The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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inside michigan athletics The next year, they built a robotic minicar. Last year, they took a step up. "We built a mechanism that attaches to the back of a wheelchair that will hold a backpack," Moore said. "And at the push of a button, it will swing over to the side for easy access for the user, and then it has a little motor that will bring it back around and secure it to the back of the chair. The user doesn't have to worry about running into a door or anything, with the backpack slung over the side of the chair." The four of them are known as the Aquatones on the engineering campus, and they have built quite a repu- tation. This year, Moore and his swimming buddies decided to intertwine athletics and academics in a very interesting way. "We're building a towing system for the pool, so swimmers can train at a higher speed than they're usually capable of training, and in a repeatable fashion," Moore said. "That is something we're hoping to patent at the end of the year. It's really exciting that our name could be on something like that. "It has been really cool, and Michigan has offered amazing opportunities for all of us. We're taking advantage of it." — Andy Reid Sitting Down With Wrestling Redshirt Junior Max Huntley Wrestling captain Max Huntley, who competes in the 184-pound weight class, finished in sixth at the 2013 Big Ten Championships. He and U-M are gearing up for a new season, which kicked off Nov. 16 at the Eastern Michigan Duals. The Wolverine: This team seems to have a lot of momentum coming into the year. What are your goals and expectations? Huntley: "The first half of the season, we want to have a lot of guys attacking. It's a little harder at the beginning of the year because you get in better and better shape as the season goes on, but we want guys to be really aggressive so it will translate to the end of the year. We're in great shape now, but by the end of the year we want to be wrestling at our best. "This year, we want to be top 10, top five. Our goals are to win everything we can. We have a great shot at placing third or fourth in the Big Ten, and definitely top 10 at NCAAs." The Wolverine: What is it like to go through a Big Ten season, because it is the premier conference in the sport? Huntley: "It's a grind. A lot of teams that aren't in the Big Ten, it's almost like their guys get weeks off, because the competition isn't the highest. In the Big Ten, you're wrestling a ranked guy every week. You have to be at 100 percent for every