Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 2)
Ketchum Leads U-M's Move Upward in NCAA Standings
3/28/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
AUSTIN, Texas -- Behind a pair of third-place finishes by junior Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS) in the 200-yard freestyle and the 800-yard freestyle relay squad, the University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team moved up two spots to ninth place Friday night (March 28) at the NCAA Championships as the Wolverines compiled 63 points for a two-day total of 105 points. Auburn continues to lead at the national meet, scoring 243 points to boost their overall score to 449 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
As the only Wolverine in an individual event "A" final on the second day of action, Ketchum put the Maize and Blue back on track when he completed the 200-yard freestyle in 1:34.52 for third place in the event. Ketchum, the top seed heading into the night final, battled Texas' Chris Kemp the entire race as the two swam in the middle of the pool. Unfortunately for the two, who battled back and forth, Arizona's Simon Burnett got loose in lane eight and took off during the second 100 yards.
As Ketchum and Kemp went stroke for stroke down the stretch, Burnett jumped into the lead undetected on the outside of the pool and claimed the NCAA title in the 200-yard freestyle with a winning time of 1:33.69, 0.66 seconds off Matt Biondi's NCAA-, American- and U.S. Open-record time of 1:33.03 set in 1987.
After the first 50 yards of the race Ketchum was in sixth, but he quickly made up ground on the field as he touched the wall in 46.50 over 100 yards. At the 150-yard split the junior posted a time of 1:10.87 for third place, his finishing position, as he was unable to get past Kemp and Burnett even though he finished with season-best time of 1:34.52.
Freshman Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) earned the Wolverines six points when he finished 11th in the consolation final of the 200-yard free. The freshman earned All-America Honorable Mention as he posted a personal-best time of 1:35.74.
In the 400-yard individual medley, sophomore Chuck Sayao (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park HS) finished sixth in the consolation final when crossed the line with a time of 1:50.35. The 14th-place overall finish in the race earned him All-America Honorable Mention and an additional three points for the Wolverines.
In the Skippy Browning Diving Facility, junior Jason Coben (Newtown Square, Pa./Marple Newtown HS) earned All-America Honorable Mention by finishing 11th on the three-meter springboard with an 11-dive total of 521.60. It marked his second All-America citation of the championships as he finished 14th on the one-meter springboard Thursday night.
In the final event of the evening, with Michigan sitting in 11th place with 73 points, the freshman threesome of Vanderkaay, Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School) and Tyler DeBerry (Tucson, Ariz./Sabino HS) teamed with Ketchum to finish third in the 800 freestyle relay with a school-record time of 6:20.78. Their time lowered the previous Michigan mark of 6:20.89 set in 1996 by Chris Rumley, Jason Lancaster, John Piersma and Tom Dolan.
Vanderkaay got things started as he touched after completed his 200-yard leadoff leg in 1:35.80. As Tarwater jumped in the pool Michigan was in fourth place, but when he was done the Wolveirnes had caught the three leaders -- Texas, Florida and Auburn. DeBerry also kept things close with Auburn, but Florida and Texas were able to gain some open water on the rest of the field. Ketchum made a huge push on the leaders during his anchor leg of the race as he passed the Auburn swimmer and nearly caught Florida's anchor, touching the wall in the school-record time of 6:20.78. Ketchum's anchor leg swim was timed at 1:33.78.
The Maize and Blue concludes its NCAA Championships action Saturday (March 30). The final day's preliminary events will begin at 11 a.m. CST, with finals scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
Top Teams (after Day 2)
1. Auburn 449 2. Texas 282 3. California 238 4. Stanford 217 5. Southern Cal 190 6. Florida 171 7. Minnesota 160 8. Arizona 123 9. MICHIGAN 105 10. Georgia 88
Top Eight/U-M Finishers (Day 2)
(Preliminary time in parentheses if faster than finals time for U-M)
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Texas 1:24.46%!*^ (Aaron Piersol, Brendan Hansen, Daniel Ditoro, Ian Crocker) 2. Auburn 1:24.96 3. Stanford 1:26.01 4. Minnesota 1:26.02 5. California 1:26.10 6. Alabama 1:27.41 7. Southern California 1:27.54 8. Louisiana State 1:28.22 18. MICHIGAN 1:30.25 (Chris DeJong, Jeff Hopwood, Davis Tarwater, Garrett Mangieri)
400-yard Individual Medley
