Both Michigan Relays Podium on First Day of Winter Nationals

Wednesday, December 3

Greensboro, N.C.

6:00 PM

Michigan

AT&T Winter National Championships

Both Michigan Relays Podium on First Day of Winter Nationals

12/3/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Dec. 3, 2014

Site: Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Aquatic Complex)
Event: AT&T Winter National Championships (Day 1)
U-M Team Standing: 1st Place of 14 Teams (54 points) after Day 1
Next U-M Event: Thursday, Dec. 4 -- at AT&T Winter National Championships - Day 2 (Greensboro, N.C.), 9 a.m./5 p.m.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team recorded top-three finishes in the only two races and sit in first after first day of the AT&T Winter National Championships on Wednesday (Dec. 3) at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.

Both relays picked up NCAA 'B' times. The 800-yard freestyle relay team looked a little different with junior and relay regular Anders Nielsen in Doha, Qatar, for the FINA Short Course World Championships, yet the quartet of Dylan Bosch, Jack Mangan, Justin Glanda and Julian Ballestas finished second (6:23.31). The Wolverines were actually behind after the first leg (-0.27) but regained the lead in the second (+1.90) and expanded on it during the third (+2.64). However, Ballestas could not hold the lead and was out-touched at the wall by Louisville's Matthias Lindenbauer.

In the 200-yard medley relay, the team of Peter Brumm -- a Cornelius, North Carolina, native -- Richard Funk, Jeremy Raisky and Bruno Ortiz took third (1:26.30). Ortiz split 19.22 down the final 50 yards to hold off Ohio State for a place on the podium.

The Wolverines will be back in action tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 4) for the second day of the AT&T Winter National Championships in Greensboro. Preliminaries begin at 9 a.m., with event finals starting at 5 p.m.

Top 10 Teams (After Day 1)

 1. MICHIGAN           54 2. Louisville         46 3. Indiana            44 4. Club Wolverine     40 5. Ohio State         30 6. SwimMac Carolina   28 7. NOVA of Virginia   26    Queens University  26 9. Pittsburgh         2410. Santa Clara Swim   14

Event Winners/U-M Finishers (Day 1)

200-yard Medley Relay1. Club Wolverine                     1:23.86  (Junya Koga, Zach Hayden,   Geoff Cheah, Hassaan Abdel Khalik)3. MICHIGAN 'A'                       1:26.30#  (Peter Brumm, Richard Funk,   Jeremy Raisky, Bruno Ortiz)6. MICHIGAN 'B'                       1:27.18  (Jason Chen, Chris Klein,   Vinny Tafuto, Paul Powers) 800-yard Freestyle Relay1. Louisville 'A'                     6:22.31*  (Trevor Carroll, Grigory Tarasevich,   Ruben Izarra, Matthias Lindenbauer)2. MICHIGAN 'A'                       6:23.31#  (Dylan Bosch, Jack Mangan,   Justin Glanda, Julian Ballestas)5. MICHIGAN 'B'                       6:32.21  (Peter Brumm, Tristan Sanders,   Will Raynor, Matt Zimmerman) * NCAA automatic-qualifying time# NCAA consideration time@ Meet Record