Pine and Rogis Key Huskers on Day Two of NCAA Championships

Indianapolis, Ind. - Adam Pine touched the wall second in the 100-yard butterfly while teammate and fellow countryman Anthony Rogis placed third in the 200-yard freestyle, lifting Nebraska into 12th place after day two of the 1999 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

Pine, a junior from Ballina, Australia, recorded a time of 46.37 for second place. His mark was bettered only by Stanford senior Dod Wales, who won the race in an American record time of 45.89, 32 years after his father Ross Wales won gold in the same event at the 1967 NCAA Championships. Pine's second-place finish equals the highest showing by a Nebraska male swimmer of diver at the NCAA Championships, as he also finished second in the event at the 1997 meet.

Rogis, a freshman from Weetangera, Australia, recorded a time of 1:35.08 en route to the third-place finish. Arizona junior Ryk Neethling won the event with a time of 1:33.59, while Bela Szabados, a senior from Southern California, placed second in a time of 1:33.87. By finishing third, Rogis becomes just the fifth Nebraska swimmer or diver to place in the top three at the NCAA Championships. The others were Peter Williams (third, 50-yard freestyle, 1990; third, 100-yard freestyle, 1988), Kevin McMahon (third, three-meter diving, 1993), Lawrence Roddick (third, one-meter diving, 1988) and Pine.

With Pine and Rogis pacing Nebraska, the Huskers scored 66 points on the second day, moving them from 15th to 12th in the team competition with a two-day total of 90 points. Third-ranked Auburn continues to lead the meet with 341.5 points, followed by top-ranked Stanford (297) and second-ranked Texas (289.5).

Captain Danny Bergman (senior; Alpine, Utah) tallied an 11-dive score of 542.55 to place ninth in the three-meter diving competition. His efforts secured him All-America honors for the third-consecutive season and the sixth time in his career, the most by any diver in NU history. Teammate Erik Cook (junior; Aurora, Colo.) also garnered All-America honors, finishing 11th with a score of 529.05. Texas freshman Troy Dumais won the event with a score of 688.70.

Michael Windisch (junior; Pretoria, South Africa) placed 15th in the 400-yard IM (3:52.17), earning All-America honors in the event for the second-consecutive season. In the preliminaries, Windisch completed the race in a time of 3:50.68, ranking him second all-time at Nebraska.

Nebraska's 800-yard freestyle relay earned All-America honors, as Rogis, Windisch, Josh Mathias (senior; Mundelein, Ill.) and Javier Botello (freshman; Madrid, Spain) placed 11th in a time of 6:31.33. The 200-yard medley relay of David Foster (senior; Lincoln, Neb.), Valery Kalmikovs (junior; Riga, Latvia), Pine and Mathias also earned All-America recognition, finishing 15th in a time of 1:29.41.

The 1999 Men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships continue tomorrow from Indianapolis. Prelims begin at 11 a.m. CST.

Results: Friday Finals (Top Eight; Nebraska Finishers)
200-yard medley relay: 1. Auburn (Bartz, Denniston, Hawke, Ciarla), 1:26.12; 2. Stanford (Schultz, Robinson, Wales, Ewers), 1:26.23; 3. Arizona (Allen, Henikman, Schoeman, Stickels), 1:26.52; 4. Texas A&M (Janes, Tate, Kappler, Colligan), 1:26.83; 5. Tennessee (Gilliam, McDonnell, Engle, Asti), 1:27.95; 6. Texas (Hannan, Livingston, Dusing, Crawford), 1:28.15; Southern Cal (Demers, Richter, Williams, Woodward), DQ; Florida State (Parry Peterson, Ang, Dedekind), DQ; 15. Nebraska (Foster, Kalmikovs, Pine, Mathias), 1:29.41.