1. Robert Margalis, Georgia 3:39.92% 2. Erik Vendt, Southern Cal 3:39.95 3. Ryan Lochte, Florida 3:41.45 4. Ous Mellouli, Southern Cal 3:43.10 5. Jeremy Knowles, Auburn 3:46.07 6. James Galloway, Auburn 3:46.83 7. Juan Veloz, Arizona 3:47.01 8. Eric Shanteau, Auburn 3:49.07 14. Chuck Sayao, U-M 3:50.35 (3:49.18) 20. Brendan Neligan, U-M 3:52.85
100-yard Butterfly
1. Ian Crocker, Texas 45.67% 2. Luis Rojas, Arizona 46.01 3. Duje Dranganja, California 46.40 4. Mike Cavic, California 46.41 5. Jayme Cramer, Stanford 46.65 6. Daniel Ditoro, Texas 46.74 7. Fred Bousquet, Auburn 46.75 8. Andy Haidinyak, Auburn 46.82
200-yard Freestyle
1. Simon Burnett, Arizona 1:33.69 2. Chris Kemp, Texas 1:34.40 3. Dan Ketchum, U-M 1:34.52 4. Adam Sioui, Florida 1:34.91 5. Joe Bruckart, California 1:34.92 6. Clay Kirkland, Auburn 1:35.29 7. Jeff Lee, Southern Cal 1:35.77 8. Terry Silkaitis, Minnesota 1:36.17 11. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 1:35.74 20. Tyler DeBerry, U-M 1:36.98 25. Garrett Mangieri, U-M 1:37.55 26. Davis Tarwater, U-M 1:37.62
100-yard Breaststroke
1. Brendan Hansen, Texas 51.96%@ 2. Pat Calhoun, Auburn 53.03 3. Mihaly Flasky, Southern California 53.23 4. Justin Caron, Auburn 53.32 Will Brandt, Auburn 53.32 6. Jeff Hackler, Minnesota 53.43 7. Mark Gangloff, Auburn 53.58 8. Dominick Szabo, American 53.94 29. Jeff Hopwood, U-M 55.28
100-yard Backstroke
1. Peter Marshall, Stanford 45.57 2. Aaron Peirsol, Texas 45.71 3. Alex Lim, California 46.59 4. Randall Bal, Stanford 46.76 5. Todd Smolinski, Minnesota 47.03 6. Evan Martinec, Louisiana State 47.16 7. Dan Westcott, Stanford 47.28 8. Bryce Hunt, Auburn 47.35 18. Chris DeJong, U-M 48.23
Three-meter Diving
1. Phillip Jones, Tennessee 649.70 2. Clayton Moss, Kentucky 646.75 3. Joona Puhakka, Arizona State 642.65 4. Miguel Velazquez, Miami 624.95 5. Caesar Garcia, Auburn 613.20 6. Brice Dumais, Southern Methodist 573.30 7. Andy Bradley, South Carolina 559.95 8. Marc Carlton, Indiana 502.60 11. Jason Coben, U-M 521.60
800-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Texas 6:18.62 (Aaron Peirsol, John Suchand, Rainer Kendrick, Chris Kemp) 2. Florida 6:20.54 3. MICHIGAN 6:20.78 (Peter Vanderkaay, Davis Tarwater, Tyler DeBerry, Dan Ketchum) 4. Auburn 6:22.16 5. Southern Cal 6:25.54 6. California 6:26.30 7. Minnesota 6:27.18 8. Stanford 6:27.39 % James E. Martin Aquatics Center record ! NCAA record @ NCAA Meet record * U.S. Open record ^ American record
Day 1 Results
Q U O T E S
Head Coach Jon Urbanchek
On the team's performance ... "Our goal coming into tonight was to get back into the top 10. We were able to do that. We were hoping to do a little better, but I will definitely settle for a school record and a pair of third places."
On the 800-yard freestyle relay ... "With the amount of inexperience we had on this relay -- three freshmen and Dan (Ketchum) -- we are looking very good for the future. We did as well as we could have on this relay."
On what the Wolverines have to do tomorrow ... "Realistically we can move up one or two spots, but talking isn't doing."
On the 200-yard freestyle ... "That was great race. Dan (Ketchum) and Chris Kemp from Texas battled all the way, they just couldn't see the guy on the outside. It's what we call 'outside smoke.' He set himself up in great shape by cruising into the final, it played to his advantage. He is a second semester enrollee from Great Britain and we didn't know anything about him."
N O T E S
The third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle was Dan Ketchum's seventh individual All-America honor of his career and his third straight in the event. Including relays Ketchum is a nine-time All-American.
At the 2003 NCAA Championships Ketchum has earned a pair of individual All-America citations with a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle and an eighth-place showing in the 200-yard individual medley. He has an opportunity for a third when he swims the 200-yard butterfly Saturday.
Peter Vanderkaay's 11th-place time of 1:35.74 in the 200-yard freestyle moved him into sixth place on U-M's all-time list of top individuals in the event. The time bettered his personal best set earlier in the day (1:36.27) and earning him All-America honorable mention.
Michigan has now finished third in the 800-yard freestyle relay for three consecutive years at the NCAA meet.
During the preliminaries of the 200-yard freestyle, Davis Tarwater broke his personal best in the event when he clocked in with a time of 1:37.62. The time bettered his previous best of 1:38.03, set at Florida (Nov. 1).
Diver Jason Coben earned his second All-America Honorable Mention citation when he placed 11th on the three-meter springboard.
Contact: Gene Skidmore (734) 763-4423
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