7B - The Michigan Daily - SportsTuesday - January 19, 1999 Michigan men's swimmers take two Big Ten victories k A By Jason Emeott Daily Sports Writer "Purdue and Penn State are the most improved teams in the conference," Michigan men's swimming coach Jon Urbanchek said. Judging by how the two teams matched;up with the No. 9 Wolverines this weekend, Michigan's streak of 32 consecutive conference victories might not get snapped anytime soon. On Friday, Michigan defeated No. 25 Purdue 134-109 in the Big Ten confer- ence opener thanks to the help of four 1- 2-3 Michigan finishes. Then, on Saturday - Senior Recognition Day - Michigan handed Penn State a 148-95 defeat. The Wolverines are now 2-0 in the conference this season - more impres- sively, Michigan is 76-2 in the 17 years Urbanchek has been coach. "For the first time, Purdue and Penn State came in here ready to swim Michigan - they wanted to win," said Urbanchek. "This is good for the confer- ence, but not so good for Michigan." Penn State wasn't much of a match for Michigan. The Wolverines dominated in what have become their automatic events this season - the 200-yard but- terfly, 1,650 freestyle and 500 free. After a clean sweep of those events and anoth- er strong outing from the divers, there weren't many points left for Penn State. On top of that, Michigan seniors who were swimming in their final home meet turned in some quality swims. Malchow won his usual 200 free and 200 fly, Andy Potts won the 200 backstroke, Joe Palmer took fourth in the 500 free, John Reich took fourth in the 100 free and Jeff Flermoen took fifth in the 200 breast- stroke. Senior Brett Wilmot came out on top again by sweeping both one-meter diving events on the springboard. The Wolverines didn't have much of a problem taking on the challenge from the new-and-improved Boilermakers and Nittany Lions. Against Purdue, Michigan got its expected wins from Tom Malchow and Chris Thompson in the 200 butterfly and 1,650 freestyle. And once again, the Wolverines got a strong performance from their divers. Junior Josh Trexler, Wilmot, and sopho- more Carlos Castillo swept the top three spots in both voluntary and required one-meter springboard. Aside from all of the Michigan first- place finishes on the evening, the most promising performance of the meet came from Michigan's second place 400-yard freestyle relay. The relay team of Malchow, John Reich, Tim Siciliano and Scott Meyer swam a season-best, coming in at 3:05.65. Even though Michigan defeated both Purdue and Penn State handily, the quest to bring the Big Ten swimming banner back to Ann Arbor is going to be a tough one. "We want to bring back the Big Ten title, but it's not going to be easy. Minnesota is still very tough," Urbanchek said. "There's going to bja lot of pressure on these freshmen to he)p us out. We'll see if they're cut out to swim at this level. We'll see if they're up to the challenge. Urbanchek may be up to the challenge of winning his 12th Big Ten title since 1986. "If it were easy, it wouldn't be worth it. It wouldn't mean a thing," Urbanchek said. * KELLY MCKINNEU/Daily v chigan's Andy Potts won the 200-yard backstroke against Penn State, and the Wolverines took dual meets from b ath Purdue and Penn State over the weekend. Michigan hasn't lost a conference dual meet in 32 tries. Women's swinmers stomp Purdue, f Ryan C. Moloney ly Sports Writer Talk about a long weekend. The Michigan women's swimming and diving team faced one of its more frueling tests of the season this week- --end, swimming two meets on consecu- tive days. a Though the Wolverines handled Purdue 131-111 Friday, the fatigued injury-riddled team could not over- me powerful No. 2 Georgia, losing 168-122 on Saturday in Athens. "Looking at it from a two-day stand- pint, we did very well, Coach Jim ichardson said. "I think these trips are a test because you've got to go an extra -mile. That experience breeds a tough- ness and determination which will serve well in the end" Once again, junior Shannon Shakespeare led the way for the *lverines. The Big Ten swimmer of the week captured first place in the 100- yard breaststroke, the 100 freestyle and anchored the winning 200 free relay on F.Eriday. On Saturday, Shakespeare won dte 200 individual medley and placed second - a rarity for her - in the 100 free. Georgia's Stefanie Williams best- ed Shakespeare by only .24 of a second. "I swam pretty poorly in Hawai'i and t so great afterwards," Shakespeare Ad. "I think I swam pretty well (this weekend) and I've been making solid improvements." After losing by a touch to Williams, ,Shakespeare leaned over her lane and RICHARDSON S O P T I C A Li Student discounts on eye exams and eyeglasses Great Brands Io TommyHilfiger Calvin Klein dl to No. 2 Georgia A long way back Michigan men's swimming coach Jon IUrbanchek hasn't lost a Big Ten dual meet since the 1988-89 season. Some events taking place when this 63-50 loss to Indiana occurred: - George Bush was in the Oval Office, and Monica Lewinsky was just a teenager. The Detroit Pistons were preparing to make their two-year championship run. - The Detroit Lions hadn't drafted Barry Sanders yet, but were hopeful that, with a game-breaker like Sanders and new head coach Wayne Fontes, they could make tracks toward the Super Bowl. - Peter Tomarken hosted "Press Your Luck," the TV game show where you had to avoid the whammy to win "Big Bucks." - ALF was in his prime. offered Williams a congratulatory pat on the back. "Shannon is a great example for everyone'" freshman Kerianne Kalbko said. "She shows us that you need to be tough and look forward to the future and not the past."' Additionally, freshman Lindsay Carlberg and Kalbko performed well in spite of the wear and tear of travel. Kalbko placed second in the 500 free on Friday and Carlberg finished second in the 100 backstroke Friday and first in the 200 back on Saturday. "Everyone was really happy with how we swam under those conditions. It makes us tougher," Kalbko said. "It also gives us a chance to compare ourselves with good teams, like Georgia, that are in other conferences." The trip to Georgia also afforded the Wolverines a chance to get aquainted with the facility which will serve as the site for the NCAA Championships in March. "It was very important for us to be in Georgia' Richardson said. "We needed to get used to the environment and the facilities and we also needed the expe- rience of swimming in their pool." For the time being, the team will con- centrate on healing up in time for the end of the season. The Wolverines have been hit by the flu bug, making depth a valuable commodity. "We left four people home from Georgia because, energy-wise, they were just tired," Richardson said. 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