6 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, March 28, 1994 Borges brings talent and will to Blue By BRETT JOHNSON DAILY SPORTS WRITER MINNEAPOLIS - Every swim team must have a leader in the water. A person who goes out to win every time he races. For Stanford this weekend, that swimmer was Brian Retterer. For Texas, it was Gary Hall in the 400-yard freestyle relay. And forMichigan, Gustavo Borges fit the bill. The junior from Brazil is the heart and soul of the Wolverines and is one of the main reasons Michi- gan finished in the top three at the NCAA Championships again this sea- son. "Every once in awhile you run across somebody who is not only a great talent, but they got that knack of knowing what's right and what's go- ing on around them," Texas coach Eddie Reese said. "They can go all out in the turbulent situations. Gary Hall has that knack and Gustavo has it." This weekend, Gustavo led all swimmers in individual points with 57. He won both the 100- and 200- yard freestyles in Michigan record times of 42.46 and 1:34.31, respec- tively. In addition, he finished just .05 seconds behind Retterer in the 50 freestyle to claim second place. Indi- vidually, it was his best NCAA meet ever. "He does so much for the team and to see him get a little individual satis- faction from it is great," sophomore backstroker Royce Sharp said. As Sharp indicated, Borges con- tributes much more than just indi- vidual points to the Wolverines. His ability to go after people in a relay is remarkable. And it is this ability that makes him an invaluable member of Michigan's team. "He is the most powerful swim- mer I have ever known," Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek said. For instance, Gustavo's anchor leg in the national champion 800 freestyle relay was a sight to behold. After a strong leg by senior Rodney VanTassell, Stanford held about a body's length lead on the Wolver- ines. Not to worry, Borges closed the gap by the end of the first fifty and went on to beat the Cardinal relay by one second, setting a new team record of 6:21.99 in the process. Urbanchek had no doubt Gustavo would bring home the victory and neither did his fellow relay members. "I had a pretty good idea, judging from (Gustavo's individual) 200 freestyle, he would pull it off," VanTassell said. However, Borges' relay prowess extended far beyond the 800 freestyle relay. During Friday morning's pre- liminaries of the 200 medley relay, Borges anchored another Michigan record relay (1:28.67) by swimming an 18.97 during the final 50 yards. When he did not swim in the final, the relay finished a second and a half slower. Borges set his fifth record of the meet when he anchored the 400 free relay to a time of 2:55.73. Gustavo's relay ability is not lost on his teammates. They know how crucial he is to the success of the team. "He always gets us going," Sharp said. "When you think of Gus, you think of our relays. We're kind of slow on the starts, and he's always finishing them (fast)." What Borges brings is more than pure talent- it is a will to win. He is the one guy that can always be counted on. "Sometimes when you have a great athlete, you take for granted what he can do," freshman Tom Dolan said. "Everyone just appreciates what we have in Gustavo. You can't say as much as you want. He swam a great meet." 0 CHRIS WOLF/Daily Junior Gustavo Borges swam his way to five Michigan records at this weekend's NCAAs. Co-captains contribute i n many ways By CHARLIE BREITROSE DAILY SPORTS WRITER MINNEAPOLIS - The Michi- gan co-captains Rodney VanTassell and Brice Kopas contributed 22 and 17 points, respectively, towards the Michigan men's swimming and div- ing team's third place total of 370. But these two Wolverines may have contributed more out of the pool than in it. "Neither one of them were super- stars," Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek said. "But they paid their dues to Michigan for four years." Each of these two seniors pos- sesses the leadership qualities neces- sary to be a team captain. However, they both have their own way of help- ing the team - VanTassell in the water and Kopas on deck. Freshman Tom Dolan said Kopas and VanTassell have helped him, and the team as a whole, achieve success throughout the 1993-94 season. "Rodney and Brice work well to- gether," Dolan said. "It really has helped us through this year. Its been a long, tough year, and there's no way we could have 'done what we did without Brice and Rodney." In the final meet of his collegiate