Vanderkaay Brothers Lead Michigan to Day One Advantage over Stanford

ANN ARBOR, Mich., January 10. THE No. 6 University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team completed the first day of its two-day short-course meter dual meet with No. 3 Stanford with an 87.5-76.5 advantage Friday evening (Jan. 9) at Canham Natatorium. Leading the way for the Maize and Blue were brothers Christian Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) and Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS), who combined for three of Michigan's five event titles.

Stanford took an early lead as the Cardinal jumped out to a 13-4 lead following the first event, the 200-meter freestyle relay. Stanford's 'A' squad earned the first-place finish as they combined for a time of 1:40.07. Michigan's foursome of Chris DeJong (Holland, Mich./Holland HS), Josh Hack (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea HS), Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./
Webb School) and Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS) came in second with a clocking of 1:41.52.

Michigan came back strong in the second race to take the lead at 20-16 as sophomore Peter Vanderkaay led the way with a first-place showing in the 1,500-meter freestyle, clocking in with a season-best and NCAA consideration time of 15:23.86. The time bettered his previous best of 15:27.50 at the U.S. Open (Dec. 5).

Vanderkaay was followed into the wall by teammates Brendan Neligan (Hempstead, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy HS) and Andrew Hurd (Oakville, Ontario/ Oakville Trafalger HS) who finished second and third, respectively. After a strong start, Neligan fell to fourth midway through the race but rallied with four laps left and used a strong kick to out-touch Hurd for second by just 0.03, 15:27.04 to 15:27.07. Both times clocked in under the NCAA 'B' standard of 15:30.25.

Michigan's lead was short lived though as the Cardinal jumped back to the top at 30-25 after a 1-3-4 finish in the 100-meter butterfly. Tarwater and Jayme Cramer battled through the entire 100 meters but the U-M sophomore finished second by 0.13 seconds at 53.40 to 53.53. Both times earned NCAA consideration status.

Stanford extended its advantage to 45-29 after the 100-meter backstroke as the Cardinal took the top two spots. DeJong was Michigan's top finisher with a third-place showing in an NCAA consideration clocking of 54.42.

The Wolverines cut the deficit to eight at 50.5-42.5 following Chris Vanderkaay's victory in the 100-meter butterfly. The senior/junior earned the second event title by a Vanderkaay when he posted a time of 1:03.70 in the 100m breaststroke. Chris Vanderkaay's time was just 0.03 seconds ahead of Stanford's Keenan Newman who finished in 1:03.73.

Following its second straight victory, Michigan pulled ahead 56.5-54.5 as senior Jason Coben (Newtown Square, Pa./Marple Newtown) claimed victory in the 10-meter platform with a score of 386.30. U-M also earned the third and fourth spot in the event with Jonathan Donadee (Canfield, Ohio/ Canfield HS) and Pat Noyes (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier HS) posting scores of 215.65 and 189.15, respectively.

Peter Vanderkaay made it three straight overall and the second straight by the brothers in the pool as he earned an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 4:12.29 to win the 400-meter individual medley. Vanderkaay bettered the nation's No. 1 ranked Markus Rogan as the Cardinal performer also clocked in with an automatic time at 4:12.62. With the win, U-M extended its lead to 68.5-61.5.

Rogan controlled the race until the breaststroke portion when Vanderkaay began to reel him in. As he touched to head into the freestyle, Rogan had a half-body length on the Michigan freestyler, but Vanderkaay claimed a marginal 0.10 lead with just 50 meters to go. As the two battled down the stretch, Vanderkaay pulled away to win by 0.33 seconds.

U-M pushed the lead to 16 at 81.5-65.5 following its first place finish in the 800-meter freestyle relay. Michigan's foursome of Hurd, Tarwater, DeJong and Ketchum combined for an NCAA consideration time of 7:16.26.

Stanford pulled within 10, following the final race of the evening as the Cardinal clocked in with a first-place and NCAA consideration time of 1:29.83 in the 200-meter freestyle relay.

