Maccabi Results Compiled by Harry Kirsbaum Editor's note: Results from last month's JCC Maccabi Youth Games at several sites around the United States were furnished by the volunteer coaches. BOSTON Swimming Detroit's team won 36 individual medals and 10 relay medals. Girls age 13-14: gold medal: Hannah Farkas, 200-yard mixed freestyle relay. Silver medals: Hannah Farkas, Hannah Posen, 200 mixed medley relay. Bronze medals: Hannah Posen, 200 mixed freestyle and medley relays. Girls age 15-16: Gold: Haley Mitchell, 100, 200 and 500 free, 50, 100 and 200 back, 200 fly. Silver: Haley Mitchell, 100, 200 and 400 free relays; Abbey Schrier, Michelle Schwartz and Leah Sommerville, 200 and 400 free relays. Bronze: 200 yd. medley relay: Haley Mitchell, Abbey Schrier, Michelle Schwartz, Leah Sommerville. Boys age 13-14: Gold: Michael Spickler, 50 free, fly and back, 200 and 400 free relays and 400 medley relay. Silver: Dan Devore, 200 and 400 med- ley relays; Noah Eubanks, Brian Kostukovsky and Max Weissman, 200 and 400 medley relays and 200 free relay; Michael Spickler, 200 medley relay; Bradley and Jeffrey Lankowsky, mixed relay. Bronze: Dan Devore, Noah Eubanks, Brian Kostukovsky and Max Weissman, 400 free relay. Boys age 15-16: Gold: Michael Spicider, 400 free and medley relays and 200 free relay; Jason Bank, 400 free and medley relays, 200 and 400 IM; Zack Devore: 400 IM, 400 free and medley relays, 200 free relay; Gabe Schubiner, 400 free and medley relays, 200 free relay, 200 back. Silver: Jason Bank,200 and 500 frees, 200 medley relay, 400 IM; Michael Birnkrandt, 200 medley relay; Zack Devore, 50 and 100 fly, 100 and 200 free, 200 IM, 200 medley relay; Gabe Schubiner, 200 medley relay, 50 and 100 back. Bronze: Zack Devore, 200 fly; Gabe Schubiner, 50 free, 100 fly. Swimmers Michael Spickler, Jason Bank, Gabe Schubiner, Ha Mitchell an and Michael Birnkrandt were part of Detroit.'s contingent in Boston. Dance Gold: Hip Hop Small Group, Eden Faye, Dana Hertz, Cara Kleiman, Mindy Raminick, Emily Sklar; Jazz Small Group, Eden Faye, Dana Hertz, Cara Kleiman, Mindy Raminick, Emily Sklar; Ballet Solo 15- 16, Dana Hertz; Tap Solo, 13-14, Emily Sklar. Silver: Tap Solo, 13-14, Eden Faye. Boys Basketball Detroit's 16-and- under team played admirably against a very tough field. The highlight was an exciting victory over host Boston, in which the team displayed great offen- sive firepower, scoring 78 points. For the week, the team's leading scorers were Mitch Weiss and Levi Stewart. Brad Garden contributed energetic play and rebounding. Girls Basketball Detroit won its last game against Pittsburgh. Girls Soccer Detroit won its last game against Venezuela. Girls Volleyball Detroit won the sil- ver medal. COLUMBUS Detroit's 13-14 boys basketball team won the silver medal. The team went 4-0 in round-robin play. After winning the first medal-round game handily, they lost a hard-fought game to Miami in the finals. Boys Tennis 13-14 doubles, bronze medal, Michael Brodsky and Brandon KaPPY. Maccabi Windsor The Windsor, Ont., community partic- ipates in the JCC Macabi Youth Games every other year. Last month, 12 athletes from Windsor competed in Columbus and earned a team record 35 medals. Richie Kamen won a bronze medal in golf and Adam Gellman a bronze in bowling. In dance, Kate Winbaum, Erica Jarcaig and Jenna Armeland each won silver and bronze medals. In swimming, Michael Rozenbojn won six gold, three silver and two bronze; Andrew Swartz and Boris Barbaric each won a gold and three sil- vers. The athletes were allowed to compete in track and field on the last day of the competition and Andrew Swartz won a gold and a bronze medal, Boris Barbaric and Jenna Armeland each won a gold, and Erica Jarcaig won a silver medal. On The Line At 11-541 He's listed as the number two left guard on the team's preseason depth chart, behind senior David Baas — who Kraus calls "my dam Kraus was one of the nation's most mentor" — so Kraus should have heavily recruited high school tight ends. But an opportunity to play this season after one season with the University of and to compete for a starting job Michigan football team, he's moved to the interior next season. of the offensive line, where he's now a backup guard. Kraus had his choice of Kraus The New Orleans native says the transition colleges but accepted is "going real well. I'm just learning new Je wish Michigan's scholarship offer because "I just things every day and trying to get better and get to the point where I can compete" for S tars felt really comfortable here, and I thought it was a good fit for me, academics and foot- playing time. ball-wise." Kraus, a sophomore who did not see game U-M's other two Jewish players are nonscholar- action last season, says he has "a long way to go. I've ship walk-ons. Senior Jeremy Read is a linebacker improved a lot, but there's so much more that I can who hasn't seen game action. Getting into a game get better at." MIKE ROSENBAUM Special to the Jewish News A Read Pollock would be "a dream," he says. He calls football at Michigan "a great experience, something I'm defi- nitely never going to forget for the rest of my life." Read, from San Diego, says the Jewish Wolverines "have a special bond ... We go to High Holiday (services) together. So its very cool." ON THE LINE on page 58 9/ 3 2004 57