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Michigan State
Vanderkaay, Tarwater Power U-M Past Michigan State
11/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The No. 9 University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team claimed a 132-111 victory tonight (Friday, Nov. 19) over in-state rival Michigan State at Charles McCaffree Pool. The Wolverines swept the top three spots in the 500-yard freestyle, the 1,650-yard freestyle and the 400-yard individual medley en route to the win. Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) and Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./The Webb School) each won a pair of events the lead the Wolverines (3-0, 2-0 Big Ten).
Michigan took control in the second event of the night with a sweep of the 1,650-yard freestyle. Vanderkaay won the event with a time of 15:55.51, followed by Zayd Ma (Ann Arbor, Mich./Clonlara HS) in second and Jorge Carral (Mexico City, Mexico/The Bolles School, Fla.) in third. Vanderkaay also won the 100-yard freestyle for the second straight meet, posting a time of 46.25.
In the 200-yard freestyle, Brendan Neligan (Briarwood, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy HS) claimed the top spot with a time of 1:43.14. Freshman Johnny Austermann (Huntington Woods, Mich./Berkley HS) finished second in the event.
Tarwater claimed the first of his two victories on the night with the top time in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 21.21. He also won the 100-yard butterfly in 49.37 for his third individual victory of the season.
The Wolverines posted their second sweep of the night with the top three spots in the 400-yard IM. Chuck Sayao (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park HS) won the event in 3:59.03. Alex Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) finished second followed by Nicholas Douville (Dayton, Ohio/Archbishop Alter HS) in third.
Dane Grenda (Hockessin, Del./Salesianum HS) earned his first individual collegiate event win with his victory in the 100-yard backstroke, touching the wall in 51.88.
Michigan closed out the meet with a sweep of the 500-yard freestyle. Alex Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) posted the top time, finishing in 4:35.67. The victory marked his second straight in the event. Neligan finished second in the 500-yard freestyle and Austermann rounded out the top three.
Complete results will be posted as they are available.
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