Last updated: June 6, 2013
College Swimming & Diving Honors
The 2012-13 College Swimming & Diving Honors were announced on June 5. Michigan received four awards, including Championship Performance (NCAA Championships), Career Improvement Honor (Zachary Turk), Assistant Coach of the Year (Josh White) and Impact Honor (Mike Bottom).
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2013 Arena International Grand Prix (May 30 - June 2 at Santa Clara, Calif.)
Connor Jaeger continued to win at the 2013 Arena International Grand Prix at Santa Clara from May 30-June 2, winning all three of the events he swam in. He won the 800-meter freestyle on the opening night (Thursday, May 30), finishing in 7:50.14 and establishing a new meet record. He also won the 400-meter freestyle on Friday (3:46.93) and the 200-meter freestyle on Saturday (1:49.14). He did not swim the 1,500-meter freestyle.
The Wolverines were well represented in the 200-meter freestyle. Joining Jaeger in the final were Anders Lie Nielsen (4th, 1:49.74), Michael Wynalda (7th, 1:50.15) and Justin Glanda (9th, 1:51.23). Both Wynalda and Glanda also swam the 100-meter freestyle, taking 17th (51.55) and 19th (51.04), respectively. Nielsen also took fourth in the 400-meter freestyle (3:51.50) and fifth in the 1,500-meter freestyle (15:45.29).
Richard Funk placed in two event finals, taking sixth in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.64) and eighth in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:17.24). Kyle Whitaker swam in three events, finishing as high as fifth in a loaded 200-meter individual medley field (2:02.83). He also took 12th in the 200-meter butterfly (2:01.63) and 16th in the 100-meter butterfly (54.70).
Other top swimmers included John Wojciechowski in the 100-meter butterfly (14th, 54.58) and the 100-meter backstroke (16th, 57.86), Bruno Ortiz in the 50-meter freestyle (17th, 23.61) and Dylan Bosch in the 200-meter butterfly (13th, 2:01.84) and the 200-meter IM (16th, 2:07.94).
Several alums were also in action for Club Wolverine. Olympian Tyler Clary (2008-10) finaled in four events, finishing second in the 200-meter backstroke (1:58.02), third in the 200-meter butterfly (1:58.53), fourth in the 200-meter IM (2:02.39) and sixth in the 400-meter freestyle (3:52.93). Dan Madwed (2009-12) finished fourth in the 200-meter butterfly (1:59.78) and 18th in the 100-meter butterfly (54.94), while recent graduate Miguel Ortiz (2010-13) was eighth in the 50-meter freestyle (23.00).
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USA Swimming Open Water National Championships (May 17-19, Lower Castaic Lake, Calif.)
Sean Ryan finished second in the 10k at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships, earning a spot on the U.S. roster for the 2013 FINA World Championships.
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Charlotte Grand Prix (May 9-12, Charlotte, N.C.)
Nineteen swimmers swam for Club Wolverine at the 2013 Arena Grand Prix at Charlotte from May 9-12, highlighted by Connor Jaeger, who was one of the stars of the meet after winning three events and establishing two new meet records. He won the 400-meter freestyle (3:48.77), 800-meter freestyle (7:53.35) and 1,500-meter freestyle (15:02.68), setting meet records in the last two. He also took fifth in the 200-meter freestyle (1:49.59). Additionally, he swam in the prelims in two events, including the 400-meter IM and 200-meter butterfly. He had the fifth-fastest prelims time in the 400-meter IM (4:27.51; would have been seventh in the finals) and the 12th-fastest time in the 200-meter butterfly (2:05.32).
Richard Funk recorded three top-10 finishes, taking second in the 50-meter breaststroke (28.11), third in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.03) and seventh in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:17.28). Kyle Whitaker had two top-five finishes, taking third in the 400-meter IM (4:23.46) and fifth in the 200-meter IM (2:03.16) while also finishing 11th in the 200-meter butterfly (2:03.90).
Other swimmers that scored top-10 finishes included Dylan Bosch in the 200-meter butterfly (8th, 2:02.71), Ryutaro Kamiya in the 200-meter backstroke (9th, 2:03.55), Michael Wynalda in the 200-meter freestyle (10th, 1:50.39) and Bruno Ortiz in the 50-meter butterfly (24.56).
Former U-M standout Dan Madwed (2009-12) also swam at the event. He took third in the 200-meter butterfly (1:59.60) and fifth in the 100-meter butterfly (54.11).
Other swimmers in action included Peter Brumm, Paul Corbae, Justin Glanda, Nick Killeen, Matt McNamara, Daniel Miller, Henry Parker, Jeremy Raisky, Will Raynor, Paul Soley, John Wojciechowski and Matt Zimmerman.
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Swimming Canada World Championship Trials (April 3-6, Victoria, British Columbia)
Hassaan Abdel Khalik and Richard Funk both qualified for Team Canada and will swim at the 2013 FINA World Championships later this summer in Barcelona, Spain.
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