The Michigan Daily -Monday, November 14, 1988 -Page 13 Easy swims CROSS COUNTRY Women run to NCAA bid lqw Men top Michigan State BY ANDREW GOTTESMAN You know a Wolverine team is dominant when Michigan State isn't even considered a major rival. That is exactly the case for the men's swimming team this year, and they displayed it on Friday when they disposed of the Spartans, 72-41, in their first Big Ten meet. "We don't really have any rivalry with Michigan State," head coach Jon Urbanchek said. That classification seems to be reserved for swimming powers such as Stanford and Southern Methodist. In recording the win, Michigan (2-0 overall, 1-0 in the Big Ten) took first place in five events. Five different Wolverines took first places against Michigan State (0-1). Namesnik took the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9 minutes 38.47 seconds, in addition to placing second in the 200 individual medley and the 500 freestyle. "I don't think I could have gone any better than I did," Namesnik said. "I'm happy even though I lost two events. My opponent was a little more rested than I was." Senior Greg Varner was the only other Wolverine with multiple placing finishes. He finished first in the100 freestyle in 47.60 and third in the 50 freestyle, at 22.08. Senior co-captain Marty Moran won the 200 butterfly in 1:53.62 and sophomore Ron Howard took top honors in the 200 backstroke, finishing in 1:53.86. First-year student Eric Wunderlich won his second race of the season, taking the 200 breastroke in 2:04.74. Michigan State did have some bright spots. First-year swimmer Kevin Zelinski won the 200 freestyle event in 1:42.53 and senior Mark Talbot took the 50 freestyle in 21.89. Both of those events are usually swum for Michigan by Olympic 100 freestyle gold medalist Brent Lang. Urbanchek doesn't feel that Lang's absence, or that of fellow Olympians Alex Alvizuri and Mike Barrowman due to Olympic training, will hurt the team, though. "It will have no effect on the outcome of the season," he said. "All of our major competition will be during the second semester, and they will be back." Michigan also completely dominated the diving segment of the competition, taking first, second and third in both the one- and three-meter events. Senior Lee Michaud won both events, tallying 317 points and 328 points. BY KAREN GROMALA Rain, cold, wind, and mud are usually an athlete's nightmare. For the Michigan women's cross country team, these conditions helped make a dream come true. The Wolverines placed second in the District Championships in Ames, Iowa, this weekend, despite horrendous weather conditions. The showing earned them an automatic bid to the NCAA championships. "We hope that the weather is miserable for NCAAs," coach Sue Foster said. "We tend to do better when the weather is awful." Wisconsin won the meet, scoring 43 points. Michigan followed with a score of 69 points. Third-place Indiana finished 10 points behind the Wolverines. Mindy Rowand was the top runner for Michigan. She finished third with a time of 17 minutes 30 seconds. "She ran a super smart race and she is running the best that she ever has," Foster said. "She'll be a top contender at the NCAAs." Rowand said: "I was a stress monster before the race; I was freaked and miserable. I was cold for the first three kilometers and then things fell into place. I knew I could do it." Senior Traci Babcock scored a 10th-place finish for the team. She ran the 5,000 kirometer race in 18:04. Teammates Karen Wilke and Ava Udvadia finished 17th and 18th with times of 18:21 and 18:22, respectively. First-year runner Kim Haluscsak took 21st with a time of 18:24. Carol Boyd was 23rd (18:26) and Jennifer McPeck was 29th (18:35). The NCAA championships will be held Nov. 21. Foster said, "If we run like we did this weekend, I think we will be capable of finishing in the top ten at NCAA championships." Frieder ... picked for the top Women beat Hawkeyes BY ERIC LEMONT Michigan women's swimming head coach Jim Richardson must have picked up a few things while he was an assistant at Iowa. In Michigan's Big Ten opener Saturday, the Wolverines defeated the Hawkeyes, 80-58. Michigan won 12 of the 14 swimming events and both the one- and three-meter diving events. One of the biggest reasons for Michigan's dominance was Stephanie Liebner, who won the 1000-yard freestyle in 10 minutes 27.30 seconds and placed second in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke. Liebner swam all three races consecutively. "I tried not to think about it (racing three events in a row) beforehand," Liebner