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Michigan Cruises Past a Pair of Top-15 Foes
1/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Results: #4 Michigan 176, #14 Indiana 104; #4 Michigan 200, #6 Tennessee 98
Records: U-M (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten), Tennessee (4-2), Indiana (3-3, 0-2 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., Jan. 16-17 -- at SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas), 7:30 p.m. CST
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team defeated No. 6 Tenneesse, 200-98, and No. 14 Indiana, 176-104, in a double-dual meet on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 10) at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatics Center. Senior Matt Patton(Matthews, N.C./Butler) and sophomore Tyler Clary(Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly) each won a pair of individual events for the Wolverines, who achieved a total of 18 NCAA consideration times during the meet.
The first consideration time of the day came in the opening event as the quartet of junior Alon Mandel(Netanya, Israel/Eldad), sophomore James Ridgeway(Chicago, Ill./Saint Patrick), junior Chris Brady(Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant) and senior Bobby Savulich(Edison, N.J./Saint Joseph) combined to earn top honors in a time of 1:27.03.Mandel touched the wall in 22.05 in the opening leg, giving the U-M foursome a lead it never surrendered.
Patton's first individual-event victory came in the second event of the day, the 1,000-yard freestyle. Patton seized control of the race from the opening 25 yards and cruised to the victory by over 1.5 seconds. Patton's second win came in the 500-yard freestyle as he touched the wall in an NCAA consideration time of 4:22.14. The co-captain led a 1-2 U-M sweep as junior Andr Schultz(Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Palmares) was second to the wall in 4:23.52, also an NCAA consideration time.
Clary won both the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley; both wins produced NCAA consideration times. In the backstroke, Clary was the fastest swimmer in every 25-yard split, winning with a time of 1:42.36. Schultz also met the consideration time in second place, clocking in at 1:44.74. In the IM, Clary bolted to a big led in the opening 25 yards, swimming a 22.66 first split, more than a second faster than any other swimmer, as he touched the wall in 1:45.73, more than five seconds faster than second-place A.J. Miller of Indiana (1:50.82).
The Maize and Blue's most dominating performance came in the 200-yard freestyle where Wolverines took the top four spots and all earned NCAA consideration time. Junior Charlie Houchin(Raleigh, N.C./William G. Enloe) led the way, taking first in 1:35.56. Clary was second in 1:35.80, Savulichwas third in 1:36.09 thanks to a closing 11.67 final 25 yards -- the fastest of any competitor -- and senior Sal Barba(Hudson, Mass./St. Johns) took fourth in 1:36.37.
Michigan also dominated the 200-yard butterfly as U-M swimmers took the top four spots -- the top two with NCAA consideration times. Freshman Dan Madwed(Stamford, Conn./Towson) took the top spot with a time of 1:45.69 and Patton also met the consideration time in second place at 1:46.10. Senior Curtis Dauw(St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East) and sophomore Tony Wahl(Detroit, Mich./Detroit Jesuit) completed the top-four sweep for the Maize and Blue, finishing in 1:47.96 and 1:48.97, respectively.
Mandelmet the NCAA consideration time in winning the 100-yard backstroke, taking first with a time of 47.99 seconds. Mandel led from start to finish, holding off a late charge from Schultz, who swam an 11.98 final 25 yards to take second in 48.65.
In the 100-yard freestyle, Savulich earned a victory after a tight battle with Tennessee's Jonas Persson. Persson held a four one-hundredths of a second lead at the halfway point before Savulich closed strong to win in an NCAA consideration time of 43.45.
Brady was victorious in the 100-yard butterfly, winning in an NCAA consideration time of 47.21. Brady cruised to victory by more than 1.5 seconds over A.J. Miller of Indiana; Brady was the fastest swimmer at every 25-yard split.
The Wolverines concluded the swimming events by taking top honors in the 400-yard freestyle relay behind Brady, Houchin, Schultz and senior/junior Evan Ryser(Katy, Texas/James E. Taylor), winning with an NCAA 'B' time of 2:57.07.
