68 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, February 5, 1995

Wrestlers remember
slain U.S. Olympian
By Will McCahillh ar
Daily Sports Writer We've hear

Wolverines hold
on for 20-18 win
over No.23 Pudue

The Wolverines, their opponents
and the fans observeda moment of
silence for the second time yesterday
in honor of murdered wrestler Dave
Schultz. Schultz, a 1984 U.S. Olym-
pic gold medalist, was allegedly shot
two weeks ago by millionaire John
du Pont at du Pont's Pennsylvania
mansion.
"All of us know him, in one way or
another," Michigan coach Dale Bahr
said of the fallen wrestler. "He's
helped a lot of different kids. He'd
just go up and help
999 you - if he saw
you doing some-
thing wrong on the
gresd ' mat he would pull
you over whether
Notebook you were a team-
mate or not.
"The reason he's
missed is that he
was very person-
able. He knew ev-
erybody."
Although Bahr said he'd never met
du Pont personally, he said he'd heard
stories about the eccentric million-
aWre.e've heard crazy stories about him
for the last few years, and they were
getting more bizarre all the time," Bahr
said. "You know, you almost thought,
Well, maybe he could do something
like that,' but then in the back of your
mind you said, 'No, he would never do
that. It's possible, but not probable.'
"But then he turned the possible-
but-not-probable into actually doing
it,"
Michigan assistant coach Kirk
Trost had wrestled with Team
roxcatcher, the private wrestling team
funded by du Pont, that has now dis-
banded by the mutual consent of the
team members.
Although Trost did not spend much
time at the squad's training facility on
du Pont's estate, he was familiar with
the man, having competed with the
team since 1987.
"(The murder) is just something
where it seemed like he went over the

some crazy stories
about (John du
Pont) for the last
few years, and
they were getting
more bizarre all
the time."
- Dale Bahr
Michigan wrestling coach
edge," Trost said. "Different times he
did some things that seemed crazy,
but we shrugged it off, and other times
he seemed perfectly normal.
"(Du Pont) just went nuts, basi-
cally," Trost added. "I think he just
conjured this stuff up in his head and
he felt like he needed to exert some
power ... because he was funding ev-
erybody he thought everybody should
do what he wanted.
"It's a useless taking of life, which
happens pretty often these days."
STREAK SNAPPED, STREAK MAIN-
TAINED: Two of the Wolverines
brought winning streaks into
yesterday's meet. Fifth-ranked sopho-
more Jeff Catrabone at 158 and No.
7 sophomore heavyweight Airron
Richardson both brought dual-meet
records of 12-0 into the contest with
the Boilermakers.
Purdue's sixth-ranked Tony Vaughn
brought the word "loss" into
Richardson'svocabulary with a sud-
den-death win, while Catrabone ex-
tended his run to 13 straight with a
convincing 12-4 major decision over
BoilermakersophomoreJames Crnich.
NOT TOO LONG AGO: The last time
the Wolverines and the Boilermakers
faced off was one year from yester-
day. Michigan was also ranked No.
17 on that day.
The Wolverines made up an early
10-6 deficit, scoring 19 consecutive
points on the way to a 25-13 victory.

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Michigan senior captain Jesse Rawls Jr. takes his opponent to the mat yesterday.
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Seniors receive Canham
reguar-season sendoff

By Chris Murphy
Daily Sports Writer
For four members of the Michigan
swimming and diving team, Saturday's
meet with Ohio State was more than just
a normal competition.
Indeed, there was something special
about this weekend's second dual meet.
Time was taken to honor four seniors
involved in the swimming and diving
program. Co-captains Megan Gillam and
Beth Jackson, diver Carrie Zarse and
student assistant Erin Racht were all
given an ovation from the crowd and

were presented with
coaching staff.
Although the Wol-
verines will almost
certainly compete in
the NCAA Champi-
onships, which will be
held in Canham Nata-
torium in March,
Saturday's meet was
the senior's final regu-
larseason Canham ap-
pearance.

