Michigan
NCAA Championships
Michigan Finishes 12th at NCAA Championships
3/23/2024 9:42:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Site: Athens, Ga. (Gabrielsen Natatorium)
Event: NCAA Championships (Day 4 of 4)
U-M Result: 12th Place of 42 teams (147.5 points)
Next U-M Event: Season Completed
ATHENS, Ga. -- The No. 13-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team completed its 2023-24 season on Saturday at Gabrielsen Natatorium, finishing 12th at the NCAA Championships with 147.5 points.
Casey Chung led off the morning session in the 200-yard backstroke, clocking a 1:55.36 to finish 42nd overall. In the 100-yard freestyle, Stephanie Balduccini earned a spot in the consolation final with a time of 47.54. Lindsay Flynn just missed out on a second swim, taking 17th with a mark of 47.76 seconds. Claire Newman took 40th by clocking a 48.55. Devon Kitchel secured 39th in the 200-yard breaststroke, touching the wall at 2:11.27. Hannah Bellard and Katie Crom closed out the trials with the 200-yard butterfly. Bellard placed 12th to earn a consolation final berth, and Crom took 28th with a mark 1:56.03.
Kathryn Shanley took part in the 1,650 free finals, finishing 35th with a time of 16:17.25. Balduccini won the consolation final in the 100 free with a time of 47.04 to close out a strong NCAA Championships debut for the freshman. Bellard hit the pool for 200 fly consolation final and took 11th overall with a time of 1:53.68. Balduccini, Flynn, Brady Kendall and Claire Newman closed out the championships in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The quartet took fourth overall with a mark of 3:09.47 to close out the 2023-24 campaign.
Final Team Standings
1. No. 1 Virginia 527.5 2. No. 3 Texas 441 3. No. 2 Florida 364 4. No. 6 Tennessee 277 5. No. 7 Stanford 250 6. No. 10 Louisville 212 7. No. 8 Indiana 206 8. No. 5 Southern California 200 T9. No. 11 NC State 162 T9. No. 9 Ohio State 162 11. No. 4 California 153 12. No. 13 Michigan 147.5 13. No. 15 Georgia 116 14. No. 12 Texas A&M 104 15. No. 18 Wisconsin 95 16. No. 17 Duke 80 17. No. 14 North Carolina 77 18. Purdue 57 19. No. 16 Auburn 54 20. No. 22 Minnesota 47 21. RV LSU 44 22. No. 21 UCLA 36 23. No. 19 Alabama 25 24. No. 23 Arizona State 23 25. Utah 22 26. No. 25 Virginia Tech 18 27. Northwestern 17 28. SIU 16 29. Penn 15 30. Nebraska 11 31. No. 23 South Carolina 9 T32. Notre Dame 6 T32. Kansas 6 T32. Miami (Ohio) 6 T32. Rutgers 6 T36. RV Akron 5 T36. Arkansas 5 T38. Florida State 4 T38. Cincinnati 4 T40. Houston 3 T40. Washington State 3 T40.T40. Miami (Fla.) 3
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