Jan. 27, 2007
Complete Results
Contact: Josh Rattray
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Senior Chris Dalman set the school record in the three-meter dive and Cleveland State won 10 of 13 events and established four new top times/scores to defeat defending MAC champion Miami (OH), 147-96, on Senior Day Saturday at the Busbey Natatorium. The Vikings are now 10-3 on the season.
"It was a great win for us over a great school," head coach Wally Morton said. "We felt we did well representing the Horizon League against the defending Mid-American Conference champion."
Dalman, who set the school record in the one-meter dive last year (415.50), set the record with a mark of 405.15, topping Thatcher Carr's mark of 389.40 from a year ago. Dalman also won the one-meter with a season-best score of 370.65.
Sophomore Marko Milenkovic led the Viking swimmers by winning the 100 free with a team top time of 46.00 and the 200 free (1:41.69) and he also swam the first leg on the winning 400 free relay team. Fellow sophomore Nedim Nisic also had a hand in three wins, taking first in the 200 fly (1:53.02) and swimming in both winning relays.
Junior Johan Norling won the 50 free (21.58) while freshman Stephen Grove finished second (21.82). Both swimmers also competed in winning relays.
Sophomore Stef Potgieter posted a team top time in the 200 breast (2:03.80) while freshman Jakub Dobies clocked a 2:08.77 to place second.
Cleveland State finished both first and second in four events (200 free, 200 IM, 200 fly and 200 breast).
The Vikings jumped out to an early lead by winning the 400 medley relay (3:26.52) and extended the lead after almost every event. After Norling's win in the 20 free put CSU ahead 41-33, the 200 IM trio of Duecker, Dobies and Potgieter put the Vikings up, 56-37, heading into the one-meter dive.
Dalman, Nisic and Milenkovic won the next three events in order to extend CSU's lead to 97-53. CSU extended the lead in each of the final two events (200 breast and 400 free relay) to win by the final 51-point margin.
The Vikings' three seniors, Joe Badziong, Chris Dalman and Bjorn Schantz, were honored in a senior day ceremony prior to the meet.
"We have three very impressive seniors, Morton said. "Our team decided to honor them wiith their performance today."
Cleveland State returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 3 at UIC.
