Northwestern University Athletics

Friday, October 22
Evanston, Ill.
4:30 PM

Northwestern

149
vs
91

UW-Milwaukee

Brian Davis showed Friday he is more than just a distance freestyler, winning the 200 butterfly and the 200 free.

Wildcats Showcase Versatility in Win Over UW-Milwaukee, 149-91

10/22/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Oct. 22, 2004

EVANSTON, Ill. -- With six returning All-Americans, Northwestern knows it has solid swimmers in a number of strokes. Friday it showed those swimmers can excel outside of their normal events in a 149-91 season-opening win over the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

With such a talented squad, it was not a surprise that the Wildcats won all 13 events, but it was a surprise which Wildcats won them.

Sophomore Mike Alexandrov, a 2004 Olympian in the breastroke and IM, won the 1000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke.

Meanwhile junior Brian Davis--the school record holder in all three distance freestyle events--emerged victorious in the shorter 200-yard freestyle and the 200 butterfly.

Sophomore Matt Grevers--school record holder in the sprint free events as well as the 100 backstroke--earned a first place finish in the 200 IM.

Senior Matt Wever--primarily a distance freestyler--showed he could sprint a little, too, winning the 50-yard freestyle.

Some NU swimmers did compete in events they are more known for, with Wever also capturing the 500 freestyle and sophomore Kevin Donohue narrowly outtouching senior teammate and NCAA qualifier Louis Torres in the 200 breaststroke.

Junior Mike Oxman won both the one-meter and three-meter diving events.

NU freshman and last year's Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year, Kyle Bubolz, earned his first collegiate win by placing first in the 100-yard freestyle.

Northwestern returns to action at noon Sunday when it hosts Illinois-Chicago, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay in the NU Relays.

Licensed to Northwestern University   Hy-Tek's Meet Manager 10/22/2004 06:46 PM
                            NU vs. UWM - 10/22/2004
                                    Results

Event 2 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Northwestern University-Men 'A' NT 3:27.69 11 1) Bubolz, Kyle 2) Grevers, Matt FR 3) Mercier, Phil JR 4) Sourbeer, James 24.72 51.36 25.75 56.35 24.70 53.40 22.17 46.58 2 Northwestern University-Men 'B' NT 3:36.94 4 1) Hayden, Alec 2) Lewno, Adam 3) Ehret, Jon 4) Gustafson, Mike JR 27.66 56.53 27.87 1:00.09 24.02 51.43 23.31 48.89 3 Uw-Milwaukee Men 'A' NT 3:43.39 2 1) Frohmader, Ryan FR 2) Fyock, Kyle FR 3) Bittner, Ross 4) Steffes, Adam SO 27.66 56.54 28.75 1:02.28 24.65 54.73 23.32 49.84 4 Uw-Milwaukee Men 'B' NT 3:50.06 1) Jefferson, Tyler 2) Palmer, Kyle 3) Watt, Tim FR 4) Yugo, David 27.66 57.95 30.30 1:05.54 26.13 56.28 23.76 50.29 5 Uw-Milwaukee Men 'C' NT 3:54.29 1) Kipp, Brandon 2) Heitkamp, Tom 3) Lawrence, Dan 4) Crow, Kyle FR 28.95 58.75 30.19 1:05.17 26.63 57.94 24.75 52.43

Event 4 Men 1000 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Alexandrov, Mike FR Nu-Men NT 9:26.03 9 23.93 26.93 27.90 27.61 27.66 28.25 28.21 28.17 28.28 28.32 28.60 28.65 28.96 29.27 29.49 29.47 29.84 29.75 29.10 27.64 2 Simpson, Eric Nu-Men NT 10:09.20 4 27.08 29.47 30.33 30.93 30.94 31.22 30.41 30.74 30.64 31.05 30.63 31.08 30.09 30.91 30.59 31.02 30.24 31.15 30.60 30.08 3 Winderl, Karl Uwm-Men NT 10:34.31 3 28.63 30.83 31.63 32.00 32.34 32.04 32.32 32.69 33.56 34.40 33.11 31.70 31.11 30.85 31.61 31.65 31.62 31.65 31.09 29.48 4 Vermuelen, Joe FR Uwm-Men NT 10:34.46 2 27.94 30.35 31.63 31.77 31.84 31.84 31.97 31.90 32.21 32.30 32.19 32.39 32.39 32.37 32.25 32.65 32.04 32.53 31.55 30.35 5 Scheissl, Jason Uwm-Men NT 10:52.40 1 30.03 31.97 32.62 33.17 33.31 33.38 32.95 33.52 32.94 33.12 32.81 32.95 32.88 32.80 32.47 32.57 32.68 32.68 32.34 31.21

