Wolverines in Third After First Day of Indiana Invite

Friday, January 9

Bloomington, Ind.

11:00 AM

Michigan

Indiana Invitational (Day 1)

Wolverines in Third After First Day of Indiana Invite

1/9/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Site: Bloomington, Ind. (Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center)
Event: Indiana Invitational
U-M Team Standing: 3rd Place of 4 Teams (579 Points) After Day 1
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Jan. 10 -- at Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.), 6 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The No. 19-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team finished the first of two days at the Indiana Invitational in third place with 579 points on Friday night (Jan. 9) at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center. No. 13 Tennessee finished the day in first with 1023.5 points.

Junior Margaret Kelly(Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) and senior Hannah Smith(Dexter, Mich./Dexter) each earned wins for the Wolverines on the first day of competition.

U-M started the morning session with a second-place finish in the 4x200-yard freestyle relay. The Wolverines were the top seed heading into the race but touched the wall .70 behind the Volunteers.

In the third event of the day, Kelly and Smith finished 1-2 for the Wolverines in the 200-yard individual medley. Kelly touched the wall first with a time of 2:01.18 for her team-leading ninth win of the season. Smith followed Kelly with a career-best time of 2:02.63 to finish in second.

Kelly followed up her first-place finish in the 200-yard IM with a second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in with a season-best time of 23.32, .40 behind Tennessee's Michelle King.

In the second session, senior Payton Johnson(Champaign, Ill./Centennial) picked up a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly, outracing the Hoosiers' Kate Zubkova for second as she finished the final 25 yards .20 quicker than the 2008 Olympian.

Smith gave U-M two straight top-three finishes when she tied Tennessee's Carly Mathes for first place in the 200-yard freestyle. Smith and Mathes battled back and forth throughout the race but neither was able to open up a substantial lead as the two touched the wall at the same time (1:49.81).

Smith added her third top-three finish of the day when she placed third in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing almost two seconds ahead of the fourth-place finisher from Tennessee.

The Wolverines then ended the day with a third-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay. Smith gave Michigan an early lead after the first 200 yards, but the relay squads from both Tennessee and Indiana managed to pull ahead over the final 600 yards.

U-M returns to the pool tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 10) for the third and final session of the Indiana Invitational. The competition begins again at 6 p.m.

Team Standings (After Day 1)

 1. Tennessee 1023.5 2. Indiana 925.5 3. MICHIGAN 579 4. Illinois 111

Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 1)

 200-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Tennessee 1:32.47 2. Michigan "A" 1:33.19 (Natasha Moodie, Hannah Smith, Margaret Kelly, Payton Johnson) 6. Michigan "B" 1:36.12 (Noelle Martin, Leigh Cole, Kristyne Cole, Alexa Mehesan) 10. Michigan "C" 1:38.76 (Liz Koselka, Claire Tyler Catherine Nosal, Liz Johnson) 16. Michigan "D" 1:50.40 (Christine Nichols, Caitlin Dauw Courtney Beyer, Emily Hanson)

 500-yard Freestyle 1. Amanda Smith, Indiana 4:49.44 10. Liz Koselka, U-M 5:01.18 16. Emily Hanson, U-M 5:04.53 20. Kristyne Cole, U-M 5:07.07 21. Mary Catherine Steiner, U-M 5:09.08 22. Keenan Koss, U-M 5:09.63 23. Catherine Nosal, U-M 5:10.02 24. Caitlin Dauw, U-M 5:10.35 27. Emily Christy, U-M 5:11.78

 200-yard Individual Medley 1. Margaret Kelly, U-M 2:01.18 2. Hannah Smith, U-M 2:02.63 13. Claire Tyler, U-M 2:06.44 16. Payton Johnson, U-M 2:07.47 18. Lori Morton, U-M 2:08.48 25. Alexa Mehesan, U-M 2:10.40 28. Courtney Beyer, U-M 2:11.31 30. Christine Nichols, U-M 2:13.51

 50-yard Freestyle 1. Michelle King, Tennessee 22.94 2. Margaret Kelly, U-M 23.32 6. Noelle Martin, U-M 23.89 7. Hannah Smith, U-M 23.90 12. Natasha Moodie, U-M 24.18 15. Leigh Cole, U-M 24.32 18. Liz Johnson, U-M 24.61 19. Alexa Mehesan, U-M 24.66 22. Claire Tyler, U-M 24.75 25. Catherine Nosal, U-M 25.00 26. Liz Koselka, U-M 25.03 33. Kristyne Cole, U-M 25.49 35. Caitlin Dauw, U-M 25.69 36. Payton Johnson, U-M 25.78 37. Mary Catherine Steiner, U-M 26.06 38. Lori Morton, U-M 26.32 39. Emily Hanson, U-M 26.35 40. Keenan Koss, U-M 26.88 41. Emily Christy, U-M 26.94 43. Courtney Beyer, U-M 27.50 44. Christine Nichols, U-M 30.79 45. Morgan Rosentreter, U-M 31.57

