This Week in Michigan Men's Swimming & Diving #6
1/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Jan. 7, 2015
THIS WEEK
Saturday, Jan. 10 -- vs. Northwestern, vs. Notre Dame (Canham Natatorium), Noon
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The No. 6-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) returns to action on Saturday (Jan. 10) when it welcomes Northwestern (5-2, 0-1 Big Ten) and Notre Dame (2-2) to Canham Natatorium. The meet will feature the men's and women's teams from all three schools and begin at noon. Admission is free.
This is only Michigan's second official home meet of the season and first since hosting The Quad back on Oct. 24-25. It is also the first competition for the men's swimming and diving team since finishing second (first as a combined men's and women's team) at the AT&T Winter National Championships, held from Dec. 3-6 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Following the holidays, the team went on their annual training trip, spending 11 days in Florida.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
200-yard Medley Relay
1,650-yard Freestyle
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Backstroke
100-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
50-yard Freestyle
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
200-yard Breaststroke
500-yard Freestyle
100-yard Butterfly
200-yard Individual Medley
400-yard Freestyle Relay
NOTE: Diving will begin at 11 a.m. with one-meter (women) and three-meter (men). There will also be an exhibition on Friday (Jan. 9) at 5 p.m. on the platform. The 1,650-yard Freestyle will also be swum in two, 25-yard pools at the same time.
OPPONENT PREVIEWS
Northwestern
Northwestern is 5-2 (0-1 Big Ten) on the season. The Wildcats have dual-meet wins over Eastern Michigan (161-139), UIC (179-112), Oakland (155-134), Kentucky (208-145) and Southern Illinois (249-104) and losses to Missouri (221-127) and Wisconsin (186.5-110.5). Northwestern is led in the water by 2014-15 U.S. National Team member Jordan Wilimovsky, who currently ranks third in the NCAA in the 1,650-yard freestyle.
Notre Dame
Notre Dame is 2-2 (1-1 ACC) on the season. The Fighting Irish have wins over Pittsburgh (286-84) and Michigan State (171-127) and losses to Virginia Tech (201-169) and Purdue (161-139). It also finished second at the Hawkeye Invitational in December. Notre Dame is led in the water by Zachary Stephens, who currently ranks seventh in the nation in the 100-yard breaststroke and ninth in the 200-yard individual medley.
SERIES HISTORY
U-M is 41-4 all-time against Northwestern and 3-0 all-time against Notre Dame. It met both teams last season in separate meets, beating Notre Dame (201-99) and Northwestern (177-115).
DUAL-MEET SUCCESS
Over the last six years, Michigan is 55-3-1 in dual meets, including a 34-1 mark against Big Ten opponents. In that same stretch, the Wolverines are 24-1 in dual meets at Canham Natatorium. The only dual-meet loss to a Big Ten opponent during that stretch came to Indiana, 163-137, back in 2010.
