Men's Swimming and Diving at Big Ten Championships Today, Tomorrow and Saturday Indianapolis SPORTS Wrestling at Big Ten Championships Tomorrow and Saturday Columbus Men go for eighth in a row Swimmers seek another Big Ten conference crown by Antoine Pitts Daily Sports Writer Winning a championship one year usually makes it all that much harder to win it again the next year. Repeat championships are not that common in sports. Even more rare than that are several championships in a row. You can't tell that to the Michigan men's swimming and diving team. The Wolverines will be going after their eighth consecutive Big Ten championship this weekend. Today through Saturday at the Indiana University-Purdue Univer- sity at Indianapolis (IUPUI) Nat- atorium, the Wolverines will battle it out with the other ten schools in the conference for the right to call themselves champions again. In last year's conference meet, host Minnesota came within 90 points of dethroning the Wolverines. "We had a big fear of Minnesota," Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek said. "They were so strong and we had our redshirts." Those redshirted swimmers were seniors Eric Namesnik and Eric Wunderlich, who used last year to train for the U.S. Olympic Trials. Their return, along with addition of first-year swimmers Royce Sharp and Marcel Wouda, also Olympians, AP Men's Top 25 gives Michigan an all-star lineup that will be tough to beat. "We should have no problem winning unless something drastic happens, like we decide to not show up," Urbanchek said. "The level of the conference has improved over the last few years, but Michigan is definitely the favorite with the red- shirts and the Olympians back." In addition to taking the confer- ence title, Michigan's goal this weekend will be to qualify as many swimmers as possible for the NCAA Championships, which will be held in two weeks at the same pool. If the Wolverines are going to have a chance of beating top-ranked and defending champion Stanford they will need a large squad in the pool at NCAAs. "We need about a dozen swim- mers to qualify," Urbanchek said. "We especially need our relays to get there." Many of the Wolverines, includ- ing Olympic-medalist Gustavo Borges, have not yet qualified for NCAAs. Borges, a four-time confer- ence champion and Freshman-of- the-Championship last year, hopes to take hold of an NCAA bid this weekend. "I'm focusing on the cuts right now," Borges said. "I'm not really worried about my times. I'm just planning on swimming well and get- ting the cuts." Several Wolverine swimmers will be participating in their first Big Ten meet, including Randy Teeters, Shuichi Matsumoto, Wouda, and Sharp. For Wouda and Sharp, any- way, the pressure of competing in a big meet should not get to them, as they have both been in much bigger competitions around the world. "This will be my first major swim meet here in America," Wouda said. "So, I don't really know what to expect. I'll just go in there and see what happens." Going into the championship, Wouda already has some reason to celebrate. He was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Month for his per- formances in February. "I was really surprised to hear that I won it," Wouda said. "I was really excited." Wouda marked the third Michigan swimmer who has won the award in the last three months. - As far as the championship meet goes, the real competition will be for second through fourth place. "It should really be a good run between Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio State for second," Urbanchek said. Eric Namesnik is one of four Olympians leading the men's swimming and diving team into this weekend's Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis. Namesnik missed last year's competition in order to prepare for the Olympics. * MEN'S SWIMMING NOTEBOOK ou a wins Big Ten award by Brett Johnson Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's swimming and diving team continues to show its dominance of the Big Ten confer- ence. For the third consecutive month, a Wolverine has won Big Ten Swimmer of the Month. This time sophomore Marcel Wouda took the honors. Wouda was a member of the 1992 Netherlands Olympic team and has had a tremen- dous start to his Michigan career (he became eligible at the start of winter term). Wouda currently holds Mich- igan's season-best times in four events including the 500- (4:23.55), 1000- (9:07.21), and 1650-yard (15:13.31) freestyle, as well as the 200-yard individual medley (1:49.73). During the month of February, Wouda set a Charles McCaffree pool record (4:27.08) at Michigan State in the"500 freestyle. In addition to the record in the dual against the Spartans, he also won the 200 IM. During the following week's meet against Ohio State, Wouda won the 1650 freestyle and the 400 IM. Wouda's time of 15:13.31 in the 1650 left him 34 hundredths of a second from meeting the NCAA championship qualification standard. The two previous Big Ten Swimmers of the Month were Eric N a m e s n i k in December and Gustavo Borges in January. RECRUITS: The Wolverines have been able to sign two recruits to national letters of intent so far this season. Tom Dolan (Yorktown, Va., Yorktown H.S) is a member of the