Michigan Sits in Third After Day One of Michigan Invite

Friday, January 12

Ann Arbor, Mich.

6:30 PM

Michigan

Michigan Invitational

Michigan Sits in Third After Day One of Michigan Invite

1/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 10-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team stands in third place in the four-team standings following Friday's (Jan. 12) day one competition of the Michigan Invitational at Canham Natatorium. U-M's 331 points trails first-place Indiana (405 points).

Kaitlyn Brady (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant) had the lone win for the Wolverines, surpassing an NCAA 'B' mark in the 50-yard freestyle (23.20). In addition, Michigan claimed four runner-up placements.

To open the evening, Brady, Hannah Smith (Dexter, Mich./Dexter), Margaret Kelly (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) and Lindsey Smith (Dexter, Mich./Dexter) claimed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:33.31) surpassing an NCAA consideration mark.

Emily Brunemann (Crescent Springs, Ky./Notre Dame Academy) and Kelly earned the second and third straight runner-up finishes, respectively. Brunemann's NCAA consideration time of 4:52.01 in the 500-yard freestyle allowed Michigan to jump to second in the team standings ahead of Notre Dame after two events. Kelly then nabbed a runner-up time in the 200-yard individual medley with a NCAA 'B' clip of 2:03.56. However, U-M fell to third for the remainder of the evening.

Michigan went 2-3 in three-meter diving behind first-place Lindsay Weigle of Indiana, who took third at the 2006 NCAA Championships in platform diving. Elyse Lee (Albion, Mich./Albion) scored highest for the Wolverines, placing second (332.55) with a season-best score. Katie Skendrovic (Spring Lake, Mich./Spring Lake) also set a new season-best mark as she came in third (280.20).

The Wolverines ran out of gas in the final event, earning fourth for their best finish in the 400-yard medley relay. The foursome of Brady, Justine Mueller (Monroe, Mich./Monroe), Kelly and Lindsey Smith combined for the time of 3:49.57.

U-M returns to the pool tomorrow morning for day two of the Michigan Invitational. Session one of day two begins at 9 a.m. at Canham Natatorium with session two starting at 4 p.m.

Contact: Matt Baumer (734) 763-4423

Team Standings (After Day 1)

 1. Indiana 405 2. Notre Dame 376
 3. MICHIGAN 331 4. Illinois 128

Event Winners/U-M Finishers (Day 1)