The two teams will return to the pool Saturday (Jan. 10) for the conclusion of their two-day dual meet. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in Canham Natatorium.

Event 1 Men 200 SC Meter Medley Relay
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School Finals Points
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1 Stanford University 'A' 1:40.07 11
1) Marshall, Peter SR 2) Newman, Keenan FR
3) O'Bryan, Bobby SR 4) Wildman-Tobriner, Ben FR
24.19 53.66 1:17.92 1:40.07
2 University of Michigan 'A' 1:41.52 4
1) DeJong, Chris SO 2) Hack, Josh SR
3) Tarwater, Davis SO 4) Ketchum, Dan SR
25.34 54.76 1:18.87 1:41.52
3 Stanford University 'B' 1:41.83 2
1) Sun, Hongzhe FR 2) Wolfe, Nick SO
3) McDonald, Matt JR 4) Schnell, Andrew SR
25.58 55.55 1:19.38 1:41.83
4 University of Michigan 'B' 1:44.94
1) Galindo, Michael JR 2) Albright, Andrew SO
3) Ma, Zayd JR 4) Porth, Mike SR
27.04 56.44 1:21.90 1:44.94
5 Stanford University 'C' x1:45.78
1) Ransom, Kyle FR 2) Stephens, Mark SO
3) Passey, Michael SO 4) Crowe, Matt FR
27.02 57.07 1:22.44 1:45.78

Event 2 Men 1500 SC Meter Freestyle
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Vanderkaay, Peter SO Michigan 15:23.86 9
28.19 58.57 1:29.01 1:59.69 2:30.81 3:01.46 3:31.96 4:02.53
4:33.46 5:04.19 5:34.82 6:05.32 6:36.39 7:07.17 7:38.20 8:09.09
8:40.39 9:11.80 9:42.88 10:13.43 10:44.59 11:15.40 11:46.68 12:17.75
12:48.93 13:20.08 13:51.07 14:22.25 14:53.25 15:23.86
2 Neligan, Brendan JR Michigan 15:27.04 4
28.12 58.54 1:28.99 1:59.57 2:30.30 3:00.95 3:31.52 4:02.44
4:33.38 5:04.28 5:34.95 6:06.08 6:37.15 7:08.29 7:39.70 8:11.08
8:42.57 9:14.25 9:45.74 10:17.48 10:49.07 11:20.51 11:51.85 12:23.35
12:54.76 13:26.15 13:57.08 14:28.53 14:58.24 15:27.04
3 Hurd, Andrew JR Michigan 15:27.07 3
28.42 59.59 1:30.71 2:01.95 2:33.18 3:04.41 3:35.65 4:06.86
4:38.08 5:09.35 5:39.96 6:10.42 6:40.95 7:11.64 7:42.51 8:13.11
8:43.65 9:14.70 9:45.59 10:16.66 10:47.73 11:19.19 11:50.46 12:21.86
12:53.14 13:24.41 13:55.70 14:26.56 14:57.28 15:27.07
4 Oriwol, Tobias SO Stanford 15:27.60 2
28.05 58.72 1:29.64 2:00.79 2:31.52 3:02.28 3:33.28 4:03.93
4:34.48 5:05.27 5:36.11 6:06.99 6:38.02 7:09.08 7:40.41 8:11.57
8:42.66 9:13.96 9:45.85 10:17.11 10:48.50 11:19.89 11:51.31 12:22.60
12:54.10 13:25.31 13:56.74 14:28.26 14:59.14 15:27.60
5 Phillips, Shaun FR Stanford 15:35.57 1
28.42 59.47 1:30.39 2:01.69 2:32.90 3:04.22 3:35.26 4:06.55
4:37.66 5:08.55 5:39.79 6:11.01 6:42.32 7:13.88 7:45.64 8:17.13
8:48.78 9:20.49 9:52.09 10:23.20 10:54.38 11:25.66 11:57.09 12:28.42
13:00.22 13:32.04 14:03.74 14:35.13 15:06.13 15:35.57
6 Carral, Jorge SO Michigan x15:35.96
29.00 1:00.54 1:32.18 2:03.82 2:35.53 3:07.15 3:38.82 4:10.32
4:42.01 5:13.64 5:45.20 6:16.58 6:48.24 7:19.73 7:51.16 8:22.62
8:54.04 9:25.42 9:56.85 10:28.05 10:59.11 11:30.25 12:01.36 12:32.60
13:03.79 13:34.88 14:05.81 14:36.64 15:07.14 15:35.96
7 Grant, Andy FR Stanford 15:40.76
29.11 1:00.44 1:31.69 2:03.35 2:35.05 3:06.08 3:37.15 4:08.21
4:39.39 5:10.29 5:41.28 6:12.29 6:43.47 7:14.79 7:46.27 8:17.48
8:49.04 9:20.90 9:53.19 10:25.55 10:56.83 11:29.38 12:01.17 12:33.26
13:04.92 13:36.69 14:09.03 14:41.05 15:11.22 15:40.76
8 Diluilo, Eric JR Stanford x15:56.63
29.04 1:00.44 1:32.42 2:04.34 2:36.17 3:08.03 3:40.04 4:12.00
4:43.95 5:15.81 5:47.69 6:19.51 6:51.32 7:23.20 7:54.99 8:27.09
8:58.91 9:30.93 10:03.07 10:35.09 11:07.41 11:39.59 12:11.77 12:44.09
13:16.53 13:49.13 14:21.14 14:53.07 15:25.29 15:56.63

