Summer Updates: Nine Wolverines Compete At Nationals
6/28/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
August 3, 2010
Tuesday, August 3 -- Nine University of Michigan women's swimmers are in action at the 2010 Conoco Phillips National Championships, beginning today (Aug. 3) and running through Saturday (Aug. 7) in Irvine, Calif.
Sophomore Mattie Kukors (Auburn, Wash./Mountainview) will swim in five events, leading all Wolverines. In addition, former swimmers Emily Brunemann (2006-10) and Leigh Cole (2007-10) will also participate.
A complete list of swimmers and events are listed below. All events are in long-course meters:
Julia Andracki: 100-meter breaststroke, 200-meter breaststroke
Emily Brunemann: 400-meter freestyle, 800-meter freestyle, 400-meter individual medley
Ashley Cohagen: 100-meter butterfly, 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke
Kristyne Cole: 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle
Leigh Cole: 100-meter backstroke, 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle
Caitlin Dauw: 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter butterfly
Kally Fayhee: 200-meter butterfly
Liz Johnson: 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke
Mattie Kukors: 200-meter individual medley, 400-meter individual medley, 400-meter freestyle, 200-meter backstroke, 200-meter freestyle
Melissa Lang: 200-meter individual medley, 100-meter breaststroke, 200-meter breaststroke
Alexa Mehesan: 100-meter butterfly
The Wolverines will also have select swimmers in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relays and the 4x100-meter medley relay.
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Monday, June 28 -- Former Wolverine swimmer Emily Brunemann (2006-10) was selected to the Team USA Open Water roster for the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships on Aug. 22 in Long Beach, Calif. She will swim the 10K. [ Release ]
Wednesday, June 9 -- Emily Hanson (2007-10) was named to USA Swimming's Open Water roster for the 2010 FINA World Championships in Roberval, Quebec, running from July 15-23. Hanson will swim the 25K. [ Release ]
Sunday, June 6 -- Emily Brunemann (2006-10) and Emily Hanson (2007-10) both swam the 10K at the 2010 USA Swimming Open Water Championships & National Team Trials in Long Beach, Calif. Brunemann finished with a time of 1:59:24 to take fourth place and, as one of the top four finishers, automatically earned a Team USA spot for the 2010 Pan Pacific Championships. Hanson placed fifth (2:03:14).
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