Eagles News
03.07.2009 - [Swimming]
Photo Courtesy: Pepperdine Sports Information
ST. PETERS, MO --- A busy day
for the Concordia men resulted in a third-place finish at the 2009 NAIA
Swimming and Diving Championship, as Mike Perry and Joe Krone each
turned in automatic All-American times on the final day of the meet.
The Concordia women tallied 60 points on the day to finish with 204 points, in sixth place of 20 teams.
The men moved up from fourth place with 154 points on the day, to finish with 459 points at third place among 17 programs.
Perry swam the 100 free in a time of 45.55, just .22 off an NAIA record-time of 44.33 by Fresno Pacific's Carl Weigley. Perry's second-place finish was backed up in the event by three other points-scorers in Luke Noll (fourth, 45.70), Simon Harling (10th, 46.13) and Robert Blakeley (14th, 46.67).
Krone swam a third-place mark of 1:50.85 in the 200 back, and Ryan Larson touched out at 1:54.64 in the same event for a seventh-place swim.
The men moved up to third place on the first event of the day, the 1650 free, which featured eighth and ninth-place swims by Kevin Rice and Brad Fuller, who finished at 16:34.67 and 16:39.54, respectively.
Other points-scoring individual finishes included Tim Warnock (2:06.18) and Jura Mazuran (2:08.71) in the 200 breast, as Tanner Remai swam a time of 1:52.30 in the 200 fly.
A quartet of Harling, Noll, Damien Bernard and Perry teamed up to swim the 400 free relay in a mark of 3:01.98, which earned a third-place finish and scored 32 points.
On the women's side, Ana Gomez finished in fourth place with a time of 2:06.69 in the 200 back for a strong individual showing, and she anchored a team including Tuesday Schellinger, Katie Moore and Melissa DiGregorio that swam a fifth-place time of 3:36.03 in the 400 free relay.
Moore scored 11 points with an eighth-place swim in the 200 breast, at 2:29.92, while Schellinger swam a time of 54.04 for 11th place in the 100 free.
In just its second year in existence, the Eagles improved over a seventh-place showing on the men's side, and a 10th-place effort for the women in 2008.
The Concordia women tallied 60 points on the day to finish with 204 points, in sixth place of 20 teams.
The men moved up from fourth place with 154 points on the day, to finish with 459 points at third place among 17 programs.
Perry swam the 100 free in a time of 45.55, just .22 off an NAIA record-time of 44.33 by Fresno Pacific's Carl Weigley. Perry's second-place finish was backed up in the event by three other points-scorers in Luke Noll (fourth, 45.70), Simon Harling (10th, 46.13) and Robert Blakeley (14th, 46.67).
Krone swam a third-place mark of 1:50.85 in the 200 back, and Ryan Larson touched out at 1:54.64 in the same event for a seventh-place swim.
The men moved up to third place on the first event of the day, the 1650 free, which featured eighth and ninth-place swims by Kevin Rice and Brad Fuller, who finished at 16:34.67 and 16:39.54, respectively.
Other points-scoring individual finishes included Tim Warnock (2:06.18) and Jura Mazuran (2:08.71) in the 200 breast, as Tanner Remai swam a time of 1:52.30 in the 200 fly.
A quartet of Harling, Noll, Damien Bernard and Perry teamed up to swim the 400 free relay in a mark of 3:01.98, which earned a third-place finish and scored 32 points.
On the women's side, Ana Gomez finished in fourth place with a time of 2:06.69 in the 200 back for a strong individual showing, and she anchored a team including Tuesday Schellinger, Katie Moore and Melissa DiGregorio that swam a fifth-place time of 3:36.03 in the 400 free relay.
Moore scored 11 points with an eighth-place swim in the 200 breast, at 2:29.92, while Schellinger swam a time of 54.04 for 11th place in the 100 free.
In just its second year in existence, the Eagles improved over a seventh-place showing on the men's side, and a 10th-place effort for the women in 2008.