Event 6 Men 200 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Davis, Brian SO Nu-Men NT 1:41.96 9 24.27 25.64 26.37 25.68 2 Kormushoff, David Nu-Men NT 1:43.91 4 23.90 25.97 26.56 27.48 3 Belting, Michael SO Uwm-Men NT 1:46.34 3 24.94 26.60 27.18 27.62 4 Dexter, Ben SO Nu-Men NT 1:48.76 2 25.41 27.92 27.74 27.69 5 Yugo, David Uwm-Men NT 1:51.71 1 25.97 28.31 28.68 28.75 6 Batty, John SO Uwm-Men NT 1:54.17 25.19 28.59 29.99 30.40 7 Lewis, Paul Uwm-Men NT 2:01.19 27.34 30.03 31.84 31.98

Event 8 Men 50 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Wever, Matt JR Nu-Men NT 21.58 9 2 Ehret, Jon Nu-Men NT 22.36 4 3 Fyock, Kyle FR Uwm-Men NT 22.43 3 4 Donohue, Kevin FR Nu-Men NT 22.47 2 5 Gustafson, Mike JR Nu-Men NT 22.63 1 6 Jefferson, Tyler Uwm-Men NT 22.80 7 Watt, Tim FR Uwm-Men NT 22.96 8 Heitkamp, Tom Uwm-Men NT 23.66 -- Shin, Eric Nu-Men NT X23.35

Event 10 Men 200 Yard IM =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Grevers, Matt FR Nu-Men NT 1:49.40 9 23.20 26.88 32.25 27.07 2 Bubolz, Kyle Nu-Men NT 1:57.67 4 23.94 29.14 36.57 28.02 3 Gravengood, Chase Uwm-Men NT 1:58.72 3 25.43 30.01 35.41 27.87 4 Torres, Louis JR Nu-Men NT 1:59.08 2 25.66 33.10 31.91 28.41 5 Mercier, Phil JR Nu-Men NT 2:03.58 1 25.98 31.87 36.94 28.79 6 Seibel, Jeremy Uwm-Men NT 2:05.54 26.62 32.61 36.78 29.53 7 Kipp, Brandon Uwm-Men NT 2:11.64 28.10 33.76 39.27 30.51 8 Palmer, Kyle Uwm-Men NT 2:12.64 28.22 35.37 37.72 31.33

Event 12 Men 200 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Davis, Brian SO Nu-Men NT 1:54.36 9 25.94 29.55 29.35 29.52 2 Gravengood, Chase Uwm-Men NT 1:59.16 4 27.39 30.73 31.05 29.99 3 Winderl, Karl Uwm-Men NT 2:12.81 3 30.12 33.63 34.67 34.39 4 Lawrence, Dan Uwm-Men NT 2:18.79 2 28.65 34.63 37.09 38.42 -- Ehret, Jon Nu-Men NT X1:55.80 25.26 28.53 30.36 31.65

Event 14 Men 100 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Bubolz, Kyle Nu-Men NT 45.73 9 21.92 23.81 2 Steffes, Adam SO Uwm-Men NT 50.04 4 23.96 26.08 3 Yugo, David Uwm-Men NT 50.82 3 24.40 26.42 4 Batty, John SO Uwm-Men NT 51.82 2 24.71 27.11 5 Davis, Andy SO Uwm-Men NT 55.72 1 25.16 30.56 -- Sourbeer, James Nu-Men NT X47.16 22.96 24.20 -- Kormushoff, David Nu-Men NT X47.88 23.62 24.26 -- Dexter, Ben SO Nu-Men NT X49.17 23.62 25.55 -- Donohue, Kevin FR Nu-Men NT X49.28 24.45 24.83 -- Shin, Eric Nu-Men NT X51.64 24.59 27.05 -- Crow, Kyle FR Uwm-Men NT X52.95 25.25 27.70 -- Lewis, Paul Uwm-Men NT X53.79 25.42 28.37

Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Alexandrov, Mike FR Nu-Men NT 1:51.75 9 27.69 28.43 27.95 27.68 2 Frohmader, Ryan FR Uwm-Men NT 2:01.87 4 29.18 30.85 30.70 31.14 3 Bittner, Ross Uwm-Men NT 2:05.60 3 29.83 31.49 32.16 32.12 4 Jefferson, Tyler Uwm-Men NT 2:05.86 2 29.70 31.85 32.09 32.22 5 Vermuelen, Joe FR Uwm-Men NT 2:12.10 1 31.24 33.84 33.76 33.26 -- Simpson, Eric Nu-Men NT X1:57.87 28.69 30.47 29.51 29.20 -- Hayden, Alec Nu-Men NT X2:04.19 29.22 31.64 31.94 31.39 -- Mercier, Phil JR Nu-Men NT X2:06.69 29.89 31.70 32.79 32.31

Event 18 Men 500 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Wever, Matt JR Nu-Men NT 4:33.89 9 25.57 27.79 28.13 27.94 27.80 27.90 27.45 27.53 27.07 26.71 2 Belting, Michael SO Uwm-Men NT 4:47.15 4 26.55 29.28 29.47 29.27 29.29 29.16 29.09 29.13 28.96 26.95 3 Seibel, Jeremy Uwm-Men NT 5:02.28 3 27.44 30.21 30.38 30.86 31.14 31.07 31.17 30.76 30.90 28.35 4 Winderl, Karl Uwm-Men NT 5:10.52 2 29.04 30.18 30.19 30.95 31.61 31.57 31.97 31.90 31.79 31.32 5 Scheissl, Jason Uwm-Men NT 5:18.17 1 29.35 31.15 31.89 32.30 32.49 32.43 32.20 32.39 32.49 31.48 -- Sourbeer, James Nu-Men NT X4:54.23 26.47 28.79 29.13 29.71 30.24 30.42 30.11 30.16 29.97 29.23

Event 20 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Donohue, Kevin FR Nu-Men NT 2:04.30 9 28.93 31.92 32.11 31.34 2 Fyock, Kyle FR Uwm-Men NT 2:19.99 4 31.37 35.44 36.08 37.10 3 Seibel, Jeremy Uwm-Men NT 2:21.39 3 32.03 35.81 37.03 36.52 4 Palmer, Kyle Uwm-Men NT 2:24.13 2 32.24 36.65 37.44 37.80 5 Kipp, Brandon Uwm-Men NT 2:33.89 1 33.40 39.00 40.97 40.52 -- Torres, Louis JR Nu-Men NT X2:04.57 28.52 31.74 32.15 32.16 -- Lewno, Adam Nu-Men NT X2:11.35 29.16 32.66 34.39 35.14 -- Gustafson, Mike JR Nu-Men NT X2:12.38 30.64 33.66 33.52 34.56 -- Davis, Brian SO Nu-Men NT X2:15.15 30.81 34.35 34.94 35.05 -- Shin, Eric Nu-Men NT X2:23.70 30.83 35.93 38.08 38.86

Event 22 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Northwestern University-Men 'A' NT 3:05.02 11 1) Grevers, Matt FR 2) Alexandrov, Mike FR 3) Dexter, Ben SO 4) Wever, Matt JR 21.47 44.26 21.32 45.20 23.20 49.50 22.28 46.06 2 Uw-Milwaukee Men 'A' NT 3:17.62 4 1) Frohmader, Ryan FR 2) Gravengood, Chase 3) Belting, Michael SO 4) Steffes, Adam SO 23.93 49.66 23.44 49.46 23.00 48.45 23.55 50.05 3 Uw-Milwaukee Men 'B' NT 3:23.73 2 1) Watt, Tim FR 2) Heitkamp, Tom 3) Batty, John SO 4) Bittner, Ross 23.72 49.31 24.53 51.73 23.90 51.21 24.08 51.48 4 Uw-Milwaukee Men 'C' NT 3:38.92 1) Lawrence, Dan 2) Crow, Kyle FR 3) Lewis, Paul 4) Davis, Andy SO 24.73 52.55 25.93 54.85 25.08 53.58 26.13 57.94 -- Northwestern University-Men 'B' NT SCR 1) Kormushoff, David 2) Sourbeer, James 3) Simpson, Eric 4) Hayden, Alec

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