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June-July 2016

The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports

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  WHERE ARE THEY NOW? BY MICHAEL SPATH I magine sitting at the dining room table for an Ofili family meal. Cindy, a senior at U‑M, occupies one chair; she is the 2016 NCAA In‑ door champion in the 60‑meter hur‑ dles and trying to win the 100‑meter crown this spring at the NCAA Out‑ door Championships. Her older brother Alex is a former Michigan football player (2001‑04) and another brother, Frank, played at Toledo (2000‑03) while their fa‑ ther, Felix, ran track and played soc‑ cer at the University of Anambra in Nigeria. New to the family, Jeff Porter — Tif‑ fany's husband — was a three‑time Big Ten champion hurdler (2004‑07) at Michigan and a semifinalist in the 110‑meter hurdles at the 2012 Olym‑ pic Games running for Team USA. To be the best at the dinner table, however, they must dethrone the reigning champion — Tiffany, who is a very real threat to medal at the   WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Tiffany Ofili-Porter Is Shooting For Gold At This Summer's Olympic Games Ofili-Porter won six Big Ten and five NCAA titles during her U-M career from 2006-09. PHOTO COURTESY TIFFANY OFILI-PORTER

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