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distance events, she can also
sprint very, very well, which
is apparent in swimming both
relays. The distance in the
medley relay is only 50 yards,
and the distance in the 400
free relay is 100, for her leg.
"She's so versatile. She can
do any of the strokes very
well, and wherever we need-
ed her throughout the season,
she was willing and able to
try something new or do
something that would just
benefit us. Instead of
something to do every week,
we were able to move her
around and use her wherever
we needed to in certain
meets?'
Dena said she didn't mind
swimming different events,
although she may be more of
a specialist as a junior next
fall."This year we really were
looking towards state. I
wasn't gonna stop him (Ab-
basse). If they needed me in
the different events, then I'd
go for that event. I really like
all events. I like swimming in
any event, really. But I think
pretty much next year I'm go-
ing to start just thinking
about the 500 and the 100
(butter)fly, just specializing in
those two events."
Currently, Dena swims for
Birmingham-Bloomfield
Atlantis (BBA), coached by
Bob Genrow. Genrow first
coached her at age "11 or 12."
He described her progress
since that time. "She's come
a long way. She's matured a
lot and she's getting a lot bet-
ter at establishing some
challenging goals for herself.
She was kind of, 'oh, I'd try to
do that but I don't think I
could ever do it, not having a
lot of confidence. And
nowadays, she's setting some
goals, to go to (USS) junior na-
tionals, and some pretty
challenging stuff for her, and
it's neat to see."
Following a holiday vaca-
tion in Florida, Dena began
training for her next meet for
BBA, in Indianapolis at the
end of the month.
This August, she will swim
in the Maccabi Games in
Chicago. Dena won 12 gold
medals in last summer's
regional games in Cleveland.
This year the competition will
be stiffer, and her perfor-
mance more important. She
will train hard for the event,
she explained, "because there
are going to be Israeli people
looking at us," and judging
which athletes should be
chosen for the 1989 world
games in Israel. "I would
really like to go to those
games. . . that's my dream."
She is also thinking about
swimming in college, and
possibly in the Olympics.
"That's a long-term goal, but
I have to look ahead," she
added.
Abbasse is also looking
ahead to Dena's final two
seasons at Groves. "In her
next two years people are go-
ing to have to look out for her
because she's gonna want to
rebound and come back and
do a lot better than she did
this year. Not saying that
(she) had a bad season. . . we
weren't ready enough, I
guess, in the 500 freestyle for
her. Next year, we'll be doing
something different, so she'll
be a factor to be reckoned
with."
"I think I'm going to be
trained differently next year,"
agreed Dena. "Instead of the
200 freestyle and the 500, I'm
going to be trained for the 100
butterfly and the 500."
Genrow believes the 200 but-
terfly may become Dena's
best event in USS competi-
tion, but the 200 is not a high
school event. Her primary
goal in high school next year
is to place in the top three in
the state in the 500 freestyle.
Whatever events she
specializes in this year, Bern-
stein will have ample oppor-
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down 1987 into an up-and-up
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