2008-09 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Sal Barba
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Mid-Distance
- Hometown:
- Hudson, Mass.
- High School:
- St. Johns
Senior (2008-09)... Big Ten champion (800-yard freestyle relay) ... All-Big Ten first team ... Championship Meets ... Took 23rd in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.29) at the NCAA Championships (March 27) ... Finished 31st in the 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships (March 26) ... Took 15th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:47.34, 1:46.44 prelims) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28) ... Swam on U-M's winning 800-yard freestyle relay (6:16.39) and took second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:34.76) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 27) ... Finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:18.24, 4:16.47 prelims) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26) ... Regular Season ... Part of the pool-record setting 200-yard freestyle relay (1:23.38) at Michigan State (Feb. 8) ... Finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle at Indiana (Jan. 10) with an NCAA consideration time, 1:36.37.
Junior (2007-08)... NCAA All-America (800-yard freestyle relay) ... Big Ten Champion (800-yard freestyle relay), first-team All Big-Ten ... Championship Meets... Earned All-America status as a member of the eighth place (6:24.40) 800-yard freestyle relay team, also finished 17th (4:20.01) in the 500-yard freestyle, 20th (1:35.89) in the 200-yard freestyle and 31st (1:45.90) in the 200-yard backstroke at the NCAA Championships (March 27-29) ... Was a member of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team with an NCAA 'A' time of 6:24.65, also finished third with an NCAA 'A' time of 4:19.19 in the 500-yard freestyle, third with a 'B' time of 1:35.74 in the 200-yard freestyle and 14th with a 'B' time of 1:45.82 in the 200-yard backstroke at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28-March 1)... Regular Season... Finished third (1:39.24) in the 200-yard freestyle, seventh (4:30.80) in the 500-yard freestyle, seventh (46.28) in the 100-yard freestyle and was a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that posted an NCAA 'B' time of 6:36.14 in the quad meet against Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State (Feb. 1-2) ... Finished fourth (1:52.75) in the 200-yard backstroke against Michigan State (Jan. 18) ... Finished fourth in the 200- (1:40.07) and 500-yard freestyle (4:33.57) and was a member of the first-place 800-yard freestyle relay team (6:45.24) against Indiana (Jan. 12) ... Finished fourth posting a NCAA consideration time (1:37.60) in the 200-yard freestyle and was a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team with an NCAA 'B' time of 6:30.31 at the Husky Invite (Dec. 1) ... Member of the NCAA automatic qualifying 800-yard freestyle relay team (6:37.82) against Northwestern, Wisconsin (Nov. 17) ... Member of the first-place 800-meter freestyle relay team (7:43.15) against Florida (Oct. 20).
Sophomore (2006-07)... NCAA All-America (800-yard freestyle relay) ... NCAA All-America honorable mention (200-yard freestyle) ... Big Ten Champion (800-yard freestyle relay), first-team All Big-Ten ... Championship Meets... Placed 12th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.42, 1:35.39 prelim) and swam on the fifth place 800-yard freestyle relay team (6:21.11) at NCAAs (March 15-17) ... Part of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team (6:23.20), runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.32, 1:36.10 in prelims), placed 19th in the 100-yard backstroke (50.14) and 20th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.92, 1:48.42 in prelims) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 16-18) ... Regular Season... Clocked 50.79 in the 100-yard backstroke, 1:51.52 in the 200-yard backstroke and 1:40.00 in the 200-yard freestyle against Ohio State and Northwestern (Jan. 26-27) ... Also swam on three relay teams, a 200-yard medley relay (1:32.62), a 400-yard medley relay (3:31.36) and a 200-yard freestyle relay (1:24.63), against the Buckeyes and Wildcats ... Swam on two relay