Michigan
First Chance Meet
Men's Swimmers Berlitz, Carl Make Big Moves at First Chance Meet
2/16/2020 4:59:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
» Danny Berlitz swam the 1,650-yard freestyle in 14:55.26, the sixth-best time in the Big Ten this season and a 15-second drop from his midseason time. His time was within a second of the cut line for the event at last year's NCAA Championships.
» Three swimmers moved up the Big Ten rankings in the 200-yard butterfly: Spencer Carl (No. 4), Bora Unalmis (No. 9) and Christian Farricker (No. 12).
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Event: Michigan First Chance Meet (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Team Standing: No team scoring
Next U-M Event (W): Wed-Sat., Feb. 19-22 -- at Big Ten Championships (Iowa City, Iowa), 11 a.m./6:30 p.m. CST
Next U-M Event (M): Wed-Sat., Feb. 26-29 -- at Big Ten Championships (Bloomington, Ind.), 11 a.m./6:30 p.m.
• Complete Results (PDF)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Select members of the University of Michigan men's and women's swimming and diving teams concluded action at the Michigan First Chance Meet on Sunday (Feb. 16) at Canham Natatorium.
Just like Saturday (Feb. 15), several swims stood out. Freshman Danny Berlitz was clocked at 14:55.26 in the 1,650-yard freestyle, the sixth-best time in the Big Ten this season and a 15-second drop from his midseason time at the Minnesota Invite in December (15:10.76). His time on Sunday was within a second of the cut line at last year's NCAA Championships; Stanford's Matthew Hirschberger was the final swimmer to get an invite, ranking 31st (14:54.65).
Three swimmers vaulted up the rankings in the 200-yard butterfly, led by junior/sophomore Spencer Carl. After going 4:18.95 in the 500-yard freestyle Saturday (the seventh-best time in the Big Ten this year), Carl swam the 200-yard butterfly in 1:43.81, moving from ninth to fourth on this year's Big Ten rankings. That time puts him just off the school's top-10 list; the 10th-best time in school history is 1:43.72 by Peter Brumm in 2016.
Also in that race was sophomore Bora Unalmis, who went 1:46.05 (No. 9 in the Big Ten) and freshman Christian Farricker, who went 1:47.45. Farricker lowered that time in the afternoon's time trials, going 1:46.68, the 12th-best time in the Big Ten.
Two women's swimmers also raced on Sunday. Freshman Kate Kikilo clocked the 200-yard backstroke in 2:02.07, while junior Alex Hughes went 2:18.97 in the 200-yard breaststroke.
The Wolverine women will next be in action Wednesday through Saturday (Feb. 19-22) at the Big Ten Championships in Iowa City, Iowa. The men's team will compete at the Big Ten Championships from Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 26-29 in Bloomington, Indiana.
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