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Michigan First Chance Meet
Four Wolverines Race for Times on Final Day of First Chance Meet
2/18/2018 5:27:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
» Four members of the University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team raced for faster times to close out the Michigan First Chance Meet on Sunday (Feb. 18) at Canham Natatorium.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Event: Michigan First Chance Meet (Day 2 of 2)
Next U-M Event: Wed-Sat., Feb. 21-24 -- at Big Ten Championships (Minneapolis, Minn.), 11 a.m./6:30 p.m.
• Complete Results
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan men's swimmers Jackson Goethe, Alex King, Seth Kyriakidis and Tim Hanson were back in the water on the second and final day of the Michigan First Chance Meet, held Sunday (Feb. 18) at Canham Natatorium.
King dropped time in two swims, cutting two seconds in the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.99) and later completing a successful time trial in the 100-yard butterfly (48.69).
Hanson swam two events, taking a second off in the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.72) before coming back and swimming the 1,650-yard freestyle later in the day (15:28.85).
Kyriakidis had two cracks at the 200-yard butterfly and got his time drop in the second swim, going 1:47.23. Goethe also swam the 100-yard freestyle twice, with his best time being 44.52.
The Wolverines head to Minneapolis, Minnesota, later this week for the Big Ten Championships. The meet runs from Wednesday to Saturday (Feb. 21-24) at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. Preliminaries begin at 11Â a.m. CST, with finals following at 6:30 p.m. CST.
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