Michigan
Northwestern
Wolverines Sweep Diving Events in Dual Loss at Northwestern
1/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Result: #20 Northwestern 173, #22 Michigan 122
Records: U-M (1-6, 0-3 Big Ten), Northwestern (9-2, 2-2 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Friday, Jan. 23 -- vs. Ohio State (Canham Natatorium.), 7 p.m.
Complete Results
EVANSTON, Ill. -- The No. 22-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team lost to No. 20-Northwestern, 173-122, in a dual meet on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 17) at the Norris Aquatics Center. Freshman Caitlin Dauw(St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East) swept the butterfly events while senior Hannah Smith(Dexter, Mich./Dexter) and junior Margaret Kelly(Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) each won one event for the Wolverines in the pool and junior Stephanie O'Callaghan(Howell, Mich./Howell) and freshman Amanda Lohman(Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) led U-M to a sweep of the diving events.
Dauw picked up her fourth and fifth wins of the season with wins in both the 100-and 200-yard butterfly.The freshman finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:00.81. Dauw trailed heading into the final 50 yards but clocked a fantastic 30.73 on her final lap to pick up the win. In the 100-yard butterfly,Dauw took the lead early in the race and refused to relinquish it as shefinished in first with a time of 55.73.
Smith picked up Michigan's first win with a top finish in the 100-yard backstroke. Smith jumped out to an early lead in the first 50 yards and never relinquished her advantage, touching the wall in 56.20, .66 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Lohman got U-M off to a strong start in the diving competition, placing first in the three-meter event with a score of 278.85. Junior Caitlin Dunphy-Daly(Royal Oak, Mich./Rochester) finished third with a score of 266.03.
Kelly earned the Wolverines' fourth and final swimming win of the afternoon with a dominating showing in the 400-yard individual medley. Kelly finished in 4:19.62, three seconds ahead of the next-closest finisher. The win was Kelly's team-leading 10th victory of the season. The win also extended Kelly's streak of events with a win to six. Her last event without a win came in the double-dual meet against Florida and Stanford on Oct. 17.
O'Callaghan recorded the final win for Michigan on the afternoon with a first-placeperfomrnace in one-meter diving. The junior led a sweep of the event, notching a career-high score of 283.45. Lohman followed in second with a score of 267.30 and sophomore Jillian Drow(Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea) placed third with a score of 256.65.
The Wolverines return home next Friday (Jan. 23) when they host Ohio State at 7 p.m. in Canham Natatorium.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Jim Richardson
On the meet... "We are pretty beat up still. We had a hard time generating speed. I like the way we fought, but we are just in the middle of the hardest part of the season right now. I don't think how the girls are racing is indicative of how hard we are training, but when we get to the end of the week we just don't have anything in the tank right now."
On the team's training... "I take more out of how we train Monday-Friday than how we race during the weekend. We choose to prepare for the end of the season, so sometimes the meets on the weekend are painful and not a good representation of how we are training. It is a conscious decision to do that and it takes courage for the kids to go out there and try and race when it is not happening easily. If we can keep our focus and not give in to the desire to want to swim faster on weekends by not backing down on the training during the week then we will be find. I really like the way we are training."
Contact: Joe Arancio (734) 763-4423
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