The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 30, 1982-Page 9
Diver boosts tankers at NCAAs
By KARL WHEATLEY
Wolverine diver Ron Merriott did two things
aturday that have never been done before. And
'his efforts at the NCAA men's swimming and
diving championships enabled the Michigan
tankers to' finish in. 15th place for the second
straight year.
One thing Merriott did was to win the three-
meter diving cpmpetition. That's been done
before, in fact it seems that someone wins it
every year. But no one had ever, finished above
604 points. At least not until this year when
Merriott had a few tricks up his sleeve, and set a
ew NCAA standard of 630 points.
MERRIOTT'S SECOND first was a new dive; a
reverse three-and-a-half gainer. He had tried it
before this year in dual meets, but no one had
ever tried it in the nationals. In a sport in which
both execution and the degree of difficulty of the
dive determine scores, it is to the diver's advan-
tage to be able to execute the high-difficulty
dives.
Before last year, the highest difficulty rating
for a dive was 3.0-which makes the 3.5 rating
for the three-and-one-half reverse gainer seem
more like a "degree of impossibility" rating. It
certainly wasnt impossible for Merriott and it
was enough to help him to his title.
"He could have won the one-meter too," said
diving coach Dick Kimball. "But he missed a
back two-and-a-half." Even with one "missed"
dive, Merriott still managed a fourth in the one-
meter competition with 512.45 points, less than a
point out of third place.
THE OTHER DIVER at the NCAA's for
Michigan was freshman Kent Ferguson who
finished with 510 points for a strong 11th place in
the three-meter competition.
Unfortunately for Michigan, diving was not the
only activity in the meet. Since it wasn't, the
other teams has a chance to go ahead of the
Wolverines. Finishing first was UCLA, which
won the meet with 219 points, closely followed by
second-place Texas at 210.
The Wolverine's top swimming performance
was turned in by Fernan'do Canales. The squad's
top freestyler came up with a 44.1 in the 100-yard
freestyle, good for fifth place. Canales had
already set a Big Ten record in this event in the
preliminaries with his time of 43.7.-Canales also
placed 13th in the 200-yard freestyle.
Other Michigan swimmers to compete were
Brice Gemmell, who finished 17th in the 400-yard
individual medley, and the quartet of Tom
Dudley, Kirsten Vandersluis, Canales, and
Gemmell, who came away with 23rd in the 800-,
yard freestyle relay.
By RICHARD DEMAK
In its last team meet of the year and what is likely to be its
last meet as a varsity team, the Michigan synchronized swim
team finished third Saturday at the Association for Inter-
collegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Champion-
ships. The Wolverines' total of 77.5 points left them in third
place in a twelve team field, 20.5 points behind champion
Ohio State Buckeyes, the host team.
Ohio State, champions in three of the last four years, edged
td a t rival Arizona by five points; the Buckeyes and Wildcats had
split their season series at one win apiece. The Wolverines
finished well-ahead of fourth-place Millersville State College,
who totalled 47 points, followed by Stanford, Texas A&M, and
s Villanova.
OF THE FOURTEEN All-Americans determined by their
performances at this meet, three were from Michigan: Erin
O'Shaughnessy, Cathleen, O'Brien, and Betsy Neira.
Marybeth Crumrine, also a member of the Wolverine team,
may also be selected All-American pending final analysis of
her scores.
Michigan's impressive third-place finish was highlighted
by the third-place performance of O'Shaughnessy, O'Brien,
and Neira in the trio competition. The Wolverines turned-in
fine efforts in other events, as well: O'Brien and Neira,
finished fourth and O'Shaughnessy and Linda Pritz came in
sixth in the duet event; O'Brien ended up twelfth and Neira
eighteenth in the senior figures; and Tracy Rehbein, Anne
Holter, and Sue Murphy were third, fourth, and fifth in the
junior figures. In the team event, Michigan's 'B' team
finished sixth with a total of 55.1 points, while the 'A' team
came in third; spoiling Arizona's chance to tie for first-place
in the final meet results.
The meet attracted 130 competitors and between eight and
nine hundred paying spectators, according to Michigan
Coach Joyce Lindeman.
Beginning next season, Michigan's synchronized swim
team will compete as a club, losing its varsity status. The
Wolverines' performance Saturday only confirmed Lin-
deman's respect for the sport and the Michigan swimmers:
"We have elite athletes. We started out with an elite program
and maintained it."
