Jazwinski, Ketchum Named Top U-M Athletes of 2001-02
6/19/2002 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Track & Field
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Two All-Americans who earned top conference honors in their respective sports have been selected as the University of Michigan's Male and Female Athletes of the Year, the U-M Athletic Department announced Wednesday (June 19). Senior Katie Jazwinski (Grand Rapids, Mich./West Catholic HS), a distance runner on the women's track and field team, and sophomore Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS), a freestyle standout on the men's swimming and diving squad, are the 2001-02 honorees.
Jazwinski
Jazwinski earned her second track and field All-America honor with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Baton Rouge, La. She ran to a 13th-place finish in the mile, clocking in with a personal-best time of 4:44.40 at the NCAA Indoor Championships. In addition to her accomplishments in the spring track and field seasons, Jazwinski completed her cross country career in 2000 as a two-time All-American (1999-2000).
Jazwinski became just the third Wolverine to receive Big Ten Conference Female Athlete of the Meet honors when she won the mile run and had runner-up showings in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs at the indoor championships. At the conference outdoor meet the tri-captain crossed the finish line in first place in the 5,000 meters and had a runner-up showing in the 1,500-meter run. In the two Big Ten championship meets this year Jazwinski earned 34 points for the Wolverines, leading the Maize and Blue to both the indoor and outdoor team championships.
Off the track, Jazwinski was named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-District IV second team and was selected as Michigan's Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient. She is a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and earned the U-M Athletic Academic Achievement honor five times.
Ketchum
Ketchum earned four NCAA All-America honors at the 2002 NCAA Championships (March 28-30) in Athens, Ga., giving him seven for his career. He opened with a fifth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:18.22) before adding a runner-up finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a mark of 1:34.76, just .09 off the pace. He added an NCAA All-America Honorable Mention award in the 1,650-yard freestyle with an 11th-place finish and anchored the 400- and 800-yard freestyle relays which placed eighth and third, respectively. Ketchum's efforts helped the Wolverines to ninth place in the team standings.
At the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28-March 2) in Bloomington, Ind., Ketchum was named the Swimmer of the Year after winning the 200- and 500-yard freestyle, establishing a new Big Ten meet and school record in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:34.19, and placing runner-up in the 200-yard butterfly. He also swam on the victorious 800-yard freestyle relay team which set a Big Ten meet record (6:22.82) and the 400-yard freestyle relay team which set a school record (2:54.47) while placing runner-up. Ketchum tied for the most points scored at the meet with 57 while helping the Wolverines to a second-place finish in the team standings.
During the dual meet season Ketchum won the 200-yard freestyle seven times. On Jan. 19, Ketchum won the 200-yard freestyle in a tri-meet against Penn State and Purdue and established a McCoy Natatorium pool record with a mark of 1:37.22. Based on that performance, Ketchum was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week.
In the summer of 2001, Ketchum represented the United States at the World University Games in Beijing, China, and won a silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle and a bronze medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay.
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