Michigan
Louisville
Michigan Finishes Louisville in Road Test
10/21/2017 3:42:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Site: Louisville, Ky. (Ralph Wright Natatorium)
Score: No. 12 Michigan 230, No. 7 Louisville 119
Records: U-M (2-0), UL (0-2)
Next U-M Event: Fri.-Sat., Nov. 3-4 -- at Minnesota, vs. Wisconsin, vs. Penn State (Minneapolis, Minn.), TBA
» Freshmen and sophomores accounted for five of seven individual wins on Saturday.
» Seniors Paul Powers (50-yard freestyle) and Evan White (100-yard butterfly) pick up wins.
» Freshman Ross Todd scores nearly 400 points, wins three-meter title (399.98).
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The No. 12-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team got winning performances from the underclassmen to help it close out No. 7 Louisville, 230-119, on Saturday (Oct. 21) at Ralph Wright Natatorium.
Freshmen and sophomores accounted for five of the team's seven individual wins on Saturday. Three second-years got individual victories: Jacob Montague in the 100-yard breaststroke (54.43), Felix Auböck in the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.42) and Tommy Cope in the 400-yard IM (3:52.62).
Among the rookies, Ricardo Vargas got his first career victory in the 1,000-yard freestyle (8:58.22). In the diving well, Ross Todd had a huge bounce-back performance, scoring nearly 400 points to win on the three-meter springboard (399.98). And though he didn't place in the top two, sophomore Jake Herremans scored over 350 points for the second consecutive day, finishing third (355.58).
Senior Paul Powers and graduate student James Peek went 1-2 in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing within .02 seconds of each other (20.12/20.14). Senior Evan White also claimed an individual win, taking the 100-yard butterfly (47.57).
The Wolverines also claimed both relays. They finished 1-2 in the 200-yard medley relay to open the morning, but it was the "B" team of sophomore Alex Martin, Cope, sophomore James Jones and freshman Luiz Gustavo Borges who touched first (1:27.80), thanks to a 19.14 split on the final leg by Borges. Jones, Borges, Auböck and Powers won the 400-yard freestyle relay to end the meet (2:56.86).
Michigan returns to the pool in two weeks (Nov. 3-4), facing Minnesota, Wisconsin and Penn State in a quad meet, hosted by Minnesota in Minneapolis. Start times have not yet been announced.
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