Nov. 19, 2006
Long Beach, Calif. - After three days of competition against some of the best teams in the country at the Belmont Plaza in Long Beach, the UC Davis men's swimming team held serve and finished seventh at the Speedo Cup for the second consecutive year. The Aggies totaled 416 points over the three-day event to finish ahead of eight other teams.
Scott Weltz again had the best individual performance on the day as he finished third in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a school-record time of 15:31.90. Weltz's time in the event betters the previous record set by Brad Winsor in 1991 (15:35.63). Winsor's record time came at the NCAA Division II National Championships and earned him the national crown that year. Alex Arbios also had a season-best time in the event as he finished eighth (15:57.88).
As it's been all weekend, the Aggies also got another big contribution from their relay team as the 400 free team of Weltz, Evan Kraus, Russ Underwood and Patrick Jacobson placed fourth in 3:08.49.
Kyle Payne had another solid finish for the Aggies as he finished 15th in the 200 breaststroke with his time of 2:10.42.
Evan Kraus placed in the top-20 in the 100 free as he finished 19th with a season-best time of 46.78.
Stanford claimed the men's team title for the fourth consecutive year with a point total of 1,803.5. Stanford's Shaun Phillips set a new meet record in the 1,650 free while teammate Hongzhe Sun tied a meet record in the 200 backstroke.
The Aggie men will not be in action again until 2007 when they host the Aggie Open on January 6. The women's team will compete in two weeks at the Akron University Invite on December 1.
UCI Speedo Cup: Day Three
Top finishers and UC Davis
Team Standings: 1. Stanford, 1,803.5; 2. BYU, 911; 3. Air Force, 908; 4. UC Irvine, 694; 5. USC, 522; 6. UC San Diego, 486; 7. UC Davis, 416; 8. Cal Baptist, 389; 9. CSU Northridge, 380.5; 10. UC Santa Cruz, 251; 11. Cal Lutheran, 170; 12. La Verne, 124; 12. Redlands, 79; 13. Chapman, 56; 14. Occidental, 40; 15. Soka, 6.
1,650 Free: 1. Shaun Phillips, Stanford, 14:58.61... 3. Scott Weltz, 15:31.90; 8. Alex Arbios, 15:57.88; 13. Kyle Leto, 16:37.60; 18. Michael Stoner, 16:51.86; 24. Lars Rockholm, 17:11.45; 29. Toki Burke, 17:42.11; 33. Andrius Urbaitis, 18:42.21.
200 Back: 1. Hongzhe Sun, Stanford, 1:43.30... 24. Nik Kemp, 2:03.01 (1:59.44); 25. Andrius Urbaitis, 1:57.71; 28. Matt Crawford, 2:00.11; 31. Kaleb Wallen, 2:01.88; 35. Daniel Donnelly, 1:53.75; 43. Jeff Larson, 2:06.12.
100 Free: 1. Ben Wildman-Tobriner*, Stanford, 43.91... 19. Evan Kraus, 46.78; 23. Russ Underwood, 47.61 (47.28); 31. Patrick Jacobson, 48.34; 59. Russell Taylor, 48.53; 64. Matt Crawford, 48.83; 68. Ryan Tucker, 48.97; 69. Kaleb Wallen, 49.10; 77. Andrius Urbaitis, 49.70; 95. Lars Rockholm, 50.96; 96. Kyle Leto, 51.16; 113. Michael Stoner, 52.91.
200 Breast: 1. Nate Cass, Stanford, 1:57.68... 15. Kyle Payne, 2:10.42 (2:10.33); 22. Yaluen Yu, 2:11.92; 34. Scott Weltz, 2:07.50.
200 Fly: 1. Eddie Erazo, UC Irvine, 1:47.12... 37. Daniel Donnelly, 1:52.79; 39. Alex Arbios, 1:56.85; 43. Toki Burke, 2:00.08; 44. Nik Kemp, 2:00.43; 45. Eric Kim, 2:01.81; 46. Jeff Larson, 2:02.01; 47. Kyle Leto, 2:08.06.
400 Free Relay: 1. BYU (Jorge Azevedo, Travis Price, Chris Patience, Brett Allen), 2:59.98... 4. UC Davis (Scott Weltz, Evan Kraus, Russ Underwood, Patrick Jacobson), 3:08.49; 24. UC Davis (Yaluen Yu, Ryan Tucker, Matt Crawford, Kaleb Wallen), 3:17.28.
