University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee Swimming And Diving Claims Two Runner-Up Finishes
March 23, 2000 | Men's Swimming & Diving
The 10th-ranked Tennessee swimming and diving ended the first day of competition at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis, Minn., in seventh place. The Vols scored 77 points with a pair of second-place performances by diver Shannon Roy and the 400 medley relay squad, a seventh-place finish by Zane DeWitz and a 10th-place finish by the 200 freestyle relay. Top-ranked Texas led after the first day with 173 points.
The 400-meter medley relay squad of Michael Gilliam, Jeremy McDonnell, Joel Shapiro and Chris Hussey reached the wall in a time of 3:32.22, less than a second off the time of first-place Texas, to finish in second place. Both Tennessee and Texas were under the U.S. Open record time.
Shannon Roy gave an outstanding performance in the one-meter diving event to finish in second-place. Roy's score of 570.95 was a career-best and ranks second in UT history.
Zane DeWitz finished the 200-meter individual medley in seventh place with a time of 1:59.49.
The Vols' 200-meter freestyle relay squad equaled last year's finish by claiming 10th-place. The foursome of McDonnell, Hussey, Brent Owen and Gilliam reached the wall in a time of 1:28.30 in the consolation finals.
Tennessee finished in seventh-place last season and end the first day this year ahead of last year's pace.
The NCAA Championships continue at the University Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minn., through Saturday.
NCAA Championships
Feb. 16, 2000
University Aquatic Center -Minneapolis, Minn.
200 Freestyle Relay 1. Auburn 1:25.14 (Busbee, Ciarla, Quevedo, Busse) 2. California 1:25.21 3. Arizona 1:26.74 10. Tennessee 1:28.30 (McDonnell, Hussey, Owen, Gilliam)400 Freestyle 1. Ryk Neethling Arizona **3:40.47 2. Erik Vendt Southern Calif. 3:42.81 3. Chris Thompson Michigan 3:43.81 **U.S. Open Record
200 Individual Medley 1. Atilla Czene Arizona St. **1:54.65 2. Nate Dusing Texas 1:56.84 3. Beau Wiebel Georgia 1:57.86 7. Zane DeWitz Tennessee 1:59.49 **World/ U.S. Open Record
50 Freestyle 1. Anthony Ervin California 21.21 2. Roland Schoeman Arizona 21.22 3. Greg Busse Auburn 21.49
One-Meter Diving 1. Troy Dumais Texas 605.20 2. Shannon Roy Tennessee 570.95 3. Lengyel Imre Miami (Fla.) 565.40
400 Medley Relay 1. Texas **3:31.23 (Hannan, Chozik, Dusing, Jones) 2. Tennessee 3:32.22 (Gilliam, McDonnell, Shapiro, Hussey) 3. Auburn 3:32.69 **U.S. Open Record
Team Standings (After One Day) 1. Texas 173 2. Auburn 151 3. Arizona 114.5 4. California 100 5. Stanford 88 6. Southern California 80 7. Tennessee 77 8. Minnesota 63 9. Georgia 53 10. Florida 50 11. Miami (Fla.) 49 12. Arizona State 48 13. Virginia 41 13. Hawaii 41 15. Nebraska 29 15. Michigan 29 17. Texas A&M 14 18. Kentucky 11.5 19. Nevada-Las Vegas 6 20. Louisiana State 5 21. North Carolina State 4 21. South Carolina 4 21. Penn State 4 24. Brigham Young 3 24. Alabama 3
