The Michigan Daily-Thursday, September 4, 1980-Page F-11
Tankers' goal: dethrone
versatile champ Indiana
GETTING OFF THE STARTING blocks, Michigan swimmer Monika Scheff and former Wolverine Linda Kendall prepare
to take the plunge during a meet. Scheff is but one of a talented group of swimmers whom coach Stu Isaac has readied for
the upcoming season. The tankers will attempt to defend their Big Ten Championshin. while moving up among- the national
towers. Barb Weinstein (inset), the graduated All-American diver, will be sorely missed.
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By JON MORELAND
At first glance, you might think Bill
Farley was in danger of suffering one of
those unheralded "sophomore slumps"
in his second year at the helm of the
Michigan men's swim team. It would
seem difficult for the tankers to im-
prove on their second-place showing
(behind powerhouse Indiana) in the Big
Ten Championships last March.
But look again, part4-ularly at the
number of returning swimmers, and
you can see how this season could easily
represent the "sophomore surge" for
the former Wolverine freestyler.
"I THINK OUR program is just about
on the level with Indiana's," Farley
said. "(Last year) they came into the
meet and just swam super, though. We
got a couple of bad breaks and-they
capitalized on them. If those breaks had
gone the other way, it could have been a
different story."
Farley lamented the fact that NCAA
rules has prohibited him from landing
top-notch high school talent. "We had a
tough recruiting year.We're operating
with a limited number of scholarships
(eight), and we didn't lose any to
graduation. So we didn't have any open.
It's a tough situation; next year we'll
have some scholarships open, but only
because we'll be losing some of our
veterans to graduation."
Paul Griffith is the lone departure
from an illustrous group of freestylers
which inclue Fernando Canales, the
conference's best in the 200-yard and
runner-up in the 100, Bob Murray (third
in both the 50 and 500), and John Spaid
(third in both the 200 and 1650). The
aforementioned group also combined to
give the Wolverines top conference
honors in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
THE WEALTH OF talent runs
beyond the freestyle events, however.
Junior Tom Ernsting recorded a first
in the 200-yard event at the Big Ten
meet last year, and butterflyer Scott
Crowder and medleyman Bruce Gem-
mell add depth to the squad.
Diving coach Dick Kimball, a two-
time Olympic mentor, has his entire
crew back, and it's a good one. Defen-
ding one-meter conference champion
Ron Merriot will try to improve on his
fourth-place showing on the three-
meter board, while seniors Kevin
Machemer and Ken Vigiletti attempt to
move up through the top ten, a spot
each comfortably occupied during the
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The situation is hopeful enough for
Farley to sit back, smile and anticipate
an even more productive season.
"Paul (Griffith) was our captain, and
he did a hell of a job for us,"said
Farley. "We'll miss him. Other than
that, we've got everyone back."
And Farley hopes the "sophomore
surge" breezes in with them.
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The Michigan women's swimming
team is riding a streak of five con-
secutive Big Ten championships, and
the 1980-81 team will be favored to keep
the string intact..
'We had a great recruiting year,"
claimed coach Stu Isaac. "We'll be
much improved over last year, but then
so will Indiana.
"THE BIG TEN'S are always a shoot-
out between us and Indiana," continued
Isaac, who will begin his seventh year
as the tanker coach. "Fortunately,
we've been able to come out on top
recently. But they had a great
recruiting year, too, and it's going to be
a real battle staying on top."
The list of newcomers is long and im-
pressive. Among the freshmen coming
in are Sue Cahill from Northville,
Melinda Copp from London, Ontario,
Dawnanne Dahlinger (Kalamazoo),
Christine Hogson (Toronto), Lisa John-
sen (Lighthouse Point, Florida), Denise
Stuntzner (Coos Bay, Oregon), and An-
drea Wolf (Flint). -
The tankrs, will alsobe'getting help
from Sue Collins, who won two Big Ten
championships during her freshman
and sophomore years for Michigan
before taking last year off to train for
the ill-fated Olympic Games.
ADD THESE WOMEN to the
veterans returning from last season,
and it looks like the tankers will be very
formidable, indeed.
Among the returnees are sophomores
Carolyn Clymer, Sue Elliot, Kathy
Kooser, and Lisa Larsen.
Junior Marion Stanwood, and seniors
Marie Palko, Sharon Flaherty, Mary
Rish and Monika Scheff will complete
the nucleus of Isaac's crew.
"I'VE NEVER HAD this much talent
before," continued the coach. "These
girls just seem to be getting better and
better.
"The amazing thing about our team
is the national and international ex-
perience we have. In addition to all the
girls we had qualify for the nationals
last year, a lot of the people coming in
have competed nationally."
MICHIGAN IS LOSING some swim-
mers from the 1980 championship team,
however. Among the graduates are
Kim Olson and Kim Groleau, while
Barb DonCarlos has transferred to
Maryland.
Graduation also depletes the
Michigan diving corps-the loss of Barb
Weinstein, Ann McDivott, and Julie,
Jeffrey leave some holes.
But the Wolverines still have senior
All-American Julie Bachman, Vicki
Kimball, and Laurie Sloan to go along
with recruit Johnsen, the Florida
high school diving champion last year.
"Don't worry about our diving," con-
cluded Isaac. "We've got plenty of
talent, and (diving coach Dick) Kim-
ball always seems to come up with
great squads."
So does Isaac. With the returning
talent and an outstanding corp of
incoming freshmen, a sixth straight
conference championship should be in
the works, with improvement over the
1980 8th-place NCAA finish a strong
possibility.
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