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No. 1 Men's Swimming and Diving leads No. 3 Michigan, No. 14 Indiana after day one of tri-meet
10.31.2008 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Oct. 31, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- No. 1 Texas tallied five individual wins and two relay victories in day one of its meet against No. 3 Michigan and No. 14 Indiana Friday at Michigan's Canham Natatorium.
After Friday's opening session, Texas leads Michigan by a 108.5-94.5 margin and Indiana by a 148-55 count.The second and final session is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern.
Senior Michael Klueh scored Texas' first victory of the meet, as he took the 500 freestyle in 4:18.73. Senior Sean Patton placed fifth at 4:26.50, and freshman Jackson Wilcox took sixth at 4:27.33.
Junior Ricky Berens trailed Michigan's Tyler Clary by 23 one-hundredths of a second in the 200 IM before running him down and tying Clary in 1:46.85. Freshman Eric Friedland placed seventh in 1:52.94.
Texas captured the 400 medley relay, where juniors Hill Taylor, Scott Spann, Ricky Berens and Dave Walters finished in 3:15.33. Freshman diver Drew Livingston registered his first collegiate victory in dominant fashion, as he finished with 423.30 points and topped the nearest finisher by over 55 points. Senior Jonathan Wilcox took third with 352.55 points, and sophomore Matt Cooper took fifth with 342.55 points.
Sophomore Bryan Collins led UT by taking second in the 400 IM in 3:55.05. Klueh took fourth in 3:56.06, and sophomore Brian Wilson placed sixth in 4:02.43. Berens added a second win in the 100 butterfly, as he finished in 47.60. Sophomore Matt Donch took fourth at 49.36, and junior Hill Taylor placed fifth at 49.41. Freshman Neil Caskey placed eighth at 50.21.
Walters led UT in the 200 freestyle by taking second in 1:37.47, and Patton followed in sixth at 1:38.77. Freshman Jackson Wilcox placed seventh at 1:40.11.
Jonathan Wilcox finished off the Longhorns' sweep of the diving events, as he captured the one-meter event with 361.20 points. Livingston made it a one-two Texas finish with 354.85 points. Cooper placed fifth with 312.60 points.
UT finished off day one with a tight victory in the 200 medley relay, as Taylor, Spann, Wilson and freshman Jimmy Feigen held on in 1:30.13.
POST-MEET QUOTES
Texas assistant men's swimming and diving coach Kris Kubik
We came up here to race, and Michigan and Indiana have done an outstanding job of giving us great races. For this time of season, this is exactly what we would like to see from our team. Our guys have embraced what we call 'Texas Tough.' Whether we were second place or fifth place or seventh place, I was very proud of the way we swam tonight. We have another day ahead. If we race tomorrow like we did tonight, regardless of whether we win the dual meet against Michigan or against Indiana, we will be able to leave Michigan thinking we've accomplished what we set out to do. If this is called halftime like in most sporting events, we're very pleased going into the locker room.
