Weekly Release #10
3/6/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Upcoming Schedule
Fri-Sat., March 9-10 -- at NCAA Zone C Diving Meet (Bloomington, Ind.), 11 a.m./10 a.m.
Thu-Sat., March 15-17 -- at NCAA Championships (Long Island, N.Y.), 11 a.m./7 p.m.
Two Wolverines to Represent U-M at Zone Diving Meet
Freshman Tealin Kelemen (Riverton, N.J./Newtown Friends School) and sophomore Kelly Vander Kuyl (Rockford, Mich./Rockford HS) will represent the University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team at the NCAA Zone C Diving Meet on Friday and Saturday (March 9-10) at the University of Indiana's Counsilman and Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind. Friday's action is a single session beginning at 11 a.m., while Saturday will feature two sessions -- the first at 10 a.m and the second at 4 p.m.
The two-day competition features both women and men competitors in the three diving events -- one- and three-meter springboard and 10-meter platform diving -- for the women and serves as a qualifier for the NCAA Championships March 15-17 at Long Island, N.Y. The NCAA allots Zone C six total divers for men and women. Allocations for the 2001 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships:
Zone A -- 4 divers
Zone B -- 11 divers
Zone C -- 6 divers
Zone D -- 6 divers
Zone E -- 8 divers
Order of Events
| Friday, March 9 | Men's Three-meter Springboard | 11 a.m. |
| | Women's One-meter Springboard | |
Saturday, March 10 | Men's One-meter Springboard | 10 a.m. |
| | Women's Three-meter Springboard | |
| Men's Platform | 4 p.m. |
| | Women's Platform | |
Zoning She Goes
Freshman Tealin Kelemen heads to the NCAA Zone Meet having placed third in one-meter diving (320.75) and fifth in the three-meter diving (514.30) at the Big Ten Conference Championships (Feb. 15-17), in Bloomington, Ind. This season she had 11 first-place performances and two second-place performances in 17 competitions prior to the conference championships.
Kelemen also received Big Ten Diver of the Week honors three times this season -- Dec. 6, Jan. 16 and Jan. 28. Highlights from weekly honors include:
| Eastern Michigan Invitational (Dec. 2-3) | 1st -- One-meter (249.10) |
| | 1st -- Three-meter (442.20) |
| Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 12-13) | 2nd -- One-meter (261.45)^ |
| | 1st -- Three-meter (282.90)^ |
| Notre Dame (Jan. 26) | 2nd -- One-meter (274.12)^ |
| | 2nd -- Three-meter (292.95)^ |
| Northwestern (Jan. 27) | 1st -- One-meter (297.60)^ |
| | 1st -- Three-meter (307.56)^ |
^ NCAA zone qualifying mark | |
Kelemen's NCAA Zone Qualifying Scores
One-meter qualifying standard -- 255 points
Three-meter qualifying standard -- 270 points
One-meter
297.60 -- at Northwestern (Jan. 27)
274.12 -- at Notre Dame (Jan. 26)
271.85 -- at North Carolina (Nov. 3)
269.93 -- vs. Iowa and Wisconsin (Oct. 27)
268.50 -- at Ohio State (Jan. 20)
261.45 -- Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 12)
255.10 -- vs. Michigan State, Texas (Nov. 17)
Three-meter
307.56 -- at Northwestern (Jan. 27)
292.95 -- at Notre Dame (Jan. 26)
287.25 -- Wolverine Invitational (Nov. 13)
282.90 -- at North Carolina (Nov. 4)
278.40 -- vs. Iowa and Wisconsin (Oct. 27)
Zoning She Goes II
Sophomore Kelly Vander Kuyl heads to the NCAA Zone meet for one-meter and platform diving after getting a one-meter qualifying mark (264.07) at Northwestern (Jan. 27) and a first-place qualifying score on the platform (410.93) at the Wolverine Invitational Jan. 13. Other season highlights include Vander Kuyl's second-place finish in three-meter diving (261.60) at Northwestern.
Vander Kuyl's NCAA Zone Qualifying Scores
One-meter
264.07 -- at Northwestern (Jan. 27)
Platform
410.93 -- Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)
393.30 -- vs. Texas (Nov. 18)
Wolverines at Last Year's NCAA Zone Meet
At the 1999-2000 NCAA Zone Diving Meet (Minneapolis, Minn.), Hanna Shin (1996-99) finished 14th in one-meter (327.75), 17th in three-meter (373.95) and ninth on the platform (316.30), respectively. Theresa DeSitter (Lisle, Ill./Aurora Rosary) had a 27th-place finish in one-meter diving (314.35) while finishing 21st in three-meter diving (218.70). Amanda Crews (Champaign, Ill./Central HS) finished 16th in one-meter (314.35) and 36th in three-meter diving (186.65). Crews also had a 10th-place finish in platform diving (297.15).
Wolverines Win 13th Big Ten Title
The 16th-ranked Wolverines came from behind to win their 13th Big Ten Conference Championships title -- and first since 1998 -- Feb. 15-17 at Bloomington, Ind. U-M finished with 582 team points, 25 more than second-place Penn State (557).
Leading the charge for the Maize and Blue was Jennifer Crisman (Hudsonville, Mich./Jenison HS), who won her fourth 100-yard backstroke with an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 53.99, becoming just the eighth swimmer in Big Ten Championships history to win the same event four consecutive years.
The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Crisman, Missy Sugar (Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins HS), Annie Weilbacher (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis de Sales HS) and Samantha Arsenault (Peabody, Mass./Gardner HS) won the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:19.61) in NCAA consideration time, while setting a new Counsilman and Billingsley Aquatics Pool record to seal the victory for U-M.
The 400-yard medley relay team of Crisman, Weilbacher, Arsenault and Traci Valasco (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams HS) was just as impressive as they too finished first in an NCAA automatic qualifying time (3:38.76) while setting meet and pool records.
All-Conference Cheers
U-M had five representatives on the all-conference team, made up of event winners and three at-large selections. Wolverine event champions were:
Jennifer Crisman -- 100 backstroke, 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay
Samantha Arsenault -- 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay
Annie Weilbacher -- 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay
Traci Valasco -- 400 medley relay
Missy Sugar -- 400 freestyle relay
National Rankings
U-M is ranked No. 16 in the final regular-season CSCAA Coaches Poll (Feb. 15) and is ahead of three other Big Ten schools in the rankings. Wisconsin leads at No. 12, while Penn State is No. 13, Northwestern is No. 18, Minnesota No. 19, and Indiana No. 21. The pre-NCAA Championships poll will be released March 8.
1. Georgia 197 2. Arizona 195 3. Stanford 184 4. California 176 5. Auburn 166 6. Florida 154 7. Texas 152 8. Southern California 142 9. North Carolina 141 10. UCLA 133 11. Southern Methodist 120 12. Wisconsin 109 13. Penn State 100 14. Virginia 96 15. Notre Dame 85 16. MICHIGAN 82 17. Arizona State 70 18. Northwestern 57 19. Minnesota 55 20. Maryland 45 21. Indiana 43 22. Tennessee 35 23. Hawaii 30 24. Kentucky 12 25. Princeton 10
Contact: Karen Simpson (734) 763-4423
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