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September 01, 2021 (vol. , iss. 1) • Page Image 11

… 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…

September 01, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 128) • Page Image 15

… 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…

September 01, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 128) • Page Image 17

…. 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…

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