Michigan
No. 20 Indiana
Michigan Dominates No. 20 Indiana to Open Big Ten Action
1/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Jan. 9, 2010
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Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Result: #7 U-M 158, #20 Indiana 82
Records: U-M (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten), Indiana (1-2, 1-1 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., Jan. 15-16 -- at SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas), 6 p.m./Noon CST; Saturday, Jan. 16 -- vs. Eastern Michigan (Canham Natatorium), Noon
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 7-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team won the first six swimming events to build a 98-50 lead en route to a 158-82 win over No. 20 Indiana on Saturday (Jan. 9) at Canham Natatorium in the team's first Big Ten Conference competition of the season.
Sophomore Dan Madwed (Stamford, Conn./Towson) won two events on the afternoon, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.24) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.15). Junior Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly) was also a multiple-event winner, taking first place in the 200-yard individual medley (1:49.06) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:28.55).
The Maize and Blue swept both relays, opening the meet with a win in the 400-yard medley relay, finishing with a consideration mark of 3:16.39. U-M closed the meet with its other relay win, a 3:00.40 time in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Michigan's most impressive event was the 200-yard individual medley, as the Wolverines took the top four spots, with Clary just out-touching junior teammate Neal Kennedy (Chanhassen, Minn./Chaska). Clary won in 1:49.06, while Kennedy finished in 1:49.28, both consideration times.
Senior André Schultz (Sao Paolo, Brazil/Colegio Palmares) led a three-place Wolverine sweep in the 200-yard backstroke, taking first-place honors in 1:46.62 with senior Alon Mandel (Netanya, Israel/Eldad) finishing runner-up (1:49.61) and freshman Connor McCarroll (Portland, Ore./Jesuit) placing third (1:50.02).
U-M also took the top three spots in the mile, led by senior Charlie Houchin (Raleigh, N.C./William G. Enloe), who won with a consideration time of 15:33.40. Senior Adam DeJong (Holland, Mich./Holland) and sophomore Dane Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams) took second and third, respectively.
Senior Chris Brady (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant) led a 1-2 Wolverine finish in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing in 20.35. Freshman Miguel Ortiz (Tokyo, Japan/St. Mary's International) was right behind him with a time of 20.60. Junior Jared Miller (Liberty Township, Ohio/Lakota East) won the final individual swimming event of the day, the 100-yard breaststroke, in 2:01.86.
In the diving well, sophomore Chris Morrison (Fenton, Mich./Fenton) earned a pair of runner-up finishes for the Wolverines in the one- and three-meter dives. Morrison scored a 277.50 on the one-meter springboard and 316.65 in the three-meter. On the platform, Morrison finished a close second in a non-scored event, hitting 337.81 to Indiana's Casey Johnson, who scored 341.78.
The Wolverines will split up for next weekend's competition. Some of the Wolverines will head to Dallas, Texas, for the SMU Classic (Fri-Sat., Jan. 15-16), while the rest of the squad will remain home and host Eastern Michigan on Saturday (Jan 16) at noon inside Canham Natatorium.
N O T E S
• With the win, Michigan moves to 42-29-2 against Indiana. Michigan has not dropped a Big Ten dual meet since a 189.5-144.5 loss to Northwestern during the 2006-07 season. Head coach Mike Bottom is a perfect 6-0 in Big Ten action in his two seasons.
• U-M won the first six swimming events on the afternoon, winning the 400 medley relay, 1,650 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 50 freestyle, 200 individual medley and 200 freestyle.
• The Wolverines honored their eight-member senior class prior to the meet. Seniors Chris Brady, Adam DeJong, Jon Hiett, Charlie Houchin, Alon Mandel, Evan Ryser, André Schultz and Shaun Weinberg. Former coach Jon Urbanchek accompanied Hiett and Mandel, whose parents were unable to attend.
• One- and three-meter diving were completed yesterday (Friday, Jan. 8) as part as an exhibition swim meet. Platform diving was held Saturday without scoring the competition. Morrison had the loudest fan reaction of the day on his second-to-last dive. His score of 337.81 allowed him to qualify for the NCAA regional meet in March.
• Michigan achieved six NCAA consideration marks.
• The meet went to exhibition scoring with the 500-yard freestyle race.
• The two teams squared off yesterday (Jan. 8) in a non-scored exhibition meet. Michigan took the top time in every event and achieved four NCAA consideration marks on the evening.
• This was the first dual meet for Michigan since Nov. 13.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Diving Coach Chris Bergère On sophomore Chris Morrison's weekend performance ... "Chris Morrison was lights out on all three (one-meter, three-meter and 10-meter platform) events. Indiana is really solid in diving, and we needed him to get in there and perform well, especially because he is our only diver right now. Chris had his highest scores in each event so far this year in the past two days. He qualified for the NCAA meet in March, hitting the mark in the 10m platform. It is something that he has been looking to do all season (qualify for the NCAA meet). It was in the event that he did not really expect to do it, so to get it done was great for him."
Michigan Head Swimming Coach Mike Bottom On today's meet ... "The exciting thing about today was that we had guys swimming events that they were not used to swimming and we had guys that were swimming events that they were used to swimming. Our captain, Chris Brady, switched up in the 100 butterfly, which is his best event. He started breathing to the side. There are a lot of guys that made changes like that."
On his second year at Michigan and putting his mark on the program ... "We are always implementing new things. That is our motto, that change is how we get better. We have added video, our coaching staff has changed. We are doing things better and we will continue to do them that way."
On Tyler Clary ... "What do you say about a guy who was the NCAA Swimmer of the Year last year, swam at the Duel in the Pool a few weeks ago, setting a new American record in the 400 IM. He is the most exciting swimmer on our time. But on the other side of that, he has to continue to make improvements. We have to challenge him to be better because he is an exceptional swimmer. He is going to face swimmers from all over the world who want a piece of him."
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