This Week in Michigan Men's Swimming & Diving #2
10/21/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Oct. 21, 2014
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THIS WEEK
Fri-Sat., Oct. 24-25 -- vs. Indiana, Louisville, Texas (Canham Natatorium), 6 p.m./10 a.m.
Free Admission |
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In one of the biggest regular-season meets of the season, the University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team (1-0, 1-0 Big Ten) will host traditional powerhouses Indiana (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten), Louisville (1-0) and Texas (1-0) for a two-day quad meet inside historic Canham Natatorium. The meet, which will be run in conjunction with the women's programs from all four schools, will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday (Oct. 24) and 10 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 25). Admission is free.
At the 2014 NCAA Championships, Texas finished second, followed by Michigan (4th), Indiana (10th) and Louisville (11th). On the women's side, Texas was ninth, followed by Indiana (12th), Louisville (15th) and Michigan (30th).
On Friday, the Michigan cheer and dance teams will make an appearance, and some post-graduate swimmers will sign autographs. On Saturday, select members of the Michigan men's and women's teams will sign autographs. There will also be fan giveaways on both days.
Also on Saturday, around 40 children from the Detroit Swims Initiative will make the trip to watch the meet. Back in July, Connor Jaeger, Sean Ryan and several Michigan swimmers and coaches hosted a swimming clinic at the Boll Family YMCA in Detroit to benefit Detroit Swims. [ Release ]
POSTGRADUATE APPEARANCES
In addition, more than a dozen professional swimmers will be competing inside Canham Natatorium this weekend. Nine will come from Club Wolverine, including current U.S. National Team members Connor Jaeger, Michael Klueh (former Texas swimmer), Sean Ryan, Kyle Whitaker and Emily Brunemann. Other high-profile swimmers slated to appear include Cody Miller (USA/Indiana), Joao De Lucca (Brazil/Louisville) and Michael McBroom (USA/Texas). [ Release ]
The 1,000-yard freestyle on Saturday will be one of the races to watch, as it will feature four of the top eight American distance swimmers:
| Name | 400m Freestyle | 800m Freestyle | 1,500m Freestyle |
| Connor Jaeger | 1st (3:45.31) | 1st (7:47.75) | 1st (14:51.06) |
| Michael McBroom | 2nd (3:47.19) | 2nd (7:49.66) | 2nd (14:56.17) |
| Michael Klueh | 6th (3:49.99) | 4th (7:58.13) | 7th (15:11.37) |
| Sean Ryan | 7th (3:50.17) | 5th (7:59.31) | 4th (15:03.82) |
Previously announced participants Ryan Feeley, Miguel Ortiz and Bobby Hurley will not be swimming. They will be at the FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup 2014 in Beijing, China.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, October 24
400-yard Medley Relay
10-Minute Break (Post Grads: 100-yard Backstroke, 200-yard Breaststroke)
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Backstroke
100-yard Breaststroke
10-Minute Break (Post Grads: 200-yard Freestyle, 50-yard Freestyle/Stroke)
200-yard Butterfly
50-yard Freestyle
1,000-yard Freestyle
One-Meter Diving
Exhibition Swimming Events
200-yard Individual Medley
200-yard Freestyle Relay
Saturday, October 25
200-yard Medley Relay
10-Minute Break (Post Grads: 100-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard Backstroke, 100-yard Freestyle/Stroke)
200-yard Backstroke
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Breaststroke
10-Minute Break (Post Grads: 1,000-yard Freestyle)
500-yard Freestyle
100-yard Butterfly
400-yard Individual Medley
Exhibition Swimming Events
Three-Meter Diving
400-yard Freestyle Relay
OPPONENT PREVIEWS
Indiana
Indiana (1-0) opened up the season with a 149-91 victory over Auburn on Oct. 10. Three Hoosiers picked up Big Ten weekly honors out of the victory, including Swimmer of the Week (Anze Tavcar), Diver of the Week (James Connor) and Freshman of the Week (Ali Khalafalla). Khalafalla and Connor are part of a loaded freshman class for Indiana, which also features Blake Pieroni and Cody Taylor. Indiana also has NCAA All-America IMer Steven Schmuhl and Michael Hixon, the transfer from Texas who last year was named NCAA Diver of the Year.
Louisville
Louisville (1-0) defeated Xavier, 205-64, back on Oct. 10 to open its season. The Cardinals always have a pretty strong contingent of international swimmers, this year led by Caryle Blondell (Trinidad), Pedro Coutinho (Brazil) and Grigory Tarasevich (Russia). Louisville also has former Michigan diving coach KZ Li on its coaching staff.
