THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thurs-Joy, 5eptem ber $., 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thu rs~'oy, September 8, 1977 replace up to his potential," Johann added. "If we can get . back on the right track we have a great national wres Holman is national calibert if he can wrestle at 167." At the other six weights cruits and lettermen will N for a position on the team. THE WOLVERINES recr heavily at 126 to fill the void by Goodlow. SophomoresI Cartier (4-4) and. Rich Str (1-1) return but will receive competition from f r e s h r Doug Fierberg and Kirk A At 118 pounds senior7 Schneider (7-13) must b freshmen James Mathias Bob McAlvey to maintain job. McAlvey finished 139-: his high school career at Ha High School in Lansing. Rich Lubell (14-15), a s from New York, normallyu tles at 134, but would hav beat out Goodlow at that w this year. Lubell, who fini fourth in the conference winter may move up to1 and meet more stiff intra-s competition. Assuming Briggs goes 150, sophomore Lou Jos (1-0) and freshman Jeff He challenge Lubell for the st ing spot. With Holman filling in1 wender's sohes, Billy Jo filled one of the vacancies' by graduation-but threes remain up for grabs. Replacing Johnson at 177 tainly won't be easy but the1 bet for his successor is so more Steve Fraser, but ju Bill Petosky returns hungry the starting nod either at 17 190. grads 'S. esen Heavyweights L e w i s Smith Amos and gridder Bob Taylor go head x..\ will on for the final starting berth. stler. "Overall, we will have a too- youthful team and fans will hear from people they hadn't heard re- of before," Johannesen added. attle For three years running, Jo- hannesen and his Wolverines finished fourth in the confer- uited ence. This year Billy Jo and his d left assistant Cal Jenkins possess a Dave lot of talent to juggle around ader with until they come up with the stiff right combination. n e n "Considering the rest of the rndt. conference we should be in Todd the thick of the race again," attle1 Billy Jo said. "Of course Iowa and will be tough and it should be his a dogfight for second between 12 in us, Minnesota and Wisconsin." aslett "It seems we've lost so much because our upper weights are enior gone but our little guys are wres- back," Johannesen added. "We re to could start out blasting every- eight body off the mat and then start Photo courtesy Michiq shed sweating it. It's going to be in- last teresting." Karl Brggs 142- - qua EYOUNG SQUAD STILL STRONG qan Sports information to eph nry art- Neis- has left spots cer- best pho- unior y for 77 or Tumblers frebuil/ding By GEOFFREY LARCOM The mark of a top-notch ath- letic program is its ability to bounce back after a "rebuild- ing" period, a time in which untried performers try to fill the large gaps left by a talent- ed graduating class. Last year, the Michigan Men's Gymnastics Team made its mark. "Briggs will,.go up to 150 if I ALSO IN the race for the job R Churella " moves up a weight. at 190 are sophomore Steve Ben- 1976-77 HAD BEEN billed ast "With Goodlow at a higher nett and freshman Dean Rehber- a lean year for the Blue Gym- weight class maybe he can be ger-who could be a sleeper nasts. Graduation had left gap- a little more effective and live according to the coach. ing holes in coach Newt Loken's MEN, WOMEN IMPROVE Swim teams expect titles lineup which had to be filled fine all-around men. All in all with freshmen and sophomores. we're very h a p p y with our The season started out as ex- new prospects." pepted - very slowly. Heading the list are Toro In the Windy City Invitational Staley of Arlington, Ill., and and Western Michigan competi- Darrell Yee of Farmington; who tions the Wolverines' point total both won state titles in the was 175-180, way short of the rings. Yee is also the state's 200 they would need against the all-around champion. cream of the Big Ten. Complementing Yee and Staley will be Harold Dardick IT WAS THEN that Loken's (Illinois) and John Rieckhoff charges began to put it all to- (Trenton), both pommel state gether. horse champions. "After a rough start, we real- ly came together as a team," GONE WILL BE Big Ten Loken recalled. "The guys be- champions Chuck Stillerman gan to get their compulsory rou- (floor ex) and Chuck Ventura tines down and we started scor- (horse) plus ringmen Scott iug wel." Panto and Kurt Golder, second What began as-an off year for, and fQprth in the Big Tens re- the Wolverines, ended as a third spectively. place finish in the Big Ten Is Loken optimistic about this Meet, just 1.6 points behind year? Yes, to a degree. second - place Illinois with a "Defending champion ' Min- By JAMIE TURNER Stu Isaac's women tankers are a result built his young squad combined optional and compul- nesota will have almost all sen- When looking ahead to the the two-time defending Big Ten around senior Olympian Gordon sory total of 40.20. iors as will Illinois," said Lok- ,achampions. The team, composed Downie. Bolstered by an out- en. "That in addition to the Bi 1977-78 swim season, don't blame, largely of sophomores and fresh- standing freshman corps, Sta-.,"AT THE BEGINNING of the Ten Meet being at Champaign Michigan swim coaches Gus Sta- women, ran away with last ger found his Wolverines taking season I wrote Michigan off as will make the top two tough to ger, Stu Isaac and diving coach spring's championships, setting third place in the Big Tens. a contender," said Fred Roeth- crack." Dick Kimball if visions of cham- 11 conference records in the DOWNIE HAS lisberger, coach of Big Ten Although it appears as only pionhsuthree-day competition gdhiter champion Minnesota. "I have to a third place team at this point, ThStager should find his tankersgive them credit for a super shed no tears for Michigan. The talentm n the women's and LED BY JUNIOR Katy Mc- strengthened with a year of ex- job. By the- Big Tens, they had' men's teams at ample proof Cully sophomore Lori Hugh perience. completely turned it around." PAUL McBRIDE on horse is that come late autumn, the Wol- Strong performances are ex- Loken plans to add fuel to the the 6nly senior on a team led verines will be a force to reckon adenorver rs euert, pected from such key men as fire this year with an excellent by Big Ten runnerup in all- with in the Big Ten. the Wolverines placed 11th ind sophomores Paul Griffith and group of freshmen around Nigel Rothwell and. the National Championships and gopo rsmn have hopes of moving into the WKev Morgan, and juniors Pete "We were very fortunate in third place high bar man Bob Top Ten. Maude and Eric Peper. landing some excellent rings Creek. NCAA runnerup 'John Diving coach Dick Kimball and pommel horse men to re- Corritore completes the nucleus Isaac has high hopes of con- supervises the divers of both place 'our 'graduating seniors of stars who will remain tinuing his team's rise into a squads. Seufert and Matt Che- that excelled specifically in through next year when the national power. lich rewarded Kimball's vigil- these two events," said Loken. Wolverines host the Big Ten Men's coach Stager faced a ence with national champion- Meet. rebuildiing job last year, and as ships this past season. "WE ALSO FOUND some "We're extremely e x c i t e d about our situation," stated Lo- !ken. "With only one senior and a schedule that includes NCAA champ Indiana State and Min- nesota, we ought to' have a great time." J ( In its third year of varsity ITS HE F Ecompetition, Michigan's Women Gymnasts have their eyes on a' state title. Michigan State will provide the strongest chal- SFOlR T HE 18TH YEAR lenge for Ann Cornell's team. - Topnotch -performers Cornell 1960 will be relying on are sopho- more Mia Axon and all-round- 'a ers Sara Flom, Ginger Robey, M v1iL k.k ~ ADVERTISING IN THE MICHIGAN DAILY DOESN'T COST... 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