Michigan
Louisville - Session 2
Wolverines Finish Sweep of Louisville
10/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Oct. 8, 2016
» With the win, U-M extends its dual-meet win streak to 53, a stretch that dates back to Nov. 2010.
» Eight different student-athletes won individual events on Saturday (seven swimmers, one diver).
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Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Session II Score: Michigan 285, Louisville 187
Session III Score: Michigan 283, Louisville 188
Records: U-M (1-0), Louisville (0-1)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Oct. 22 -- host Alumni/Intrasquad Meet (Canham Natatorium), 10:30 a.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team extended its dual-meet winning streak to 53, sweeping Louisville in its best-of-three series by winning sessions two (285-187) and three (283-188) on Saturday (Oct. 8) inside Canham Natatorium. The "tripleheader" format featured a roll of the dice twice during each session to determine the distance of the events.
Eight student-athletes won individual events: junior Paul Powers in the 50-yard freestyle (20.00), freshman Felix Auböck in the 500-yard freestyle (4:24.66), junior PJ Ransford in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:10.40), freshman Jacob Montague in the 100-yard breaststroke (54.68), senior Vinny Tafuto in the 100-yard butterfly (48.55), senior Chris Klein in the 200-yard individual medley (1:49.95), freshman Charlie Swanson in the 400-yard IM (3:51.37) and sophomore Collin DeShaw in the three-meter diving competition (346.42). The tandem of Jake Herremans and Allie Murphy added a win in mixed synchronized diving (241.80).
Session II
For the second consecutive session, U-M dominated the distance freestyle event, holding the top four spots on the podium. Behind Ransford was Auböck (9:16.21), senior Cameron Stitt (9:19.68) and sophomore Blake Maczka (9:22.30). The Wolverines also went 1-2-3 in the 200-yard IM with Klein and freshmen Charlie Swanson (1:50.05) and Montague (1:50.73).
Earlier, Montague cruised to victory in the 100-yard breaststroke, beating Carlos Claverie, a Venezuelan Olympian, by nearly a second, surpassing the NCAA 'B' time. Another freshman, Miles Smachlo, had a nice performance in the 200-yard butterfly, going toe to toe with Louisville's Zach Harting, an Olympic Trials finalist in the same event. Smachlo held the lead at the 150 but was out-touched at the finish, taking second (1:49.34).
Arguably the best performance of the morning came from DeShaw, as the sophomore surpassed his previous career best on the three-meter board by nearly 50 points to secure his first career individual event win.
Back in the pool, the quartet of Tristan Sanders, Montague, Tafuto and Powers won the 200-yard medley to open the session (1:28.49), with Powers closing in 19.74 to clinch the win. The Wolverines bunched up points with 2-3-4 finishes in the 400-yard freestyle relay, the 100-yard freestyle (Powers, James Jones, Tafuto) and the 100-yard backstroke (Sanders, Luke Papendick, Alex Martin).
Session III
In the 500-yard freestyle, the roles were reversed from the morning, with Auböck finishing ahead of Ransford (4:28.81) and Stitt (4:29.47). Tafuto capped off a solid weekend with a win in the 100-yard butterfly, going 1-2 with Smachlo (48.99). The other winner on the afternoon was Powers in the 50-yard freestyle, though he did go a tick faster on the relay later in the meet.
One of the more eye-opening performances came from Swanson, who blew away the field in the 400-yard IM, winning by more than six seconds. Sophomore Stephen Holmquist finished behind him in second (3:57.72).
The team's freshman class has plenty of breaststrokers, and it showed in the 200-yard breaststroke, with Montague (second, 2:00.62), Swanson (2:01.09) and Tommy Cope (fourth, 2:02.04) all recording top-five finishes. Senior Chris Klein was also in there, finishing fourth (2:01.96). The Wolverines also got a 2-3-4 finish in the 50-yard backstroke courtesy of Sanders (22.83), Martin (23.03) and Papendick (23.07).
The Wolverines split a pair of relays, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:20.42) -- which included an opening 19.89 split from Powers -- and finishing second in the 400-yard medley relay (3:15.29).
The men's team returns to the pool in two weeks (Saturday, Oct. 22) for the program's annual alumni/intrasquad meet in conjunction with homecoming weekend. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. inside Canham Natatorium.
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