Michigan Maintains Sixth Place at Texas Invitational
12/2/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
AUSTIN, Texas -- In the second day of competition at the Texas Invitational, the No. 9-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team maintained its sixth-place position on Saturday (Dec. 2). Michigan increased its score to 221 points, with one more day of action slated for Sunday. No. 1-ranked Texas held onto its first-place lead, increasing its score to 543 points.
U-M turned in six top-eight performances -- five individual and one relay. The Wolverines were led by team captain Scott Werner's (Haymarket, Va./Paul VI HS) runner-up finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. The honorable mention All-American finished the event in an NCAA consideration time of 55.23.
Freshman Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS) continued his strong performance this season with a fifth-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley, clocking in with an NCAA consideration time of 3:55.53. Ketchum was also seventh in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:38.55
The relay squad of Ketchum, 2000 U.S. Olympic bronze medalist Chris Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg HS), freshman Christian Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) and junior Jason Mallory (Granger, Ind./Penn HS) finished seventh in the 800-yard medley relay with a time of 6:42.44.
The third and final day of competition is Sunday (Dec. 3). Preliminaries start at 9:30 a.m. CST, followed by finals action at 3 p.m.
Team Standings (after Day 2)
1. Texas (#1) 543 2. California (#7) 393 3. Arizona (#5) 365 4. Wisconsin (#25) 309 5. Harvard (#22) 301 6. MICHIGAN (#9) 221 7. Southern Methodist (#19) 190 8. Arizona State (#12) 143 9. Nebraska 109 10. Texas Christian 99 11. Stanford (#2) 74 12. Kansas 21
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
(Preliminary time listed in parentheses if faster than final time)
One-meter Diving
1. Aaron Forgy, Wisconsin 307.80^
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Texas "B" 1:27.53# (Nate Dusing, Brendan Hansen, Tommy Hannan, Leffie Crawford) 9. Michigan "B" 1:32.17 (Ryan Earhart, Scott Werner, Jordan Watland, Matt Raines) -- Michigan "A" DQ (Jordan Watland, Scott Werner, Christian Vanderkaay, Matt Raines)
400-yard Individual Medley
1. Tyler Painter, Arizona 3:48.02* 5. Dan Ketchum, U-M 3:55.53# 6. Jason Mallory, U-M 3:56.68 8. Scott Werner, U-M 4:03.47 (3:56.42) 16. Eric Wilson, U-M 4:02.70 (4:02.30) 21. Tim Siciliano, U-M 4:02.50 28. Chris Thompson, U-M 4:04.77 33. Heath Novak, U-M 4:07.83
200-yard Freestyle
1. Scott Vonschoff, Arizona State 1:36.75# 7. Dan Ketchum, U-M 1:38.55# (1:38.51#) 19. Chris Thompson, U-M 1:39.83 33. Jordan Watland, U-M 1:41.95 43. Christian Vanderkaay, U-M 1:42.64 48. Jason Mallory, U-M 1:43.10 49. Ryan Earhart, U-M 1:43.14 T58. Mike Porth, U-M 1:43.96 76. John McLellan, U-M 1:45.42 77. Paul Ely, U-M 1:45.46 79. Tim Wera, U-M 1:45.86 83. Matt Raines, U-M 1:46.76
100-yard Breaststroke
1. Daniel Kim, California 55.14# 2. Scott Werner, U-M 55.23# 15. Greg Zann, U-M 57.14 23. Christian Vanderkaay, U-M 58.51 (58.21) 27. Josh Hack, U-M 58.40 35. Tim Siciliano, U-M 59.80
100-yard Backstroke
1. Nate Dusing, Texas 47.87* 14. Jordan Watland, U-M 51.14 15. Ryan Earhart, U-M 51.20 44. Eric Wilson, U-M 55.41
800-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Texas "A" 6:30.55# (Jamie Rausch, Scott Goldblatt, Chris Kemp, Nate Dusing) 7. Michigan "A" 6:42.44 (Dan Ketchum, Chris Thompson, Christian Vanderkaay, Jason Mallory) 17. Michigan "B" 7:01.41 (Josh Hack, Mike Porth, Ryan Earhart, John McLellan)
100-yard Breaststroke (exhibition)
1. Tim Carlson, SMU 56.82 4. Josh Hack, U-M 57.67
100-yard Backstroke (exhibtion)
1. Rob Harrison, SMU 51.29
* NCAA automatic qualifying time # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark
Day 1 Results
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