Michigan
Texas Invitational (Day 2)
Michigan Climbs To Third at Texas Following Relay Win
12/2/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
AUSTIN, Texas -- The fourth-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team jumped up one spot to third place with 351 points during the second day of competition (Friday, Dec. 2) at the Texas Invitational. The night featured one victory, four NCAA automatic qualifying times and seven consideration times for the Wolverines.
The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School), Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams), Bobby Savulich (Edison, N.J./Saint Joseph) and Chris DeJong (Holland, Mich./Holland) finished more than four seconds under the NCAA 'A' qualifying standard. The quartet's 6:22.76 time also beat their next closest competitor by nearly six seconds. Michigan's 'B' team also posted a qualifying time of its own, finishing fourth with a 'B' standard of 6:35.56.
In the night's first event, the 200-yard medley relay, DeJong swam the first leg, followed by Andrew Albright (Carmel, Ind./Carmel), Tarwater and Bryan Vessels (Dexter, Mich./Dexter). The team clocked in at 1:29.82 for a sixth-place finish.
Brothers Peter and Alex Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams) both posted NCAA 'B' standard times to finish second (3:48.34) and fifth (3:52.76), respectively, in the 400-yard individual medley. Dane Grenda (Hockessin, Del./Salesianum) was U-M's third top-10 finish of the event, placing eighth (3:56.51).
The 200-yard freestyle featured four of the top six finishers from last year's NCAA Championships, and the battle for first came down to 2005 champion Simon Burnett of Arizona; U-M's Peter Vanderkaay, who was the national runner-up a year ago; and Tarwater.
Burnett got out quickly and led Tarwater by slim margins at the 50- and 100-yard marks with Vanderkaay in third. A strong 24.05 split by Vanderkaay in the third 50 elevated him to second place, 0.26 behind the leader, but Burnett pulled away in the stretch to win by 0.40 with a time of 1:33.57. Vanderkaay's NCAA automatic time of 1:33.97 fell 0.26 shy of his school record (1:33.71), while Tarwater also hit the NCAA 'A' standard with his third-place time of 1:34.99.
DeJong missed the top-heat cut by 0.34 seconds in the 200 freestyle prelims but came back with a strong showing in the event, placing 11th with an NCAA 'A' standard time of his own (1:35.83). Two events later DeJong recorded an NCAA 'B' standard time in the 100-yard backstroke, with his 48.19 clocking good for fifth place.
Michigan did not place competitors in the final heat of two events -- 100-yard breaststroke and one-meter diving -- during the second day of competition. Kyle Schroeder (Milan, Mich./Milan) earned the Wolverines' top diving finish of the day, placing 10th with 251.15 points, while Albright (56.79) finished 15th in the 100 breaststroke.
The Wolverines will return to the pool tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 3) for the final day of the Texas Invitational. Prelims will begin at 10 a.m. CST, with the finals being held at 6 p.m.
Team Standings (After Day 2)
1. Texas 462 2. Arizona 447 3. MICHIGAN 351 4. California 336 5. Southern Cal 323 6. Arizona State 136 7. Hawaii 103 8. Wisconsin 79 9. Missouri 71 10. Pacific 64 11. Stanford 57 12. UC Santa Barbara 52 13. Texas Christian 43 14. Wyoming 38 15. Denver 35
Event Winners/U-M FInishes (Day 2)
200-yard Medley Relay 1. Arizona 'A' 1:25.93* 6. Michigan 'A' 1:29.82 (Chris DeJong, Andrew Albright, Davis Tarwater, Bryan Vessels) 17. Michigan 'B' 1:33.55 (Dane Grenda, Grant Burtch, Curtis Dauw, Evan Ryser) 400-yard Individual Medley 1. Ous Mellouli, Southern Cal 3:43.66* 2. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 3:48.34# 5. Alex Vanderkaay, U-M 3:51.76# 8. Dane Grenda, U-M 3:56.51 (3:55.35) 22. Curtis Dauw, U-M 4:09.88 (4:06.01) 25. Gunnar Schmidt, U-M 4:07.42 200-yard Freestyle 1. Simon Burnett, Arizona 1:33.57* 2. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 1:33.97* 3. Davis Tarwater, U-M 1:34.99* 11. Chris DeJong, U-M 1:35.83* 14. Bobby Savulich,U-M 1:38.19# 19. Matt Patton, U-M 1:38.05# 21. Sal Barba, U-M 1:38.93# 24. Evan Ryser, U-M 1:40.80 (1:39.68) 100-yard Breaststroke 1. Ivan Barnes, Arizona 52.87* 15. Andrew Albright, U-M 56.79 (56.76) 21. Grant Burtch, U-M 57.28 (57.04) 30. Dane Rook, U-M 58.52 100-yard Backstroke 1. Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn Aquatics 47.34 5. Chris DeJong, U-M 48.19# 24. Dane Grenda, U-M 50.99 (50.71) One-meter Diving 1. Aaron Feight, Denver 310.90 10, Kyle Schroeder, U-M 251.15 12, Jon Donadee, U-M 243.30 21. Pat Noyes, U-M 183.25 800-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Michigan 'A' 6:22.76* (Davis Tarwater, Peter Vanderkaay, Bobby Savulich, Chris DeJong) 4. Michigan 'B' 6:35.56# (Alex Vanderkaay, Evan Ryser, Sal Barba, Matt Patton) * NCAA automatic time # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark
Day 1 Results
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