Event 3 Men Platform Diving
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Coben, Jason SR Michigan 386.30 9
2 McLean, Kevin FR Stanford 257.75 4
3 Donadee, Patrick FR Michigan 215.65 3
4 Noyes, Pat FR Michigan 189.15 2

Event 4 Men 100 SC Meter Butterfly
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Cramer, Jayme JR Stanford 53.40 9
25.50 53.40
2 Tarwater, Davis SO Michigan 53.53 4
25.39 53.53
3 McDonald, Matt JR Stanford 54.16 3
25.55 54.16
4 Ransenberg, Scott SR Stanford 55.05 2
25.48 55.05
5 O'Bryan, Bobby SR Stanford x55.54
25.67 55.54
6 Ketchum, Dan SR Michigan 56.15 1
26.74 56.15
7 Ma, Zayd JR Michigan 56.38
26.75 56.38

Event 5 Men 100 SC Meter Backstroke
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Marshall, Peter SR Stanford 52.21 9
25.33 52.21
2 Rogan, Markus SR Stanford 53.33 4
26.18 53.33
3 DeJong, Chris SO Michigan 54.42 3
26.76 54.42
4 Sun, Hongzhe FR Stanford 54.48 2
26.28 54.48
5 Galindo, Michael JR Michigan 58.48 1
28.12 58.48
6 Ransom, Kyle FR Stanford x58.54
28.41 58.54
7 Hack, Andrew JR Michigan 59.11
28.88 59.11

Event 6 Men 100 SC Meter Breaststroke
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Vanderkaay, Christian JR Michigan 1:03.70 9
30.32 1:03.70
2 Newman, Keenan FR Stanford 1:03.73 4
30.56 1:03.73
3 Kibbe, Jim FR Michigan 1:05.23 3
31.05 1:05.23
4 Albright, Andrew SO Michigan 1:05.30 1.5
30.57 1:05.30
4 Stephens, Mark SO Stanford 1:05.30 1.5
30.73 1:05.30
6 Hack, Josh SR Michigan x1:05.37
30.78 1:05.37
7 Wolfe, Nick SO Stanford 1:05.64
31.03 1:05.64

