Dual Meet Results (5-3, Overall; 2-2, Pacific-10)                                               
October
30              @ UNLV                  W/195.5-95.5            Las Vegas, Nev.
November
12              USC                     W/124-119               Tucson, Ariz.
19              UC San Diego            W/230-70                Tucson, Ariz.

December
3-5             Texas Invitational      NA                      Austin, Texas

January
8       Michigan                        W/174-126               Tucson, Ariz.
21      @ California                    L/108-135               Berkeley, Calif.
22      @ Stanford                      W/124-119               Stanford, Calif.
28      Texas
29      Texas                           L/147-206               Tucson, Ariz.

February
12      @ Arizona State                 L/115-128               Tempe, Ariz.

Pac-10 Championships                                                                    
March
2-4     Pac-10s                         4th Place/468.0 points  Federal Way, Wash.


Pac-10 Individual Champions
Ryk Neethling           500-yard freestyle              4:14.05
                        1,650-yard freestyle            14:36.32
Ruben Vaca              1-Meter Springboard             492.25
                        10-Meter Platform Diving        461.75

NCAA Championships                                                               
Team Score: Third Place - 360.5 points
March 23-25, 2000
University Aquatic Center - Dorothy L. Sheppard Pool - University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn.

University of Arizona Competitors - Matt Allen, Ben Anderson, Arno Bergstrom, Bill Bishop, Chris Bundy, Jeff Dash, Scott Gaskins, Rob Henikman, Nat Lewis, Ryk Neethling, Seth Orozco, Roland Schoeman, Jay Schryver, Kris Souther, Coley Stickels, Ruben Vaca

1 Honors and Accolades
1 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Swimming Coach of the Year - Frank Busch
1 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Diving Coach of the Year - Michele Mitchell-Rocha
1 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Swimmer of the Year - Ryk Neethling
1 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Diver of the Year - Ruben Vaca
1 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Diving Newcomer of the Year - Ruben Vaca
1 Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic First Team - Coley Stickels
1 Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic Second Team - Ben Anderson
1 Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic Second Team - Nat Lewis

*****SHORT COURSE METERS (25-METER POOL)*****
Day One____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Event                   Competitor                      Prelims         Finals          Place
200 Freestyle Relay     Schoeman, Stickels,             1:26.86         1:26.74         3rd                             Henikman, Schryver
400 Freestyle           Ryk Neethling                   3:45.64         3:40.47         1st
                        Nat Lewis                       3:47.00         3:48.54         13th - CF 
200 Individual Medley   Ben Anderson                    1:59.83         2:00.91         13th - CF
                        Chris Bundy                     2:02.15         ---------       33rd  
50 Freestyle            Roland Schoeman                 21.31           21.22           2nd 
                        Coley Stickels                  22.10           22.23           Tie-12th - CF
                        Rob Henikman                    22.58           ---------       Tie-35th  
1-Meter Springboard     Ruben Vaca                      510.90 points   ---------       9th 
                        Arno Bergstrom                  413.10 points   ---------       32nd 
400 Medley Relay        Allen, Bundy,                   3:36.23         3:35.48         7th
                        Schoeman, Stickels

Day Two____________________________________________________________________________________________________
200 Medley Relay        Allen, Henikman,                1:36.40         1:35.87         2nd 
                        Schoeman, Stickels
400 Individual Medley   Ben Anderson                    4:17.54         4:17.69         13th - CF 
                        Jeff Dash                       4:18.01         ---------       15th - CF 
                        Bill Bishop                     4:19.03         ---------       20th 
100 Butterfly           Roland Schoeman                 53.43           52.14           3rd
                        Seth Orozco                     54.11           ---------       24th    
200 Freestyle           Ryk Neethling                   1:46.17         1:43.90         1st
                        Jay Schryver                    1:47.48         1:47.77         8th 
                        Nat Lewis                       1:49.11         ---------       31st 
                        Scott Gaskins                   1:49.39         ---------       36th  
100 Breaststroke        Rob Henikman                    1:01.92         ---------       23rd 
                        Chris Bundy                     1:03.51         ---------       32nd 
100 Backstroke          Matt Allen                      52.68           52.72           7th 
                        Kris Souther                    54.49           ---------       20th 
3-Meter Springboard     Ruben Vaca                      496.05 points   ---------       18th 
                        Arno Bergstrom                  458.90 points   ---------       28th
800 Freestyle Relay     Schryver, Gaskins,              ---------       7:11.78         5th
                        Neethling, Lewis