In the diving well, senior Kyle Schroeder(Milan, Mich./Milan) earned 295.50 points in the three-meter competition to post a fifth-place finish, the top performance by a Michigan diver.
The Wolverines will next travel to the SMU Invite in Dallas, Texas. The two-day competition, Jan. 16-17, will be held at Perkins Natatorium. Competition will begin at 7:30 p.m. CST both days.
Event Winners/U-M Finishers
200-yard medley relay 1. MICHIGAN 'B' 1:27.03# (Alon Mandel, James Ridgeway Chris Brady, Bobby Savulich) 5. MICHIGAN 'A' 1:30.18
(Tyler Clary, Neal Kennedy, Dan Madwed, Curtis Dauw) 6. MICHIGAN 'C' 1:31.49 (Shaun Weinberg, Jonathan Hiett, Sam Wensman, Evan Ryser)
1,000-yard freestyle 1. Matt Patton, U-M 9:06.56 4. Dane Vanderkaay, U-M 9:15.03 6. Gunnar Schmidt, U-M 9:24.82 8. Adam DeJong, U-M 9:26.36
200-yard freestyle 1. Charlie Houchin, U-M 1:35.56# 2. Tyler Clary, U-M 1:35.80# 3. Bobby Savulich, U-M 1:36.09# 4. Sal Barba, U-M 1:36.37#
100-yard backstroke 1. Alon Mandel, U-M 47.99# 2. Andr Schultz, U-M 48.65 6. Shaun Weinberg, U-M 50.26
100-yard breaststroke 1. Heath Tameris, Indiana 54.27 2. Jonathan Hiett, U-M 55.31 4. Neal Kennedy, U-M 56.32 5. Jared Miller, U-M 56.50 7. James Ridgeway, U-M 57.21
200-yard butterfly 1. Dan Madwed, U-M 1:45.69# 2. Matt Patton, U-M 1:46.10# 3. Curtis Dauw, U-M 1:47.96 4. Tony Wahl, U-M 1:48.97
50-yard freestyle 1. Matt Lenton, Indiana 19.84 2. Chris Brady, U-M 19.95# 3. Bobby Savulich, U-M 20.00# 5. Evan Ryser, U-M 20.55 6. Jamie Martone, U-M 20.58
100-yard freestyle 1. Bobby Savulich, U-M 43.45# 4. Evan Ryser, U-M 44.44 5. Charlie Houchin, U-M 45.05 8. Jamie Martone, U-M 46.38
200-yard backstroke 1. Tyler Clary, U-M 1:42.36# 2. Andr Schultz, U-M 1:44.74# 4. Alon Mandel, U-M 1:49.04 5. Shaun Weinberg, U-M 1:50.41
200-yard breaststroke 1. Heath Tameris, Indiana 1:59.35 2. Jared Miller, U-M 1:59.77 4. Jonathan Hiett, U-M 2:03.63 5. Sam Wensman, U-M 2:03.82 6. Neal Kennedy, U-M 2:04.47
500-yard freestyle 1. Matt Patton, U-M 4:22.14# 2. Andr Schultz, U-M 4:23.52# 4. Christian Sprang, U-M 4:29.53 5. Dane Vanderkaay, U-M 4:30.58
100-yard butterfly 1. Chris Brady, U-M 47.21#
200-yard individual medley 1. Tyler Clary, U-M 1:45.73#
400-yard freestyle relay 1. MICHIGAN 'A' 2:57.07# (Chris Brady, Charlie Houchin, Andr Schultz, Evan Ryser)
One-meter diving 1. Landon Marzullo, Indiana 347.90 9. Kyle Schroeder, U-M 250.95 10. Charlie Kennedy, U-M 224.60
Three-meter diving 1. Ryan Helms, Tennessee 379.55 5. Kyle Schroeder, U-M 295.50 11. Charlie Kennedy, U-M 211.75
# NCAA consideration time
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