said. "I just tried to take it one race at a time. "By the time I got to the backstroke, I not only was tired and sore but out of breath. That's what scared me the most." After finishing the 200 freestyle in 1:54.63, Liebner held on to swim a 1:01.83 in the backstroke, placing second behind Michigan's Lisa Anderson (1:00.18). The meet, though, was more than a one-woman show. Susie Rabiah won the 50 freestyle in 23.92, placed second in the 1000 freestyle in 10:30.59, and finished third in the 200 backstroke at 2:14.13. Gwen DeMaat won both the 200 freestyle and the 200 butterfly, while Jennifer Eck won the 100 breaststroke. While both Eck and DeMaat were happy with their times, they commented on how the team is a little fatigued at this stage of the season. "November is usually the toughest month in training. Everyone is swimming tired," Eck said. The swimmers also said that the Hawkeyes were not in peak form either, having swum the night before against Michigan State. "They're tired from being on the road," Richardson said. "But you can see the talent. Their swimmers will come along." Hoops Continued from Page 11 I've got higher academic require- ments than anyone else. I don't care about junior-college players since I don't recruit them," Frieder said. Michigan forward Glen Rice was selected preseason Big Ten Player of the Year (64 of 84 votes) and was the top vote-getter on the preseason all-conference team. Joining Rice on the first team were Iowa guard B.J. Armstrong, Purdue forward Melvin McCants, and Illinois forwards Kenny Battle and Nick Anderson. Absent from the annual event was Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight. Knight, who has missed such functions before, scheduled a basketball game against Athletes in Action for Sunday afternoon. Big Ten rules dictate a one-game suspension be given to any coach who fails to attend the conference. But Big Ten commissioner Wayne Duke said no such penalty was in the works. "We would have liked to have Bobby here, but this is a situation where they called us well in advance and warned us of the conflict. He will not be suspended for one game," Duke said. LABATT'S NIGHT 0 Labatt's Bottles $1.00 FREE PIZZA The perfect combination! ONLY AT MONDAYS 10:00 p.m. - close 338 S. State BY JODI LEICHTMAN The Michigan men's cross country team finished third in the NCAA District IV meet this weekend in Champaign, Ill. The team's finish earns them a place at the NCAA Championships next week in Ames, Iowa. Wisconsin's strong 64-point first-place finish was followed by Notre Dame (118), Michigan (120), and Central Michigan (132). "Going into the race, I knew the race for the team would be won by Wisconsin," coach Ron Warhurst said. "The real unknown was who would finish after that. I knew it would be a dogfight for the remaining three positions between CMU, MSU (fifth), and Indiana(llth), with Notre Dame being the real unknown. "Notre Dame proved themselves by running a great race as did our guys to get third," Warhurst added. Central Michigan's Bill Taylor finished first, breaking the tape at 31 minutes 5 seconds, followed by Ohio University's Shannon Ritchie (31:12). Michigan's Brad Barquist crossed the line third (31:14) -just seconds before Indiana's Robert Kennedy, who beat Barquist at the Big Tens two weeks ago. "Brad ran well within himself, Saturday," Warhurst said. "He didn't go out and kill himself to get third. He saved himself for the NCAA championships." John Scherer (31:36) finished second for Michigan (ninth overall). Tony Carna (32:24), Jeff Barnett (32:30), and Ryan Robinson (33:01) finished 28th, 30th, and 50th overall to achieve the third-place finish for the Wolverines. "Our team established their positions at the 3,000-meter mark Men finish third in district' /I and stayed there for the remainder of the race," Warhurst said. Robinson said: "It was the hardest race I've ever run. It was true cross country. We were in mud up to our ankles. I was hurdling over people who fell in front of me." Saturday's meet marked the, 10th time in 15 years that a Warhurst-coached team has earned a place at nationals. Last year, Michigan failed to earn a place at the nationals by one spot, but individual runners, Barquist and Scherer, represented the team. Warhurst said, "The way they've been running this season, they know they can run with the good guys." If the team continues to run as they have been, Warhurst believes that Barquist, Scherer, and the team have a good chance to finish in the top 10. 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