Ridgeway, 400 Medley Relay Take Runner-Up at TYR Invitational

Friday, November 20

Evanston, Ill.

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Michigan

TYR Invitational

Ridgeway, 400 Medley Relay Take Runner-Up at TYR Invitational

11/20/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Nov. 20, 2009

Site: Evanston, Ill. (Norris Aquatics Center)
Event: TYR Invitational (Day 1 of 3)
U-M Standing: 5th of Six Teams (153) after Day 1
Next U-M event: Saturday, Nov. 21 -- at TYR Invitational - Day Two (Evanston, Ill.)

EVANSTON, Ill. -- After the first day of competition at the TYR Invitational on Friday (Nov. 20), the No. 7-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming team sits in fifth place with 153 points in the three-day event held at the Norris Aquatics Center. Michigan State is in first place with 265 points after seven events.

Junior James Ridgeway (Chicago, Ill./Saint Patrick) led the way for the Wolverines with a runner-up showing in the 50-yard breaststroke (25.55) and a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (1:52.93).

The 400-yard medley relay quartet of freshman Miguel Ortiz (Tokyo, Japan/St. Mary's International), Ridgeway, freshman Eric Huffman (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) and freshman Sam Hoekstra (Grandville, Mich./Grandville) provided U-M with its other second-place finish of the evening, touching the wall in 3:23.78.

Meanwhile, Hoekstra also took fifth in the 50-yard freestyle, stopping the clock in 21.66, while fellow freshmen Ortiz (20.98) and Huffman (21.17) were 10th and 13th, respectively, to put points on the board for U-M.

Michigan started off the meet with a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with Hoekstra, Ortiz, freshman Kevin Wilson (Short Hills, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) and Huffman combining for a time of 1:23.22, less than a half-second behind second-place Northwestern.

The Wolverines will continue competition at the TYR Invitational tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 21), with preliminary action beginning at 10 a.m. CST. Finals are slated for 5 p.m. from the Norris Aquatics Center.

Standings (After Day One)

 1. Michigan State          265 2. Northwestern            222 3. Kenyon                  171 4. Cleveland State         155 5. MICHIGAN                153 6. Illinois-Chicago        141

Event Winners/U-M Finishers (Day One)

200-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Kenyon College                     1:22.12 3. MICHIGAN                           1:23.22   (Sam Hoekstra, Miguel Ortiz,    Kevin Wilson, Eric Huffman) 8. MICHIGAN                           1:25.89   (Casey Sreenan, Demetri Karedis,    Drew Coffin, Andrew Novakoff)
50-yard Breaststroke 1. Jakub Dobies, Cleveland St.          25.09 2. James Ridgeway, U-M                  25.55 6. Jon Hiett, U-M                       26.2512. Kevin Wilson, U-M                    26.8114. Casey Sreenan, U-M                   26.97
500-yard Freestyle 1. Peter Park, Northwestern           4:28.70 9. Andrew Novakoff, U-M               4:36.12
200-yard Individual Medley 1. Alex Tyler, Northwestern           1:48.05 4. James Ridgeway, U-M                1:52.93
50-yard Freestyle 1. Zachary Turk, Kenyon                 20.75 5. Sam Hoekstra, U-M                    21.6610. Miguel Ortiz, U-M                    20.9813. Eric Huffman, U-M                    21.1722. Kevin Wilson, U-M                    21.6423. Casey Sreenan, U-M                   21.7624. Demetri Karedis, U-M                 21.77
400-yard Medley Relay 1. Michigan State                     3:18.58 2. MICHIGAN                           3:23.78   (Miguel Ortiz, James Ridgeway,    Eric Huffman, Sam Hoekstra)13. MICHIGAN                           3:31.47   (Andrew Novakoff, Jon Hiett,    Demetri Karedis, Kevin Wilson)