flowers from the

Notebook

man. This weekend's meet marked an-
other step forward for several of the
Wolverines' younger swimmers.
Two freshmen in particular turned in
several strong performances. Emily
Cocks and Jen Eberwein continue to
impress.
Saturday, Eberwein was part of the
Wolverines' first-place 800-yard freestyle
relay. That team won the event with a
time of 7:39.94. Friday, Eberwein took
second in the 200 freestyle with a time of
1:54.64.
On Friday Cocks took second in the
100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.77
and placed second in the 200 breaststroke
with a time of 2:28.12. On Saturday, she
again was the runner-up in the 200 breast-
stroke, this time finishing with a 2:30.73.
Freshmen Leslie Hawley, Jenny
Kurth, Cathy O'Neill and Tanja Wenzel
all competed for Michigan this weekend.
Saturday, Kurth came in third in the 400
individual medley with atime of4:38.59.
THEONETHATGOTAWAY: The Wolver-
ines made short work of Indiana Friday
night. However, the one thing that the
Hoosiers can boast about is freshman
Karen Campbell.
Campbell swims the 200 medley relay,
the 50 freestyle, the 100 butterfly and the
200 freestyle relay. Friday she finished
first in the 100 butterfly with a time of
57.31.
And Campbell was heavily recruited
by Michigan.
"She has made a tremendous differ-
ence in our program," Indiana coach
Nancy Nitardy said. "We hope to get
more just like Karen."

By Will McCahill
Daily Sports Writer
Slow as molasses.
Although the cold weather didn't turn
the Michigan wrestling team into the syr-
upy substance this weekend, you would've
been hard-pressed to tell the difference
between the two at yesterday's dual meet
with Purdue.
The No. 23 Boilermakers might have
had a decent excuse - in addition to the
cold - for being slightly less than fleet-
of-foot: They were coming offdual meets
againstCentral Michigan andNo.4 Michi-
gan State on Saturday.
The No. 17 Wolverines were also com-
ing off a meet with the Spartans - last
Wednesday.
Michigan was nevertheless abletocross
the line first, nipping the Boilermakers by
two points, 20-18.
The win pushed the Wolverines' record
to 7-5-1 overall, 2-2-1 in the Big Ten,
while Purdue fell to 10-6-1 and 0-5-1 in
conference.
Michigan started the meet in unusual
fashion,jumping out to a9-0 lead afterthe
first two matches. Six of those points
came courtesy ofCentral Michigan, which
took out Purdue's sixth-ranked wrestler
in that weight class. The Boilermakers
forfeited the match, giving Michigan the
points equivalent to a pin.
Sophomore Brandon Howe scored a 5-
3 decision over Shane Hanson at 126 to
give the Wolverines their other three
points.
After Michigan's Corey Grant lost to
No.7 Frank Laccone at 134 and Purdue's
Alex Coriano bested Jeff Reese at 142,
the Wolverines entered the latter half of
the lineup in a strange position -defend-
ing a lead. In the past few meets, Michi-
gan has counted on the heavier weights to
pull the team back into contention after
digging early holes.
Yesterday, though, the normally reli-
able Bill Lacure came out flat, after an
almost-surgical 11-1 victory in the Michi-
gan State meet. Lacure, whose modus
operandi usually includes a handful of
takedowns, managed just a single escape,
and ended up on the short end of a 2-1
sudden death, double-overtime tiebreak.
"(Lacure) wrestled a nice match the
other night then came out today and just
didn't look real sharp," Michigan coach
Dale Bahr said.
"He looks like he gets frustrated eas-
ily," Bahr said. "You've got to take the
official out of the match, and he didn't
take the official out of the match ... he
doesn't get a call and pretty soon he's

