Michigan Comes Back to Tie Indiana, Falls to Texas

Friday, November 5

Bloomington, Ind.

3:00 PM

Michigan

150

Indiana

11/5/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Nov. 5, 2010

Site: Bloomington, Ind. (Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center)
Result: Michigan 150, Indiana 150; Texas 160, Michigan 140
Record: U-M (2-1-1), Indiana (2-1-1), Texas (1-0-1)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun., Nov. 12-14 -- at US Grand Prix (Minneapolis, Minn.), 9 a.m./6 p.m. CST

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team came from behind to tie Indiana, 150-150, but saw its undefeated streak come to an end at the hands of Texas, 160-140, on Friday afternoon (Nov. 5) inside the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. Michigan had gone undefeated in 18 straight (17-0-1) dual meets before falling to the defending national champion Longhorns.

Junior Dan Madwed (Stamford, Conn./Towson) collected a pair of NCAA consideration times with wins in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly and was part of both first-place relay squads. Sophomore Evan Gregg (Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg) alternated lead off and anchor with Madwed on the winning relays.

Michigan shuffled its relay lineups and earned a trio of NCAA 'B' times as a result. Sophomore Miguel Ortiz (Tokyo, Japan/St. Mary's International), senior James Ridgeway (Chicago, Ill./Saint Patrick), Madwed and Gregg combined for a 1:29.44 first-place run in the 200-yard medley relay.

Both new look 400-yard freestyle relay squads earned consideration times to go with a spot in the top three. Gregg, freshman Michael Wynalda (Wyoming, Mich./Grandville), freshman Connor Jaeger (Rumson, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven) and Madwed combined for a 3:00.09 time, getting to the wall just ahead of the field. Ortiz, sophomore Hassaan Abdel Khalik (Mississauga, Ontario/Silverthorn Collegiate), freshman John Wojciechowski (Scottsdale, Ariz./Phoenix Brophy Prep) and sophomore Roman Willets (Whitehouse, Ohio/St. Francis deSales) came in .64 after their teammates, earning an NCAA 'B' time with the third-place finish.

The Wolverines dominated the 200-yard butterfly, posting four of the top five times. Madwed led the pack with his NCAA 'B' time of 1:46.08. Freshman Kyle Whitaker (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton), Wojciechowski and senior Tony Wahl (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Jesuit) finished third through fifth, respectively.

Ridgeway and Whitaker narrowly missed turning event wins into consideration times. Ridgeway made it to the wall in 55.58 in the 100-yard breaststroke, missing the mark by eight one-hundredths of a second. Whitaker remained perfect in the 200-yard individual medley, topping the podium with a time of 1:49.50 -- a quarter of a second off the 'B' standard.

Whitaker's win came at a crucial time in the meet as the Wolverines needed to earn the top three spots in the 200-yard Individual medley and the top two in the 400-yard freestyle relay to catch and pass the Hoosiers. Michigan put three swimmers ahead of IU in the IM but came up .38 short of second place in the relay, settling for the tie.

Michigan will head to the US Grand Prix, Nov. 12-14, in Minneapolis, Minn. Preliminaries will begin at 9 a.m. CST, with final heats starting at 6 p.m. CST.

