Wrestling vs. Clarion St., EMU, Toledo' Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Hockey vs. Western Michigan Friday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena The Michigan Daily Thursday, February 21, 1985 Page 7 Norway's Olsen makes waves Front row: Ray Dries, Brad Jones, Dan Goff, Chris Seychel, Bill Brauer, Todd Carlile. Second row: Paul Rossi, Paul Spring, Tim Makris, Arnold Morrison, Brad Mc- Caughey, Mark Chiamp, John Bjorkman, Doug May. Back row: Frank Downing, Mike Neff, Sean Baker, Jeff Norton, Dan Goff, Gary Lorden, Bruce Macnab. vaily Photo by KATE O'LEARY. TheKean Eye By Tom Kenney By EMILY BRIDGHAM Few people are awake at 6 a.m., much less working-out at that hour. More than likely only completely dedicated or absolutely insane people are up before sunrise and busy at work. Michigan swimmer Jan-Erick Olsen is one of those dedicated people making waves in Matt Mann Pool before most people have even turned off their alar- ms. "Some people think my life must be boring," said the Odda, Norway native. "Since I am in the water close to six hours a day, I don't have much time to socialize." But boring may not be the right word to describe Olsen's life. He has been swimming on his own since the age of 15, when he moved to Odda to swim with the national team. "I LIKED LIVING on my own," said Olsen, rubbing his hand over the newly acquired beard he is growing until the Big Ten Chamionship meet in March. "I like the situation in West Quad. My roommate is kind of a riot. It's a great experience for me." Born into a family of swimmers, Olsen has been in the water since the age of six when his mother was coaching a team. Both his mother and brother Tommy swam on the Nor- wegian national team. Representing his team in the 1984 Olymics, Olsen earned twenty-first and twenty-second-place finishes in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke, respec- tively. "I WANT TO swim until 1988," said Olsen, not discounting the possibility of the Seoul Olympics. "I'm the kind of athlete with long term goals: It helps me as a person. I never take things one day at a time, I set myself a goal and I want to reach it." Olsen is working toward those long term goals at Michigan in just his first season here. Since his arrival in Sep- tember, Olsen has cut down his times in several events, including the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke. His recently acquired pool record in the 200-yard breaststroke stands at 2:03.12. But for now Olsen and the rest of the team are preparing for the champion- ship meet where Olsen should face some tough competition. HEAD SWIM coach Jon Urbanchek thinks the freshman will be in- strumental, and if the meets thus far are any indication, Olsen will fare well. "I am used to big meets," said Olsen, hinting at the Olympics. "There is no sense in being up-tight. My coach (in Odda) said relax. I think it has helped me. It is important to deal with a coach that deals with you personally." Olsen feels he has been lucky to get on such a close-knit team with a coach he can relate to easily. "HE COMES down to our level," said Olsen, describing Urbanchek. "He makes the whole atmosphere in the pool better." When Olsen is . not swimming under the watchful eye of Urbanchek, he spends time preparing for a career in business. Olsen concentrates his energies on school whole-heartedly, and considering his dedication to swim- ming, it is more than likely that he will succeed. In the meantime, Olsen has been busy meeting new people and generally becoming more acquainted with his new surroundings. "It is easy for me to make friends," said Olsen. Americans are interesting people, but it's hard to get good friends. It is easy to see friends in the diag and rap about winter and stuff, but good friends are fewer." Whatever the case, Olsen appears to be succeeding in this area, and with his times dropping consistently, his goals of 55.0 and 1:59.0 in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke may become a reality. Icers scalp their heads - 00 ..hope to do same to opponents 0 H iockey players are supposed to be a little. weird. Michigan's hockey players are not only weird, but they're "Wiehr-d." I