Team captures first win in Big Ten defeat

The IU men's swimming and diving team won their first Big Ten meet of the season Friday 129 to 104 against Michigan State at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. The Hoosiers (2-0) won 12 of the 13 events against the Spartans.\n"The effort level was outstanding," coach Ray Looze Jr. said. "I thought the spirit of the team was great. We were in control of the meet the whole time."\nIU came out ready, taking both first and second place in the 400-yard medley relay. The winning team with a time of 3:22.90 consisted of juniors Matt Leach and Dale Ramsy, senior Dave Schulze and sophomore Murph Halasz.\nThe strong sprinting force of the Hoosiers swept the first four finishes in the 50-yard freestyle. Junior Claes Andersson who had to sit out during the Evansville meet due to injury won the event with a time of 20.64. Ramsy placed second at 20.85. Junior Mike Payne took third with a time of 21.20, and sophomore Nicolas Burgess swam a time of 21.45 to place fourth. Payne was victorious in the 100 free swimming a time of 46.48.\nSophomore Richard Bryant dominated in the distance freestyle events winning both the 500 and 1000 with times of 4:34.20 and 9:29.26 respectively.\nHalasz added two more victories by winning the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard IM. The school record holder in the 200 fly swam a time of 1:50:19 beating his opponent from Michigan State by nearly six seconds. Halasz's time in the 200 IM was 1:59:40.\nThe backstrokers showed their depth by going 1-2-3 in the 200. Junior Matt Leach won with a time of 1:52:16 followed by freshman Mike Jones and sophomore Niles Madison.\nThe one event the Hoosiers did not win was the 200-yard free. Senior captain and breaststroker Dave Schulze finished with a time of 1:41:52, but was edged out by Michigan State's Joe Brennan who swam a winning time of 1:41:34. Schulze did win his 200-yard breaststroke event with a time of 2:02:67.\nIU went 1-2 in the 400 free relay with Burgess, Payne, Andersson and Ramsy swimming a winning time of 3:05.81.\nThe diving team displayed their talent on the 1-meter, but coach Jeff Huber said he was disappointed with the team's performance on the 3-meter.\n"I am always pleased with the team's effort," Huber said. "Our performance on 1-meter was much better, but the 3-meter could have definitely looked better. We have an enormous amount of talent; it is just my responsibility to bring it all out."\nJunior Alex Burns had a breakthrough performance on the 1-meter. He won the event shattering his 1-meter career best by nearly 50 points scoring a 321.23 which is enough to qualify him for the NCAA Zones.\nThe 3-meter competition was won by junior All-American Marc Carlton with a score of 342.45.\nAll in all, the Hoosiers competed well against Michigan State, but they have yet to face a team they can't beat.\n"This meet was a better indicator than Evansville," Halasz said. "But we still haven't been tested yet"