Michigan
Georgia Fall Invitational
Wolverines Hit Midseason at UGA Fall Invitational
11/28/2017 10:04:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
» The No. 4-ranked Wolverines square off with No. 5 Georgia, No. 6 California and No. 16 Virginia at the UGA Fall Invite, beginning Friday (Dec. 1) in Athens, Ga. Last season, they accumulated 40 NCAA 'B' times and set two school records.
» Junior Siobhán Haughey enters the meet holding Big Ten-best times in three events (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke).
THIS WEEK
Fri.-Sun., Dec. 1-3 -- at UGA Fall Invite (Athens, Ga.), 9:30 a.m./5 p.m.
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The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team (5-0) returns to action this weekend at the UGA Fall Invite, running Friday through Sunday (Dec. 1-3) at Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Georgia. Preliminaries begin at 9:30 a.m. each day with finals to follow at 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Joining Michigan and No. 5 Georgia for the three-day invitational are No. 6 California, No. 16 Virginia and divers-only squads from Harvard and UCLA.
Swimmers can compete in a maximum of four individual events. There will be three heats in finals with eight swimmers each, though only the championship (A) and consolation (B) finals score.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, Dec. 1 (9:30 a.m./5 p.m.)
200-yard Freestyle Relay
500-yard Freestyle
200-yard IM
50-yard Freestyle
One-Meter Diving
400-yard Medley Relay
Saturday, Dec. 2 (9:30 a.m./5 p.m.)
200-yard Medley Relay
400-yard IM
100-yard Butterfly
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breaststroke
100-yard Backstroke
Three-Meter Diving
800-yard Freestyle Relay
Sunday, Dec. 3 (9:30 a.m./3 p.m.)
1,650-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
Platform diving
400-yard Freestyle Relay
WOLVERINE BITES
• Michigan will compete at the UGA Fall Invite for the second consecutive year. Last year, the team finished fourth, amassing 40 NCAA times (7 A, 33 B), a pair of NCAA Zone Diving qualifying scores and new school records from G Ryan (500-yard freestyle) and Vanessa Krause(200-yard butterfly). They were without Clara Smiddy, Samantha Yeo and Jamie Yeung, who did not swim due to their participation at the FINA World Swimming Championships.
• Senior G Ryan is expected to make their season debut. A two-time Big Ten individual champion and CSCAA All-American last season, Ryan has not yet swum in a meet this season.
• Even with half of the Big Ten already having swum in their respective midseason meets, junior Siobhán Haughey still holds Big Ten-best times in three events (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke) and is second in another (200-yard IM). So far this season, Michigan swimmers and relay teams have achieved 31 NCAA times (3 A, 28 B). [ Top Times ]
• Divers Nikki Canale (1M, 3M) and Christy Cutshaw (3M, PL) each have recorded qualifying scores for the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships in March. The duo will also represent Michigan at the USA Diving Winter National Championships, held Dec. 13-18 in Greensboro, North Carolina. [ Diving Scores ]
• The Wolverines were ranked No. 4 in the most recent TYR/CSCAA Division I Coaches Poll, released on Nov. 8. The next poll is released Dec. 6. [ Poll ]
• Head coach Mike Bottom announced the signings of three swimmers to National Letters of Intent on Nov. 14: Victoria Kwan (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada), Maggie MacNeil (London, Ontario, Canada) and Katie Minnich (Royal Oak, Michigan). [ Release ]
LAST TIME OUT
The Wolverines moved to 5-0 on the season after scoring quad-meet victories over Minnesota, Wisconsin and Penn State on Nov. 3-4. [ Recaps: Day One | Day Two ]
Cutshaw, Canale and senior Dani VanderZwaag represented Michigan at the Minnesota Diving Invite, held Nov. 9-11 in Minneapolis. [ Recap ]
UP NEXT
Wed.-Mon., Dec. 13-18 -- at USA Diving Winter National Championships (Greensboro, N.C.), TBA
Saturday, Jan. 13 -- vs. Indiana (Canham Natatorium), 11 a.m.
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