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Towson 140, Delaware 96
James Madison 137, Delaware 96
James Madison 127, Towson 101

January 11, 2004

Freshman Dan O'Connell Sweeps Diving Events for Hens

 

Complete Results 

Matt Aungst placed fourth in the 200 butterfly and as part of the 400 freestyle relay team

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware women's swimming and diving team captured 10 first place finishes, including three by Sarah Peffer (Newark/Newark, DE), to earn a sweep over Towson and James Madison in a Colonial Athletic Association tri-meet Sunday afternoon at Rawstrom Natatorium.

The Delaware women (7-1) downed James Madison 153-87 and Towson 139-103 to highlight the final home meet of the season. On the men's side, James Madison won six races to post the sweep over Delaware and Towson. The Blue Hen men (1-7) fell to James Madison by a score of 137-96 and by a score of 140-96 to Towson.

Peffer captured the 1,000 freestyle (10:28.18), the 400 individual medley (4:34.29), and the 500 freestyle (5:06.08) to pace the Blue Hens. Also taking home individual titles were Jill Fitzgerald (Wood/Warminster, PA) in the 50 freestyle (24.83) and 100 freestyle (53.75), Sara Stephens (St. Mark's/Wilmington, DE) in the 200 butterfly (2:07.13) and 200 breaststroke (2:26.43), Sara Reed (East/West Chester, PA) in the 200 backstroke (2:09.60), Meredith Law (Nansemond/Chesapeake, VA) in the 200 freestyle (1:57.36), and the 400 medley relay team of Kristen Avioli (Bishop Shanahan/West Chester, PA), Lauren Ostroski (Methacton/Norristown, PA), Stephens, and Fitzgerald (4:00.46).

Placing second for the Hens were Kim Fields (Severna Park/Severna Par, MD) in the 1,000 freestyle (10:46.89), Sarah Bergan (Bethesda Chevy Chase/Bethesda, MD) in the one-meter dive (189.90), and Law in the 500 freestyle (5:14.90).

The James Madison women were led by Lisa Enders, who won the one-meter (220.0) and three-meter (213.15) diving events. Towson's lone win was in the 400 freestyle relay where the team of Alyson Hunt, Jennifer Irby, Jackelyn Cona, and Elizabeth Lebherz won in a time of 3:39.26.

Freshman diver Dan O'Connell (St. Mark's/Newark, DE) led the Blue Hen men by winning both the one-meter and three-meter diving events, his first sweep of the events this season. He posted 182.5 points in the one-meter event and 185.20 points in the three-meter event. The Hens also got third place finishes from the 400 freestyle relay team (3:23.59) of Colin Gibson (Radnor/Villanova, PA), Michael Rasch (Emmaus/Allentown, PA), Joe Virion (Concord/Wilmington, DE), and Jeff Shields (Lawrence/Lawrenceville, NJ), Stephen Wolf (Middletown/Townsend, DE) in the one-meter dive (146.85), Brendan Spencer (Yorktown/Arlington, VA) in the 200 backstroke (2:01.19), and Virion in the 500 freestyle (4:55.93).

The James Madison men were led by Geoff Meyer, who captured the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle events. Towson was paced by 2003 CAA Swimmer of the Year Aaron Krause, who won the 400 medley relay, the 400 individual medley, and the 400 freestyle relay.

Delaware will close out its dual meet season Jan. 24 at Loyola.

Final Team Scores:

James Madison 137, Delaware 96; Towson 140, Delaware 96; James Madison 127-101

Delaware Men's Top Finishers: 1st Place: Dan O'Connell - 1 Meter Diving (182.50), 3 Meter Diving (185.20); 3rd Place: 400 Freestyle Relay (Gibson, Rasch, Virion, Shields), 3:23.59; Stephen Wolf - 1 Meter Diving (146.85); Brendan Spencer - 200 Backstroke (2:01.19); Joe Virion - 500 Freestyle (4:55.93); 4th Place - 400 Freestyle Relay (Bailey, Birchenall, Aungst, Kindelan), 3:39.79; Stephen Wolf - 3m diving (151.40); David Hardy - 200 breaststroke (2:20.19); ;Cory Sanderson - 200 backstroke (2:01.44); Matt Aungst - 200 butterfly (2:02.55); ;Adam Goldstein - 1,000 freestyle (10:30.52); Jeff Shields - 200 freestyle (1:49.45); 400 Medley Relay (Sanderson, Hardy, Skacel, Spencer), 3:44.75; 5th Place - Brendan Spencer - 400 Individual Medley (4:21.99); Alex Skacel - 200 butterfly (2:03.91); Adam Goldstein - 500 freestyle (5:08.05);


