Michigan vs. Stanford, Florida

ANN ARBOR, Michigan. October 17. THE No. 5-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming team opened the 2008-09 campaign with a 182-115 victory over No. 4 Florida at Canham Natatorium. Sophomore Tyler Clary won three individual events for the Wolverines, who won a total of 13 events in the 16-event program.

Clary's first victory came in the 200-yard freestyle, where he led a 1-2 Michigan finish. Clary's 1:38.53 edged out junior teammate Charlie Houchin by two one-hundredths of a second after the pair was dead even at the 150-yard mark.

Clary also led a 1-2 finish in the 200 backstroke with a winning time of 1:44.21. Junior André Schultz took second in 1:44.71. Both Clary's and Schultz's times met the NCAA consideration standard.

Clary closed his impressive evening by being first to the wall in the 400 individual medley. Clary met the NCAA consideration standard by posting a time of 3:51.66.

Junior Chris Brady won a pair of events for the Wolverines, including the 50 freestyle. The Wolverines dominated the splash and dash, taking four of the top five spots. Brady was first in 20.45, senior Bobby Savulich was second in 20.66, senior Jamie Martone took third in 20.72 and senior/junior Evan Ryser was fifth in 21.12.

Brady also won the 100 butterfly, besting freshman Dan Madwed as the Maize and Blue posted another 1-2 finish. Brady led by eight one-hundredths of a second after the first 50 yards and extended his lead in the final half of the race, posting a 48.56 finish. Madwed clocked in at 49.02

Madwed earned his first collegiate victory in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:47.31 as U-M once again went 1-2. Senior Matt Patton (Matthews, N.C./Butler) entered the final 50 yards in third, 0.43 seconds behind Omar Pinzon of Florida, but closed with a 27.95 split to vault into second.

Patton earned a victory for the Wolverines in the 1,000 freestyle, taking first in 9:18.52. Patton had a 0.72 second lead after the first 50 yards and led wire-to-wire.

Savulich, Brady and Houchin earned a sweep for the Maize and Blue in the 100 freestyle. Savulich led at the turn in 21.98 and came home in 23.30 to take first with a time of 45.28, while Brady and Houchin dueled for second and third. Houchin had the upper-hand after the first 50, but Brady swam the stronger final 50, taking second in 45.91. Houchin's third-place time was 46.05

Schultz earned another victory for the Maize and Blue in the 100 backstroke, taking the lead with a 23.70 opening 50 and winning in 48.68.

Junior Adam DeJong was victorious in the 500 freestyle, touching the wall in 4:29.21. DeJong led from the first split and closed strong, finishing with a 26.05 final 50 yards — his second-best split of the race.

Michigan finished the swimming competition by capturing first in the 400 freestyle relay. Schultz, Houchin, Savulich and Madwed combined for a time of 3:01.27, winning by 3.64 seconds.

In the diving competition, senior Kyle Schroeder (Milan, Mich./Milan) swept both the one- and three-meter events. Schroeder posted a score of 323.40 in the one-meter competition, 13.65 points better than Florida's Anthony Lewark. In the three-meter, Schroeder's 324.05 was 12.80 points better than second-place Lewarl.

The third-ranked Stanford women's swimming and diving team defeated both the host #14 Michigan Wolverines (218-82) and the fourth-ranked Florida Gators (178-122). With the two victories, Stanford is now 4-0 in dual meet competition this year, and has won 21 of its last 22 head-to-head competitions.

The Cardinal received contributions from across the roster in winning 13 of 17 events, while scoring in every event. In a meet that featured three top ten teams from the 2008 NCAA Championships (Stanford placed third, Florida seventh and Michigan ninth), Stanford registered nine NCAA "B" standards and had six individuals win events.

Stanford swept the back, breast, fly and IM events behind a trio of returning All-Americans in junior Julia Smit, sophomore Liz Smith and junior Elaine Breeden. Smit won all three of her events with NCAA "B" standard times, capturing the 100 back in 54.70, the 200 back in 1:56.32 and the 400 IM in 4:11.04. Smith cruised home in the 100 breast at 1:03.45, while logging a "B" time of 2:15.17 en route to victory in the 200 breast. Breeden touched the wall first in the 200 fly with a "B" ledger of 1:58.42 and captured the 100 fly with a time of 54.45.

Continuing an excellent start to her collegiate career, freshman Sam Woodward won a pair of individual events for the third consecutive meet. She first captured the 50 free in 23.17, before coming back two events later to win the 100 free in 50.34. Showing her versatility, she placed third in the 200 fly with a time of 55.34.

Sophomore Kate Dwelley was Stanford's first individual winner of the meet, capturing the third event – the 200 free – with an NCAA "B" time of 1:48.01. The Cardinal bookended the meet by winning the 400 medley relay in 3:42.98 behind the foursome of Breeden, Smith, Woodward and Dwelley, and capturing the 400 free relay as Dwelley, Breeden, freshman Betsy Webb and Smit swam a "B" time of 3:22.18.

Stanford also received scoring efforts from freshman Angela Duckworth (third in the 1,000 free and fifth in the 500 free), freshman Jessica Rodriquez (fourth in the 200 free, second in the 500 free and fifth in the 400 IM), junior Kelley Hug (fifth in the 100 back), sophomore Kerry Kraemer (third in the 100 breast and fourth in the 200 breast), senior Caroline Bruce (fourth in the 100 breast and third in the 200 breast), Webb (fifth in the 50 free), Dwelley (third in the 100 free), junior Whitney Spence (fourth in the 500 free) and Smith (second in the 400 IM with an NCAA "B" of 4:16.81).

On the diving side, sophomore Meg Hostage won her second consecutive 3-meter competition with an NCAA "B" standard score of 276.60. Junior Carmen Stellar placed fourth in the 1-meter competition with a 250.95, while Hostage was fifth with a 247.65.

Special thanks to Michigan and Stanford for contributing this report.

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