Michigan
Toronto, Club Wolverine Elite, Canadian National Training Center
Ortiz Leads Wolverines in Season's First Home Meet
10/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Oct. 22, 2011
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Event: Michigan vs. Toronto, Club Wolverine, Canadian Training Center
Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Oct. 29 -- vs. Alumni (Canham Natatorium), 9 a.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's swimming team was in action Saturday afternoon (Oct. 22) at Canham Natatorium in a non-scoring event against the University of Toronto, Club Wolverine Elite and the Canadian National Training Center. Michigan swimmers won a pair of events, the 100-yard backstroke and 400-yard freestyle relay.
Junior Miguel Ortiz (Tokyo, Japan/St. Mary's International) captured the 100-yard backstroke title in the first event of the afternoon, clocking a time of 48.64 to start the meet on a positive note for the Wolverines.
U-M closed out the meet 12 events later with a narrow triumph in the 400-yard freestyle relay, as the quartet of Ortiz, sophomore Michael Wynalda (Wyoming, Mich./Grandville), junior Evan Gregg (Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg) and junior Roman Willets (Whitehouse, Ohio/St. Francis deSales) edged the Canadian National Training Center by .38 seconds, turning in a time of 2:58.16.
Other solid performances came from sophomore/freshman Zach Kelch (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington), who took second in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:38.28), and from freshman Richard Funk (Edmonton, Alberta/Stratchcona), who turned in a time of 2:03.82 in the 200-yard breaststroke to earn a second-place finish.
The Wolverines will next be in action on Saturday (Oct. 29), hosting a 9 a.m. alumni meet against former Michigan swimmers at Canham Natatorium.
Contact: Scott Kemps (734) 763-4423
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