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                                    Results                                                   
 
Event 2  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Towson  'A'                                            NT    3:26.62  
     1) Krause, Aaron                   2) Trionfo, Frank                 
     3) Cogdill, Ryan                   4) Martinetti, Christopher        
  2 James Madison  'A'                                     NT    3:30.42  
     1) Fowler, Josh                    2) Nester, Aaron                  
     3) Nicholas, Mike                  4) Depew, Mark                    
  3 James Madison  'B'                                     NT    3:42.21  
     1) Chartier, John                  2) Smith, Bobby                   
     3) Burton, Brad                    4) Dunn, RJ                       
  4 Delaware  'A'                                     3:40.73    3:44.75  
     1) Sanderson, Cory FR              2) Hardy, David SR                
     3) Skacel, Alex W JR               4) Spencer, Brendan FR            
  5 Delaware  'B'                                          NT    3:52.18  
     1) Goldstein, Adam JR              2) Wembacher, Eric FR             
     3) Aungst, Matt SR                 4) Weldin, Mark JR                
         
 
Event 4  Men 1000 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Moore, Joe                   JMU                       NT   10:04.02  
  2 Harrell, Ryan                TU                        NT   10:12.36  
  3 Carhart, Evan                JMU                       NT   10:29.90  
  4 Goldstein, Adam           JR DEL                 10:25.40   10:30.52  
  5 Gordon, Sam                  TU                        NT   10:30.89  
  6 Sanderson, Cory           FR DEL                 10:15.10   10:36.80  
 
Event 6  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Meyer, Geoff                 JMU                       NT    1:44.90  
  2 Sonley, Ben                  TU                        NT    1:46.12  
  3 Depew, Mark                  JMU                       NT    1:47.26  
  4 Shields, Jeff             SR DEL                  1:49.27    1:49.45  
  5 McNamara, Eric               JMU                       NT    1:49.61  
  6 Hardy, David              SR DEL                       NT    1:51.61  
  7 Grube, Garrick               TU                        NT    1:52.35  
  8 Rasch, Michael            SO DEL                  1:52.08    1:52.57  
  9 Fisher, Todd                 TU                        NT    1:53.95  
 10 Weldin, Mark              JR DEL                  1:54.75   x1:54.06  
 11 Dodds, Chris                 TU                        NT   x1:54.97  
 12 Toms, David                  JMU                       NT   x1:56.95  
 
 
Event 8  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Nicholas, Mike               JMU                       NT      21.67  
  2 Chartier, John               JMU                       NT      22.14  
  3 Hicks, Jeff                  JMU                       NT      22.15  
  4 Dunn, RJ                     JMU                       NT     x22.23  
  5 Will, Chris                  TU                        NT      22.47  
  6 Cogdill, Ryan                TU                        NT      22.52  
  7 Gibson, Colin             SO DEL                    22.93      22.83  
  8 Skacel, Alex W            JR DEL                    23.57      23.17  
  9 Wembacher, Eric           FR DEL                       NT      23.99  
 10 Russell, Danny               TU                        NT      24.56  
 11 Panas, Robert             FR DEL                    24.41     x24.86  
 
Event 10  Men 400 Yard IM
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Krause, Aaron                TU                        NT    3:59.76  
  2 Burton, Brad                 JMU                       NT    4:17.40  
  3 Smith, Bobby                 JMU                       NT    4:21.51  
  4 Morris, James                TU                        NT    4:21.96  
  5 Spencer, Brendan          FR DEL                       NT    4:21.99  
  6 Dalton, Mitch                JMU                       NT    4:23.27  
  7 McDonough, Matthew           TU                        NT    4:25.92  
  8 Virion, Joe               FR DEL                       NT    4:29.45  
  9 Evans, Steven                JMU                       NT   x4:33.12  
 10 Bailey, Dan               JR DEL                  4:43.45    4:39.98  
 11 Birchenall, Alex          JR DEL                       NT   x4:42.23  
 12 Kimble, James                TU                        NT   x4:43.41  
 
 
Event 12  Men 1 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 O'Connell, Dan            FR DEL                       NT     182.50  
  2 Basset, Forrest              JMU                       NT     173.75  
  3 Wolf, Stephen             JR DEL                       NT     146.85  
  4 Maynard, Adam                TU                        NT     132.85  
 
 
Event 14  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Will, Chris                  TU                        NT    1:57.40  
  2 Burton, Brad                 JMU                       NT    1:59.11  
  3 Sonley, Ben                  TU                        NT    2:01.74  
  4 Aungst, Matt              SR DEL                  2:04.45    2:02.55  
  5 Skacel, Alex W            JR DEL                  2:04.21    2:03.91  
  6 Evans, Steven                JMU                       NT    2:04.11  
  7 Harrell, Ryan                TU                        NT    2:04.48  
  8 Russell, Danny               TU                        NT   x2:11.53  
  9 Kindelan, John            FR DEL                  2:22.57    2:15.69  
         
