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Michigan Downs Michigan State in First Conference Dual
11/9/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The No. 7-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team continued its undefeated 2002-03 campaign with a 145-98 victory at Michigan State in its Big Ten Conference opener Saturday (Nov. 9) in the Charles McCaffree Pool. The Wolverines (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) won seven of the 14 events including both relays against the Spartans (0-5, 0-2 Big Ten).
| | Earhart won the 200-yard backstroke for the second time in three meets. |
Tarwater swam the second leg for the 200-medley relay team, which touched the wall in 1:33.59, nearly two seconds ahead of Michigan State's second-place squad. In the final race of the meet Tarwater swam the opening leg in the 200-free relay as U-M finished in 1:24.80. Individually, Tarwater captured the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.77.
Freshman Tyler DeBerry (Tucson, Ariz./Sabino HS) earned his first collegiate victory with a time of 15:41.83 in the 1,650-yard freestyle. DeBerry's time was 20 seconds ahead of runner-up David Habel of MSU (16:01.81).
Sophomore Zayd Ma (Ann Arbor, Mich./Clonlara HS) collected his second 200-yard butterfly win of the season as he took the top spot with a time of 1:54.30. Sophomore Chuck Sayao (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park) gave the Wolverines a one-two finish as he touched at 1:54.57. The nearest Spartan placed third at 1:58.91.
Sophomore Nick Douville (Dayton, Ohio/Archbishop Alter HS) won his first individual title of the season when he out-touched co-captain Jeff Hopwood (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto HS) for first place in the 200-yard individual medley. Douville's time of 1:55.80 was 0.06 seconds ahead of Hopwood's 1:55.86.
Earhart captured his second event title of the 2002-03 season with a first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:49.97.
Junior Jason Coben (Newtown Square, Pa./Marple Newtown HS) posted two NCAA zone diving qualifying marks with scores of 293.10 on the one-meter springboard and 332.25 on the three-meter board. Coben did not score for the team, as he was an exhibition competitor.
The Wolverines take a week off from competition before they head to Austin, Texas, for a dual meet with the University of Texas in the Lee and Joe Jamail Swim Center. The two teams will swim an exhibition meet on Friday (Nov. 22) at 6 p.m. CST and return to the pool Saturday (Nov. 23) for a 1 p.m. dual.
Event Winners/U-M Finishes
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Michigan 'A' 1:33.59 (Chris DeJong, Jeff Hopwood, Davis Tarwater, Mike Porth) 3. Michigan 'B' 1:36.68 (Ryan Earhart, Andrew Albright, Tony Kurth, Chuck Sayao)
One-meter Diving
1. Nick Visscher, MSU 288.38 ex. Jason Coben, U-M 293.10^ ex. Dusty Garwood, U-M 222.75 ex. Kevin Nguyen, U-M 191.63
1,650-yard Freestyle
1. Tyler DeBerry, U-M 15:41.83 3. Tim Wera, U-M 16:04.81 4. Jorge Carral, U-M 16:14.81
200-yard Freestyle
1. Joe Brennan, MSU 1:40.56 2. Chuck Sayao, U-M 1:43.01 3. Justin Drake, U-M 1:43.63 5. Zayd Ma, U-M 1:44.48
50-yard Freestyle
1. Nick DeFauw, MSU 21.65 2. Chris DeJong, U-M 21.73 3. Mike Porth, U-M 21.96 6. Andrew Hack, U-M 22.86
200-yard Individual Medley
1. Nick Douville, U-M 1:55.80 2. Jeff Hopwood, U-M 1:55.86 3. Heath Novak, U-M 1:56.05
Three-meter Diving
1. Justin Laskowski, MSU 275.93 ex. Jason Coben, U-M 332.25^ ex. Dusitn Garwood, U-M 268.58 ex. Kevin Nguyen, U-M 183.15
200-yard Butterfly
1. Zayd Ma, U-M 1:54.30 2. Chuck Sayao, U-M 1:54.57
100-yard Freestyle
1. Davis Tarwater, U-M 46.77 3. Tony Kurth, U-M 48.17 6. Tyler DeBerry, U-M 49.76
200-yard Backstroke
1. Ryan Earhart, U-M 1:49.97 3. Jeff Hopwood, U-M 1:56.43 4. Andrew Hack, U-M 1:57.07
500-yard Freestyle
1. Joe Brannan, MSU 4:34.48 2. Nick Douville, U-M 4:34.82 3. Justin Drake, U-M 4:45.13 6. Tim Wera, U-M 4:50.66
200-yard Breaststroke
1. Ian Clutten, MSU 2:05.03 2. Andrew Albright, U-M 2:08.98 3. Joshua Hack, U-M 2:09.07 5. Heath Novak, U-M 2:15.31
200 Freestyle Relay
1. Michigan 'A' 1:24.80 (Davis Tarwater, Tony Kurth Mike Porth, Chris DeJong) 4. Michigan 'B' 1:29.79 (Ryan Earhart, Tyler DeBerry Andrew Hack, Nick Douville) # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark
Contact: Gene Skidmore (734) 763-4423
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