8 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, January 24, 1994 SWIMMING Continued from page 1 edged out Wolverine Royce Sharp in the 200 backstroke, Wouda won his second event of the weekend in the 200 breaststroke. In the next swimming event-the 100 freestyle - Gustavo Borges picked up his second victory of the meet. Borges continues to dominate the 100, an event he has not lost this season. He was also victorious in the 50 freestyle the night before. Michigan's other first-place fin- ish came in the 800 freestyle relay, the last event of Friday night. Fresh- men Rumley, John Michael Piersma and Dolan, along with Borges, beat the second-place Texas relay by al- most four seconds. "We're loaded in the 800 freestyle relay," Urbanchek said. "Our sprint- ers and our distance people can swim a good 200 (freestyle). We can go eight deep at the NCAA level. One guy (Borges) is in and the other seven are fighting for the remaining spots. The fierce competition makes the team good." However, the six event victories were not enough to beat the Long- horns. Ultimately, Texas won the meet in the consolation finals. Although they only won five championship fi- nals, the Longhorns came up with six first heat victories to the Wolverines' two. They also consistently out-placed Michigan in the events that neither team won. Despite the second-place finish, Urbanchek was still pleased. He said he believes that the team is heading in the right direction for the upcoming Big Ten and NCAA championships. { "We just couldn't deal with Texas' depth," Urbanchek said. "However, I was pleased with our performance. The team is continuing to improve its times every week. We're on target for the championship meets." Synchronized swimmers finish third at Invite By KEN SUGIURA DAILY SPORTS EDITOR Atyesterday'sBig Ten Invitational, the Michigan synchronized swimming club learned a valuable lesson: If you want to swim with the big kids, you have to have the (sea) horse- power. With only eight swimmers - three of them first-year members - the Wolverines finished third with 49.5 points at the Canham Natatorium event. Ahead of Michigan were Invite champion Ohio State (84 points) and rival Michigan State (64). Coming in fourth and fifth place were Notre Dame (31.5) and Illinois (9.5), re- spectively. "I would've liked to have beaten Michigan State,"Michigan coach Sue Shell said. "Michigan State has got- ten a couple of new swimmers who were very strong and were able to pull them up to second place." The Wolverines led Michigan State after the figures section of the meet, but fell behind in the routines, as Michigan was unable to field a competitor in the solo competition. Molly Schaffer and Karn Koto tried to make up for the deficit in the duet competition by racking up 73.333 points to take third place, Michigan's highest placing of the afternoon in any event. Koto and Schaffer are both se- niors and have been duet partners for four years. They are aiming for a spot in the finals competition at the March Collegiate Nationals. "They just swam really well," Shell said. "They were very well in synch and looked really good and took a third-place finish, which was really good for them." In taking third, the duet was not far behind the second-place Ohio State entry, an accomplishment considering that the Buckeyes are a varsity team. "We thought we did very well in competition against them," Koto said. "Even to place within a few points of them is huge for us." Coming in seventh in duets were Suzi Shiller and Sherri Gritt, who earned a 52.467. The trio combination of Chrissy Jacobs, Shiller and Grit finished out the meet by taking fourth with a 58.333. The Wolverines jumped out to their second-place standing with decent per- formances in the figures competition. In the senior category, Kara Koto took sixth while Schaffer finished 14th. In the juniors, Becky Trombley finished fourth, ahead of Gritt in eighth and Shiller in 11th. In the novice division, Jacobs laid claim to the fourth-place spot, just ahead of Leslie Frye in fifth and Jen- nifer Thomas in 12th. The Wolverines' next competi- tion is a team routine invitational at Northwestern this Sunday. MICHELLE GUY/Daily Michigan swimmer Marcel Wouda and the Wolverines finished second in the Dallas Morning News Classic, behind Texas. The Longhorns also defeated the Wolverines last week in Austin. Mames ginasts beat Hawkeyes m*Marshall sets school record In vault as Blue wins, 191.175-182.525 By TIM SMITH DAILY SPORTS WRITER The Michigan women's gymnastics team made short work of Iowa Friday in the Bahamas Sunshine Invitational. Although a meet in the Bahamas may have been a distraction to some, this was not the case for the Michigan women, who ignored the pleasant dis- tractions of warm weather and went on to beat