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Men's Swimming and Diving Cruise to Open Minnesota Quad
11/3/2017 11:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
» The Wolverines went 1-2-3 in two events (500-yard freestyle, 200-yard butterfly) and went 1-2 in the 200-yard IM. They also won both relays, taking the top two spots in the 400-yard medley relay.
» Paul Powers won the 100-yard freestyle (44.00) and split 19.80 on the leadoff leg of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay.
» Felix Auböck dominated the 500-yard freestyle, winning by more than five seconds.
Site: Minneapolis, Minn. (Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center)
Scores: No. 7 Michigan 116, Minnesota 51; No. 7 Michigan 127, Wisconsin 40; No. 7 Michigan 128, Penn State 39 after Day One
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Nov. 4 -- at Minnesota, vs. Wisconsin, vs. Penn State (Minneapolis, Minn.), 10 a.m. CT
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The No. 7-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team opened up its Big Ten quad meet by winning six of the first nine events, staking itself to leads over Minnesota (116-51), Wisconsin (127-40) and Penn State (128-39) on Friday (Nov. 3) at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
The Wolverines were most dominant in the freestyles. Senior Paul Powers took down Minnesota's Bowen Becker in the 100-yard freestyle in a matchup of two of the conference's best. Powers touched at 44.00, while freshman Luiz Gustavo Borges (44.77) and sophomore James Jones (20.43) were close behind in second and third. Those three also swam on Michigan's winning 200-yard freestyle relay (1:19.37), with Powers splitting 19.80 on the leadoff leg. The fourth swimmer on that relay was graduate student James Peek, who recorded the fastest split of the night (19.50).
Sophomore Felix Auböck looked in midseason form, winning the 500-yard freestyle by more than five seconds (4:21.34). The Wolverines went 1-2-3, as freshman Ricardo Vargas (4:26.82) and senior PJ Ransfor (4:28.52) followed Auböck.
Sophomore Miles Smachlo led a 1-2-3 finish in the 200-yard butterfly (1:47.08), touching ahead of senior Evan White (1:48.69) and Vargas (1:49.08). White won the 200-yard IM earlier in the evening (1:46.99), forming a 1-2 punch with sophomore Tommy Cope (1:48.52).
The Wolverines also held the top two spots in the 400-yard medley relay to end the session. The foursome of Kai Williams, Jacob Montague, White and Powers touched at 3:14.54 for the win.
Other runner-up finishes included Montague in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:58.21) and Williams in the 100-yard backstroke (49.32). Freshman Chris Canning had the team's highest score on the three-meter springboard, finishing fifth (353.35).
The four teams return to the pool tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 4) to close out the quad meet. Action picks back up at 10 a.m. CT inside the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
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