NCAA QUALIFYING TIMES
50-yard Freestyle (A - 19.25; B - 20.19)
Bruno Ortiz (19.57#)
Paul Powers (19.71#)
Vinny Tafuto (19.84#)
100-yard Freestyle (A - 42.51; B - 44.29)
Paul Powers (43.55#)
Bruno Ortiz (43.65#)
200-yard Freestyle (A - 1:33.62; B - 1:37.99)
Anders Nielsen (1:34.66#c)
Dylan Bosch (1:35.04#)
Justin Glanda (1:35.77#)
Peter Brumm (1:36.79#)
Jack Mangan (1:37.39#)
500-yard Freestyle (A - 4:14.59; B - 4:24.99)
Anders Nielsen (4:15.90#c)
Dylan Bosch (4:19.31#)
PJ Ransford (4:23.48#)
Ian Rainey (4:24.81#)
1,650-yard Freestyle (A - 14:46.26; B - 15:30.39)
PJ Ransford (14:55.17#)
Ian Rainey (15:10.19#)
Cameron Stitt (15:18.05#)
100-yard Backstroke (A - 45.62; B - 48.49)
Tristan Sanders (47.60#)
Jason Chen (47.91#)
200-yard Backstroke (A - 1:40.88; B - 1:46.39)
Tristan Sanders (1:42.85#)
Jack Mangan (1:45.96#)
100-yard Breaststroke (A - 52.29; B - 55.39)
Richard Funk (52.36#)
Bruno Ortiz (52.71#)
Chris Klein (53.78#)
Matt McNamara (55.36#)
200-yard Breaststroke (A - 1:53.68; B - 1:59.79)
Richard Funk (1:56.28#)
Chris Klein (1:56.73#)
100-yard Butterfly (A - 45.91; B - 48.29)
Peter Brumm (47.11#)
Evan White (47.36#)
Jeremy Raisky (47.76#)
Aaron Whitaker (47.96#)
Vinny Tafuto (47.98#)
200-yard Butterfly (A - 1:42.85; B - 1:47.99)
Dylan Bosch (1:41.65*)
Evan White (1:46.12#)
Bryan Hughes (1:47.74#)
200-yard IM (A - 1:42.76; B - 1:49.09)
Dylan Bosch (1:44.27#)
Evan White (1:45.28#)
Tristan Sanders (1:48.75#)
Richard Funk (1:48.96#)
400-yard IM (A - 3:42.40; B - 3:54.49)
Dylan Bosch (3:44.92#)
Ryan Sebastian (3:50.09#)
Ian Rainey (3:51.02#)
Keltan Lawler (3:54.45#)
800-yard Freestyle Relay (A - 6:22.81; B - 6:26.33)
Dylan Bosch, Jack Mangan, Justin Glanda, Julian Ballestas (6:23.31#)
200-yard Medley Relay (A - 1:25.63; B - 1:26.58)
Peter Brumm, Richard Funk, Jeremy Raisky, Bruno Ortiz (1:26.30#)
One-meter Diving (^ 300)
Thomas Jahnke (311.45^)
* NCAA automatic ("A") qualifying time
# NCAA provisional ("B") qualifying time
^ NCAA Zone Diving Championships qualifying score
c Course Conversion
NCAA RANKINGS
The following Michigan swimmers and relay teams rank among the top 10 in the nation:
| Name | Event | Time | NCAA | Big Ten |
| Anders Nielsen | 200-yard Freestyle | 1:34.66 (c) | 9th | 3rd |
| 500-yard Freestyle | 4:15.90 (c) | 6th | 1st | |
| PJ Ransford | 1,650-yard Freestyle | 14:55.17 | 7th | 2nd |
| Richard Funk | 100-yard Breaststroke | 52.36 | 5th | 1st |
| Dylan Bosch | 200-yard Butterfly | 1:41.65 | 3rd | 2nd |
| 200-yard IM | 1:44.27 | 10th | 1st | |
| Dylan Bosch, Jack Mangan, Justin Glanda, Julian Ballestas | 800-yard Freestyle Relay | 6:23.31 | 4th | 2nd |
| Peter Brumm, Richard Funk, Jeremy Raisky, Bruno Ortiz | 200-yard Medley Relay | 1:26.30 | T-9th | 1st |
TEAM RANKINGS
U-M came in at No. 6 in the most-recent rankings from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, released Dec. 11. The rankings, compiled by nine CSCAA-member coaches and one media member, is not designed to predict the results of the NCAA Championships but rather which teams would win head-to-head against other teams in the country. [ Poll ]
LANG TO RECEIVE NCAA SILVER ANNIVERSARY AWARD
On Jan. 16, former U-M swimmer Brent Lang (1987-90) will be honored with the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award at the NCAA Honors Celebration in National Harbor, Maryland. The award recognizes six distinguished former student-athletes on the 25th anniversary of the end of their intercollegiate athletics eligibility. At Michigan, Lang was a four-time NCAA champion and 12-time NCAA All-American. Following his sophomore season, Lang represented the United States at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal as part of the 400-meter freestyle relay. [ Release ]
BOSCH CRUISING
Junior Dylan Bosch has arguably been the Big Ten's best and most versatile swimmer this year. Among all Big Ten swimmers, he is ranked first in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM, is second in the 400-yard IM, third in the 500-yard freestyle and fourth in the 200-yard freestyle. Individually, he's already picked up one NCAA 'A' time and four NCAA 'B' times.
