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… into what coun- tries Wolverines hail from, what sports they perform best in and how they stack up against their Big Ten rivals. Michigan students per- form in the highest arenas of college sports…

…, and alumni have competed at the Olympics. The num- ber of Wolverines at each Olympiad has grown over time, and 38% of them have medaled. While the majority of those competitors hail from the…

… of them. The only non-American gold medal winner was Austra- lian John Davies in the 1952 200-meter breaststroke. Davies set an Olympic record in the event, some- thing Wolverine athletes…

… rest com- peted for Team USA. While the athletes head- ed to Tokyo might not challenge for such acclaim just yet, some Wolverines headed to the games domi- nated in their sports while on campus…

… track and field have been the bread and butter of Michigan Olympians. Eighty Wolverines have competed in swimming, 20 have dived and 67 have performed in track and field events…

… swimming. From Asia, two of three Wolverine Olympians competed in swimming or diving. The other was Ban- gladeshi gymnast Syque Caesar. This year, Siobhan Haughey and Jamie Yeung will add Hong…

… to breaking those records again on a much more intense stage in Tokyo. Some Wolverines will appear in their first Olym- piad this month. Michi- gan’s record for most Olympics belongs…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, June 1, 2022 FILE PHOTO/Daily The Wolverines fell to UCF, ending their season. Michigan defeats Rutgers, wins the Big Ten Championship…

… JOSEPH ZAIN RODGER Daily Sports Writer Two weeks ago, anyone outside of the Michigan baseball team would’ve called you crazy if you said the Wolverines could win the Big Ten Championship. After…

… the half. With momentum swinging the wrong way, the Wolverines (11-10 overall, 5-5 Big Ten) imploded, get- ting trounced by the Nittany Lions (14-7, 5-5), 83-61. After failing to amass defensive…

… energy from the crowd.” Even before the spiral though, the Nittany Lions came out as the aggressor, knocking down shot after shot as the Wolverines lacked energy to offset the charge. Led by guard…

… Big Ten, right in the heart of the Wolverines’ postseason. Just before he was caught, Weiss stood on the mound taking deep breaths as he played with the edge of his glove. In the fifth inning of an…

…, inspecting the edge Weiss had been rubbing. Moments later, Weiss was ejected for use of foreign substances. This ejection and subsequent suspension could spell danger for the Wolverines’ postseason as…

… touched the ice Saturday night, the Nittany Lions scored two goals in the first 44 seconds of the game. Staring at a 2-0 hole on the scoreboard, the Wolverines faced an uphill climb. Soon it grew to 3…

… cashed in on first career hat trick by firing a hard shot from the point that slipped through the goaltender’s pads. As hats littered the ice and Hughes celebrated with teammates, the Wolverines…

… another two borderline first-rounders eligible for the 2020 Draft. Without Matthew Beniers, the Wolverines would have an elite class of scorers and playmakers coming in this season. With him it…

… the block close to the basket. A lot of bigs don’t want to do that. He’s very good at it.” The Wolverines need Dickinson, a four-star center and the 42nd-ranked recruit in the 247Sports…

… watched one on TV, you’ve seen them. Perched in Section 130, eight individuals decked out in cow costumes jump up and down over the course of two hours, pumping up the Wolverine faithful and jeering…

…. But this June, amid the Black Lives Matter protests, Briana Nelson felt she needed to do more than protest. The senior track athlete created Wolverines Against Racism (WAR), a student- led group…

… Jeryne Fish and Roland Amarteifio, hosted a “unity call” over Zoom with other Wolverines. Coaches, student- athletes and support staff listened and shared their own experiences as Black student…

… because a portion of every purchase goes directly back to Wolverine teams and athletes. Visit your local storefront or shop online anytime at MDen.com. Two weeks ago, University President Mark…

… class of 2022. But on the defensive side of the ball, the youthful coaching staff is targeted at the existing players, too. The Wolverines’ defensive struggles in 2020 were just as much schematic…

… and students speaking different languages; a crisp, leaf-covered lane leading me to Tappan Hall; a bright window seat in the Literati Coffee shop. One year as a Wolverine meant that I had this…

…-M’s reopening plan — a Wolverine culture of carnage It is dangerous, potentially deadly and puts all residents of Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint at risk. JOIN EDITBOARD Interested in public discourse…