No. 10 Michigan Women Down Pair of Pool Records in 153-85 Win Over Michigan State

EAST LANSING, Michigan, October 25. THE No. 10-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team won 11 of 12 events in a 153-85 victory over Michigan State on Wednesday at Charles McCaffree Pool. Justine Mueller was the top swimmer for the Wolverines, winning two individual events in addition to competing on the first-place 200 yard medley relay team that set a pool record. Mueller's top time of 4:19.52 in the 400 yard IM also broke a facility record.

Elyse Lee collected zone-qualifying and first-place scores in both the one-meter (295.50) and three-meter (323.56) diving events to help seal the win for Michigan.

The Wolverines set the tone for the evening in the first event, taking the top three spots in the 200 yard medley relay. The foursome of Kaitlyn Brady, Mueller, Margaret Kelly and Lindsey Smith combined for the win in 1:44.70. Susan Gilliam and Emily Christy extended U-M's lead in the first individual event, going 1-2 in the 1000 yard freestyle. Gilliam's time of 10:12.54 bested Christy's mark of 10:18.19.

Catherine Nosal finished less than a second behind MSU's only winner of the night in the 200-yard freestyle with her time of 1:55.09. The Wolverines removed any doubt about a close meet as they reeled off victories in the next seven events.

Lindsey Smith topped the field in the 50-yard freestyle (24.05), which was followed by Michigan earning all of the points in the 400-yard individual medley. Mueller's first-place time (4:19.52) and Emily Brunemann's second-place mark (4:22.50) in the event each eclipsed the NCAA 'B' standard.

Payton Johnson and Brady made it three and four straight as Johnson touched the wall first in the 100-yard butterfly (57.33) and Brady clocked in No. 1 in the 100-yard freestyle (51.88). Wendy Shieh and Leigh Cole finished runner-up behind Johnson and Brady, respectively. Shieh earned a time of 58.32 in the butterfly and Cole a 52.73 in the freestyle.

Hannah Smith then nabbed a top time in the 100-yard backstroke (57.06), ahead of Kelly and Katie Smith, who went 2-3, respectively.

Brunemann and Mueller continued the winning streak in the final two races. Brunemann's time of 4:55.21 beat out second-place Gilliam and third-place Christy in the 500-yard freestyle. Mueller then touched the wall more than two seconds ahead of the Michigan State runner-up in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.87).

U-M's quartet of Brady, Cole, Hannah Smith and Lindsey Smith completed the streak with a first-place time in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:35.04), beating the field by nearly four seconds.

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