Event 7 Men 400 SC Meter IM
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Vanderkaay, Peter SO Michigan 4:12.29 9
27.73 59.73 1:32.99 2:05.47 2:41.07 3:16.52 3:45.19 4:12.29
2 Rogan, Markus SR Stanford 4:12.62 4
27.88 59.45 1:31.32 2:02.45 2:38.83 3:15.52 3:45.20 4:12.62
3 Sayao, Chuck JR Michigan 4:20.01 3
28.43 1:01.19 1:34.11 2:05.98 2:42.21 3:18.91 3:49.81 4:20.01
4 Stephens, Mark SO Stanford 4:25.82 2
27.88 1:00.34 1:35.68 2:10.99 2:47.31 3:25.21 3:56.15 4:25.82
5 Newman, Keenan FR Stanford 4:26.95 1
28.95 1:01.37 1:36.01 2:10.11 2:47.86 3:26.30 3:57.78 4:26.95
6 Brown, Thomas JR Stanford x4:26.98
28.64 1:01.37 1:36.27 2:10.77 2:48.10 3:26.07 3:56.96 4:26.98
7 Douville, Nicholas JR Michigan 4:27.25
29.25 1:01.37 1:35.53 2:08.11 2:47.50 3:26.53 3:58.13 4:27.25
8 Neligan, Brendan JR Michigan x4:35.04
28.79 1:01.77 1:37.82 2:14.37 2:52.84 3:32.86 4:03.76 4:35.04

Event 8 Men 800 SC Meter Freestyle Relay
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School Finals Points
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1 University of Michigan 'A' 7:16.26 11
1) Hurd, Andrew JR 2) Tarwater, Davis SO
3) DeJong, Chris SO 4) Ketchum, Dan SR
26.07 54.15 1:21.65 1:49.22 2:14.73 2:42.31 3:10.29 3:38.29
4:03.39 4:31.56 4:59.95 5:27.33 5:52.57 6:19.66 6:47.51 7:16.26
2 Stanford University 'A' 7:23.65 4
1) Cramer, Jayme JR 2) Phillips, Shaun FR
3) Grant, Andy FR 4) Rogan, Markus SR
25.91 53.66 1:21.10 1:48.70 2:14.72 2:43.00 3:12.12 3:41.55
4:06.79 4:34.44 5:03.05 5:31.04 5:56.27 6:24.97 6:54.15 7:23.65
3 University of Michigan 'B' 7:43.93 2
1) Porth, Mike SR 2) Carral, Jorge SO
3) Wera, Tim SR 4) Vanderkaay, Peter SO
26.62 54.78 1:23.48 1:52.58 2:19.22 2:48.49 3:18.31 3:47.96
4:14.52 4:43.48 5:13.02 5:42.67 6:08.98 6:39.44 7:11.64 7:43.93
— Stanford University 'B' DQ
1) Oriwol, Tobias SO 2) Sun, Hongzhe FR
3) Ransom, Kyle FR 4) Diluilo, Eric JR
26.12 54.48 1:23.42 1:51.65 2:17.50 2:46.00 3:14.83 3:42.49
4:08.42 4:37.64 5:07.51 5:36.94 6:03.25 6:32.46 7:02.24 DQ

Event 9 Men 200 SC Meter Freestyle Relay
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School Finals Points
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1 Stanford University 'A' 1:29.83 11
1) Wildman-Tobriner, Ben FR 2) O'Bryan, Bobby SR
3) Schnell, Andrew SR 4) Marshall, Peter SR
22.67 45.05 1:07.52 1:29.83
2 University of Michigan 'A' 1:38.22 4
1) Neligan, Brendan JR 2) Galindo, Michael JR
3) Vanderkaay, Christian JR 4) Douville, Nicholas JR
24.73 49.05 1:12.62 1:38.22
3 University of Michigan 'B' 1:38.82 2
1) Hack, Josh SR 2) Hack, Andrew JR
3) Sayao, Chuck JR 4) Ma, Zayd JR
25.16 49.56 1:14.11 1:38.82

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