Michigan Leads After Day One of EMU Invitational

Friday, December 3

Ypsilanti, Mich.

6:00 PM

Michigan

Eastern Michigan Invitational (Day 1)

12/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Dec. 3, 2010

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Site: Ypsilanti, Mich. (Michael H. Jones Natatorium)
Event: Eastern Michigan Invitational (Day 1 of 2)
U-M Standing: 1st place of 7 teams (277 points)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Dec. 4 -- at Eastern Michigan Invitational - Day Two (Ypsilanti, Mich.), 9 a.m./6 p.m.

Team Standings (After Day One)

 1. MICHIGAN             277 2. Eastern Michigan     189 3. Ball State           180 4. Bowling Green        157 5. Ashland              91 6. Toledo               90 7. Michigan State       72 8. Findlay              22 9. IUPUI                7

Event Winners/U-M Finishers

1,650-yard Freestyle 1. Briana Emig, Eastern Michigan     16:22.03! 2. Adrienne Bicek, U-M               16:55.32 8. Courtney Beidler, U-M             17:34.75  200-yard Backstroke 1. Mattie Kukors, U-M                1:59.79 5. Liz Johnson, U-M                  2:03.2022. Meredith Cote, U-M                2:12.3825. Geneviève Aubé, U-M               2:14.02--  Kristina Jaeger, U-M              2:18.96  100-yard Freestyle 1. Sarah Kowalski, Eastern Michigan    51.36 2. Natasha Moodie, U-M                 51.38 4. Deirdre Jones, U-M                  51.76 6. Alexa Mehesan, U-M                  51.86 8. Caitlin Dauw, U-M                   52.01--  Katherine Carl, U-M                 52.97--  Megan Craig, U-M                    53.29  200-yard Breaststroke 1. Laura Lindsay, Toledo             2:13.62!# 3. Angela Chokran, U-M               2:18.48 7. Melissa Lang, U-M                 2:20.82 9. Nikki Hubbard, U-M                2:21.4211. Julia Andracki, U-M               2:23.77--  Ashley Cohagen, U-M               2:29.28  200-yard Butterfly 1. Adrienne Bicek, U-M               2:00.16# 6. Val Barthelemy, U-M               2:05.18 8. Kally Fayhee, U-M                 2:05.7321. Linnea Johnson, U-M               2:12.88  400-yard Freestyle Relay 1. U-M 'A'                           3:26.17   (Natasha Moodie, Alexa Mehesan,    Deirdre Jones, Mattie Kukors) 3. U-M 'B'                           3:27.58   (Adrienne Bicek, Caitlin Dauw,    Liz Koselka, Liz Johnson)12. U-M 'C'                          3:37.27   (Katherine Carl, Kristina Jaeger,    Melissa Lang, Ashley Cohagen)      ! Facility Record# NCAA consideration time

N O T E S

• This is Michigan's eighth consecutive trip to the Eastern Michigan Invitational. The Wolverines have taken first in every trip to the event.

• Sophomore Mattie Kukors took first in the 200-yard backstroke (1:59.79). She was just one-tenth of a second off the facility record, set by former Wolverine Hannah Smith (1:59.69, 2006).

• Sophomore Adrienne Bicek was the other individual winner of the evening, taking first in the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.16), meeting the NCAA provisional qualifying standard.

• Bicek swam in her 12th event of the season earlier in the night, taking second in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:55.32).

• Four Wolverines scored top-10 finishes in the 100-yard freestyle: Natasha Moodie (second), Deirdre Jones (fourth), Alexa Mehesan (sixth) and Caitlin Dauw (eighth).

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