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by nearly three seconds.
On the boys roster are Andrew
"I love going to the Maccabi Cohen, Dan Friend, Jesse Green,
Games because you get a chance Sam Radin, Benjamin Reid, Ari
to meet kids from all over the Sussman, Gabe Urist and Nick
place," Wark said. "I've made Zagar.
some friends for life through the
College students Josh Cutler
Maccabi Games."
and Lori Eidelman are the bas-
Besides Wark, the other Ann ketball coaches.
Arbor athletes who will compete
A Farmington Hills resident
in individual sports in Cleveland and North Farmington High
are Josh Halman (golf) and Mar- School grad, Cutler is a senior at
garet Polyachenko (tennis).
Eastern Michigan University ma-
Polyachenko is an emigre from joring in physical education with
the former Soviet Union and so a coaching minor. Cutler was a
Maccabi participant from Detroit
in basketball and swimming.
Eidelman is a Berkley resident
College students
and graduate of Berkley High
Josh Cutler and Lori School, where she played bas-
ketball. She's a junior at U-M,
Eidelman are Ann majoring in elementary educa-
Arbor's basketball tion. Cutler helped coach the Ann
Arbor girls basketball team in
coaches.
Pittsburgh. This is Eidelman's
first year as Maccabi coach.
Windsor's Maccabi coaches are
is her Maccabi coach, Ann Arbor delegation head Ron Polsky and
resident Alex Kotlyar, who will former North American Maccabi
be a freshman at the University track medal-winners Josh Pol-
of Michigan this fall.
sky, 22, and Mandi Polsky, 18,
Kotlyar played tennis for Ann Ron's son and daughter.
Arbor at the North American
Shot-putter Anthony Arbour
Maccabi Games in Baltimore and table-tennis player Ben
in 1992, and he acted as inter- Livneh appear to be Windsor's
preter for the Commonwealth of top medal hopes in Cleveland. A
Independent States delegation. 6-foot-3, 220-pounder, Arbour
It is his first year as a Maccabi probably will be one of the oldest
coach.
athletes there; he'll turn 17 on
Ann Arbor also will send Aug. 31.
girls and boys basketball
Also competing in track for
teams to Cleveland.
Windsor will be Brett Malowitz,
The girls squad is made up of Jon Schwartz and Eli Udel. Ten-
Sarah Beck-Secord, Sierra nis players include Rachel Cohen,
Bloom, Rebecca Coudron, Sarah Josh Goldstein, Simon Shanfield,
Coudron, Flora Endelman, Ariel- Aaron Taub and Jesse Waltman.
la Klein, Emily Lieberman and Jessica Garant and Paul Gold-
Hana Weaver. Seven of the eight berg will swim, and Jon Cohen
girls played on Ann Arbor's team will play table tennis.
at the regional Maccabi Games
Bowler Joe Shanbaum carries
in Pittsburgh last summer, which a 160 average as a 14-year-old in
went 3-2.
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