Weekly Release #5
11/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Upcoming Schedule
Thu-Sat., Nov. 30-Dec. 2 -- U.S. Open (West Lafayette, Ind.)
Fri-Sat., Dec. 1-2 -- at EMU Invitational (Ypsilanti, Mich.)
Tuesday, Jan. 2 -- at Mexican National Team (La Loma, Mexico)
This Week: at U.S. Open and at EMU Invitational
The No. 11-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team returns to the pool for the U.S. Open in West Lafayette, Ind. (Nov. 30CDec. 2) and the Eastern Michigan Invitational in Ypsilanti, Mich. (Dec. 1-2). The U.S. Open will be held at the Boilermaker Aquatics Center, and the events will be swum in long course meters. The EMU Invitational will take place in the Michael H. Jones Natatorium, with a 3:30 p.m. start time for Friday's events and a 10 a.m. start time for Saturday's events. The EMU Invite's events will be held in short course yards.
U.S. Open Order of Events
Thursday, Nov. 30 Prelims and Finals: U-M swimmers
200 individual medley: Dauw, Grenda, Schultz, A. Vanderkaay, Weinberg
400 freestyle: Austermann, A. DeJong, Houchin, Patton, Savulich, Sprang
100 breaststroke: Burtch, Spann
200 backstroke: Barba, Grenda, Schultz
50 freestyle: Brady, Ryser, Savulich
800 freestyle relay: U-M A, U-M B
Friday, Dec. 1 Prelims and Finals: U-M swimmers
100 backstroke: Barba, Brady, Mandel
200 freestyle: Barba, A. DeJong, Houchin, Patton, Ryser, Savulich, Schultz,
100 butterfly: Brady, Dauw, Mandel
400 individual medley: Grenda, A. Vanderkaay, Weinberg
400 medley relay: U-M A, U-M B
Saturday, Dec. 2 Prelims and Finals: U-M swimmers
100 freestyle: Houchin, Ryser, Savulich
200 breaststroke: Spann
200 butterfly: Dauw, Grenda, Houchin, Patton, A. Vanderkaay
1,500 freestyle: Austermann, Houchin, Patton, Sprang
400 freestyle relay: U-M A, U-M B
EMU Invitational Order of Events
Friday, Dec. 1
1,650 freestyle
200 backstroke
100 freestyle
200 breaststroke
200 butterfly
400 freestyle relay
Saturday, Dec. 2
200 medley relay
400 individual medley
100 butterfly
200 freestyle
100 breaststroke
100 backstroke
800 freestyle relay
Diving
200 freestyle relay
500 freestyle
200 individual medley
50 freestyle
400 medley relay
Last Time In The Pool
The University of Michigan mens swimming and diving team defeated both Michigan State (173-102) and Princeton (173-100) on Saturday, Nov. 11, at Canham Natatorium. The Wolverines jumped out to a dominating lead on both teams, finishing 1-2 in the first five events of the day. U-M finished the meet with the top score in 13 of the 15 events.
New Faces
The Wolverines welcome eight newcomers on their 2006-07 roster. Chris Brady (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant), Adam DeJong (Holland, Mich./Holland), Chris Dukatz (Troy, Mich./Birmingham Brother Rice), Charlie Houchin (Raleigh, N.C./William G. Enloe), Andr Schultz (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Palmares), Scott Spann (Austin, Texas/Westlake) and Shaun Weinberg (Phoenix, Md./Dulaney) have all made their collegiate debuts this year. Alon Mandel (Netanya, Israel/Eldad) is the only freshman who has not participated yet this season.
Introducing the Captains
Juniors Grant Burtch (Holland, Mich./Holland) and Alex Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams) have been selected to lead the Wolverines as captains during the 2006-07 season. Last season, Burtch earned NCAA All-America honorable mention for his performance in the 400-yard medley relay. Vanderkaay earned four NCAA All-American citations in 2005-06 (500-yard freestyle, 200-yard butterfly, 400-yard individual medley, and the 800-yard freestyle relay) and honorable mention in 2004-05 (400-yard individual medley). Vanderkaay also has two 2006 Big Ten championships to his name (400-yard individual medley and the 800-yard freestyle relay).
CSCAA Division I Men's Poll
Rank, Team Points 1. Auburn 300 2. Texas 285 3. Stanford 284 4. California 267 5. USC 262 6. Arizona 250 7. Minnesota 238 8. Georgia 225 9. Northwestern 224 10. Florida 215 11. Michigan 199 12. Ohio State 175 13. Indiana 174 14. Tennessee 172 15. Virginia 165 16. Florida State 148 17. Notre Dame 144 18. Purdue 132 19. Alabama 117 20. West Virginia 102 21. Arizona State 99 22. North Carolina 90 23. UNLV 68 24. Brigham Young 57 25. Texas A&M 49Leader of the Pack
Head coach Bob Bowman returns for his third season at the helm of the U-M men's swimming and diving program, claiming a 17-4 overall record in dual meets. Bowman brings an undefeated Big Ten Conference dual meet record into the 2006-07 collegiate season. During his first two seasons, Bowman led Michigan to two third-place finishes in the Big Ten Championships and two top 10 finishes in the NCAA Championships, taking eighth place last season and sixth in 2004-05.
Summer Success
Many Michigan swimmers had a very productive summer this year. Andr Schultz participated at the 2006 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships, held Aug. 17-20 in Victoria, British Columbia. Representing Brazil, Schultz was part of the 800-meter medley relay team that finished sixth overall (7:29.74). He also placed fifth (13th overall) in the consolation final of the 200-meter individual medley (2:05.31), and sixth (14th overall) in the 200-meter backstroke consolation final (2:05.32).
At the 2006 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships (Aug. 1-5), members of the swimming team helped the U-M club team, Club Wolverine, win the title. Alex Vanderkaay and sophomore Matt Patton (Matthews, N.C./Butler) combined with former Wolverine Davis Tarwater (2003-06) and Club Wolverine's Klete Keller to win the 800-meter freestyle relay (7:26.35). Michigan had swimmers on each of the top three teams in the distance relay, with sophomores Bobby Savulich (Edison, N.J./St. Josephs), Evan Ryser (Katy, Texas/James E. Taylor) and Sal Barba (Hudson, Mass./St. Johns) combining to finish runner-up, and freshman Charlie Houchin swimming on the third-place relay with the YMCA of the Triangle Area.
With their success in USA Swimming National Championships, several Wolverines were selected for international competition. Alex Vanderkaay will swim for Team USA in the 2007 World University Games in both the 200-meter butterfly and the 400-meter individual medley in Bangkok, Thailand (Aug. 8-18). Both Matt Patton (400-meter freestyle) and Scott Spann (200-meter breaststroke) will swim at the 2007 Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (July 13-29).
On the Horizon
Michigan will have a month off before getting back into action against the Mexican National Team at La Loma, Mexico on Jan. 2.
Contact: Tim Trunzo (734) 763-4423
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