Weekly Release #11
3/12/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Upcoming Schedule
Fri-Sat., March 14-15 -- at NCAA Zone C Diving Meet (Oxford, Ohio), 11 a.m.
Thu-Sat., March 20-22 -- at NCAA Championships (Auburn, Ala.), 11 a.m./7 p.m.
This Week: at NCAA Zone C Diving Meet
The University of Michigan women's diving team will send four divers to the NCAA Zone C Diving Meet Friday and Saturday (March 14-15) at Corwin M. Nixon Aquatics Center in Oxford, Ohio. Hosted by Miami (Ohio), Friday's (March 14) competition will begin at 11 a.m. on the one-meter springboard. The three-meter competition will be begin Saturday (March 15) at 11 a.m.. The meet will conclude with platform diving, which is slated for a 4 p.m. start. Michigan will send sophomore Alexis Goolik (Highland, Ind./Highland HS), junior Tealin Kelemen (Riverton, N.J./Moorestown Friends School), senior/junior Emily Koglin (Heyworth, Ill./Normal University HS) and senior Kelly Vander Kuyl (Rockford, Mich./Rockford HS) to the meet in hopes of qualifying them for the 2003 NCAA Championships (March 20-22) in Auburn, Ala.
Schedule of Events
| Friday, March 14 | 11 a.m. | One-meter Springboard |
| Saturday, March 15 | 11 a.m. | Three-meter Springboard |
| | 4 p.m. | Platform |
Qualifying for the NCAAs
Based on results from the 2002 NCAA Championships, Zone C will send four divers to the national meet this year. To fill one of those four spots a diver can either win the one-meter springboard, finish first or second on the three-meter springboard or win the platform event. Once a diver qualifies for the NCAA Championships, she will then dive subsequent events as an exhibition diver. If that diver's score is high enough to qualify for the NCAA meet in a second event, the next diver listed in that same event would qualify.
How They Got There
The Wolverines qualified for the NCAA Zone C Diving meet with success in a variety of events. Tealin Kelemen was U-M's top scorer in the one-meter event in both dual and championship meets. Kelemen's mark of 297.00 at Illinois was a team high and easily eclipsed the one-meter qualification score of 255 points. The Illinois meet was also important for Alexis Goolik, Emily Koglin and Kelly Vander Kuyl as the three also posted qualification scores in both the one- and three-meter events there.
Michigan's Top Diving Scores
One-Meter Diving (255) Tealin Kelemen 297.00^ 1/17 vs. Illinois Alexis Goolik 283.95^ 1/17 vs. Illinois Kelly Vander Kuyl 279.00^ 1/17 vs. Illinois Emily Koglin 262.13^ 1/17 vs. Illinois Three-Meter Diving (425) Tealin Kelemen 567.90^ 1/18 vs. Illinois Alexis Goolik 474.38^ 1/18 vs. Illinois Kelly Vander Kuyl 448.80^ 1/18 vs. Illinois Emily Koglin 441.75^ 1/18 vs. Illinois
Last Year at NCAA Diving Zones
Tealin Kelemen and Kelly Vander Kuyl represented the Wolverines at the 2002 NCAA Zone C Diving Meet (March 15-16) in West Lafayette, Ind., but were unable to capture a coveted berth into the NCAA Championships. Both divers took part in the one- and three-meter competitions, with Vander Kuyl also competing in platform diving, but were unable to advance in former Michigan head diving coach Dick Kimball's last season at the helm of the diving program. Michigan's best finish came from Vander Kuyl, who placed seventh in the platform with a score of 335.25. Kelemen was the Maize and Blue's top finisher on the one-meter springboard, in 23rd place, with Vander Kuyl on her heels in 28th. Vander Kuyl was U-M's highest finisher in the three-meter competition (28th). Kelemen was 30th overall from three meters.
Last Diving Meet: at the Big Ten Championships
Michigan's divers helped the Wolverines to a fourth-place finish at the 2003 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, Feb. 19-22, in West Lafayette, Ind. The Maize and Blue's consistent improvement throughout the meet began in the one-meter competition. Tealin Kelemen and Kelly Vander Kuyl were Michigan's top two finishers in the event, taking 15th and 20th, respectively, with their top one-meter championship scoring marks of the season. The Wolverines fared better in the second day of competition, as three divers advanced to the semifinals of the three-meter springboard. Kelemen placed 14th with a score of 427.65, while Vander Kuyl and Alexis Goolik wound up 19th and 20th, respectively. Michigan's team score was boosted in the platform on the final day of the championships by Vander Kuyl, Goolik, Kelemen and Koglin, who all earned points with finishes among the conference's top 16 divers. Vander Kuyl's 10th-place finish in the platform was the Wolverines' top diving finish of the meet. In the pool, Wolverine juniors Sara Johnson (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Lahser HS) and Kelli Stein (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Gallagher HS) won Big Ten titles, while U-M also received runner-up performances from Johnson, juniors Anne Weilbacher (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales HS) and Emily-Clare Fenn (Westport, Conn./Staples HS).
