Six Michigan Men's Swimmers Named CSCAA 100 Greatest Swimmers and Divers
11/9/2021 11:00:00 AM
// Kyler Ludlow
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America's announced Tuesday (Nov. 9) its 100 Greatest Swimmers and Divers, with the University of Michigan landing six to the men's list that represents the last century of collegiate swimming.
Gustavo Borges, Tyler Clary, Tom Dolan, Tom Haynie, Carl Robie and Peter Vanderkaay were named to the prestigious list, representing 36 individual national championships, five Michigan national championships and 15 Olympic medals during their collective careers.
Nearly 3,000 former student-athletes were nominated, with blue-ribbon panel of current and former college swimmers, coaches, and members of the media making selections from a list of 973 finalists. Eighty-six swimmers and 14 divers were selected.
Gustavo Borges | Ituverava, Sao Paola, Brazil | U-M letterwinner 1992-95
Borges was a four-time All-American, won 10 individual championships and was a member of Michigan's 1995 NCAA Championships team. He swam for Brazil in the Summer Olympic Games in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004, winning the second-most Olympic medals of any Brazilian with four.
Tyler Clary | Riverside, Calif. | U-M letterwinner 2008-10
Clary won three national titles while swimming for Michigan, taking the 200-yard backstroke in 2009 and winning the 400-yard individual medley in 2009 and 2010. He went on to win a gold medal in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2012 London Olympics.
Tom Dolan | Arlington, Va. | U-M letterwinner 1994-96
Dolan earned All-American status three times while swimming for the Maize and Blue and was a nine-time NCAA Champion. He is perhaps best known for winning two gold medals and a silver medal for Team USA. claiming gold in the 400-meter individual medley in both 1996 and 2000 and also earned a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley in the 2000 Olympics.
Tom Haynie | Honolulu, Hawaii | U-M letterwinner 1937-39
Haynie was one of the pioneers not only for Michigan swimming and diving, but the sport of swimming as a whole. He was an All-American in each of his three seasons in Ann Arbor and was a key member of the Wolverines' first three national championships. Haynie went on to coach Stanford to 11 conference championships from 1947-59 and was later inducted into Stanford's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Carl Robie | Darby, Pa. | U-M letterwinner 1965-67
Robie won three national titles while swimming in Ann Arbor, winning the 200-yard butterfly in 1966 and 1967 and the 400-yard individual medley in 1965. The "Philadelphia Flyer" won a gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly and broke the men's 200-meter record four times during his career.
Peter Vanderkaay | Royal Oak, Mich. | U-M letterwinner 2003-06
Vanderkaay won five individual NCAA Championships during his career at Michigan and went on to represent the United States in three Olympic Games (2004, 2008 and 2012). He won two gold medals as part of the 800-freestyle relay teams in 2004 and 2008 and won individual bronze medals in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2008 Olympics and the 400-meter freestyle at the 2012 Olympics.
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