Michigan
NCAA Championships
Runner-Up Finishes from Haughey, Tucker Keep Michigan in Top 10 at NCAAs
3/16/2018 8:34:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
» After three days at the NCAA Championships, Michigan is in sixth place (150 points), still ahead of last year's pace (12th, 111 points) with one day to go.
» Junior Siobhán Haughey took the runner-up spot in the 200-yard freestyle, lowering her Big Ten and U-M records to 1:40.69, the sixth-fastest time in NCAA history. Sisters Gabby DeLoof (9th) and Catie DeLoof (11th) scored points in the consolation final.
» Sophomore Miranda Tucker became the first Michigan swimmer in 23 years to make the final of the 100-yard breaststroke and finished second (57.98).
Site: Columbus, Ohio (McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion)
Event: NCAA Championships (Day 3 of 4)
U-M Team Standing: Sixth place of 40 teams (150 points)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 17 -- at NCAA Championships - Day Four (Columbus, Ohio), 10 a.m./6 p.m.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Junior Siobhán Haughey (200-yard freestyle) and sophomore Miranda Tucker (100-yard breaststroke) each recorded runner-up finishes to help the University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team keep pace in the team race on Day Three of the NCAA Championships, held Friday (March 16) at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. With one day to go, the Wolverines are in sixth place (150 points), well ahead of last year's pace (12th, 111 points).
Haughey, a two-time All-American in the 200-yard freestyle, made it three on Friday with another finals berth. With last year's co-champion, Katie Ledecky, electing to swim a different event, it was a three-woman race. Haughey finished second between Louisville's Mallory Comerford and Stanford's Simone Manuel. Haughey lowered her previously held Big Ten and U-M records to 1:40.69, which now stands as the sixth-fastest time in NCAA history.
Friday's finish represented another improvement for Haughey, who was fifth as a freshman and fourth as a sophomore. She is the third swimmer in program history to final in that event three times behind Shannon Shakespeare (1997-99) and Talor Bendel (1995-96, 1998), the only two other swimmers to tie for second in the 200-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships (tied in 1998).
Tucker, competing in her first NCAA Championships since 2016 when she was with Indiana, became the first Michigan swimmer in 23 years to reach the final of the 100-yard breaststroke and took second behind Olympic gold medalist Lilly King (57.98). Tucker came within five hundredths-of-a-second of her school record with the swim. She is just the sixth Michigan swimmer to qualify for the final, joining Ann Colloton (1988-90), Jennifer Eck (1990), Lara Hooiveld (1993), Rachel Gustin (1994-95) and Alegra Breaux (1995). Senior Emily Kopas also cracked the one-minute barrier, finishing 18th (59.95).
"Those were some amazing swims," said head coach Mike Bottom. "Every point matters at a meet like this and our swimmers tonight -- all four of them -- swam great races. For Siobhán and Miranda, after all they've been through, to do what they did tonight, it was inspiring. It gave our team a lot of energy going into tomorrow."
Also scoring points in the 200-yard freestyle were sisters Gabby DeLoof and Catie DeLoof, each of whom qualified for the consolation final. Gabby, a finalist last year, just missed out on return appearance, but won the consolation and finished ninth overall (1:42.69), while Catie was behind her in 11th (1:44.33). Junior Becca Postoll also swam in preliminaries and finished 43rd (1:47.20).
In the 100-yard backstroke, junior Taylor Garcia was 30th (52.94) and senior Clara Smiddy was 36th (53.26). Sophomore Vanessa Krause was in the preliminaries of the 100-yard butterfly and took 34th (53.01).
Freshman Nikki Canale made her NCAA Championships debut on the three-meter springboard, finishing 39th (276.60).
Garcia and Krause swam later in the morning, making up two legs of the 200-yard medley relay along with Tucker and freshman Daria Pyshnenko. The foursome finished 20th (1:37.87).
The NCAA Championships conclude tomorrow at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m., with finals following at 6 p.m. The finals session will be televised on ESPN3 and via the WatchESPN app.
TEAM STANDINGS (After Day 3)
1. Stanford 414 2. California 268 3. Texas A&M 186 4. Texas 171 5. Louisville 168 6. MICHIGAN 150 7. Tennessee 137.5 8. Minnesota 134 9. Indiana 124 10. Virginia 106100-yard Butterfly
1. Louise Hansson, USC 49.80 34. Vanessa Krause, U-M 53.01200-yard Freestyle
1. Mallory Comerford, Louisville 1:39.80 2. Siobhán Haughey, U-M 1:40.69BM 9. Gabby DeLoof, U-M 1:42.69 11. Catie DeLoof, U-M 1:44.33 43. Becca Postoll, U-M 1:47.20100-yard Breaststroke
1. Lilly King, Indiana 56.25ANB 2. Miranda Tucker, U-M 57.98 18. Emily Kopas, U-M 59.95100-yard Backstroke
1. Ally Howe, Stanford 49.70 30. Taylor Garcia, U-M 52.94 36. Clara Smiddy, U-M 53.26Three-Meter Diving
1. Brooke Schultz, Arkansas 399.45 39. Nikki Canale, U-M 276.60200-yard Medley Relay
1. Stanford 1:33.11AN (Ally Howe, Kim Williams Janet Hu, Simone Manuel) 20. MICHIGAN 1:37.87 (Taylor Garcia, Miranda Tucker Vanessa Krause, Daria Pyshnenko)
A American Record
N NCAA Record
B Big Ten Record
M University of Michigan Record
& NCAA Championships Record
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