Michigan
Orange Bowl Classic
Michigan Wraps Training Trip at Orange Bowl Classic
1/3/2019 1:32:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Site: Key Largo, Fla. (Jacobs Aquatic Center)
Event: Orange Bowl Classic
U-M Team Standing: 1st Place of 3 Teams (298 points)
Next U-M Event: Thursday, Jan. 17 -- at Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.), 2 p.m.
• Complete Results
KEY LARGO, Fla. -- The University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team opened the 2019 season with a win in the Orange Bowl Classic, held Thursday morning (Jan. 3) at the Jacobs Aquatic Center. The Wolverines scored 298 points, finishing ahead of Texas A&M (181) and Monmouth (31).
With the Wolverines back in the Florida Keys after a one-year hiatus, the Orange Bowl Classic served as the finale to the team's annual winter training trip, culminating more than a week's worth of pool workouts, strength and conditioning, and team-building activities.
The Wolverines won eight events on Thursday and set four new meet records. Seven different individuals took first place, including meet-record performances from junior Felix Auböck in the 400-meter freestyle (3:49.66), junior James Jones in the 50-meter butterfly (23.82), junior Miles Smachlo in the 100-meter butterfly (53.49) and junior Tommy Cope in the 200-meter IM (2:01.66).
Other winners included freshman Will Chan in the 50-meter breaststroke (27.69), freshman Eric Storms in the 50-meter backstroke (25.48) and junior Jacob Montague in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:01.47). The Wolverines also won the 200-meter freestyle relay to close the meet, as the foursome of sophomore Luiz Gustavo Borges, Chan, Smachlo and Jones clocked in at 1:31.29.
Borges took runner-up in both the 50-meter freestyle (22.77) and 100-meter freestyle (49.91), while junior Alex Martin was the team's highest finisher in the 100-meter backstroke (56.26). U-M was second in the 200-meter medley relay to open the meet, with the quartet of Storms, Chan, Smachlo and Borges coming in at 1:38.95.
The Wolverines will be back in action in two weeks, facing rival Indiana on Thursday, Jan. 17, in Bloomington. The meet will begin at 2 p.m.
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