Page 14 -The Michigan Daily-'Wednesday, December 12, 1990
Swimmers trying to
avoid taboo in Hawaii
Women swimmers
aim for Hawaii 5-0
by Adam Miller
Daily Sports Writer
While the majority of Michigan
students will be going home for the
holidays, most of the men's swim-
ming team will be travelling to
Hawaii for the beginning of a
grueling road trip.
Poor guys.
Four of the Wolverines, however,
have other travel plans. Mike,
Barrowman, Eric Namesnik, Eric
Wunderlich and former Michigan star
Brent Lang will head down under to
Perth, Australia for the World
Championships, which are held
January 7-13.
"It's what we've been 'working;
for all this time," said Wunderlich.
"Brent has been swimming the best
he's ever trained. Namesnik's train-
ing harder than he ever has and I'm
sure Mike is home training hard,.
too."
December 22, the rest of the team
leaves for Honolulu. The Wolverines
will hold training camp there until
their meet with the University of
Hawaii on December 30.
"It won't be a high-key meet for
us," said assistant coach Mark
Noetzel. "But it will be a good
warmup meet for facing Stanford,
which will be a couple of weeks
after that."
Of greater interest to the
Wolverines is the Hawaii Invita-
tional, held January 4-6. Michigan
will get a preview of the Big Ten
season there, when it competes
against Minnesota, Purdue and Wis-
consin, in addition to non-conference
opponents Air Force, Alaska-
Anchorage, Hawaii and Villanova.
"All the schools are going to
Hawaii to train pretty heavily,"
Noetzel said. "No one's really going
to be backing down (from their
training), except the University of
Hawaii. They'll be rested. Since it's
their only chance to swim against
schools on the mainland, I would
expect some faster swims out of
them."
Michigan will be looking to its
younger swimmers to carry the load
in Hawaii. Noetzel expects sopho-
mores Steve Bigelow and Brian
Gunn, both of whom had outstand-
ing performances at the Michigan
Invitational, "to lead the troops" in
the absence of Barrowman, Names-
nik and Wunderlich.
"I think I'll probably just keep
doing what I've been doing," said
Bigelow. "If anything, it will be
leadership by example."
by Yoav Irom
Looking for rest, team bonding
and an opportunity to train in ideal
climes, the Michigan women's
swimming team will head to Hawaii
for two holiday meets.
For the second straight year, the
Wolverines will have the special
opportunity to escape the cold of
Ann Arbor and bask in the sunshine
and blue skies of Hawaii. "The warm
weather does a lot to pick up the
spirits of our athletes," said coach
Jim Richardson.
, So far this season, due to the loss
of many fine senior swimmers,
Michigan (3-0) has trained especially
rigorously and sees the meets not
only as a chance to get into better
shape, but also to rest.
The Wolverines will open their
roadtrip December 30 against the
Hawaii Rainbows and the nationally-
ranked Arizona State Sun Devils at
the University of Hawaii in
Honolulu.
On Jan. 1 and 2, at the Rainbow
Invitational, Michigan will face a
10-team field that includes Iowa,
Villanova and Wisconsin.
While the meets will not have a
bearing on either the national or Big
Ten standings, the Wolverines look
forward to the competitions as a
Michigan rookie diver Ryan Downey participates in the 3-meter event at
the Michigan Invitational earlier this month. Downey and most of the
team will spend vacation training and competing in Hawaii.
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round-robin schedule, the Wolverines
trail the first-place Lakers by two
points in the standings.
"We know it's a big series,"
Michigan coach Red Berenson said.
"This is the last time we play them,
so these are points you can't get
back at the end of the year."
Berenson believes the magnitude
of what's at stake should overcome
the players' distractions.
"This is a really difficult time of
the year," he said. "It's a good thing
that this is such an important series
that it will keep our concentration."
One question only Berenson can
answer is who will start between the
pipes for the Wolverines, but most
coaches would love to have his prob-
lem. After rookie Chris Gordon won
a starting role two weeks ago in
Boston, he shared starting assign-
ments with his fellow rookie Steve
Shields in the Wolverines' two,
games with Western Michigan last
weekend.
Gordon, who saw his first action
of the season in Michigan's last ser-
ies with Lake Superior, shut down
the Broncos in Friday's 6-2 victory.
Shields then held strong Saturday for
a 7-4 Wolverine decision.
"We're confident that we can win
with either (Shields or Gordon) in
the net," Berenson said.
While Berenson may have more
than one capable goalie for the
weekend, his defense will be some-
what depleted by the loss of David
Harlock who is trying out for the
Canadian Junior National team.
Harlock is confident that his team-
mates will survive without him.
"Michigan is the type of team
that doesn't have to rely on one
player," the sophomore co-captain
said. "Somebody else will have to
pick up the slack."
Senior Kent Brothers will dress
in place of Harlock, but he doesn't
figure to see significant ice time.
That will put added pressure on the
remaining Michigan defensemen.
"They're a big team, and Dave's a
big guy," rookie defenseman Aaron
Ward said. "He's our wall on
defense. We'll just all have to come
together without him."
Ward feels that fatigue will not
figure into Friday's game but could
be a factor Saturday.
The Wolverines will also be
without rookie leftwinger Cam
Stewart Friday night. Stewart
received the corresponding one-game
suspension after he received a game
misconduct penalty Saturday. Soph-
omore Dan Stiver will replace him
in the lineup.
Regardless of who is on the ice,
chance to race head-to-head again
other schools. Michigan will "use
the meets as a yardstick to measure
where we are," said Richardson.
Although Michigan hopes to fair
well at the meets, it is not expecting
to live up to last year's performance,
when a senior-dominated squad broke
several pool records.
This year, the Wolverines are
younger, less experienced and mor .
subdued due to the intense training'
Richardson is not expecting any
"breakaway performances," as was
the case last year, but rather solid
swimming throughout the lineup.
Hopefully, the fast times will come
later in the season when the team
has reached its peak.
In addition to the actual racing,
Michigan hopes to take advantage of
Hawaii's ideal training conditions.
The team plans to take part in the
prestigious two-and-a-half mile Wai-
kiki rough-water swim.
"There are always people run-
ning, biking or swimming. The
environment encourages hard work,"
Richardson said.
Richardson also sees the comp-
etitions as socially important for the
Wolverines and hopes the team wil
draw together and become closer as
result of the trip.
the one constant all weekend will be
the high level of intensity from both
teams. Not only is first place on the
line, but the Lakers usually feel that
they're on a mission when they
come to Ann Arbor.
"Our games with them are
usually really close," sophomor
defenseman Patrick Neaton said. "It'
going to be intense. Everybody gets
up when they play Michigan."
Adding to the pressure-packed
atmosphere will be the huge crowd
that is anticipated at Yost Arena.
Reserved seats are sold out for both
games, and general admission tickets
are selling quickly.
While a large contingency i
expected to come down from Lake
Superior, the Wolverines hope to
receive a lift from a partisan home
crowd.
"It should be a great crowd,"
Berenson said. "That's the kind of
home-ice presence you need. In the
Michigan State game, the crowd
made us a better team."
Co-captain Don Stone knows
what it's like to play in front of a
big home crowd.
"It definitely helps," Stone said.
"It gives you a great feeling of
confidence when you have all that
support."
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