2 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, January 30, 1995 Associated Press Top 25 Here are the weekend results for the top 25 teams in the AP men's basketball poll. First-place votes are in parentheses. Team 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Massachusetts (47) Connecticut (16) North Carolina (3) UCLA Kentucky Syracuse Kansas Maryland Arkansas Michigan State Iowa State Arizona Arizona State Georgetown Virginia Wake Forest Stanford Oregon Cincinnati Missouri Georgia Tech Villanova Florida New Mexico State Oklahoma Record 15-1 15-1 16-1 12-2 13-2 14-2 15-2 16-3 15-4 14-2 17-2 14-4 13-5 14-3 11-5 11-4 13-3 12-3 15-6 14-3 12-6 12-5 10-6 14-4 15-4 How they fared idle lost to No. 7 Kansas, 88-59 beat No. 16 Wake Forest, 62-61 lost to California, 100-93 lost to No. 9 Arkansas, 94-92 beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat Miami, 76-51 No. 2 Conn., 88-59 Duke, 74-72 No. 5 Kentucky, 94-92 Illinois, 75-67 Kansas State, 87-79 Oregon State, 111-98 No. 17 Oregon, 79-76 Pittsburgh, 71-60 George Mason, 128-98 lost to No. 3 N.C., 62-61 beat Southern Cal., 85-82 vs. No. 13 Arizona State lost to St. Louis, 75-68 idle beat Florida State beat Providence, 88-67 beat Mississippi, 72-57 idle beat Nebraska, 82-72 ba Michigan coasts to win over Hoosiers Athlete of the W eek WHO: Kim Johnson TEAM: Women's swimming and diving HoMEowN: Richardson, Texas YEAR: Freshman ELIGIBILITY: Freshman WHY: The freshman freestyler took the 100-yard freestyle event Saturday when Michigan met Auburn at Canham Natatorium. She also was a factor in Wolverine victories in the 400 free medley and the 400 free relays. BACKGROUND: Johnson holds a top 15 world ranking in the 50 freestyle. She finished second in the 200- meter individual medley, fourth in the 50 and 100 freestyles, and anchored the winning 800 free relay at the 1994 Olympic Sports Festival. In addition, she finished seventh in the 50 free at the 1994 Goodwill Games and held the No. 2 national high school rank in both the 200 IM and 100 free. By Dan McKenzie - Daily Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS - If the Michi- gan men's swimming team had any concerns going into its matchup with Indiana on Saturday, they didn't show. TheWolverines(2-OBig Ten,'7-1 over- all) returned to their old form after a loss to Stanford two weeks ago, trounc- ing the Hoosiers (1-3, 2-3), 140-95. However, overflowing with excite- ment would not exactly be an accurate description of how Michigan felt about its win. "We've still got a big part of the season ahead," team captain Gustavo Borges said. "It's good to help us see where we're at. It's just part of train- ing." In fact, the meet appeared to offer the team an excuse to stop training for a few hours. The Wolverines' day be- gan with an early morning full work- out. After that, they ran home, ate, then hopped on the bus for the five- hour ride down to Indianapolis. From there it was on to the training table, if you consider the Olive Garden to be part of a strict athletic regimen. However, if Michigan appeared to lack motivation heading into its meet with the Hoosiers, no one can -accuse them of not coming up with big performances. One of the bigger surprises of the day for the Wolverines was freshman Owen Von Richter's first place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle. "I had never swam the mile before in my life," Richter said. Regardless, his performance puthim into good qualifying position heading - into the national championships, which : are a little over a month away. Another important event was the 400 individual medley, where Michigan's Royce Sharp and Jason Lancaster placed first and second, re- spectively. "Jason and Owen's performances were pleasant surprises," coach Jon Urbanchek said. "They're very impor- tant for seeding purposes." As far as the Hoosiers were con- cerned, the meet was another setback in what has been a mediocre season. . "Our goal coming in was to beat Michigan as much as we possibly could," Indiana coach Kris Kirchner said. However, the Hoosiers failed mis- erably, winning only