Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 2)
Ketchum Anchors Relay Winner, Runner-up in 200 Free
3/26/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. -- In his final chance to win an NCAA title, University of Michigan men's swimming and diving senior captain Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS) brought home Michigan's winning 800-meter freestyle relay team to an NCAA and U.S. Open record clocking of 7:01.42 Friday (March 26) at the NCAA Championships. Helping Ketchum earn his first national championship were sophomores Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) and Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School) and junior Andrew Hurd (Oakville, Ontario/Oakville Trafalger HS).
| | Hurd (clockwise from top left), Peter Vanderkaay, Tarwater and Ketchum won the 800 freestyle relay title. |
In the final race of the day Peter Vanderkaay, Tarwater, Hurd and Ketchum made it two straight days in which U-M won an NCAA title. Swimming his third event of the night, Vanderkaay opened with a leadoff split of 1:45.69 to put Michigan in third behind Auburn and Florida.
Tarwater moved into second place with a strong 200, clocking in at 1:45.61. The Michigan swimmer pulled ahead of Florida and was just tenths of a second behind Auburn handing the race to Hurd. The junior from Canada wasted no time in taking Michigan to the front of the pack. With an opening 100 of 50.44 Hurd leaped Auburn's third swimmer and continued to open water. Hurd finished his 200 with an outstanding 1:44.96.
With Michigan ahead all Ketchum needed to do was maintain the lead, and that is what he did. With only 200 meters separating himself and his first NCAA crown, the senior captain turned out a 1:45.16 to bring home Michigan's fifth 800-meter relay title, its first since 1997. U-M's 7:01.42 was four and a half seconds faster than runner-up Stanford's 7:05.94.
In individual races, it was the freestyle which again proved to be the big point scorer, as the Wolverines earned 36 points in the 200-meter freestyle. Ketchum led the charge with his second career runner-up finish in the event, while Peter Vanderkaay added a fifth-place finish and Hurd pitched in with a 12th-place showing.
Swimming in lane seven, Ketchum jumped out with the leaders and held his position for the entire race. After his first 100 the senior sat in second place just behind Florida's Adam Sioui, who was in lane eight. Coming off the wall at the 150 mark, Ketchum sat in fourth, but he quickly worked his way back into the thick of things to touch in second with the final 25 meters remaining.
The Michigan swimmer was in a tight battle for the win all the way up to the finish but was out-touched by Stanford's Jayme Cramer, who posted a mark of 1:45.04 to Ketchum's 1:45.11. Vanderkaay was in contention for victory as well but finished fifth with a time of 1:45.52. In the consolation final of the event, Hurd turned in a 12th-place showing with a swim of 1:47.49.
Michigan opened up a big scoring night with a third-place finish in the consolation final of the 200-meter medley relay as the foursome of sophomore Chris DeJong (Holland, Mich./Holland HS), senior/junior Christian Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS), Tarwater and Peter Vanderkaay combined for a time of 1:38.78. DeJong opened with a backstroke split of 25.16, while the elder Vanderkaay clocked a 27.76 breaststroke mark. Tarwater, who was forced to swim two 100-meter butterflies during the morning session, split 23.78 and the younger Vanderkaay brought it home with an anchor 50 freestyle of 22.08.
Swimming in his first championship final at the NCAA Championships, junior Chuck Sayao (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park) placed eighth with a mark of 4:16.13. Sayao was in a tight battle for sixth through eighth coming off the opening stroke, the butterfly. Racing in lane one, the junior fell two to eighth over the next two legs of the event. Following the first 50 of the freestyle, Sayao pulled into seventh, but Minnesota's Adam Mitchell was able to outlast the U-M swimmer.
Tarwater was the next Wolverine to jump into the pool and he too finished eighth over his 100-meter butterfly race with a time of 53.07. Tarwater earned a trip to his first individual collegiate championship final when he beat Florida's Gabriel Mangabeira in head-to-head action after the two each clocked in with a mark of 52.43 during the preliminary heats of the event.
With Ian Crocker of Texas setting world records in both the prelims and finals of the 100 fly, with a finals time of 49.07, the battle was for second on down. The Michigan sophomore held firm over the first 25 meters but began to drop back after the second turn.
In the final individual swim of the evening for the Maize and Blue, DeJong earned All-America honorable mention with a third-place showing in the consolation final of the 100-meter backstroke. DeJong, seeded 14th after his prelim swim of 53.31, swam the evening race in lane seven. Using the outside to his advantage, the sophomore lowered his time to 52.96 for an 11th-place overall showing.
Over in the diving well, senior Jason Coben (Newtown Square, Pa./Marple Newtown HS) had a career-best finish on the three-meter springboard, placing 10th with a score of 541.90. Coben's previous best showing on the three-meter height was an 11th-place finish (521.60) last season in Austin, Texas.
