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Michigan Swims to Second-Place Showing at Nike Cup
11/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The No. 16-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team finished in second place after the final day of the Nike Cup (Nov. 22) at North Carolina's Koury Natatorium. The Wolverines, who completed the three-day event with 748 points, could not surmount the host Tar Heels' first-place point total of 884.
Michigan took top honors in two events on the final day, as the quartet of senior Anne Weilbacher (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales, freshman Lindsey Smith (Dexter, Mich./Dexter HS), freshman Susan Gilliam (Los Angeles, Calif./Bolles HS) and sophomore Abby Seskevics (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven HS) won the 400-yard freestyle with an NCAA consideration time of 3:24.25.
Senior Tealin Kelemen (Riverton, N.J./Moorestown Friends School) provided the Wolverines with their second win of the day, scoring 521.45 on the three meter diving board to take first place.
Gilliam had a strong showing in the 1,650-yard freestyle, swimming to a second-place finish with an NCAA consideration time of 16:30.00. Seskevics also posted an NCAA consideration time, placing second in the 100-yard freestyle (51.04).
Rounding out Michigan's top-five appearances on the third day were seniors Kelli Stein (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Waterson HS) and Weilbacher. Stein took the third spot in the 200-yard breastroke race with a time of 2:20.49, while Weilbacher clocked in at 2:02.92 to take fifth in the 200-yard butterfly event.
The Wolverines will be back in action in two weeks at the Eastern Michigan Invitational (Dec. 5-6) in Ypsilanti, Mich. Several members of Wolverines will take part in the U.S. Open that same weekend (Dec. 4-6) in Federal Way, Wash.
Final Team Standings
1. North Carolina 884 2. MICHIGAN 748 3. Clemson 521 4. Virginia Tech 417 5. Louisiana State 281 6. Kentucky 280 7. Syracuse 239 8. North Carolina State 200 9. East Carolina 176 10. Kenyon 129
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 3)
(Preliminary time in parentheses if faster than finals time)
Three-Meter Diving 1. Tealin Kelemen, U-M 521.45^ 6. Alexis Goolik, U-M 452.40^ 8. Ellen Van Cleve, U-M 423.15 (433.40^) 12. Emily Koglin, U-M 360.90 15. Kristen Metzger, U-M 334.55 16. Courtney Larson, U-M 328.55 (328.85) 1,650-yard Freestyle 1. Kim Routh, Clemson 16:23.84# 2. Susan Gilliam, U-M 16:30.00# 6. Emily-Clare Fenn, U-M 16:57.40 9. Annie Stein, U-M 17:05.27 200-yard Backstroke 1. Katy Peterson, Virginia Tech 2:00.73# 5. Sara Johnson, U-M 2:02.24 100-yard Freestyle 1. Jessi Perruquet, UNC 50.84# (50.65#) 2. Abby Seskevics, U-M 51.04# 8. Lindsey Smith, U-M 51.82 42. Tracy Egnatuk, U-M 54.09 43. Amy McCullough, U-M 54.15 47. Maya Mandel, U-M 54.27 200-yard Breaststroke 1. Laura Graham, Kentucky 2:16.96# (2:16.60#) 3. Kelli Stein, U-M 2:20.49 (2:18.92) 7. Elsa Larson, U-M 2:20.91 200-yard Butterfly 1. Kelly Weeks, UNC 1:59.24# 5. Anne Weilbacher, U-M 2:02.92 (2:02.53) 14. Erica Watts, U-M 2:05.37 28. Annie Stein, U-M 2:08.93 30. Lesley Barnet, U-M 2:09.99 400-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Michigan "A" 3:24.25# (Anne Weilbacher, Lindsey Smith, Susan Gilliam, Abby Seskevics) 6. Michigan "B" 3:29.44 (Maya Mandel, Sara Johnson, Erica Watts, Amy McCullough) # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark
Day 1 Results | Day 2 Results
Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 763-4423
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