Vikings Still Second After Day Two Of League Meet

Wins in 400 medley relay and one-meter dive pull Vikings to within 32.5 of Wright State

Senior Chris Dalman won the one-meter dive Thursday during the second day of the Horizon League Championships

Feb. 22, 2007

Results

Contact: Josh Rattray

CHICAGO, Ill. - Cleveland State captured first place in the 400 medley relay and senior Chris Dalman won the one-meter dive with a score of 341.85 to keep the Vikings in second place after the second day of the Horizon League Championships. CSU has 268.5 team points, second to Wright State's 301 total.

Just one day after setting a school record in the 200 medley relay, the Vikings edged Wright State in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:22.57, just .11 seconds ahead of the Raiders.

Dalman, the favorite in both diving events coming into the meet, won the one-meter by over 40 points over second place Mark Pappalardo from UIC. Junior Dan Baiko had a solid performance, placing third in the event with a 282.95.

"We're happy that we closed the gap quite a bit in the team standings," head coach Wally Morton said. "Chris (Dalman) was strong and we had some good performances in the medley relays. Jakub Dobies had some very good splits."

Senior Bjorn Schantz helped cut into the Wright State lead with a second place swim in the 500 free. Schantz's time of 4:32.70 was three seconds behind the Raiders' Scott Lang.

Dobies also registered a second place swim, clocking a 1:50.85 in the 200 IM. Junior Dave Duecker placed fourth in the event with a time of 1:52.81 while sophomore Stef Potgieter finished ninth (1:57.24). A trio of Vikings also placed in the 50 free, led by sophomore Marko Milenkovic, who tied for fifth in 21:07. Freshman Stephen Grove (21.32) and junior Johan Norling (21.32) finished eighth and ninth, respectively.

Day three of the Horizon League Championships at UIC begins Friday at 10:30 a.m.