W Swim wins B1G 800 Free Relay title on day 1 in record time

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

Tonight is the first of four nights which the B1G Women's Swimming & Diving Championship will be contested in West Lafayette. 

There were only two races tonight: the 200yd Medley Relay and the 800yd Freestyle Relay.

We finished 5th in the 200 Medley with a time of 1:37.33. Hasn't been a strong relay for us lately as last year when we won the B1G Championship, we finished 4th in this event on day 1.

However, similar to last year, we had a record-breaking and championship-winning performance in the 800 Free Relay.

#6 Michigan broke the B1G Conference record, the U-M record which was the B1G record and the Purdue pool record with a lightning-fast time of 6:55.34

The team of Rose Bi, Siobhán Haughey, Gabby DeLoof and G Ryan repeated as B1G Champions, giving Michigan their first individual title of the 2017 B1G Championships.

We're second place behind Minnesota after day 1, but by only 4 points where there were only two races and no B or C finals which are also valuable events to get points for the team total. There really isn't any separation in the standings after day 1. 

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stephenrjking

February 15th, 2017 at 9:53 PM ^

Among other things in the NCAA this year.

Aside: I had this same thought. It's really good for NCAA swimming that Ledecky comes from a family of enough substance that she can forgo the seven-figure endorsements she would probably net after Rio. 

It would be better for NCAA Olympic sports if athletes were permitted to earn NIL money and maintain eligibility. This doesn't originate with me, but some people made the excellent points that athletes like Simone Biles hit their primes before college and must capitalize on them financially then, or it will never happen. How good would it be for gymnastics if Biles was a freshman competing this year? That's a rising tide that's good for all athletes.

NIL income would address the lion's share of the profit imbalance with the revenue sports, plus isolated athletes that do well in other sports can also make money when warranted. No Title IX issues. Yeah, there are some other problems (all those basketball stars getting shoe contracts, etc) but it solves a lot of problems that exist today.

Imagine if Phelps had been eligible to swim for Michigan. That would've been awesome.

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Alton

February 15th, 2017 at 10:06 PM ^

Well, Jeter's decision was made once the Yankees drafted him.  They were going to keep throwing money at him until he signed; there's nothing that Freehan could have said.  I think everybody at Michigan was hoping that the Expos would draft him instead. 

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The Maizer

February 16th, 2017 at 9:21 AM ^

I'm not totally convinced that having olympians compete in NCAA would be good for the sport in all cases. It feels possible that they would all try to go to the same school (probably Stanford) and then they'd just destroy everyone. Is Uconn's dominance in women's basketball good for that sport? Maybe, but I'm not sure. Obviously if Biles or someone came to Michigan, I'd be super amped; but if Stanford's swim team was 90% olympians and there was no chance for anyone else to compete with them, that would suck.

On another note, did Ledecky get to keep her monetary reward for winning medals?

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Wolverine Devotee

February 16th, 2017 at 9:30 AM ^

Of course UConn winning 100 in a row isn't good for the sport.

The tournament is suspense filled. A single elim tournament where a 16 seed HAS beaten a 1 seed.

You know who is going to win it and your team is screwed if they wind up in UConn's regional. 

 

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