Ohio State Swim Club Food Drive Collects More Than 3,500 Items

The second annual Ohio State Swim Club Thanks for Giving Fall Classic Swim Meet & Food Drive was an overwhelming success, and helped Ohio State beat Michigan in the Battle Against Hunger food drive!

A total of 572 swimmers from 11 USA Swimming teams participated in the swim meet and food drive competition held on Sunday, November 20, and more than 3,686 pounds of food were donated to the Mid-Ohio Foodbank. 

The goal of the food drive was to collect 1,000 items. To reach this goal, a food drive competition was held in concert with the swim meet where the visiting team that donated the most items was named Food Drive Champion. This year's winner was the Dublin Community Swim team for donating 650 items.  

The Ohio State Swim Club members and families donated 965 food items. View the full results.

The Ohio State Swim Club's food drive was held in collaboration with the Battle Against Hunger food drive as part of Beat Michigan Week activities the week of November 12 - 22. Through the joint effort, Ohio State defeated Michigan in the food drive total by 3,588 items. Ohio State collected 4,675 pounds of food while Michigan raised 1,087 pounds.