Michigan Squeezes Orange Bowl Win to End Winter Training Trip

Tuesday, January 4

Key Largo, Fla.

12:00 PM

Michigan

Orange Bowl Classic

Michigan Squeezes Orange Bowl Win to End Winter Training Trip

1/4/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Jan. 4, 2011

Site: Key Largo, Fla. (Jacobs Aquatics Center)
Event: Orange Bowl Swim Classic
U-M Team Standing: 1st Place of 2 Teams (372 points)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Jan. 8 -- at No. 14 Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.), 11 a.m.

KEY LARGO, Fla. -- The No. 8-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team earned first-place finishes across every event en route to a team title at the Orange Bowl Classic on Tuesday (Jan. 4) at Jacobs Aquatics Center. The event, which marks the end of U-M's winter training trip, was swum in short-course meters.

Sophomore Miguel Ortiz (Tokyo, Japan/St. Mary's International) swam on both winning relays and was first to the wall in the 50-meter backstroke. Ortiz anchored the 200-meter freestyle relay and swam third on the 200-meter medley relay.

Senior James Ridgeway (Chicago, Ill./Saint Patrick) was the lone two-time individual winner on the day, scoring top finishes in the 50- and 100-meter breaststroke. Seven other Wolverines posted first-place finishes, including four by the sophomore class. Second-year swimmers Connor McCarroll (Portland, Ore./Jesuit), Kevin Wilson (Short Hills, N.J./Seton Hall Prep), Ryan Feeley (Rye, N.Y./Rye) and Hassaan Abdel Khalik (Mississauga, Ontario/Silverthorn Collegiate) each took home a top finish.

The Wolverines travel to No. 14-ranked Indiana on Saturday (Jan. 8) at 11 a.m. to open up the Big Ten slate at IU's Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind.

Final Team Standings

1. MICHIGAN             3722. George Mason         187

Event Winners/U-M Finishers (Short Course Meters)

200-meter Medley Relay 1. MICHIGAN 'A'                1:41.45    (Neal Kennedy, James Ridgeway,     Miguel Oritz, Evan Gregg) 2. MICHIGAN 'B'                1:46.63    (Ryutaro Kamiya, Kevin Wilson,     Tony Wahl, D'Voreaux Cann) 400-meter Freestyle 1. Ryan Feeley, U-M            3:56.68 2. Sean Ryan, U-M              3:59.78 3. Connor Jaeger, U-M          4:01.02 4. Dane Vanderkaay, U-M        4:06.41 50-meter Butterfly 1. Neal Kennedy, U-M             24.78 2. Evan Gregg, U-M               25.41 3. John Wojciechowski, U-M       25.42 4. D'Voreaux Cann, U-M           26.31 100-meter Backstroke 1. Connor McCarroll, U-M         56.42 2. Jan Konarzewski, U-M          56.96 3. Chris Douville, U-M           59.74 5. Alexander Hoff, U-M         1:01.71 50-meter Breaststroke 1. James Ridgeway, U-M           29.31 2. Sam Wensman, U-M              29.40 3. Kyle Duckitt, U-M             29.73 4. Casey Sreenan, U-M            29.75 100-meter Freestyle 1. Hassaan Abdel Khalik, U-M     51.45 2. Roman Willets, U-M            51.72 3. Ryutaro Kamiya, U-M           52.95 4. Andrew Novakoff, U-M          54.09 100-meter Butterfly 1. Dan Madwed, U-M               54.13 2. John Wojciechowski, U-M       56.04 3. Kyle Whitaker, U-M            56.59 4. Tony Wahl, U-M                58.20 50-meter Backstroke 1. Miguel Ortiz, U-M             25.59 2. Connor McCarroll, U-M         26.44 3. Jan Konarzewski, U-M          26.84 6. Alexander Hoff, U-M           29.39 100-meter Breaststroke 1. James Ridgeway, U-M         1:03.76 2. Sam Wensman, U-M            1:04.11 3. Kyle Duckitt, U-M           1:05.33 4. Jared Miller, U-M           1:05.82 50-meter Freestyle 1. Kevin Wilson, U-M             23.62 2. Evan Gregg, U-M               23.70 3. Hassaan Abdel Khalik, U-M     23.84 4. Roman Willets, U-M            24.02 200-meter Individual Medley 1. Kyle Whitaker, U-M          2:05.37 2. Dan Madwed, U-M             2:08.28 3. Chris Douville, U-M         2:09.10 4. Jared Miller, U-M           2:11.18ex. Hassaan Abdel Khalik, U-M   2:08.57ex. Ryutaro Kamiya, U-M         2:09.42 200-meter Freestyle Relay 1. MICHIGAN 'A'                1:33.89    (Miguel Ortiz, Connor Jaeger,     Casey Sreenan, Dane Vanderkaay) 2. MICHIGAN 'B'                1:34.94    (Neal Kennedy, Ryan Feeley,     Jan Konarzewski, Andrew Novakoff)ex. MICHIGAN 'C'                1:34.86    (Evan Gregg, Hassaan Abdel Khalik,     James Ridgeway, Sean Ryan)ex. MICHIGAN 'D'                1:37.52    (Roman Willets, John Wojciechowski,     Alexander Hoff, Kyle Duckitt)