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. w 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. GE T IT! GUAPsV . 0 The Personal Column MICHIGAN DAISY CLASSIFIFD ADS 5 {. ,. S . , .5. . . . . .5. ~, 3 . 5. .. .. 5. #' ": [ :. , '. ? ,. ... f $~ 5 . ..$ ' . . . . ,. , rn-ran-- To exce in any major, 2.''', mmake a minor investment. Eu--k _... E fx-300A $16.95* 1~ PhyS ,. k v K. An S tailings. takes over at Alabama. TUSCALOOSA, ALA. (AP)- Alabama coach Gene Stallings took over the Crimson Tide football program Thursday at what amounted to a Bear Bryant reunion. 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