Page 12-Friday, March 12, 1982-The Michigan Daily Count Bill of Rights Article IX: The Gold Standard Act The Gold Rush! Solid Gold The Count Spinning out Every Friday and Saturday Nights the Greatest Tunes of All Time U-MI By MIKE McGR Michigan diver Ron Me lots of experience fallin places. He also-has had ex sports falling out from un Merriot, a world c trampolinist, devoted eig life to the sport of tram sport, however, has in dwindled into obscurityi States. Seeing no future poline, Merriot was force new horizons. THE ROCKFORD, Illin been a diver since his fre high school, but in his ju school eliminated sports cutting measure. It was i summer, that Merri 1140 S. University at Church 668-8411 diving Mer RAW Michigan diving coach Dick Kimball's erriott has had diving camp. ng from high "Kimball's camp was what did it for xperience with me," said Merriott. "After that, I knew der him. that I wanted to be a diver and come to hampionship Michigan because Kimball was the ht years of his coach I wanted to train under." polining. This After his senior year in high school recent years and a semester at Washtenaw College, in the United Merriott enrolled at Michigan. on the tram- "Coming to Michigan under coach d to search for Kimball was a move that has really paid off," said Merriott. lois native had THUS FAR it has "paid off" in two shman year in years as a Big Ten and NCAA finalist. unior year the However, despite two undefeated as a budget seasons in dual meets, Merriott has not n the following won a Big Ten championship since his ott attended freshman year. "Nobody's perfect," admitted the Wolverine diver. "In this past meet I missed a couple of dives and hit the board once-things just didn't work out that day. But in diving anyone can win a particular meet, so I'm not overly con- cerned. I can still give a good shot at the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) championship." Should Merriott capture the NCAA crown, it will be the second major championship he's won. As a tram- polinist, Merriott reached the pinnacle of the sport in 1978 when he won the world championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. "FOR SEVERAL years the tram- poline was a way of life for me and it finally culminated in the world cham- pionship," said Merriott. "My tram- poline experience has really been a major factor in my diving success.", According to Kimball, jumping from the trampoline to the diving board is not necessarily a rare move. "Many divers, including the top three currently in the Big Ten as well as myself, were trampolinists before they started diving," explained Kimball. "Trampoline used to be a major gym- nastic sport and all divers use it pretty extensively in training." TRAMPOLINING AS a competitive sport, though stronger than ever in Europe, is almost dead in the U.S. Diving, however, lives on and Merriott has established himself as one of the nation's finest. Last summer in the U.S. championships, he finished second on both the one-meter and three-meter boards, both times trailing only former Olympian Greg Lougannis. Merriott claimed that his greatest achievement thus far was when he was elected captain of the swim team this season. "When a person contributes as much to the team as Ron has, its no surprise they are elected captain," said Kim- ball. "He's a very dedicated worker and has a great interest in how the rest of the team does." MERRIOTT IS unsure whether he will be back on the team next year as his rigorous diving schedule has taken its toll on his schoolwork. Ron is in the school of education and would like to get into coaching with possibly the pur- pose of bringing trampolining back as a major sport. He also said he has his sights set on a new innovation. "I'd like to see synchronized diving made into a major competition," says Merriott. "But right now not too many pools have two divings boards next to each other." This -weekend, Merriott and his mid- western diving counterparts will assemble in Columbus for the NCAA qualifying round. The top 15 finishersin the one-meter and the top 13 in the three-meter will qualify for the NCAA swimming and diving championships held March 25-27 in Milwaukee. "On our team, Ron and Kent Ferguson should definately qualify for the NCAA's," said Kimball. "And seniors Mark McMann and Jon Beach certainly are capable of being there also, with strong efforts this weekend." Already qualified in the swim- ming sector for Michigan are Bruce Gemmell and Trip Gage in the 400-yard medley relay. Gennell will compete in the 400 individual medly; and the 800- yard freestyle relay team of Kirsten Vandersluis, Tom Dudley, and Fernan- do Canales. Canales also made it in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle. riott's last resort STANFO..RD summer session Introductory and advanced, courses, workshops and seminars in the arts, earth sciences, education, engineering, the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and mathematics. June 21 through August 14 All students in good standing 40 Last week at the Big Ten champion- ships in Iowa City, Canales set the all- time Big Ten record in the 100 freestyle as the Michigan tankers, despite being the smallest squad participating, took a strong third in the meet. "I was amazed by our performance," said swimming coach Gus Stager. "Our swimmers swam exceptionally well as a team and I was particularly impresed with the efforts of our seniors." . aims for NCAAs MCFARLAND, MCKAY ADVANCE: are invited to attend. ,-- .0-10 til grd l aljo - -rd Summe rd s um* 82 SSt"f StO 1 on9o7C 4305 - r versitY stano 54 \ 'i Action SportsWear FACTORY CLOSEOUTS Swimwear Footwear Bodywear 406 East Liberty 2 bloc ks of f StaeS treet (363 677' Decision clips Kiasson AMES, Iowa - Michigan heavyweight Eric Klasson suffered a first-round match upset at the National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestling championships in the closest match in the history of NCAA wrestling. Klasson lost to Mitch Shelton of Oklahoma State on the basis of more riding time in regulation, which is the 16th determining criterion for deciding a deadlocked match. The two grapplers had struggled to a 3-3 tie at the end of regulation time and were knotted once again, 1-1, after a period of overtime. In accordance with NCAA rules, the judges then studied a series of criterion to determine the victor. KLASSON AND SHELTON were even at fifteen different levels, but the 16th, which showed that Shelton held the superior position for more overall time, tipped the match to the Oklahoma State heavyweight. Never before had an NCAA match been decided by the 16th level. In other Michigan action, Joe McFarland won all three of his matches in the 118- pound division and advanced to tomorrow's quarterfinal round. McFarland star- ted the day by defeating Jim Pagano of the University of Virginia 13-11. He went on to pin Colorado State's Don Haddock in 3:30 and Charlie Heard of Ten- nessee in 4:39 in his final two matches. In the 190-pound class, Michigan's Pat McKay advanced to second round action with a 10-2 decision over Doug Morse of Oswego State. S - - . 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