Men's & Women's
Swimming & Diving Championships
February 15-17, 2001
Albee Hall Aquatic Center - Oshkosh, Wis.

Friday's (Feb. 16) Recap
Senior Randy Boelk became the most decorated male swimmer in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history Friday night to help the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point men's swimming and diving team strengthen its lead on first place after two days of competition at the conference championships in Oshkosh.

The Pointers now have 680 points to easily outdistance second-place UW-La Crosse's 460 points as UW-Stevens Point aims for its fourth title in five years. The UW-Stevens Point women's team also remains in first place with 560.5 points, while UW-Eau Claire is in second place with 525.5.

Friday's competition featured four WIAC records as UW-Eau Claire junior Matt Oglesby had an NCAA Division III "A" cut time of 50.11 in the 100 yard butterfly for the only men's record. UW-Eau Claire senior Brianna Crowley set a record in the 400 yard individual medley with a time of 4:41.07, while UW-Stevens Point junior Christine Sammons set the 100 yard breaststroke record in the preliminaries at 1:07.88. Sammons also was a member of the Pointers' record-setting 200 yard medley relay team that was clocked in 1:48.47. She was joined by freshman Alissa Bartz, junior Mary Thone and sophomore Jennifer Randall.

Boelk became the first WIAC participant to ever win four career 400 yard individual medley titles. He had a time of 4:08.9 for his ninth career individual title, tying him with three other swimmers for the most career individual titles. He also was a member of his 12th conference championship relay title, winning both the 200 yard medley relay in 1:33.81 and the 800 yard freestyle relay in 7:00.00. His 21 overall league titles surpass the previous WIAC career record of 18 held by UW-Eau Claire's Steve Hollman from 1984-87. Boelk was joined on the 200 yard medley by senior Tim Benjamin, junior Anthony Harris and junior Nate Eddingsaas. The 800 yard relay featured Boelk, sophomore Thad Gunther, Benjamin and Harris.

In addition to the 100 yard butterfly title, Oglesby also claimed the 100 yard backstroke crown on Friday with a time of 51.78 seconds. UW-La Crosse junior Chad Morrow won the 100 yard breaststroke in 59.36 seconds. UW-Stevens Point also received titles from Benjamin in the 200 yard freestyle in 1:44.56 and freshman Chris Hansman in the three meter diving event with 463.0 points.

UW-Oshkosh freshman Renee Porter won the 100 yard backstroke for her second title of the meet. Porter, who also won the 50 yard freestyle on Thursday, posted a time of 59.06 seconds in her backstroke win. UW-Oshkosh freshman diver Rachel Heitkamp won the one meter event with a score of 416.35 points, giving UW-Oshkosh three of the four diving titles. Teammate Erin LeRoy, a junior, won the three meter event Thursday and was third in the one meter with a score of 402.75.

UW-La Crosse freshman Shara Guerts won the 200 yard freestyle in 1:56.98 for the Eagles' second women's individual title of the meet. After setting the WIAC record in preliminaries, Sammons captured the 100 yard breaststroke title for the third straight year, posting a finals time of 1:08.17.

In addition to its 200 yard medley relay win, UW-Stevens Point also won the 800 yard freestyle relay in 7:55.90. Randall, freshman Erica Janssen, Thone and junior Amy Rockwell swam the 800 yard freestyle relay.