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Wolverines Close Out Louisville in Top-10 Showdown
10/21/2017 3:27:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Site: Louisville, Ky. (Ralph Wright Natatorium)
Score: No. 6 Michigan 220, No. 9 Louisville 127
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
» Siobhán Haughey and Gabby DeLoof picked up NCAA "A"times in the 200-yard freestyle.
» Yirong Bi, Sierra Schmidt and Katie Duggan went 1-2-3 in the 1,000-yard freestyle.
» Clara Smiddy tops 1-2-3 finish in the 200-yard backstroke.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Junior Siobhán Haughey and senior Gabby DeLoof claimed NCAA "A" times in the 200-yard freestyle to help the No. 6-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team close out a 220-127 win over No. 9 Louisville on Saturday (Oct. 21) at Ralph Wright Natatorium.
The 200-yard freestyle had a lot of firepower with three of the top six finishers at last year's NCAA Championships in Haughey, DeLoof and Louisville's Mallory Comerford, the defending NCAA champion. Haughey topped Comerford for the second consecutive day in a freestyle event, completing the reversal from last week's SMU Classic in which Comerford won. She won on Saturday by nearly two seconds over DeLoof, who also came in under the NCAA "A" standard (1:46.46).
The Wolverines went 1-2-3 in a pair of events. Junior Yirong Bi led the way in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:43.40, a pool record), followed by freshman Sierra Schmidt (9:51.89) and junior Katie Duggan (10:06.18). Senior Clara Smiddy won another backstroke race, taking top honors in the 200-yard backstroke (1:55.77) ahead of DeLoof (1:57.25) and sophomore Jacqui Schafer (1:58.70).
Other victors included sophomores Miranda Tucker in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.92) and Vanessa Krause in the 100-yard butterfly (54.07).
Michigan also won both relays, taking first in the 200-yard medley relay with junior Taylor Garcia, Tucker, Krause and Haughey (1:40.01) and in the 400-yard freestyle relay with DeLoof, junior Catie DeLoof, Krause and Haughey (3:17.27).
The Wolverines put three divers in the top four on the one-meter springboard, led by freshman Nikki Canale in second (264.38).
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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