Michigan
Texas
Wolverines Win Final Event to Upset Top-Ranked Texas
11/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
AUSTIN, Texas -- The No. 5-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team continued its perfect season with a 123-120 victory over No. 1-ranked University of Texas on Friday (Nov. 22) at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swim Center. The Wolverines claimed victory in the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, to earn the dual win. It was one of seven event titles won by the Maize and Blue.
| | Ketchum anchored the 400-yard freestyle relay team and won the 200 free. |
Though Michigan fell behind early as the Longhorns earned a victory in the 400-yard individual medley, the Wolverines responded in the ensuing races with a sweep in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Sophomore Brendan Neligan (Briarwood, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy HS) took the top spot in the race with a winning time of 9:06.01. Vanderkaay was runner-up in the event at 9:14.59, while sophomore Andrew Hurd (Oakville, Ontario/Trafalger HS) was third at 9:22.00.
The Wolverines won their second consecutive event as Ketchum out-touched Texas' Chris Kemp in the 200-yard freestyle with an NCAA consideration time of 1:36.77. Kemp placed second at 1:36.99. It marked the third time this season Ketchum won the event in dual-meet competition. Freshman Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School of Knoxville) also posted an NCAA consideration mark with his third-place time of 1:39.06.
Michigan again swept the top three spots in a distance race as Vanderkaay, Hurd and Neligan placed 1-2-3 in the 500-yard freestyle. Both Vanderkaay (4:20.55) and Hurd (4:27.04) NCAA consideration times to take the top two spots, while Neligan placed third in 4:27.87.
On the diving board, Jason Coben (Newtown Square, Pa./Marple Newtown HS) won both the one- and three-meter events. On the one-meter board Coben recorded a season-best and NCAA zone diving qualifying mark of 337.42 to win the event by 81 points. Later in the meet on the three-meter board, Coben set his second NCAA zone diving qualifying mark with a score of 348.75.
Other Wolverines who posted NCAA consideration times were DeJong with a time of 1:44.18 in the 200-yard backstroke, Ketchum with a mark of 1:44.87 in the 200-yard butterfly and fifth-year senior co-captain Jeff Hopwood (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto HS) at 2:01.06 in the 200 breaststroke. All three athletes finished runner-up in their respective events.
The Wolverines and Longhorns will return to the pool Saturday (Nov. 23) for a nine-event exhibition meet scheduled for noon CST.
Event Winners/U-M Finishes
400-yard Medley Relay
1. Texas 'A' 3:17.48# (Andrew Davidson, Brendan Hansen, Rainer Kendrick, Austin McAnally) 2. Michigan 'A' 3:19.33 (Chris DeJong, Jeff Hopwood, Davis Tarwater, Mike Porth) 6. Michigan 'B' 3:33.57 (Andrew Hack, Joshua Hack, Heath Novak, Nicholas Douville)
1,000-yard Freestyle
1. Brendan Neligan, U-M 9:06.61 2. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 9:14.59 3. Andrew Hurd, U-M 9:22.00 5. Justin Drake, U-M 9:34.06
200-yard Freestyle
1. Dan Ketchum, U-M 1:36.77# 3. Davis Tarwater, U-M 1:39.06# 4. Tyler DeBerry, U-M 1:40.60 8. Zayd Ma, U-M 1:44.42
50-yard Freestyle
1. Sean Foley, Texas 20.69 3. Garrett Mangieri, U-M 20.90 5. Mike Porth, U-M 21.43 7. Andrew Hack, U-M 22.27
200-yard Individual Medley
1. Brendan Hansen, Texas 1:50.99 2. Tony Kurth, U-M 1:51.64 3. Chuck Sayao, U-M 1:52.28 7. Nicholas Douville, U-M 1:56.24 8. Heath Novak, U-M 1:56.89
One-meter Diving
1. Jason Coben, U-M 337.42^ 4. Dusty Garwood, U-M 256.42 6. Kevin Nguyen, U-M 209.62
200-yard Butterfly
1. Rainer Kendrick, Texas 1:47.82# 2. Dan Ketchum, U-M 1:47.89# 3. Davis Tarwater, U-M 1:50.00 6. Heath Novak, U-M 1:56.44 8. Zayd Ma, U-M 1:58.68
100-yard Freestyle
1. Garrett Mangieri, U-M 45.07 5. Tony Kurth, U-M 46.06 6. Mike Porth, U-M 46.09
200-yard Backstroke
1. Aaron Peirsol, Texas 1:43.98* 2. Chris DeJong, U-M 1:44.18# 4. Chuck Sayao, U-M 1:49.77 6. Nicholas Douville, U-M 1:50.72 8. Andrew Hack, U-M 1:56.28
500-yard Freestyle
1. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 4:20.55# 2. Andrew Hurd, U-M 4:27.04# 3. Brendan Neligan, U-M 4:27.87 4. Tyler DeBerry, U-M 4:30.83
Three-meter Diving
1. Jason Coben, U-M 348.75^ 4. Dusty Garwood, U-M 297.60 6. Kevin Nguyen, U-M 217.50
200-yard Breaststroke
1. Brendan Hansen, Texas 1:59.85# 2. Jeff Hopwood, U-M 2:01.06# 4. Andrew Albright, U-M 2:05.41 6. Joshua Hack, U-M 2:08.03 7. Chuck Sayao, U-M 2:08.27
400-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Michigan 'A' 2:57.80# (Garrett Mangieri, Chris DeJong, Peter Vanderkaay, Dan Ketchum) 4. Michigan 'B' 3:07.61 (Tony Kurth, Tyler DeBerry, Andrew Hurd, Brendan Neligan) * NCAA automatic time # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark
Q U O T E S
Head Coach Jon Urbanchek
On the meet ... "It was exciting from start to finish. There was never more than a few points separating each team. This is what college swimming should be with two of the top programs facing each other like this. It brought out the best in both teams."
On Dan Ketchum ... "Dan was instrumental in our victory tonight. He knew the pressure was on our team in the final event (400-yard freestyle relay) and he anchored our team to the win. He also was a key to our success as he out-touched their guy in the 200 free."
On winning the distance races ... "We capitalized on our strengths and that is our distance events. We had to do that to keep us in the meet as they are a very good sprinting team."
Diving Coach Chris Bergere
On Jason Coben ... "Jason dove really well tonight. He knew the pressure was on and he dives better knowing his team needs him to do it. I think the rest of the team feed off his confidence and it helped them dig down deep and pull this one out."
Contact: Gene Skidmore (734) 763-4423
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