MINER SWIMMING RESULTS

Missouri-Rolla at NCAA Division II Championships (Final Results)
March 13-16, 2002 at Orlando, Fla.

TEAM SCORES (Final): Cal State-Bakersfield 529, North Dakota 507, Drury 414, Tampa 321, Missouri-Rolla 302.5, West Chester 271, Southern Connecticut State 229.5, Clarion 175, Truman 174, California-Davis 140, Colorado School of Mines 119, Delta State 117.5, California-San Diego 105, Henderson State 98, Wayne State (Neb.) 94, Indianapolis 94, South Dakota 84, Ashland 68, Wheeling Jesuit 53, Kutztown 51.5, Fairmont State 31, Grand Valley State 18, Indiana (Pa.) 13, Metropolitan State 9, Westminster (Pa.) 5, South Dakota State 4.

Wednesday's events

50-yard Freestyle:
1. Ben Michaelsen (Southern Connecticut State), 20.11
3. Dave Belleville (UMR), 20.41
12. Bram Olson (UMR), 21.18
T13. Mike Lach (UMR), 21.24
26. Sean O'Donnell (UMR), 21.37

1,000-yard Freestyle:
1. Vlasta Burda (Cal State-Bakersfield), 9:02.51
13. Mike Minard (UMR), 9:32.40

200-yard Individual Medley:
1. Jacob Fraire (Cal State-Bakersfield), 1:49.00
9. Phil Heller (UMR), 1:53.26
14. Jack Pennuto (UMR), 1:55.82
18. Emrah Kurt (UMR), 1:55.66

200-yard Medley Relay:
1. North Dakota, 1:31.02
2. Southern Connecticut State, 1:31.24
3. Missouri-Rolla, 1:31.90 (New school record)

Thursday's events

200-yard Freestyle Relay:
1. Missouri-Rolla (Dave Belleville, Bram Olson, Sean O'Donnell, Mike Lach), 1:22.14
(UMR repeats as national champion in this event and broke the school record of 1:22.82 it set in the event in Thursday's preliminary round...Belleville, O'Donnell and Lach were on last year's relay team that won the title, giving each of them their second national championship.) See related story

2. West Chester, 1:22.95
3. Cal State-Bakersfield, 1:22.99

400-yard Individual Medley:
1. Jacob Fraire (Cal State-Bakersfield), 3:56.90
8. Jack Pennuto (UMR), 4:07.26
14. Phil Heller (UMR), 4:05.80

100-yard Butterfly:
1. Ben Michaelsen (Southern Connecticut State), 46.74
12. Bram Olson (UMR), 50.79

200-yard Freestyle:
1. Vlasta Burda (Cal State-Bakersfield), 1:38.55
24. Vanja Dezelic (UMR), 1:43.34

400-yard Medley Relay:
1. North Dakota, 3:20.33
5. Missouri-Rolla (Seth Aldrich, Jeremy Evans, Phil Heller, Dave Belleville), 3:23.32 (new school record)

Friday's events

500-yard Freestyle:
1. Vlasta Burda (Cal State-Bakersfield), 4:22.58
15. Mike Minard (UMR), 4:37.43
20. Vanja Dezelic (UMR), 4:38.16.

100-yard Backstroke:
1. Justin Whitaker (Delta State), 48.95
7. Seth Aldrich (UMR), 51.25
18. Mike Lach (UMR), 52.52
24. Sean O'Donnell (UMR), 53.03

100-yard Breaststroke:
1. Brian Pursley (Colorado School of Mines), 55.94
11. Jeremy Evans (UMR), 57.67
12. Emrah Kurt (UMR), 57.92
21. Ryan Campbell (UMR), 58.13

200-yard Butterfly:
1. Ben Michaelson (Southern Connecticut State), 1:45.25
11. Jack Pennuto (UMR), 1:53.69

800-yard Freestyle Relay:
1. Cal State-Bakersfield, 6:40.06
5. Missouri-Rolla (Dave Belleville, Vanja Dezelic, Mike Minard, Bram Olson), 6:48.76

Saturday's events

1,650-yard Freestyle:
1. Rodrigo Cintra (North Dakota), 15:07.80
13. Vanja Dezelic (UMR), 16:03.28
17. Mike Minard (UMR), 16:10.66

100-yard Freestyle:
1. Ben Michaelson (Southern Connecticut State), 44.24
3. Dave Belleville (UMR), 44.55
9. Bram Olson (UMR), 46.02
26. Sean O'Donnell (UMR), 46.90

200-yard Backstroke:
1. Matt Jones (Drury), 1:49.63
17. Jack Pennuto (UMR), 1:53.66

200-yard Breaststroke:
1. Matt Goodwin (Tampa), 2:00.84
7. Ryan Campbell (UMR), 2:06.38
14. Jeremy Evans (UMR), 2:06.81
20. Phil Heller (UMR), 2:08.45

400-yard Freestyle Relay:
1. Missouri-Rolla (Dave Belleville, Sean O'Donnell, Bram Olson, Mike Lach), 3:01.11
(UMR wins its second national title of the meet and first ever in this event. The Miners also broke their school record in the event by more than two seconds; the previous mark was 3:03.04 set in Saturday's preliminary round...Belleville, O'Donnell and Lach have been on all three national championship relay teams for the Miners in the last two years.) See related story

2. North Dakota, 3:02.04
3. West Chester, 3:02.42

ALL-AMERICA WINNERS: Seth Aldrich (100-backstroke, 200-medley relay, 400-medley relay), Dave Belleville (200-freestyle relay -- national champion; 400-freestyle relay -- national champion; 50-freestyle, 100-freestyle; 200-medley relay, 400-medley relay, 800-freestyle relay), Ryan Campbell (200-breaststroke), Vanja Dezelic (800-freestyle relay; honorable mention 1,650-freestyle), Jeremy Evans (200-medley relay, 400-medley relay; honorable mention 100-breaststroke, 200-breaststroke), Phil Heller (400-medley relay, honorable mention 200-IM, 400-IM), Emrah Kurt (honorable mention 100-breaststroke), Mike Lach (200-freestyle relay -- national champion; 400-freestyle relay -- national champion; honorable mention 50-freestyle), Mike Minard (800-freestyle relay; honorable mention 500-freestyle, 1,000-freestyle), Sean O'Donnell (200-freestyle relay -- national champion; 400-freestyle relay -- national champion), Bram Olson (200-freestyle relay -- national champion; 400-freestyle relay -- national champion; 200-medley relay, 800-freestyle relay; honorable mention 50-freestyle, 100-freestyle, 100-butterfly), Jack Pennuto (400-IM; honorable mention 200-IM, 200-butterfly).

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