Michigan
Indiana
Women's Swimming and Diving Welcomes Hoosiers to Open Second Half
1/10/2018 12:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
» No. 4 Michigan (5-0, 3-0 B1G) will welcome Indiana (3-3) to Canham Natatorium for a combined men's and women's dual meet. The Hoosiers are ranked No. 10 in the country and finished second behind the Wolverines at the last two Big Ten Championships.
» This is the team's first competition since winning the UGA Fall Invitational in early December. Instead of taking their annual training trip to the Florida Keys, the team elected to stay in Ann Arbor and spend the week between Christmas and the start of classes training in their home pool.
» The meet features two of the Big Ten's best swimmers in Siobhán Haughey (Michigan) and Lilly King (Indiana). Haughey leads the Big Ten in three events (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard IM), while King -- an Olympic gold medalist and world champion -- is tops in the 100-yard breaststroke.
THIS WEEK
Saturday, Jan. 13 -- vs. No. 10 Indiana (Canham Natatorium), 11 a.m.
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With more than six weeks until the Big Ten Championships, the No. 4-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team (5-0, 3-0 B1G) opens the second half of the season with a top-10 clash, hosting No. 10 Indiana (3-3) to Canham Natatorium on Saturday (Jan. 13) for a combined men's and women's dual meet. Action begins at 11 a.m. Admission is free.
The first 100 fans in attendance will get a free 64 oz. insulated Michigan water bottle. Copies of the team's 2017-18 poster will also be made available. Members of the Michigan Pep Band will also make an appearance.
The team's Twitter and Instagram accounts (@umichswimdive) will provide pre- and post-meet coverage. Results will be posted to MGoBlue.com and Meet Mobile following each race.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
200-yard Medley Relay
1,000-yard Freestyle
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Backstroke
100-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
One-Meter Diving
50-yard Freestyle
Three-Meter Diving
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
200-yard Breaststroke
500-yard Freestyle
100-yard Butterfly
200-yard IM
400-yard Freestyle Relay
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
The Hoosiers are 3-3 on the season, scoring wins over Florida, Kentucky and Cincinnati. Their losses have come to Texas, Tennessee and Notre Dame.
Indiana is led by Olympic gold medalist, world champion and multi-time NCAA champion Lilly King (whose brother, Alex, is a swimmer on the Michigan men's team) and diver Jessica Parratto, the 2015 NCAA champion and last year's runner-up on platform.
Michigan holds a 22-12 edge in the all-time series, which dates back to 1974. The Wolverines enter Saturday having won the last three meets between the two schools, including last season's bout in Bloomington (211-87).
WOLVERINE BITES
• Michigan is 27-4 in dual meets since the beginning of the 2014-15 season. The Wolverines have won their last 21 dual meets against Big Ten opponents.
• The Wolverines were ranked No. 4 in the most recent TYR/CSCAA Division I Coaches Poll, released on Dec. 6. The next poll will be released Jan. 17. [ Poll ]
• Currently, there are 10 swimmers who have times ahead of last year's cut line to the NCAA Championships: Siobhán Haughey (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard IM), Gabby DeLoof (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle), Catie DeLoof (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle), Yirong Bi (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 400-yard IM), Sierra Schmidt (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle), G Ryan (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle), Becca Postoll (500-yard freestyle), Clara Smiddy (100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke), Miranda Tucker (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke) and Emily Kopas (200-yard breaststroke). [ Top Times ]
• Freshmen divers Nikki Canale and Christy Cutshaw each have recorded two NCAA Zone Diving qualifying scores through the first half of the season. Both divers made finals at the 2017 USA Diving Winter National Championships (held Dec. 13-18 in Greensboro, North Carolina): Cutshaw on synchronized platform (second) and in platform (eighth); Canale in three-meter (11th). [ Diving Scores | Winter Nationals Recap ]
• Sophomore Miranda Tucker is slated to suit up Saturday against her former team. The Plymouth, Michigan, native spent the 2015-16 season with the Hoosiers, finishing second in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships behind then-teammate Lilly King. Tucker redshirted last year while transferring to Michigan.
• Four Michigan swimmers enter the weekend holding Big Ten-best times: Siobhán Haughey (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard IM), Yirong Bi (500-yard freestyle), Clara Smiddy (200-yard backstroke) and Miranda Tucker (200-yard breaststroke).
LAST TIME OUT
The Wolverines ended the first half of the season by winning the UGA Fall Invite, held Dec. 1-3 in Athens, Georgia. Siobhán Haughey lowered her previously held school records in the 100- and 200-yard freestyles and also contributed to a school-record 400-yard freestyle relay. [ Recap | Results ]
UP NEXT
Saturday, Jan. 20 -- at Ohio State, vs. Virginia Tech, vs. Rutgers (Columbus, Ohio), Noon
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