 
Event 16  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Meyer, Geoff                 JMU                       NT      47.72  
  2 Nicholas, Mike               JMU                       NT      47.80  
  3 Chartier, John               JMU                       NT      48.35  
  4 Cogdill, Ryan                TU                        NT      49.08  
  5 McNamara, Eric               JMU                       NT     x49.60  
  6 Gibson, Colin             SO DEL                    49.03      49.88  
  7 Rasch, Michael            SO DEL                    50.89      50.46  
  8 Shields, Jeff             SR DEL                    50.79      50.84  
  9 Fisher, Todd                 TU                        NT      51.30  
 10 Panas, Robert             FR DEL                    55.12     x55.11  
 
 
Event 18  Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Fowler, Josh                 JMU                       NT    1:56.03  
  2 Martinetti, Christopher      TU                        NT    1:58.13  
  3 Spencer, Brendan          FR DEL                  2:00.14    2:01.19  
  4 Sanderson, Cory           FR DEL                  2:02.64    2:01.44  
  5 Carhart, Evan                JMU                       NT    2:02.89  
  6 Dalton, Mitch                JMU                       NT    2:04.31  
  7 Kimble, James                TU                        NT    2:08.71  
  8 Morris, James                TU                        NT    2:10.71  
  9 Weldin, Mark              JR DEL                  2:15.14    2:12.93  
 10 Gordon, Sam                  TU                        NT   x2:15.64  
 
 
Event 20  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Hicks, Jeff                  JMU                       NT    4:51.16  
  2 Moore, Joe                   JMU                       NT    4:53.14  
  3 Virion, Joe               FR DEL                  4:55.41    4:55.93  
  4 Trionfo, Frank               TU                        NT    4:57.67  
  5 Goldstein, Adam           JR DEL                  5:03.24    5:08.05  
  6 Kindelan, John            FR DEL                  5:22.95    5:13.65  
  7 Dodds, Chris                 TU                        NT    5:15.01  
  8 Bailey, Dan               JR DEL                  5:21.39   x5:18.17  
  9 McDonough, Matthew           TU                        NT    5:18.69  
 
 
Event 22  Men 3 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
===============================================================================
  1 O'Connell, Dan            FR DEL                       NT     185.20  
  2 Rotach, Dan                  JMU                       NT     180.85  
  3 Basset, Forrest              JMU                       NT     165.65  
  4 Wolf, Stephen             JR DEL                       NT     151.40  
  5 Maynard, Adam                TU                        NT     139.50  
         
 
Event 24  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Gowdy, Chet                  TU                        NT    2:11.79  
  2 Grube, Garrick               TU                        NT    2:18.52  
  3 Morris, James                TU                        NT    2:19.69  
  4 Hardy, David              SR DEL                  2:20.07    2:20.19  
  5 Harrell, Ryan                TU                        NT   x2:21.93  
  6 Wembacher, Eric           FR DEL                  2:23.96    2:25.86  
  7 Birchenall, Alex          JR DEL                       NT    2:27.94  
 -- Nester, Aaron                JMU                       NT   X2:07.90  
 -- Farrell, Jon                 JMU                       NT   X2:19.00  
 -- Toms, David                  JMU                       NT   X2:23.19  
 
 
Event 26  Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Towson  'A'                                            NT    3:09.47  
     1) Krause, Aaron                   2) Martinetti, Christopher        
     3) Sonley, Ben                     4) Will, Chris                    
  2 Towson  'B'                                            NT    3:22.58  
     1) Gordon, Sam                     2) Fisher, Todd                   
     3) Dodds, Chris                    4) Trionfo, Frank                 
  3 Delaware  'A'                                     3:19.01    3:23.59  
     1) Gibson, Colin SO                2) Rasch, Michael SO              
     3) Virion, Joe FR                  4) Shields, Jeff SR               
  4 Delaware  'B'                                          NT    3:39.79  
     1) Bailey, Dan JR                  2) Birchenall, Alex JR            
     3) Aungst, Matt SR                 4) Kindelan, John FR              
 -- James Madison  'B'                                     NT   X3:25.15  
     1) McNamara, Eric                  2) Nester, Aaron                  
     3) Carhart, Evan                   4) Moore, Joe                     
 -- James Madison  'A'                                     NT        XDQ  
     1) Farrell, Jon                    2) Depew, Mark                    
     3) Meyer, Geoff                    4) Hicks, Jeff