M Swim wins two titles on day 1 of the B1G Championships

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

On day 1 of the B1G Men's Swimming & Diving Championships in Iowa City, the #5 Wolverines went 2-for-2 capturing both indvidual championships up for grabs tonight in day 1 of the B1G Championships.

The first event was the 200 Medley Relay. Michigan dominating and set a new pool record, winning the championship by almost two seconds with a winning time of 1:23.47

Bruno Ortiz, Paul Powers, Jeremy Raisky and Aaron Whitaker are your 2015 B1G Men's 200 Medley Relay Champions.

 

The second event was the 800 Free Relay. Michigan, yet again, set another pool record and captured first place. Michigan trailed after the first leg, but Nielsen pretty much took control of the event and won it for Michigan. Blew the event wide open. 

At a time of 6:12.20, Dylan Bosch, Justin Glanda, Jack Mangan and Anders Nielsen are your 2015 B1G Men's 800 Freestyle Relay Champions.

Michigan is obviously in first place after day 1 with 80 points. 

Day 2 is tomorrow. Preliminaries at Noon and final on 7:30pm on BTN Plus.

Including today's action, the entire B1G Championships will be streamed live on BTN Plus. 

tlo2485

February 25th, 2015 at 9:16 PM ^

Michigan has now won 15 consecutive conference titles in the 800-yard freestyle relay (2001-15) and six consecutive in the 200-yard medley relay (2010-15).

South Bend Wolverine

February 25th, 2015 at 10:16 PM ^

I definitely do not understand swimming nearly as well as some of the other sports we discuss around here, but I have to give a ton of respect to this team.  They're right up there with softball in the discussion for most consistently excellent team on campus.  Hope they can finish the job here!

WolvinLA2

February 25th, 2015 at 11:10 PM ^

Probably ahead of softball, actually.  They have a more recent national championship and more top-8 finishes recently as well (the equivalent of making it to the WCWS).  In fact, I would say men's gymnastics is right up there too.  

EDIT:  Little known fact, Michigan has more NCAA championships in Men's swim and dive than any other school.  We've always been good, but we were a fucking dynasty in the early years (sound familiar?).  Know who's #2?  OSU.  In fact, Michigan and OSU have finished in the top 2 in the same year 11 times.

Wolverine Devotee

February 25th, 2015 at 11:25 PM ^

The greatest college program of all time. Out of any sport.

They've been doing it the longest and have done one thing the longest and more than anyone else: win.

Since 2011-12, Michigan is 36-0 overall and 22-0 against the B1G.

All-time numbers-

  • All-Time Record: 663-120-7 (.844)
  • B1G Record: 431-57-4 (.880)
  • National Championships: 19
  • Individual NCAA Champions: 165
  • B1G Championships: 37
  • Individual B1G Champions: 465
  • NCAA All-Americans: 588
  • Olympic Medalists: 74
  • Gold Medalists: 33
  • Silver Medalists: 11
  • Bronze Medalists: 30

A fun stat: Michigan is 57-0 against Purdue all-time. 57-0. 

Wolverine In Iowa

February 26th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^

Hmmm...they just did a time trial for Penn State's 200 medley relay, who false-started in the final last night.  They did a time that is an 'A' qualifier for NCAA's, and it would've put them third in the final.