Tracks ti
By MIKE McGRAW
The Michigan track and field team
took the first step in their quest to
recapture the Big Ten outdoor title over
the weekend as they opened the season
at the Louisiana State Invitational in
atoVi Rouge. The Wolverines took
hird place in the 10-team field and their
performance was highlighted by three
individual first-place finishes.
Junior Brian Diemer gave an im-
pressive performance in the 3,000-
meter steeplechase as he eclipsed the
qualifying time for the NCAA cham-
pionships by 10 seconds. Diemer won
the event last year at the Big Ten meet.
SPRINTER Andrew Bruce was first
to break the tape in the 200-meter dash
ers garn
with a time of 21.13 seconds. Bruce is
defending Big Ten champion in both the
100-and 200-meter dashes.
David Woolley, a sophomore transfer
from Moorehead State, tied for top
honors in the pole vault with a jump of
15'2%". Other high finishers for the
Wolverines included Dave Lugin with
second in the high jump, Derek Harper
who took third in the long jump, and
another third by Dan Beck in the 1,500-
meters.
"The LSU meet is usually a good
opening meet for us," said Michigan
track coach Jack Harvey, who was last
year's Central Collegiate Outdoor
coach of the year. "But the weather
was the worst we've seen and it hurt the
times of our runners. It was 40 degrees
er third at LSU
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TENNESSEE took first place in the
meet with 162 points followed by host
LSU with 89. The third-place
Wolverines accumulated 72 points.
The Wolverines are defending Big
Ten champions now in both indoor and
outdoor track as they won the indoor
title last month in Bloomington. Now
they must handle the task of defending
those championships in competition.
The Big Ten outdoor meet will be held
May 22-23 at the University of Min-
nesota.
"Having won the indoor title
probably makes us the favorites out-
doors, but there will be a lot of com-
petition," said assistant coach Ron
Warhurst. "Indiana and Wisconsin will
be right up there near the top."
BUT THE Wolverines look awfully
tough as they have lost only one mem-
ber from their, 1981 Big Ten champion-
ship team. Leading the way for the Blue
tracksters will be the distance corps of
Diemer, Gerard Donakowski, and
Beck, and sprinters Bruce and gridiron
standout Butch Woolfolk. Woolfolk was
due to make his 1982 track debut in
Baton Rouge, but didn't perform
because he couldn't get loose in the cold
weather.
Other top performers on the season
should be Scott Erikson, last year's Big
Ten discus champion; Mike Shea in the
middle distances; and hurdler Shelby
Johnson, who fell in last year's Big Ten
meet and didn't place among the top
finishers but competed in the NCAA in-
door championships last month in the
60-yard high hurdles.
"The key to repeating as champions
this season is to keep everyone
healthy," said Warhurst. "If we can do
that we will be just-as competitive as
last year."
After a week off, the track team will
continue its season April 9-10 at the
Dogwood Relays in Knoxville, Tenn.
ClubSports Roundup
Lacrosse
The then 2-0 Michigan stickmen travelled to South Bend last Saturday to
compete against the Notre Dame varsity lacrosse team. Although it was an
Exciting game, Michigan was unable to uphold their undefeated record,
losing to.the Irish, 11-8. It could not be said, however, that the stickmen did
not put up a fight.
At the end of the half, the Fighting'Irish held a 5-3 lead. Michigan had tied
the score at three apiece in the second quarter, but the N.D. attack notched
three quick goals to put the Irish in the lead to stay. Matt Dawe and Bill
]Kalbfleisch led the Wolverine attack with three and two goals, respectively.
On Sunday, the stickmen had apparently recovered as they pulled an easy
11-2 win' over the visiting Purdue Boilermakers. The win raised the
Wolverines' record to 3-0 against club teams and 3-1 overall.
Although it was-a penalty-filled game with twenty infractions in all, the of-
ten man-down Michigan defense of Dana Fried, Al Martin, Bert McCandless
and Bob Holtman were able to hold Purdue to only two goals.
' Women's Golf Club
Weather permitting, the University of Michigan Women's Golf Club will
open its season on Tuesday April 13.
The club which consists of women who are related to the university in the
areas of faculty, staff, alumni, and students, currently boasts 126 members.
They will break-up into eighteen- and nine-hole groups and play each other
each Tuesday morning. A handicap will be determined in pre-season play.
They will not compete against any other clubs, but they will run a few tour-
naments during the summer.
The Club Sports Roundup relates briefly the activities of Michigan
club sports during the previous week. This week's information was
compiled by Daily sports writer Robin Kopilnick.
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