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Bi's Big Distance Day Leads Michigan To Big Ten Quad Win
11/4/2017 3:27:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
» Junior Yirong Bi won two more distance events on Saturday, taking the 1,000-yard freestyle by five seconds and the 400-yard IM by six seconds.
» Junior Siobhán Haughey added another win in the 200-yard freestyle.
» Freshman Nikki Canale beat out four Minnesota divers to claim the three-meter springboard title.
Site: Minneapolis, Minn. (Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center)
Scores: No. 3 Michigan 225, No. 17 Minnesota 128; No. 3 Michigan 235, No. 18 Wisconsin 118; No. 3 Michigan 284.5, Penn State 68.5
Records: U-M (5-0, 3-0 B1G), MINN (4-1, 3-1 B1G), WIS (1-6, 1-2 B1G), PSU (0-6, 0-3 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Thurs.-Sat., Nov. 9-11 -- at Minnesota Diving Invite (Minneapolis, Minn.), 10 a.m./5 p.m. (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Junior Yirong Bi won a pair of distance events by big margins and Siobhán Haughey and Nikki Canale also added wins of their own to lead the No. 3-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team to wins over No. 17 Minnesota (225-128), No. 18 Wisconsin (235-118) and Penn State (284.5-68.5) on Saturday (Nov. 4) inside the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
"I told the team after, this is the most successful in-season dual meet that we've ever had," said head coach Mike Bottom. "Our mission was to race, learn how to race better and use that as motivation against some really good Big Ten competition. It was just fun to watch."
"Everybody will take away things they need to work on. We have video of every event and everyone will get a chance to look at those, talk to our coaching staff, set some goals and make some changes as we move forward."
After winning the 500-yard freestyle by more than a four-second margin yesterday, Bi was sharp again on Saturday. She started the morning with a six-second win in the 400-yard IM (4:15.44) and followed that up with a five-second win in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:45.44). Freshman Sierra Schmidt was close behind both times, taking second in the 400-yard IM (4:21.85) and third in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:56.35).
Haughey collected another win in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.86), touching nearly two seconds faster than teammate Gabby DeLoof (1:47.85). The other winner was freshman Nikki Canale, who punctuated a great day in the diving well by beating four Minnesota divers to claim the three-meter title (292.55).
The other victory came in the 400-yard freestyle relay to end the meet courtesy of junior Catie DeLoof, Haughey, junior Taylor Garcia and senior Gabby DeLoof (3:19.62).
Michigan also had a trio of runner-up performances: the DeLoofs in the 50-yard freestyle (23.26), senior Clara Smiddy in the 200-yard backstroke (1:56.38) and sophomore Miranda Tucker in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.42). Sophomore Vanessa Krause was the team's highest finisher in the 100-yard butterfly (54.28).
The foursome of junior Garcia, Tucker, Krause and Haughey swam on the team's top 200-yard medley relay to open the morning, finishing second (1:40.01).
The Michigan divers will be back in Minneapolis again next week for the Minnesota Diving Invite, beginning Thursday (Nov. 9) at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. The swimmers will next be in the water for the Georgia Fall Invitational, held Dec. 1-3 in Athens, Georgia.
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