8 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 16, 1993 'M' men's swimmers shine over summer By BRETT JOHNSON DAILY SPORTS WRITER For the Michigan men's swimming team, the road to next year's NCAA championship has already begun. In fact, it started almost immediately after the team's second place finish at last year's NCAAs. Afteratremendous summer, the goal of remaining in the top two nationally is coming into focus. "(The summer) was a confidence builder," Michigan head coach Jon Urbanchek said. "Having a good sum- mer nationals, coming into the college competition, it gives you an opportu- nity to feel good about the upcoming season. It gives you a great foundation. A good college season starts with a good summer season." Possibly the biggest accomplish- ment of the summer was Gustavo Borges' performance at the Brazilian national meet. Borges, a junior, set a new world record in the 100-meter short course freestyle by swimming a 47.94. Borges also was a mem- ber of the 400- meter free relay that set a new world record. "My goal was to break the world gorges record held by Michael Gross and to be the first to break 48 seconds in (100 free) short course meters, and I did that," Borges said. "The summer helps to build expe- rience. I just trained for half the sum- mer, because I needed a break. But, working in the summer is really im- portant for collegiate swimming. You don't need as much time to get back into shape." In July, at the U.S. Swimming Nationals in Austin, Texas, three Wol- verines swam well enough to repre- sent the United States at the Pan Pa- cific games in Japan. Sophomore Royce Sharp won the 200-meter back- stroke at nationals and followed that performance with a victory in the same event at the Pan Pacific champi- onships in August. Freshman Tom Dolan finished sec- ond in the 400-meter individual medley at nationals, and seniorco-captain Brice Kopas placed fourth in the 400 IM at nationals. These performances quali- fied both for the Pan Pacifics where Dolan placed second and Kopas won the consolation finals. The Pan Pacific meet was not the only one at which Michigan swim- mers placed highly this summer. Se- nior co-captain Rodney VanTassell competed at the World University Games where he was part of the gold medal-winning 800-meter freestyle relay. VanTassell swam the fastest split of the race (1:50.7). Marcel Wouda competed at the European Nationals where he won the bronze medal in the 400 IM and placed eighth in the 200 IM. , Sophomore RandyTeeters and fresh- man Chris Rumley competed at the Olympic sports festival. Teeters placed in the top five in both the 100 and 200- meter breaststrokes and Rumley placed second in the 200 and400 IMs and fifth in the 1500 freestyle. "The incoming freshmen having such a great experience will help to fill the shoes of the departing two Erics - Eric Namesnik and Eric Wunderlich," Urbancheksaid. "I think they will pretty much step right in, and may not neces- sarily replace them, but will step right in with confidence and try to keep us in the top two at NCAAs." The two Erics, although no longer swimming for Michigan, still had good summers. Namesnik set the American record in the 400 IM at the U.S. Nationals while earning the award for most outstanding swim of the meet. Wunderlich also swam at the Pan Pacifics in August where he placed third in the 200-meter breast- stroke. Summers such as this one have put Michigan into a position to place highly at NCAAs for years to come because of the recuiting factor. "People whom we are recruiting iday. entrie 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. sports desk on the second floor of the Student Publications The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to O'Sullivan's Eatery & s per week. Kentucky at Indiana 15: Tennessee at Florida Cornell at Princeton 16. Nebraska at UCLA Florida St. at N. Carolina 17. 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