career, Kopas finished in the top eight (seventh in the 400 individual med- ley) in the NCAA Championships for the first time, thereby gaining All- American status. The feeling of success was twice as sweet for Kopas. Last November, he had to overcome a bout with mono- nucleosis that kept him out of the water for four weeks and sent him home to Phoenix to recover. "I'm excited that I did so well," Kopas said. "I didn't really imagine myself doing this well, especially af- ter mono." His teammates enjoy Kopas' sense of humor and style outside the pool. "He's always relaxed," Dolan said. "He always has a good attitude. (He helps out the team) just by lightening the mood when things get too stress- ful." VanTassell also has a good atti- tude. The senior from Fairfax, Va., has a great work ethic and leads by example. "(Rodney) leads in the water," Dolan said, "He works real hard in practice. In that way he leads in a big way." In the 800 freestyle relay, VanTassell's competitive spirit shined through. Swimming the third leg of the relay, he found himself up against Stanford's Joe Hudepohl, the second place finisher in the 200 freestyle. "I thought Rodney did a super job," Urbanchek said. "He was able to stay close (to Hudepohl), within striking distance for Gus (Gustavo Borges) to move ahead." VanTassell's effort helped Michi- gan defend its 800 free relay title. Being chosen as captain was a great honor for the two Wolverines, Kopas said. But there was a lot of added stress. "Jon expected twice as much out of us." Kopas said. "Both in the pool and out. I think that was the toughest part. That added pressure on the out- side was immense." Despite the pressure he put on his co-captains, Urbanchek gave VanTassell and Kopas a lot of credit. "Your swimming abilities will al- ways be replaced," Urbanchek said. "What often remains is the leadership qualities which you've provided throughout the years. "(Brice and Rodney) are going to be greatly missed." SWIMMING Continued from page 1 coming into the meet, and the victory gave him his third straight 100 freestyle NCAA title. "It felt pretty good (to three-peat)," Borges said. "Besides that, I had my eye on the school record that Brent Lang set four years ago (1990). I've been trying to break it for two years. So, that's a special taste for me." Borges' efforts in his individual events, which also included a second- place finish in the 50 freestyle, left him as the meet's high scorer with 57 points. Along with Borges in the relays, Royce Sharp, Scott Dill and Tom Hay set the 200 medley record of 1:28.87; Tom Dolan, Chris Rumley and Rodney VanTassell set the 800 freestyle record of 6:21.99; and VanTassell, Rumley and Courtney Faller set the 400 freestyle record of 2:55.73. The three other school records were set by Dolan in the 500 and 1650 freestyles and the 400 individual med- ley. Unfortunately, all the freshman got to show for his efforts were two seconds and a third (50 points). However, this was due to the out- standing swimming that occurred at the 1994 NCAAs. Six American, U.S. Open and NCAA records were bro- ken during the three-day event. Dolan fell prey to an American record in all three of his events. Dolan's biggest nemesis was Arizona's Chad Carvin. Carvin, who was named swimmer of the meet, set the American record in both the 500 (4:11.59) and 1650 (14:34.91) freestyles. He became the first Ameri- can since Mike O'Brien in 1985 to win both NCAA titles "I heard the crowd a little bit the whole time," Carvin said. "But I re- ally started hearing them about the 1200. It was so loud and deafening. I was just thinking to myself, 'Don't swim this thing and miss by a hun- dredth.' So, I just tried to bear down even harder." In the 400 IM, Florida's Greg Bur- gess broke his own American record by swimming a 3:40.64. The swim was .90 faster than his record time set at last year's NCAA Championships. "I'm really happy with the way I swam," Burgess said. "I like to go out hard. It makes the last 100 really painful, but that's what I need to do in order to win. I thought Dolan would be with me in the last 200." Stanford swimmers set records in two events. During the first leg of the 400 medley relay, backstroker Brian Retterer set a new 100 back record with a time of 45.74. Stanford's 200 freestyle relay of Bill Schell, Retterer, Tyler Mayfield and Joe Hudepohl broke a two-year- old relay record (also set by Stanford) with a time of 1:16.93. Retterer also keyed that victory. In addition to his relay swims, Retterer beat Borges