 400-yard Medley Relay 1. Tennessee 3:42.56 4. Michigan "A" 3:49.88 (Hannah Smith, Margaret Kelly, Payton Johnson, Leigh Cole) 9. Michigan "B" 3:53.79 (Liz Johnson, Christine Nichols, Caitlin Dauw, Natasha Moodie) 11. Michigan "C" 3:59.08 (Alexa Mehesan, Morgan Rosentreter, Noelle Martin, Liz Koselka) 12. Michigan "D" 3:59.89 (Lori Morton, Claire Tyler, Emily Christy, Kristyne Cole)

 One-Meter Diving 1. Christina Loukas, Indiana 322.60^ 5. Amanda Lohman, U-M 252.85 9. Jillian Drow, U-M 238.95 10. Stephanie O'Callaghan, U-M 236.55 13. Rachael Ropeik, U-M 217.55 14. Caitlin Dunphy-Daly 201.60

 Three-Meter Diving 1. Christina Loukas, Indiana 354.85^ 5. Amanda Lohman, U-M 273.00^ 7. Jillian Drow, U-M 251.34 9. Rachael Ropeik, U-M 238.90 14. Caitlin Dunphy-Daly, U-M 214.40 15. Stephanie O'Callaghan, U-M 214.35

 200-yard Medley Relay 1. Tennessee 1:41.57 4. Michigan "A" 1:44.36 (Hannah Smith, Christine Nichols, Margaret Kelly, Noelle Martin) 5. Michigan "B" 1:47.32 (Payton Johnson, Morgan Rosentreter, Caitlin Dauw, Leigh Cole) 14. Michigan "C" 1:50.90 (Liz Johnson, Claire Tyler, Courtney Beyer, Liz Koselka)

 400-yard Individual Medley 1. Allison Kay, Indiana 4:19.43 4. Margaret Kelly, U-M 4:21.14 11. Claire Tyler, U-M 4:30.19 16. Courtney Beyer, U-M 4:34.84 19. Emily Hanson, U-M 4:37.86 21. Mary Catherine Steiner, U-M 4:48.75

 100-yard Butterfly 1. Jennifer Connolly, U-T 54.71 2. Payton Johnson, U-M 55.20 4. Caitlin Dauw, U-M 55.77 9. Noelle Martin, U-M 56.78 11. Lori Morton, U-M 57.31 13. Emily Christy, U-M 57.52 16. Alexa Mehesan, U-M 58.37 17. Claire Tyler, U-M 58.45 19. Kristyne Cole, U-M 58.67 20. Keenan Koss, U-M 58.71 24. Courtney Beyer, U-M 59.70

 200-yard Freestyle 1. Carly Mathes, U-T 1:49.81 1. Hannah Smith, U-M 1:49.81 6. Liz Koselka, U-M 1:51.60 15. Kristyne Cole, U-M 1:54.89 16. Liz Johnson, U-M 1:54.93 20. Leigh Cole, U-M 1:55.26 21. Catherine Nosal, U-M 1:56.14 22. Caitlin Dauw, U-M 1:56.32 26. Mary Catherine Steiner, U-M 1:56.97 28. Noelle Martin, U-M 1:57.47 29. Natasha Moodie, U-M 1:57.86 30. Keenan Koss, U-M 1:58.35 32. Emily Hanson, U-M 1:58.49

 100-yard Breaststroke 1. Jamie Saffer, U-T 1:02.70 10. Christine Nichols, U-M 1:06.14 13. Margaret Kelly, U-M 1:06.48 15. Natasha Moodie, U-M 1:06.92 18. Morgan Rosentreter, U-M 1:07.41

 100-yard Backstroke 1. Kate Zubcova, Indiana 53.98# 3. Hannah Smith, U-M 56.14 5. Liz Johnson, U-M 58.12 11. Payton Johnson, U-M 58.70 13. Lori Morton, U-M 59.32 15. Leigh Cole, U-M 59.52 21. Alexa Mehesan, U-M 1:00.91 22. Emily Christy, U-M 1:01.23 24. Catherine Nosal, U-M 1:01.38

 800-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Tennessee 7:24.80 3. Michigan "A" 7:29.58 (Hannah Smith, Margaret Kelly, Kristyne Cole, Liz Koselka) 9. Michigan "B" 7:45.35 (Noelle Martin, Emily Hanson, Caitlin Dauw, Liz Johnson) 11. Michigan "C" 7:50.55 (Catherine Nosal, Keenan Koss, Mary Catherine Steiner, Emily Christy)

 Platform Diving 1. Amy Korthauer, Indiana 265.45^ 4. Rachael Ropeik, U-M 221.70 5. Caitlin Dunphy-Daly, U-M 208.40 6. Jillian Drow, U-M 206.05 8. Amanda Lohman, U-M 192.95 10. Stephanie O'Callaghan, U-M 187.15

 # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark

Q U O T E S

Michigan Assistant Coach Stefanie Kerska
On the first day... "The girls are coming off an intense training trip and a new dry-land routine that has left them a little drained. But I think we got better in the second session. We are using everything as a learning experience to be a little more thorough in our preparation and to be a little more focused to make sure we are getting the details right."

U-M Senior Hannah Smith
On the girls' performance... "It was a hard day. We just got back from our training trip and we are all kind of sore and tired. But I think everyone swam tough, gave it their all and they left everything they had in the pool. I know some people are disappointed by their times, but we aren't worried about times right now so much as race strategy as we get prepared for Big Tens. Overall, I think we all swam very tough today."

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