Michigan
Georgia Fall Invitational
Michigan Readies for Midseason Meet at Georgia Fall Invite
11/28/2017 11:18:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
» The No. 4-ranked Wolverines square off with Georgia, California, Auburn and Virginia at the UGA Fall Invite, beginning Friday (Dec. 1) in Athens, Ga. Last season, they accumulated 40 NCAA 'B' times.
» Sophomore swimmer Tommy Cope leads the team with four individual NCAA 'B' times, while sophomore diver Jake Herremans has individually qualified for the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships in all three events.
THIS WEEK
Fri.-Sun., Dec. 1-3 -- at UGA Fall Invite (Athens, Ga.), 9:30 a.m./5 p.m.
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The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team (5-0) returns to action this weekend at the UGA Fall Invitational, running Friday through Sunday (Dec. 1-3) at Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Georgia. Preliminaries begin at 9:30 a.m. each day with finals to follow at 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Joining Michigan and No. 12 Georgia for the three-day invitational are No. 2 California, No. 10 Auburn, No. 23 Virginia and Harvard (divers only).
Swimmers can compete in a maximum of four individual events. There will be three heats in finals with eight swimmers each, though only the championship (A) and consolation (B) finals score.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, Dec. 1 (9:30 a.m./5 p.m.)
200-yard Freestyle Relay
500-yard Freestyle
200-yard IM
50-yard Freestyle
Three-Meter Diving
400-yard Medley Relay
Saturday, Dec. 2 (9:30 a.m./5 p.m.)
200-yard Medley Relay
400-yard IM
100-yard Butterfly
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breaststroke
100-yard Backstroke
One-Meter Diving
800-yard Freestyle Relay
Sunday, Dec. 3 (9:30 a.m./3 p.m.)
1,650-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
Platform diving
400-yard Freestyle Relay
WOLVERINE BITES
• Michigan will compete at the UGA Fall Invite for the second consecutive year. Last year, the team finished sixth, amassing 40 NCAA "B" times and a pair of NCAA Zone Diving qualifying scores.
It was without Paul Powers, PJ Ransford, Evan White, Felix Auböck and Mokhtar Al-Yamani, who did not swim due to their participation at the FINA World Swimming Championships.
• The Wolverines were ranked No. 4 in the most recent TYR/CSCAA Division I Coaches Poll, released on Nov. 8. The next poll is released Dec. 6. [ Poll ]
• Distance swimmers Felix Auböck and Ricardo Vargas still rank first and fifth in the 500-yard freestyle, respectively, with unsuited, unrested times. The performances are striking considering more than half of the Big Ten (Indiana, Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan State, Penn State, Northwestern) already swam in their midseason meets.
• Four divers have already qualified for the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships in March. Leading the way is sophomore Jake Herremans, who is the only diver among the four to have qualified in all three events. He also has achieved career-high scores in each event through the first half of the season. [ Diving ]
• So far, Michigan swimmers have accumulated 18 NCAA "B" times in individual events. Sophomore Tommy Cope leads the team with four (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard IM, 400-yard IM), while Paul Powers, Felix Auböck, Jacob Montague, Evan White, Miles Smachlo and Charlie Swanson each have two. James Peek and Ricardo Vargas each have one. [ Top Times ]
• Head coach Mike Bottom announced the signing of seven individuals to National Letters of Intent on Nov. 13: Andrew Babyak (Bronxville, New York), AJ Bornstein (Ridgefield, Connecticut), Patrick Callan (Owasso, Oklahoma), Will Chan (Davidson, North Carolina), David Cleason (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Michael MacGillivray (Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Ian Miskelley (Holland, Michigan). [ Release ]
LAST TIME OUT
The full team was last in action on Nov. 3-4, when it defeated Minnesota, Wisconsin and Penn State to move to 5-0 on the season in dual meets. [ Recaps: Day One | Day Two ]
Divers Jake Herremans, Chris Canning and Steven Anderson represented the team at the Minnesota Diving Invite from Nov. 9-11. [ Recap ]
UP NEXT
Saturday, Jan. 13 -- vs. Indiana (Canham Natatorium), 11 a.m.
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