6B - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - January 13, 1997 Men's tankers worn out in meet By John Friedberg Daily Sports Writer A 29-hour flight and a 16-hour time change are not part of the recipe for success in sports. Couple that with top-notch competition two days after the flight, and fatigue may begin to set in. After a successful three-week train- ing camp, the No. 6 Michigan men's swimming and diving team came back from Australia on Wednesday to swim against two top-five teams, No.1 Stanford and No. 5 California. Unfortunately for the Wolverines,. training went better than the meets. The Wolverines returned to the United States for their first action of the New Year on Friday. Waiting for them was the top-ranked Cardinal. The Cardinal was psyched up for the Wolverines, and they showed it, beat- ing Michigan, 139-104. "We really had a terrific training camp, but Stanford was ready for us," Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek said. "The jetlag got to us, but Stanford was better (Friday)." Stanford won four of the first five events at the meet, and Michigan never seriously challenged. Stanford ended up taking 10 of the 15 individ- ual races as well as both relays. The Cardinal's extraordinary depth was exemplified by its 10 different race winners. Stanford's top two med- ley relay teams both finished ahead of Michigan's top team as Stanford dom- inated the meet from start to finish. Michigan figured on an easier meet with the Golden Bears. But California swam an excellent meet, beating a tired Michigan squad, 156-126, on Saturday. According to coach Urbanchek, Cal may be better than its conference rival. "California is perhaps a tougher team than Stanford right now," Urbanchek said. "They are swimming as well as anyone." California received excellent per- formances from many of its top swim- mers. Junior Bart Sikora won the 400- yard individual medley, and both the 100 and 200 backstroke events. Junior Christian Claytor and freshman Bart Kizierowski both won two events. Kizierowski anchored the 400 freestyle relay that also featured Markus Dicke, Lars Mersebur and Brad Kittredge. California's times in many of the events were faster than Stanford's winning times in the same races. This is not to say that Michigan was without its own top performances this weekend. Senior captain John Piersma won the 200 free at both meets and the 500 free against Stanford. Teammate and fellow senior Chris Rumley won the 500 against California. Piersma also anchored the 400 freestyle relay over the weekend. "John Piersma swam extremely well this weekend," Urbanchek said. "lie gave us a boost both days." Sophomore Tom Malchow won the 200 butterfly on both Friday and Saturday. Malchow also finished sec- ond, just .08 seconds behind Piersma in the 200 free at Stanford. Junior Steve Williams won the 1650 free against California with the per- sonal best time of 15:30.29. Junior Derya Buyukuncu won the 100 butter- fly against California. The Michigan diving team had two strong performances over the week- end. Against Stanford, the divers took the top three spots in both the one-and three-meter competitions. Freshman Josh Trexler won the one-meter event at the Stanford meet while sophomore Brett Wilmot took first against California. On the three-meter board sophomore Al Fleming won both com- petitions. Despite the two setbacks, there were many positives that the Wolverines can carry with them throughout the AP PHOTO Michigan sophomore Tom Malchow won his race, the 200-yard butterfly, but the team was not as successful. After all was said and done, Michigan lost to both Stanford and California as part of an extended road trip. The team had been training in Australia. rest of the season. They found out how well they will have to swim to compete against some of the top competition in the country. The training camp that Urbanchek termed "very successful," should go a long way in building a team that will be a force to be reckoned with this season. "The camp was excellent. It was too bad that we couldn't take one of the meets, but the team will be fine," Michigan assistant coach and two- time Olympic silver medalist c Namesnik said. "There was so n11 emphasis placed on this weekend with the two top-five opponents, but they should be fine." West takes its toll on 'M' women's swim team rnHF ~I' L ! , / U .U - m Cancun Palace March 1-8 & March 2-9, 1997 Quad. Occ. $62990 Tpl. Occ. $76990 Dbl. Occ $fl 90 ' f $ 9Mr March 1-8, 1997 from 2 39 Copper Mountain Resort $ 7999eople) (4$p999eople) Lift Tickets included! =I!23!LL 'March 1-8, 1997 Mill Resort-1st class, across from beach Quad.Occ. Tpl. Occ. Dbl. Occ. $719WS7799 $79990 [Jl i $ 90 fror189 a Tampa Bay Mar. 2-8 St.Pete,Orlando, Ft.Myers Mar. 1-8 By Josh Kleinbaum Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's swimming team suffered its first two losses of the season this weekend, falling to top-ranked Stanford., 198-96, on Saturday, and No. 16 California, 170-130, yesterday. The Wolverines (3-0 Big in, 4-2 overall) lost all but one event to Stanford, as the Cardinal dominated the meet. Michigan coach Jim Richardson pointed to fatigue as the reason for the blowout. "We had been through very, very vigorous training for two straight weeks down in Coronado, and it was just really, really tiring," Richardson said. ""This isn't a good time for us to have a swim meet. We want to continue our meets with Stanford, and this was the best time for us to get together with them, and really the only time. But fitting it all into the end of our Christmas training trip was not exactlyv when we want to have this kind of meet. Jodi Navta was one of the few Wolverines to have a good weekend. Navta won the 100-yard breaststroke., and finished second in the 200 breaststroke against Stanford. She finished first in both events against California. Kerr Hale also had a strong meet against Stanford, finishing second in the 400 individual medley in a time of 4:22, one of her best times this season. Richardson also cited Anne Kampfe and Shannon Shakespeare as having good meets against California. Kerry O'Hanlon had an excellent meet for five- time defending NCAA champion Stanford, placing first in both the 100 and 200 backstroke races. Stanford won each of the first four events bdore Navta took the 100 breaststroke,. jumping out to a 62- 12 lead and never looked back. ''Stanford is the no. 1 team in the country.. Richardson said. "Thev have a lot of depth, and they have a lot of great athletes. Character-wise. I think this is one of the best Stanford teams I've seen across the board. Stantord is one of the few teams in the countrv that seems to have Michigan's number. This was the fourth meeting between the two teams in as many years, and the Cardinal has won all four meets. Despite the two losses, Richardson sees the California training trip as a success. "The training went extremely well, and I think the results of' the meets would indicate that (the swimmers) were obviously not rested. They're fatigued, and they're not swimming fast because they are fatigued. "We got a lot of work done, more work than we cal- culated on getting done. We probably got about 15 percent more work than we've ever gotten before on a training trip." For two weeks, the team put in rigorous work in Coronado. Calif. at the site of a United States Navy Seal training facility. The average day started at 8 a.m. with stretching. and went until about 8:30 at night. The day consisted of swimming, stretching weight-lifting, and 'deck excercises. The Wolverines did not expect to do,@11 in their two meets following this training trip, beoause they'd be fatigued, but scheduled the meets anyway to save S12.000 in travel expenses. "We had to make a decision: do you just drop the meet . because it's not going to be an easy meet for you to swim'?" Richardson said. "We chose not to do that, we chose to swim anyway. "I don't think it hurt us any. I knew we were tibed, and 1 knew it would be very, very difficult for us to swim at the speed that we can normally swim at. 'm not disappointed with our effort, and I'm not d - pointed with our attitude." Richardson attributed part of the losses to 'the administrators. "In the future, we're probably goiin to have to work a little harder to find a date that's alittle more conducive to having a really good competition. This was just one of those years when the scheduling just wasn't compatible. 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