Dec. 8, 2002

Complete Results

WHEATON, Ill. - Three school records fell on the men's side and Josh Baseheart earned NCAA B qualifying marks in two events this weekend as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's swimming team collected top honors at the Wheaton Invitational. The women's team finished second behind Wheaton at the meet.

Baseheart broke the school records in the 50 and 200 freestyles and set a meet record in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyles, though only for a short time in one. In the 50, he finished prelims with a time of 20.68, which broke the school record of 20.75, set by Chris Weiss in 1988. In the final of that event, he broke his record again, this time finishing in 20.66, but was edged out by Brandon Deters of Grand Valley State, who finished in 20.57. In the 100, he broke the meet record he set a year ago at the meet, finishing first in 44.84, breaking the old mark of 45.15. In the 200 freestyle, he finished in 1:38.51, which bettered the old school mark of 1:40.97, set by Matt Schmaling in 2000. His finishes in the 100 and 200 both were good enough to earn him an NCAA B provisional qualifying standards.

But there was much more to the meet than just Baseheart. Adam Steffes finished sixth in the 100 freestyle in 48.02 and eighth in the 200 free with a time of 1:51.39. Also in the 200 freestyle, Michael Belting was third in 1:42.68 and Peter Clark was seventh in 1:46.82. Belting and Clark finished first and second in the 500 free, with Belting's time of 4:37.38 and Clark's finish in 4:44.50. Belting also won the mile, coming in in a time of 16:22.71. He was joined by Matt Luba, who finished sixth in the event in 17:31.17.

The Panthers did just as well in the stroke events, however. Jason Procto set a new school mark in the 200 backstroke, finishing in 1:50.66, breaking his old mark of 1:51.00, set at last year's league championships. He also won the 100 backstroke in 52.14, and was joined by Ryan Frohmader in fourth in 54.27 and John Batty in sixth in 54.69. Justin O'Keefe was fourth in the 200 back in 1:57.21. Nick Bowers and Kyle Fyock were sixth and eighth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.49 and 1:03.16, respectively. Both would place in the 200 breaststroke, with Fyock finishing third in 2:10.32 and Bowers coming in 2:13.88. Rob Vergeer and Procto both finished in the top eight in the 100 butterfly, Vergeer finishing in third in 52.11 and Procto ending in fourth in 52.21. Vergeer and Clark placed in the 200 butterfly, Clark finishing in second in 1:15.18 and Vergeer finsihing third in 1:59.31. O'Keefe also placed in the event, winding up fifth in 2:02.69. Ryan Frohmader finished third in the 200 IM, the first of three Panthers in the event. Frohmader's time was 2:00.07, with Carey Kammel placing sixth in 2:02.46 and Fyock finishing eighth in 2:03.44. Kammel would later take second-place honors in the 400 IM in 4:17.73 with O'Keefe finishing fourth in 4:21.88. Joe Vermeulen was sixth in the event in 4:26.27.

UWM also won the 400 freestyle relay, with the team of Tim Watt, Steffes, Procto and Baseheart claiming a time of 3:05.37. Belting, Clark, Procto and Baseheart also took first in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 6:50.59. Procto, Bowers, Vergeer and Baseheart would take first in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:27.63.

The women's team also had a strong meet, led by Sarah Caldwell's three strong performances. Caldwell won the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.31 and finished third in the 200 IM in 2:14.88. She was also fourth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:28.84. Amanda Chan and Beth Watt both picked up wins for the Panthers, with Chan's coming in the 200 breast in 2:26.84 and Watt's in the 200 butterfly in 2:10.05. Chan also took fourth in the 100 breast in 1:09.10, while Watt also was second in the 100 butterfly in 59.68.

Nicole Rosinski also had a strong meet, finishing fourth in the 100 free in 54.59 and seventh in the 50 free in 25.48. The trio of Jen Kedinger, Sarah Walby and Jessica Johnson all finished in the top eight of the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyles. Kedinger took second in all three events, finishing the 200 in 1:57.27, the 500 in 5:08.57 and the mile in 17:44.84. Walby was third in the 200 in 1:58.07, fifth in the 500 in 5:17.06 and fourth in the mile in 18:15.20. Johnson was sixth in the 200 in 2:00.66 and seventh in the other two events, finishing in 5:19.74 in the 500 and 18:29.85 in the 1650.

In the stroke events, Patricia Frank captured a pair of sixth place finishes in the backstroke events, ending the 100 in 1:02.99 and the 200 in 2:15.17. She would also add an eighth place finish in the 400 IM in 4:55.12. Kristin Cefalu would also add three top-eight finishes, placing third in the 200 breast in 2:28.03 and fifth in the 100 breast in 1:09.35. She also was sixth in the 400 IM in 4:51.09. Kari Kinney had the other two top-eight marks for UWM, as she finished fourth in both the 200 butterfly in 2:13.63 and the 400 IM in 4:49.11.

Up next for the Panthers is the annual training trip to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The Panthers will compete in the Ed Kennedy Relays on Dec. 31, and again at the Time Trial 100s on Jan. 4. UWM will return to compete in the Bill Ritter Invitational on Jan. 24 and 25.