The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS MICHIGAN'S TOP OLYMPIC SPORTS PERFORMERS Senior golfer Chris O'Neill: The Glen Allen, Va., native had his top individual effort of the season, placing fourth in an 83-man field at the Patriot All-America Invitational Dec. 31 in Litchfield Park, Ariz. O'Neill carded a three-round one-over- par 214 in recording his fourth top-10 finish in five events this year. Junior swimmer Chris Klein: The junior from Ann Arbor helped lead Michigan to a team victory at the Orange Bowl Swim Classic Jan. 3, winning the 200-meter individual medley in a time of 2:05.48. Klein also placed second in the 50-meter breaststroke (28.53 seconds) and 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.25), and swam the breaststroke leg on the Wolverines' second-place 200-meter medley relay team (1:40.53). Junior track athlete Erin Finn: One of eight event winners for Michigan at the Hillsdale Winter Opener Jan. 9, Finn beat the field in the 3,000-meter race by more than 30 seconds, with a time of 9:13.41. Finn is a four-time Big Ten champion, with a pair of wins in both the 5,000-meter run (indoor and outdoor 2014) and the 10,000-meter run (outdoor, 2014 and 2015). Redshirt freshman thrower Joseph Ellis: In his second meet of the season, Ellis proved just how much good his redshirt campaign did, winning the weight throw event at the Hillsdale Winter Opener Jan. 9 with a distance of 18.96 meters. Earlier in the year, the Sammamish, Wash., native recorded a career-long throw of 19.89 meters, placing fifth in the weight throw at the Grand Valley State University Holiday Open Dec. 4. Freshman wrestler Logan Massa: The native of St. Johns, Mich., was the nation's No. 2 recruit coming into college, and the 165-pounder has impressed despite redshirting. He is 13-1 while competing unattached at tournaments, with the lone loss coming to two-time NCAA champion Alex Dieringer by a score of 8-2. He also qualified for the 2016 Olympic Team Trials at 74 kilograms (163 pounds) with a fourth-place finish at the 2015 U.S. Senior Wrestling Nationals — his first senior- level tournament — in December.