An Inside Look...

Men's Swimming and Diving.

Throughout this year I will be interviewing one, or some, of your teammates so your fellow UB student athletes can catch an inside look at other teams!  This week I interviewed DJ McAninch of the Men's Swimming and Diving team.


1.  DJ, what makes your team the most unique team at UB?

I think what makes us the most unique team is all the different personalities on the team.  It's crazy to see how all of the personalities together from all across the country and from so many different backgrounds come together and work together towards one goal in the pool.

2.  Excellent answer! If you were going to have a chicken wing eating contest, who would win on       your team and why?

Definitely Mike Dugan, especially if it was an atomic death eating wing contest, because Dugan is a stud wing eater.

3. Atomic Wings?!? WHATTTTTT??? Who is the quietest person on your team?  How about the most outspoken?

Eric Jensen is the quietest because he is a freshman, but when it comes to the pool you can tell he puts a lot of fire into his swimming and he is just biding his time to come out and be a team leader.  The loudest is probably Dan O’Connor because he loves to sing, but then again it could be Eric Culver...ehhh also Phil Aronica because he is just loud in general. Wait...and Matt Bitara just loves to scream.  So I guess we have a lot of loud guys on our team...

4. What makes your team successful, and how do you continue building to win championships?

I think it's because we are one of the only teams and senior class left to have won a MAC Title.  Everyone on the team knows what the goal is from top to bottom and everyone is on board, we talk about it on a daily basis amongst each other.

5. Tell me a team story that not many people would know about?

Every year we go paint-balling, and one game was called take the Alamo, we did it by class and each class had to build a structure put everyone else in it and then a massacre began.  We all got tons of bruises and laughs and it was a great time.  So, somehow we connected that moment to a MAC Championship and now our team motto has formed into “Take the Alamo” and it's our motivation to win a title.  Something strange that brought us together as a team.

For those Historically inept...this is the Alamo.

6. "Take the Alamo" Fellas!! Who is the best dancer on your team?

Matt Bitera. It's funny because he thinks he is killing it, but he is not.  When a song comes on he immediately starts dancing and closes his eyes and then starts to rip. Everyone gets a good laugh out of it and he is a good sport about it.

7.  Final question, Grey sweat suit, or business casual?

Definitely the Buffalo Bulls sweatsuit, nothing more comfortable than chilling in sweats.

Thank you DJ for his awesome enthusiasm and excitement for this Blog!  Look for more information next week on the Blog, type to you then! ;)