Michigan State Men's Swim Team Third In Season Opener
10/29/1999 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Oct. 29, 1999
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State men?s swimming and diving team opened their season with a third-place finish with 435 points at the Michigan Invitational Friday, Oct. 29. Michigan held the first-place position with 736 points.
Junior John Munley (Kalamazoo, Mich.) led the Spartans with their only first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.36), an event Munley qualified to swim at the Olympic Trials this summer.
Freshman diver Nick Visscher (Holland, Mich.) produced a second-place finish in the 1-meter dive with 248.25 points. Senior Casey Guntzviller (Wixom, Mich.) finished third in the 3-meter dive (226.05).
Freshman Joe Brennan (Poway, Calif.) also made an impact for the Spartans, finishing fourth in the 500 freestyle (4:41.33) and fifth in the 1000 freestyle (9:38.67).
The Michigan State men?s swimming and diving team will be in action again on Sunday, Oct. 31, at the Northwestern Relays in Evanston, Ill., at noon.
Teams 1. University of Michigan 736 2. Eastern Michigan Univ. 539 3. Michigan State Univ. 435 4. Oakland University 408)Event Winner Team Time TOP MSU Finishers 50 Freestyle Scott Meyer UM 21.02 Chad Ganden (5th, 21.73) 100 Freestyle Tony Kurth UM 46.58 John Munley (5th, 46.85) 200 Freestyle John Munley MSU 1:40.36 500 Freestyle Chris Thompson UM 4:29.28 Joe Brennan (4th, 4:41.33) 1000 Freestyle Chris Thompson UM 9:03.09 Joe Brennan (5th, 9:38.67) 200 Backstroke Dave Hartzel OAK 1:50.84 Michael Tingley (3rd, 1:53.44) 200 Breaststroke Scott Werner UM 2:02.81 Joe Baicy (12th, 2:17.80) 200 Butterfly Paul Cly UM 1:51.85 Mike Robbins (4th, 1:55.47) 200 Indiv. Medley Scott Werner UM 1:52.40 Michael Tingley (11th, 2:01.25) 400 Free Relay Mangieri, Watland, Ganden, Munley, Mcwha, Siciliano UM 3:05.92 Brennan, Shafer (4th, 3:10.26) 400 Medley Relay Mallori, Hopwood, Tingley, Baicy, Kurth, Keyer UM 3:26.54 Robbins, Ganden (5th, 3:33.79) 1-Meter Diving Luke Cox UM 254.55 Nick Visscher (2nd, 248.25) 3-Meter Diving Bryce Cox UM 237.00 Casey Guntzviller (3rd, 226.05