Jan. 24, 2004

Results

MILWAUKEE - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men and women's swimming program entered the second session of the Bill Ritter Memorial Invitational in second-place after a good showing in the first session on Friday night. When the morning session ended, the Panther women found themselves in second and just nine points outside of first while the Panther men find themselves 53 points outside of first and sitting in third place.

"We didn't swim our best this morning," Panther head coach Dave Clark said. "The standings are still pretty good though and the final session could really come down to the final event (1650 freestyle)."

The women received good performances by their relay teams throughout the morning session. Emily Holcomb, Sarah Caldwell, Heather Sawatzki and Lindsay Caldwell finished second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:51.95. Later on, Sawatzki would join up with Sarah Valley, Bridget Fargen and Jen Kedinger to place second in the 800-freestyle relay with a time of 8:02.98.

On the individual side, Lindsay Caldwell set a new Klotsche Center Pool record in the 100-yard breaststroke by placing first with a time of 1:06.91, breaking the old time of 1:06.95. Kari Kinney added a second-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:44.21 and Holcomb swam to a third-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke with a time off 1:02.15.

For the men, the relay teams in the 800-yard freestyle and 200-yard medley swam extremely well. The group of Tim Watt, Ryan Frohmader, Michael Belting and Josh Baseheart swam to a victory and a new Klotsche Center Pool record with their time 6:57.95. Earlier on, Baseheart joined Matthew Howard, Kyle Fyock and Rob Vergeer to finish second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:36.76.

In individual races, Baseheart claimed his second victory in the meet with a win in the 200-yard freestyle with a top time of 1:43.31. Michael Belting finished second behind Baseheart with a time of 1:44.20. Watt and John Batty finished fifth and seventh. Dana Elzea and Justin O'Keefe added a third and fourth-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley while Fyock swam to a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. Closing out the session, Vergeer finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly and Howard claimed fourth in the 100-yard backstroke.

The final session of the Bill Ritter Memorial Invitational will take place at 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the Klotsche Center pool.