Michigan
Big Ten Championships (Day 2)
Vanderkaay, Relay Claim Titles on Day Two of Big Tens
2/25/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The fifth-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team utilized wins in the 400-yard individual medley and the 800-yard freestyle relay Friday (Feb. 25) to move up into fourth place with 282 team points at the Big Ten Conference Championships at Minnesota's University Aquatic Center. Minnesota sits atop the standings with 469 points.
Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) won his second individual event of the Championships, claiming the title in the 400-yard individual medley. It marked Vanderkaay's second straight title in the event and the eighth straight time a Wolverine has claimed the crown.
In the day's final event, the 800-yard freestyle relay, the team of Vanderkaay, Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./The Webb School), Chris DeJong (Holland, Mich./Holland HS) and Andrew Hurd (Oakville, Ont./Trafalger) led the entire race, tying a Big Ten meet record with a time of 6:21.77. The Wolverines matched their own record from the 2002 Championships and won their fifth straight title in the event.
After the team of DeJong, Christian Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS), Tarwater and Peter Vanderkaay set a school record with a time of 1:27.69, good for third in the 200-yard medley relay, Vanderkaay posted a career-best time of 3:44.55 in winning the 400-yard individual medley. He was followed to the wall by Chuck Sayao (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park) in sixth at 3:51.39 and Alex Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) in eighth at 3:57.84, helping the Wolverines to 44 total points in the event.
The Wolverines bolstered their team points with a number of top-eight finishes in the 100-yard butterfly, the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard backstroke. Tarwater took second in the 100-yard butterfly with a Michigan record and NCAA automatic time of 46.68. Tarwater was in sixth after the first 25 yards of the race but charged over the final 50 yards to finish just two tenths behing Northwestern's Kyle Bubolz.
Also posting top-eight finishes were Hurd with a sixth-place showing in the 200-yard freestyle, Christian Vanderkaay taking seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke and DeJong finishing fourth in the 100-yard backstroke.
The Wolverines will return to the University Aquatic Center Saturday (Feb. 26) for the final day of the Big Ten Championships.
Team Standings (After Day 2)
1. Minnesota 469 2. Indiana 468 3. Northwestern 327 4. MICHIGAN 282 5. Ohio State 240 6. Purdue 213 7. Wisconsin 191 8. Penn State 184 9. Michigan State 134 10. Iowa 82
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
(Preliminary time in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Northwestern 1:26.49* (Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov, Kyle Bubolz, Ben Dexter) 3. Michigan 1:27.69#^ (Chris DeJong, Christian Vanderkaay, Davis Tarwater, Peter Vanderkaay)
400-yard Individual Medley
1. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 3:44.55* 6. Chuck Sayao, U-M 3:51.39# (3:49.46) 8. Alex Vanderkaay, U-M 3:52.84# (3:51.74) 21. Nicholas Douville, U-M 4:02.87
100-yard Butterfly
1. Kyle Bubolz, NU 46.46*!^ 2. Davis Tarwater, U-M 46.68*
200-yard Freestyle
1. Terry Silkaitis, Minnesota 1:34.24*% 6. Andrew Hurd, U-M 1:36.90# 21. Jorge Carral, U-M 1:41.37 22. Johnny Austermann, U-M 1:41.52
100-yard Breaststroke
1. Mike Alexandrov, Northwestern 53.33* 7. Christian Vanderkaay, U-M 55.05# (54.64) 11. Grant Burtch, U-M 55.59# 15. Andrew Albright, U-M 56.16 32. Dane Rook, U-M 58.67
100-yard Backstroke
1. Matt Grevers, Northwestern 45.92*! 4. Chris DeJong, U-M 47.54# 11. Dane Grenda, U-M 49.87 (49.60) 26. Michael Galindo, U-M 51.69 32. Andrew Hack, U-M 52.52
Three-meter Diving
1. Marc Carlton, IU 667.30 23. Jon Donadee, U-M 418.85 29. Jake Boehm, U-M 226.75 32. Pat Noyes, U-M 119.35
800-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Michigan 6:21.77*$ (Peter Vanderkaay, Davis Tarwater, Chris DeJong, Andrew Hurd) * NCAA automatic qualifying time # NCAA consideration time
^ Michigan record ! Big Ten Conference record $ Big Ten meet record % University Aquatic Center record
Day 1 Results
Contact: Paul Dickerson (734) 763-4423
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