U.S. Junior National Team and Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek says he has the potential to make the Senior National Team. Dolan's best events are the 400 IM and the dis- tance freestyle events. Nationally, Dolan ranked 21st (15:57.65) among the 1992 United States' 1500-meter freestyle times. He also holds the 13th best 400-meter IM time (4:25.45). Michigan's second recruit, Chris Rumley (Fresno, Ca., Clovis H.S.), is also a talented swimmer. Rumley won the 200-yard freestyle at the Junior National meet. He is also a good individual medleyist and a middle distance freestyler. FINALLY?: This coming Mon- day night in Indianapolis, former Michigan standout and current student assistant Mike Barrowman will once again be up for the presti- gious Sullivan Award. The award is given to the top U.S. amateur athlete. Barrowman has been nominated every year since 1989. Barrowman's credentials include the Olympic gold medal he won with a world record time 200-meter breaststroke (2:10.16) last summer in Barcelona. No. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Team UNC Indiana Arizona Michigan Kentucky Duke Vanderbilt Kansas Utah Seton Hall FSU Cincinnati Arkansas Wake Forest Iowa UNLV New Orleans Xavier Oklahoma St. Tulane BYU Louisville UMass Purdue St. John's Rec. 24-3 25-3 21-2 23-4 21-3 22-5 24-4 22-5 22-3 22-6 21-8 21-4 18-6 18-6 19-7 19-5 23-2 21-3 18-6 20-6 22-6 16-8 18-6 15-8 16-8 Pts. 1600 1517 1491 1435 1390 1263 1246 1131 1065 978 919 832 790 758 735 704 692 423 341 249 216 171 149 128 105 DCC WAREHOUSE OUTLET COMPUTER SPECIAL Previously Leased Equipment Buy Both And Save! Apple Mac Hcx and LaserWriter II NTX only $2995. Oiler good while supplies last. Other computer related equipment available at discounted prices (IBM, Compaq, clones, printers, & monitors). 00000 n CO 0 000. BASEBALL NOTEBOOK by Paul Barger Daily Baseball Writer The Michigan baseball team's pitching staff had an eventful start to its season during its spring tour. In the opener against Florida, the Wolverines' starter and closer did not give up an earned run. The offense crossed the plate nine times. Yet the team could not pull out the victory. Starter Eric Heintschel felt the brunt of a line drive from the Gator's fifth batter and was forced to miss the rest of the game. Michigan's staff as a whole had a shaky start, but managed to pull its stuff together in the end. The lone earned run allowed in the final 32 innings came in a 1-0 blanking at the hands of Missouri. Heintschel took the loss in that game but came back to Ann Arbor with an impressive 1.69 ERA. WHERE ARE THE RUNS?: In their final three out- ings, the Wolverines suffered two losses despite giving up only one earned run. The run came on back-to-back hits off Heintschel, the only hits he gave up in 7.1 innings. The explanation for the lack of run production comes from leaving "too many ducks on the pond." Michigan stranded 27 batters in the final three games Blue shuts down opposition s bats while only scoring eight runs. After its first nine games the squad has stranded 76 runners. CATCHERS ON THE RISE: Michigan coach Bill Freehan managed to give three catchers solid playing time last week. Scott Niemec took his turn behind the plate, while rookie Bart Close was put in the designated hitter spot and 1992 team MVP Scott Winterlee played at third. SCHEDULING QUIRK: During the spring trip Michigan's schedule did not treat the Wolverines kindly. The team woke up at 6 a.m. Friday morning to head to Mobile, Ala. to play Missouri. By the time the club reached its final destination, the Wolverines had a few moments to go to the hotel and then were rushed directly to the field to play again. BATTING LEADERS: After the first ten games of the season, Rodney Goble leads the Wolverines in hit- ting with an average of .400. Following Goble are Pat Maloney (.333) and Brian Simmons (.324). Simmons tops the roster with 12 hits and also has a team-high four doubles. Sophomores Niemec and Chad Chapman, along with freshmen Close and Simmons, are responsible for the Wolverines four home runs. (does not include last night's games) J " i VIS IONS OF PARIS Summer Programs 1993 Intersession : May 24 - June 1 1 Summer Session : June 14 - July 23 More than 50 regular offerings from the University's liberal arts curriculum. . A three-week French-language Immersion program, featuring cultural walking tours and conversation classes. * Weekend excursions : Normandy, Champagne, Loire Valley chateaux, Burgundy,Giverny and Chartres. " Seminar tours with the University of Texas, the University of New Hampshire and the University of California at Berkeley. Also, two new French Immersion Sessions: Summer '94 in Biarritz Winter '94 in Paris Send for our 1993 Summer Programs Brochure : The American University of Paris Summer Pr.ograms / U.S. Office 80 East 11th Street, Suite 434 New York, New York 10003 Te1.j212) 677-4870 - Fax (212) 475-5205 # i -fiT "" " f " " " 0 " " " " 0 "I Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-S p.m. 1345 Tomahawk Dr., Maumee, OH Arrowhead Industrial Park Area (800) 322.4234 ,,..., .. Students - get $100 off with valid student lDA ,rrj *-t * - -~ - ill .lI i - - i I -.u Ia.- . 1 -~ Martha Cook} Buildie:ngY