Michigan
Florida
Wolverines Open New Season with Win Over Florida
10/15/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Score: Michigan 141, Florida 102
Record: U-M (1-0), UF (2-1)
Next U-M Meet: Friday, Oct. 29 -- vs. Eastern Michigan, Oakland, Michigan State (Canham Natatorium), 6 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team initiated its newly renovated Donald B. Canham Natatorium with a 141-102 win over the University of Florida on Friday (Oct. 15). The Wolverines posted their 32nd straight season-opening victory and are now 2-0 vs. the Gators after last season's 128-115 win. The Michigan and Florida women also went head-to-head in the co-ed meet, with the Gators coming out on top, 134.5-108.5.
The meet opened with the 400-meter medley relay, which Florida easily won in 3:55.05, but the Wolverines went on to win the next two events. Junior All-American Chris Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg HS), the 1999 USA Swimming 1,500-meter freestyle champion, handily won the 800-meter freestyle in 8:14.61. Thompson is currently ranked third in the world in the 800 event (7:59.45). Against the Gators, Thompson also won the 400-meter freestyle (4:02.61), leading a 1-2-3 Michigan finish. Sophomore Tim Siciliano (San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS) finished second behind Thompson, with senior tri-captain Mike McWha (Windsor, Ontario/Kennedy Collegiate Institute) in third.
Among Michigan's individual winners was newcomer Garrett Mangieri (Closter, N.J./Mercersburg Academy). The 1998 prep school 100 freestyle national champion, Mangieri won his first collegiate event in the 200-meter freestyle (1:55.85). Fellow freshman Paul Ely (Beaverton, Ore./Sunset HS) won the closest race of the evening, out-touching teammate Eric Wilson (Portland, Ore./Sunset HS) in the 200-meter butterfly by one one-hundredth of a second for another Michigan sweep.
On the diving boards, senior honorable mention All-American and tri-captain Josh Trexler (Raleigh, N.C./Millbrook HS) swept the springboards, winning the one-meter competition with 287.70 points and the three-meter with 326.40.
Coach Jon Urbanchek's Wolverines now have two weeks off before hosting Eastern Michigan, Oakland University and Michigan State on Oct. 29.
RESULTS
400m Medley Relay: 1. A, FLOR 3:55.05; 2. B, MICH 3:57.07; 3. A, MICH 4:01.79; 4. B, FLOR 4:02.48; 5. C, FLOR 4:07.56.
800m Free: 1. CHRIS THOMPSON, MICH 8:14.61; 2. RICARDO MONASTERIO, FLOR 8:21.34; 3. TIM SICILIANO, MICH 8:24.56; 4. ERIC DONNELLY, FLOR 8:37.35; 5. GREG REEVES, FLOR 8:44.27; 6. MIKE O'CONNOR, MICH 8:44.54; 7. JUSTIN DRAKE, MICH 8:53.82.
200m Free: 1. GARRETT MANGIERI, MICH 1:55.85; 2. MIKE MCWHA, MICH 1:56.00; 3. BRYAN KIM, FLOR 1:56.55; 4. MATT COLE, FLOR 1:59.55; 5. JASON MALLORY, MICH 1:59.60; 6. RYAN EARHART, MICH 2:01.03; 7. DUNCAN SHERRARD, FLOR 2:01.99; 8. MATT FLOWERS, FLOR 2:04.44.
50m Free: 1. NATHAN SUMMERS, FLOR 24.12; 2. JIM KOSTOWICZ, FLOR 24.15; 3. RYAN SWIFT, FLOR 24.21; 4. SCOTT MEYER, MICH 24.22; 5. MATT RAINES, MICH 24.89; 6. JORDAN WATLAND, MICH 24.90; 7. JOHN MCLELLAN, MICH 24.92; 8. HENDRIK ODENDAAL, FLOR 24.96.
200m IM: 1. ALEX LOPEZ, FLOR 2:10.01; 2. SCOTT WERNER, MICH 2:10.51; 3. ERIC WILSON, MICH 2:11.77; 4. TONY KURTH, MICH 2:12.03; 5. JEFF HOPWOOD, MICH 2:13.27; 6. RYAN LUSK, FLOR 2:13.70; 7. CONRAD MAPP, FLOR 2:14.66; 8. PHILLIP NORRIS, FLOR 2:16.78; 9. HEATH NOVAK, MICH 2:20.97; 10. JOSHUA HACK, MICH 2:23.27.
1m Diving: 1. JOSH TREXLER, MICH 287.70; 2. HANK RICHARDSON, FLOR 262.43; 3. BRYCE COX, MICH 241.13; 4. CARLOS CASTILLO, MICH 230.78; 5. REGGIE COOTE, FLOR 214.35; 6. JOE O'NEIL, FLOR 205.43.
200m Fly: 1. PAUL ELY, MICH 2:07.13; 2. ERIC WILSON, MICH 2:07.14; 3. ERIC DONNELLY, FLOR 2:07.29; 4. DUNCAN SHERRARD, FLOR 2:07.63; 5. GREG REEVES, FLOR 2:08.46; 6. MIKE O'CONNOR, MICH 2:14.80; 7. HEATH NOVAK, MICH 2:18.63.
100m Free: 1. NATHAN SUMMERS, FLOR 53.24; 2. GARRETT MANGIERI, MICH 53.90; 3. ALEX LOPEZ, FLOR 53.96; 4. RYAN SWIFT, FLOR 54.61; 5. TONY KURTH, MICH 54.78; 6. RICARDO MOLARI, FLOR 55.06; 7. JORDAN WATLAND, MICH 55.16; 8. MATT RAINES, MICH 57.10.
200m Back: 1. RYAN EARHART, MICH 2:07.87; 2. MIKE JANSEN, FLOR 2:10.27; 3. JASON MALLORY, MICH 2:10.58; 4. MATT COLE, FLOR 2:13.35; 5. BRYAN FOSTER, FLOR 2:14.48.
400m Free: 1. CHRIS THOMPSON, MICH 4:02.61; 2. TIM SICILIANO, MICH 4:05.39; 3. MIKE MCWHA, MICH 4:05.53; 4. RICARDO MONASTERIO, FLOR 4:06.12; 5. BRYAN KIM, FLOR 4:07.30; 6. ADRIAN CAMERON, FLOR 4:15.62; 7. RYAN LUSK, FLOR 4:15.77; 8. JUSTIN DRAKE, MICH 4:18.59.
3m Diving: 1. JOSH TREXLER, MICH 326.40; 2. HANK RICHARDSON, FLOR 321.60; 3. REGGIE COOTE, FLOR 269.70; 4. BRYCE COX, MICH 238.95; 5. CARLOS CASTILLO, MICH 220.65; 6. JOE O'NEIL, FLOR 204.08.
200m Breast: 1. JEFF HOPWOOD, MICH 2:24.49; 2. SCOTT WERNER, MICH 2:25.37; 3. PHILLIP NORRIS, FLOR 2:26.49; 4. IAN CHADSEY, FLOR 2:28.36; 5. FRANCISCO SURIANO SIU, MICH 2:28.91; 6. CONRAD MAPP, FLOR 2:29.54; 7. ANSEL TJIN-A-TAM, FLOR 2:31.55; 8. JOSHUA HACK, MICH 2:34.42; 9. JEFF LAUHOFF, MICH 2:40.64.
400m Free Relay: 1. B, MICH 3:35.04; 2. A, FLOR 3:36.30; 3. B, FLOR 3:40.23; 4. A, MICH 3:40.78.
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