Men’s and Women’s Swimming Dominate Over West Virginia – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/13/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swim & Dive
Nov. 13, 1999
Nov. 13, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s and women’s swimming teams had a double win against the West Virginia Mountaineers. Head coach Jeanne Fleck captured her first Buckeye win, 131-112. Head coach Bill Wadley’s 800 freestyle relay team set a pool record with a time of 6:46.66, leading the men to a 130-98 victory.
The men’s team swept the Mountaineers, improving to 2-0 on the season. Travis Carver (Sr., Overland Park, Kan.), Brian Malich (Jr., Mason, Ohio), David Paul (Fr., Holden, Mass.) and Matt Braun (Sr., Berkley, Mich.) broke the 1996 record of 6:47.35, set by Mull, Guibord, Bigler and Mills. Malich was a double winner for the Buckeyes in the 50 (20.73) and 100-yard freestyle (46.39).
The women’s team won eight of the 12 events, with senior Heidi Hazen (Mentor, Ohio) and sophomore Kristin Sander (Cincinnati, Ohio) leading the Buckeyes. Hazen finished first in the 100 freestyle (53.26) and was the third-leg of the winning 400 medley relay (3:54.75). Sander was the final leg of the 400 medley relay and winner of the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:55.16.
The men are back in action Friday, Nov. 19 against Miami (O.) at 6:30 p.m. in the Mike Peppe Aquatic Center. The women travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. on Nov. 19 to compete in a tri-meet with Clemson and Michigan. The Buckeyes face Cleveland State Tuesday, Nov. 23 at 5:00 p.m.(*) in the final home coed meet before the millennium.
*The time of the Cleveland State meet has been moved to 5:00 p.m. from 6:00 p.m.
MEN: OSU 130, WVU 98 Event Winner Time 200 Butterfly Jason Fox 1:53.61 200 Backstroke Milos Cerovic 1:51.83 200 Breaststroke Drew Fiden 2:09.65 50 Freestyle Brian Malich 20.73 100 Freestyle Brian Malich 46.39 200 Freestyle David Paul 1:43.44 500 Freestyle Mike Reilly 4:39.27 1650 Freestyle Mike Reilly 15:51.34 200 Medley Relay Petrovic, Fiden, Fox, Braun 1:34.16 800 Freestyle Relay Carver, Malich, Paul, Braun 6:46.66 *indicates pool record set 1 meter dive Heath Knowling 292.65 3 meter dive Heath Knowling 338.40
WOMEN: OSU 131, WVU 112 Event Winner Time 200 Butterfly Krissy Sendrowski 2:03.14 200 Backstroke Christina McGough 2:05.92 200 Breaststroke Jericho Strausbaugh 2:25.15 50 Freestyle Krista Arnold 24.16 100 Freestyle Heidi Hazen 53.26 200 Freestyle Kristin Sander 1:55.16 500 Freestyle Ellen Cipoletti 5:07.41 1000 Freestyle Ellen Cipoletti 10:22.07 200 Individual Medley Erica Fischer 2:11.10 400 Medley Relay Stephens, Staley, Hazen, Sander 3:54.75 400 Freestyle Relay Reisenweber, Crouch, Arnold, Dahm 3:35.31 1 meter dive Holly Underwood 274.725 3 meter dive Carrie Ziebarth 201.80
