Johns Hopkins University Athletics

One of the most successful, yet under publicized, teams in the history of the Johns Hopkins athletic program is the men's swimming and diving team. The Blue Jay swimming team is the school's only Division III team that has won a national championship as JHU claimed three straight titles from 1977-79. A key member of those three championship teams was Mike DiCio, a six-time All-American diver and a co-captain on the 1978 and 1979 NCAA Championship teams.

DiCio, who was also a key figure on the team as a freshman, when the Blue Jays placed second at the NCAA Championships, fueled the team's first national championship in 1977 with a second-place finish in the one-meter dive and a fourth-place finish in the three-meter. A year later, the Blue Jays made it two straight national championships and DiCio cemented his place in the Hopkins record book as he became the first and only JHU diver to win a national championship in the one-meter. He added a sixth-place finish in the three-meter that year as well.

DiCio closed out his career with another pair of top-five finishes as a senior with a third-place showing in the one-meter and a fourth-place finish in the three-meter.

In addition to fueling the team's success at the NCAA Championships, DiCio also played a key role in one of the biggest dual-meet victories in school history as well. DiCio's victory in the three-meter competition in the next-to-last event against Maryland during the 1977-78 season clinched the first and only win Johns Hopkins has ever had against the Terrapins.