swimming

According to the Lincoln Journal Star, Michigan ranks at the top of the Big Ten for conference standings for 2012-13 (average conference finish).  Minnesota's high ranking surprised me, as did MSU's low ranking (although they did not win a conference championship this year).

The author does not define "average B1G finish" but it seems to be a simple arithmetic mean.  In any event, congratulations to our student athletes on their fine overall finish.  Conference results below.

The tally: 1. Michigan 4.04; 2. Minnesota 4.43; 3. Ohio State 4.64; 4. Penn State 4.92; 5. Illinois 5.24; 6. Nebraska 5.57; 7. Wisconsin 6.10; 8. Indiana 6.22; 9. Northwestern 6.29; 10. Michigan State 6.83; 11. Purdue 7.35; 12. Iowa 7.58.

For those who need a bit of distraction before whatever it is that's happening in an hour or two, a good time to note that both men's swimming and women's gymnastics are currently ranked No. 1 nationally.

Men's swimming & diving won 10 of 13 events to beat Purdue 153-90.  Not a big surprise, considering their depth (each individual event victory came from a different athlete) and that M is 56-0 against Purdue in dual meets.

Women's gymnastics was pre-season #10 and zipped (flipped?) up to #1 with their high-scoring victory last week in the three-team Cancun Classic, their first #1 national ranking since 2000.  Yesterday, they beat Nebraska, pre-season #7 and 2011 Big Ten Champion, 196.900-196.300.  The women currently share #1 with Florida (identical scores last week), but their score this week is higher than Florida's, so...

Men's gymnastics is preseason #1, not surprising considering their Olympic experience.  But having several members on the U.S. National Team may affect their ranking after their first meet (Jan. 19), which is apparently the same time as a required U.S. team camp.  Every team should have such problems.  A good test of their depth and experience for their rookies.

We return you now to revenue sports palpitations.

Well looks like Tyler Clary isn't impressed with Micheal Phelps.  I can't say that his opinion is wrong, just not sure this is the best time/forum to voice an opinion.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/first-time-oly...

Kudos to U-M swimmer Connor Jaeger for winning his 1500m freestyle heat in 14:59.97.  He lost track of his lap count and didn't hear the bell, so kept going.  (Unlike collegiate, counters aren't allowed in the water.)

video link

Edit:  1) Gemmel (14:52.19), 2) Jaeger (14:52.51) going to London

I don't have a link right now, but Stephen Nesbitt of The Daily tweeted that Jim Richardson, the coach of the UM Womens Swim Team just resigned after 27 years at the helm Clarification: He retired, not resigned. And MGoShoe provided the link below

 

I figured this would be the easiest way to compile a list of potential inagural class candidates.  The 190 comment thread would be a difficult place to keep track, so here we can be a little more organized.  Make suggestions and I'll add them to the lists.  Since this is just a way to keep track of potential candidates, feel free to throw out some "maybes."  Mods, feel free to edit the OP accordingly. 

This may also help keep that initial thread focused on the manner in which people are elected, etc.  Without further adieu...

 

Football
Avant, Jason	2005
Branch, Allen	2006
Breaston, Steve	2006
Edwards, Braylon	2004
Graham, Brandon	2009
Harris, David	2007
Hart, Mike	2007
Hall, Leon	2006
Henne, Chad	2007
Long, Jake	2007
Martin, Mike	2011
Manningham, Mario	2007
Mesko, Zoltan	2009
Molk, David	2011
Van Bergen, Ryan	2011
Woodley, LaMarr	2006
Basketball
Abram, Lester	2007
Brown, Graham	2006
Douglass, Stu	2012
Harris, Manny	2009
Horton, Daniel	2006
Morris, Darius	2011
Novak, Zack	2012
Petway, Brent	2007
Sims, DeShawn	2009
Ice Hockey
Caporusso, Louie	2011
Hagelin, Carl	2011
Hensick, TJ	2007
Hunwick, Shawn	2012
Johnson, Jack	2007
Kolarik, Chad	2008
Mitera, Mark	2007
Porter, Kevin	2008
Olympic/Non-Revenue
Botterman, Kylee	2011
Cameron, Chris	2011
Evans, Bree	2012
Findlay, Samantha	2008
Luke, Steve	2009
Meram, Justin	2010
Nemitz, Nikki	2010
Paz, Juliana	2010
Putnam, Zach	2008
Ritter, Jennie	2006
Russell, Kellen	2011
Saad, Soony	2010
Saad, Hamoody	2010
Taylor, Jordan	2011
Vanderkay, Peter	2008
Yealy, Trevor	2012
Zimmerman, Lexi	2010

2004
Edwards, Braylon	Football
2005
Avant, Jason	Football
2006
Branch, Allen	Football
Breaston, Steve	Football
Brown, Graham	Basketball
Hall, Leon	Football
Horton, Daniel	Basketball
Ritter, Jennie	Softball
Woodley, LaMarr	Football
2007
Abram, Lester	Basketball
Harris, David	Football
Hart, Mike	Football
Henne, Chad	Football
Hensick, TJ	Hockey
Johnson, Jack	Hockey
Long, Jake	Football
Mitera, Mark	Hockey
Petway, Brent	Basketball
2008
Findlay, Samantha	Softball
Kolarik, Chad	Hockey
Porter, Kevin	Hockey
Putnam, Zach	Baseball
Vanderkay, Peter	Swimming
2009
Graham, Brandon	Football
Luke, Steven	Wrestling
Mesko, Zoltan	Football
Harris, Manny	Basketball
Sims, DeShawn	Basketball
2010
Meram, Justin	Soccer
Nemitz, Nikki	Softball
Paz, Juliana	Volleyball
Saad, Soony	Soccer
Saad, Hamoody	Soccer
Zimmerman, Lexi	Volleyball
2011
Botterman, Kylee	Gymnastics
Cameron, Chris	Gymnastics
Caporusso, Louie	Hockey
Hagelin, Carl	Hockey
Martin, Mike	Football
Molk, David	Football
Morris, Darius	Basketball
Russell, Kellen	Wrestling
Taylor, Jordan	Softball
Van Bergen, Ryan	Football
2012
Douglass, Stu	Basketball
Evans, Bree	Softball
Novak, Zack	Basketball
Yealy, Trevor	Lacrosse