N.C.A.A.  DIVISION  I                               
               MEN'S  SWIMMING  and  DIVING  CHAMPIONSHIPS                    
                            AUBURN UNIVERSITY                                 
                             March  27, 1998

EVENT:  14    MEN's   800  YARDS   FREESTYLE RELAY         

NCAA RECORD:        6:20.89   MICHIGAN                            1996    
NCAA MEET RECORD    6:20.89   MICHIGAN                            1996    
AMERICAN RECORD:    6:20.89   MICHIGAN                            1996    
U.S.OPEN RECORD:    6:20.89   MICHIGAN                            1996    
AUBURN POOL:        6:26.70   FLORIDA                             1994    
FINAL RESULTS     TIMED FINALS     

RANK      TEAM                                    TIME

  1)  TEXAS                                       6:23.78 **      
   1) JONES, BRYAN    SO  1:36.72   3) DUSING, NATE    FR  1:35.73
   2) GOLDBLATT, SCOTTFR  1:36.42   4) RAUCH, JAMIE    FR  1:34.91
   ** AUBURN POOL:                                                            
  2)  ARIZONA                                     6:24.01         
   1) COUNTS, CHRIS   SR  1:36.87   3) GASKINS, SCOTT  FR  1:37.35
   2) SCHRYVER, JAY   FR  1:35.82   4) NEETHLING, RYK  SO  1:33.97

  3)  HARVARD                                     6:25.92         
   1) CORNUE, MATT    SR  1:37.77   3) MATUSZAK, ERIC  SR  1:37.02
   2) KURMAKOV, ALEX  JR  1:36.64   4) KIEDEL, MICHAEL SR  1:34.49

  4)  SOUTHERN CAL                                6:26.29         
   1) SZABADOS, BELA  JR  1:36.27   3) KWOK, MARK      JR  1:35.89
   2) DEMERS, PHILIPPEFR  1:36.33   4) AWBREY, BRET    SO  1:37.80

  5)  AUBURN                                      6:26.59         
   1) BARNIER, ROMAIN JR  1:35.98   3) NEWMAN, BROCK   JR  1:37.16
   2) MOREAU, LIONEL  JR  1:36.41   4) BUSSE, GREG     FR  1:37.04

  6)  STANFORD                                    6:26.62         
   1) CLAYPOOL, SCOTT SR  1:37.61   3) MESSNER, ADAM   FR  1:36.04
   2) EWERS, JUSTIN   JR  1:37.06   4) WALES, DOD      JR  1:35.91

  7)  ARIZONA STATE                               6:29.43         
   1) SANCHEZ, FRANCISJR  1:37.41   3) VON SCHOFF, SCOTFR  1:36.90
   2) PLANK, GREGORY  SO  1:38.63   4) HUTCHISON, CRAIGSR  1:36.49

  8)  SOUTHERN METHOD.                            6:29.70         
   1) MORGAN, BLAINE  JR  1:37.55   3) FROLANDER, LARS SR  1:33.32
   2) KEMMERLING, STEVFR  1:40.20   4) HELGESSON, PER  SR  1:38.63

  9)  MICHIGAN                                    6:30.76         
   1) MALCHOW, TOM    JR  1:37.14   3) McWHA, MIKE     SO  1:38.26
   2) THOMPSON, CHRIS FR  1:37.96   4) vonRICHTER, OWENSR  1:37.40

 10)  MINNESOTA                                   6:31.49         
   1) MASSURA, ALEX   FR  1:36.87   3) CARLSON, BRYAN  SO  1:38.89
   2) CAHOY, JOHN     JR  1:37.50   4) McLEOD, JONATHENJR  1:38.23

 11)  CALIFORNIA                                  6:31.52         
   1) MERSEBURG, LARS SO  1:38.99   3) SIKORA, BART    SR  1:37.71
   2) KIZIEROWSKI, BARSO  1:36.73   4) KOZULJ, GORDON  JR  1:38.09

 12)  GEORGIA                                     6:32.40         
   1) GRIFFIN, JAMES  SO  1:38.37   3) GREENBERG, ALEX JR  1:37.67
   2) BABYLON, KRIS   JR  1:38.59   4) IRVIN, REEVE    FR  1:37.77

 13)  TENNESSEE                                   6:34.19         
   1) DEWITZ, ZANE    FR  1:38.49   3) HALL, MATT      SO  1:38.29
   2) PANEK, RODNEY   SO  1:39.79   4) McNEW, SHAWN    SR  1:37.62

 14)  VIRGINIA                                    6:35.45         
   1) PIETUCHA, SHAMEKJR  1:38.20   3) FINCH, THOMAS   SO  1:38.37
   2) RAMIREZ, AUSTIN SO  1:38.88   4) WEBB, JASON     SR  1:40.00

 15)  FLORIDA                                     6:36.62         
   1) COLE, MATTHEW   SO  1:39.12   3) RETRUM, JOHN    FR  1:37.79
   2) LOPEZ, ARSENIO  FR  1:40.17   4) DRENIK, MATTHEW FR  1:39.54

 16)  NEBRASKA                                    6:38.45         
   1) KALMIKOVS, VALERSO  1:40.88   3) EBBERT, KEITH   JR  1:41.10
   2) BENNETT, MARK   SR  1:37.94   4) WINDISCH, MICHAESO  1:38.53

 17)  OHIO STATE                                  6:39.62         
   1) MALICH, BRIAN   FR  1:39.47   3) OHMAN, NICLAS   SR  1:40.11
   2) BRAUN, MATTHEW  SO  1:38.94   4) KLING, KEVIN    SR  1:41.10

 18)  FLORIDA STATE                               6:40.05         
   1) McVITTIE, MATT  JR  1:40.51   3) PARRY, STEVE    JR  1:37.12
   2) SANTOS, JULIO   JR  1:41.65   4) FLANAGAN, KEVIN SO  1:40.77

      LOUISIANA STATE                             DISQUAL         
   1) MARRS, JARROD   SR   :00.00   3) PINEDA, RUBEN   SR   :00.00
   2) RING, EDDIE     JR   :00.00   4) STARKWEATHER, TOSO  DISQUAL