Michigan
Texas Invitational (Day 3)
Captains Win Event Titles; U-M Places Fourth at Texas
12/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
AUSTIN, Texas -- Though the fourth-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team tallied three individual victories on the final night (Saturday, Dec. 3) of the Texas Invitational the team fell back to fourth in the final standings. U-M compiled 474 points in the three-day meet and was narrowly edged by Southern Cal (486) for third place. The meet's winner was not decided until the final event as Arizona's 'B' and 'A' teams finished 1-2 in the 400-yard freestyle relay to beat out Texas 623-619.
Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams), Chris DeJong (Holland, Mich./Holland) and Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School) posted their first individual victories of the meet to lead the Maize and Blue. After falling just short in the 500-yard freestyle (Thursday) and 400-yard individual medley (Friday) to Southern Cal's Ous Mellouli, Vanderkaay made sure it would not happen for the third straight day, edging Mellouli by just under two seconds (14:48.22) in the 1,650-yard freestyle.
DeJong notched his first win of the meet in the 200-yard backstroke with an NCAA 'A' standard of 1:42.55. Trailing halfway through the 200-yard butterfly, Tarwater came back to post his second NCAA individual automatic time of the meet.
U-M began the final night of competition as Vanderkaay finally won his first event of the meet in the 1,650-yard freestyle after placing second three times in the meet's previous two days. Matt Patton (Matthews, N.C./Butler) placed fourth in the event with a career-best 15:05.46. The freshman's time also met the NCAA 'A' standard as he touched the wall 0.41 seconds under the cutoff. Jorge Carral (Mexico City, Mexico/The Bolles School, Fla.) also made a strong showing in the event with a career best of his own (15:32.71) and his first NCAA qualifying time (consideration) of the season.
DeJong led the Wolverines to their second consecutive victory of the night in the 200-yard backstroke with his first individual NCAA automatic time of the season. Michigan featured its second swimmer in the event as sophomore Dane Grenda (Hockessin, Del./Salesianum) swam in an event's final heat for the third straight day. His time of 1:48.34 was good for eighth.
Following a seventh-place finish by Peter Vanderkaay in the 100-yard freestyle, Tarwater and Alex Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams) each posted NCAA standard times in the 200-yard butterfly. Tarwater's 1:43.93 earned him first place and an 'A' standard time, while Vanderkaay posted his second 'B' time of the meet, finishing in 1:46.19 for fifth place.
In the final event of the three-day competition, Michigan took fourth in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Captains Tarwater, DeJong and Vanderkaay were joined by Bobby Savulich (Edison, N.J./Saint Joseph) to post an NCAA consideration time of 2:56.79.
The Wolverines will take more than a month off before returning to the pool Friday, Jan. 13, against Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind.
Final Team Standings
1. Arizona 623 2. Texas 619 3. Southern Cal 486 4. MICHIGAN 474 5. California 336 6. Arizona State 190 7. Hawaii 159 8. Wisconsin 117 9. Missouri 106 10. Pacific 82 11. UC Santa Barbara 77 12. Stanford 57 13. Texas Christian 55 14. Wyoming 38 15. Denver 35
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 3)
1650-yard Freestyle 1. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 14:48.22* 4. Matt Patton, U-M 15:05.46* 10. Jorge Carral, U-M 15:32.71# 15. Christian Sprang, U-M 15:40.13 18. Johnny Austermann, U-M 15:47.99 33. Gunnar Schmidt, U-M 16:14.99 200-yard Backstroke 1. Chris DeJong, U-M 1:42.55* 8. Dane Grenda, U-M 1:48.34 (1:48.06) 100-yard Freestyle 1. Ian Crocker, Longhorn Aquatics 42.60 7. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 44.29# 18. Bobby Savulich, U-M 45.42 24. Bryan Vessels, U-M 45.86 (45.50) 31. Sal Barba, U-M 46.17 (46.05) 200-yard Breaststroke 1. Misi Flaskay, Southern Cal 1:58.23# 14. Andrew Albright, U-M 2:03.87 17. Grant Burtch, U-M 2:03.68 22. Dane Rook, U-M 2:06.88 200-yard Butterfly 1. Davis Tarwater, U-M 1:43.93* 5. Alex Vanderkaay, U-M 1:46.19# 14. Matt Patton, U-M 1:50.03 (1:48.97) 22. Curtis Dauw, U-M 1:50.80 Platform Diving 1. Sam Helvie, California 282.85 8. Jon Donadee, U-M 217.25 12. Kyle Schroeder, U-M 189.25 14. Pat Noyes, U-M 145.40 400-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Arizona 'B' 2:54.70# 4. Michigan 'A' 2:56.79# (Davis Tarwater, Chris DeJong, Bobby Savulich, Peter Vanderkaay) 12. Michigan 'B' 3:03.55 (Evan Ryser, Bryan Vessels, Sal Barba, Matt Patton) * NCAA automatic time # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark
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