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 SCORES College Basketball North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62 Exhibition Baseball Boston 8, Detroit 0 Milwaukee 9, San Francisco 8 Seattle 7,San Diego 4 Chicago (NL) 5, Oakland t Cleveland 8, California 3 Pittsburgh 10, New York (NL) 5 Cincinnati 2, Houston 0 Los Angeles J, Minnesota 2 Montreal 10, Toronto 2 Chicago (AL) 3,Philadelphia 2,11 innings 0 -. 0** ym V$ Sh p The Tux Sho u 0'"t o a 9 ',I~b jj~0~95 05Zu e N N o '33B2 \ c~o 6O °9M.6'13 L to rntaJ , Merriou ... three-meter champ IT'S AN APRIL FOOLS DAYPAT AND IF YOU THINK WE'RE KIDDING COME ON DOWN TO: HARDY'S Cocktail Lounge THURSDAY FROM 5, PM ON * MOVIE CLASSICS * FREE HORS D'OEURVES AT THE SANNARBOR INN 100 S. 4th AVE. 769-9500 l and raining with strong winds. We're happy, though, with several of our per- formances." 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. WITH THIS COUPON / - .. ... -" 010April 25 I Precision Photographics, inc. 830 Phoenix Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 4810 Phone (313) 971-9100 * 2% hr. Ektachrome Slide Service * Custom Color Prints " Portfolio Photography o Slide Duplication 04 14 CAREER PAN ICKING Planning Placement s liP lob \JLQR S . Nuling !Orxshop I.. h.: . . 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