Brady, Clary, Madwed Capture Big Ten Crowns on Day Three

Friday, February 26

Columbus, Ohio

7:00 PM

Michigan

Big Ten Championships

Brady, Clary, Madwed Capture Big Ten Crowns on Day Three

2/26/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Feb. 26, 2010

• Notes & Quotes | Prelims | Finals | Championships Central

Site: Columbus, Ohio (McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion)
Event: Big Ten Swimming & Diving Championships (Day 3 of 4)
U-M Team Standing: 2nd Place of 10 Teams (512.5 points) After Day Three
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Feb. 27 -- at Big Ten Championships - Day Four (Columbus, Ohio), Noon/7 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The No. 6-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team won three events on Friday (Feb. 26) but dropped to second following the third day of competition of the Big Ten Championships at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Ohio State moved into first place with 592.5 points, while Michigan is right behind with 512.5 points.

Junior Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly) won the 400-yard individual medley for the second consecutive year, touching the wall in 3:40.27 to lead a 1-2 Wolverine finish. Senior André Schultz (Sao Paolo, Brazil/Colegio Palmares) finished runner-up in 3:44.06, with junior Jared Miller (Liberty Township, Ohio/Lakota East) placing seventh (3:51.70).

Michigan again went 1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle, as sophomore Dan Madwed (Stamford, Conn./Towson) defended his 2009 title, finishing in 1:34.57 to set a new pool record. Freshman Hassaan Abdel Khalik (Mississauga, Ontario/Silverthorn Collegiate) was right behind him, touching second in 1:34.97, while senior Charlie Houchin (Raleigh, N.C./William G. Enloe) placed fourth (1:35.66).

Senior Chris Brady (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant) won the 100-yard butterfly for the second consecutive season, hitting his first NCAA automatic qualifying time of the season (45.92). Junior Neal Kennedy (Chanhassen, Minn./Chaska) placed fourth (47.32) and senior Alon Mandel (Netanya, Israel/Eldad) finished sixth (47.47).

Mandel picked up a runner-up finish in the 100-yard backstroke, swimming a season-best time of 47.02. Junior James Ridgeway (Chicago, Ill./Saint Patrick) finished eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke (54.46) as Michigan's lone finals participant.

For the first time at the conference championships, U-M did not win a relay, taking home third place in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:18.54) to start off the evening. Clary anchored the relay with a 19.30 split, but it was not enough to close the gap between first-place Ohio State (1:18.30) and second-place Minnesota (1:18.37).

The Wolverines will conclude the Big Ten Championships tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 27), with preliminary action beginning at noon. Tomorrow's events include the 1,650-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly, platform diving and 400-yard freestyle relay.

Team Standings (After Day 3)

 1. Ohio State           592.5 2. MICHIGAN             512.5 3. Minnesota            321 4. Purdue               262 5. Indiana              193 6. Michigan State       155 7. Penn State           153 8. Wisconsin            150 9. Iowa                 14910. Northwestern         120

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

200-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Ohio State                  1:18.30 3. MICHIGAN                    1:18.54#   (Chris Brady, Neal Kennedy,    Sam Hoekstra, Tyler Clary)
400-yard Individual Medley 1. Tyler Clary, U-M            3:40.27*+ 2. Andre Schultz, U-M          3:44.06* 7. Jared Miller, U-M           3:51.70# (3:47.79#)15. Chris Douville, U-M         3:54.21# (3:51.72#)25. Dane Vanderkaay, U-M        3:53.32#27. Shaun Weinberg, U-M         3:54.35#
100-yard Butterfly 1. Chris Brady, U-M              45.92*+ 4. Neal Kennedy, U-M             47.33# (47.12#) 6. Alon Mandel, U-M              47.47# (46.95#)11. Miguel Ortiz, U-M             48.01#38. Sam Hoekstra, U-M             50.86
200-yard Freestyle 1. Dan Madwed, U-M             1:34.57#+ 2. Hassaan Abdel Khalik, U-M   1:34.97# 4. Charlie Houchin, U-M        1:35.66#11. Adam DeJong, U-M            1:37.38# (1:37.21#)15. Roman Willets, U-M          1:38.08#30. Ryan Feeley, U-M            1:39.8336. Evan Ryser, U-M             1:40.38
100-yard Breaststroke 1. Elliott Keefer, OSU           53.23 8. James Ridgeway, U-M           54.46# (54.34#) 9. Neal Kennedy, U-M             54.33#26. Sam Wensman, U-M              55.70    Evan Gregg, U-M               55.70
100-yard Backstroke 1. Andrew Elliott, OSU           46.01 2. Alon Mandel, U-M              47.02#13. Connor McCarroll, U-M         49.00#25. Alexander Hoff, U-M           49.17
Three-meter Diving 1. David Boudia, Purdue         485.3518. Chris Morrison, U-M          296.75
* NCAA automatic qualifying time# NCAA consideration time% Big Ten Championships record+ McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion record

• Previous Results: Day Two | Day One

N O T E S

• Tyler Clary (400 IM), Dan Madwed (200 free) and Chris Brady (100 fly) all defended their 2009 titles.

• Tyler Clary becomes the sixth Wolverine all-time to win at least two 400-yard individual medley titles.

• Chris Brady is the third Wolverine all-time to win two 100-yard butterfly titles.

• Dan Madwed won his second consecutive 200-yard freestyle title. U-M has won the past five 200 free Big Ten titles.

• Chris Brady set a pool record in the 100-yard butterfly (45.92), beating the mark set by Kyle Bubolz of Northwestern (45.96) in 2007.

• Dan Madwed set a new pool record in the 200-yard freestyle (1:34.57), bettering the mark he set in preliminaries earlier today (1:34.86).

• Tyler Clary set a new pool record in the 400-yard individual medley (3:40.27), topping the time he had in preliminary action (3:42.04).

• Tyler Clary (400 IM), Andre Schultz (400 IM) and Chris Brady (100 fly) all had NCAA automatic-qualifying times.

• Tyler Clary swam a split of 19.30 at the end of the 200-yard freestyle relay.

Q U O T E S

U-M Junior Tyler Clary
On his 400 IM swim ... "The key is to focus on my breaststroke and body position. Body positioning is key. You have to glide on top of the water. I was happy with how it went. Putting distance between myself and the field before the breaststroke was important because it is my toughest event."

U-M Sophomore Dan Madwed
On his 200-yard freestyle performance ... "It's not about me (winning), it's about the team (winning) and beating Ohio State. I wanted to do something to get the team electrified."

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