four of 13 events. Indiana's top swimmer, Brian Barnes, placed first in both the 200 and 500 freestyle races. Teammate Greg Ruminski won the 100 freestyle and Indianaclaimedfirstin the 800freestyle relay, squeaking past Michigan by a margin of .17 seconds. The Wolverines won all the other events, including the one-meter and three-meter diving competitions. Abel Sanchez and Alex Bogaerts placed first and second respectively in both of those events. Besides providing Michigan with a chance to see where it stood in the Big Ten heading into the conference cham- pionships, the Wolverines also got a chance to test the waters at Indiana University Natatorium, where the na- tional championships will be held. "It's the fastest pool in America today," Urbanchek said. "It's a step up from most other pools in the country. There's an aura about it." Meet at Indianapolis rehearsal for NCAAs By Michelle Lee Thompson Daily Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS - "NCAA IN- DIANAPOLIS NCAA INDIA- NAPOLIS NCAA" read the flags over the scoreboard pool at the Indiana University-Purdue University at In- dianapolis Natatorium. From the second the Michigan men swimmers and divers walked onto the pool deck - and for many seconds preceding that moment - they knew. Saturday's Wolverine-Hoosierdual meet in Indianapolis was a dress re- hearsal, merely a practice on the stage of the real thing - the NCAA Champi- onships, two months from now in the IUPUI pool. It's the same pool as the U.S. Olympic trials are held in. The pool Michigan head coach Jon Urbanchek calls "the fastest pool in America." "It was just a good experience for us to be here before the big show," freestyler Owen von Richter said. In a meet that meant nothing to the No. 1 Wolverines, von Richter's likely qualifying time of 15:16.11 in the 1650 free was very possibly the high- light of the meet for Michigan. With NCAAs looming less than two months away and von Richter planning to swim that event, it was about time he got his first mile in. The Canadian freshman had never swum the event in a 25-yard pool. "I guess I did OK. The coach said I did OK so I guess I did OK," von Richter said. Urbanchek said he attempted to use the pool to qualify von Richter and others for the NCAAs. "This is the fastest pool in America and it's exciting ... even though the Michigan pool is just as good - 25 yards is 25 yards," Urbanchek said. Michigan freshman Jason Lancaster, an Indianapolis native, agreed. "It's just the little things (that make the difference)," said Lancaster, who swam many high school and age group meets in the IUPUI pool. "It's nice, being able to say 'I know this pool, maybe better than you."' Hoosier coach Kris Kirchner said Urbanchek scheduled the meet to get some of the newer swimmers' feet wet. "Anyone that comes here who gets to use (the pool) gets an advantage," Kirchner said. IUPUI Natatorium was built in 1982, and has since set the standard for the fastest pools in America. The dive-in end is nine feet deep, which deepens to 13 feet at the other end. The lane lines are sharp and doubled- up and the water stretches three feet under the deck on both sides of the pool - factors which all but obliter- ate a swimmer's wake. "This pool was built for competi- tion purposes," said Fletcher Graham, a referee at the pool since its inaugu- ral meet. "This was not a compromise pool." However, the pool is an hour drive from Bloomington, so it's not exactly on campus. "They built it where they had all the hotel rooms," Graham said. Those hotel rooms have filled up over the years as the natatorium has played host to the U.S. Swimming and Diving Championships, the World Cup Championships, the Nationa4 Sports Festival and the Pan American Games. And the Wolverines will fill up their share of the rooms at Indianapo- lis this March for the NCAAs. Trivia Answer Michigan was defeated by Syracuse during the 1987-88 season, 89-71. r 'I Classes start: 5/6 for the June LSAT, 2/28 for the April GRE, 2/4 for the March GMAT, and MCAT starts when you want! 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