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U-M Dominates MSU to Cap Fourth Straight Undefeated Season
2/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 7, 2015
| Site: East Lansing, Mich. (McCaffree Pool)
Score: #5 Michigan 178, Michigan State 106
Records: U-M (10-0, 6-0 Big Ten), MSU (4-6, 0-4 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Sat-Sun., Feb. 21-22 -- host Michigan First Chance Meet (Canham Natatorium), 11 a.m.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The No. 5-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team won 15 of 16 events in a dominating 178-106 win at Michigan State on Saturday (Feb. 7) inside McCaffree Pool.
It is Michigan's 34th consecutive win in the series, pushing its all-time record vs. its in-state rivals to 85-5. Furthermore, U-M extended its dual-meet win streak to 41, finishing the season undefeated for the fourth consecutive year, thus giving this year's senior class an unscathed record in dual meets (36-0, 22-0 Big Ten).
In all, Michigan set six pool records, two of which stood for more than 10 years. Junior Dylan Bosch won the 200-yard butterfly (1:46.83), breaking the previous record held by former U-M swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Tom Malchow from 1997 (1:47.44). Bosch was also on the 800-yard freestyle relay team along with junior Anders Nielsen, freshman Tristan Sanders and sophomore Jack Mangan (6:32.59), breaking the previous pool record -- set in 1977 -- by nearly 13 seconds. Nielsen also established a new pool record on that event, going 1:36.01 over the first 200 yards.
The other three record-setting performances came on relays: the 200-yard medley relay of freshman Aaron Whitaker, senior Bruno Ortiz, senior/junior Jeremy Raisky and sophomore Vinny Tafuto (1:28.98); the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Ortiz, Nielsen, freshman Paul Powers and senior Justin Glanda (2:57.28); and the 400-yard medley team of Whitaker, senior Richard Funk, junior Peter Brumm and Ortiz (3:15.65).
The Wolverines swept the shorter strokes, with Powers in the 50-yard backstroke (23.26), Funk in the 50-yard breaststroke (25.19), Raisky in the 50-yard butterfly (21.95) and Brumm in the 50-yard freestyle (20.92) each prevailing. Funk also won the 100-yard individual medley(51.21), while other individual event winners included Glanda in the 500-yard freestyle (4:24.53) and freshman Tristan Sanders won the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.24).
Another highlight came in the diving well, as fifth-year senior Thomas Jahnke swept both springboards for his first event wins of the season. He scored 335.40 on one-meter and 325.27 on three-meter. Both scores were season bests and met the qualifying standards for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships.
Select U-M swimmers will be in action on Saturday, Feb. 21, and Sunday, Feb. 22, at the Michigan First Chance Meet at Canham Natatorium. Races will begin at 11 a.m. on both days. The remainder of the squad will begin prepping for the Big Ten Championships, set to be held Feb. 25-28 in Iowa City, Iowa.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Mike Bottom
On the thoughts coming out of the meet ... "We learned some things about ourselves and broke some records. It was fun, especially the way we started the meet. It was great to recognize our seniors who have led this team for four years. They've risen up through the ranks, and now they're leaving having gone undefeated in dual meets. They've won a national title and three Big Ten titles and will be leading a battle for one more. At the end of the meet, we sang 'The Victors,' which we don't normally do in duals, but it was fitting in order to celebrate what this senior class has done."
On Thomas Jahnke ... "One of the really nice things about this meet is that we get to watch the diving. It doesn't go on during the meet. The whole team went over to the diving well to cheer on Thomas and Kevin([Bain). That was a special opportunity. As a coach, it's fun to watch, and it was a great experience for them to have, as well."
On Mike Hilde ... "It's very exciting to see Mike Hilde and his enthusiasm with that we're doing in the diving well. He's moved into this team as a whole and not just as a diving coach but as a coach. He's watching what we're doing in both the well and on the other side, and he's understanding what we're trying to do with each individual swimmer. He's been a great addition to our program. Watching our divers these last two days, we have high hopes and expectations for the future."
On what he hopes to accomplish in these next two to three weeks leading up to Big Tens ... "I think with the men's team, the most important thing we can do is continue to reinforce the details that we've already maintained. When you get down to the races, there's a lot of pressure, and if the changes you've made are only conscious changes, you'll start racing like you would at the beginning of the year. Our job is to do things like we did this weekend where we step up in races and watch them implement the positive changes they've been making all year. We jump up and down and give them a lot of reinforcement for having made those changes, and that's how we solidify the champions within them. In order to win, you really need to make changes."
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