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Michigan State Men's Swim Team Third In Season Opener
 
Munley produces the Spartans' only first-place finish.
 
 
 

 
 
 

Oct. 29, 1999

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State men’s swimming and diving team opened their season with a third-place finish with 435 points at the Michigan Invitational Friday, Oct. 29. Michigan held the first-place position with 736 points.

Junior John Munley (Kalamazoo, Mich.) led the Spartans with their only first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.36), an event Munley qualified to swim at the Olympic Trials this summer.

Freshman diver Nick Visscher (Holland, Mich.) produced a second-place finish in the 1-meter dive with 248.25 points. Senior Casey Guntzviller (Wixom, Mich.) finished third in the 3-meter dive (226.05).

Freshman Joe Brennan (Poway, Calif.) also made an impact for the Spartans, finishing fourth in the 500 freestyle (4:41.33) and fifth in the 1000 freestyle (9:38.67).

The Michigan State men’s swimming and diving team will be in action again on Sunday, Oct. 31, at the Northwestern Relays in Evanston, Ill., at noon. 

Teams
1. University of Michigan	736
2. Eastern Michigan Univ.	539
3. Michigan State Univ.	        435
4. Oakland University	        408


Event			Winner			Team	Time		TOP MSU Finishers
50 Freestyle		Scott Meyer		UM	21.02		Chad Ganden (5th, 21.73)
100 Freestyle		Tony Kurth 		UM	46.58		John Munley (5th, 46.85)
200 Freestyle		John Munley		MSU	1:40.36
500 Freestyle		Chris Thompson		UM	4:29.28		Joe Brennan (4th, 4:41.33)
1000 Freestyle		Chris Thompson		UM	9:03.09		Joe Brennan (5th, 9:38.67)
200 Backstroke		Dave Hartzel		OAK	1:50.84		Michael Tingley (3rd, 1:53.44)
200 Breaststroke	Scott Werner	        UM	2:02.81		Joe Baicy (12th, 2:17.80)
200 Butterfly		Paul Cly		UM	1:51.85		Mike Robbins (4th, 1:55.47)
200 Indiv. Medley	Scott Werner		UM	1:52.40		Michael Tingley (11th, 2:01.25)
400 Free Relay		Mangieri, Watland,				Ganden, Munley,
			Mcwha, Siciliano	UM	3:05.92		Brennan, Shafer (4th, 3:10.26)
400 Medley Relay	Mallori, Hopwood,				Tingley, Baicy, 
			Kurth, Keyer		UM	3:26.54		Robbins, Ganden (5th, 3:33.79)
1-Meter Diving		Luke Cox		UM	254.55		Nick Visscher (2nd, 248.25)
3-Meter Diving		Bryce Cox		UM	237.00		Casey Guntzviller (3rd, 226.05
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