Eighth-ranked Tigers top Illinois Wesleyan

January 13, 2007

January 13, 2007, Bloomington, Ill. - The eighth-ranked Tigers improved to 6-1 on the season following a 163.5-88.5 win at Illinois Wesleyan.

The Tigers won eight individual events and both relays as John Cook and Charlie Boehme each won two events.

Cook won the 200-yard freestule in 1:47.70 and the 400 individual medley in 4:25.66. Boehme took firsts in the 1650 free in 17:44.62 and the 400 individual medley in 4:25.66.

Other individual winners included Steve Klabak (100 backstroke, 57.42), Dan DeGeus (100 breaststroke, 1:01.65), Brock Sishc (200 back, 2:02.45) and Robert Alexander (100 butterfly, 53.58).

The 200-yard medley of Michael Young, DeGeus, Ben Armstrong and Klabak won in 1:42.50 as did the 400 free relay of Cook, Kyle Kerrigan, Greg Nowak and Alexander in 3:18.05.

DePauw competes at the Washington-St. Louis Invitational, January 19-20.

Event 2  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                                                        Finals Points 
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  1 DePauw University  'A'                                      1:42.50   11  
     1) Young, Michael                  2) DeGeus, Dan                    
     3) Armstrong, Ben                  4) Klabak, Steve                  
  2 Illinois Wesleyan University-IL  'A'                        1:43.33    4  
     1) Betzle, Chris 19                2) Rock, Ben 21                   
     3) Kozak, Mike 18                  4) Busch, Brian                   
  3 DePauw University  'B'                                      1:43.75    2  
     1) Wallace, Gib                    2) Taylor, Clay                   
     3) Kerrigan, Kyle                  4) Nowak, Greg                    
  4 DePauw University  'C'                                     x1:45.43  
     1) Wallace, Gerry                  2) Troxel, Alex                   
     3) Marquand, Zach                  4) Corwin, Jon                    
  5 Illinois Wesleyan University-IL  'B'                        1:52.89  
     1) Swanstrom, Matt 18              2) Um, Ben 19                     
     3) Birch, Zac 20                   4) Lubek, Brian 20                
 
Event 4  Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Boehme, Charlie              DPU                           17:44.62    9  
  2 Alexander, Robert            DPU                           17:45.00    4  
  3 Hinman, Matt                 DPU                           18:40.85    3  
  4 Strader, Joshua              DPU                          x18:44.19  
  5 Lancaster, Tom               DPU                          x18:57.31  
  6 Birch, Zac                20 Titans-IL                     18:58.54    2  

Event 6  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Cook, John                   DPU                            1:47.70    9  
  2 Graves, Larry             20 Titans-IL                      1:52.71    4  
  3 Marquand, Zach               DPU                            1:52.89    3  
  4 O'Keefe, Dan              22 Titans-IL                      1:58.61    2  
  5 Swanstrom, Matt           18 Titans-IL                      1:59.49    1  
  6 Hadley, Drew                 DPU                            2:06.96  
 
Event 8  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Klabak, Steve                DPU                              57.42    9  
  2 Wallace, Gerry               DPU                              57.52    4  
  3 Sishc, Brock                 DPU                              57.75    3  
  4 Troxel, Alex                 DPU                             x58.19  
  5 Betzle, Chris             19 Titans-IL                        59.79    2  
  6 McCortney, Jeff           19 Titans-IL                      1:07.17    1  
  7 Taylor, Clay                 DPU                           x1:08.73  
 
Event 10  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 DeGeus, Dan                  DPU                            1:01.65    9  
  2 Wallace, Gib                 DPU                            1:04.52    4  
  3 Rock, Ben                 21 Titans-IL                      1:04.54    3  
  4 Young, Michael               DPU                            1:05.55    2  
  5 Neff, Grady                  DPU                           x1:08.13  
  6 Um, Ben                   19 Titans-IL                      1:11.79    1  
 
Event 12  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Kozak, Mike               18 Titans-IL                      2:02.42    9  
  2 Fosheim, Matt                DPU                            2:04.62    4  
  3 Smidt, Oliver             19 Titans-IL                      2:15.31    3  
  4 Armstrong, Ben               DPU                            2:25.40    2  
 
