Clara Smiddy

6 Big Things from Day 3 of the Women’s Big Ten Championships: O Canada, freshman flurry & more

O Canada! Minnesota’s Kierra Smith is one of a number of Canadians currently dominating the Big Ten Conference Championship.

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Minnesota expands lead, Indiana makes day 3 run at 2015 Women’s Big Tens – Friday scoring update

Minnesota freshman Brooke Zeiger blew out the 400 IM field to help Minnesota pad its points lead despite a 100 backstroke deficiency. The Gophers lead by 47 with one day to go.

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2015 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Snodgrass dominant, but Gophers expand lead at day 3 finals

IU’s Brooklynn Snodgrass was unstoppable, winning a big 100 back battle, but a Hoosier 400 medley relay DQ wiped out her other big swim and let the Golden Gophers expand their points lead.

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Indiana’s 9 A finalists lead Big Ten Women’s Ups/Downs on day 3 – Scoring preview here

Brooklynn Snodgrass is one of 6 IU Hoosiers set to score in the 100 backstroke, helping them lead all teams with 16 scoring swims locked down.

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2015 Women’s B1G Championships: Ivy Martin splits 20.9 in speedy day 2 finals

Ivy Martin joined elite company in breaking the 21-second barrier and splitting 20.9 on Wisconsin’s winning 200 free relay.

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2015 Women’s Big Tens – Day 2 Ups/Downs+Scoring Preview – three leaders remarkably even

Usually Minnesota and Indiana are the clear-cut top two in the women’s Big Ten, but Michigan has raced the two stroke-for-stroke through day 2 prelims.

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2015 Big Ten Women’s Championships Fan Guide: Minnesota Looks for 4th Straight Title

Kierra Smith (above) had a breakout summer competing for Canada, just missing a medal in the 200m breast at the Pan Pacific Games. She’ll be a star for the Minnesota Gophers this championship season.

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Minnesota, Michigan double up on Big Ten weekly honors behind Smith, Bosch

Defending Big Ten champs Michigan (men) and Minnesota (women) combined to take the brunt of the conference’s weekly awards, with Purdue earning the final nod.

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Michigan Women Hand Ohio State Their First B1G Loss on Senior Day in Ann Arbor

Michgan women defeated Ohio State at home for the ninth consecutive time on Saturday. The Wolverines won 12 of 16 events and racked up a score of 190-110.

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Hannah Moore’s Two Golds Named by USOC Among 14 Highlights of 2014 Youth Olympics

While the male team continued to struggle in swimming at the second edition of the Youth Olympic Games, held in…

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2014 U.S. Winter Nationals: Day 4 prelims live recap

Defending NCAA champ and U.S. Open record-holder Dylan Bosch will compete in his top event, the 200 fly, on day 4.

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Michigan and Indiana load up on Big Ten weekly awards for October 28

The Michigan Wolverines are on the receiving end of a big shipment of Big Ten weekly awards after hosting the huge Quad meet this past weekend.

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Michigan and Louisville Quotables from the 2014 Quad Meet

The Quad Meet’s action was intense, as felt by competitors and spectators alike.

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Breaststrokers Smith and Funk Earn Big Ten Swimmers of the Week Awards

Michigan senior Richard Funk earned the Male Swimmer of the Year award.

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Michigan Men and Women Continue Rolling at Iowa

Michigan’s Dylan Bosch celebrates above after swimming the 200 yard butterfly at NCAA Men’s D1 swimming and diving championships in 2014. Bosch and Several of his teammates secured NCAA B standard championship cuts this weekend at Iowa.

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