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MACCAB I

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Detroit team will be fellow
swimmer Jodi Shapiro, tennis
player Jared Miller, track
athletes Sari Berman and
David Epstein, volleyballer
Jordan Glass and wrestler
Marc Goldman. This is
Miller's fifth Maccabi Games,
the fourth for the others.
For Rosenberg, "It's not so
much the competition, but
meeting people. I've tried to
stay in touch with swimmers
on the Detroit team and with
the athletes we housed here
in 1990 ... I didn't win any
medals last year (in Cleve-
land) but I had just as good a
time."
The Baltimore games al-
ready are different for
wrestler Goldman. In Detroit
• two years ago, the home team
had 20 athletes and three
coaches. Next week, he'll be
Detroit's only wrestler.
He's worked out on his own
this summer, with the help of
former state champion Den-
ny Rapal, but he's not yet sure
of his Maccabi weight class.
In high school, at West
Bloomfield, he competes at
125 pounds. In Baltimore,
he'll wrestle at 130 or 140.
Making friends with other
Jewish youngsters from
around the world is what the
North American Maccabi
Games are all about. Balti-
more is expecting 2,700 young
Jewish athletes, 500 more
than Detroit hosted.
Goldman is sure he'll make
his share of friends, but he
also wants a medal. "I was
fourth in Detroit two years
ago, and I was the youngest
one on the team," he said.
Sari Berman and David
Epstein lead one of the largest
track teams Detroit has ever
had. But Berman's first corn-
petition will be Sunday night.
Both she and Epstein were
flagbearers for the Detroit
delegation at the regional
games in New Jersey last
summer. Some of the Detroit
teams competed in the Cleve-
- land regional.
"I told David that I wanted
the Israeli flag this time,"
Berman said. "I'm going to
fight for it."
The two sprinters also will
lead Detroit's track athletes
on the field. Berman, who at-
tends North Farmington, and
Epstein, of Andover, will com-
pete in the 100 and 200 me-
ter dashes and on sprint
relays. Berman will add the
high jump and Epstein the
long jump.
Coach Joel Kashdan and
assistant Don Rudick expect
strong performances from dis-
tance runners Adam Estrine,
Joey Edwards, Mike Durante,
Eric Adelman, Jessica Fields

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and Elyse Adelson. Chad De-
Wolf should be a contender in
the sprints and high jump, as
should the 15-16 sprint relay
of Epstein, Ryan Sills, Daniel
Ben-Meir and Marty Maddin.
Rounding out the squad are
Elizabeth Dubin, Mike Grant,
Tracie Ratiner, Peter Rose,
Rachel Weiss, Elana and Shi-
m Weiss, and Geoff Werber.
Tennis coach Larry Miller
has big hopes in singles and
doubles for his son, Jared, a
Class B state champion this
spring at Andover. Jared will
team in doubles with Brad
Dubin, who was on the No. 1
doubles team at Cranbrook.
In the 13-14 age group,
Michael Brown and Justin
Goldfarb will be competing.
Danny Friedman, a Maccabi
veteran and four-year No. 1
singles player at Birmingham
Groves, will be assistant
coach.
On the girls side, tennis
coaches Lynda Okun and Jan-
ice Bloom are working with
Elyse Lakritz, Elite Ben-Ozer,
Carrie Fenton and Jennifer
Manko. Ben-Ozer won silver
medals in singles and doubles
in Cleveland last year.
The boys basketball team
is lacking the size and expe-
rience that led to a top 16 fin-
ish in Detroit in 1990 and a
gold medal in Cleveland in
1991. Coaches Howard Gold-
ing and Rick Kaczander will
rely on veterans Andy Rosen,
Evan Ellis and Eric Kaczan-
der, with support from new-

Coach Howard Golding talks with his basketball team.

and a coed team. They are
coached by Ken Bertin, Sam
Skeegan and Mark Carney,
assisted by Lisa Slovis, Jason
Gold, Al Garner and Cortney
Kalbfeld.
Twenty-seven volleyballers
were selected from 81 teens
trying out. With four Maccabi
veterans on the boys team
and eight on the girls team,
Detroit plans to give Chicago
— the gold medalists in 1990
and 1991 — a battle.
The boys team includes
Scott Aaronson, Jordan Glass,

Dan. Pappas, Jason Weiner,

Brandon Rubin cuts for the
basket.

comers Aaron Weiss, Garon
Oseff, Scott Berenstein, Steve
Baer, Brandon Rubin, Dan
Kukes, Rick Rubenfaer and
Etan Berman.
The girls team, coached by
Mark Jeross and Bob Gamer
with support from Lawrence
Gardner, will rely on veterans
Jamie Golding and Lori Ka-
plan, and newcomers Korrie
Bayer and Dayna Swarin. In

the back court, Jodi Berris,

Mikki Mentzel and Emily
Goldsmith will direct a team
that finished fourth in the re-
gional last year.
Detroit is sending three
teams into volleyball compe-
tition: a boys team, girls team

Aaron Fenberg, Brian Gali-
son, Ben Hurvitz, Gurston
Nyquist and Brian Tepper.
The coed team: Julie Golding,
Stacey Rothenberg, Alyssa
Patt, Jennifer Canner, David
Young, Michael Redisch, Josh
Jacobs, Jerrod Roth and Jeff
Gutman.
The girls volleyball team
includes Gennifer Bertin, Jen-
nifer Madvin, Sarah Patt,
Lisa Skeegan, Erica Gilman,
Amy Kelman, Jody Reimer,
Leah Trahey and Stacey
Young.
Stuart Gottesman's rac-
quetball team has three play-
ers who are previous

medalists. Aaron Kobernick,
Howard Kaye and Mark Selik
comprise the Detroit team.

There are 14 girls on Larry
Harwin's soccer team. He

says the girls have never
played together and there is

a wide range of skill levels,
but they expect to work hard
as a team in Baltimore. The

team includes Cari Aronoff,
Haley Berger, Michelle
Berris, Jody Ehrlich, Jennifer
Gruber, Julie Harwin, Marla
Herman, Lauren Kippleman,
Susan Kovsky, Jackie Lesh-
man, Dana Resnick, Mered-
ith Rice, Julie Sachs and Julie
Winnick.
The girls softball team
lacks an experienced fast-
pitch pitcher, but several vet-
erans have stepped in to fill
the position. Coach Tony
Spokojny says the team will
need a good mix of speed,
power and defense to be com-
petitive in Baltimore. He is
assisted by Lisa Slovis and
Karen Sklar.
The players are Jessica Al-
ter, Niki Berlin, Erin Bremen,

Carey Chicorel, Emily Fried-
man, Kim Geller, Aubrey

Kepes, Heather Meyers, A.J.
Rosenzweig, Elyssa Schram,
Abbie Schwartzberg, Rachel
Seligson and Robyn Stern.
The swim team is led by a
veteran coach, Herb Bern-
stein, and several veteran
swimmers besides Heather
Rosenberg. The team includes
Jeremy Bloom, Steve Bock-
nek, Lani Buck, Karyn Iden,
Jeremy Fogel, Aaron Freilich,
Laura Hamburger, Ron Lit-

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