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DECEMBER 2024 ❱ THE WOLVERINE 13 ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS ❱ Getting To Know Men's Swimming And Diving Sophomore Colin Geer Sophomore Colin Geer placed 13th in the 200-yard butterfly at the NCAA Championships last season, posting a personal-best time of 1:41.23 after being named Big Ten Freshman of the Year. He finished eighth in the 100-yard butterfly, fifth in the 200-yard butterfly and fourth in the 200-yard individual medley at the Big Ten Championships. Geer was a second-team All-American in 2023-2024 and is looking to build off his stellar first season with the Wolverines. Here are some things about Geer that you may not have known: Best Aspect Of Being From Long Beach, Calif.: "It's really athletics-based. Long Beach calls itself the aquatic capital of the world." Favorite Restaurant In Ann Arbor: "Sava's." Best Meal He Can Cook By Himself: "A New York strip or a ribeye, and I put some potatoes in the air fryer and make some green beans." Favorite Professional Athlete: "I'm stuck between [Detroit Lions quarterback] Jared Goff and [Los Angeles Lakers forward] LeBron James. When I was a teenager growing up in Southern California, LeBron went to the Lakers. That's when I really started getting into sports." Sport He Enjoys Besides Swimming: "I played baseball until I was 13 years old, and I liked baseball a lot. I still follow baseball a ton. I'm a huge Dodgers fan." Favorite Movie: "Either some of 'The Avengers' movies but also Christopher Nolan movies. 'Interstellar' is a classic." Favorite TV Series: "I like watching stuff that's based on true stories, like the ESPN '30 for 30s.'" Why He Chose Michigan: "I actually always wanted to swim at USC. My dad went to USC. So, going through the recruiting process, that was at the top of my list. I took some other trips. I was like, 'I'll give Michigan a try.' The academic appeal really got to me. And then I got here and the college town atmosphere of Ann Arbor hooked me. I went against what I wanted to do the first 17 years of my life. I couldn't be hap- pier here." What He Hopes To Do After Michigan: "Something along the lines of finance, banking, consulting." Favorite Memory At Michigan: "When we went to NCAAs in Indianapolis, after the last night of NCAAs, there was a shooting downtown. So, we just decided to go hang out at the hotel. It was the nine of us just hanging out in a hotel room. We had just finished the season. It's things like that, that I'll always remember, hanging out with the guys. The stress of swimming is all off for a second, and you just spend time with your teammates." Overall Experience At Michigan: "It's been great. I have great teammates. I had that coaching staff change right when I was about to come in freshman year, and there was uncertainty. They've been great, and it was almost like a blessing in disguise. Academics have been great." — Clayton Sayfie Geer was named 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, becoming the second straight Wolverine men's swimmer to earn the honor after Eitan Ben-Shitrit captured the accolade in 2023. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN ATHLETICS TheWolverine.com YouTube channel is your place for the best Michigan conversations on the web! Here is the full slate of programs available on TheWolverine.com YouTube channel: • Mondays at 8 a.m. Chris Balas and Doug Skene • Mondays at 6 p.m. Chris Balas, Anthony Broome and Clayton Sayfie • Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Recruiting scoop with EJ Holland • Thursdays at 6 p.m. Chris Balas, Clayton Sayfie, Anthony Broome • Saturdays Football postgame show* with Anthony Broome and Ryan Van Bergen * In-season only All times listed are Eastern. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for live podcasts, content from the entirety of our staff, Michigan football and recruiting and more. https://www.youtube.com/ @TheWolverineVideo All of our shows on The Wolverine also are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google. Be sure to subscribe and leave us a five-star review! https://www.on3.com/teams/ michigan-wolverines/page/podcasts/ The Wolverine Show On