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George Mason Sweeps Delaware in Home Opener; Blomberg Wins Three Events for Hens

Date: October 23, 2004

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware men's and women's swimming and diving teams dropped their home openers Saturday as George Mason swept the Blue Hens in a meeting of Colonial Athletic Association rivals at Rawstrom Pool.

The defending CAA champion George Mason women (1-1) posted a 149-94 victory over Delaware (1-1), snapping the Blue Hens' six-meet win streak since last season while the George Mason men (1-0) upended Delaware (1-1) by a score of 147-91.

In the women's race, George Mason captured nine events as Christy Anderson won the 1,000 freestyle (10:41.44) and 400 individual medley (4:38.33) and swam a leg of the winning 400 freestyle relay team (3:41.12) and Mary Campioli captured both the one-meter and three-meter diving events. Delaware got victories from Sara Reed in the 200 freestyle (1:57.71), Sara Stephens in the 200 butterfly (2:10.32), Ellen Heinz in the 100 freestyle (55.07), and Meredith Law in the 500 freestyle (5:17.34).

Stephens also placed second in the 400 medley relay and 400 individual medley, Heinz was second in the 400 freestyle relay and 200 freestyle, Reed was second in the 200 backstroke (2:10.57), and Law was second in the 400 freestyle relay.

On the men's side, George Mason captured nine events as Tim Norton won the 200 backstroke (1:56.26) and 200 breaststroke (2:14.14) and swam a leg of the winning 400 medley relay (3:41.41), Joe Houchin won the 1,000 freestyle (10:00.72) and 400 individual medley (4:11.53), and John Appleman captured both the one-meter and three-meter diving events.

Delaware freshman Adam Blomberg enjoyed another outstanding effort as he had a hand in three victories, capturing the 200 freestyle (1:43.69) and 500 freestyle (4:47.45) and swimming a leg of the winning 400 freestyle relay team (3:15.84). Also for the Hens, Levan Beridze won the 50 freestyle (48.54), swam on the winning 400 freestyle relay team, and placed second in the 50 freestyle (22.32) and Joe Virion was second in the 1,000 freestyle (10:09.27) and 400 freestyle relay (3:24.187), and third in the 500 freestyle (4:57.96).

The Blue Hens will return to action Nov. 5-6 when they take on host Old Dominion and William & Mary in a CAA tri-meet.

AGATE:

Event 2  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 George Mason  'A'                                      NT    3:41.41  
     1) McGillicuddy, Matthew JR        2) Kane, Matthew SO               
     3) Norton, Tim                     4) Peterson, Mike                 
  2 George Mason  'B'                                      NT    3:46.11  
     1) Elko, Matt SO                   2) Mossburg, Tony SO              
     3) Merrill, John JR                4) Dufresne, B.J. SO              
  3 Delaware  'A'                                          NT    3:46.61  
     1) Spencer, Brendan SO             2) Kates, Matt SO                 
     3) Sattgast, Troy FR               4) Carman, Roger FR               
  4 Delaware  'B'                                          NT    3:48.36  
     1) Sanderson, Cory SO              2) Wembacher, Eric SO             
     3) Weldin, Mark SR                 4) Zinn, Andrew FR                
  5 George Mason  'C'                                      NT    3:50.08  
     1) Chrabot, Matt SR                2) Haskins, Trey SR               
     3) Shepherd, Josh SR               4) Day, Andrew FR                 
 
Event 4  Men 1000 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Houchin, Joe              SO GMU                       NT   10:00.72  
  2 Virion, Joe               SO DEL                 10:01.94   10:09.27  
  3 Kane, Matthew             SO GMU                       NT   10:13.96  
  4 Gurkovich, Kyle           FR DEL                 10:40.97   10:36.95  
  5 Goldstein, Adam           SR DEL                 10:09.78   10:40.72  
  6 Starr, Jim                JR GMU                       NT   11:12.51  
  
Event 6  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Blomberg, Adam            FR DEL                  1:45.47    1:43.69  
  2 Koucheravy, Tom           SO GMU                       NT    1:46.20  
  3 McGillicuddy, Matthew     JR GMU                       NT    1:47.64  
  4 Cooper, David             SR GMU                       NT    1:49.87  
  5 Rasch, Michael            JR DEL                  1:49.52    1:50.64  
  6 Evers, Max                SO DEL                  1:50.55    1:50.66  
  7 Sattgast, Troy            FR DEL                       NT   x1:52.06  
  8 Ryder, Andrew             SO GMU                       NT   x1:52.91  
 
Event 8  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Wellington, Eric          JR GMU                       NT      22.30  
  2 Beridze, Levan            SO DEL                    22.63      22.32  
  3 Zinn, Andrew              FR DEL                       NT      22.37  
  4 Peterson, Mike               GMU                       NT      22.57  
  5 Elko, Matt                SO GMU                       NT      23.27  
  6 Mullan, Adam              FR DEL                    23.92      23.68  
  7 Day, Andrew               FR GMU                       NT      23.96  
  8 Hardie, David             JR DEL                    22.65      24.19  
 
