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U-M Tops No. 17 Wisconsin, Pittsburgh in Double Dual at Canham
1/28/2023 2:14:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
» Letitia Sim collected four total first-place finishes on the day with three individual wins and one relay win.
» Michigan won ten different events including both relays.
» Michigan will return to the home pool on Saturday (Feb. 11) for the First Chance Meet at 10 a.m.
Site:Â Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Score: #16 Michigan 174, #17 Wisconsin 126; #16 Michigan 222, Pittsburgh 78
Records:Â U-M (7-5, 2-2 B1G), UW (5-2, 1-2 B1G), Pitt (5-3)
Next U-M Event:Â Saturday (Feb. 11) -- host, First Chance Meet (Canham Natatorium), 10 a.m.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 16-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team defeated No. 17 Wisconsin, 174-126, and Pittsburgh, 222-78, on Saturday (Jan. 28) in Canham Natatorium.
To kick off the double-dual meet, the quartet of Noelle Kaufmann, Letitia Sim, Brady Kendall and Lindsay Flynn raced to a first-place finish in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:39.91.
Sim took out the competition in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke, out-touching the second-place finisher by two seconds in the 100 and winning the 200 by two-and-a-half seconds. Sim added her third first-place honor of the day in the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.62, while Devon Kitchel finished third with a time of 2:03.65.
Flynn cruised to a first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.52, and in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.64.
Katie Crom outpaced the competition in the 200-yard freestyle finishing first with a time of 1:48.42, while Riley Francis touched third with a time of 1:49.28. In the 100-yard backstroke, Kaufman swam her way to a third-place finish, while Claire Donan touched the wall third in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke.
In the 200-yard butterfly, Kitchel fought until the last stroke to touch third with a time of 2:02.12 to out-touch teammate Crom. Michigan finished first, third, fourth and fifth in the 50-yard freestyle, led by Flynn.
Newman touched the wall third in the 100-yard freestyle, moving past teammate Liang with a time of 51.02, while Crom finished second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:52.75.
In the 100—yard butterfly, Kendall just missed the first-place finish, finishing second with a time of 54.79.
In the final event of the day, the team of Flynn, Kendall, Christey Liang and Claire Newman touched the wall first in the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:21.01.
On the diving side, Michigan swept the three-meter springboard competition with Evie Johnson finishing first, Kiarra Milligan finishing second and Lucy Hogan finishing third. On the one-meter springboard, the Maize and Blue swept the field with Hogan finishing first, Milligan finishing second and Johnson finishing third.
The Wolverines will return to the pool on Saturday (Feb. 11) at 10 a.m. when they host the First Chance Meet in Canham Natatorium.
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