Michigan
SMU Classic
Wolverines in First Place After One Night at SMU Classic
10/14/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Oct. 14, 2016
» In the second meet of the season, Michigan's 800-yard freestyle relay team has already punched its ticket to the NCAA Championships in March, producing an NCAA 'A' time (7:03.07).
» Yirong Bi (400-yard IM), Vanessa Krause (100-yard butterfly), Kristen Hayden (one-meter diving) and Michigan's 400-yard medley relay team all took second.
Site: Lewisville, Texas (Westside Aquatic Center)
Event: SMU Classic (Day 1 of 2)
U-M Team Standing: 1st of 6 Teams (157 points) after Day 1
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Oct. 15 -- at SMU Classic (Lewisville, Texas), 6:30 p.m. CDT
LEWISVILLE, Texas -- The University of Michigan's 800-yard freestyle relay team of Becca Postoll, Gabby DeLoof, Yirong Bi and Siobhán Haughey clinched a spot at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with an automatic qualifying time (7:03.07) on the first day of the SMU Classic on Friday (Oct. 14) at the Westside Aquatic Center. With one more evening of action to go, Michigan sits in first place (157 points), followed closely by USC (156) and Louisville (155).
Each of the six teams at the SMU Classic has a roster comprised of nine student-athletes (eight swimmers, one diver). There are two heats per event with each team entering one swimmer per heat; the team's best swimmer goes in the championship final.
The Wolverines did not have an individual-event winner on the evening but never took lower than fourth in any championship heat. Freshman Vanessa Krause had a strong evening, taking second in the 100-yard butterfly (53.38) and winning the consolation final of the 50-yard freestyle (23.29). Other second-place finishers included Bi in the 400-yard IM (4:11.16) and freshman Kristen Hayden on the one-meter springboard (283.85). The 400-yard medley relay team (Clara Smiddy, Emily Kopas, Krause, Haughey) also had a runner-up finish (3:35.49).
Haughey finished third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.44), while three others took fourth in their events: Smiddy in the 100-yard backstroke (53.39), Kopas (1:01.76) in the 100-yard breaststroke, and sophomore Catie DeLoof in the 50-yard freestyle (22.98). Gabby DeLoof won the consolation final of the 200-yard freestyle with a time that would have put her fourth in the championship final (1:45.87).
The SMU Classic concludes tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 15). The meet will resume at 6:30 p.m. CDT.
Communications Contact: Brad Rudner
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