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The 1900 Michigan team compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 under first-year head coach Langdon Lea. [5] However, the season was considered a disappointment as the Wolverines finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 3–2 record against Western Conference opponents and a loss to rival Chicago.
He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1982. Charles A. Baird – Baird was Michigan's first athletic director, holding the position from 1898 to 1909. He hired Fielding Yost in 1901, built the largest college athletic ground in the United States, and negotiated the school's appearance in the first Rose Bowl game.
Medal Name Hometown Sport Event 1908 London: John Garrels: Bay City: Athletics: Men's 110 meters hurdles: Men's shot put: 1912 Stockholm: Ralph Craig: Detroit: Athletics: Men's 100 meters: Men's 200 meters: 1920 Antwerp: Jackson Scholz: Buchanan: Athletics: Men's 4 × 100 meters relay: Margaret Woodbridge: Detroit: Swimming: Women's 4 × 100 ...
The Michigan medal winners at the 1904 Olympics were: Michigan's first track and field star Archie Hahn won four Olympic gold medals. Archie Hahn – gold medals in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters; Ralph Rose – gold medal in the shot put, silver medal in the discus, and bronze medal in the hammer throw;
Notable alumni include Ralph Craig, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics, Brian Diemer, 1984 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the steeplechase, Bill Donakowski, U.S. marathon champion in 1986, Archie Hahn, a winner of four Olympic gold medals at the 1904 and 1906 Olympics, DeHart Hubbard, the first African-American to win an ...
Michigan's track teams won six Western Conference team championships and 16 Olympic medals (including 7 gold medals) during Baird's eleven years as athletic director. Baird also presided over Michigan athletics for the school's first Western Conference football championship in 1898 and Yost's "point-a-minute" teams from 1901 to 1905.
The last women's event added to the roster was the 3000 metres steeplechase in 2008. A total of 52 different events have been held in the men's competition. The current list comprises 23 events. Many of the discontinued events were similar to modern ones but at different lengths, especially in the steeplechasing, hurdling, and racewalking ...
1901 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team – Under head coach George Denman, the Aggies compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored their opponents 120 to 94. [7] 1901 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Clayton Teetzel, the Normalites compiled a record of 3–5 and were outscored by a combined total of 167 ...