Michigan vs. Tennessee, Indiana

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, January 10. THE No. 4-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team defeated No. 6 Tennessee, 200-98, and No. 14 Indiana, 176-104, in a double-dual meet on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 10) at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatics Center. Senior Matt Patton (Matthews, N.C./Butler) and sophomore Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly) each won a pair of individual events for the Wolverines, who achieved a total of 18 NCAA consideration times during the meet.

The first consideration time of the day came in the opening event as the quartet of Clary, sophomore Neal Kennedy (Chanhassen, Minn./Chaska), freshman Dan Madwed (Stamford, Conn./Towson) and senior Curtis Dauw (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East) combined to earn top honors in a time of 1:27.03. Clary touched the wall in 22.05 in the opening leg, giving the U-M foursome a lead it never surrendered.

Patton's first individual-event victory came in the second event of the day, the 1,000-yard freestyle. Patton seized control of the race from the opening 25 yards and cruised to the victory by over 1.5 seconds. Patton's second win came in the 500-yard freestyle as he touched the wall in an NCAA consideration time of 4:22.14. The co-captain led a 1-2 U-M sweep as junior André Schultz (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Palmares) was second to the wall in 4:23.52, also an NCAA consideration time.

Clary won both the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley; both wins produced NCAA consideration times. In the backstroke, Clary was the fastest swimmer in every 25-yard split, winning with a time of 1:42.36. Schultz also met the consideration time in second place, clocking in at 1:44.74. In the IM, Clary bolted to a big led in the opening 25 yards, swimming a 22.66 first split, more than a second faster than any other swimmer, as he touched the wall in 1:45.73, more than five seconds faster than second-place A.J. Miller of Indiana (1:50.82).

The Maize and Blue's most dominating performance came in the 200-yard freestyle where Wolverines took the top four spots and all earned NCAA consideration time. Junior Charlie Houchin (Raleigh, N.C./William G. Enloe) led the way, taking first in 1:35.56. Clary was second in 1:35.80, senior Bobby Savulich (Edison, N.J./Saint Joseph) was third in 1:36.09 thanks to a closing 11.67 final 25 yards — the fastest of any competitor — and senior Sal Barba (Hudson, Mass./St. Johns) took fourth in 1:36.37.

Michigan also dominated the 200-yard butterfly as U-M swimmers took the top four spots — the top two with NCAA consideration times. Madwed took the top spot with a time of 1:45.69 and Patton also met the consideration time in second place at 1:46.10. Dauw and sophomore Tony Wahl (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Jesuit) completed the top-four sweep for the Maize and Blue, finishing in 1:47.96 and 1:48.97, respectively.

Junior Alon Mandel (Netanya, Israel/Eldad) met the NCAA consideration time in winning the 100-yard backstroke, taking first with a time of 47.99 seconds. Mandel led from start to finish, holding off a late charge from Schultz, who swam an 11.98 final 25 yards to take second in 48.65.

In the 100-yard freestyle, Savulich earned a victory after a tight battle with Tennessee's Jonas Persson. Persson held a four one-hundredths of a second lead at the halfway point before Savulich closed strong to win in an NCAA consideration time of 43.45.

Junior Chris Brady (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant) was victorious in the 100-yard butterfly, winning in an NCAA consideration time of 47.21. Brady cruised to victory by more than 1.5 seconds over A.J. Miller of Indiana; Brady was the fastest swimmer at every 25-yard split.

The Wolverines concluded the swimming events by taking top honors in the 400-yard freestyle relay behind Brady, Houchin, Schultz and senior/junior Evan Ryser (Katy, Texas/James E. Taylor), winning with an NCAA 'B' time of 2:57.07.

In the diving well, senior Kyle Schroeder (Milan, Mich./Milan) earned 295.50 points in the three-meter competition to post a fifth-place finish, the top performance by a Michigan diver.

Special thanks to Michigan for contributing this report.

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