Clemson Men’s Swimming and Diving Finish Fifth at ACC Championships

Feb. 27, 2005

Final Stats

The Clemson men’s swimming and diving team finished in fifth place with 323 points at the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. Virginia won its seventh-consecutive ACC Swimming and Diving Title with 726.5 points.

The Tigers began Day Four with a tenth-place finish by Jon Mengering in the 1650 free. His time of 15:28.13 moves Mengering into fourth place in the Clemson record books, and provisionally qualifies him for the NCAA Championships. Sean Geary finished in 12th place with a time of 15:38.10, the seventh-best time in Clemson history.

Buddy Reed earned an eighth-place finish in the 200 back with a time of 1:49.22. Charlie Dillon finished in a tie for 13th place with a time of 1:49.45, Dillon’s career-best time.

Mark Vahle finished in 14th place, and Brian Regone claimed the 15th spot in the 100 free with times of 45.69 and 45.72 respectively. Both were the fastest times of the season for the Tigers.

Atilla Ruszka earned 13th place in the 200 breast with a time of 2:03.40, his season-best time. Ben Kanoy recorded a tenth-place finish in the 200 fly. His time of 1:50.41 was the fastest for Clemson this season, and moves Kanoy into tenth place in the Clemson record books.

Clemson ended the meet with a third-place showing in the 400 free relay with an NCAA Provisional time of 2:59.37. The time was the second fastest in Clemson history, and Buddy Reed leadoff split time of 45.30 is the tenth fastest in Clemson history.

Clemson’s Buddy Reed set two Clemson records during the championship. On Wednesday, Reed lead off the 800 free with a split time of 1:37.81, a record for the 200 free. Then on Friday, Reed set a new Clemson record in the 400 IM with a time of 3:54.35.

Virginia’s Luke Anderson was named the Most Valuable Swimmer for the second time in his career, having won the honor in 2002 as well. Anderson received three individual medals and three relay medals. Miami’s Miguel Velazquez was tabbed the 2005 Most Valuable Diver, after placing first on both the one and three-meter boards.