March 5, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas - Members of the Auburn swimming team, both current and former, are competing at the USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix on the campus of the University of Texas. The three-day meet began Thursday and runs through Saturday.
The format of the meet has the morning preliminary sessions swim the yards course, while the finals are swam in meters.
Day One - Thursday
Freshman Tony Cox recorded a career-best and NCAA "B" cut time in the 100 fly, finishing in 47.80 during the preliminary session Thursday morning and reaching the "A" Final. Classmate Sam Kiefer also set a career mark, finishing eighth in 48.32. Former Tiger Jakob Andkjaer qualified for the "A" Final, recording a time of 48.12 in the prelims.
Andkjaer went on to finish fifth in the 100m fly in 55.39, while Kiefer took eighth (56.46).
Swimming in the men's 50-meter free were a trio of former Tigers. Current world record-holder Cesar Cielo took first in 22.13, while George Bovell was fourth in 22.78 and Andkjaer finished sixth in 23.11.
Auburn senior Alana Dillette swam in a pair of events on Thursday, reaching the "B" final in the 100 fly and 50 free. The Nassau, Bahamas, product finished 12th in the 100m fly (54.60) and 13th in the 50m free (26.85).
In the men's 200 IM, freshman Andrew Ruffing put together a career-best performance during the prelims with a time of 1:53.08.
A trio of Tigers in freshmen David Clark, Evan Rutherford and Cox picked up collegiate-best times in the 50 free prelims. Cox finished in 20.43, while Clark touched in 21.42 and Rutherford in 21.60.
Day Two - Friday
Sophomore Genaro Prono swam a season-best and NCAA "B" cut time of 55.18 in the preliminary round of the 100y breaststroke to qualify for the "A" final. Also reaching the A final was former Tiger and current volunteer coach Mark Gangloff, who recorded the second-fastest morning time of 53.66.
Gangloff finished second in the 100m breast in 1:01.84, while Prono took eighth in 1:04.94.
Cox picked up his second "B" time of the meet, touching the wall in a career-best time of 47.21 in the 100y back. Cielo also swam in the prelims, finishing in 47.92.
Dillette participated in the 100 back, coming in 12th during the prelim session with a time of 55.29. Her 100m back time in the B final of 1:04.60 was good for 14th overall.
The Austin Grand Prix concludes Saturday, starting with the 200 back. Following the event will be the 100 free, 200 breast and 200 fly. Prelims begin at 8:30 a.m. and finals start at 5:30 p.m.