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RED WAVE FINISHED 4TH @ '08 NSISC
Location: Delta State University, Cleveland MS.
Date : February 13 - 16, 2008
Henderson State Red Wave Men’s and Women’s swim teams both finished fourth at the New
South Intercollegiate Swimming Conference Championships in Cleveland, Miss.
The Red Wave's two disqualified B relays helped Delta State Statesmen to take the 3rd place,
while the women’s team finished fourth with 431 points following Ouachita Baptist University.
2008 NCAA QUALIFIERS
2008 ALL CONFERENCE
David DeGeus
Don Smith
Onat Tungac
2008 ACADEMIC ALL CONFERENCE
Matt Bold
John Grothe
Onat Tungac
Toni Marleneanu
Chris Slininger
Jill Johnson
Brittney Bryant
Natalie Miller
Nicole Horn
Tracey German
Kaycie Ocheltree
Lacie Carter
Lydia Tomanek
Ozden Sari
Meika Weiner
Allison Kliewer
2008 SCHOOL RECORDS
“WOW, what a great meet! I have never been more proud of a team than I am of this one. I feel like we were in a WAR
and were victorious. Even though we didn’t actually win the meet, we met so many individual and team goals that it felt
like we did. We had life time best times, school records and just so many fantastic swims that I can’t ever remember being
so satisfied at the end of a Conference meet, and believe me, there have been so many good ones that when I say this,
you have to know that it was special. Even the few people who didn’t have great meets, still swam some outstanding
races and helped provide inspiration to their teammates. This was my 26th Conference Championship meet at
Henderson and I believe that this meet was just as special as any of them, including the 23 Championships!
I praise the Lord Jesus for the strength He provided the student athletes and the wisdom He supplied to the coaching staff
in order to help motivate the team.” – Coach Coak Matthews
On the final day of the meet, the men’s 400 freestyle relay team of Grant Beahan, Don Smith, Quentin Harris and Onat
Tungac won the event with an impressive time of 3:02.80. The fast time was a new CONFERENCE AND SCHOOL
RECORD, and also qualified the team for the NCAA Division 2 National Championships.
"After a 19.97 anchor leg split on the short medley I thought the performance of our meet had been accomplished
already.....but I was wrong! We swam 2 records last night in finals and beat our arch rivals in the highlight last event. It
was THE SHOWDOWN ....400 free relay. Their kid went 44.7 in the open 100...had anchored their 400 medley with a 43.7
and their 800 free relay with a 1:37.9. ( ouch!!!! )
We knew we had to have 2 body lengths lead for our anchor. We lead off two freshmen....one got out of the 200 fly and
then went.....46.18 followed by a 46.6....and we had a .5 lead. Then our two seniors took command of the race. Don
Smith at 45.4 opened up a smokin' two body lengths lead over a decent 46.9 by them......then our 4th leg.....another
senior went 44.84!!!!
We went 3:02.8 for a conference record and school record.
Anyway...good things are occurring because of hard work, perseverance, and dedication to a common goal."
Asst. Coach Matt Schneider.
David DeGeus captures the 200 breaststroke title with a time of 2:04.10 which qualifies him for the national
championships. Don Smith placed seventh in the event with a time of 2:08.72 which is a NCAA B Cut time, while Matt Bold
was ninth having a time of 2:09.86.
Tungac also had a B Cut time in the 100 freestyle finishing second in a time of 45.76, while Harris was 10th at 46.50 and
Zach Reynolds placed 13th in a time of 48.32.Two Red Wave swimmers scored in the 200 butterfly as Beahan place 12th
(1:56.86) and Sarper Turker 14th (1:59.32).The day began with the 200 backstroke with five Red Wave swimmers
scoring. Tony Merleneau was 10t (2:02.83), Evan Madsen placed 11th (2:03.10), Eric Phelps 12th (2:03.83), Jon Doolittle
placing 13th (2:06.02) and Andrew Miller finishing 14th (2:10.41).The men's 200 Medley Relay team of Tungac, DeGeus,
Turker and Bold finished third with a time of 1:33.66.
The second day of the meet 200 medley relay team Tungac, DeGues, Turker, Beahan time trialed the event and
qualified for the 2008 NCAA with the time of 1.32.89.
The Red Wave 400 medley relay team of Tungac, DeGeus, Beahan and Smith finished second with a time of 3:24.70.
The relay team’s final time qualified them for the NCAA Division II Championships next month.The 200 freestyle relay team
of Beahan, Smith, Tungac, and Bold placed second with a time of 1:24.01 just missing the NCAA qualifying time.
Individually, Smith placed second in the 200 individual medley finishing at 1:54.43. Smith’s time meets the NCAA “B” cut
qualifying time.Three Reddies scored in each the 50 freestyle and 500 freestyle events.In the 50 free, Selim Oz placed
11th (21.57), Harris was 13th (22.01), and Bold was 15th (22.01).In the 500 freestyle relay, Aras Karakivrac was 11th (4:
52.49), while John Grothe placed 14th (5:00.28) and Chris Slininger 16th (5:04.98).
