Michigan Falls to Gators in First Meet of Season

Friday, October 15

Ann Arbor, Mich.

4:00 PM

Michigan

108.5

134.5

Florida

10/15/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Justin Pfauth, Barbara Cossman

Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Score: #9 Florida 134.5, #7 Michigan 108.5
Records: U-M (1-0), UF (3-0)
Next U-M Meet: Saturday, Oct. 16 -- Early Bird Invitational (Canham Natatorium), 10 a.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team opened the season with a strong performance, but it was not enough as the visiting University of Florida Gators defeated the Wolverines 134.5-108.5 in the newly renovated Donald B. Canham Natatorium on Friday (Oct. 15). The men's teams also went head-to-head as Michigan was victorious over Florida, 141-102.

The Wolverines were victorious in the first event of the night as the 400-meter relay medley of Jennifer Crisman (Grand Rapids, Mich./Jenison HS), Lindsay Carlberg (Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS), Traci Valasco (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams HS) and Missy Sugar (Newburgh, Ind./Evansville Day School) finished in 4:28.06 to take a first-place finish.

Five swimmers won individual events for Michigan. Seventeen-time All-American Shannon Shakespeare (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Kelvin SS) was victorious in the 200-meter individual medley, and freshman Valasco had a first-place finish in the 200-meter breaststroke. Sugar was the winner in the 200-meter freestyle, finishing in 2:06.65. Crisman was a first-place finisher in the 50-meter freestyle, beating Florida's Leah Martindale by 0.13 seconds. Carlberg won the 200-meter backstroke in 2:20.83.

Michigan won the other relay of the evening as Sugar, freshman Mara Sveum (Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins HS), freshman Laura Kaznecki (Wolverine Lake, Mich./Western HS) and Shakespeare were part of the 400-meter relay freestyle.

RESULTS

400m Medley Relay: 1. A, MICH 4:28.06; 2. A, FLOR 4:30.75; 3. B, FLOR 4:31.71; 4. B, MICH 4:33.22; 5. C, MICH 4:42.94; 6. C, FLOR 4:46.94.

800m Free: 1. JAMIE JOHNSON, FLOR 9:11.02; 2. MELISSA PAVLICK, FLOR 9:13.93; 3. SHARON RZADKOWOLSKY, FLOR 9:14.09; 4. JULIE KERN, MICH 9:15.77; 5. ANNA CHAPMAN, FLOR 9:19.17; 6. JENAY KARLSON, MICH 9:21.98; 7. LINDSAY JOHNSON, MICH 9:34.65.

200m Free: 1. MISSY SUGAR, MICH 2:06.65; 2. LAURA CROSS, FLOR 2:07.77; 3. ANDREA BENNETT, FLOR 2:09.31; 4. DIANE TENNISON, FLOR 2:10.49; 5. ASHLEY WHITNEY, FLOR 2:12.71; 6. MARA SVEUM, MICH 2:13.30; 7. KATHLEEN GILBERT, MICH 2:13.56.

50m Free: 1. JENNIFER CRISMAN, MICH 27.14; 2. LEAH MARTINDALE, FLOR 27.27; 3. LAURA KAZNECKI, MICH 27.37; 4. MORGAN HUGHES, FLOR 27.92; 4. ERIN ABBEY, MICH 27.92; 6. KATIE WEST, FLOR 28.00; 7. HEATHER DEHAINAUT, MICH 28.32; 8. JEN FRAAS, FLOR 28.45.

200m IM: 1. SHANNON SHAKESPEARE, MICH 2:21.18; 2. NICOLE DUGGAN, FLOR 2:24.63; 3. ANDREA KURRLE, MICH 2:26.75; 4. MARY MOUNCE, FLOR 2:26.81; 5. LINDSAY CARLBERG, MICH 2:29.89; 6. JULIE MORRISON, FLOR 2:31.40; 7. DENISE MERK, FLOR 2:33.09; 8. TRACI VALASCO, MICH 2:34.04.

1m Diving: 1. ROBYN GRIMES, FLOR 257.70; 2. BRADLEY GRACY, FLOR 234.45; 3. CAROLINE VAUGHN, FLOR 219.83; 4. AMANDA CREWS, MICH 217.43; 5. MAGGIE SHORTLE, MICH 216.98; 6. HANNA SHIN, MICH 216.15; 7. THERESA DESITTER, MICH 215.03; 8. KELLY VANDER KUYL, MICH 173.93.

200m Fly: 1. NATALIE NICKSON, FLOR 2:22.16; 2. DIANE TENNISON, FLOR 2:22.85; 3. JAMIE JOHNSON, FLOR 2:23.87; 4. ANDREA KURRLE, MICH 2:24.08; 5. KIM ECOTT, FLOR 2:24.45; 6. BROOKE SMITH, MICH 2:37.99.

100m Free: 1. NICOLE DUGGAN, FLOR 59.15; 2. JENNIFER CRISMAN, MICH 1:00.01; 3. LEAH MARTINDALE, FLOR 1:00.40; 4. JEN FRAAS, FLOR 1:01.87; 5. MORGAN HUGHES, FLOR 1:02.50; 6. KATHLEEN GILBERT, MICH 1:02.58; 7. HEATHER DEHAINAUT, MICH 1:03.77.

200m Back: 1. LINDSAY CARLBERG, MICH 2:20.83; 2. MARY MOUNCE, FLOR 2:21.61; 3. ERIN ABBEY, MICH 2:24.31; 4. CARA TEAGUE, FLOR 2:28.61; 5. JULIE MORRISON, FLOR 2:28.85; 6. MARGARET COLLEY, FLOR 2:29.44; 7. LAURA KAZNECKI, MICH 2:29.88; 8. LINDSAY MAAS, MICH 2:31.10.

400m Free: 1. LAURA CROSS, FLOR 4:26.31; 2. SHANNON SHAKESPEARE, MICH 4:26.33; 3. ANDREA BENNETT, FLOR 4:29.06; 4. MELISSA PAVLICK, FLOR 4:31.98; 5. JENAY KARLSON, MICH 4:32.29; 6. SHARON RZADKOWOLSKY, FLOR 4:33.97; 7. MARA SVEUM, MICH 4:38.50; 8. JULIE KERN, MICH 4:39.93.

3m Diving: 1. ROBYN GRIMES, FLOR 318.38; 2. BRADLEY GRACY, FLOR 240.15; 3. AMANDA CREWS, MICH 229.58; 4. THERESA DESITTER, MICH 226.60; 5. HANNA SHIN, MICH 224.40; 6. CAROLINE VAUGHN, FLOR 217.58; 7. MAGGIE SHORTLE, MICH 192.83; 8. KELLY VANDER KUYL, MICH 190.88.

200m Breast: 1. TRACI VALASCO, MICH 2:43.49; 2. DESIREE FREGA, FLOR 2:43.89; 3. LAURA SADLER, MICH 2:50.35; 4. DENISE MERK, FLOR 2:50.46; 5. LISBETH GOBLE, MICH 2:51.36; 6. KATIE MCCOWN, FLOR 2:51.38; 7. GWEN WEINGART, MICH 2:52.89.

400m Free Relay: 1. A, MICH 3:57.63; 2. A, FLOR 4:01.34; 3. B, FLOR 4:08.22; 4. B, MICH 4:14.97; -. C, MICH DQ.