400-yard individual medley: 1. Tim Siciliano, Michigan, 3:43.54; 2. Beau Weibel, Georgia, 3:46.02; 3. Nuk Sirisanont, California, 3:46.30; 4. Joe Montague, Texas, 3:46.94; 5. Steven Brown, Stanford, 3:47.51; 6. Kevin Clements, Auburn, 3:48.32; 7. Mark Warkentin, Southern California, 3:48.71; 8. Lionel Moreau, Auburn, 3:51.23; 15. Michael Windisch, Nebraska, 3:52.17.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Dod Wales, Stanford, 45.89 (American record); 2. Adam Pine, Nebraska, 46.37; 3. Nate Dusing, Texas, 46.71; 4. Dan Lindstrom, California, 46.79; 5. Brock Newman, Auburn, 46.80; 6. Mattias Ohlin, Louisiana State, 47.17; 7. Kevin Northup, Miami (Ohio), 47.23; 8. Mike Williams, Southern California, 47.71; 33. David Foster, Nebraska, 48.96.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Ryk Neethling, Arizona, 1:33.59; 2. Bela Szabados, Southern California, 1:33.97; 3. Anthony Rogis, Nebraska, 1:35.08; 4.Romain Barnier, Auburn, 1:35.22; 5. Adam Messner, Stanford, 1:35.84; 6. Jamie Rauch, Texas, 1:36.20; 7. Rodrigo Castro, Louisiana State, 1:36.28; 8. Philippe Demers, 1:38.50; 34. Javier Botello, Nebraska, 1:38.70; 41. Josh Mathias, Nebraska, 1:39.71.

100-yard breaststroke: 1 Brendon Dedekind, Florida State, 53.16; 2. Edward Moses, Virginia, 53.50; 3. Dave Denniston, Auburn, 53.68; 4. Andrew Chan, California, 54.25; 5. Anthony Robinson, Stanford, 54.31; 6. Slawek Richter, Southern California, 54.44; 7. Dmitri Malinovski, Brigham Young, 54.47; 8. Ryosuke Imai, Southern California, 55.12; 30. Valery Kalmikovs, Nebraska, 56.06.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Michael Gilliam, Tennessee, 47.12; 2. Dan Schultz, Stanford, 47.20; 3. Justin Ewers, Stanford, 47.26; 4. Alex Massura, Minnesota, 47.35; 5. Marc Lindsay, Georgia, 47.38; 6. (tie) Michael Bartz, Auburn, 47.49; Tate Blahnik, Stanford, 47.49; 8. Riley Janes, Texas A&M, 47.77; 31. David Foster, Nebraska, 50.28.

Three-meter diving: 1. Troy Dumais, Texas, 688.70; 2. Rio Ramirez, Miami, 666.95; 3. Imre Lengyel, Miami, 634.90; 4. Stefan Ahrens, Miami, 628.05; 5. Justin Dumais, Southern California, 615.30; 6. Gabe Chereches, Tennessee, 591.85; 7. Brent Roberts, Alabama, 580.25; 8. Mike Collier, Indiana, 552.30; 9. Danny Bergman, Nebraska, 542.35; 11. Erik Cook, Nebraska, 529.05.

800-yard freestyle relay: 1. Texas (Jones, Goldblatt, Dusing, Rauch), 6:23.03; 2. Southern California (Demers, Awbrey, Kwok, Szabados), 6:26.45; 3. Auburn (Pearce, Barnier, Boyle Moreau), 6:26.52; 4. Stanford (Brown, Wales, Blahnik, Messner), 6:26.71; 5. Arizona (Schryver, Lewis, Neethling, Hall), 6:27.23; 6. California (Macedo, Kizierowski, Cargin, Merseburg), 6:29.64; 7. Minnesota (Massura, Cahoy, Von Bodungen, McLeod), 6:30.98; 8. Louisiana State (Castro, Tanner, Ohlin, Sommerfeld), 6:31.08; 11. Nebraska (Rogis, Windisch, Mathias, Botello), 6:31.33.

Team Standings After Day Two (Top 15)
1. Auburn 341.5
2. Stanford 297
3. Texas 289.5
4. Arizona 206
5. Southern California 196.5
6. California 196.5
7. Tennessee 140
8. Georgia 100.5
9. Miami 95
10. Texas A&M 93
11. Florida State 92.5
12. Nebraska 90
13. Minnesota 87
14. Michigan 81
15. Arizona State 67.5

Quotes
Head Coach Cal Bentz
"We managed to make a move today and put up some points. Right now we might be in 12th, but tomorrow there is going to be a dogfight from eighth through 15th ."

"Adam (Pine) and Anthony (Rogis) showed they were exceptional competitors. We also got valuable points from Michael (Windisch), Danny (Bergman) and Erik (Cook), as well as our relays."

"Coming into the day at 15th, I think we responded well. Our guys showed they can compete in this field and we'll be back tomorrow ready to compete again."

Adam Pine
"I don't know that I put together a very good race, but I'm happy with second place. We get the points and I have motivation to come back and do better next year."

Assistant coach (sprint/butterfly) Keith Moore
"I thought Adam's race went well, you can't look down on second place in this meet. We knew it would be a race between Adam and Dod Wales of Stanford for the top two spots."