Page 12-The Michigan Daily-Friday, January 12,1990
Blue aims for the top
No.1 Stanford visits Canham Natatorium
'M'seeing stars vs. Cardinal
by Douglas Donaldson
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men's swim team
will face their strongest competition
of the season this weekend, when the
Wolverines host a co-ed meet with
No. 1 Stanford University. Michigan
is currently ranked fourth, with a
dual meet record of 6-0 (3-0 in the
Big Ten).
Michigan defeated Stanford (2-0)
in dual meet competition last year,
by the score of 60-53. At the NCAA
Championships, however, the Card-
inal narrowly edged the Wolverines
to place second overall.
"They're definitely contenders,"
Michigan head coach Jon Urbanchek
said. "In the past five years, Stanford
has won three NCAA titles. But
we're an up and coming team, and
we should do well."
In talking about the meet,
Urbanchek emphasized its all-star
quality. "It's not often that you have
some of the world's fastest men and
women competing in one place," he
explained. "There are five Olympians
between the two teams. This is
Barrowman
to come out on top."
Junior swimmer Mike Barrow-
man, recently named World Swim-
mer-of-the-Year for 1989, agreed
with Urbanchek. "This has been the
most exciting meet on our schedule
for the past two years," Barrowman
said. "Stanford is ranked No. 1 again
this year, and we'll be the underdogs.
Even so, this year's (Michigan) team
is the best Stanford has seen."
Barrowman downplayed the no-
tion that this meet will have a large
effect on the remainder of the season.
"Knowing Michigan's swimming
tradition, we'll take it in stride, win
or lose."
Urbanchek echoed that idea, while
stressing the quality of this week-
end's meet. "It may not mean a great
deal at the end of the year, but it will
certainly be a great matchup. The
fans will see some fast one-on-one
racing. This will be a great meet for
the spectators."
Stanford will arrive in Ann Arbor
today for the meet, which will act-
ually be a two-day event. A swim-
ming exhibition, involving mem-
bers of both teams, will be held
tonight at 7 pm.
The actual scoring meet is
scheduled for tomorrow at 5:30 pm.
Admission to Saturday's meet will
be $2, and the exhibition is free of
charge. Both events will take place
at Canham Natatorium, located
directly behind the Intramural Sports
Building.
by Jared Entin
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women's swim-
ming and diving team will host
Stanford in a dual meet this week-
end. Stanford, who is ranked first in
the nation, possesses many excellent
swimmers including Janet Evans,
whom Michigan coach Jim Rich-
ardson believes may be the best fe-
male swimmer in the world.
Michigan may be at a dis-
advantage this weekend, coming off
a 12 hour flight from Hawaii, and
having fewer days of rest than
Stanford.
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certainly the focal point of our entire
dual meet season."
Although both squads are star-
studded, team depth may be the most
important key to winning the meet.
"This meet will not be decided by
the superstars," Urbanchek said. "It
will take a strong overall team effort
Blue runs at EMU
by Eric Berkman
Daily Sports Contributor
The Michigan men's indoor track squad will open
its season at the Eastern Michigan University
Invitational this weekend in Ypsilanti. According to
coach Jack Harvey, Fri-day's tournament, which pits
the Wolverines against the University of Pittsburgh as
well as a host of local teams, will serve as a warm-up
for the Big Ten season.
Harvey said that he scheduled a meet this early for
two reasons. "We wanted the kids to stay in shape over
Christ-mas," he explained, "and we wanted them to
have a race un-der their belts before the first home
meet."
Harvey stressed that, since it is the beginning of
the term, he doesn't really have a set lineup for the
meet.
"I'll have a limited number of guys competing
since it's the start of the semester and the season,"
Harvey said. "Some players aren't eligible yet and I
can't really tell who will be competing for Michigan.
Some guys will have to compete unattached."
The long trip, however, was
worth it for Jennifer Eck. Eck qual-
ified for the NCAA championships
in the100-meter breaststroke with a
time of 1:43.8 in Hawaii.
The rest of the team also
performed well. In the Rainbow
Invitational, Michigan won every
event except the 50-meter freestyle,
mainly because the Wolverines com-
peted without Jennifer Love, their
standout in the event.
But Michigan's past success will
be unimportant when the whistles
blow today, as the swimmers will
focus on racing aggressively against
the powerful Stanford team.
"Racing Stanford unrested wi
give us a very good indication of
how good we are," Michigan captain
Amy Honig said.
Although Richardson said he will
not tailor his lineup to counter Ev-
ans, he did say, "It will be fun to
watch her (Evans) swim. It will be
fun to watch the whole meet."
The meet is a two-day affair, wi*
the meet commencing at 7:00 today
and 5:30 Saturday, at Canham
Natatorium.
Gymnastics begins
By Scott Erskine
Daily Sports Writer
After a mid-December preseason tournament, the
men's gymnastics team realized that they had to im-
prove before their season opener.
The team returned to campus December 28th an?
began practicing eight hours per day to get ready for
the season opener.
"For the amount of effort and work we put into
training over the past two weeks, I have all the
confidence that the gymnasts will do extremely well
for themselves," Michigan coach Bob Darden said.
"They've worked too hard to give any less than
100%0."
Tomorrow at the Varsity Arena at 7:30 p.m., the
gymnasts will compete against Kent State, Westei4
Michigan, and, last year's NCAA third place finishers,
Minnesota.
ThesWolverines will count on senior Tony
Angelotti and sophomore Glenn Hill to post good
marks. Angelotti was the Big Ten runner-up on the
floor exercise while Hill was a NCAA qualifier last
year on the pommel horse.
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