Page 12-The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 30, 1990 'M' swimming teams divide squads for weekend meets Men aim high for Indy, Ypsi meets by Adam Miller Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's swimming team participates in not one, but two meets today and Sunday, neither of which are in Ann Arbor. The 24-member squad will split into two squads, with 12 swimmers attending each individual meet. While half the team will be in Indianapolis for the U.S. Open, the other will travel around the corner to Ypsilanti for the Eastern Michigan University Invitational. The U.S. Open rates as a national competition that Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek described as "a tune-up for the world championships." The Open, however, does not feature the regular team competition rules, with the results of the Open having no bearing on Michigan's overall record in the NCAA this season. The U.S. Open, according to Urbanchek, requires a certain "standard of performance." The swimmers all must have finished within a specific time frame in their event in order to compete. Since qualification for the- world championships occurs at the Open, senior Mike Barrowman, who has been training at home thus far this season, will join the team at the event. Barrowman is the world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke and national Swimmer-of-the-Year, a title he has held since 1988. Barrowman will not be all the Wolverines have to offer, though. Michigan will send three other swimmers to the world championships in January and all will swim in Indianapolis this weekend. The trio consists of Brent Lang, a world-class freestyler who graduated last year, and juniors Eric Namesnik in the distance freestyle and Eric Wunderlich in the breaststroke competition. Urbanchek also has high expectations for the two sophomores making the trip: backstroker Steve Bigelow and butterflyer Mike Gunn. "I think the two sophomores will be able to pick up an NCAA standard time at this meet.," Urbanchek said. The rest of the team has a shorter trip - just down the road to Eastern Michigan for the EMU Invitational. Led by acting captain Scott Van Appledorn, the Wolverines should face stiff competition against a field primarily from the Mid-American Conference. But just because these swimmers' times were not good enough to make the Open, Urbanchek does nots feel that this reflects poorly on them.1 "It's just a good way to split the team in half," he said. "(The group going to EMU) shouldn't actually be called the B-team. It's just the second half of the team."1 Race lengths may hamper women by David Kraft Daily Sports Writer This weekend, the Michigan women's swimming team hopes to do in two locations what they are accus- tomed to doing in one - outclassing their opponents. While the top 12 Wolverine swimmers compete in- dividually in Indianapolis at the prestigious U.S. Open, the remainder of the squad will test their abilities in Ypsilanti at the Eastern Michigan University Invitational. Although Michigan (3-0 in dual meets, first at the Northwestern Relays) has dominated its previous oppo- nents, it is not expecting the same type of stellar per- formances this weekend. This season, the Wolverines have focused their train- ing on competing in long distance events. Therefore, the small pools in Indianapolis and Ypsilanti will place Michigan at a distinct disadvantage. "Being a pre-Olympic year, we are focusing on in- tensive, over-distance training," Michigan coach Jim Richardson said. "In trying to build systematic en- durance, we will also be stronger for February and March." With Richardson's plan, the three-time defending Big 10 champion Wolverines will peak in March for the 1991 Big Ten and NCAA Championships. At the U.S. Open event, No. 8 Michigan will get its first taste of top notch competition from No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 USC. Unlike the Wolverines, both the Bruins and the Trojans consider the Open to be one of their major events of the season. Although the event will not affect the national rank- ings, it is important for Michigan to see some of the top West Coast squads in action before they compete against them again in December and January. "Whatever we get out from (our swimmers) in Indy will be a plus down the road," Richardson said. Richardson will rely on strong performances from first-year Canadian breaststrokers Vallery Hyduk and Tara Higgins. Like the U.S. Open, the EMU Invitational will not produce a top-level performance from the Wolverines. Although the less competitive of the two tournaments, EMU will offer some excellent competition. Division II champion Oakland and Division III champion Kenyon join Michigan as three of eight teams scheduled to compete. In Ypsilanti, the Wolverines will look to junior freestyler Katherine Creighton, who recently rebounded from mononucleosis. Griddes Everyone is in shock. The end is near. Football Griddes is almost over. But don't sit there like these two gentlemen and wonder what might have been. Make your picks in this final regular season week of Griddes. The winner will recieve a $12 gift certificate to O'Sullivan's Eatery and Pub. Drop off your entries before Friday at 5 p.m. at the Student Publications Build- ing. 1. Alabama at Auburn 2. Miami (Fla.) at San Diego St. 3. Georgia Tech at Georgia 4. BYU at Hawaii 5. Florida at Florida St. 6. Texas at Texas A&M 7. Houston vs. Arizona St. 8. Tennessee at Vanderbilt. 9. Idaho vs. Georgia Southern 10. Will. & Mary at C. Florida 11. Mid. Tenn. St. at Boise St. 12. Furman vs. Nevada 13. Indiana, Pa. vs. Miss. Col. 14. Pitt. St., Ks. vs.N. Dakota 15. Hofstra vs. Lycoming 16. Allegheny vs. Central Iowa Name: Phone: Blue wrestlers head to " Vegas by Josh Dubow Daily Sports Writer This weekend, the Michigan wrestling team completes the first half of its season at the Las Vega Classic. Assistant coach Joe Wells describes the event as "typically one of the best collegiate wrestling tour- naments." Following this tourna- ment, the Wolverines come home to open the dual meet stage of their season. Eight of the nation's top 10 teams will be in Las Vegas with Iowa and Penn State not making he trip. In past years, Michigan ha come out of this tournament as part of this elite group. This year, Wells plans to use the Classic to gage the progress of the team. "We are pointing to this toun'- ment for our best first half perfor- mance," he said. "This is an excel- lent opportunity to test ourselves na- tionally. We can see what individtl- als need to work on and common weaknesses to focus on." Youth will be one of the Wolverines' biggest concerns as seven of the 10 starters are either first- or second-year wrestlers. Only senior Fritz Lehrke (190 pounds), junior Phil Tomek (Hwt.), and se- nior Salem Yaffai (118) holda tremendous amount of collegiate match experience. Additionally, Yaffai dropped fr 126 pounds this season, yet Wells remains optimistic about the change. "Now that he is down to 118, it will give him an edge in strength over the smaller wrestlers," the as- sistant coach said. Though the team is young, Wels has not lowered his expectations fdr the team this year. "We expect them to do well. The biggest problem will be inconsis- tency. They will be great one day and average the next," Wells said. "We have to become more seasoned, predictable, and consistent. We'll be young, but talented." Both Lehrke and Tomek faired well in Las Vegas last year, with Lehrke placing second and Tomek third. In the tournament, Tomek beat two eventual NCAA semifinalists. But Wells knows it will be diffi- cult for them to improve their plac- ing this year. "This is a very high quality tour- nament. They will need to wrestle their best to win their weight class," Wells said. Sophomore Joey Gilbert (134), who was one match away from earn- ing all-American status last year, will probably be seeded this we-@ end. Wells expects redshirt frosh Sean Bormet (158) to perform well, though he withdrew from the Ohio Open two weeks ago with a slight knee injury. In his first season of competition, Bormet has lost twice to Roy Hall of Michigan State by one point. Two other sophomores in the. Michigan starting rotation; James Rawls (142) and Jason Cluff (126), have each placed twice already jin early tournament competition. The Wolverines will also use Briaw Harper (158) and Kevin Williams (167), who are both competing as first-year wrestlers. Harper was a red- shirt last year while Williams holds true first-year status. 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