                                                
  5 Shields, Jeff             SR DEL                  5:09.36    5:04.59    1  
      27.57   30.28   31.09   31.57   31.21   31.11   31.19   30.92
      30.53   29.12                                                
  6 Ritterson, Jeff           SO DEL                  5:23.93   x5:07.95  
      27.55   30.28   31.07   31.35   31.57   31.32   31.45   31.39
      31.81   30.16                                                
  7 Caufield, Edmund             GU                        NT    5:15.74  
      28.78   31.56   32.47   32.29   32.15   32.51   32.30   32.12
      31.36   30.20                                                
 
 
Event 20  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 Nguyen, Peter                GU                        NT    2:20.83    9  
      32.72   35.72   35.60   36.79                                
  2 Hardy, David              SR DEL                  2:15.13    2:21.46    4  
      30.59   35.87   37.84   37.16                                
  3 Griffin, Brendan             GU                        NT    2:22.80    3  
      31.91   36.55   37.17   37.17                                
  4 Wembacher, Eric           FR DEL                  2:35.81    2:24.91    2  
      32.21   36.63   38.14   37.93                                
  5 Kates, Matt               FR DEL                  2:27.65    2:26.66    1  
      33.46   37.05   37.95   38.20                                
 
 
Event 22  Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Delaware  'A'                                     3:19.75    3:20.91   11  
     1) Kotowski, Kevin JR              2) Shields, Jeff SR               
     3) Gibson, Colin SO                4) DuShuttle, Matt FR             
       23.67    49.69    24.37    50.79    23.59    50.17    23.87    50.26
  2 Georgetown University  'A'                             NT    3:24.78    4  
     1) Bair, Josh                      2) Ball, Don                      
     3) Bayer, Michael                  4) Heynen, Daniel                 
       24.86    51.41    23.94    51.64    22.86    50.11    24.19    51.62
  3 Delaware  'C'                                          NT    3:35.80    2  
     1) Weldin, Mark JR                 2) Birchenall, Alex SR            
     3) Bailey, Dan JR                  4) Panas, Robert FR               
       25.72    53.12    25.78    55.92    24.63    51.76    25.78    55.00
  4 Georgetown University  'B'                             NT    3:39.06  
     1) Rieffel, Kevin                  2) Hayden, Jon                    
     3) Griffin, Brendan                4) Perez, Brad                    
       25.93    53.80    25.25    52.85    26.60    56.28    26.48    56.13
 -- Delaware  'B'                                          NT         DQ  
     1) Virion, Joe FR                  2) Rasch, Michael SO              
     3) Goldstein, Adam JR              4) Lyons, Sean FR                 
       25.59    53.65    23.92    50.46    25.43    53.68    24.28    51.35
 
 
Event 24  Men 1 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Henn, Steven                 DEL                       NT     248.10    9  
  2 Huang, Terry                 GU                        NT     213.52    4  
  3 O'Connell, Dan               DEL                       NT     183.30    3  
  4 Wolf, Steven                 DEL                       NT     152.17    2  
 
 
Event 26  Men 3 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Huang, Terry                 GU                        NT     213.07    9  
  2 Henn, Steven                 DEL                       NT     210.60    4  
  3 Wolf, Steven                 DEL                       NT     152.25    3