Michigan
Big Ten Championships (Day 1)
Vanderkaay Wins 500 Free on Opening Day of Big Tens
2/24/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Five top-10 finishes in the 500-yard freestyle propelled the fifth-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team to a sixth-place standing with 94 points Thursday (Feb. 24) after the first day of the Big Ten Championships at Minnesota's University Aquatic Center. Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) paced the Wolverines with his third consecutive Big Ten championship in the 500 freestyle, breaking his own Big Ten Championships record (4:15.06 in 2004) with a time of 4:12.34. Minnesota sits atop the standings with 218 points.
After Michigan's 10th-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay, Vanderkaay led the Wolverines to 65 total points in the 500-yard freestyle. Following Vanderkaay to the wall were Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./The Webb School) in third at 4:20.37 and Andrew Hurd (Oakville, Ontario/Trafalger) in sixth at 4:21.94. Brendan Neligan (Briarwood, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy HS) and Alex Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) also bolstered U-M's scoring in the event, finishing ninth and 10th, respectively.
Michigan picked up 15 more points with three career-best times in the 200-yard individual medley. Chuck Sayao (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park) led the Wolverine contingent with a 10th-place finish in 1:48.78. Sayao was followed by Christian Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) in 12th at 1:49.53 and Dane Grenda (Hockessin, Del./Salesianum HS) in 14th at 1:49.87.
Michigan had no finalists in the 50-yard freestyle and the one-meter springboard diving, and the Wolverines were disqualified in the 400-yard medley relay. Michigan touched the wall in 3:11.21, which would have been good for second place, but the disqualification knocked the Wolverines off the podium.
The 2005 Big Ten Championships run through Saturday (Feb. 26) at the University Aquatic Center. Preliminary events are contested daily beginning at noon, and finals begin at 7 p.m. CST.
Team Standings (After Day 1)
1. Minnesota 218 2. Indiana 205 3. Northwestern 154 4. Ohio State 105 5. Wisconsin 102 6. MICHIGAN 94 7. Purdue 90 8. Penn State 83 9. Michigan State 55 10. Iowa 36
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 1)
(Preliminary time in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Northwestern 1:17.74!$* (Mike Alexandrov, Kyle Bubolz, Matt Grevers, David Karmushoff) 10. Michigan 1:25.25 (Andrew Hack, Michael Galindo, Grant Burtch, Dane Grenda)
500-yard Freestyle
1. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 4:12.34$* 3. Davis Tarwater, U-M 4:20.37# 6. Andrew Hurd, U-M 4:21.94# (4:21.83) 9. Brendan Neligan, U-M 4:24.01# 10. Alex Vanderkaay, U-M 4:24.03# 17. Jorge Carral, U-M 4:29.16 18. Johnny Austermann, U-M 4:29.40 19. Zayd Ma, U-M 4:29.79 36. Nicholas Douville, U-M 4:37.30
200-yard Individual Medley
1. Louis Paul, Purdue 1:45.00* 10. Chuck Sayao, U-M 1:48.78# 12. Christian Vanderkaay, U-M 1:49.53# (1:48.94) 14. Dane Grenda, U-M 1:49.87# (1:49.40) 23. Chris DeJong, U-M 1:50.59 40. Grant Burtch, U-M 1:54.50 47. Andrew Albright, U-M 1:56.08 49. Dane Rook, U-M 1:57.78
50-yard Freestyle
1. Matt Grevers, NU 19.39* 48. Andrew Hack, U-M 21.35 57. Michael Galindo, U-M 21.70
One-meter Diving
1. Mitch Richeson, OSU 367.60 27. Jon Donadee, U-M 239.25 30. Pat Noyes, U-M 206.00 33. Jake Boehm, U-M 183.85
400-yard Medley Relay
1. Northwestern 3:08.50!$* (Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov, Kyle Bulboz, Matt Wever) -- Michigan DQ (Chris DeJong, Christian Vanderkaay, Davis Tarwater, Peter Vanderkaay) * NCAA automatic qualifying time # NCAA consideration time ! Big Ten Conference record $ Big Ten meet record
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