more worried about the official and how
he's going to call it than about wrestling."
Lacure's loss put the Wolverines at an
11-9 disadvantage and gave Purdue its
first lead.
The meet was a seesaw affair thereaf-
ter, as Michigan sandwiched in a loss by
Josh Young at 167 with wins by fifth-
ranked Jeff Catrabone at 158 and No. 3
Jesse Rawls Jr. at 177.
Catrabone and Rawlsboth scored fo*
point major decisions, putting the Wol-
verines up by a deuce with two matches
remaining.
Bahr cited weight mismatches as the
reason for the up-and-down character of
the contests. Injuries have forced Michi-
gan to juggle its lineup, placing wrestlers
in spots for which they are often more
than a few pounds too light, or having
youngerwrestl ers taking the spotsofm
experienced upperclassmen.
"We're struggling at a couple ofthose
weight classes," Bahr said. "We've got a
reserve in there at 142 (freshman Jeff
Reese), and (Purdue) has two oftheirbest
kids at thoselower weights, sonotonly do
we have younger kids in there, but there
are mismatches."
Such circumstances worked to
Michigan's advantage at the 158 and 177
levels, where the talent of Catrabone ard
the experience of senior captain Ra,
resulted in eight of the Wolverines'
points.
When fifth-year senior Lanre Olabisi
bested Purdue freshman Ty Roofner at
190 pounds, Michigan was virtually as-
sured of victory, with the Boilermakers
needing a pin in the final match to win the
meet.
The heavyweight contest pitted
Michigan's seventh-ranked sophomore
Airron Richardson against the man oc*
pying the No. 6 slot, Tony Vaughn and
the contest was as close as the numbers
would indicate.
Regulation ended with the score dead-
locked, but Vaughn showed his, experi-
ence, taking Richardson down halfway
through the sudden-death overtime.
Luckily for the Wolverines, the ulti-
mate match was not as critical as it has
been in the last week, when Richardson
was forced to win twice to secure Mic,
gan victories.
The Wolverines now have a week to,
recover from their recent string of
matches against top-25 opponents.
Michigan will face its fifth-rankedrop-
ponent in as many meetings when"NO.
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next Sunday.

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"I'm really sad," Jackson said. "It's
hard to believe it goes by really quick.
Your senior year goes by really quickly.
"There's a real lyspecial group ofpeople
here and I'm going to miss them a lot."
Coach Jim Richardson has been
pleased with the manner the seniors ap-
proached their role with the team.
"(The seniors) are our leaders,"
Richardson said. "It's always sad to say
goodbye to them. They've been through
the program, they've been through a lot
and we've watched them grovw."
There's still almost two mo iths left of
competition for the team: February and
March will see Michigan compete in the
Big Ten Championships, Olynpic Trials
and NCAAs.
So the seniors know they still have
much to accomplish this year.
"There's still a few things left to do,"
Jackson said. "But that's what these next
couple of weeks are for."
One other swimmer was honored Sat-
urday.
Junior, Dana Van Singel was named
to the Academic All-American team. The
team is chosen by the College Swimming
Coaches Association of America.
Van Singel is enrolled in the School of
Nursing.
YOUNG GUNS: While the seniors are
preparingto leave, Richardson has agroup
of freshman that will eventually fill the
holes left by their departed teammates.
Richardson has seen remarkable
progress with his group of seven fresh-

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swimmers are looking tougher than ever.
Friday, Michigan won all but two
events. Saturday, the Wolverines won
every individual events and took sec-
ond in the three-meter diving competi-
tion.
Coach Jim Richardson was happy
that the team was able to perform well
Saturday evenafter a week of practice
and a meet the night before.
"We're feeling the effects of having
a good set Thursday night and then
racing exceptionally well (Friday),"
Richardson said.
"The gas tanks were a little bit empty
today but they did what they had to do
and that's the mark of this team."
In addition, the team is seeing swim-
mers that are starting to step up as the
postseason approaches.

ever, given the way other swimmers
have performed and how the under-
classmen have progressed, the team has
reason to be optimistic.
"I think the ingredients are all therjj
Richardson said. "I just hope that we
healthy and that we can have a whole
team together on the same page with
everybody ready to race."
On paper, Michigan still looks as
formidable as any team in the country.
Indiana coach Nancy Nitardy knew her
team was really never close.
"Michigan is a tough team," Nitardy
said. "They've got some big guns so we
get a little intimidated by them. 1*
team is just inexperienced at getting up
against talented swimmers like Michi-
gan has."
One of Michigan's strongest perfor-
mances this weekend came off the
springboard. Senior Carrie Zarsewon
two events, one against each of

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