Wolverines Return to Dual-Meet Action Against Indiana, Iowa

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Saturday, Nov. 2 -- at #5 Indiana, vs. #23 Iowa (Bloomington, Ind.), 9 a.m.
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The No. 6-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) is back in the water on Saturday (Nov. 2), competing in a double-dual meet against No. 5 Indiana (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) and No. 23 Iowa (2-0, 2-0 Big Ten) at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Indiana. The meet is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.

This will be the first of two meetings this season between Michigan and Indiana, the three-time defending Big Ten champions. The teams will meet in Ann Arbor on Jan. 11, 2020. This first meeting serves as a preview of sorts for the Big Ten Championships, to be held at the end of February in Bloomington.

Schedule of Events

200-yard Medley Relay
1,000-yard Freestyle
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Backstroke
100-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
50-yard Freestyle
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
200-yard Breaststroke
500-yard Freestyle
100-yard Butterfly
200-yard IM
400-yard Freestyle Relay
One-Meter Diving
Three-Meter Diving

Team Notes

• Michigan moved up two spots to No. 6 in the latest CSCAA/TYR Top 25 Coaches Poll, released on Oct. 23. [ Rankings ]

• Since 2007, U-M is 99-7-1 in dual meets, including a 61-4 mark against Big Ten opponents.

• The Wolverines last competed on Oct. 18 in a Maize and Blue Intrasquad, a make-up meet after Tennessee and Virginia each pulled out of a schedule two-day double dual meet. The men's and women's teams posted 52 times that would have ranked in the top 20 of the NCAA, including 29 in the top five. Though the times are recognized as official by USA Swimming, they do not count toward NCAA Championships qualification. [ Recap ]

• Junior Ross Todd is off to a fast start, posting team-best scores on one-meter (369.75) and three-meter (401.15). Todd, senior Jake Herremans (1M, 3M) and junior Chris Canning (3M) already have qualified for the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships in March.

Opponent Preview

INDIANA is 2-0 on the season, having defeated Kentucky and Notre Dame back on Oct. 9 in Lexington, Kentucky. The Hoosiers are the three-time defending Big Ten champions and finished third at last year's NCAA Championships. Several All-Americans return from that squad, including Mohamed Samy (freestyle), Gabriel Fantoni (backstroke), Zane Backes (breaststroke) and Mikey Calvillo (distance freestyle).

Series: U-M leads, 46-33-3, in the all-time series against Indiana. The series dates all the way back to the 1922-23 season.

IOWA is 2-0 on the season, notching dual victories over Michigan State (Oct. 4) and Minnesota (Oct. 26). The Hawkeyes are led by Will Mhyre (team-best times in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke), Aleksey Tarasenko (team-best times in the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle) and Michael Tenney (team-best times in the 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard butterfly, 200-yard IM). The Hawkeyes finished eighth at last year's Big Ten Championships.

Series: U-M leads, 31-2, in the all-time series against Iowa. The series dates back to the 1926-27 season.

Up Next

Wed-Sun., Dec. 4-8 -- at Minnesota Invite (Minneapolis, Minn.), 11 a.m./7 p.m. CST