David DeGeus headlined day three of the meet as he swam his way to first-place in the 100 breaststroke.DeGeus finished
the 100 breaststroke in a time of 57.05 and qualifies for the NCAA Division II Championships in March. Bold placed sixth in
the event with a NCAA B cut qualifying time of 58.23 while Marleneanu scored placing 14th with a time of 1:00.12.Day
three of the men’s competition began with the 100 butterfly as Beahan placed fourth and DeGeus fifth with NCAA B cut
times. Beahan finished at 50.82 nosing out DeGeus at 50.89. Tucker scored placing 15th (52.81) and Doolittle was 16th
(53.83).
In the 200 freestyle, Smith also had an NCAA B Cut qualifying time of 1:43.51 to finish third, while Harris was fourth at 1:
45.83, John Grothe fifth at 1:46.12 and Aras Karakivac placing eighth in a time of 1:48.85. Reynolds swam in the next
flight and placed 10th with a time of 1:47.64 but his time in the finals made him a NCAA B Cut qualifier as he finished in 1:
47.64.In the final individual event of the day, Tungac placed second in the 100 backstroke clocking in at 52.13 good
enough for an NCAA B Cut time, while Madson was 12th (56.09), Phelps 13th (56.39), Andrew Miller 14th (56.51) and
Beahan 15th (57.78).In the final event of the day, the Red Wave 800 freestyle relay team of Beahan, Smith, Tungac, and
Karakivrac finished second having a solid time of 6:50.59< style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">
The top individual finisher on the final day for the women was Nicole Horn who placed fourth in the 100 freestyle with a
time of 53.51 which was good enough for a NCAA B Cut time. Also scoring in the event were Jill Johnson in 10th (55.29),
Tara Greiger 11th (55.44) and Tracey German 16th (57.32).Kelsey Hampton placed 10th in the 200 backstroke with a
time of 2:16.63, while Brittany Bryant was ninth in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:31.13.In the final individual event
of the meet, Allison Kliewer swam to a seventh place finish in the 200 butter fly (2:13. 44), with Ozden Sari and Meika
Weiner also scoring. Sari was eighth (2:16.17) and Weiner was ninth (2:18.21).
The 400 freestyle relay team of Horn, Natalie Miller, Johnson, and Kliewer finished the meet with a third place finish in a
time of 3:39.88.In the open day of the meet on Wednesday Morrison opened the meet with a seventh-place finish in the
1000 freestyle event with a time of 10:47.40 which is the new school record, while Ozden placed 13th in the same event
with a time of 11:13.65.The Lady Red Wave had some solid individual performances as Horn placed fifth in the 50
freestyle finishing in a time of 24.88. Tara Greiger placed eighth in the event (25.13), while Miller finished 13th (25.35).
Johnson scored in the 500 freestyle placing seventh having a time of 5:18.00, with Morrison finishing 15th in a time of 5:
22.53.Kliewer was Henderson’s top finisher in the 200 individual medley clocking in with a time of 2:13.56.
The 200 freestyle relay team placed third. Horn, Miller, Johnson and Greiger combined for a time of 1:38.72.The 400
medley relay team of Kelsey Hampton, Bryant, Kliewer and Johnson placed fifth with a time of 4:07.09.For the Lady Red
Wave Meika Weiner placed eighth in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:45.34. Also scoring was Lacy Carter in
11th-place (4:55.59) and Lydia Tomanek 14th (5:13.36).In the 100 butterfly, Kliewer ended in seventh-place swimming a
time of 1:00.61, with Hampton 15th at 1:04.16.Horn led the ladies in the 200 freestyle coming in with a time of 2:00.73
good enough for eighth place, while Johnson was 10th (1:59.10), Katie Morrison 14th (2:02.45) and Kaycie Ocheltree
finishing 16th (2:09.26).
Bryant and German scored in the 100 breaststroke as Bryant placed 12th in a time of 1:10.97 and German 15th at 1:
14.62.Miller swam to a NCAA B Cut time in the 100 backstroke placing 9th while having a time of 59.27. Hampton was 10th
coming in at 1:02.76.In the 800 freestyle relay, the team of Johnson, Morrison, Horn, and Weiner finished fourth with a
time of 8:04.95.
WOMEN - TEAM SCORES
1 Truman State University TSU 978.5
2 Delta State University DSU 832
3 Ouachita Baptist University OBU 585.5
4 Henderson State University HEND-AR 431
5 Univ of the Incarnate Word UIW-ST 367
6 Drury University DRURY 134
MEN - TEAM SCORES
1 Missouri S & T M S&T 830.5
2 Ouachita Baptist University OBU 733
3 Delta State University DSU 566
4 Henderson State University HEND-AR 550.5
5 Truman State University TSU 522.5
6 Univ of the Incarnate Word UIW-ST 290
7 Drury University DRURY 93.5
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