Wolverines Take Home Fourth Straight SMU Classic Title

Saturday, January 14

Dallas, Texas

7:30 PM

Michigan

SMU Classic

Wolverines Take Home Fourth Straight SMU Classic Title

1/15/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Jan. 15, 2012

Site: Dallas, Texas (Perkins Natatorium)
Event: SMU Classic (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Team Result: 1st of 6 Teams (315 points)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sat., Jan. 27-28 -- at Ohio State Quad (Columbus, Ohio), 6 p.m./Noon

DALLAS, Texas -- Sophomore Connor Jaeger (Rumson, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven) won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:19.17 to lead the No. 4 University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team to its fourth straight SMU Classic crown on Saturday (Jan. 14) at Perkins Natatorium. The Wolverines (315 points) held off USC (309) for the team crown.

Jaeger's victory proved to be the lone event win of the day for the Wolverines, but U-M did earn a trio of top-three finishes.

Michigan took second in the 200-yard medley relay behind USC, as the quartet of junior Miguel Ortiz (Tokyo, Japan/St. Mary's International), freshman Bruno Ortiz (Tokyo, Japan/St. Mary's International), sophomore John Wojciechowski (Scottsdale, Ariz./Phoenix Brophy) and senior Dan Madwed (Stamford, Conn./Towson) notched a 1:27.57 for 20 team points.

Freshman Richard Funk (Edmonton, Alberta/Stratchcona) took second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:59.29, while Madwed collected a runner-up finish in the 200-yard butterfly, touching the wall in a time of 1:43.74. Sophomore Kyle Whitaker (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) closed out the top finishes for U-M with a 1:49.10 in the 200-yard individual medley to help secure the win for the Wolverines.

Michigan returns to action at the Ohio State Quad Jan. 27-28 at the McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio. Participating teams include Northwestern, Penn State and the host institution, Ohio State. Meet time is 6 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday in the two-day event.

Final Team Standings

 1. MICHIGAN            315 2. USC                 309 3. Florida             283.50 4. North Carolina      266.50 5. SMU                 245 6. Purdue              236

Event Winners/U-M Finishers (Day 2)

200-yard Medley Relay 1. USC 'A'                  1:26.94 2. MICHIGAN 'A'             1:27.57  (Miguel Ortiz, Bruno Ortiz,    John Wojciechowski, Dan Madwed) 500-yard Freestyle 1. Connor Jaeger, U-M       4:19.17 7. Ryan Feeley, U-M         4:24.02 200-yard Breaststroke 1. Matt Elliott, UF         1:57.79 2. Richard Funk, U-M        1:59.29 8. Kyle Whitaker, U-M       2:00.83 200-yard Backstroke 1. Alex Lendrum, USC        1:43.85 6. John Wojciechowski, U-M  1:50.44 7. Dan Madwed, U-M          1:46.46 Three-meter Diving 1. David MacDonald, UNC      395.55 4. Jack Lee, U-M             348.25 100-yard Freestyle 1. Vladamir Morozov, USC      42.51 5. Miguel Ortiz, U-M          44.36 9. Bruno Ortiz, U-M           45.07 200-yard Butterfly  1. Marcin Cieslak, UF       1:43.62 2. Dan Madwed, U-M          1:43.74 8. Connor Jaeger, U-M       1:47.64 200-yard Individual Medley 1. Dimitri Colupaev, USC    1:47.31 3. Kyle Whitaker, U-M       1:49.10--  John Wojciechowski, U-M       DQ 200-yard Freestyle Relay 1. USC 'A'                  1:20.29 3. MICHIGAN 'A'             1:21.89   (Miguel Ortiz, Bruno Ortiz,    Connor Jaeger, Ryan Feeley)