| Freshman Tim Williams earned sixth place in the 200 fly in the final day of the Big Ten Championships. |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio; February 18, 2007 - Sophomore Patrick Schirk??s (Pottstown, Pa.) runner-up finish in the 200-yard backstroke highlighted the final night of Big Ten championship competition for Penn State, as it finished seventh overall with a total of 295 points. Minnesota won the Big Ten men??s swimming championship with 612.5 points, Michigan finished second with 608.5.
Schirk??s NCAA ??A?? qualifying time of 1:42.74 earned him the runner-up finish and 17 team points in the 200-yard backstroke, while Daniel Fimbianti (Mahwah, N.J.) came in 13th place, scoring four points for the Nittany Lions. Schirk finished as Penn State??s high scorer with 31 points. Fimbianti??s time of 1:46.70 was under the NCAA ??B?? qualifying time.
Penn State??s 400 freestyle relay team finished in a time of 2:54.78, earning an NCAA ??B?? qualifying mark en route to third place in the finals. The finish earned the Nittany Lions 32 team points.
In the 200 fly, freshman Tim Williams (North Bend, Ohio) took sixth place, earning 13 points, in an NCAA ??B?? qualifying time of 1:46.60.
Three Lions scored points in the 1650 free, led by sophomore Chris Sullivan??s (Naples, Fla.) sixth-place finish. Sullivan finished in an NCAA ??B?? qualifying time of 15:11.58. Sophomore David Kraft (Vienna, Va.) was 10th with a 15:19.28. Freshman Ben Ryan (State Collage, Pa.) scored in his first Big Ten championships, finishing 12th in the event with a time of 15:25.25. With their times, Kraft and Ryan also earned NCAA ??B?? qualifying marks. All told, the trio earned 25 points for Penn State in the event.
Senior Dan Kaiserian (Radnor, Pa.) finished 10th in the 100 freestyle with an NCAA ??B?? qualifying mark of 44.04, earning the Lions seven points. Junior Sean Swanepoel (Lincoln Mead, South Africa) was 15th with a 44.40, also an NCAA ??B?? qualifying mark.
Junior Kyle Miranda (Louisville, Colo.) took 12th in the 200-yard breaststroke to round out the scoring for Penn State on the final day of competition. His time of 2:00.72 was also below the NCAA ??B?? qualifying mark.
Penn State scored in every event held at this year??s Big Ten Championships with the exception of the platform diving, which the Nittany Lions do not compete in.
In addition, Kraft was named Penn State??s sportsmanship honoree.
Final Team Standings
1. Minnesota 612.5
2. Michigan 608.5
3. Ohio State 495
4. Indiana 494
5. Northwestern 470
6. Purdue 375.5
7. Penn State 295
8. Wisconsin 245.5
9. Iowa 118
10. Michigan State 106
Diver of the Year: Kellen Harkness, Ohio State
Diver of the Championship: Kellen Harkness (Ohio State) and Berkley Showe (Ohio State)
Diving Coach of the Year: Vince Panzano, Ohio State
Freshman of the Year: Danny Cox (Purdue) and Berkley Showe (Ohio State)
Swimmer of the Championship: Mike Alexandrov, Northwestern
Swimmer of the Year: Matt Grevers, Northwestern
Swimming Coach of the Year: Bob Bowman (Michigan) and Bob Groseth (Northwestern)
All-Big Ten Teams
First Team
Matt Alexandrov, Northwestern
Sal Barba, Michigan
Bruno Barbic, Northwestern
Kyle Bubolz, Northwestern
Igor Cerensek, Minnesota
Mario Delac, Minnesota
Matt Grevers, Northwestern
Kellen Harkness, Ohio State
Ben Hesen, Indiana
Eric Nilsson, Northwestern
Matt Patton, Michigan
Bobby Savulich, Michigan
Tyler Schmidt, Minnesota
Berkley Showe, Ohio State
Alex Vanderkaay, Michigan
Mike Woodson, Minnesota
Second Team
Evan Bernier, Minnesota
Joe Doyle, Ohio State
Mike Holmes, Minnesota
Ryan Jefferson, Ohio State
Nate King, Ohio State
Matt Lenton, Indiana
Romain Maire, Purdue
Todd Patrick, Indiana
Pat Penoyar, Indiana
Taylor Roberts, Indiana
Patrick Schirk, Penn State
Ales Volcansek, Minnesota
Nick Walkotten, Indiana
High-Point Scorer Each School:
Indiana: Ben Hesen, 47 points
Iowa: Dragos Agache, 29 points
Michigan: Alex Vanderkaay, 57 points
Michigan State: Adam Schmitt, 7 points
Minnesota: Igor Cerengsek, 41.50 points
Northwestern: Mike Alexandrov, 60 points
Ohio State: Berkley Showe and Kellen Harkness, 35 points
Penn State: Patrick Schirk, 31 points
Purdue: Danny Cox, 43 points
Wisconsin:Scott Rice, 31 points
Big Ten Sportsmanship Honorees:
Indiana: David Legler
Iowa: Jake Moore
Michigan: Jamie Martone
Michigan State: Matt McNichols
Minnesota: Dan Berve
Northwestern: Daniel Walls
Ohio State: Joe Doyle
Penn State: David Kraft
Purdue: John Schmitt
Wisconsin: Taylor Mathis