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Michigan Set to Host Senior Night, Friday Meet with Spartans
1/30/2018 6:45:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
» With fewer than three weeks until the Big Ten Championships, the No. 6-ranked Wolverines close out the dual-meet portion of their schedule on Friday (Feb. 2), hosting Michigan State at 5:30 p.m.
» Prior to the meet, the program will recognize its seven-person senior class: Jackson Goethe, James Peek, Paul Powers, PJ Ransford, Tristan Sanders, Ryan Sebastian, Evan White.
THIS WEEK
Friday, Feb. 2 -- vs. Michigan State (Canham Natatorium), 5:30 p.m.
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The No. 6-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team (7-1, 4-1 B1G) closes out the regular season on Friday (Feb. 2), hosting in-state foe Michigan State (3-5, 0-2 B1G). The meet, a combined meet with the women's teams from both schools, will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Canham Natatorium. Admission is free. The first 250 fans in attendance will receive a free Michigan swimming and diving T-shirt.
The meet serves as the final opportunity for the Wolverines to race ahead of the Big Ten Championships, which take place Feb. 21-24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Prior to the meet, the program will recognize its seven-member senior class, comprised of Jackson Goethe, James Peek, Paul Powers, PJ Ransford, Tristan Sanders, Ryan Sebastian, Evan White.
During the meet, the program will recognize Olympians Peter Vanderkaay, Chris Thompson, Charlie Houchin, John Piersma, Sean Ryan, Melinda (Copp) Harrison, Ginny (Duenkel) Fuldner and Mike McWha. The eight Olympians will receive their old Olympic caps -- ones that were mounted in Canham Natatorium's back hallway prior to the display being upgraded -- during the second intermission of the ice hockey game vs. Wisconsin at 7:30 p.m.
PARKING ADVISORY
Fans coming to the meet are advised to arrive early, as parking in the Athletic Campus Parking Lot is expected to be limited due to swimming and diving, ice hockey and wrestling all occurring on Friday. Additional overflow parking is available for free after 5 p.m. at Crisler (SC-4, SC-5, SC-6, SC-7) and University Lots SC-13, SC-14 and SC-32 on the corner of Hoover and Greene. [ Parking Info ]
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
400-yard Medley Relay
200-yard IM
50-yard Backstroke
50-yard Breaststroke
50-yard Butterfly
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard IM
One-Meter Diving
100-yard Butterfly
500-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breaststroke
100-yard Freestyle
100-yard Backstroke
Three-Meter Diving
200-yard Freestyle Relay
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Michigan State
The Spartans are 3-5 on the season and are coming off a 160.5-133.5 win over Oakland on Jan. 20. They have three swimmers ranked in the top 10 of the Big Ten in their respective races: Phillip Meffert in the 400-yard IM (third), Nick Leshok in the 100-yard breaststroke (sixth) and Guy Moskovich in the 1,650-yard freestyle (ninth).
Series: Michigan is 88-5 all-time against Michigan State, and has won 39 consecutive meetings in the series.
WOLVERINE BITES
• The seven-man senior class has gone 33-2 in dual meets, won two Big Ten team titles (2015, 2016) and combined for nine CSCAA All-America honors. Additionally, six of the seven are Academic All-Big Ten selections; James Peek is not eligible due to transferring from Duke.
• Since 2007, Michigan is 89-6-1 in dual meets, going 56-3 against Big Ten opponents.
• The Wolverines came in at No. 6 in the most recent TYR/CSCAA Division I Coaches Poll, released on Jan. 31. The next poll is scheduled for Feb. 7. [ Poll ]
• Evan White was one of the hottest swimmers in the conference in January; the senior won four events and finished second in two others across the team's two dual meets. He was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 24 after winning a trio of events at Ohio State on Jan. 20. He is ranked third in the Big Ten in both the 200-yard IM and 100-yard butterfly, and fourth in the 200-yard butterfly.
• Senior PJ Ransford enters Friday having swept the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle in the team's dual meets against Indiana and Ohio State this month. In between the team's duals, he cut nearly three seconds in the 1,000-yard freestyle and one-and-a-half seconds in the 500-yard freestyle. Ransford was the focus in MGoBlue's Scholar Stories series last week. [ Scholar Story ]
• The Wolverines appear poised to score major points in the IMs at the Big Ten Championships. They have five of the conference's top six swimmers in the 200-yard IM (Nos. 2-6: Jacob Montague, Evan White, Tommy Cope, Charlie Swanson and Miles Smachlo) and six of the top 12 in the 400-yard IM (Swanson and Cope at Nos. 1-2; Stephen Holmquist at No. 5; PJ Ransford at No. 8; Ricardo Vargas and Will Roberts at Nos. 11-12).
• All four of this year's divers -- two sophomores, two freshmen -- have qualified for the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships. Sophomore Jake Herremans and freshman Ross Todd have scores in all three diving events, while freshman Chris Canning has two (both one- and three-meter diving) and sophomore Steven Anderson has one (one-meter). Junior Collin DeShaw is redshirting the season. [ Diving ]
• Heading into the weekend, Michigan swimmers have accumulated 60 NCAA "A" or "B" cuts. Currently, there are 11 swimmers who have times ahead of last year's cut line for the NCAA Championships: Paul Powers (50-yard freestyle), James Peek (50-yard freestyle), Luiz Gustavo Borges (50-yard freestyle), Felix Auböck (200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle), PJ Ransford (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle), Ricardo Vargas (500-yard freestyle), Jacob Montague(100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard IM), Tommy Cope (200-yard breaststroke, 400-yard IM), James Jones (100-yard butterfly), Evan White (100-yard butterfly, 200-yard IM) and Charlie Swanson (400-yard IM). [ Top Times ]
LAST TIME OUT
Seniors PJ Ransford, Tristan Sanders and Evan White combined for six event wins to guide Michigan to wins over Ohio State (157-143) and Virginia Tech (196-104) on Jan. 20 in Columbus. [ Recap ]
UP NEXT
Fri.-Sat., Feb. 17-18 -- host Michigan First Chance Meet (Canham Natatorium), TBA
Wed.-Sat., Feb. 21-24 -- at Big Ten Championships (Minneapolis, Minn.), 11 a.m/6:30 p.m.
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