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in Annapolis, Md.

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This Week's focus:

Sports

Making History

Detroit will entertain the largest Maccabi Games yet.

Dancers can participate in jazz, ballet, hip-hop,
tap and an open category. They can participate as
solos, duets or groups. The dance committee is
seeking judges to officiate the event.
In swimming, veteran coach Herb Bernstein's
expectations were far exceeded with a 37-member
swim team. "This is easily the most kids we've
had" since the Games began in 1982, he said.
"Because we're hosting, we can have more and the
swimmers came out of the woodwork."
Bernstein is fielding a team with 20 Maccabi
rookies. One of his veterans, in her final Maccabi,
wouldn't have minded travelling away from home.
"It's disappointing that we're not going any-
where cool," said 16-year-old Davida Burkhead
Weiner, who participated in the Maccabi Games
in LOs Angeles, MetroWest, N.J., and Pittsburgh.
"But it's nice that my former teammates who are
too old to compete can come watch."
The track and field team also is fielding 37
athletes. "We have a large influx of younger kids
this year," said coach Joel Kashdan. "As hosts, we
have more leeway in terms of accepting kids and
we want to include as many as we can."
The Detroit, Ann Arbor and Windsor athletes
participating in the 1998 Maccabi Games are:

WEST BLOOMFIEL

Adam Ogusky practices his hurdling technique.

LONNY GOLDSMITH
Staff Writer

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t this summer's Jewish Community
Center Maccabi Games, more Jewish
teen athletes than at any previous
Games — almost 3,500 — will com-
pete here in 22 sports.
The Games will also have a record number of
Detroit athletes.
As the host community, Detroit will field more
than 400 teens, with a strong representation in
every sport for the Aug. 16-23 event.
"No other host community has had 300 ath-

letes, let alone 400," said Harold Friedman,
Detroit's delegation head.
Friedman isn't worried about watered-down
competition. Only five sports have two Detroit
teams: 13-14-year-old baseball and soccer, girls
soccer, girls volleyball and softball.
There will also be two sports that are newcom-
ers to the Maccabi Games: dance and beach vol-
leyball.
"Dancers are athletes also, and they train and
work just as hard," said Joyce Serri, Detroit's
dance team coach. "Dancers don't often have the
time to go out for another sport, and this gives
more athletes a chance to participate."

Detroit
* denotes team will be split into two squads
Baseball (age 13-14)*
Coaches:Mark Rosenberg, Bruce Kaczander and
Michael Surnow.
Adam Surnow, Danny Kaufman, Mike Disner,
Sam Grossman, Brett Scharg, David Zeitlin, Mike
Sack, Justin Schwalb, Drew Gershenson, Jeff Vieder,
Scott Duschinsky, Aaron Kaczander, Mike Rubin,
Zak Rosen, Adam Tapper, Jon Miller, Gary Rosen-
berg, Jonathan Kunzman, Justin Pristein, Cary
Sternberg, Josh Feinberg, Zach Weisman, Scott
Weintraub, Allen Wertheimer, David Margolis.

Baseball (15-16)
Coaches:Jesse Polan, Dave Levine and Marty
Stein.