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NCAA Championships
Vargas Among Three Scorers for Michigan on Day Two of NCAAs
3/28/2019 9:38:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
» After two days at the NCAA Championships, Michigan is tied for 16th place (30 points).
» Ricardo Vargas made the final of the 500-yard freestyle for the second year in a row, finishing fourth to earn All-America honors.
» Patrick Callan (10th in the 500-yard freestyle) and Luiz Gustavo Borges (15th in 50-yard freestyle) earned points with finishes in consolation finals.
Site: Austin, Texas (Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center)
Event: NCAA Championships (Day 2 of 4)
U-M Team Standing: T-16th (30 points) after Day 2
Next U-M Event: Friday, March 29 -- at NCAA Championships - Day Three (Austin, Texas), 10 a.m./6 p.m. CDT
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AUSTIN, Texas -- An All-American finish from sophomore Ricardo Vargas in the 500-yard freestyle and two scoring swims in consolation finals from freshman Patrick Callan (500-yard freestyle) and sophomore Luiz Gustavo Borges (50-yard freestyle) paced the University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team on Thursday (March 28) at the NCAA Championships. After two days at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, the Wolverines sit in a tie for 16th place (30 points).
Vargas made the final of the 500-yard freestyle for the second year in a row, earning fourth (4:12.21) after an eighth-place finish last year as a freshman. After swimming on the relay last night, Callan had a great first individual swim to earn points, moving up a spot in finals to take 10th overall (4:13.27). Junior Felix Auböck was 35th (4:18.40).
Sophomore Luiz Gustavo Borges added points to the team total in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing 15th (19.32) -- a one-spot improvement after getting the 16th and final spot in the morning's preliminaries by .01 seconds.
Three swimmers took to the water in the 200-yard IM. Junior Tommy Cope, in his first swim of the week, was 20th (1:43.36) to lead the way, while classmates Charlie Swanson was 45th (1:45.66) and Jacob Montague were 48th (1:45.84), respectively.
For the first time in 20 years, U-M had two divers competing on the one-meter springboard at the NCAA Championships. Junior Jake Herremans was in his debut at the big meet, finishing 27th (281.45), while sophomore Ross Todd took 42nd (240.90).
The Wolverines began the day with the 200-yard freestyle relay, finishing 19th (1:17.99). The foursome of Borges, junior James Jones, junior Miles Smachlo and freshman Will Chan weren't seeded to score coming in, but managed to move up four spots from their seed time despite not getting a second swim.
The foursome of redshirt sophomore Alex King, junior Jeremy Babinet, Smachlo and Borges finished 25th in the 400-yard medley relay to end the morning's preliminaries (3:08.04).
The NCAA Championships roll on Friday (March 29) at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. CDT with finals following at 6 p.m. CDT.
Top 10 Teams (After Day 2)
1. California 212
2. Texas 188
3. Indiana 155
4. North Carolina St. 136
5. Florida 76
6. Louisville 71
7. Harvard 70
8. Alabama 60
Missouri 60
10. Texas A&M 54
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T16. MICHIGAN 30
200-yard Freestyle Relay
1. California 1:14.46 (Pawel Sendyk, Ryan Hoffer, Michael Jensen, Andrew Seliskar) 19. MICHIGAN 1:17.99 (Luiz Gustavo Borges, James Jones, Miles Smachlo, Will Chan)
500-yard Freestyle
1. Townley Haas, Texas 4:08.19NMP 4. Ricardo Vargas, U-M 4:12.21 10. Patrick Callan, U-M 4:13.27 35. Felix Auböck, U-M 4:18.40
200-yard IM
1. Andrew Seliskar, California 1:38.14 20. Tommy Cope, U-M 1:43.36 45. Charlie Swanson, U-M 1:45.66 48. Jacob Montague, U-M 1:45.84
50-yard Freestyle
1. Ryan Hoffer, California 18.63 15. Luiz Gustavo Borges, U-M 19.32 (19.20)
One-Meter Diving
1. Colin Zeng, Tennessee 405.40 27. Jake Herremans, U-M 281.45 42. Ross Todd, U-M 240.90
400-yard Medley Relay
1. Indiana 2:59.70P (Gabriel Fantoni, Ian Finnerty, Vini Lanza, Zach Apple) 25. MICHIGAN 3:08.04 (Alex King, Jeremy Babinet, Miles Smachlo, Luis Gustavo Borges) A American Record N NCAA Record U U.S. Open Record B Big Ten Record P Pool Record M University of Michigan Record
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