The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Harbor game during Kysre's fresh- man year," head basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico said. "To see her play as a freshman at another level with the ability to make everyone around her better and see the court at such a young age was very impressive. I have loved watching her transforma- tion from her freshman year to her se- nior year and t h e g ro w t h she has made as one of the best guards in the country." Julia Hall; G r e e n w o o d V i l l a g e , Colo.; track and field — She has been a f i v e - t i m e Colorado all- state selection, including an eighth-place finish in the 2 0 0 m e t e r s and a fourth- place show- i n g i n t h e 400 meters. Her other all-state honors came as a member of the 4x200, 4x400 and sprint medley relay teams. Hall has also competed on the na- tional stage, running at the USATF Youth National Outdoor Track and Field Championships and USATF Ju- nior Olympics Regional Meet last sum- mer. She won the 400-meter race at both and added a bronze at the Youth Championships in the 200. Kristen Hayden; Cary, N.C.; swimming and diving — Hayden has been diving for seven years and has developed into one of the top prep competitors in the country for her sport. She took first place in the one- meter dive at the 2015 USA Diving National Preliminary Zone A in the 16- to 18-year-old age group. She f o l l o w e d that up with a first-place finish in the one-meter at the 2015 USA D i v i n g J u - nior Region 2 C h a m p i - onships for the same age group. S h e w a s n a m e d a 2015 NISCA A l l - A m e r i - can and also won a North Carolina state c h a m p i o n - ship in 2015. "Kristen is an amazing diver," Michigan diving coach Mike Hilde said. "She's work- ing on a dive list that a lot of women her age can't do. To be able to do those high-difficulty dives is very impressive. We expect a lot of good things out of her." Chiara Lommer; Skokie, Ill.; tennis — Lommer is the lone incoming fresh- man for the women's tennis team, and head coach Ronni Bernstein couldn't be happier with the high-level addition. Julia Hall was a five-time all-state honoree in Colorado. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS