Michigan women finish 23rd at NCAA swimming and diving championships
03/18/2023 21:54:00
//Bridgette Underwood
Michigan finished 23rd overall in the NCAA championships with 33 points.
The team of Lindsay Flynn, Christy Laing, Brady Kendall and Claire Newman finished 15th with a time of 3:14.58.
Michigan earned All-America honorable mentions in the 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay.
Letitia Sim earned an honorable mention All-American in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Location: Knoxville, Tenn. (Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center)
Event: NCAA Championships (Day 4 of 4)
UM team ranking: 23rd place (33 points)
Next UM event: Season over
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Michigan women’s swimming and diving team finished 23rd at the 2023 NCAA Championships (March 18), hosted by Tennessee at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
In the final event of the 2023 NCAA Championships, Lindsay Flynn, Christey Liang, Brady Kendall and Claire Newman finished 15th overall in the 400-yard freestyle relay race with a time of 3:14.58.
In the preliminaries, Letitia Sim was the fastest Wolverine in the morning with a time of 2:08.39 in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing 18th. In the 200-yard butterfly preliminaries, Katie Crom finished 19th with a time of 1:55.29. Both swimmers narrowly missed the B final in their respective events.
In the 100-yard freestyle preliminaries, Flynn and Natalie Kan finished 21st and 49th respectively.
Michigan earned an honorable mention All-America in the 200-yard medley relay (Noelle Kaufmann, Sim, Kan, Flynn), 200-yard freestyle relay (Flynn, Newman, Kan, Kendall), medley relay 400 yard relay (Kaufman, Sim, Kendall, Flynn) and the 400 yard freestyle relay (Flynn, Liang, Brady, Newman). Sim earned an honorable mention All-American in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Final team ranking (Top 10)
1. Virginia 541.5 2. Texas 414.5 3. Stanford 333 4. Louisville 288 5. NC State 263 6. Ohio State 223 7. Indiana 219 8. Tennessee 214 9. Florida 179 10. UNC 152
Event Winners/UM Finishers (Day 4)
1650 yard freestyle 1. Kensey McMahon, Alabama 15:43.84 200 yard backstroke 1. Claire Curzan, Stanford 1:47.64 100 yard freestyle 1.Gretchen Walsh, Virginia 45.61 21. Lindsay Flynn, UM 48.23 49. Natalie Kan, UM 49.11 200 yards breaststroke 1. Kate Douglass, Va. 2:01.29! 18. Letitia Sim, UM 2:08.39 200-Yard Butterfly 1. Emma Sticklen 1:49.95* 19. Katie Crom, UM 1:55.29 Platform 1. Delaney Schnell, Arizona 353.65 400-Yard Freestyle Relay 1. Virginia 3:05.84! (Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh, Maxine Parker, Gretchen Walsh) 15. Michigan 3:14.58 (Lindsay Flynn, Christey Liang Brady Kendall, Claire Newman) != NCAA record *= Competitive record
