Michigan
Oakland
Michigan Wins Every Event on Way to Defeating Oakland
11/8/2024 6:27:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)
Score: Michigan 202, Oakland 92
Next U-M Event: Friday, Nov. 22 -- at Georgia Tech Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.), 10 a.m./5 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 16-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving moved to 2-0 on the season with a 202-92 win over Oakland on Friday (Nov. 8) at Canham Natatorium.
The team of Jaeddan Gamilla, Colin Geer, Jacque Wenger and Logan Zucker earned the top spot in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:28.22 to get the dual meet off to a strong start.
Freshman Jon Jøntvedt dominated the rest of the field in the 1,650-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 15:14.06. Eduardo Moraes and Joshua Brown completed the sweep with times of 15:25.21 and 15:36.67, respectively.
Geer took his first individual win of the day with the top time in the 200 free, posting a mark of 1:38.00. Logan Zucker and William Savarese grabbed second and third to cement the second straight event sweep for the Wolverines.
Eitan Ben-Shitrit grabbed the win in the 100-yard backstroke with a mark of 49.37 seconds while Gal Groumi finished third with a time of 49.99.
Gamilla took care of business in the 100-yard breaststroke, winning the race with a time of 54.66, nearly a second faster than the next-closest swimmer.
Another freshman, Lorne Wigginton, posted the top time in the 200-yard butterfly, clocking a 1:47.30. Inbar Danziger and Maciej Gabrys finished off the sweep with second and third-place results, respectively.
Graduate student Bence Szabados looked true to form in the 50-yard freestyle, winning the race with a mark of 19.98. Jack Wilkening grabbed his first win of the meet in the 100 free, touching the wall at 44.56.
Danziger took first in the 200 back with a mark of 1:47.65, and Gamilla swept the breaststroke events with a win in the 200-yard race and a time of 2:01.06.
Wigginton shined in the 500-yard freestyle, winning the event by nearly 10 seconds and posting a time of 4:24.87.
In diving, Cameron Gammage swept both events, posting scores of 358.80 and 376.25 on the one-meter and three-meter springboards, respectively.
Gamilla secured his third win of the day with a time of 1:49.73 in the 200-yard IM. The team of Ben-Shitrit, Groumi, Tyler Ray and Zucker took first in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:59.19.
The Wolverines will return to the pool on Friday, Nov. 22 when they travel to Atlanta to compete in the Georgia Tech Invitational. The three-day meet will feature preliminaries at 10 a.m. and finals at 5 p.m.
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