Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 1)
All-American Ketchum Leads U-M on Day One of NCAAs
3/28/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
ATHENS, Ga. -- Sophomore Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS) earned his fourth NCAA All-America honor on Thursday evening (March 28) as the No. 10-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team finished the first day of the NCAA Championships with 36 points, good for 13th place. Two-time defending champion Texas leads the field with 163 points, followed by Stanford (143) and Arizona (104) at Georgia's Gabrielsen Natatorium.
| | Dan Ketchum took fifth to lead three U-M scorers in the 500-yard freestyle. |
The other event in which the Wolverines were represented during the finals on Thursday was the 400-yard medley relay. The squad of senior Jordan Watland (Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka HS) and juniors Jeff Hopwood (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto HS), Tony Kurth (Toledo, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales HS) and Garrett Mangieri (Closter, N.J./Mercersburg Academy) teamed up for a season-best mark of 3:14.40. By placing 10th overall, the quartet earned NCAA All-American Honorable Mention.
Three other Wolverines competed in Thursday's preliminaries. Sophomore diver Jason Coben (Newtown Square, Pa./Marple Newtown HS) finished 26th in the one-meter diving with a score of 269.15, while senior Tim Siciliano (San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS) finished 29th (1:48.87) and Chuck Sayao (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park HS) placed 44th (1:51.02) in the 200-yard individual medley prelims.
Stanford was able to set the tone early for a fast meet, establishing new American, U.S. Open and NCAA records in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The squad of Randall Bal, Andrew Schnell, Peter Marshall and Bobby O'Bryan combined to post a time of 1:16.49.
The only other record to fall on Thursday came at the hands of Arizona senior Roland Schoeman. With a mark of 19.06 in the preliminaries of the 50-yard freestyle, Schoeman established a new NCAA meet record. Tom Jager of Santa Clara still holds the American record with a time of 19.05.
Michigan will return to action on Friday (March 29) for day two of the NCAA Championships at Gabrielsen Natatorium. Preliminaries will begin at 11 a.m. and finals are slated to start at 7 p.m.
Top 10 Teams (After Day 1)
1. Texas 163 2. Stanford 143 3. Arizona 104 4. Florida 91 5. Auburn 83.5 6. Southern Cal 70 7. California 67 8. Minnesota 64.5 9. Tennessee 57 10. Virginia 52 13. MICHIGAN 36
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 1)
(Preliminary time in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Stanford 1:16.49$%! (Randall Bal, Andrew Schnell, Peter Marshall, Bobby O'Bryan) 2. California 1:16.89 3. Arizona 1:16.99 4. Auburn 1:17.41 5. Texas 1:18.09 6. Florida 1:18.30 7. Arizona State 1:18.91 8. Tennessee 1:19.07
500-yard Freestyle
1. Klete Keller, Southern Cal 4:12.83 2. Erik Vendt, Southern Cal 4:13.99 3. John Cole, Harvard 4:16.91 4. Chris Kemp, Texas 4:18.07 5. Dan Ketchum, U-M 4:18.22 6. Justin Mortimer, Minnesota 4:18.30 7. Jeff Lee, Southern Cal 4:19.07 8. Robert Margalis, Georgia 4:24.07 10. Brendan Neligan, U-M 4:18.84 14. Andrew Hurd, U-M 4:21.35 (4:21.11)
200-yard Individual Medley
1. Markus Rogan, Stanford 1:44.03 2. Dan Trupin, Stanford 1:44.08 3. Tamas Kerekjarto, Southern Cal 1:45.56 4. Duncan Sheppard, Florida 1:45.67 5. Tom Hannan, Texas 1:45.75 6. Eric Donnelly, Florida 1:45.85 7. Mark Gangloff, Auburn 1:46.56 8. Kirk Hampleman, Auburn 1:50.07 29. Tim Siciliano, U-M 1:48.87 44. Chuck Sayao, U-M 1:51.02
50-yard Freestyle
1. Roland Schoeman, Arizona 19.08 (19.06$) 2. Anthony Ervin, California 19.10 3. Randall Bal, Stanford 19.48 4. Dan Gallagher, UNC-Wilmington 19.65 5. Ian Crocker, Texas 19.76 6. Luke Anderson, Virginia 19.83 7. Derek Gibb, Auburn 19.92 8. Robert Bogart, Texas 20.06
One-meter Diving
1. Troy Dumais, Texas 390.35 2. Clayton Moss, Kentucky 379.90 3. Phil Jones, Tennessee 366.85 4. Stefan Ahrens, Miami (Fla.) 363.45 5. Stewart Smith, Alabama 353.60 6. Omar Ojeda, Arizona 342.20 7. Justin Dumais, Texas 319.65 8. Steve Bohner, Penn State 311.05 26. Jason Coben, U-M 269.15
400-yard Medley Relay
1. Stanford 3:06.81 (Peter Marshal, Michael Bruce, Dan Westcott, Randall Bal) 2. Texas 3:06.93 3. Minnesota 3:09.73 4. Arizona 3:11.60 5. Georgia 3:11.72 6. Florida 3:11.82 -- California DQ -- Auburn DQ 11. MICHIGAN 3:14.40 (Jordan Watland, Jeff Hopwood, Tony Kurth, Garrett Mangieri) $ NCAA Championships Record % American Record ! U.S. Open Record
Q U O T E S
U-M Head Coach Jon Urbanchek
On the team's performance ... "We've had some really good performances and the guys did fairly well in the 500-yard freestyle. I was pleased with Tony Kurth's performance this morning in the medley relay, and entering the meet that was an event we were hoping to move up in."
On the 500-yard freestyle ... "Dan (Ketchum) hasn't been feeling that well today, but he was still able to move up two spots in the 500-yard freestyle after finishing seventh last year. Brendan (Neligan) posted a personal best and swam how we expected. As for Andrew (Hurd), the Canadian guys are all a little tired after competing in a national event this last week, so they've been going hard for eight or nine days now."
On Friday's races ... "We need Dan (Ketchum) back 100 percent tomorrow because the 200-yard freestyle is his event. It will be fun to see if Tim (Siciliano) can go for number four in the 400-yard individual medley. We have quite a few guys swimming tomorrow and we're hoping for some good performances."
N O T E S
The lineup for Michigan on Friday should feature competitors in seven of the eight events. Although Michigan won't have a team competing in the 200-yard medley relay, seven different individuals will represent the Maize and Blue, led by three-time NCAA champion Tim Siciliano in the 400-yard individual medley and Big Ten champion Dan Ketchum in the 200-yard freestyle. Other Wolverines scheduled to compete on Friday are Tony Kurth (100-yard butterfly), Jeff Hopwood (100-yard breaststroke), Jordan Watland (100-yard backstroke) and Jason Coben (three-meter diving), while Ketchum will join Brendan Neligan, Andrew Hurd and Garrett Mangieri in the 800-yard freestyle relay.
With a fifth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle, sophomore Dan Ketchum now owns four All-America honors. Two of the awards have come in the 500-yard freestyle, while the other two occurred last year in the 200-yard freestyle and the 800-yard freestyle relay.
The 400-yard medley relay earned All-America Honorable Mention. The award is the third for Tony Kurth, Garrett Mangieri and Jordan Watland, while Jeff Hopwood has earned the honor twice. Hopwood also has two All-America awards to his name, while Mangieri has one.
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