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Wolverines Defeat Spartans on Senior Night
2/2/2018 10:26:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
» Michigan won all 15 events in a 212-64 win over Michigan State. The Wolverines have now won 40 consecutive dual meets against the Spartans.
» Prior to the meet, the program honored its seven-member senior class: Jackson Goethe, James Peek, Paul Powers, PJ Ransford, Tristan Sanders, Ryan Sebastian and Evan White.
» Thirteen different student-athletes won events, three coming from seniors Paul Powers (50-yard backstroke), PJ Ransford (200-yard freestyle) and Evan White (100-yard IM).
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Result: #6 Michigan 212, Michigan State 64
Records: U-M (8-1, 5-1 B1G), MSU (3-6, 0-3 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Sat-Sun., Feb. 17-18 -- host Michigan First Chance Meet (Canham Natatorium), TBA
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 6-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team capped its regular season with a 212-64 win over in-state foe Michigan State on Friday (Feb. 2) inside Canham Natatorium. The Wolverines won all 15 events and defeated the Spartans for the 40th consecutive time.
Prior to the meet, the program honored its seven-member senior class, who were competing for the final time in their home pool. The class went 34-2 in dual meets during their four years at Michigan.
The Wolverines were dominant, going 1-2-3-4 in three events before the first break. Sophomore Charlie Swanson, last year's Big Ten champion in the 400-yard IM, got a trial run in on Friday before defending his title in three weeks, touching first by nearly seven seconds (3:49.86). Senior PJ Ransford looked sharp in a mid-distance race, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.78), while classmate Evan White got his win in the 100-yard IM (49.33).
Rounding out the first half of the meet were senior Paul Powers in the 50-yard backstroke (22.58) and sophomore Jacob Montague in the 50-yard breaststroke (25.14).
Michigan got five more individual wins in the second half. Sophomore Alex Martin got to the wall .13 seconds ahead of Michigan State's Nick Leshok in the 100-yard butterfly (49.52), while junior Mokhtar Al-Yamani had a great back-half swim to take the 500-yard freestyle (4:31.68).
White and sophomore Tommy Cope battled in the 100-yard breaststroke, with Cope getting to the wall .02 seconds ahead of White for the win (54.40). Two others claimed their first collegiate wins at Canham Natatorium: freshman Luiz Gustavo Borges in the 100-yard freestyle (44.98) and sophomore/freshman Alex King in the 100-yard backstroke (50.01).
The men owned the springboard events, going 1-2-3-4 on both one-meter and three-meter. Sophomore Jake Herremans was victorious on one-meter (359.70), while freshman Ross Todd took three-meter (382.95).
The Wolverines also went 1-2 in both the 400-yard medley relay and 200-yard freestyle relay.
Michigan now turns its attention to the Big Ten Championships, which will take place Feb. 21-24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prior to that, select student-athletes will compete at the Michigan First Chance Meet, to be held Feb. 17-18 at Canham Natatorium. Start times have not yet been announced.