Day Three__________________________________________________________________________________________________
1,500 Freestyle         Ryk Neethling                   ----------      14:39.04        3rd  
                        Nat Lewis                       ----------      14:57.01        5th 
200 Backstroke          Kris Souther                    1:56.20         1:55.51         5th 
                        Matt Allen                      1:57.72         1:58.33         15th - CF
100 Freestyle           Roland Schoeman                 47.89           47.51           2nd 
                        Coley Stickels                  48.98           49.08           13th - CF 
                        Jay Schryver                    49.04           49.31           15th - CF
                        Scott Gaskins                   50.34           ---------       53rd 
                        Rob Henikman                    50.54           ---------       57th  
200 Butterfly           Jeff Dash                       1:56.89         1:57.01         5th 
                        Ben Anderson                    1:58.71         1:58.65         13th - CF
                        Bill Bishop                     2:00.23         ---------       29th 
                        Seth Orozco                     2:03.59         ---------       38th 
Platform Diving         Ruben Vaca                      403.50 points   ---------       17th 
                        Arno Bergstrom                  387.25 points   ---------       19th 
400 Freestyle Relay     Schoeman, Stickles,             3:16.54         3:13.18         3rd 
                        Schryver, Neethling

Final Championship Team Scores: 1. Texas - 538; 2. Auburn - 385; 3. Arizona - 360.5; 4. Stanford - 279.5; 5. California - 279

All-Americans
First Team (1st - 8th Place) Matt Allen (100 Back, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
Chris Bundy (400 Medley Relay)
Jeff Dash (200 Butterfly)
Scott Gaskins (800 Free Relay)
Rob Henikman (200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay)
Nat Lewis (1,500 Freestyle, 800 Freestyle Relay)
Ryk Neethling (200 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle, 1,500 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay)
Roland Schoeman (50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
Jay Schryver (200 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay)
Kris Souther (200 Backstroke)
Coley Stickels (200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)

Honorable Mention (9th - 16th Place) Matt Allen (200 Backstroke)
Ben Anderson (200 Individual Medley, 400 Individual Medley, 200 Butterfly)
Jeff Dash (400 Individual Medley)
Nat Lewis (400 Freestyle)
Jay Schryver (100 Freestyle)
Coley Stickels (50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle)
Ruben Vaca (1 Meter Springboard)

1 NCAA National Champions
200-Meter Freestyle             Ryk Neethling                   1:43.90
400-Meter Freestyle             Ryk Neethling                   3:40.47

NOTES
- Arizona's third-place team finish was the highest in the history of the men's program, which began in 1932
- Busch was named Pac-10 Conference Men's Swimming Coach of the Year for the second time (1993) in his 11-year career and fifth time overall (men's and women's swimming combined) at Arizona.
- This year marked the first time in Pac-10 history that a swimming coach has earned both Men's and Women's Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors in the same season. The women's award has been given since 1987 and the men's began in 1976.
- Michele Mitchell-Rocha 's Pac-10 Conference Diving Coach of the Year award was the second of her career (1997).
- Neethling's nine career NCAA individual titles are the most in swimming school history, male or female.
- Neethling's nine career NCAA individual titles are the most by one student-athlete in the 103-year history of Arizona athletics.
- Neethling was also named the 1 Pacific-10 Conference Swimmer of the Year. This was his fourth-straight year receiving that honor. The feat matches Dave Wharton of USC who is the only other swimmer to ever garner that honor four times (1988-91).
- Busch (Men's Swimming Coach of the Year), Mitchell-Rocha (Men's Diving Coach of the Year), Neethling (Men's Swimmer of the Year) and Vaca (Men's Diver of the Year) marked the only sweep of the four major conference awards in the history of Pac-10 men's swimming and diving.
- Arizona has had a national champion, either male or female, every year since 1991.