The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, December 9, 1987-Page 11
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By STEVE ROEDER
"When I first started swimming, I
didn't want to get in the water, but
they threw me in anyway, and I've
stayed in since."
Alec Campbell, an engineering
senior and co-captain of the Michi-
gan men's swim team, was All-State
at Farmington High School where
he still holds seven school records.
He used to be a distance freestyle
swimmer, but as a high school
sophomore, he swam the 100-fly at
a local meet in a time that would
have placed him third in the state
that year. Leaving the freestyle
events behind, he went on to place
i the top five at the state meet in
the fly and 200-individual medley
(IM).
AT THE AGE of eight, Marty
Moran's mother enrolled him in
swimming lessons because "it was
something to keep me active." At
first, she had to bribe him to get
him into the water. In a short time,
however, the Pittsburgh native's
talents surfaced and the swim in-
structors encouraged him to swim
for the local team.
Moran chose Michigan over Cal-
Berkeley and Southern Methodist
because of the educational reputa-
tion, Wolverine head coach Jon Ur-
banchek, and the fact that the team
was improving.
Campbell chose Michigan over
Virginia for similar reasons. "I al-
ways had Michigan in my blood. I
like being a team member of a win-
ning organization rather than the
best swimmer of a lesser team."
Campbell had only the fifth
fastest butterfly time on the team at
the beginning of his first year, but
by the end of the campaign, he was
number two. Campbell's 200-fly
time has since become the third
fastest time in Michigan history.
But, unfortunately for Campbell, he
has swam in the same period as the
top two butterfliers, so he has never
claimed the number-one spot.
ONE OF those two butterfliers
ahead of Campbell is Moran. As a
rookie, Moran required some time to
adjust, as he had never really had a
team to swim for before he arrived in
Ann Arbor. Coach Bill McMaster
allowed him to work out with the
local United States Swimming team
and then compete for his high
school.
"Everyone here wants to work for
the Big Ten Championship," said
Moran. "Working within the team
concept helped a lot in terms of be-
coming a better swimmer. I had
never really been on a team, let
alone a team competing for a cham-
pionship."
Another new experience for
Moran was the annual trip to Miami
for a brutal Christmas training
camp. "I was nervous before the first
workout since I didn't know what to
expect," he said. "I had never been at
a training camp before then, but I
learned that there is nothing to be
nervous about."
The experience paid off. At the
Big Ten Championships his first
year, "I felt like a block had been
taken off my back after my first race.
I could get on with the racing and
not worry about being nervous".
Moran went on to final in all three
of his events.
AS A sophomore, Moran
attained his preseason goals of
finaling in the 200-fly at NCAAs
(an impressive fifth-place finish) and
winning both the 100 and 200-fly
races at the Big Ten Championships.
By also being a member of the
winning 400-medley relay team,
Moran now holds three all-time
Michigan records.
Campbell has remained in Ann
Arbor every summer to train with
the national power Club Wolverine
Swim Team. "It provides a better
atmosphere for training when you
swim with national-caliber swim-
mers."
Although he went home after his
first year, Moran stayed in Ann Ar-
bor last summer, finding it benefi-
cial working with Campbell.
"Urbanchek's program is a proven
winner," said Moran. "He knows the
skills of the swimmers' best and
makes it fun. Plus, training with
Alec only made me better."
Winning the Big Ten Champi-
onship the last two years makes all
of the work worthwhile for Moran
and Campbell. Both have team goals
of repeating as Big Ten Champions
and placing in the top five at
NCAAs (they were sixth last year).
IN ADDITION, both have the
individual goals of qualifying for the
NCAAs and Olympic trials. At the
Big Tens, they are strong candidates
to final in the 200-IM, and have a
strong chance to go one-two in the
200-fly.
Moran also hopes to successfully
defend his 100-fly title, and Camp-
bell should be among the, confer-
ence's elite in the 400-IM, an event
in which he currently has the sev-
enth ranking in Michigan history.
Urbanchek is glad that Campbell
and Moran lasted through the initial
swim lessons. The two are now the
best butterfliers on the the Michigan
team, ranked sixth in the country.
"I don't really know what I'd be
doing if I hadn't been in tnose
swimming lessons," said Moran. "I
probably would have pursued foot-
ball, but I wouldn't be this happy.
Swimming has been a positive
experience for me.
Added Campbell: "They threw
me in once, and I'm glad they did."
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