WHITE MAKING IMPACT
Freshman Evan White has made an impact in his first season at U-M. Already a two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week recipient, White is currently ranked in the top six on three events: the 200-yard IM (second), the 100-yard butterfly (fourth) and the 200-yard butterfly (sixth).
NIELSEN AT WORLDS
Junior Anders Nielsen swam for Denmark at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships from Dec. 3-7 in Doha, Qatar. He was 15th in the 400-meter (short course) freestyle and 24th in the 200-meter freestyle. He also swam the opening leg of Denmark's 800-meter freestyle relay team that took eighth.
ELDER ORTIZ WINS SIX IN SPAIN
Former U-M swimmer Miguel Ortiz (2010-13) won six gold medals at the 2014 Spanish Short Course National Championships, held Dec. 12-14 in Barcelona. Ortiz, the older brother of current senior Bruno Ortiz, set a new championship record in the 50-meter butterfly, while also claiming gold in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyles, the 50-meter and 100-meter backstrokes and the 100-meter individual medley.
FORMER SWIMMER HONORED
This past fall, former U-M swimmer David Moore (2011-14) was selected as one of the 32 students for the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2015. He is the 27th student from the University of Michigan to receive the prestigious academic honor since its inception in 1902 and only the third athlete, following James K. Watkins (1911 - football) and Alan Seager (1930 - swimming). He will begin courses at Oxford University in England later this year where he plans on pursuing a master's in computer science engineering in his first year and an MBA in his second year. [ Release ]
BOTTOM BUSY NEXT SUMMER
Head coach Mike Bottom will coach Team USA's men's swimming and diving team at the 2015 World University Games, held July 4-11 in Gwangju, South Korea. This is Bottom's second stint with Team USA at the World University Games, having previously served as head men's coach at the 2013 Games in Kazan, Russia. Like in 2013, Bottom will have three of his former swimmers on Team USA's roster: Sean Ryan (2011-14), Michael Wynalda (2011-14) and Kyle Whitaker (2011-14).
NEW RECRUITS
Michigan will welcome in five swimmers and one diver next year: distance swimmers Stephen Holmquist (Wilton, Conn.) and Blake Maczka (Richardson, Texas), multi-event swimmers Javi Barrena (Madrid, Spain) and Jordan Ross (Roswell, Ga.), sprinter Mokhtar Al-Yamani (Tokyo, Japan) and in-state diver Collin DeShaw (Holland, Mich.). [ Release ]
At the 2014 U.S. Junior Winter National Championships, Barrena was third in the 200-yard butterfly, ninth in the 100-yard butterfly and 18th in the 200-yard IM. He also finished second as part of the 200-yard medley relay (for The Bolles School) and third as part of the 400-yard medley relay. Ross also swam, taking third in the 200-yard backstroke and 13th in the 100-yard backstroke.
BIG TEN HONORS
Through eight weeks of competitions, two swimmers have already been named Big Ten Men's Swimmer of the Week (Richard Funk on Oct. 7, Dylan Bosch on Oct. 28 and Dec. 9), while an additional three have been named Freshman of the Week (Aaron Whitaker on Oct. 7, Paul Powers on Oct. 28 and Evan White on Nov. 11 and Dec. 9).
LAST TIME OUT
The Wolverines finished second (and first as a combined men's and women's team) at the AT&T Winter National Championships, held Dec. 3-6 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Over the four days, U-M collected one NCAA 'A' time (Dylan Bosch in the 200-yard butterfly) and 39 NCAA 'B' times. Former U-M swimmer Connor Jaeger (2011-14) set a new American record in the 1,650-yard freestyle on the final day of competition, while another former swimmer, Kyle Whitaker (2011-14), was the top point-getter on the men's side. [ Recaps: Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four ]
UP NEXT
Saturday, Jan. 24 -- vs. Ohio State (Canham Natatorium), Noon
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