Nov. 19, 2010
Site: West Lafayette, Ind. (Boilermaker Aquatic Center)
Event: Purdue Invitational (Day 1 of 3)
U-M Standing: 5th Place of 8 Teams (132 points) After Day One
Next U-M Event: Sat-Sun., Nov. 20-21 -- at Purdue Invitational (West Lafayette, Ind.), 10 a.m./6 p.m.
Event Winners/U-M Finishers
Preliminary time/mark in parenthesis if better than finals time/mark
200-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Louisville 'A' 1:31.80#
2. MICHIGAN 'A' 1:32.46#
(Natasha Moodie, Deirdre Jones,
Alexa Mehesan, Caitlin Dauw)
17. MICHIGAN 'C' 1:38.78
(Liz Koselka, Mattie Kukors,
Ashley Cohagen, Nikki Hubbard)
-- MICHIGAN 'B' DQ
(Liz Johnson, Adrienne Bicek,
Kristyne Cole, Katherine Carl)
500-yard Freestyle
1. Chelsea Franklin, Arkansas 4:42.43#
7. Adrienne Bicek, U-M 4:50.70# (4:50.27#)
20. Liz Koselka, U-M 4:57.76
21. Kristyne Cole, U-M 4:59.70
28. Megan Craig, U-M 5:03.62
31. Kally Fayhee, U-M 5:05.42
37. Courtney Beidler, U-M 5:07.50
38. Liz Johnson, U-M 5:07.55
200-yard Individual Medley
1. Allie Smith, Purdue 2:01.45#
7. Mattie Kukors, U-M 2:03.90 (2:02.96)
20. Val Barthelemy, U-M 2:06.03
21. Melissa Lang, U-M 2:06.82
23. Angela Chokran, U-M 2:07.47
43. Erin Cameron, U-M 2:11.19
-- Alexa Mehesan, U-M 2:04.90
-- Deirdre Jones, U-M 2:07.54
-- Linnea Johnson, U-M DQ
50-yard Freestyle
1. Megan Detro, Ohio State 22.90#
4. Natasha Moodie, U-M 23.22 (23.10)
8. Caitlin Dauw, U-M 23.57 (23.52)
12. Alexa Mehesan, U-M 23.41
15. Deirdre Jones, U-M 23.85 (23.68)
29. Liz Johnson, U-M 24.44
35. Kristyne Cole, U-M 24.55
39. Liz Koselka, U-M 24.66
43. Katherine Carl, U-M 24.89
59. Nikki Hubbard, U-M 26.03
60. Ashley Cohagen, U-M 26.09
62. Sam Pearson, U-M 26.55
65. Julia Andracki, U-M 30.33
-- Angela Chokran, U-M 30.00
-- Erin Cameron, U-M DQ
400-yard Medley Relay
1. Ohio State 'A' 3:41.11#
9. MICHIGAN 'B' 3:49.75
(Liz Johnson, Julia Andracki
Alexa Mehesan, Deirdre Jones)
15. Michigan 'C' 3:54.05
(Sam Pearson, Melissa Lang,
Ashley Cohagen, Kristyne Cole)
-- MICHIGAN 'A' DQ
(Mattie Kukors, Angela Chokran,
Caitlin Dauw, Natasha Moodie)
Three-meter Diving
1. Hannah Gadd, Louisville 335.00
4. Amanda Lohman, U-M 298.80 (321.10)
9. Brianna Maroukis, U-M 241.60
20. Erin Bridgewater, U-M 193.25
# NCAA 'B' Qualifying Standard
N O T E S
• Michigan is making its second appearance as a team at the Purdue Invitational. The Wolverines won the event last season (774.5 points).
• This is Michigan's first multi-team invitational of the season. The Wolverines have gone 2-4 in dual-match competition, including a 1-1 mark in the Big Ten.
• The Wolverines are ranked No. 13 in the nation by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). Four other ranked teams join Michigan at the Purdue Invitational: Arkansas (No. 17), Purdue (No. 19), Louisville (No. 20) and Ohio State (No. 21).
• Senior Natasha Moodie was the highest individual placer during Friday's session, taking fourth in the 50-yard freestyle (23.22).
• Two NCAA 'B' marks were earned during the evening. The Wolverines' 200-yard freestyle relay team of Moodie, Deirdre Jones, Alexa Mehesan and Caitlin Dauw kicked the night off with a second-place finish (1:32.46). Sophomore Adrienne Bicek got the other, taking seventh in the 500-yard freestyle (4:50.70).
• The second day of the Purdue Invitational commences on Saturday. The preliminaries start at 10 a.m., with the finals starting at 6 p.m. Schedule events include the 400-yard individual medley, the 100-yard butterfly, the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard breaststroke, the 100-yard backstroke, the 200-yard medley relay, the 800-yard freestyle relay and one-meter diving.
Contact: Brad Rudner (734) 763-4423