Team Scores

MICHIGAN 150, Indiana 150Texas 160, MICHIGAN 140

Event Winners/U-M Finishers

200-yard Medley Relay 1. MICHIGAN 'A'                1:29.44#   (Miguel Ortiz, James Ridgeway,    Dan Madwed, Evan Gregg) 4. MICHIGAN 'B'                1:31.52   (Jan Konarzewski, Sam Wensman,    John Wojciechowski, Kyle Whitaker) -- MICHIGAN 'C'               x1:34.78   (Connor McCarroll, Kyle Duckitt,    Tony Wahl, Jared Miller) 1,000-yard Freestyle 1. Jackson Wilcox, Texas       9:06.58 6. Ryan Feeley, U-M            9:20.22 9. Dane Vanderkaay, U-M        9:24.6710. Chris Douville, U-M         9:30.0111. Sean Ryan, U-M             x9:34.33 200-yard Freestyle 1. Titus Knight, Indiana       1:38.59 5. Roman Willets, U-M          1:39.84 7. Connor Jaeger, U-M          1:40.19 8. Michael Wynalda, U-M        1:40.2511. Hassaan Abdel Khalik, U-M  x1:41.98--  Andrew Novakoff, U-M       x1:45.78 100-yard Backstroke  1. Cole Cragin, Texas            48.37# 5. Jan Konarzewski, U-M          50.44 7. Connor McCarroll, U-M         50.92 9. Ryutaro Kamiya, U-M           51.5012. Alexander Hoff, U-M          x52.11 100-yard Breaststroke   1. James Ridgeway, U-M           55.58 5. Jared Miller, U-M             56.73 7. Kyle Duckitt, U-M             57.59 8. Sam Wensman, U-M             x57.76 200-yard Butterfly 1. Dan Madwed, U-M             1:46.08# 3. Kyle Whitaker, U-M          1:49.15 4. John Wojciechowski, U-M     1:50.37 5. Tony Wahl, U-M             x1:50.96 50-yard Freestyle 1. Bryan Chovanec, Indiana       20.26# 2. Miguel Ortiz, U-M             20.60 3. Evan Gregg, U-M               20.64 7. Connor Jaeger, U-M            21.2410. Ryan Feeley, U-M             x21.77 One-Meter Diving 1. Drew Livingston, Texas       405.70 6. Kasey Allen, U-M             310.00 9. Chris Morrison, U-M          269.35 100-yard Freestyle 1. Daxon Hill, Texas             44.89 2. Miguel Ortiz, U-M             45.18 4. Evan Gregg, U-M               45.31 7. Michael Wynalda, U-M          45.57 8. Roman Willets, U-M           x45.88 200-yard Backstroke 1. Eric Ress, Indiana          1:46.33# 3. Jan Konarzewski, U-M        1:48.94 5. Connor McCarroll, U-M       1:49.41 8. Chris Douville, U-M         1:52.00 9. Alexander Hoff, U-M        x1:52.11 200-yard Breaststroke 1. Nick D'Innocenzo, Texas     1:59.98 4. Jared Miller, U-M           2:02.09 5. James Ridgeway, U-M         2:04.2510. Kyle Duckitt, U-M           2:05.4411. Sam Wensman, U-M           x2:06.16 500-yard Freestyle 1. Jackson Wilcox, Texas       4:27.39# 4. Connor Jaeger, U-M          4:30.02 8. Dane Vanderkaay, U-M        4:34.46 9. Ryan Feeley, U-M            4:34.5710. Kyle Whitaker, U-M         x4:35.32 -- Andrew Novakoff, U-M       x4:51.39 100-yard Butterfly 1. Dan Madwed, U-M               47.94# 3. John Wojciechowski, U-M       48.92 8. Tony Wahl, U-M                50.8210. Ryutaro Kamiya, U-M          x51.86 Three-meter Diving 1. Drew Livingston, Texas       402.85 7. Chris Morrison, U-M          342.30 9. Kasey Allen, U-M             305.70 200-yard Individual Medley 1. Kyle Whitaker, U-M          1:49.50 4. James Ridgeway, U-M         1:51.26 5. Jared Miller, U-M           1:51.7912. Sam Wensman, U-M           x1:56.54 400-yard Freestyle Relay 1. MICHIGAN 'A'                3:00.09#   (Evan Gregg, Michael Wynalda,    Connor Jaeger, Dan Madwed) 3. MICHIGAN 'B'                3:00.73#   (Miguel Ortiz, Hassaan Abdel Khalik    John Wojciechowski, Roman Willets) # NCAA Consideration Timex exhibition swim