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Men's Swim & Dive February 18, 2012 CSU Bakersfield Athletic Communications

CSUB Men's Swimming 4th After Day 3 Of MPSF Meet

MONTEREY PARK, Calif.-CSU Bakersfield is in fourth place upon the conclusion of day three of the MPSF Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. The Roadrunners (332) are 96 points behind first place UNLV.

Alex Daneke (Jr. Lodi, Calif., UC Davis) was second in the 100 backstroke (:49.05) and third in the 200 freestyle (1:37.95). His freestyle time made the NCAA “B” Cut. Jake Priest (Jr., Las Vegas, Nev., Palo Verde HS) finished second in the 400 IM with a NCAA “B” Cut time of 3:53.12.

The 200 freestyle relay of Chris Pipes (Sr., Fresno, Calif., Merced College), Mitch Wurm (Jr., Mesa, Ariz. (Dobson HS), Peter Bardessono (Sr. Elverta, Calif., American River College), and Mark Silvius (R-Jr., Bakersfield, Calif., Liberty HS)earned a NCAA “B” Cut time as the quartet turned in a 1:20.95 performance.

Bardessono was fourth in the 100 backstroke (:49.48). Dan Wickensheimer (Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind., Bakersfield Stockdale HS) placed fourth in the 100 butterfly (:48.23). He broke the school record in the race earlier in the day when he clocked a time of :48.12. Brian Martinez (So., Las Vegas, Nev., Palo Verde HS) finished fifth in the 100 breaststroke (:55.79).

Troy Neklason (Fr., Seattle, Wash., Aviation HS) earned seventh place in the 3m Diving competition (328.35) which is being held at Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Also scoring for CSUB on Friday night were Gabriel Bertrand (Fr., Tibro, Sweden, Nykopingssimg Gymnasium) in the 200 freestyle (10th), Mitchell Huxhold (Fr., Escondido, Calif., San Pasqual HS) in the 200 free (12th), Dane Olsen (So. Huntington Beach, Calif., Huntington Beach HS) in the 100 breaststroke (15th), and Garrett Hubbard (So. Granada Hills, Calif., Bishop Alemany HS) in the 400 IM (16th)

“I was a little worried about Jake priest was injured just two weeks ago His swim shows how tough of a swimmer he is,” said CSUB director or swimming Chris Hansen. “To have four guys Daneke, Pipes, Huxhold and Bertrand all under 1:40 is huge for CSUB. Not many schools can claim that". I am psyched to have three of them returning next year. Dan really wanted the school record in the fly, he talked about it all year. I am psyched he accomplished his goal. Alex Daneke was a stud tonight! He finished top three in two events. He is back and on fire. We are in forth place right now and if we have a great day tomorrow we can narrow the gap on UNLV And Wyoming. Tomorrow is a strong day for us we need to take advantage of it. Hawaii has strong divers on platform so we need to out swim them."