No. 10 men's swimming defeats No. 17 Wildcats

Senior Ryan Fagan broke a 16-year-old record held by Olympic gold medalist Mark Lenzi as the No. 10 Hoosiers defeated the No. 17 University of Kentucky 160-137 in Lexington, Ky. Fagan shattered the record with a 399.30, becoming only the third Hoosier to surpass the 380-mark on the three-meter dive.\nFagan also blew away the rest of the field in the one-meter dive competition with a score of 321.22. His closest competitor was Kentucky's Justin Smith, with a score of 287.70. \n"Lenzi was an amazing diver," said Fagan. "It's a confidence booster to know I achieved a goal. It was a number that was always in my head."\nAlong with Fagan's record-breaking day, sophomore Ben Hesen claimed four overall titles and senior Sergiy Fesenko claimed three titles en route to the Hoosiers winning 12 events on the day.\n"I was pleased with how we handled adversity on the road," IU coach Ray Looze said. "Our strategy was sound and we took high percentage risks where we put our guys."\nHesen teamed with senior Kevin Swander, senior Thomas Clavier and sophomore Todd Patrick to help get the Hoosiers off on the right foot as they completed the 10th-fastest time in school history with a B-cut time of 1:29:19 in the 200-yard medley relay. Hesen continued to pace the Hoosiers, finishing first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 50.03. The sophomore captured his third title of the day as he placed first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:49.26. Hesen's fourth title of the day came in the 100-yard butterfly as he clocked a time of 49.93. \n"This was a big meet for Ben," Looze said. "He's from Jeffersonville, (Ind.), and he had a lot of family and friends at the meet so he wanted to do well. There's not a whole lot more we could have asked for."\nThe Hoosiers now turn their focus to Michigan as they play host to the Wolverines in a re-scheduled meet on Jan. 29 in the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center in Bloomington.