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Maize and Blue Intrasquad
Wolverines Post 11 NCAA-Best Times at Maize & Blue Intrasquad
10/18/2019 8:05:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
» U-M posted 52 times that rank in the top 20 of the NCAA, including 11 new No. 1 times.
» Maggie MacNeil reset her previously-held Big Ten, U-M and pool records to 49.57. She is the third-fastest performer in history.
» Ricardo Vargas, Tommy Cope and Luiz Gustavo Borges each posted NCAA No. 1 times in two events.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Event: Maize & Blue Intrasquad
Score: Blue 239, Maize 233
Next U-M Event (W): Friday, Nov. 1 -- at Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa), 2 p.m.
Next U-M Event (M): Saturday, Nov. 2 -- at Indiana, vs. Iowa (Bloomington, Ind.), 10 a.m.
• Complete Results (PDF)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's and women's swimming and diving programs saw their swimmers post 11 NCAA-best times at the Maize & Blue Intrasquad on Friday (Oct. 18) at Canham Natatorium. The Blue team defeated Maize, 239-233.
Of all swimmers in the pool on Friday, U-M posted 52 times that now rank in the NCAA top 20, including 29 in the top five.
"Our goal at the beginning of the week was to swim fast in fast water and that's exactly what our team did tonight," said head coach Mike Bottom. "Everyone did an incredible job from top to bottom, which really speaks to the level in which we're training right now as a team."
Highlights
• Sophomore Maggie MacNeil won the 100-yard butterfly by more than four seconds and reset her previously-held Big Ten, U-M and pool records to 49.57. She also went 21.70 in the 50-yard freestyle, which was only a few tenths off her school record.
• Junior Ricardo Vargas blew away the field in the distance events, going 4:15.90 in the 500-yard freestyle and 8:47.47 in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Vargas, senior Felix Auböck (4:15.91) and sophomore Patrick Callan (4:17.91) went 1-2-3 in the 500-yard freestyle -- the top three times in the nation this season.
• Seniors Tommy Cope and Charlie Swanson posted the nation's two fastest times in the 200-yard IM (1:45.08/1:45.81). They also added an individual event win later in the meet: Swanson in the 400-yard IM (3:45.77) and Cope in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:54.82).
• Junior Luiz Gustavo Borges was the king of the sprints, posting NCAA-best times in the 50-yard freestyle (19.77) and 100-yard freestyle (43.53).
• Senior Miranda Tucker was sharp, breaking 59 seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke to lead the country (58.77). She also ranks No. 2 in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:09.89)
• Senior Miles Smachlo now ranks No. 1 in the 200-yard butterfly (1:44.37) and is No. 2 in the 100-yard butterfly (46.43).
• Among national ranks, senior Vanessa Krause is second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:56.42), freshman Kaitlynn Sims is third in the 500-yard freestyle (4:42.02) and sophomore Victoria Kwan is fourth in the 400-yard IM (4:14.04).
• The men's and women's divers competed on the three-meter springboard. Senior Jake Herremans had the highest score for the men (380.00), while sophomore Allie Klein led the way for the women (304.00).
The women's team will return to dual-meet action on Friday, Nov. 1, when it faces Iowa in Iowa City. The meet will begin at 2 p.m. The men will compete the following day (Saturday, Nov. 2) against Indiana and Iowa in Bloomington, Indiana. That meet will begin at 10 a.m.
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