Michigan State University
Illinois
Illinois 124, MSU Women 119
1/10/2001 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
The Michigan State men's and women's swimming and diving teams both started the new year with dual meet losses in Hawai'i yesterday. Head coach Jim Lutz, however, was pleased with the outcomes.
The Spartan women were shaded by Illinois, 124-119, in the team's conference opener. The men, meanwhile, lost to third-ranked Texas A&M, 136-102.
"The women came down to 1/100th of a second of winning," said Lutz. "I thought they did a good job of competing with a never-say-die attitude."
Pacing the Spartans was sophomore Kate Duncombe, who placed first in the 100-meter backstroke and, along with teammates Debbie O'Neil, Ildiko Szekely and Jutta Renner, took top honors in the 400-meter medley relay. Other MSU first-place finishers were sophomore Jessica Brutz in the 50-meter freestyle and junior Carly Weiden, who won both the one- and three-meter diving competitions.
Three MSU men's swimmers earned first-place finishes against Texas A&M. Sophomore Joe Brennan was first in the 1000-meter freestyle, senior John Munley was the top finisher in the 200-meter freestyle and freshman Lars Neubauer won the 100-meter breaststroke.
"Texas A&M is a great team, but I thought our guys did a nice job," commented Lutz. "We have some thin spots in our lineup, but we got an outstanding effort. They did the university proud." MSU's next action on the mainland takes place in East Lansing on Saturday, Jan. 13. The Spartan men host Northwestern at noon EST with the women's team taking on Purdue at 4 p.m.
FINAL RESULT -- WOMENIllinois 124, Michigan State 119 (at Honolulu, Hawai'i)
Event Top Finisher Time/Score Top MSU Finisher50 Freestyle Jessica Brutz, MSU 24.39 -----100 Freestyle Christiansen, Illinois 53.66 Deb Hollon, 54.38 (3rd)200 Freestyle Aveyard, Illinois 1:53.68 Jutta Renner, 1:54.97 (2nd)500 Freestyle Aveyard, Illinois 5:04.21 Jutta Renner, 5:08.79 (3rd)1000 Freestyle McAdam, Illinois 10:22.70 Debbie O'Neil, 10:31.03 (2nd)
100 Backstroke Kate Duncombe, MSU 58.06 -----100 Breaststroke Adler, Illinois 1:06.61 Debbie O'Neil, 1:08.09 (2nd)100 Fly Mattias, Illinois 58.18 Ildiko Szekely, 58:19 (2nd)400 Intermediate Christiansen, Illinois 4:25.94 Ildiko Szekely, 4:32.54 (2nd)
400 Free Relay Illinois 3:34.60 Deb Hollon, Jessica Brutz, Heather Wing (Christiansen, Farrell, Andrea Stewart, 3:35.07 (2nd) Whilite, McAdam)
400 Medley Relay MSU 3:54.44 ----- Kate Duncombe, Debbie O'Neal, Ildiko Szekely, Jutta Renner)
1-Meter Diving Carly Weiden, MSU 284.45 -----3-Meter Diving Carly Weiden, MSU 309.70 -----
FINAL RESULT -- MENNo. 3 Texas A&M 136, Michigan State 102 (at Honolulu, Hawai'i)
Event Top Finisher Time/Score Top MSU Finisher50 Freestyle Rose, Texas A&M 21.11 Nick DeFauw, 21.88 (4th)100 Freestyle Janes, Texas A&M 47.19 Scott Shafer, 47.51 (2nd)200 Freestyle John Munley, MSU 1:41.57 -----500 Freestyle Dideum, Texas A&M 4:36.93 John Munley, 4:38.14 (2nd)1000 Freestyle Joe Brennan, MSU 9:36.62 -----
100 Backstroke Greene, Texas A&M 51.54 Tim Gendler, 53:95 (3rd)100 Breaststroke Lars Neubauer, MSU 58.29 -----100 Fly Morrow, Texas A&M 50.70 Alex Ebner, 51:91 (2nd)400 Intermediate Mueller, Texas A&M 4:05.97 Dave Sloan, 4:11.15 (4th)
400 Medley Relay Texas A&M 3:26.51 Mike Tingley, Lars Neubauer, (Rose, Widener, Greene, Mansour) Alex Ebner, Rick Nichols, 3:30.99 (4th)
1-Meter Diving Even, Texas A&M 299.65 Phil Hillary, 257.953-Meter Diving Morgan, Texas A&M 284.90 Nick Visscher, 268.80
