Conqu'ring Heroes 110 - Peter Vanderkaay & Justin Toman
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Michigan Athletics' Hall of Honor induction ceremony is coming up on November 3, and we will hear from each member of the 2023 class over the next few weeks on Conqu'ring Heroes. We begin with swimming star Peter Vanderkaay, who starts by reflecting on his outstanding Michigan career, which included three Big Ten Swimmer of the Year awards (1:30). Then, Vanderkaay details his three trips to the Olympics, which netted him two gold medals and two bronze medals (6:30). Our second guest this week is former five-time men's gymnastics All-American Justin Toman, who remembers his incredible career at Michigan - including the 1999 National Championship run (17:30). He also discusses his love of the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor community (23:30).
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| 0:00.0 | The Hall of Honor induction ceremony will be coming up on Friday, November 3rd. |
| 0:06.8 | And today, my guests are two of its newest members. |
| 0:11.0 | Peter VanderKey of Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving, who was a three-time Big Ten swimmer of the year, |
| 0:17.0 | three-time Olympian with two gold medals and two bronze medals. |
| 0:21.0 | Following Peter will be Justin Toman of Michigan men's gymnastics, |
| 0:26.2 | five-time All-American, only four-time captain in program history, |
| 0:30.2 | part of the 1999 National Championship team. |
| 0:33.6 | Peter Vander K. and Justin Tome, coming up in just a few moments on Conquering Heroes. |
| 0:41.6 | Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics. |
| 0:46.5 | Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way. |
| 0:51.8 | This is Conquering Heroes. Here's your host, John Chancer. |
| 0:56.7 | Well, as we do every year, we get a chance to honor those that have contributed, whether |
| 1:02.0 | it's as athletes, coaches, and administrators, by inducting some into the Hall of Honor. |
| 1:08.0 | It was established in 1978, and I am now joined by one of the newest members of the Hall of Honor. It was established in 1978, and I am now joined by one of the newest |
| 1:11.7 | members of the Hall of Honor. It comes from our men's swimming and diving program. That's Peter |
| 1:18.2 | VanderKey. Peter, thanks for joining me. And what was the moment like when you heard that |
| 1:23.8 | you got the phone call, you were going into the ring of honor. |
| 1:30.5 | So it was a great feeling. |
| 1:35.2 | You know, being kind of 10 years removed from the sport now in competition, |
| 1:38.7 | this is certainly something I never expected, |
| 1:42.2 | but I'm very proud to be a part of it. |
| 1:45.0 | There's so many great athletes that have been inducted that I'm humbled to see my name amongst them. So I want to talk at first about your time |
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