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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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 Andr\u00e9 Schultz (Sao Paulo, Brazil\/Colegio Palmares) was second to the wall in 4:23.52, also an NCAA consideration time.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Michigan for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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