walked into the locker room before practice yesterday only to find a bunch of guys in gray sweats, sporting "Joe Wiehr" hair cuts. A Joe Wiehr cut is, simply put, a brush cut, a buzz, a bur, a crew cut. Yes, college hockey's answer to the Marine Corp is the Wolverines, who have spent this week shearing each other, one by one. The team has always been a little off-the-wall, but this is plain wacko. Is the long season finally takings its toll, or have these guys just gone off the deep end? Ask head barber Ray Dries, who per- sonally performed 13 of the hair-ectomies. "We told the freshmen back in Lake Superior that if we got into sixth place that they could shave the heads of the seniors," said Dries, one of the few Wolverines with playoff experience. "We got swept at Lake Superior, but then we came back abd swept Ohio State, and the freshmen asked us if the deal was still on. "We said, 'No, we're only in seventh,' but they came back saying that they got us into the playof- fs. So we went over to our house on Sunday night. Bill Brauer went first, and then the freshmen star- ted doing it, then the next thing you know its 2:00 in the morning and there's 10 guys with no hair in our house." Maybe "no hair" is overstating it a bit, but not much. Let's just say that Tim Makris could easily be a stand-in for the guy who played Sgt. Carter on Gomer Pyle. Brad McCaughey looks like a bullet. Joe Wiehr the haircut may be the newest part of the team, but Joe Wiehr the person is anything but a newcomer on the hockey scene. The players call him their "biggest fan." Wiehr goes back with Michigan hockey to 1949 when he came here for gradaute school. "I'll be 60 on March 3 and I've had this haircut for over 15," said Wiehr. Doug May and Paul Kobylarz are the latest vic- tims of Wiehr mania, and both were greeted with loud cheers from their teammates as they entered the locker room. But when Wiehr himself came walking in, the place went nuts. He went around to each player, shaking hands and rubbing heads, looking very much like a new father. Before you write this off as just another prank, think again. It doesn't take a sports genius to figure out that many games, especially in hockey, are decided on momentum and morale. Coming off of two road victories at Ohio State the Wolverines have the momentum. As for morale. . "(The haircuts) have been a good thing for the team," said head coach Red Berenson. "They've had a lot of fun with it and I know it's good for the morale of the team. They look a lot more like athletes now." Berenson, who said that he wore a "flat-top" un- til he was 30 said that he might be next. Apparen- tly the players have been hinting at it. It will be interesting to see what kind of an effect the new "do" has over the Wolverines, or their op- ponents for that matter. "We wanted to look sick and intimidating," said Dries. "I want to see the faces of the other team when we take our helmets off for the an- them." "It's Joe Wiehr for the playoffs," said Brauer, the first to take the scissors to his head. "Ray and I were talking and we said we had to do something crazy. We just decided to do it." They do look more like a team now. And despite the strange looks they said they've been getting, the players joke about and really seem to enjoy their new look. Chris Seychel, however, said his girlfriend was a little less than thrilled. "She was a little upset, there's no doubt about that," he said. "But I'd feel dumber if I didn't get it cut." Set one foot in the locker room and it's pretty obvious that the haircutting is more than a new look, it's a new feel. The team has been awfully close all year, especially for a team with a 13-22-1 record. They've always won as a team and lost as a team. Strange things can bring people together. Believe me, this is one of the strangest. SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: Wisconsin shocks Iowa, 54-53 MADISON (UPI) - Guard Shelton Smith's rebound basket with seven seconds to play gave the Wisconsin Badgers a 54-53 upset yesterday night over the Iowa Hawkeyes who had throt- tled them by 40 points a month ago. Hawkeye guard Andre Banks' 20- footer at the buzzer hit the back of the rim and