Michigan
Tennessee Invitational
U-M Women Combine for 10 NCAA 'B' Cut Times on Day 1 of Tennessee Invitational
11/17/2022 11:22:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
» Katie Crom had the best finish of the night for Michigan as she placed second in the 500-yard freestyle.
» The Wolverines combined for 10 NCAA 'B' cut times, with five coming in the 500 free.
» The second day of the Tennessee Invite will start at 10 a.m. on Friday (Nov. 18) with the 100-yard butterfly.
Site: Knoxville, Tenn. (Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center)
Event: Tennessee Invitational (Day 1 of 3)
Score: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Friday, Nov. 18 -- at Tennessee Invitational (Knoxville, Tenn.), 10 a.m.
• Complete Day 1 Results (PDF)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The No. 12-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team finished the first day of the Tennessee Invitational with 10 NCAA 'B' cut times, including five in the 500-yard freestyle.
Finals
In the first race of finals, the quartet of Lindsay Flynn, Claire Newman, Brady Kendall and Letitia Sim swam their way to a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:28.91.
Katie Crom swam her way to a second-place finish in the 500 free, dropping 2.78 seconds off of her prelims time and touching the wall in 4:39.28. Kathryn Ackerman and Riley Francis finished seventh and eighth in the A-final, respectively. Octavia Lau, Kathryn Shanley, Megan Glass and Sophia Kudryashova grabbed major points for the Wolverines in the B-final as they finished second, third, fourth and fifth.
Sim was the fastest Wolverine in the A-final of the 200-yard IM, finishing fifth just ahead of Devon Kitchel, who finished eighth. In the B-final, Claire Donan touched the wall first in a time of 1:59.05, while Malia Amuan and Noelle Kaufmann finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
Flynn swam her way to an eighth-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle in the A-final with a time of 22.28. In the B-final, Kendall and Newman finished 11th and tied for 12th, respectively.
In the final event of the night, the team of Casey Chung, Sim, Crom and Flynn finished fourth in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:33.99.
On the diving side, Kiarra Milligan finished third and Evie Johnson finished fourth in the 3-meter diving competition, which helped to earn big points for the Wolverines.
Prelims
Crom kicked off the Tennessee Invitational with a first place finish in the 500-yard freestyle, advancing to the 'A' final with a time of 4:42.06. Francis also advanced to the 'A' final with a seventh place finish (4:46.44). Michigan advanced Ackerman, Lau, Glass, Shanley and Kudryashova to the B-final, while Madeleine Bauer advanced to the C-final after finishing 20th overall in the prelims.
In the second event of the morning, Kitchel swam her way to the A-final in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:58.36, while Sim, Donan and Amuan advanced to the B-final. U-M advanced Kaufmann and Mariella Venter to the C-final.
In the final prelim event of the morning, Flynn finished ninth overall in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.28 to be the fastest finisher heading to the B-final. Newman and Kendall also advanced to the B-final after finishing 13th and 14th, respectively. Natalie Kan and Christey Liang advanced to the C-final.
The Wolverines will return to the pool Friday (Nov. 18) for day two of the Tennessee Invitational at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn. Prelims are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
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