Page 10- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 23, 1990
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by Albert Lin
Daily Sports Contributor
The Michigan men's gymnastics
team's relationship with Chicago
has been frosty the past two years.
After finishing eighth out of 11
teams last year, the Wolverines
finished ninth out of 11 Saturday as
they emerged from the Windy City
Invitational with a disappointing
score of 254.35.
Fifth-year senior Tony Angelotti
revealed the problem: "People took a
lax attitude before this meet, and it
showed. We let the other teams,
which we know we can beat, psyche
us out."
The Minnesota Gophers took
home top honors, squeaking out a
274.65 to 274.15 victory over Ohio
State to avenge an earlier defeat.
Michigan had a tough evening all
around and was able to notch above a
45 on only two events. "We were
victims of very inconsistent per-
formances on the night," Michigan
coach Bob Darden explained.
The toughest event for the
Wolverines was the horizontal bar.
With seven major faults, five of
which counted toward the final team
score, Michigan finished with a
38.90, which Darden conceded was
"not very good at all."
The Wolverines' best per-
formance was turned in by Glenn
Hill, who reached the finals in two
events. Hill led the floor exercise
final until the last competitor out-
scored him. His 9.45 placed him
second. On the pommel horse, he
scored a 9.3, good enough for third
place.
MICHIGA
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by Michael Bess
Daily Sports Writer
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The University of Michigan
men's swim team went California
dreaming last weekend, but their
dream quickly turned nightmarish.
On Friday, the Wolverines
suffered a one point defeat at the
hands of the third-ranked USC
Trojans. Matters worseped on the
following day, as Michigan lost by
three to UCLA.
Michigan head coach Jon
Urbanchek would have obviously
preferred two victories, but he was
hardly disappointed in his team's
performance. "We barely lost to a
couple of top five teams, so I'm
not upset," Urbanchek said. "When
you're on the road, that's worth at
least 10 points to the home team."
Despite the loss, several
Wolverines swam well. Michigan
was once again led by Brent Lang,
who captured victories on both
nights in the 50 and 100 yard
freestyle events. First-year
swimmer Steve Bigelow won the
200 yard backstroke in both meets
and Mike Barrowman dominated the
Bruins and Trojans in the 200 yard
backstroke.
Both meets were particularly
Women
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by Jill Ory
Daily Sports Contributor
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Michigan gymnast Ruben Ceballostconcentrates on the execution of his pommel horse routine. The Wolverines
placed ninth out of eleven teams at the Windy City Invitational.
The only other Wolverine in a
final was Jim Round, who had
trouble landing his vault and finished
ninth in that event.
The squad realizes it didn't work
hard enough practicing for Saturday.
"We expected the training (for the
first meet) to carry over into
(Chicago)," Angelotti said.
"It's still early in the year,"
redshirt frosh Dave Nader said. "We
have a lot of room for improve-
ment."
Illinois, which finished one
place ahead of the Wolverines in
Chicago, will test the adequacy of
Michigan's preparation when they
come to Ann Arbor on Sunday.
mers find,
waters
frustrating, simply because the
Wolverines were milliseconds away
from victory in each.
"We were one tenth of a second
away from an important third place
finish against USC," said
Urbanchek. "If you give is that
point and a couple against UCLA
and we end up with a couple of
wins instead of two losses."
A bright spot for Michigan was
the performance of sophomore Eric
Wunderlich, who qualified for the
NCAA championships in the 200
yard breaststroke with a time of
2:01.09. Barrowman, who had
previously qualified in two other
events, surpassed the NCAA
standard in the 200 yard individual
medley with a time of 1:49.70.
Although his team went 0 for
California, Urbanchek believes the
trip will prove beneficial down the
road. "It was good for our team to
compete out there," he said.
The Wolverines don't have time
to ponder what could have been ir
California. Next weekend, they facL
some of the nation's best teams,
including UCLA, in the Dallas
Morning News Invitational.
;ymnasts
in meet
coach Fry explained.
Though the team's total score
reflected a mediocre outing, the
scores on the balance beam were
still good. "This was probably our
best event," Fry said.
If the team improves its balance
beam scores Fry feels that later in
the season, the team's high perfor-
mances in this event could make
the difference in a close meet.
There were some noteworthy
individual performances in the
meet. Debbie Geiger was the
Michigan's highest all-arounder
and Jeni Hes-cott did a nice job in
her floor routine. "I could
highlight individ-ual performances,"
Fry said, "but overall the team did
not come together as I had hoped."
The team looks to do better,
however, and would like to get a lot
of fan support in its first home
meet of the season this Sunday,
January 28th at 2:00 against
Illinois in the Varsity Arena.
Individuals highlight Michigan Relays
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by Eric Berkman
Daily Sports Writer
Men's track coach Jack Harvey
received a pleasant surprise this
weekend.
The host Wolverines fared better
than they expected at the Michigan
Relays. The competition featured
Eastern Michigan, Michigan State,
and a variety of other schools.
"We look like we might be a
little better than I thought we would
be two weeks ago," Harvey said.
Highlights for Michigan included
first-place finishes for Brad Darr in
the pole vault with a leap of 16-feet-
5 inches, and Van Cowan in the 400
meter dash with a time of 50.17
seconds.
In addition, Brad Holwerda
achieved a tying mark in the high
jump competition with a leap of 7-
foot-1 1/2, but he placed second
because of two previous misses at
that height.
Holwerda also made three
attempts at the national qualifying
mark of 7-foot-4 1/2, narrowly
missing twice.
Most of Michigan's direct
Harvey
competition in the meet came from
Eastern Michigan, which placed first
in eight major events. Harvey, who
must face the Hurons again in the
Central Collegiate Championships
in February, remains optimistic.
"They have a lot of good people,
but we have some very high quality
performers," Harvey explained, "We
will be right with them at the
Collegiates."
Michigan was also quite
competitive against such independent
squads as the Puma Track Club and
the Domino's team, which are semi-
professional teams.
The Wolverines compete again
this Friday at the Western Michigan
Invitational in Kalamazoo.
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Despite a discouraging overall
performance by Michigan's wo-
men's gymnastics team in last
Friday night's 186.55-175.95 loss'
to Lou-isiana State, there were
some pos-itive signs.
"It was not quite the meet I was
hoping for. I think the kids were
intimidated by LSU," Michigan
coach Beverly Fry said.
Fry did, however, point out that
the odds were not in favor of
Michigan. It was Michigan's first
big road meet of the season, and the
team was contending against an
opponent ranked among the top ten
to twelve teams in the nation.
Fry praised her gymnasts for in-
creasing their intensity towards the
end of the meet despite a rough
beginning.
"A lot of times you start bad and
get worse. We were able to pick up
at the end. That's a good sign,"
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