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Indiana Invitational
U-M Still Second at Indiana Invitational After 14 Events
11/20/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The No. 15 University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team remains in second place after day two (Saturday, Nov. 20) of the eight-team Indiana Invitational at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. The Wolverines have accumulated 558 points through 14 events and are just 34 points behind first-place Indiana (592 points). Leading the way for U-M on the second day of action were sophomores Kaitlyn Brady (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant HS) and Susan Gilliam (Los Angeles, Calif./Bolles HS), who won the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard freestyle, respectively.
Michigan started the evening session with a runner-up finish in the 200-yard medley relay. Junior Carolina Sierra (Medellin, Colombia/Colegio Palermo de San Jose), freshman Valeria Silva (Lima, Peru/Alexander von Humboldt), Brady and classmate Lindsey Smith (Dexter, Mich./Dexter HS) earned 34 points with a season-best time of 1:44.07.
U-M placed two swimmers in the championship final of the 400-yard individual medley. Freshman Justine Mueller (Monroe, Mich./Monroe HS) clocked in with an NCAA consideration time of 4:22.27 for second place, while sophomore Annie Stein (Longmont, Colo./Germantown Academy) took fourth with season-best mark of 4:29.90. Gilliam swam the fastest time in the morning preliminary heat with an NCAA 'B' time of 4:21.51 but did not compete in the final.
The Wolverines earned three top-10 finishes in the 100-yard butterfly, including Brady's NCAA provisional and season-best time of 55.19 for first place. Sierra also swam her fastest time of the season (57.39) for eighth place. Freshman Wendy Shieh (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron HS) had the top time in the consolation final, touching in a season-best 57.57 for ninth place.
Michigan earned 36 points in the 200-yard freestyle race, as Gilliam took the crown with an NCAA consideration time of 1:48.84 and Smith took third place with an NCAA 'B' mark of 1:50.10.
Silva was U-M's top finisher in the 100-yard breaststroke event, clocking in at 1:05.05 to take fourth place. Junior Elsa Larson (Portland, Ore./Lincoln HS) placed seventh at 1:06.98.
Brady provided the Wolverines with 14 points with a third-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke at a season-best time of 55.98. Sierra touched right behind Brady with a season-best 57.97 for fourth place. In the consolation final, Mueller finished in 58.48 for ninth place and freshman Katie Smith (Plano, Texas/Hebron HS) took the 12th spot (59.43).
Freshman Elyse Lee (Albion, Mich./Albion HS) was Michigan's top scorer on the three-meter diving board, totaling 430.15 points for fifth place. Sophomore Ellen Van Cleve (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer HS) finished in sixth place with a total of 404.05 points.
The Wolverines closed out the meet with a runner-up finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay.
Gilliam, Lindsey Smith, junior Abby Seskevics (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven HS) and Mueller just missed an NCAA 'B' standard with a season-best time of 7:24.85.
Competition at the Indiana Invitational concludes tomorrow (Sunday, Nov. 21) at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. Preliminary heats begin at 9 a.m. and finals will start with the 1,650-yard freestyle at 3 p.m.
Team Standings (After Day 2)
1. Indiana 592 2. MICHIGAN 558 3. Kentucky 432 4. Utah 423.50 5. Illinois 311 6. Toledo 219.50 7. Miami (Ohio) 168 8. Cincinnati 76
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
(Preliminary time in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-yard Medley Relay 1. Kentucky "A" 1:42.86# 2. Michigan "A" 1:44.07 (Carolina Sierra, Valeria Silva, Kaitlyn Brady, Lindsey Smith) 7. Michigan "B" 1:48.06 (Katie Smith, Elsa Larson, Wendy Shieh, Tracy Egnatuk) 400-yard Individual Medley 1. Kristen Bradley, Indiana 4:18.94# 2. Justine Mueller, U-M 4:22.27# 4. Annie Stein, U-M 4:29.20 12. Michelle Uhlig, U-M 4:33.47 15. Lesley Barnet, U-M 4:36.06 22. Kaitlin Roach, U-M 4:42.45 23. Katie Smith, U-M 4:41.87 -- Susan Gilliam, U-M 4:21.51# 100-yard Butterfly 1. Kaitlyn Brady, U-M 55.10# 8. Carolina Sierra, U-M 57.39 9. Wendy Shieh, U-M 57.57 19. Erica Watts, U-M 58.87 22. Clinique Brundidge, U-M 59.20 28. Amanda Johnson, U-M 1:00.23 32. Nikki Starr, U-M 1:00.68 51. Danielle Eibler, U-M 1:10.48 200-yard Freestyle 1. Susan Gilliam, U-M 1:48.84# 3. Lindsey Smith, U-M 1:50.10# 26. Abby Seskevics, U-M 1:56.32 28. Cliinique Brundidge, U-M 1:56.54 39. Tracy Egnatuk, U-M 1:58.37 45. Erica Watts, U-M 1:59.77 57. Nikki Starr, U-M 2:01.53 58. Kayla Hack, U-M 2:02.13 62. Samantha Montroy, U-M 2:05.10 100-yard Breaststroke 1. Laura Graham, Kentucky 1:02.56# 4. Valeria Silva, U-M 1:05.05 (1:04.90) 7. Elsa Larson, U-M 1:06.98 (1:06.33) 24. Lesley Barnet, U-M 1:12.80 100-yard Backstroke 1. Leila Vaziri, Indiana 54.83# 3. Kaitlyn Brady, U-M 55.98# 4. Carolina Sierra, U-M 57.97 9. Justine Mueller, U-M 58.58 12. Katie Smith, U-M 59.43 19. Michelle Uhlig, U-M 1:00.20 800-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Indiana "A" 7:23.14# 2. Michigan "A" 7:24.85 (Susan Gilliam, Lindsey Smith, Abby Seskevics, Justine Mueller) 13. Michigan "B" 7:49.67 (Clinique Brundidge, Erica Watts, Lesley Barnet, Tracy Egnatuk) Three-Meter Diving 1. Lindsey Weigle, Indiana 490.15^ 5. Elyse Lee, U-M 430.15 6. Ellen Van Cleve, U-M 404.05 9. Erica LaBonte, U-M 373.00 12. Katie Skendrovic, U-M 334.20 # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark
Day 1 Results
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