200-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Indiana 'A' 1:32.10# 2. Michigan 'A' 1:33.31# (Kaitlyn Brady, Hannah Smith, Margaret Kelly, Lindsey Smith) 6. Michigan 'B' 1:37.13 (Leigh Cole, Payton Johnson, Noelle Martin, Claire Tyler) 11. Michigan 'C' 1:38.48 (Christine Nichols, Catherine Nosal, Nikki Starr, Justine Mueller) 13. Michigan 'D' 1:40.09 (Susan Gilliam, Emily Brunemann, Emily Hanson, Mary Catherine Steiner) 17. Michigan 'E' 1:46.10 (Emily Christy, Amanda Johnson, Wendy Shieh, Lori Morton) 18. Michigan 'F' 2:05.46 (Valeria Silva, Ashley McLaughlin, Michelle Uhlig, Annie Stein) 
 500-yard Freestyle 1. Katie Carroll, Notre Dame 4:48.31# 2. Emily Brunemann, U-M 4:52.01# 4. Emily Hanson, U-M 4:54.83 7. Susan Gilliam, U-M 4:55.79 10. Mary Catherine Steiner, U-M 4:59.34 12. Emily Christy, U-M 5:00.95 17. Catherine Nosal, U-M 5:06.29 21. Keenan Koss, U-M 5:10.49 -- Lindsey Smith, U-M 4:56.49 (ex) -- Annie Stein, U-M 5:09.56 (ex) -- Leigh Cole, U-M 5:11.64 (ex) -- Ashley McLaughlin, U-M 5:14.11 (ex) -- Lori Morton, U-M 5:19.73 (ex) -- Noelle Martin, U-M 5:21.40 (ex) 
 200-yard Individual Medley 1. Katie Carroll, Notre Dame 2:01.78# 2. Margaret Kelly, U-M 2:03.56# 14. Justine Mueller, U-M 2:07.27 17. Payton Johnson, U-M 2:08.76 18. Michelle Uhlig, U-M 2:08.86 20. Claire Tyler, U-M 2:09.21 -- Hannah Smith, U-M 2:05.92 (ex) -- Kaitlyn Brady, U-M 2:06.68 (ex) -- Christine Nichols, U-M 2:11.06 (ex) -- Katie Smith, U-M 2:11.89 (ex) -- Wendy Shieh, U-M 2:12.74 (ex) -- Valeria Silva, U-M 2:12.80 (ex) -- Keenan Koss, U-M 2:14.81 (ex) 50-yard Freestyle 1. Kaitlyn Brady, U-M 23.20# 6. Hannah Smith, U-M 23.80 t8. Lindsey Smith, U-M 24.10 11. Leigh Cole, U-M 24.35 16. Noelle Martin, U-M 24.73 19. Christine Nichols, U-M 24.97 23. Wendy Shieh, U-M 26.21 26. Ashley McLaughlin, U-M 31.16 -- Margaret Kelly, U-M 23.72 (ex) -- Susan Gilliam, U-M 24.92 (ex) -- Claire Tyler, U-M 25.00 (ex) -- Nikki Starr, U-M 25.09 (ex) -- Emily Hanson, U-M 25.56 (ex) -- Payton Johnson, U-M 25.59 (ex) -- Mary Catherine Steiner, U-M 25.61 (ex) -- Emily Brunemann, U-M 25.99 (ex) -- Keenan Koss, U-M 26.93 (ex) -- Amanda Johnson, U-M 27.02 (ex) -- Katie Smith, U-M 27.21 (ex) -- Lori Morton, U-M 27.21 (ex) -- Emily Christy, U-M 27.45 (ex) -- Michelle Uhlig, U-M 28.81 (ex) -- Annie Stein, U-M 29.14 (ex) -- Valeria Silva, U-M 29.85 (ex) -- Justine Mueller, U-M 31.88 (ex) Three-meter Diving 1. Lindsay Weigle, Indiana 344.20^ 2. Elyse Lee, U-M 332.55^ 3. Katie Skendrovic, U-M 280.20^ 5. Ellen Van Cleve, U-M 269.80
 11. Stephanie O'Callaghan, U-M 243.85 400-yard Medley Relay 1. Indiana 'A' 3:33.02# 4. Michigan 'A' 3:49.57 (Kaitlyn Brady, Justine Mueller, Margaret Kelly, Lindsey Smith) 7. Michigan 'B' 3:53.75 (Hannah Smith, Valeria Silva, Payton Johnson, Leigh Cole) 12. Michigan 'C' 3:59.36 (Katie Smith, Ashley McLaughlin, Emily Christy, Noelle Martin) 14. Michigan 'D' 4:03.76 (Catherine Nosal, Michelle Uhlig, Lori Morton, Claire Tyler) 16. Michigan 'F' 4:06.51 (Keenan Koss, Christine Nichols, Wendy Shieh, Mary Catherine Steiner) 18. Michigan 'E' 4:10.30 (Annie Stein, Susan Gilliam, Emily Brunemann, Emily Hanson) 
 * NCAA automatic qualifying time # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark ex swam exhibition

Q U O T E S

Head Swimming Coach Jim Richardson
On the first day of the Michigan Invitational ... "We had some swims that were just awesome and times that are right at where they were at Texas A&M when they had three days rest. We put in our hardest training of the season this week through Wednesday night so they have done more work this week than they have all year long.

"Hannah Smiths 200 IM was excellent. The 500-yard freestyle was excellent as was the 200 freestyle. I thought Margaret Kellys 200 IM was really good. Kaitlyn Bradys 23.2 in the 50 free is right at the best she has been in in-season training since shes been at Michigan. We had a few good individual swims, but looked a bit tired in the medleys and we were just running on fumes by the time we got to the medley relay. Overall, looking at the whole week and since we have been back from Holiday training, we put in our best week of work this week."