SIk~uu ~uUg j iLakers face criminal charges Three Lake Superior State hockey players have been charged with malicious destruction of property in connection with a window-breaking incident earlier this month. Charged with the misdemeanor were freshman left wing George Kusculain Jr., senior defenseman Keith Aldridge and sophomore goalie John Grahame. If convicted, they could face up to 90 days in jail and a $100 fine. ii~s Thursday . February 29, 1996 _ I Men send 8 to Indianapolis for a shot at Atlanta By Susan Dann Daily Sports Writer It may sound like any other spring break package: Round-trip transportation Hotel accommodations Warm, crystal-clear waters Daily activities - U Co-eds in swimsuits But, like any trip, spaces were limited. Maybe you can sign-up early next year and guarantee yourself a spot? It's not that easy. You can't make a reservation for this trip - you have to qualify. And only a select few do. Eight members of the Michigan swimming team hold tickets for this year's coveted spring break package. And what, you may ask, is the swimmers' destination? The reflective blue waters and 80-degree temperatures are south ofthe border at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Ind. South of the Michigan state line, that is -not south of the Rio Grande. Doesn't sound like your dream vacation? The Wolverine Olympic hopefuls couldn't be any happier with their spring break plans. "I don't think there's any place I'd rather spend my spring break than at the Olympic Trials," Tom Malchow said. "Just being there and having the opportunity to try to make the team is reason enough." The Michigan swimmers will travel to Indianapolis for a week and ahalfofanything but rest andrelaxation. They will be competing for spots on the Olympic team and a trip to the ultimate destination: Atlanta. The tp two finishers in each event qualify to wear the red, white and blue in this summer's Olympic Games. National relay teams will be composed of the top six finishers in the individual events. "(This meet) is really a pressure-cooker," Chris Rumley said. "It's the most intense meet I could imagine. The top two (finishers) go to the Olympics, the others go home. It's that simple." With the pressure so high, you would expect the Wolver- ines to be losing sleep, figuratively and literally. But this is not the case. "I'm pretty well-rested," Rumley said. "My body has adapted to the rest and hopefully my times will have im- proved (with the rest)." But a glance at their workout schedule proves that these swimmers define repose a little differently than most of us. Their training distance in the pool has been reduced drastically over the past few weeks to allow the swimmers' bodies to peak forthe Trials. During regular-season training, the Wolverines were swimming 15,000 meters each day. With the upcoming trials, their workouts have been cut to 6,000 meters per day. Aside from dropping yardage, the Wolverines have altered their workouts to include more speed work. The members of last year's National Championship team who are swimming this week have accumulated frequent flyer miles to Indianapolis. The Wolverines claimed the Championship in the same pool where they will attempt to capture a spot on the Olympic team. For one swimmer, Jason Lancaster, Indiana truly is home. The sophomore graduated from Carmel High School, just north of Indianapolis. "I don't want to say I consider (the IUPUI Natatorium) home," Lancastersaid. "Carmel ishome, Indianapolisisjust a pool to me. "I am trying to treat this just like another meet, as far as mental preparations go. I don't want to become too comfort- able." Joining Lancaster and Rumley as veterans of the IUPUI See SWIMMERS, Page 10A 7 ' in the Trials Michigan - women get a . chance at 'ultimate dream' By Marc Ughtdale Daily Sports Writer Fear, anxiety, optimism and excitement are among the different emotions that run through the heads of the Michi- gan women's swimmingteam as it prepares for the Olympic Trials. The Wolverines qualified an astounding 14 swimmers for this year's Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. Each individual type of swimming race requires different standards in order to make Olympic Trials. From the summer of 1994, many collegiate swimmers in the United States have strived-to qualify for what some call the "fastest meet in the world" "It's a really hyped meet," Michigan sophomore, Ke Hale said. "The ultimate dream for swimming is to make the Olympic Team." After struggling through injuries and illness the entire year, the Wolverines are finally healthy and ready to display their explosiveness in Indianapolis. "The people that are tapering are going to be very-well prepared," Michigan sophomore Talor Bendel said. Even though the Wolverines optimistically await theOtym- -sic Trials, a number of swimmers are in the unfortpnate predicament of having to choose between peaking gt the Olympic Trials orthe NCAA Championships. The Olym Trials take place 10 days before NCAAs in Ann Arbor. "The powers that be did not work things out to allow the athletes to have a peak at the NCAAs and the Olympic Trials," Michigan coach Jim Richardson said. "It's not a good situation." Theswimmers are relegated tomaking adecision beween one or the