Page 10- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 23, 1990 Gymnasts tumble d - in Chicago 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 troubled by Michael Bess Daily Sports Writer N IC SPORTS luP --. I --J l 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 find hope by Jill Ory Daily Sports Contributor - -w.EJUMAtLuaily 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 f a 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. RIDE THE WAVE . Useaand Read t**M W=DPClassifieds E m -N 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. 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