Texas
Texas (1-0) is coming off a season-opening victory over Texas A&M, 153-113, back on Oct. 17. The Longhorns finished second at the NCAA Championships last season and figure to be one of the top contenders for the title this year after losing only one scorer and bringing in one of the nation's top recruiting classes. Leading the way are seniors Clay Youngquist, Kip Darmody and Tripp Cooper, though some of their youngsters -- specifically sophomore Jack Conger and freshman Joseph Schooling -- are already among the nation's best.
SERIES HISTORY
In the all-time records, Michigan is 45-30-3 against Indiana and 8-8 against Texas. The Wolverines have never faced Louisville in a dual meet before.
DUAL-MEET SUCCESS
Over the last six years, Michigan is 50-3-1 in dual meets, including a 32-1 mark against Big Ten opponents. In that same stretch, the Wolverines are 21-1 in dual meets at Canham Natatorium, with the sole loss coming to then-No. 1 Texas on Nov. 1, 2008.
KIMBALL RETURNS
Former head diving coach Dick Kimball is back on deck with the men's and women's programs, returning as one of the program's volunteer assistants. Kimball coached at Michigan for 43 years (1960-2002) and added eight more as a volunteer (2003-10). He was an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic Team at five Olympic Games. [ Release ]
BIG TEN HONORS
Back on Oct. 7, Richard Funk was named Big Ten Men's Swimmer of the Week, while Aaron Whitaker was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. The duo combined for three individual wins at Iowa (Oct. 4). [ Release ]
NCAA QUALIFYING TIMES
50-yard Freestyle
Vinny Tafuto (20.08#)
200-yard Freestyle
Anders Nielsen (1:37.53#)
100-yard Breaststroke
Richard Funk (54.18#)
100-yard Butterfly
Aaron Whitaker (48.21#)
200-yard Butterfly
Dylan Bosch (1:46.88#)
* NCAA automatic qualifying time
# NCAA provisional qualifying time
NCAA RANKINGS
Through the first month of the season, the following swimmers and relay teams rank among the top 10 in the nation:
| Name | Event | Time | NCAA | Big Ten |
| Vinny Tafuto | 50-yard Freestyle | 20.08 | 8th | 1st |
| Bruno Ortiz | 50-yard Freestyle | 20.21 | T-10th | 3rd |
| Anders Nielsen | 200-yard Freestyle | 1:37.53 | 5th | 1st |
| 500-yard Freestyle | 4:28.02 | 9th | 2nd | |
| Justin Glanda | 200-yard Freestyle | 1:38.25 | 8th | 3rd |
| Richard Funk | 100-yard Breaststroke | 54.18 | 3rd | 1st |
| Aaron Whitaker | 100-yard Butterfly | 48.21 | 10th | 1st |
| Dylan Bosch | 200-yard Freestyle | 1:46.88 | 4th | 1st |
| 200-yard IM | 1:49.37 | 10th | 2nd | |
| Peter Brumm, Bruno Ortiz, Paul Powers, Vinny Tafuto | 200-yard Freestyle Relay | 1:20.07 | 1st | 1st |
| Justin Glanda, Vinny Tafuto, Jack Mangan, Bruno Ortiz | 400-yard Freestyle Relay | 2:58.90 | 6th | 2nd |
| Peter Brumm, Bruno Ortiz, Aaron Whitaker, Evan White | 400-yard Medley Relay | 3:14.64 | 1st | 1st |
ANN ARBOR -- BEST PLACE TO SWIM
Back in July, the city of Ann Arbor was pegged the No. 1 Swimming City in the United States in a survey conducted by USA Swimming and Speedo. The city claimed the highest aggregate score in categories such as percentage of active swimmers and swim clubs, the number of accessible pools and the volume of top-level swimmers from the area. [ Release ]
LAST TIME OUT
The Wolverines opened the season in fine fashion, dispatching conference foe Iowa, 173-119, on Oct. 4 in Iowa City, Iowa. Michigan won 18 events over the course of the two-day meet. [ Recaps: Day One | Day Two ]
UP NEXT
Saturday, Nov. 1 -- host Alumni/Intrasquad Meet (Canham Natatorium), 10:30 a.m.
Fri-Sat., Nov. 7-8 -- at Penn State, vs. Virginia (State College, Pa.), 6 p.m./11 a.m.
Contact: Brad Rudner (734) 763-4423
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