in the 50 freestyle and won the 100 back- stroke. "I knew my 100 back would be good," Retterer said. "I knew I was the man in that event. The 50 free was a surprise." The final record was set in the final event by the Texas 400 freestyle relay. Texas freshman Gary Hall swam down Stanford senior Derek Weatherford in the final 100 yards to clinch the victory. In addition to the Michigan record performances, the team had some other strong swims. In fact, every Wolverine at the meet scored in some fashion. Sharp came the closest to adding another individual title to the Michigan total.In the 200 backstroke, the sophomore finished second to Weatherford. He led until the final 10 yards or so and wound up falling .27 seconds short of victory. "For the season I had, it was pretty good," Sharp said. "For the kind of meet I had, I'm glad I didn't roll over and cop out. I got third last year, second this year. First has to come next year." Sharp also placed 14th in the 100 back. Sophomore Marcel Wouda placed top eight in the 500 (eighth) and 1650 (eighth) freestyles as well as the 400 IM (fourth). In addition to Dolan, the other two freshmen, John Piersma and Rumley, both made championship finals. Rumley placed seventh in the 200 free. In the 500 freestyle, Piersma placed third and Rumley placed fifth giving the Wolverines a two, three, five, eight finish in the event. "I'm glad we had three freshmen in there," Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek said. "It's a good experi- ence to go through the stress. It looks pretty good for Michigan (for the fu- ture)." Five other Wolverines scored in individual events. Co-captain VanTassell placed 13th in the 200 free and 16th in the 500 free. Senior co-captain Brice Kopas made his first championship final in the400IM and@ finished seventh. He also placed 12th in the 1650 free. Senior diver Eric Lesser scored on both the three-meter (13th) and 10-meter (14th). Juniors Tom Blake and Steve West also scored with an 11th in the 1650 free and a 15th in the 200 breast- stroke, respectively. Event 200 Free relay 500 Free 200 IM 50 Free 1-meter diving 400 Med. relay 200 Med. relay 100 Butterfly 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back 3-meter diving 800 Free relay 1650 Freestyle 200 Back 100 Freestyle 200 Breast 200 Butterfly 10-meter diving 400 Free relay Winner Stanford Chad Carvin Greg Burgess Brian Retterer Chemi Gil Stanford Stanford Rafal Szukala Gustavo Borges Tyler Mayfield Brian Retterer Evan Stewart Michigan Chad Carvin D. Weatherford Gustavo Borges Kurt Grote Ugar Taner Brian Earley Texas Italian Restaurant Serving Beer, Wine & Liquor Featuring Authentic Italian Food Cooked by Mama Rosa Herself 665-0444 - Take Out 300 Detroit St. at Catherine across from Farmer's Market m S - sh, - m M, c im in'= V PRINTING HIGHQUALITY LWPRICES 1002 PONTIAC TR-. 994-1367 MICHELLE GUY/Daily Freshman Tom Dolan placed second in two events and third in one event at the NCAA Championships this past weekend. Best of Ann Arbor Ballot '94 Please return by April 1 to the Daily at 420 Maynard, 48109. Results will be printed in the April 14 Best of Ann Arbor issue of Weekend. Thanks for your time. Best Restaurants/Bars for... Records MSA member I Coffee Used records Speaker/lecturer in past year Burgers Men's clothing Computing center French Fries Women's clothing Student group/organization *Pizza Thrift/used clothing Fraternity to party with Hot dogs Bicycle sales/repair __ Sorority to party with Wings Books Co-op Cheap beer Textbooks Ugliest building Bar Drinks _-__Used books Bathroom _ __--- Ie -atm/Frozenayogurt Hircuthate Lecture Hall_ Chipati____ _____ First-run theater Sandwiches Video store ___ Best (and worst) Entertainment Subs Liquor/party store Local band *Cookies -PhotocopyingDancingspot Italian food Sporting goods Concert in past year Middle Eastern food Groceries _Radio station Chinese food Florist Place to go when in an altered state I Korean food Travel A-enc- s Mexican food Maaz ns ____ Best (and worst) dating stuff The Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives is now accepting applications for a male RESIDENT COUNSELOR position for the Wade H. McCree, Jr. Incentive Scholarship Summer Initiative. App t d dn March 31, 1994.1 Resident Counselor is responsible for supervising student leaders and assisting with the coordination and implementation of a twelve day summer program for high school students from the Detroit Metropolitan area. Applicants must have demonstrated leadership skills and a 01 I