Gray Gives Terps First Medal Chance
2/23/2006 7:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 23, 2006
College Park, Md. - Danny Gray, a junior from Carlisle, Pa., will represent the Terps' first chance at a medal in the 2006 ACC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships when he swims tonight in the 50 free final. Gray, a transfer from James Madison University who redshirted last season, will be the third seed thanks to a career-best time of 19.93. His swim was also good for the Terps' first NCAA B-cut time of the season.
Freshman Dong Kim, who joined the Terps just two weeks before the end of the regular season, just missed joining Gray in the 50 free championship final. Instead Kim, who swam a career best 20.42, will be the top seed in the consolation final. Kim missed the championship final by just .03 seconds.
Junior Tony Miller (Severna Park, Md.) also just missed the championship final of his event, the 200 IM. Miller, who will be the top seed in the consolation final, swam a 1:50.27, improving upon his career best time by more than 3 seconds. Sophomore Stefan Geisen (Lahnstein, Germany) will also be in the 200 IM consolation finals thanks to a 1:51.90 swim, another career best.
Several other Terps put up impressive performances in this morning's events. Senior Chris Starr (Ellicott City, Md.) will swim in the 200 IM bonus consolation final tonight thanks to a career best 1:53.14. Senior Andrew Foran (Atascadero, Calif.) will also be in the bonus consolation final of the 200 IM. He swam a time of 1:53.80, also a career best.
Sophomore Ken Golaszewski (Boulder, Colo.) and freshman Matt Golebiewski (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) claimed the final two slots in the bonus consolation finals of the 500 free. Both swam season best times. Golaszewski recorded a 4:35.34 while Golebiewski swam a 4:35.52. Senior Patrick Doyle (Norfolk, Va.) just missed being eligible for tonight's event. He finished in 4:35.83, another season best, good for 26th overall.
The finals get underway tonight at 7pm from the Natatorium of the Campus Recreation Center in College Park.
