Wolverines Drop Exhibition Relay Meet at Harvard
10/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
BOSTON, Mass. -- Despite winning 11 out of 12 events, the University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team fell to Harvard 246-238 in an exhibition relay meet on Friday evening (Oct. 26) at Blodgett Pool.
Twelve Wolverine swimmers competed on winning relay teams while 10 members of the team were victorious on multiple occasions. Leading the way for the Maize and Blue were sophomores Annie Weilbacher (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales HS), Sara Johnson (West Bloomfield, Mich./Lahser HS) and Lori Eberwein (Maple Glenn, Pa./Upper Dublin HS), who each competed on four winning relay teams.
Swimmers who were on teams that won three relays were sophomore Emily-Clare Fenn (Westport, Conn./Freeport HS), sophomore Kelli Stein (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Waterson HS), junior Erin Abbey (Cleveland, Ohio/Mayfield HS), freshman Amy McCullough (West Bloomfield, Mich/Mercy HS), and junior Laura Kaznecki (Wolverine Lake, Mich./Wolverine Lake HS).
The diving team of sophomore Tealin Kelemen (Riverton, N.J./Moorestown Friends School) and senior Lindsey McElroy (Columbia, Mo./Oakland Mills HS) combined to win both the one- and three-meter diving events.
Michigan travels to Providence, R.I., to face Brown University in another exhibition meet Saturday (Oct. 27) at noon.
Event Winners/U-M Finishes
300-yard Butterfly Relay
1. Michigan "A" 2:54.43 (Annie Weilbacher, Erica Watts, Andrea Kurrle) 4. Michigan "B" 3:03.74 (Lesley Barnet, Kera Drake, Julie Kern)300-yard Backstroke Relay
1. Michigan "A" 2:52.17 (Lindsay Carlberg, Erin Abbey, Sara Johnson) 4. Michigan "B" 3:05.20 (Laura Kaznecki, Lori Eberwein, Kathleen Gilbert)300-yard Breaststroke Relay
1. Michigan "A" 3:21.21 (Kelli Stein, Katherine Peterson, Annie Weilbacher) 3. Michigan "B" 3:23.52 (Andrea Kurrle, Kera Drake, Lisbeth Goble)800-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Michigan "A" 7:39.11 (Emily-Clare Fenn, Amy McCullough, Lori Eberwein, Sara Johnson) 3. Michigan "B" 7:53.74 (Erica Watts, Julie Kern, Lindsay Johnson, Lindsay Carlberg)One-meter Diving Relay
1. Michigan 515.46 (Tealin Kelemen, Lindsey McElroy) 2. Michigan 485.24 (Alexis Goolik, Kelly Vander Kuyl)500-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Michigan "A" 4:35.39 (Laura Kaznecki, Sara Johnson, Amy McCullough, Emily-Clare Fenn)200-yard Medley Relay
1. Michigan "A" 1:47.47 (Erin Abbey, Kelli Stein, Annie Weilbacher, Laura Kaznecki) 4. Michigan "B" 1:51.85 (Lindsay Carlberg, Katherine Peterson, Erica Watts, Andrea Kurrle) 6. Michigan "C" 1:56.99 (Kathleen Gilbert, Lisbeth Goble, Lesley Barnet, Kera Drake)1,500-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Michigan "A" 15:09.46 (Amy McCullough, Emily-Clare Fenn, Lori Eberwein) 3. Michigan "B" 15:33.75 (Julie Kern, Lindsay Johnson, Andrea Kurrle)200-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Michigan "A" 1:37.15 (Laura Kaznecki, Annie Weilbacher, Erin Abbey, Sara Johnson) 3. Michigan "B" 1:43.58 (Lindsay Carlberg, Kera Drake, Kathleen Gilbert, Andrea Kurrle)Three-meter Diving Relay
1. Michigan 563.25 (Tealin Keleman, Lindsey McElroy) 4. Michigan 304.00 (Kelly Vander Kuyl, Alexis Goolik)400-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Harvard "A" 3:33.30 (Molly Ward, Anna Fraser, Jane Humphries, Janna McDougall) 2. Michigan "A" 3:34.39 (Annie Weilbacher, Sara Johnson, Amy McCullough, Laura Kaznecki)
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