Event 10  Men 400 Yard IM
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Houchin, Joe              SO GMU                       NT    4:11.53  
  2 Chrabot, Matt             SR GMU                       NT    4:17.79  
  3 Sanderson, Cory           SO DEL                  4:11.57    4:25.60  
  4 Spencer, Brendan          SO DEL                  4:21.99    4:25.79  
  5 Kates, Matt               SO DEL                  4:27.94    4:32.86  
  6 Haskins, Trey             SR GMU                       NT    4:38.10  
  7 Goldstein, Adam           SR DEL                       NT   x4:39.95  
 
Event 12  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Cooper, David             SR GMU                       NT    2:01.57  
  2 Peterson, Mike               GMU                       NT    2:01.69  
  3 Weldin, Mark              SR DEL                       NT    2:03.29  
  4 Sattgast, Troy            FR DEL                  2:04.94    2:03.67  
  5 Koucheravy, Tom           SO GMU                       NT    2:04.22  
  6 Shepherd, Josh            SR GMU                       NT   x2:07.94  
  7 Malinak, Andrew           FR DEL                  2:15.52    2:13.54  
 
Event 14  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Beridze, Levan            SO DEL                    49.87      48.54  
  2 Wellington, Eric          JR GMU                       NT      49.00  
  3 Dufresne, B.J.            SO GMU                       NT      50.14  
  4 Rasch, Michael            JR DEL                    50.09      50.41  
  5 Evers, Max                SO DEL                    50.35      51.00  
  6 Carman, Roger             FR DEL                    51.87     x51.01  
  7 Merrill, John             JR GMU                       NT      52.72  
  8 Mossburg, Tony            SO GMU                       NT     x56.19  
 
Event 16  Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Norton, Tim                  GMU                       NT    1:56.26  
  2 Spencer, Brendan          SO DEL                  1:57.96    2:02.23  
  3 Elko, Matt                SO GMU                       NT    2:03.76  
  4 Sanderson, Cory           SO DEL                  1:59.06    2:04.25  
  5 Ryder, Andrew             SO GMU                       NT    2:08.06  
  6 Shepherd, Josh            SR GMU                       NT   x2:14.21  
  7 Abbott, Daniel            FR DEL                       NT    2:14.33  
 
Event 18  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Blomberg, Adam            FR DEL                  4:52.84    4:47.45  
  2 McGillicuddy, Matthew     JR GMU                       NT    4:49.04  
  3 Virion, Joe               SO DEL                  4:51.08    4:57.96  
  4 Chrabot, Matt             SR GMU                       NT    5:00.32  
  5 Gurkovich, Kyle           FR DEL                  5:14.99    5:13.54  
  6 Starr, Jim                JR GMU                       NT    5:22.39  
 
Event 20  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Norton, Tim                  GMU                       NT    2:14.14  
  2 Kane, Matthew             SO GMU                       NT    2:15.97  
  3 Kates, Matt               SO DEL                  2:21.38    2:23.40  
  4 Wembacher, Eric           SO DEL                  2:22.83    2:26.67  
  5 Mossburg, Tony            SO GMU                       NT    2:27.78  
  6 Abbott, Daniel            FR DEL                       NT    2:33.49  
  7 Hardie, David             JR DEL                  2:25.98   x2:36.33  
 
Event 22  Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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    School                                               Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Delaware  'A'                                     3:10.70    3:15.84  
     1) Beridze, Levan SO               2) Rasch, Michael JR              
     3) Evers, Max SO                   4) Blomberg, Adam FR              
  2 Delaware  'B'                                          NT    3:24.18  
     1) Zinn, Andrew FR                 2) Virion, Joe SO                 
     3) Mullan, Adam FR                 4) Carman, Roger FR               
  3 Delaware  'C'                                          NT   x3:33.98  
     1) Gurkovich, Kyle FR              2) Goldstein, Adam SR             
     3) Bailey, Dan SR                  4) Weldin, Mark SR                
 -- George Mason  'A'                                      NT   X3:15.59  
     1) Houchin, Joe SO                 2) Wellington, Eric JR            
     3) Dufresne, B.J. SO               4) Cooper, David SR               
 -- George Mason  'B'                                      NT   X3:26.55  
     1) Koucheravy, Tom SO              2) Merrill, John JR               
     3) Haskins, Trey SR                4) Ryder, Andrew SO               
 
                           
Event 24  Men 1 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Appleman, John            JR GMU                       NT     273.60  
  2 Bates, Justin             SR GMU                       NT     207.30  
  3 Lepsch, Stephen           FR GMU                       NT     169.95  
  4 Djuric, Ian               FR GMU                       NT    x159.53  
  5 Peare, Timmy                 GMU                       NT    x137.48  
 
Event 26  Men 3 mtr Diving
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Appleman, John            JR GMU                       NT     281.85  
  2 Bates, Justin             SR GMU                       NT     192.08  
  3 Djuric, Ian               FR GMU                       NT     184.20  
  4 Peare, Timmy                 GMU                       NT    x159.30  
  5 Lepsch, Stephen           FR GMU                       NT    x133.50  
                           
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