University of Tennessee Athletics
Vols Finish Olympic Swimming Trials
August 15, 2000 | Men's Swimming & Diving
A pair of Vols competed in the 1500-meter freestyle Tuesday at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Indianapolis, Ind. Neither Brett Tannhauser nor Steve Cromer were able to advance to the semifinals.
Tannhauser finished 35th with time of 16:02.01 while Cromers time of 16:10.71 ranked 49th in the preliminaries. The top qualifying time was 15:21.71 by Chris Thomson. The last qualifying time was 15:46.49 by Matt Martin.
The top 16 times from morning qualifying times advanced to the semifinals that evening. The top eight from the semifinals advanced to the finals that were contested on the following evening. The top two spots in each event made the Olympic team except in the 100 and 200-meter freestyles where the top six made the team.
Tannhauser and Cromer were the final Vols scheduled to compete at the 2000 Olympic Trials. Tennessee sent 11 current athletes and one former athletes to attempt to qualify for the 2000 Olympic swimming team. The top finisher for the Vols was senior Michael Gilliam who advanced to the semifinals in the 100-meter backstroke and finished 11th overall. Junior Jeremy McDonnell was the only other Vol to advance to the semifinals when he finished 15th in the 100-meter breaststroke. The U.S. Olympic Trials end Wednesday.
Tennessee Swimming and Diving Results
The top 16 times from morning qualifying times advanced to the semifinals that evening. The top eight from the semifinals advanced to the finals that were contested on the following evening. The top two spots in each event made the Olympic team except in the 100 and 200-meter freestyles where the top six made the team.
| Wednesday, Aug. 9 | ||||
| Brett Tannhauser | prelims | 400m free | 3:58.60 | 28th |
| Jeremy McDonnell | prelims | 100m breast | 1:03.57 | 13th |
| Jeremy McDonnell | semifinals | 100m breast | 1:03.79 | 15th |
| Jeremy Linn | prelims | 100m breast | 1:04.74 | 31st |
| Thursday, Aug. 10 | ||||
| Michael Gilliam | prelims | 100m back | 56.70 | 12th |
| Michael Gilliam | semifinals | 100m back | 56.07 | 11th |
| Lance Asti | prelims | 100m back | 59.64 | 69th |
| Brent Owen | prelims | 100m back | D.Q. | -- |
| Ben Brink | prelims | 400m I.M. | 4:30.96 | 24th |
| Friday, Aug. 11 | ||||
| Joel Shapiro | prelims | 200m fly | 2:01.80 | 18th |
| Zane DeWitz | prelims | 200m fly | 2:03.18 | 35th |
| Saturday, Aug. 12 | ||||
| Jeremy McDonnell | prelims | 100 free | 51.76 | 50th |
| Michael Gilliam | prelims | 100 free | D.Q. | -- |
| Chris Hussey | prelims | 100 free | 51.87 | 57th |
| Brent Owen | prelims | 100 free | 52.62 | 93rd |
| Ben Brink | prelims | 200 breast | 2:21.61 | 28th |
| Sunday, Aug. 13 | ||||
| Ben Brink | prelims | 200m I.M. | 2:06.95 | 21st |
| Zane DeWitz | prelims | 200m I.M. | 2:08.94 | 43rd |
| Monday, Aug. 14 | ||||
| Chris Hussey | prelims | 50m free | 23.44 | 27th |
| Jeremy McDonnell | prelims | 50m free | 23.64 | 38th |
| Brent Owen | prelims | 50m free | 23.93 | 63rd |
| Lance Asti | prelims | 50m free | 24.00 | 68th |
| Joel Shapiro | prelims | 100m fly | 54.71 | 17th |
| Justin Hoggatt | prelims | 100m fly | 55.53 | 35th |
| Zane DeWitz | prelims | 100m fly | 55.97 | 44th |
| Tuesday, Aug. 15 | ||||
| Brett Tannhauser | prelims | 1500m free | 16:02.01 | 35th |
| Steve Cromer | prelims | 1500m free | 16:10.71 | 49th |
| Wednesday, Aug. 16 | ||||
| No competitors |
