Men Stay Undefeated with Win Over Fresno Pacific

Nov. 13, 2009

DAVIS, Calif. - The UC Davis men's swimming and diving teams won seven individual events and both diving events to take a 167-125 victory over Fresno Pacific Friday afternoon at Schaal Aquatics Center. With the win, the men's team remeains undefeated in dual meet action with a 4-0 overall record.

The Aggies started the day with a win in the 200 yard medley relay as the "A" squad of Jimmy Fong, Scott Weltz, Daniel Donnelly and Russ Underwood turned in a time of 1:33.97.

Reid Hartz gave the Aggies their first individual win of the day with a first-place finish in the 1000 free. He clocked in at 9:47.70 and was followed by Alex Rossbach who placed second with a time of 9:59.78.

Adam Borchard won the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:42.88 and Weltz then went on to win the next event - the 100 backstroke - with a season-best time of 50.79.

Fresno Pacific picked up their first individual win of the day in the 100 breaststroke as Bart Kelly clocked in at 58.65 to place first. He was followed by UC Davis' Kyle Anderson who was second in a time of 1:00.43.

UC Davis swept the top three spots in the 200 butterfly with Ed Morrison, Adam Yen and Jeremy Smith placing first, second and third, respectively in the event. Morrison had a season-best time of 1:58.29 while Yen and Smith clocked in at 1:58.97 and 1:59.99.

Fresno Pacific's Carl Weigley picked up back-to-back victories with wins in the 50 and 100 freestyle. In both events, Weigly outtouched UC Davis' Underwood en route to a first place finish. Weigley's time in the 100 free was a mere one-hundredth of a second faster than Underwood's with Weigley clocking in at 47.28 to Underwood's 47.29.

Alex Daneke came in first in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:54.71, a season-best. Keegan Groot then went on to win the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:11.26. UC Davis also won in the 500 freestyle with Matt Herman clocking in at 4:46.79. Hartz, Rossbach and Smith followed.

Weigley won his third individual event for the Sunbirds with a victory in the 100 butterfly (53.36). Erik Thiessen clocked in at 1:59.84 to win the 200 individual medley.

The Sunbirds were victorious in the final event of the day, the men's 400 freestyle relay, with a time of 3:15.04.

UC Davis swept the diving competition. Paul Navo won the 1-meter diving with a score of 273.30 while Jason Andrade recorded a score of 291.10 on the high board to win that event.

The Aggie men will next compete at the Texas Invitational Dec. 3-5 in Austin, Texas.

UC Davis vs. Fresno Pacific
Friday, Nov. 13 - Schaal Aquatics Center
Davis, Calif.

Final Scores
UC Davis 167, Fresno Pacific 125

Individual Results (Top Finisher and UC Davis only)
200 medley relay: 1. UC Davis "A" (Jimmy Fong, Scott Weltz, Daniel Donnelly, Russ Underwood), 1:33.97; 3. UC Davis "B" (Jordan Lager, Keegan Groot, Adam Yen, Derek Baldwin), 1:37.39; 4. UC Davis "C" (Alex Daneke, Kyle Anderson, Ed Morrison, Josef Stitts), 1:40.19x.

1000 freestyle: 1. Reid Hartz, 9:47.70; 2. Alex Rossbach, 9:59.78.

200 freestyle: 1. Adam Borchard, 1:42.88; 3. Jordan Lager, 1:46.25; 4. Josef Stitts, 1:49.81; 5. Matt Herman, 1:49.88x.

100 backstroke: 1. Scott Weltz, 50.79; 3. Daniel Donnelly, 51.85; 4. Jimmy Fong, 52.55; 6. Jason Singh, 56.86x.

100 breaststroke: 1. Bart Kelly, Fresno Pacific, 58.65; 2. Kyle Anderson, 1:00.43; 3. B.J. Scoggan, 1:03.11; 4. Zach Hansen, 1:03.85.

200 butterfly: 1. Ed Morrison, 1:58.29; 2. Adam Yen, 1:58.97; 3. Jeremy Smith, 1:59.99.

50 freestyle: 1. Carl Weigley, Fresno Pacific, 21.47; 2. Russ Underwood, 21.63; 4. Alex Daneke, 22.19; 5. Derek Baldwin, 22.45.

100 freestyle: 1. Carl Weigley, Fresno Pacific, 47.28; 2. Russell Underwood, 47.29; 4. Jordan Lager, 48.52; 5. Josef Stitts, 49.07; 7. Derek Baldwin, 50.03x.

200 backstroke: 1. Alex Daneke, 1:54.71, 4. Jason Singh, 2:01.92; 5. Adam Yen, 2:05.01.

200 breaststroke: 1. Keegan Groot, 2:11.26; 2. Kyle Anderson, 2:11.63; 3. B.J. Scoggan, 2:17.10; 4. Zach Hansen, 2:17.64x.

500 freestyle: 1. Matt Herman, 4:46.79; 2. Reid Hartz, 4:48.21; 3. Alex Rossbach, 4:48.35; 4. Jeremy Smith, 4:55.84x.

100 butterfly: 1. Carl Weigley, Fresno Pacific, 53.36; -- Scott Weltz, X50.17; -- Daniel Donelly, X51.68; -- Jimmy Fong, X52.10; -- Ed Morrison, X53.88.

200 IM: 1. Erik Thiessen, Fresno Pacific, 1:59.84; -- Reid Hartz, X1:59.59; -- Zach Hansen, X2:09.03.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Fresno Pacific "A" (Chris Maldonado, , Uaaron Sihan, ), 3:15.04; -- UC Davis "A" (Russ Underwood, Alex Daneke, Adam Borchard, Scott Weltz), X3:08.16; -- UC Davis "B" (Derek Baldwin, Kyle Anderson, Jimmy Fong, Jason Singh), X3:14.74; -- UC Davis "C" (Josef Stitts, Jordan Lager, Jeremy Smith, Adam Yen), X3:18.89; -- UC Davis "D" (B.J. Scoggan, Ed Morrison, Alex Rossbach, Matt Herman), X3:22.62.

1-meter diving: 1. Paul Navo, 273.30; 2. Jason Andrade, 268.43; 4. Neil Favor, 201.38; 6. Tristan Kaiser, 178.80x.

3-meter diving: 1. Jason Andrade, 291.10; 2. Paul Navo, 282.83; 4. William LaBarge, 225.30; 6. Neil Favor, 187.65x.

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