The Wolverines will look for their 16th top 10 team finish at the NCAA Championships under retiring head coach Jon Urbanchek. In his 22 years at the helm, Michigan has placed in the nation's top 15 in all but two years. U-M will get things underway with the prelims of the 200-meter backstroke at noon on Saturday (March 27). To begin the finals of day three, Peter Vanderkaay will look for his second NCAA title of the meet as he enters as the No. 1 seed in the 1,500-meter freestyle.
Top Teams (after Day 2)
1. Auburn 435 2. Stanford 248.5 3. Texas 246 4. Arizona 225 5. MICHIGAN 197 6. Florida 177 7. California 170.5 8. Tennessee 125 9. Northwestern 93 10. Minnesota 82
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
(Prelimary time in parentheses for U-M if faster than finals time)
200-Meter Medley Relay 1. Auburn 1:34.25!% 2. Texas 1:34.58$ 3. California 1:35.02 4. Wisconsin 1:36.82 5. Arizona 1:37.42 6. Texas A&M 1:37.64 7. Indiana 1:38.02 Stanford DQ 11. Michigan 1:38.78 (1:38.11) (Chris DeJong, Christian Vanderkaay, Davis Tarwater, Peter Vanderkaay) 400-Meter Individual Medley 1. Ryan Lochte, Florida 4:04.52!$% 2. Ousama Mellouli, Southern Cal 4:04.90 3. Robert Margarlis, Georgia 4:09.34 4. Eric Shanteau, Auburn 4:09.66 5. Istvan Bathazi, South Carolina 4:11.71 6. Paul Fahey, Southern Cal 4:14.57 7. Adam Mitchell, Minnesota 4:15.65 8. Chuck Sayao, U-M 4:16.13 (4:13.43) 100-Meter Butterfly 1. Ian Crocker, Texas 49.07$%!@ 2. Milorad Cavic, California 50.81 3. Dranganja Duje, California 51.56 4. Bryce Hunt, Auburn 52.87 5. Matt McDonald, Stanford 52.00 6. Fred Bousquet, Auburn 52.11 7. Peter Marshall, Stanford 52.53 8. Davis Tarwater, U-M 53.07 (52.03*) 200-Meter Freestyle 1. Jayme Cramer, Stanford 1:45.04 2. Dan Ketchum, U-M 1:45.11 3. George Bovell, Auburn 1:45.13 4. Adam Sioui, Florida 1:45.28 5. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 1:45.52 6. Simon Burnett, Arizona 1:45.65 7. B.J. Jones, Auburn 1:46.72 8. Tyler DeBerry, Arizona 1:47.49 12. Andrew Hurd, U-M 1:47.22 (1:46.96) 100-Meter Breaststroke 1. Brendan Hansen, Texas 58.19 2. Mark Gangloff, Auburn 58.78 3. Scott Usher, Wyoming 59.01 4. Henrique Barbosa, California 59.45 Gary Marshall, Stanford 59.45 6. Greg Owen, Arizona 59.56 7. Nate Stevens, Arizona 1:00.28 -- Phil Davis, Washington DQ 28. Christian Vanderkaay, U-M 1:01.67 100-Meter Backstroke 1. Peter Marshall, Stanford 50.32$%!@ 2. Markus Rogan, Stanford 51.60 3. Aaron Peirsol, Texas 51.75 4. Evan Martinec, Louisiana State 51.87 5. Alex Lim, California 51.99 6. Matt Grevers, Northwestern 52.11 7. Doug Van Wei, Auburn 52.50 8. Derek Gibb, Aurburn 53.49 11. Chris DeJong, U-M 52.96 Three-Meter Diving 1. Joona Puhakka, Arizona State 647.30 2. Phillip Jones, Tennessee 633.50 3. Andy Bradley, South Carolina 616.45 4. Miguel Velazquez, Miami (Fla.) 613.50 5. Caesar Garcia, Auburn 609.40 6. Chris Colwill, Georgia 597.70 7. Timo Klami, Iowa 585.80 8. Matt Bricker, Auburn 574.90 10. Jason Coben, U-M 541.90 800-Meter Freestyle Relay 1. Michigan 7:01.42%! (Peter Vanderkaay, Davis Tarwater, Andrew Hurd, Dan Ketchum) 2. Stanford 7:05.94 3. Florida 7:06.95 4. Auburn 7:07.29 5. Arizona 7:08.03 6. Tennessee 7:11.52 7. Texas 7:12.57 8. Minnesota 7:12.83 # - World's fastest time @ - World Record $ - American Record % - U.S. Open Record ! - NCAA Record * - Achieved in prelims swim-off
Day 1 Results
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