University of Tennessee Athletics
Swimming and Diving Squad Downs Arizona State 132-108
January 08, 2000 | Men's Swimming & Diving
The 11th-ranked Tennessee swimming and diving squad bounced back from yesterday's loss to Texas with a victory over 12th-ranked Arizona State by a 132-108 count on Saturday afternoon.
The Volunteers jumped out to the early lead with a victory in the 200 medley relay. Michael Gilliam, Jeremy McDonnell, Raphael Thuin and Chris Johnson turned in a time of 1:28.84 to edge Arizona State by a scant .04 margin and claim an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. Brett Tannhauser kept the ball rolling for the Vols with a victory in the 1000 freestyle thanks to a career- best time of 9:15.42.
The Sun Devils battled back with a Anders Lyrbring victory in the 200 freestyle. The Vols answered by taking top honors in the next six events, ending the streak by swimming exhibitions in the 200 breaststroke. Thuin (50 freestyle), Zane DeWitz (200 individual medley), Joel Shapiro (200 Butterfly), Gilliam (100 freestyle), Ross Powells (200 backstroke) and Tannhauser (500 freestyle) each claimed wins in the decisive stretch.
Tennessee swept the diving portion of the meet, held Jan. 5-6 at the All-American Diving Invitational in Austin, Texas with Gabi Chereches capturing both one and three-meter diving. Coming up second in the final 200 freestyle relay, the relay team of Thuin, McDonnell, Brent Owen and Gilliam turned in NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:20.54.
The Vols now stand 2-2 in dual-meet competition and return to action Jan. 29 with a dual-meet at Georgia.
Tennessee vs. Arizona State - Jan. 8, 2000
Plummer Aquatic Center
200 Medley Relay (UT 13, ASU 4)1. Tennessee 1:28.84(Gilliam, McDonnell, Thuin, Johnson)2. Arizona State 1:28.88(Abal, Guzauskas, Macdonald, Vonschoff)3. Tennessee 1:32.42(Asti, Stewart, Shapiro, Hussey)
1000 Freestyle Relay (UT 23, ASU 13)1. Brett Tannhauser UT 9:15.422. Matt Barry ASU 9:29.013. Ed Bryan ASU 9:33.004. Mike Dowling ASU 9:40.215. Steve Cromer UT 9:43.88
200 Freestyle (UT 28, ASU 27)1. Anders Lybring ASU 1:38.782. Greg Simpson UT 1:39.613. Brian Atkins ASU 1:39.934. Bo West ASU 1:40.175. Ross Powells UT 1:41.49
50 Freestyle (UT 40, ASU 34)1. Raphael Thuin UT 20.382. Pablo Abal ASU 20.463. Simon Macdonald ASU 20.584. Brent Owen UT 20.735. Jeremy McDonnell UT 20.73
200 Individual Medley (UT 51, ASU 42)1. Zane DeWitz UT 1:50.192. Austin Paulsen ASU 1:50.393. Matt Sopp ASU 1:52.084. Ben Brink UT 1:52.505. Otto Hinks ASU 1:54.55
One-Meter Diving (UT 62, ASU 50)1. Gabi Chereches UT 448.602. Allan Sonkin ASU 443.703. Marc Briggs ASU 427.554. Shannon Roy UT 213.355. Gregg Helland ASU 198.35
200 Butterfly (UT 78, ASU 53)1. Joel Shapiro UT 1:49.042. Zane DeWitz UT 1:49.483. Jason Baxter UT 1:53.044. Matt Sopp ASU 1:53.475. Austin Paulsen ASU 1:53.52
100 Freestyle (UT 92, ASU 58)1. Michael Gilliam UT 44.712. Scott Vonschoff ASU 45.303. Brent Owen UT 45.534. Chris Johnson UT 45.895. Greg Plank ASU 46.79
200 Backstroke (UT 104, ASU 65)1. Ross Powells UT 1:47.932. Brian Atkins ASU 1:50.543. Matt Barry ASU 1:53.354. Ben Brink UT 1:54.095. Lance Asti UT 1:55.77500 Freestyle (UT 116, ASU 72)1. Brett Tannhauser UT 4:28.682. Anders Lybring ASU 4:28.763. Greg Simpson UT 4:33.864. Bo West ASU 4:37.655. Matt Carter ASU 4:39.05
Three-Meter Diving (UT 128, ASU 79)1. Gabi Chereches UT 566.652. Allan Sonkin ASU 485.953. Shannon Roy UT 463.754. Gregg Helland ASU 421.605. Marc Briggs ASU 419.20
200 Breaststroke (UT 128, ASU 95)1. Adam Guzauskas ASU 2:01.732. Otto Hinks ASU 2:06. 76
3. Jon Tunstall ASU 2:08.98
200 Freestyle Relay (UT 132, ASU 108)1. Arizona State 1:20.34(Macdonald, Lyrbring, Abal, Vonshchoff)2. Tennessee 1:20.54(Thuin, McDonnell, Owen, Gilliam)3. Arizona State 1:26.96(Butler, Trinidad, Plank, Guzauskas)
Final Score: Tennessee 132, Arizona State 108
