University of Tennessee Athletics
Vols Have Five Qualified for U.S. Olympic Trials
July 02, 2004 | Men's Swimming & Diving
July 2, 2004
SCHEDULE| PARTICIPATING ATHLETES | PAST OLYMPIANS | OFFICIAL RESULTS
There will be a hint of orange in the pool at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in Long Beach, Calif., July 7-14. as five Vols earned qualifying spots. Four of the five Vols competing will be swimming for Tennessee Aquatics, the university's club team.
Junior Josh Fulton and sophomore Bryan Goldberg will be pulling double duty at the trials. Fulton will be swimming in the 100-meter backstroke and the 100-meter butterfly. Goldberg will double-up with the 200- and 400-meter freestyles.
Freshman Andrew Engle is set the join Fulton in the 100-meter butterfly.
The fourth Tennessee Aquatics representative is sophomore Tyler Gustafson. Gustafson is qualified for the 100-meter freestyle.
Tennessee sophomore Casey Dauw is also competing at the trials but will be swimming for his home club team. Dauw will be participating in the 400-meter individual medley.
Two former Vols, Raymond Rosal (2003-04) and Paulo Machado (2001-03) have qualified to make their respective countries' Olympic teams. Rosal, who qualified for Venezuela and Machado for Brazil, are waiting to see if they are selected to be a representative on the 12-man teams.
| U.S. Olympic Qualifying Schedule | ||
| Long Beach, Calif. | ||
| July 7 | Bryan Goldberg | 400 free (preliminary and final) |
| ? | Casey Dauw | 400 I.M. (preliminary and final) |
| July 8 | Josh Fulton | 100 back (preliminary and semifinal) |
| ? | Bryan Goldberg | 200 free (preliminary and semifinal) |
| July 9 | Bryan Goldberg | 200 free (final) |
| ? | Josh Fulton | 100 back (final) |
| July 10 | Tyler Gustafson | 100 free (preliminary and semifinal) |
| July 11 | Tyler Gustafson | 100 free (preliminary and final) |
| July 12 | Andrew Engle Josh Fulton | 100 fly (preliminary and semifinal) |
| July 13 | Andrew Engle Josh Fulton | 100 fly (preliminary and final) |
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| OLYMPIC HOPEFUL QUICK HITS |
| Casey Dauw - Sophomore - 2L - St. Charles, Ill. Earned All-America honors for his work on the sixth-place 800 free relay team and honorable mention All-America for his 12th-place finish in the 400 I.M. (4:14.56) and his contribution to the 12th-place 400 free relay teamat the 2004 NCAA championships ... Finished 11th in the 400 I.M. (3:50.70), 15th in the 500 free (4:28.29), 20th in the 200 fly and swam the third leg of the sixth-place 800 free relay team at the 2004 SEC championships. |
| Andrew Engle - Freshman - 1L - Lancaster, Pa. Qualified for the 2004 NCAA championships ... At the 2004 SEC championships, finished eighth in the 100 fly (48.26), 10th in the 100 back (49.37) and 22nd in the 100 free (45.47). |
| Josh Fulton - Junior - 3L - Newport News, Va. Earned honorable mention All-America honors for his contributions to the 11th-place 400-meter medley relay, the 12th-place 200-meter free relay and the 200-meter medley relay at the 2004 NCAA championships ... At the 2004 SEC championships, finished 15th in the 100 back in 49.93 and 18th in the 100 fly in 49.45. |
| Bryan Goldberg - Sophomore - 2L - Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. |
| Tyler Gustafson - Sophomore - 2L - Harrisonburg, Va. Earned honorable mention All-America honors for his work on the 11th-place 400 medley relay team, 12th-place 200 free relay team and the 12th-place 400 free relay team at the 2004 NCAA championships ... Finished 12th in the 100 free (45.08), qualified for the finals in the 200 free and swam the second leg of the fifth-place 200 free relay team, fifth-place 400 free relay team and sixth-place 800 free relay team at the 2004 SEC championships. |
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