fell away. THE BADGERS had held the ball for more than a minute for Smith's heroics after Michael Payne had given the Hawkeyes a 53-52 edge with a three- point play with 1:21 remaining. Wisconsin is now 3-11 in the Big Ten and 12-12 overall, and Iowa, losing its third straight league game, fell to 8-5 in the conference and 19-7 overall. Iowa had beaten the Badgers 115-65 in January. Rick Olson led Wisconsin with 21 points, and Scott Roth put in 16. Iowa was led by Greg Stokes with 26 and Todd Berk enpas with 14. N.C. State 70, Duke 66 DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Lorenzo Charles scored 25 points including 18 in the second half, to lead North Carolina State to a 70-66 upset of No. 6 Duke in Atlantic Coast Conference basketball yesterday. The Wolfpack, trailing by as many as 17 with 15:46 to go, put together a 12-0 spurt over the next four minutes with a shot by Charles making it 49-44 at the 12:10 mark. Charles, calling for the ball and muscling the smaller Duke lineup in- side, scored 14 of the Wolfpack's next 24 points, including a shot with 6:38 left that gave N.C. State the lead. - Charles shot 12 of 17 from the field. "Spud" Webb had a steal and three free throws down the stretch to hold off the Duke rally. Brown arrested- woman identified as Carol Moses, 22. She was booked for sexual battery, Sgt. Charles McTageart said. The police statement said the arrests stemmed from the complaint of a 33- year-old woman, who was not iden- tified. She alleged that Brown, with Moses, raped her after Brown had struck her several times. According to the statement, a "com- plete investigation" is underway. Brown was released on $17,500 bail, and Moses released on $1,000 bail, Beardslee said. Brown starred for the Cleveland Browns and was the National Football League's all-time leading rusher until Chicago's Walter Payton topped Brown's mark last season. Red Wings 3, Blues 2 Special to the Daily They're no longer singing the Blues. After going winless in its first five games against division leading St. Louis, the Detroit Red Wings finally defeated the Blues, 3-2 at Joe Louis Arena last night. "You don't beat St. Louis unless you outwork them," said coach Nick Polano. "St. Louis plays very disciplined hockey," said leftwing John Ogrodnick. "We played well as a unit... matched them line for line. We played our game instead of theirs." Ogrodnick recorded the game- winning goal at 1:44 of the third period, his thirty-ninth score of the season, fin- ding himself open off a pass from Ron Duguay. The Red Wings needed only 27 secon- ds to register a goal as Gerard Gallant slid a pass to Brad Park in front of the net in the first period. Goalie Mike Liut stopped the shot, but Park scored his tenth goal of the season off the rebound. St. Louis' Dave Barr knotted the score at 8:58 mark. Reed Larson gave the lead back to Detroit six minutes later, scoring straight off the face-off from the circle left of the St. Louis net. - Jim Gindin Bucks 113, Pistons 112 PONTIAC (AP) - Paul Pressey scored 24 points and Terry Cummings hit 20 - 14 in the second half - as the Milwaukee Bucks extended their National Basketball Association win- ning streak to five games with a 113- 112 victory over the Detroit Pistons last night. All five Milwaukee starters finished in double figures as the Bucks extended their Central Division lead over Detroit to 61/2 games. The injury-riddled Pistons are losers of six of their last eight. St. John's 71, Boston Associated Press Rites of spring Tiger catcher Lance Parrish tosses a soft lob to pitcher Dan Petry in Lakeland, Fla., as spring training began for pitchers and catchers yester- day. The 1984 World Champions will try to defend the title that set the Motor City afire last season. IM SCORES Tuesday's Scores Fraternity A-A Final sigma Alpha Mu 44, Alpha Phi Alpha 43 Fraternity A-B Final Alpha Delta Phi 41, Psi Upsilon 36 Fraternity B-A Final Phi Delta Theta 41, sigma Alpha Mu 29 Fraternity B-B Final Sigma Phi over Phi Kappa Psi (forfeit) Fraternity A-B Semi-final Psi Upsilon 39, Alpha Tau Omega 29 Fraternity B-A Semi-final sigma Alpha Mu 41, Phi Gamma Delta 31 SCORES College Basketball Connecticut 71,Syracuse 69 -MAL-.