'T' Time
Tealin Kelemen began the 2002-03 season on a tear, winning seven of the season's first eight diving events and earning Big Ten Diver of the Week honors twice, after her performances on the one- and three-meter springboards against Florida (Oct. 24) and at the Nike Cup (Nov. 21-23).
First Trip
Sophomore Alexis Goolik and senior/junior Emily Koglin will be making their first career appearances in the Zone C Diving Meet. Tealin Kelemen and Kelly Vander Kuyl will each be making her third consecutive zone diving appearance.
About Head Diving Coach Chris Bergre
Michigan head diving coach Chris Bergre is in his first season at the helm of the Michigan diving program. He was named just the third diving coach in Michigan history on April 25, 2002, when he took the reins from Dick Kimball, after Kimball's 43rd year with the program. Prior to joining the Maize and Blue, Bergre led the diving program at his alma mater, LaSalle University. During his 17-year tenure with the Explorers, Bergre was an eight-time conference Coach of the Year. Recently, Bergre coached his first Big Ten champion, as Michigan men's diver Jason Coben earned the conference gold medal in the platform diving competition at the 2003 Big Ten Championships (March 1).
Let's Look at the Polls
Michigan remains steady as the No. 19-ranked team in the nation for the fourth consecutive week in the most recent College Swimming Coaches Association of America Division I bi-weekly rankings (Feb. 27).
Rank, Team (First-place votes) Pts. Last 1. Auburn (8) 200 1 2. Florida 191 2 3. Georgia 185 3 4. Texas 176 4 5. SMU 168 5 6. Arizona 160 6 7. Stanford 151 8 8. California 145 7 9. Southern Cal 135 9 10. Wisconsin 129 10 11. North Carolina 120 11 12. UCLA 112 12 13. Virginia 104 13 14. Penn State 94 14 15. Arizona State 84 15 16. Indiana 80 16 17. Notre Dame 68 17 18. Alabama 65 18 19. MICHIGAN 57 19 20. Maryland 56 20 21. Missouri 39 21 22. Texas A&M 28 22 23. Washington 19 23 24. Florida State 17 24 25. Purdue 9 T-25
Michigan's NCAA Qualifiers
Michigan will send nine swimmers and any qualified divers to the NCAA Championships (March 20-22). The Wolverines boast a total of five automatic berths to the championship meet. Four of the Maize and Blue's conditional qualifiers also earned trips to NCAAs.
| AMY McCULLOUGH | 200-yard Freestyle | 1:48.89* |
| | 500-yard Freestyle | 4:47.17# |
| EMILY-CLARE FENN | 500-yard Freestyle | 4:44.93* |
| | 1,650-yard Freestyle | 16:19.99* |
| ANNE WEILBACHER | 100-yard Butterfly | 53.61* |
| | 200-yard Butterfly | 1:59.17# |
| | 200-yard Individual Medley | 2:01.62# |
| KELLI STEIN | 200-yard Breaststroke | 2:12.90* |
| | 100-yard Breaststroke | 1:02.11# |
| SARA JOHNSON | 200-yard Individual Medley | 2:00.55* |
| | 200-yard Backstroke | 1:58.62# |
| ERIN ABBEY | 100-yard Freestyle | 50.04# |
| | 100-yard Backstroke | 55.17# |
| | 200-yard Backstroke | 1:58.42# |
| LAURA KAZNECKI | 50-yard Freestyle | 23.03# |
| LORI EBERWEIN | 800-yard Freestyle Relay | |
| ABBY SESKEVICS | 400-yard Freestyle Relay | |
| * NCAA Automatic, # NCAA Conditional | ||
Looking Ahead
Michigan will send nine Wolverines to the 2003 NCAA Championships, held March 20-22 in Auburn, Ala. The NCAA meet, hosted at Auburn University's James E. Martin Aquatics Center, will run Thursday through Saturday with competition beginning at 11 a.m. each day.
Contact: Andrew Ladd (734) 763-4423
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