U-M Honors Miskelley’s Reminiscence, Opens Season with TEAM BE BETTER; Invitational

Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)

Event: TEAM BE BETTER; Invitational

Score: No Team Scoring

Next U-M Event: Friday, Oct. 10 — vs. Notre Dame, Wisconsin (South Bend, Ind.), 3 p.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan males’s swimming and diving program joined Calvin, Hope and Purdue to honor the reminiscence of Ian Miskelley, internet hosting the TEAM BE BETTER; Invitational to elevate the curtain on the 2025-26 season on Friday (Sept. 26) at Canham Natatorium.

Colin Geer kicked off his junior season with a win within the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 48.09 seconds. Eitan Ben-Shitrit and Tyler Ray completed first and second within the 100-yard backstoke with occasions of 48.97 and 50.86, respectively.

The freshmen shined within the pool as Luka Mladenovic made his Michigan debut and received the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 53.53, whereas Antoine Sauve took the victory within the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:29.16.

Ben Shitrit collected his second win of the meet with a time of 1:37.47 within the 200-yard freestyle to start out his senior season in model.

In addition to the standard occasions, Michigan additionally competed in a number of enjoyable occasions, together with the 50-yard underwater with fins and the 25-yard thriller races.

In diving, freshman Emmitt Reesor swept the springboard occasions in his debut as a Wolverine, posting scores of 322.43 and 390.30 within the one-meter and three-meter dive, respectively.

Michigan will begin the dual-meet portion of its season on Oct. 10, when it travels to South Bend, Ind., to tackle Notre Dame and Wisconsin.