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Northwestern
MacNeil, Haughey Power Women's Swimming and Diving Over Northwestern
10/20/2018 1:01:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
» Freshman Maggie MacNeil went unsuited and set school and pool records in the 100-yad butterfly (51.49), posting the fastest time in the NCAA this season.
» Siobhán Haughey won a trio of events: 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard IM.
» Nikki Canale won on three-meter, took second on one-meter.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Score: #3 Michigan 182, Northwestern 118
Records: U-M (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten), Northwestern (0-1, 0-1 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., Nov. 2-3 -- at Iowa, vs. Denver (Iowa City, Iowa), 6 p.m./10 a.m. CDT
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Freshman Maggie MacNeil set school and pool records in the 100-yard butterfly and senior Siobhán Haughey won three events to lead the No. 3-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team as it cruised to a 182-118 win over Northwestern on Saturday (Oct. 20) at Canham Natatorium.
MacNeil had the swim of the morning in the 100-yard butterfly, going 51.49 -- unsuited -- breaking the old school record (51.71, Vanessa Krause, 2017) and pool record (51.72, Zhesi Li, 2016). Her time is within a half-second of the NCAA "A" time and currently stands as the fastest time in the country this season.
100 FL: WOW! Freshman @mags_swims26 goes 51.49 — unsuited. That's our school record, pool record AND the fastest time in the country so far this season. #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/dmrJkLzRuF
— Michigan Swimming & Diving (@umichswimdive) October 20, 2018
The senior class dominated the early going of the meet. Yirong Bi won the 1,000-yard freestyle by 16 seconds, posting the third-fastest time in the country this season (9:52.27). Haughey followed with an equally strong performance in the 200-yard freestyle, crushing the field in 1:44.45, the second-fastest time in the country. Jamie Yeung closed fast to touch first in 1:01.66, just out-touching junior Miranda Tucker (1:01.88).
Senior Catie DeLoof popped a 22.55 in the 50-yard freestyle before the break. Immediately before that, junior Vanessa Krause cracked the two-minute mark to win the 200-yard butterfly (1:59.00).
Following the break, Haughey posted the third-fastest time in the NCAA in winning the 100-yard freestyle (48.36), while Yeung claimed the 200-yard breaststroke (2:15.53).
Sophomore Sierra Schmidt looked easy in winning the other distance event, keeping her splits in the mid-29s to touch in 4:53.01 in the 500-yard freestyle. Haughey capped morning with a two-second win in the 200-yard IM (1:59.08).
In the diving well, sophomore Nikki Canale won three-meter (296.48) and took second on one-meter (263.55). Classmate Christy Cutshaw followed Canale with a second-place on three-meter (291.23).
The Wolverines also won both relays. The foursome of senior Taylor Garcia, Tucker, MacNeil and DeLoof won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:38.83, with MacNeil splitting 23.49 on the butterfly leg and DeLoof anchoring in 22.17. MacNeil, DeLoof, Haughey and Krause finished the meet with a seven-and-a-half second win in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:21.65).
Michigan will be back in action in two weeks, traveling to Iowa City, Iowa, for a two-day double dual meet with Iowa and Denver. Action will begin on Friday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. CDT and will conclude Saturday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. CDT.
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