February 5, 1999

EAST LANSING, Mich. -The Michigan State men's swimming and diving team dropped to Michigan, 159-84, in their final home meet this evening.

Despite the loss, Michigan State came out with strong efforts. "We had some really good swims. The format was different because this was the last meet before Big Tens," said head coach Richard Bader.

John Munley finished first in the 100-yard freestyle (46.21). Michael Tingley produced a first-place finish in the 200 backstroke (1:50.84). Both, Tingley and Munley, were on the winning 400 medley relay team (3:26.26) along with teammates John Bruesch and Chad Ganden.

The Michigan State University men's swimming and diving team (4-4 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) will be in action again on Feb. 25-27, when they travel to Bloomington, Ind. for the Big Ten Championships at 12 noon and 7 p.m. ##

Michigan State 84, Michigan 159
Event Winners

Event              Winner             Team  Time   TOP MSU Finishers
50 Freestyle       Scott Meyer        UM    21.46  Trevor Asti (4th, 22.11)
100 Freestyle      John Munley        MSU   46.21  
200 Freestyle      John Reich         UM  1:41.92  Scott Shafer (3rd, 1:42.70)   
500 Freestyle      Mike McWha         UM  4:33.04  Daniel Bacheler (4th, 4:40.85)  
1650 Freestyle     Joe Palmer         UM 15:53.44  Daniel Bacheler (2nd, 16:05.97)
200 Backstroke     Michael Tingley    MSU 1:50.84
100 Breaststroke   Jeff Hopwood       UM    57.13  John Bruesch (4th, 58.79)
100 Butterfly      Tom Malchow        UM    49.90  Chad Ganden (2nd, 50.57)
400 Indiv. Medley  Jeff Hopwood       UM  4:03.96  Aaron Mahaney (4th, 4:14.59)
200 Free Relay     Meyer, Raines      UM  1:24.50  Ganden, Munley, Watland, Stephens
                                                   Shafer, Asti (2nd, 1:24.65)
400 Medley Relay   Tingley, Bruesch,  MSU 3:26.26  Ganden, Munley        
1-Meter Diving     Josh Trexler       UM   301.35  Jason Owens (3rd, 266.32)
3-Meter Diving     Josh Trexler       UM   302.10  Jason Owens (3rd, 270.00)