Michigan M Diving wins first B1G Championship since 2004
Through 2 days at the B1G Championships down in Bloomington, #3 Michigan Men's Swimming & Diving sits in first place.
We've had a huge couple of days as we currently sit on a 154 point lead over second place #17 Ohio State. #4 Indiana is our biggest competition and thankfully OSU is taking points away from Indiana so they're getting weighed down in the standings.
Michigan won the 800-yard Freestyle Relay and the 200-yard Medley Relay championships on Thursday. Today, senior star Felix Auböck won his 4th straight 500-yard Freestyle B1G Championship.
The biggest news of last night is the Michigan Diving program. Australian standout Ross Todd pulled the sword out of the stone.
With a 385.20 score, Ross Todd won the B1G 1-Meter Diving Championship. It's the first championship on the diving boards for Michigan since 2004. Truly amazing to finally see us having success in diving.
It's just the 19th B1G Diving Championship in the program's history. 7th title on 1M Diving.
Prelims for Day 3 are getting underway at 11am. Ross Todd can make even more history today if he wins the 3-meter diving championship. No Wolverine has won that title since 1979.
Pictured below: Chris Canning (8th in 1M Diving), Diving Coach Mike Hilde, B1G 1M Diving Champion Ross Todd.
Todd and Canning combined for 54 points to add to Michigan's team total.
B1G Standings through 2 days
- #3 Michigan - 555
- #17 Ohio State- 401
- #4 Indiana- 397
- Wisconsin- 274.5
- Purdue- 263
- Penn State- 237
- Minnesota- 227
- #22 Northwestern- 206.5
- #20 Iowa- 205
- Michigan State- 146
February 28th, 2020 at 10:08 AM ^
Good for them and I wish the guys great success in this but I just don’t understand people sitting around watching dudes in underwear exercise. I don’t judge but I just don’t see the appeal.
See how that works.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:14 AM ^
This a dumb post. WD might be dumb sometimes but comparing the combine to big ten championships in swimming is pretty stupid. Some people care about Michigan beyond the football and basketball teams. That's a good thing.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:20 AM ^
It’s almost like different people care about different shit, and that’s ok - something WD would do well to learn.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:54 AM ^
"something WD would do well to learn"
Something you'd do well to learn is that if you're not interested in an OP, don't fucking read it.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:22 AM ^
Comparing an actual championship competition to literal workouts that have no meaning to anyone beyond NFL scouting departments. Yikes.
Kindly take that discussion back to the combine thread please. This is about a Wolverine making history.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:40 AM ^
Seek help, man.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:57 AM ^
I appreciate your consistent attention to and updating about the non-revenue sports at the University of Michigan. Hope you keep it up.
February 28th, 2020 at 4:39 PM ^
Agreed. It's fun to see how many UM sports are doing well right now. I'm excited for the Lacrosse seasons.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:53 AM ^
This team is making a big splash.
February 28th, 2020 at 12:03 PM ^
That's not good.
February 28th, 2020 at 12:07 PM ^
WD, please don't tell me you wear a speedo when you go to watch the Michigan Swimming/Diving Teams!
February 28th, 2020 at 1:32 PM ^
It's odd that divers get board with their sport.
February 28th, 2020 at 4:13 PM ^
This news....I'm simply amazed and feel SO good about it! I'll toast to these gentlemen tonight when I crack a beer. Totally speechless.
February 28th, 2020 at 5:13 PM ^
Maybe it’s a sign.