Michigan
Ohio State
Michigan Sweeps Trio of Big Ten Foes in Columbus
1/31/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Results: #3 Michigan 244, Northwestern 83; #3 Michigan 180, #9 Ohio State 151; #3 Michigan 245, #19 Penn State 84
Records: U-M (7-1, 5-0 Big Ten), Northwestern (5-7, 0-7 Big Ten), Ohio State (9-2, 2-2 Big Ten), Penn State (5-5, 1-2 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Feb. 8 -- at Michigan State (East Lansing, Mich.), 3 p.m.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The No. 3-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team remained unbeaten in the Big Ten on Saturday, defeating No. 9 Ohio State, 180-151, No. 19 Penn State, 245-84, and Northwestern, 244-83, in the Big Ten Quad at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
In the 500-yard freestyle, junior Charlie Houchin(Raleigh, N.C./William G. Enloe) led a 1-2 finish for the Wolverines as both he and sophomore Jared Miller(Liberty Township, Ohio/Lakota East) met the NCAA consideration time. Houchin was first to the wall with a time of 4:20.44, a season best, and Miller became the sixth Wolverine to earn an NCAA 'B' time when he clocked in at 4:20.79, also a season best.
Sophomore Neal Kennedy(Chanhassen, Minn./Chaska) became the fourth U-M swimmer this season to meet the NCAA consideration standard in the 200-yard individual medley, clocking in first with a time of 1:47.69 and finishing just ahead of junior teammate Andr Schultz(Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Palmares), who placed second in 1:47.79.
In the 100-yard butterfly, junior Alon Mandel(Netanya, Israel/Eldad) earned second place with a season-best finish of 47.37. Mandel's NCAA consideration time was just 16 one-hundredths behind first-place Chuck Allison of Ohio State.
Junior Chris Brady(Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant) led the field in the 100-yard backstroke, taking top honors with a time of 49.02. Brady was first to the wall at every turn, winning by a half-second over Ohio State's Andrew Elliott.
In the 100-yard freestyle, senior/junior Evan Ryser(Katy, Texas/James E. Taylor) used a blistering 11.44 final split for a come-from-behind victory. Ryser was in a tight battle early on with Ohio State's Duncan DeWet and Brian Alden of Penn State, but Ryser's strong finish earned him the win by ninth-tenths of a second.
Senior Kyle Schroeder(Milan, Mich./Milan) was the top-placing Wolverine in the diving well, posting a fourth-place score of 319.60 in the three-meter competition.
The Wolverines will return to the pool against in-state rival Michigan State next Sunday (Feb. 8) in East Lansing, Mich. The meet is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at MSU's McCaffree Pool and will be the final competition for U-M prior to the Big Ten Championships, held Feb. 26-28 in West Lafayette, Ind.
Event Winners/U-M Finishers
200-yard Medley Relay 1. Ohio State 'A' 1:27.38 2. MICHIGAN 'A' 1:28.66 (Alon Mandel, James Ridgeway, Chris Brady, Bobby Savulich) 4. MICHIGAN 'B' 1:31.12 (Adam DeJong, Jonathan Hiett, Curtis Dauw, Jamie Martone) 9. MICHIGAN 'C' 1:33.82 (Shaun Weinberg, Sam Wensman, Tony Wahl, Neal Kennedy)
500-yard Freestyle 1. Charlie Houchin 4:20.44# 2. Jared Miller 4:20.79# 5. Dan Madwed 4:26.23 9. Gunnar Schmidt 4:31.91 200-yard Individual Medley 1. Neal Kennedy, U-M 1:47.69# 2. Andr Schultz, U-M 1:47.79 4. James Ridgeway, U-M 1:51.30 9. Sam Wensman, U-M 1:54.82 100-yard Butterfly 1. Chuck Allison, Ohio State 47.21 2. Alon Mandel, U-M 47.37# Three-meter Diving 1. Sean Moore, Ohio State 433.35 4. Kyle Schroeder, U-M 319.60 9. Chris Morrison, U-M 246.05 100-yard Backstroke 1. Chris Brady, U-M 49.02 100-yard Freestyle 1. Evan Ryser, U-M 44.48 100-yard Breaststroke 1. Felipe Travesso, Ohio State 54.16 3. Jonathan Hiett, U-M 55.93 8. James Ridgeway, U-M 57.73 11. Sam Wensman, U-M 58.09 13. Tyler Clary, U-M 59.96 200-yard Freestyle Relay 1. MICHIGAN 'A' 1:19.41# (Jamie Martone, Charlie Houchin, Chris Brady, Matt Patton)
# NCAA Consideration Time
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