Women's Swimming and Diving Signs Seven for 2019-20
11/28/2018 12:11:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's swimming and diving program announced the signings of seven prep standouts to National Letters of Intent for the 2019-20 season on Wednesday (Nov. 28): swimmers Megan Glass (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sophia Kudryashova (New Providence, N.J.), Kaitlynn Sims (Montgomery, Texas) and Katii Tang (Hong Kong), and divers Lauren Cheetham (Lewis Center, Ohio), Anna Hansen (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Lucy Hogan (Evanston, Ill.).
"Though it's a smaller class, it's one with a lot of power," said head coach Mike Bottom. "These four swimmers help our team in a lot of areas and will help us continue to move forward. And we're not done yet."
"Lauren, Anna and Lucy are all versatile divers," added diving coach Mike Hilde. "They each have their own strengths, but they have potential everywhere. Nobody is limited in this group."
Lauren Cheetham | Diving | Lewis Center, Ohio (Olentangy Orange/Ohio State Diving Club)
Cheetham specializes on the one- and three-meter springboard events. She's qualified for three consecutive USA Diving National Championships, making the final on one-meter in 2016 (14-15 Girls). At the 2018 USA Diving Zone C Championships, she made the final on both springboards, finishing seventh on one-meter (16-18 Girls).
Megan Glass | Butterfly | Cincinnati, Ohio (Ursuline Academy/Blue Ash YMCA Swim Team)
Glass will add depth to an already stacked butterfly training group. She is the Ohio High School Division I record-holder in the 100-yard butterfly, winning back-to-back state titles in 2017 and 2018. At the 2018 YMCA Short Course National Championships, Glass won both the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard butterfly, was third in the 200-yard freestyle and seventh in the 200-yard IM. In long course, Glass won the 50-meter butterfly, 100-meter butterfly and was second in both the 200-meter butterfly and 200-meter freestyle at the YMCA Long Course National Championships.
TOP TIMES (SCY): 100 FL (53.34), 200 FL (1:58.05), 200 IM (2:03.61), 200 FR (1:48.06)
Anna Hansen | Diving | Grand Rapids, Mich. (Forest Hills Central/RipFest)
Hansen also primarily specializes in the springboard events. She qualified on one-meter for the 2018 USA Diving Junior National Championships, finishing 16th (16-18 Girls) and was a finalist on both one- and three-meter at the 2018 USA Diving Zone C Championships (16-18 Girls). Hansen finished fourth on both one-meter and three-meter (16-18 Girls) and won synchronized three-meter (14-18 Girls) at the 2018 USA Diving Junior Region 6 Championships.
Lucy Hogan | Diving | Evanston, Ill. (Evanston Township/Chicago Diving Club)
Hogan is the platform diver of the class. She made the final on platform in back-to-back years at the USA Diving National Championships, finishing 10th in 2016 (14-15 Girls) and 11th in 2017 (16-18 Girls). At the 2018 USA Diving Junior World Championships Trials, she was a finalist in three events: finishing 10th on both platform and three-meter, and finishing fifth in synchronized three-meter. Hogan also won three-meter and platform at the 2018 USA Diving Junior Region 8 Championships.
Sophia Kudryashova | Freestyle | New Providence, N.J. (New Providence/Berkeley Aquatic Club)
Kudryashova is a fast-improving freestyle swimmer. As a sophomore, Kudryashova was second in the 100-yard freestyle and third in the 200-yard freestyle at the 2017 NJSIAA State Swimming and Diving Championships. She's dropped time in long-course swimming, placing second in both the 200-meter freestyle and 400-meter freestyle at the 2018 USA Swimming Futures Championship in Richmond, and won the 200-meter freestyle, finaling in three other events at the 2018 Speedo Champions Series - North (Buffalo).
TOP TIMES (SCY): 50 FR (23.60), 100 FR (50.23), 200 FR (1:47.47)
Kaitlynn Sims | Distance | Montgomery, Texas (Montgomery/Magnolia Aquatic Club)
Sims is one of the best distance freestyle swimmers in the entire class. A member of the 2018-19 U.S. Junior National Team, she represented the United States at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in October, and finished fifth in the 400-meter freestyle and seventh in the 800-meter freestyle. Sims is the back-to-back UIL Texas 6A State champion in the 500-yard freestyle. Nationally, she was third in the 400-meter freestyle, fifth in the 400-meter IM and seventh in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championships.
TOP TIMES (SCY): 200 FR (1:49.69), 500 FR (4:42.38), 1650 FR (16:10.94), 200 IM (2:01.96), 400 IM (4:16.40)
Katii Tang | Freestyle | Hong Kong (Victoria Shanghai Academy/Happy Valley Athletic Association HK)
Tang follows in the footsteps of fellow Hong Kong natives Siobhán Haughey and Jamie Yeung, both of whom will graduate after this year. Tang is a versatile freestyle swimmer, but specializes in the distance and mid-distance events. At this past summer's Asian Games in Indonesia, Tang won a bronze medal as part of Hong Kong's 4x200-meter freestyle relay, while placing seventh in the 1,500-meter freestyle and eighth in the 400-meter freestyle. She's represented Hong Kong on the international stage since her first appearance at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships.
TOP TIMES (SCY; converted from LCM): 100 FR (50.45), 200 FR (1:46.73), 500 FR (4:51.02), 1650 FR (16:47.57)
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