Event 14  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Busch, Brian                 Titans-IL                        22.72    6.5
  1 Kerrigan, Kyle               DPU                              22.72    6.5
  3 Nowak, Greg                  DPU                              22.80    3  
  4 Corwin, Jon                  DPU                              23.89    2  
  5 O'Keefe, Dan              22 Titans-IL                        24.61    1  
  6 Lubek, Brian              20 Titans-IL                        24.82  
 
Event 18  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Cook, John                   DPU                              48.47    9  
  2 Klabak, Steve                DPU                              49.80    4  
  3 Nowak, Greg                  DPU                              50.55    3  
  4 Corwin, Jon                  DPU                             x53.78  
  5 Busch, Brian                 Titans-IL                        53.98    2  
  6 Swanstrom, Matt           18 Titans-IL                        54.69    1  
  7 Lubek, Brian              20 Titans-IL                        57.33  
 
Event 20  Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Sishc, Brock                 DPU                            2:02.45    9  
  2 Fosheim, Matt                DPU                            2:12.21    4  
  3 Birch, Zac                20 Titans-IL                      2:22.55    3  
  4 Taylor, Clay                 DPU                            2:23.99    2  
  5 McCortney, Jeff           19 Titans-IL                      2:32.14    1  
 
Event 22  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Rock, Ben                 21 Titans-IL                      2:24.83    9  
  2 Um, Ben                   19 Titans-IL                      2:40.17    4  
 -- DeGeus, Dan                  DPU                           X2:17.77  
 -- Wallace, Gib                 DPU                           X2:21.71  
 -- Troxel, Alex                 DPU                           X2:22.04  
 -- Neff, Grady                  DPU                           X2:31.78  
 
Event 24  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Graves, Larry             20 Titans-IL                      5:03.88    9  
  2 Marquand, Zach               DPU                            5:06.65    4  
  3 Smidt, Oliver             19 Titans-IL                      5:16.71    3  
  4 O'Keefe, Dan              22 Titans-IL                      5:26.77    2  
 -- Hadley, Drew                 DPU                           X5:22.03  
 -- Strader, Joshua              DPU                           X5:25.71  
 
Event 26  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Alexander, Robert            DPU                              53.58    9  
  2 Kozak, Mike               18 Titans-IL                        55.46    4  
  3 Kerrigan, Kyle               DPU                              58.05    3  
  4 Betzle, Chris             19 Titans-IL                        58.42    2  
  5 McCortney, Jeff           19 Titans-IL                      1:10.43    1  
 -- Lancaster, Tom               DPU                             X57.13  
 -- Armstrong, Ben               DPU                           X1:01.00  
 
Event 30  Men 400 Yard IM
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    Name                     Age School                           Finals Points 
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  1 Boehme, Charlie              DPU                            4:25.66    9  
  2 Betzle, Chris             19 Titans-IL                      4:26.65    4  
  3 Troxel, Alex                 DPU                            4:35.63    3  
  4 Fosheim, Matt                DPU                            4:39.12    2  
  5 Hinman, Matt                 DPU                           x4:39.34  
  6 Wallace, Gerry               DPU                           x4:45.30  
 
Event 32  Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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    School                                                        Finals Points 
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  1 DePauw University  'A'                                      3:18.05   11  
     1) Cook, John                      2) Kerrigan, Kyle                 
     3) Nowak, Greg                     4) Alexander, Robert              
  2 Illinois Wesleyan University-IL  'A'                        3:28.59    4  
     1) Busch, Brian                    2) Kozak, Mike 18                 
     3) Rock, Ben 21                    4) Graves, Larry 20               
  3 DePauw University  'B'                                      3:31.33    2  
     1) Young, Michael                  2) Corwin, Jon                    
     3) Marquand, Zach                  4) Wallace, Gib                   
  4 Illinois Wesleyan University-IL  'B'                        3:40.84  
     1) Smidt, Oliver 19                2) Swanstrom, Matt 18             
     3) Lubek, Brian 20                 4) O'Keefe, Dan 22                
 -- Illinois Wesleyan University-IL  'C'                       X3:46.23  
     1) Birch, Zac 20                   2) Um, Ben 19                     
     3) McCortney, Jeff 19              4) Betzle, Chris 19               

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