Michigan
Eastern Michigan Invitational
Michigan Claims Crown at Eastern Michigan Invitational
12/4/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
YPSILANTI, Mich. -- The No. 15 University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team finished in first place at the Eastern Michigan Invitational for the second straight year, accumulating 1,091 points after the final day of competition (Saturday, Dec. 4) at Jones Natatorium. The Wolverines continued their tradition of excellence at the meet by winning 11 of the final 13 events to finish ahead of eight other teams in the final standings. The host Eagles finish second with 976 points.
Michigan began the meet in winning fashion, capturing the 200-yard medley relay title. The 'A' quartet of junior Carolina Sierra (Medellin, Colombia/Colegio Palermo de San Jose), freshman Valeria Silva (Lima, Peru/Alexander von Humboldt), sophomore Kaitlyn Brady (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant HS) and senior Tracy Egnatuk (Albion, Mich./Albion HS) touched in nearly four seconds ahead of U-M's 'B' squad at 1:45.86.
Freshman Justine Mueller's (Monroe, Mich./Monroe HS) victory in the 400-yard individual medley (4:29.43) was the first of four consecutive individual titles for Michigan. Brady followed with a win in the 100-yard butterfly (57.04) and junior Abby Seskevics (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven HS) earned first place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.33). Silva then took the top time in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:04.74.
Sierra nearly made it five straight for the Wolverines, but Wayne State's Katie Harrigan touched the wall just .05 seconds ahead to claim first place in the 100-yard backstroke (58.24). Michigan got back to its winning ways in the 800-yard freestyle relay, as Mueller, Seskevics, Sierra and senior Amy McCullough (West Bloomfield, Mich./Lahser HS) took first place with a time of 7:41.80.
In the first event of the evening session, the quartet of Brady, Egnatuk, McCullough and Seskevics claimed first place in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Mueller kept things rolling with another individual event title in the 200-yard IM (2:06.52), while Brady met an NCAA provisional mark of 23.03 with her victory in the 50-yard freestyle.
Freshman Elyse Lee (Albion, Mich./Albion HS) captured her first individual diving title, earning a total of 268.60 points on the one-meter springboard.
The Wolverines finished the meet with a win in the 400-yard medley relay, as Brady, Silva, Sierra and Seskevics swam to a first-place finish with a time of 3:54.58.
Michigan will compete against Notre Dame in an exhibition relay meet in St. Lucia on Jan. 1, 2005, before returning to regular-season action at the Notre Dame Invitational on Jan. 14-15 in South Bend, Ind.
Final Team Standings
1. MICHIGAN 1091 2. Eastern Michigan 976 3. Wayne State 399.5 4. Toledo 393.5 5. Calvin 377 6. Kalamazoo 362 7. Allegheny 206 8. Waterloo 41 9. Findlay 21
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
200-yard Medley Relay 1. Michigan "A" 1:45.86 (Carolina Sierra, Valeria Silva, Kaitlyn Brady, Tracy Egnatuk) 2. Michigan "B" 1:49.46 (Katie Smith, Elsa Larson, Wendy Shieh, Amy McCullough) 400-yard Individual Medley 1. Justine Mueller, U-M 4:29.43 2. Annie Stein, U-M 4:31.05 3. Michelle Uhlig, U-M 4:35.99 4. Lesley Barnet, U-M 4:36.29 ex. Kaitlin Roach, U-M 4:43.93 100-yard Butterfly 1. Kaitlyn Brady, U-M 57.04 2. Carolina Sierra, U-M 57.41 3. Amy McCullough, U-M 58.13 4. Wendy Shieh, U-M 58.34 ex. Amanda Johnson, U-M 59.52 200-yard Freestyle 1. Abby Seskevics, U-M 1:52.33 7. Clinique Brundidge, U-M 1:56.91 15. Kayla Hack, U-M 2:00.94 20. Nikki Starr, U-M 2:03.41 ex. Samantha Montroy, U-M 2:04.88 ex. Danielle Eibler, U-M 2:05.98 100-yard Breaststroke 1. Valeria Silva, U-M 1:04.74 3. Elsa Larson, U-M 1:06.63 100-yard Backstroke 1. Katie Harrigan, Wayne State 58.24 2. Carolina Sierra, U-M 58.29 6. Katie Smith, U-M 59.59 8. Tracy Egnatuk, U-M 1:01.25 12. Wendy Shieh, U-M 1:02.53 800-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Michigan "A" 7:41.80 (Justine Mueller, Abby Seskevics, Carolina Sierra, Amy McCullough) 3. Michigan "B" 7:50.79 (Katie Smith, Michelle Uhlig, Clinique Brundidge, Lesley Barnet) 200-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Michigan "A" 1:34.85 (Kaitlyn Brady, Tracy Egnatuk, Amy McCullough, Abby Seskevics) 7. Michigan "B" 1:40.20 (Clinique Brundidge, Katie Smith, Michelle Uhlig, Nikki Starr) 500-yard Freestyle 1. Maddy Pilchard, EMU 4:59.34 6. Annie Stein, U-M 5:11.44 9. Lesley Barnet, U-M 5:16.40 10. Kaitlin Roach, U-M 5:17.05 18. Kayla Hack, U-M 5:26.09 200-yard Individual Medley 1. Justine Mueller, U-M 2:06.52 2. Michelle Uhlig, U-M 2:08.67 6. Katie Smith, U-M 2:12.01 10. Elsa Larson, U-M 2:18.01 50-yard Freestyle 1. Kaitlyn Brady, U-M 23.03# 2. Tracy Egnatuk, U-M 24.02 4. Amy McCullough, U-M 24.11 5. Abby Seskevics, U-M 24.42 ex. Carolina Sierra, U-M 25.48 ex. Nikki Starr, U-M 25.88 ex. Samantha Montroy, U-M 26.30 ex. Danielle Eibler, U-M 26.38 ex. Wendy Sheih, U-M 26.77 ex. Amanda Johnson, U-M 27.04 ex. Clinique Brundidge, U-M 27.37 ex. Valeria Silva, U-M 29.88 One-meter Diving 1. Elyse Lee, U-M 268.60^ 5. Ellen Van Cleve, U-M 237.80 7. Alexis Goolik, U-M 222.40 9. Erica LaBonte, U-M 204.35 10. Katie Skendrovic, U-M 200.45 400-yard Medley Relay 1. Michigan 'A' 3:54.58 (Kaitlyn Brady, Valeria Silva, Carolina Sierra, Abby Seskevics) 2. Michigan 'B' 3:57.41 (Katie Smith, Elsa Larson, Wendy Sheih, Tracy Egnatuk) ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark # NCAA consideration time
Day 1 Results
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