Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 1)
Thompson Just Misses National Title as NCAAs Begin
3/22/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The ninth-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team is in 10th place with 47 points after the first day of competition Thursday (March 22) at the NCAA Championships at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium. U-M turned in three All-America performances in the 500-yard freestyle with Chris Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg HS) missing the national title by four one-hundreths of a second.
In the 500-yard freestyle the Maize and Blue finished 2-5-7 with Thompson coming in second (4:14.71) behind Southern Cal's Klete Keller (4:14.67). Tim Siciliano (San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS) turned in a fifth-place performance (4:18.09), while freshman Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS) came in seventh (4:20.10). Thompson's second-place finish earned him his seventh All-America honor, while Siciliano earned his sixth and Ketchum garnered his first.
U-M's 400-yard medley relay team of Jordan Watland (Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka HS), Scott Werner (Haymarket, Va./Paul VI HS), Ketchum and Garrett Mangieri (Closter, N.J./Mercersburg Academy Pa.) finished in 15th place (3:16.97) to earn All-America Honorable Mention.
Other Michigan first-day individual competitors included Werner, who finished 36th overall in the 200-yard individual medley, and freshman diver Jason Coben (Newtown Square, Pa./Maple Newtown HS), who took 31st on the one-meter springboard (240.45).
The three-day competition continues Friday (March 23) with the preliminary heats beginning at noon CST and the finals beginning at 7 p.m. CST. Wolverine junior Tim Siciliano (San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS) will be bidding for his third straight NCAA title in the 400 individual medley.
Complete meet results are available on the NCAA Championships website.
Top 10 Teams (after Day 1)
1. Texas 185 2. Stanford 170 3. Tennessee 114.5 4. Southern Cal 85 5. Auburn 83 6. California 80 7. Florida 68 8. Arizona 58 9. Texas A&M 54 10. MICHIGAN 47
Top Eight/U-M Finishes (Day 1)
(Preliminary times for U-M in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Stanford 1:16.83$ (Randal Bal, Jeff Guyman, Anthony Robinson, Bobby O'Bryan) 2. Tennessee 1:17.56 3. Texas A&M 1:17.63 4. California 1:18.02 5. Arizona 1:18.04 6. Texas 1:18.16 7. Florida 1:18.70 8. Auburn 1:19.51500-yard Freestyle
1. Klete Keller, Southern Cal 4:14.67$ 2. Chris Thompson, U-M 4:14.71 3. Erik Vendt, Southern Cal 4:16.13 4. Scott Goldblatt, Texas 4:16.41 5. Tim Siciliano, U-M 4:18.09 6. Justin Mortimer, Minnesota 4:19.58 7. Dan Ketchum, U-M 4:20.10 (4:18.18) 8. Adam Messner, Stanford 4:20.56200-yard individual Medley
1. Nate Dusing, Texas 1:42.85!*#$ 2. Tom Hannan, Texas 1:43.87 3. Markus Rogan, Stanford 1:44.57 4. Tomas Kerejarto, Southern Cal 1:45.65 5. Joe Montague, Texas 1:46.31 6. Steven Brown, Stanford 1:46.63 7. Tony Swanson, Northwestern 1:46.80 8. Rob Canales, Stanford 1:46.86 36. Scott Werner, U-M 1:49.0050-yard Freestyle
1. Anthony Robinson, Stanford 19.15$ 2. Anthony Ervin, California 19.23 3. Roland Schoman, Arizona 19.29 4. Bobby O'Bryan, Stanford 19.52 5. Randal Bal, Stanford 19.62 6. Michael Gilliam, Tennessee 19.68 7. Gregory Busse, Auburn 19.79 8. Matt Weghorst, So. Methodist 19.81One-Meter Diving
1. Troy Dumais, Texas 397.60 2. Jud Campbell, Georgia 372.25 3. Thomas Davidson, Indiana 368.85 4. Clayton Moss, Kentucky 358.95 5. Justin Dumais, Texas 356.10 6. Shannon Roy, Tennessee 344.40 7. Gabi Chereches, Tennessee 338.80 8. Mark Fichera, Columbia 297.15 31. Jason Coben, U-M 240.45400-yard Medley Relay
1. Texas 3:05.37!*#$ (Nate Dusing, Brendan Hansen, Tom Hannan, Ian Crocker) 2. Auburn 3:07.17 3. Tennessee 3:07.54 4. Stanford 3:08.66 5. Minnesota 3:11.80 6. California 3:12.42 7. Southern Cal 3:12.79 8. Southern Methodist 3:13.05 15. MICHIGAN 3:17.66 (3:16.97) (Jordan Watland, Dan Ketchum Scott Werner, Garrett Mangieri) ! NCAA Record * American Record # U.S. Open Record $ Student Recreation Center Natatorium
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