other. Richardson felt that the rationale depended on the kind of chance that a swimmer has of makig the Olympics. If there is a slim likelihood that an athlete will make the Olympic team, she should target her peak p or- mance for the NCAAs. Nevertheless,the Olympics remain adreamthat the major- ity of the swimmers attempt to accomplish. "It is a dream that every kid has by the time they start an amateur sport," Richardson said. Hale echoed Richardson's sentiments. "I would be honored to represent my country in the Olympics," Hale said. "It's an unreal experience, and] can't compare it to anything." Each swimmer on the team takes a slightly different approach to the Olympic Trials. Junior Melissa Stone made the decision to shootfor the NCAAs because she feelsshe a better opportunity to perform well. Yet she recogniz e difficulty that her fellow team members have encountere. "We are all at different levels," Stone said. "Some are resting and some are swimming through the Olympic Thaals" Similarly, Bendel decided that the team-oriented NCAAs would take priority over the Olympic Trials. "It's pretty much a long shot," Bendel said. "I am not sure that I would take first or second. There are a few peopl with very legitimate shots, but you can never really tell." Richardson said that swimmers like Anne Kampfe .and Rachel Gustin could possibly riseto the challenge by ale through with lifetime best swims. "On a given day, Anne Kampfe has a shot," Richardson said. "The mind state of the swimmer is that 'I am going to do everything I can to swim faster than I have done before."' The other swimmers competing at the OlympicTrials include Jodi Navta (200 breast, 200 IM), Beth Jackson.(20 back,100back), Karen Bunting(200 butterfly), Kim J son (200 IM), Alexandra Breaux (100 breast, 200 IM), Megan Gillam (50 free), Melissa Stone (200 back), Cathy ONeill (400 IM), Jenni Kurth (400 IM), Alecia Humphrey(100 back, 200 back), and Jen Almeida (100 back, 200 back,) WARNs ZINN/Daily Tom Malchow is one of eight Michigan men slated to compete at the Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. For swim'mers, Olymnpi s are theo pfrnade By Doug Stevens overall in the NBA Draft and signed a Daily Sports Writer IN THE TANK contract 10 times the size of most lot- Most athletes have dreams. tery jackpots. Great young baseball players aspire Swimmers aren't afforded such a to make the major leagues. College luxury. If they want to achieve their basketball stars who excel during March Olympic goal, they must be ready to go Madness andmake Dick Vitale salivate ing human being treats (the Olympics) and in peak form come the moment of candream ofearningrichesintheNBA. asthepinnaclein oursport. It is literally their trials race. The top gridiron players in the nation embedded in you. It is an honor to "(At the trials), it is No. 1 or No. 2," sprint for touchdowns and sack quarter- represent your country. No other event Urbanchek said in reference to the backs in hopes of maybe getting no- can even come close to that." Olympic berths going only to the win- ticed by an NFL scout. Many of Red Professional athletes long for that nerandrunner-upineachevent."Every Berenson's troops on the hockey team moment where they make the big play contender knows two years in advance would love nothing more than to play in in the championship game before a na- what the day is. You have to be at the the NHL one day. tional television audience. (Or less ide- best on that day." Even people who play less marquee alistically, the day when they sign a In a couple of weeks, the moment of sports like tennis, golf, and track and seven-year $52 million dollar contract truth will arrive for eight members of field know that if they excel, they can with incentives thrown in.) Swimmers the Michigan men's swimming team. attain glory-not to mention financial long for that surreal Olympic moment Athletes like All-American Tom security - as a professional. with the gold wrapped around their Dolan, who has been compared to 1972 Thegoal ofaprominent collegeswim- neck and the national anthem playing in Olympic hero Mark Spitz, will have his mer is a lot less lucrative and a lot more the background. chance to live up to his reputation. He focused. Despite this obvious discrepancy will be competing in the 400 individual More specifically, the motivation for between swimming and other sports, medley, 400 freestyle, 200 IM and 200 years and years of grueling workouts perhaps the biggest difference lies in backstroke at trials. will come to fruition for 25 men and 25 the process which determines whether The other Wolverines seeking Olym- women in the next two weeks. you "make it big" or not. pic glory are Tom Malchow, Chris From March 6-12, the U.S. Olympic Top-flight college athletes in sports Rumley, Andy Potts, Jason Lancaster, Trials will be held in Indianapolis. In other than swimming are given the John Reich, John Piersma and Toby each event, the top finishers will gain a luxury of having an off game or a pro- Booker. trip to Atlanta for the right to live out longedslump.For instance,two months "Sure, you're nervous for the (tri- their Olympic fantasy. after a certain Michigan basketball als)," Urbanchek said. 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