Iowa, 191.175-182.525. "I'mverypleasedwithtoday'sperfor- mance and it's just a step closer to where we want to be," Michigan coach Bev Plocki said. "I'm really proud of the girls. They did agreat job of sticking together." The meet was highlighted by sophomore Wendy Marshall's per- formance on the vault, where she set a new school record with a score of 9.925. Marshall also went on to score 9.75 to capture second place on the WOMEN'S 'YM ASIC balance beam, and third in the floor exercise, earning a 9.6. Here are some of the results of this weekend's Bahama's "It's anotherstep up toaperfect 10," Sunshine Invitational said Marshall of her school record."WeT0 went in and our coach told us to have MEA M fun, relax and we'll be a success and Michigan 191.175 that's what we ended up being."Iowa182.525 Junior All-American Beth Wymer ALL-AROUND also turned in a fine effort, winning the Beth Wymer Michigan 39.275 all-around with a 39.275. Wymer took Kim Baker Iowa 37.625 first in three events with a 9.90 on the uneven bars, a 9.85 on the floor exer- VAULT cise, and a 9.9 on the balance beam. Wendy Marshall Michigan 9.925 Iowa sophomore Kim Baker fin- Kelly Carfora Michigan 9.7 ished second in the all-around com- FLOOR EXERCISE petition, scoring a 37.625. Beth Wymer Michigan 9.85 Michigan's Kelly Carfora placed Kim Baker Iowa 9.725 third in the all-around with a score of 37.025, second in the vault (9.7), and UNEVEN BARS second in the floor exercise (9.725). Beth Wymer Michigan 9.9 Tennis opens spring season with solid effort at State of Michigan Classic U U By MARC DILLER DAILY SPORTS WRITER The Michigan women's tennis team, led by its freshmen, kicked off the spring season this weekend at the Liberty Sports Complex as it hosted the State of Michigan Classic. The tournament represented the best women's tennis players in the state, with Michigan, Eastern Michi- gan, Michigan State and Western Michigan all in attendance. The Clas- sic was divided into three singles flights and one doubles flight. The Wolverines were represented by freshmen Bojana Jankovic and Sarah Cyganiak in Flight A singles. Cyganiak made her collegiate debut this weekend after having just gradu- ated from high school this past De- cember. Both Cyganiak and Jankovic made it to the finals of the Flight A champi- onships. After a hard-fought battle, Jankovich came out on top in a three- set victory 3-6, 7-6, 6-4. "It was a definite learning experi- ence," Cyganiak said. "You have to learn to take the ups and the downs graciously." When asked whether she felt ad- ditional pressure to compete against her own teammate, Jankovic replied, "I don't feel pressure. My teammates want the best for each other." Cyganiak joined her sister Liz, co- captain of the team, in doubles com- petition. "We worked well together," Liz said. "We fought hard, but just came up short in the end." The Cyganiak sisters lost in the semifinals to Western Michigan's Holly Taylor and Heidi Cakans 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. The doubles were salvaged, how- ever, with afinals victory by Jankovich and sophomore Angie Popek. They beat Taylor and Cakans in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. "We played real well," Jankovic said. "We played better in the finals than we did in the semifinals and we beat two good opponents." Liz also competed in the Flight B bracket and garnered the State of Michigan Classic Championship with a straight sets victory over Michigan State's Stacie Bowman, 7-5, 6-3. The team was without the ser- vices of juniors Simone Lacher and Jaimie Fielding during the tourna- ment. The two were ineligible to play because they had participated in the All-American Championships in Cali- fornia last fall. As well, the team missed the play of senior Allison Schlonsky and sophomore Tara Graff, who were out due to injury. "I don't think that they really missed the competition," Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt said. "They can make it up in practice.this week." This was the last competition foi the team before the start of the Big Ten season. The team enters the Big Ten dual meet season ranked fourth in the conference. "It's definitely the strongest team I've had," Ritt said."We've had some very good players in the past, but it's a team sport." The Wolverines were the stron gest team in the weekend's tourna# ment. "The competition was definitely not as strong as we will be facing," Liz Cyganiak said. "But it was a good starting point and you might as well start somewhere." The key to the Wolverines high ranking this year is their depth. "I think depth is one of the keys," Ritt stated. "I think the players are really close in ability." The women hitters will face Indi- ana next in theirfirstdual meetmatch- up on Feb. 12. GOODBYE, CBS I - - <.