Northwestern University Athletics
Wildcats Ninth After Second Day Of Big Ten Championships
2/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Feb. 26, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Northwestern men's swimming and diving team is ninth after day two of the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Wildcats have 138 points, one fewer than eighth-place Iowa. Michigan leads the meet with 437 points followed by Penn State (378) and Minnesota (370).
Steve Harms (Maumee, Ohio/St. Francis de Sales) posted the highest individual finish for the second consecutive day, winning the consolation heat (ninth place overall) of the 400-yard IM in a time of 3:55.35. Freshman Kellan O'Connor (Phoenix, Ariz./Brophy), who finished 13th in the 100 butterfly, and junior Steve Steketee (Golden, Colo./Golden), who took 15th in the 200 free, were the other individual placewinners.
The meet concludes tomorrow with prelims beginning at 11 a.m. and the finals starting at 6 p.m.
Results from the day two finals are listed below:
200 Medley Relay - (O'Connor, Kim, Conway, Kennedy), 9th - 1:31.60
400 IM - Steve Harms, 9th - 3:55.35
100 Butterfly - Kellan O'Connor, 13th - 49.45
200 Freestyle - Steve Steketee, 15th - 1:39.54
100 Breaststroke - No finalists
100 Backstroke - No finalists
800 Free Relay (S.Harms, Steketee, Capen, J.Harms), 7th - 6:37.86
