Michigan
Big Ten Championships (Day 2)
Siciliano, Ketchum Set Big Ten Championships Records
2/23/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Junior Tim Siciliano (San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS) and freshman Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS) set meet records to lead the University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team Friday (Feb. 23) on the second day of the Big Ten Championships.
The ninth-ranked Wolverines moved into a second-place tie with Penn State, each with 378 points through 14 events and sharing a 138-point lead over fourth-place Wisconsin. Host Minnesota (549 points) increased its commanding lead to 172 points after winning three events Friday.
Siciliano won the 400-yard individual medley for the third consecutive year, setting a Big Ten Championships record by almost two seconds with his NCAA automatic qualifying time of 3:42.45. Jason Mallory (Granger, Ind./Penn HS) placed sixth in the event with an NCAA consideration time of 3:51.29.
Ketchum won the 200-yard freestyle in an NCAA automatic time of 1:34.99 while tying the Big Ten Championships record. Chris Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg HS) contributed 13 points by finishing in sixth place in an NCAA consideration time of 1:37.10, while Garrett Mangieri (Closter, N.J./Mercersburg Academy) finished in the eighth spot at 1:41.62.
The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Jordan Watland (Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka HS), Thompson, Ketchum and Mangieri had a first-place finish in an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 6:26.33, two seconds faster than second-place Minnesota. It marked the Wolverines' first Big Ten relay title since taking the 800 freestyle relay in 1998.
Other top-five finishes for the Wolverines came from Scott Werner (Haymarket, Va./Paul VI HS), fourth in the 100-yard breastroke in an NCAA automatic time (55.08); Minnesota native Jordan Watland (Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka HS), fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (48.58); and Jason Coben (Newtown Square, Pa./Maple Newtown HS), fifth in three-meter diving (514.30).
The three-day competition concludes Saturday with preliminaries beginning at 11 a.m. and finals at 7 p.m. at the University Aquatics Center. Thompson, a 2000 Olympics bronze medalist in the 1,500-meter freestyle, will be shooting for his fourth straight Big Ten 1,650-yard freestyle title.
Complete results are available at Minnesota's site.
Team Standings (After Day 2)
1. Minnesota 549 2. MICHIGAN 378 Penn State 378 4. Wisconsin 240 5. Ohio State 211 6. Indiana 207 8. Purdue 199 Northwestern 199 9. Iowa 144 10. Michigan State 117
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
(Preliminary time in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Minnesota 1:27.21*! (Todd Smolinski, Jeff Hackler, Chad Krastins, Ricardo Dornelas) 5. Michigan 1:49.22# (Jordan Watland, Scott Werner, Tony Kurth, Matt Raines)400-yard Individual Medley
1. Tim Siciliano, U-M 3:42.45*! 6. Jason Mallory, U-M 3:51.29# 9. Eric Wilson, U-M 3:51.15# 12. Heath Novak, U-M 3:55.49# 32. Tim Wera, U-M 4:06.70100-yard Butterfly
1. Eugene Botes, Penn State 47.48# 18. Tony Kurth, U-M 49.12 26. Christian Vanderkaay, U-M 49.90 35. Paul Ely, U-M 50.89200-yard Freestyle
1. Dan Ketchum, U-M 1:34.99*! 6. Chris Thompson, U-M 1:37.10# 8. Garrett Mangieri, U-M 1:41.62 (1:37.26) 24. Justin Drake, U-M 1:40.04 26. Mike Porth, U-M 1:40.31 46. John McLellan, U-M 1:44.28100-yard Breaststroke
1. Tamas Bessenyei, Penn State 53.78*! 4. Scott Werner, U-M 54.54* 10. Greg Zann, U-M 55.74# 17. Josh Hack, U-M 56.42 19. Jeff Lauhoff, U-M 56.74 24. Christian Vanderkaay, U-M 57.40100-yard Backstroke
1. Todd Smolinski, Minnesota 46.91*% 4. Jordan Watland, U-M 48.58# (48.34#) 11. Ryan Earhart, U-M 49.53 (49.38)Three-meter Diving
1. Dan Croaston, Minnesota 624.75 5. Jason Coben, U-M 514.30 22. Dustin Garwood, U-M 366.35 26. Carlos Castillo, U-M 345.85800-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Michigan 6:26.33* (Jordan Watland, Dan Ketchum, Chris Thompson, Garrett Mangieri) * NCAA automatic qualifying time # NCAA consideration time $ University Aquatics Center record ! Big Ten Championships meet record % Big Ten Conference record
Day 1 Results
Contact: Karen Simpson (734) 763-4423
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