University of Tennessee Athletics
Kovacs' Lift Vols over Louisville
October 22, 2010 | Men's Swimming & Diving
Oct. 22, 2010
Drew Rutherford
UTsports.com
KNOXVILLE--Sophomore Norbert Kovacs swam to three individual wins in Thursday's season-opening dual meet to help Tennessee down Louisville 197-103.
"Norbert had a solid day," head coach John Trembley said. "He had a great race in the 200 fly against some really tough competitors. He had some fine swims today."
Kovacs kicked off his first full collegiate season with a win in the 1000 freestyle with a time of nine minutes 22.71 seconds. The Budapest, Hungary, native also claimed first place in 200 butterfly with a one minute 48.42-second mark. Kovacs claimed the top spot in the 500 freestyle behind a time of four minutes 34.85 seconds.
"I really wanted to do my best," Kovacs, a 2008 Olympian, said. "Coach talked to me about making some changes this week and I feel like I was able to make some of them. "
Kovacs wasn't the only Vol making waves, however, as senior co-captain Michael Wright shattered his own school record on the one-meter springboard.
Wright nailed his final dive to score a career-best 414.00-point score. The mark is also an Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center record. Wright previously held the school record of 396.00 points in February.
"The one-meter event was a treat to be involved in," diving coach Dave Parrington said. "I don't want us to get complacent, but it was a great day. Both Mike's and Ryan's scores were high for this time of year. It was a very impressive performance--our top three guys all had career bests on the one-meter."
The win improves Tennessee to 1-0 (0-0 SEC) heading into their first road test on Oct. 29 at University of the Cumberlands. The Vols will take on the Patriots before moving on to SEC rival Kentucky on Oct. 30.
Other winners today include Ryan Harrison (200 freestyle, 1:39.82), Ricky Henahan (100 backstroke, 48.93) and Michael DeRocco (50 freestyle, 20.41; 100 butterfly 49.03).
SCORING REPORT
One-meter diving: 1. Michael Wright (UT) 414.00; 2. Ryan Helms (UT) 408.98; 3. Brent Sterling (UT) 341.93; 4. David Zamkov (UL) 286.43; 5. Cameron Dehn (UL) 274.73
200 medley relay: 1. Tennessee (Ricky Henahan, Brad Craig, Michael DeRocco, Ed Walsh) 1:29.60; 2. Louisville (Brendon Andrews, Carlos Almeida, Tim Collins, Matt Schlytter) 1:31.00; 3. Tennessee (Samuel Rairden, Renato Prono, Oystein Hetland, Anders Storvik) 1:31.08
1000 freestyle: 1. Norbert Kovacs (UT) 9:22.71; 2. Geoff Sanders (UT) 9:25.47; 3. Charlie Bolgan (UL) 9:26.37; 4. Sam Petersen (UT) 9:26.48; 5. Riley Martin (UL) 9:28.24
200 freestyle: 1. Ryan Harrison (UT) 1:39.82; 2. Michael Christy (UT) 1:40.47; 3. Michael Pryor (UL) 1:41.54; 4. Alex Burtch (UL) 1:41.72; 5. Albert Lloyd (1:43.24)
100 backstroke: 1. Ricky Henahn (UT) 48.93; 2. Brendon Andrews (UL) 49.71; 3. Samuel Rairden (UT) 50.23; 4. Anders Storvik (UT) 50.79; 5. Adam Isaacs (UL) 53.83
100 breaststroke: 1. Carlos Almeida (UL) 55.21; 2. Brad Craig (UT) 55.97; 3. Kameron Chastain (UL) 56.52; 4. Jake Epperson (UT) 56.57; 5. Michael Haefner (UL) 57.30
200 butterfly: 1. Norbert Kovacs (UT) 1:48.42; 2. Pedro Oliveira (UL) 1:48.62; 3. Christoffer Wallin (UT) 1:52.77; 4. Alex Ward (UT) 1:54.11; 5. Kevin Bandy (UL) 1:54.36
50 freestyle: 1. Michael DeRocco (UT) 20.41; 2. Oystein Hetland (UT) 20.54; 3. Ed Walsh (UT) 20.81; 4. Albert Lloyd (UL) 21.46; 5. Jordan Rees (UL) 21.48
Three-meter diving: 1. Michael Wright (UT) 401.10; 2. Ryan Helms (UT) 389.33; 3. Brent Sterling (UT) 361.35; 4. Jordan Mauney (UT) x-322.95 5. David Zamkov (UL) 293.25; 6. Cameron Dehn (UL) 280.65
100 freestyle: 1. Brendon Andrews (UL) 45.24; 2. Ed Walsh (UT) 45.88; 3. Ryan Harrison (UT) 46.36; 4. Michael Christy (UT) 46.51; 5. Alex Burtch (UL) 47.10)
200 backstroke: 1. Pedro Oliveira (UL) 1:49.10; 2. Ricky Henahan (UT) 1:49.93; 3. Anders Storvik (UT) 1:50.02; 4. Samuel Rairden (UT) 1:52.21; 5. Chris Winchell (UT) x-1:56.37; 6. Adam Isaacs (UL) 1:57.64
200 breaststroke: 1. Carlos Almeida (UL) 2:01.16; 2. Brad Craig (UT) 2:01.96; 3. Jake Epperson (UT) 2:06.00; 4. Mattias Kahlin (UT) 2:07.46; 5. Kenny Crapse (UL) 2:08.14
500 freestyle: 1. Norbert Kovacs (UT) 4:34.85; 2. Geoff Sanders (UT) 4:36.19; 3. Shane Lichtenberg (UL) 4:36.29; 4. Michael Pryor (UL) 4:41.81; 5. Riley Martin (UL) 4:41.87
100 butterfly: 1. Michael DeRocco (UT) 49.03; 2. Oystein Hetland (UT) 49.55; 3. Pedro Oliveira (UL) 49.80; 4. Tim Collins (UL) 50.59; 5. Alex Ward (UT) 50.86 200 I.M.: 1. Carlos Almeida (UL) 1:50.70; 2. Michael Christy (UT) 1:52.75; 3. Christoffer Wallin (UT) 1:54.54; 4. Jake Epperson (UT) 1:54.99; 5. Alex Burtch (UL) 1:55.74
400 freestyle relay: 1. Tennessee (Michael DeRocco, Anders Storvik, Oystein Hetland, Ed Walsh) 3:02.07; 2. Louisville (Brendon Andrews, Alex Burtch, Michael Pryor, Pedro Oliveira) 3:03.89; 3. Louisville (Matt Schlytter, Nathan Kinney, Albert Lloyd, Kenny Crapse) 3:13.64
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