No. 1 Men's Swimming and Diving leads No. 3 Michigan, No. 14 Indiana after day one of tri-meet

October 31, 2008

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.
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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.

200 Yard IM
1 Clary, Tyler T Michigan 1:46.85
1 Berens, Ricky C Texas 1:46.85
3 Kennedy, Neal H Michigan 1:50.21

400 Yard Medley Relay
1 University of Texas 'A' 3:15.33
2 Michigan, University of 'A' 3:16.76
3 University of Texas 'B' 3:21.16

100 Yard Butterfly
1 Berens, Ricky C Texas 47.60
2 Brady, Chris D Michigan 48.08
3 Madwed, Dan Michigan 48.76