Wolverines Sit Second After Opening Day of US Nationals

Thursday, December 2

Columbus, Ohio

5:00 PM

Michigan

USA Swimming Short Course Nationals

Wolverines Sit Second After Opening Day of US Nationals

12/2/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Dec. 2, 2010

Site: Columbus, Ohio. (McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion)
Event: AT&T USA Swimming Short Course National Championships (Day 1 of 3)
U-M Team Result: 2nd, College/University Division (89 points)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun., Dec. 3-5 -- at AT&T USA Swimming Short Course National Championships (Columbus, Ohio), 9 a.m./5 p.m.

College/University Division Men's Standings (After Day One)

 1. Ohio State          138.5 2. MICHIGAN             89.0 3. California           86.5 4. Louisville           30.5 5. Southern Cal         23.5 6. Southern Illinois    15.0 7. Indiana               7.0 8. Texas Christian       2.0 9. Cal Poly              1.0

Event Winners/U-M Finishers
Preliminary time in parenthesis if faster than finals time

200-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Southern Cal 'A'           1:17.90# 5. MICHIGAN 'A'               1:20.68#   (Evan Gregg, Dan Madwed,    Neal Kennedy, Roman Willets)10. MICHIGAN 'B'               1:21.84 (1:21.77)   (Kyle Whitaker, John Wojciechowski,    Michael Wynalda, Connor Jaeger)
500-yard Freestyle 1. Michael Kleuh, Longhorn    4:14.2213. Ryan Feeley, U-M           4:24.90# (4:24.06#)16. Hassaan Abdel Khalik, U-M  4:25.58# (4:25.15#)17. Connor Jaeger, U-M         4:25.87# (4:24.56#)18. Sean Ryan, U-M             4:25.91# (4:25.30#)26. Tony Wahl, U-M             4:27:45# (4:27.29#)39. Dan Madwed, U-M            4:30.1742. Dane Vanderkaay, U-M       4:31.3350. Jared Miller, U-M          4:33.2151. Andrew Novakoff, U-M       4:33.75
200-yard Individual Medley 1. Ryan Lochte, DBS           1:42.60 9. Kyle Whitaker, U-M         1:46.74#21. Neal Kennedy, U-M          1:47.71#22. Dan Madwed, U-M            1:47.92#61. Alexander Hoff, U-M        1:52.9664. John Wojciechowski, U-M    1:53.6867. Evan Gregg, U-M            1:54.32--  James Ridgeway, U-M             DQ
50-yard Freestyle 1. Nathan Adrian, CalAq         19.0041. Roman Willets, U-M           20.7747. Neal Kennedy, U-M            20.9352. Evan Gregg, U-M              21.06
400-yard Medley Relay 1. Ohio State 'A'             3:10.07# 6. MICHIGAN 'A'               3:16.22#   (Connor McCarroll, Neal Kennedy,    Dan Madwed, Roman Willets) 8. MICHIGAN 'B'               3:18.61   (James Ridgeway, Sam Wensman    John Wojciechowski, Kyle Whitaker)

# NCAA Consideration Time

N O T E S

• International swimmers (those who cannot represent the United States in international competitions) cannot score points for their respective teams. Michigan's foreign-born athletes participating at the event are Hassaan Abdel Khalik (Canada), Kyle Duckitt (South Africa), Ryutaro Kamiya (Japan) and Jan Konarzewski (Poland).

• Five different U-M swimmers achieved NCAA 'B' marks in the 500-yard freestyle.

• Michigan competed in the 200-yard freestyle relay for the first time this season, with it's fifth-place 'A' squad of Evan Gregg, Dan Madwed, Neal Kennedy and Roman Willets posting an NCAA consideration time of 1:20.68.

• Freshmen Connor Jaeger and Sean Ryan earned the first NCAA consideration time of their careers during the 500-yard freestyle. Ryan touched the wall in 4:25.30 during the preliminaries and Jaeger posted a 4:24.56, also during the prelims.

• Senior Tony Wahl swam a career-best 4:27.29 during the preliminary race of the 500-yard freestyle. His 'C' finals pace of 4:27.45 was also faster than his previous best of 4:28.49 set at the Ohio State Winter Invitational on Feb. 12, 2010. Both fit under the NCAA 'B' standard.

• U-M alum and Club Wolverine swimmer Bobby Savulich (2006-09) finished ninth in the 50-yard freestyle 'A' final on a time of 19.95.

Contact: Ryan Sosin (734) 763-4423