teams, the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:48.40) and the 200-yard medley relay (1:36.15), and recorded a tim eof 51.27 in the 100-yard backstroke vs. Indiana (Jan. 13) ... Helped two relay teams, a 400-yard medley relay team (3:31.48) and a 400-yard freestyle relay team (3:12.68), and touched the wall in 47.60 in the 100-yard freestyle vs. Purdue (Jan. 12) ... Placed third in the 100-yard backstroke (52.29), recorded a time of 1:54.60 in the 200-yard backstroke and helped a 200-yard freestyle relay team to a time of 1:26.08 against Arizona State and California (Jan. 6) ... Clocked 2:18.47 in the 200-meter backstroke, 1:58.84 in the 200-meter freestyle and assisted a 400-meter freestyle relay team (3:36.81) at Arizona (Jan. 5) ... Touched the wall in 2:29.00 in the 200-meter individual medley against the Mexican National Team (Jan. 3) ... Finished 26th in the 100-meter backstroke (59.51), 40th in the 200-meter freestyle (1:56.59) and 49th in the 200-meter backstroke (2:10.96) at the U.S. Open (Nov. 30 - Dec. 2) ... Also helped a 800-meter freestyle relay team to a fourth place finish with an NCAA 'B' time of 7:37.16 at the U.S. Open ... Posted a time of 1:41.66 in the 200-yard freestyle and a time of 1:55.13 in the 200-yard backstroke vs. Michigan State and Princeton (Nov. 11) ... Touched the wall in 2:15.69 in the 200-meter breaststroke and 53.63 in the 100-yard butterfly at Georgia (Nov. 3-4) ... Also helped Michigan in four relays; the 400-meter medley relay (4:08.50), the 200-meter freestyle relay (1:40.50), the 200-yard medley relay (1:35.23) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:11.00) against the Bulldogs ... Posted a time of 53.13 in the 100-yard backstroke, 1:44.12 in the 200-yard freestyle and 1:57.37 in the 200-yard backstroke at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 20) ... Posted a time of 1:53.74 in the 200-yard backstroke vs. Florida (Oct. 14) ... Also helped two Michigan relay teams in the 400-yard medley relay (3:31.52) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:09.45) against the Gators.
Freshman (2005-06)...Championship Meets... At Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-25), swam times of 46.08 in the 100-yard freestyle (36th), 1:38.41 in the 200-yard freestyle (17th) and 1:49.20 in the 200-yard backstroke (16th) ... Regular Season... Participated in first collegiate meet vs. Eastern Michigan (Oct. 21), finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.09) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:56.74) ... Placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.96) vs. Georgia (Nov. 5) ... Touched in third in the 100-yard backstroke (52.17) vs. Michigan State (Nov. 18) ... Recorded first NCAA consideration time of collegiate career in the 200-yard freestyle (21st, 1:38.93) at the Texas Invite (Dec. 1-3), also finished 31st in the 100-yard freestyle at Texas ... Member of second-place 400-yard freestyle relay and placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.53) and fifth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.71) at Purdue (Jan. 13) ... Posted 1:40.05 in the 200-yard freestyle and 46.84 in the 100-yard freestyle, placing second and fourth, respectively, vs. Ohio State (Jan. 28) ... Swam third leg of winning 800-yard freestyle relay at Indiana (Jan. 29), also placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.93) and sixth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:52.84) against the Hoosiers ... Finished fourth in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.27) and 200-yard backstroke (1:52.89) at Northwestern (Feb. 4) ... Swam to career-best 1:38.35 in the 200-yard freestyle at Ohio State's Last Ditch Meet (March 5).
Prep... St. Johns (2005) ... Set Massachusetts state record in 100 freestyle as a senior, and in 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle as a sophomore ... Catholic Conference MVP senior year.
Personal... Enrolled in the Division of Kinesiology ... Birthday is April 27, 1987.
| Event | Time | Date |
| 50-yard freestyle | 22.22 | 11/3/07 |
| 100-yard freestyle | 46.03 | N/A |
| 200-yard freestyle | 1:35.39 | 3/16/07 |
| 500-yard freestyle | 4:19.19 | 2/28/08 |
| 200-yard backstroke | 1:48.42 | 2/18/07 |
