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'Blue trains for foes
in isolated tropics
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Tankers in Islands
while divers shiver
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By Michael Kern
aily Sports Writer
While most students are hiking
through the snow and cold to return
to class today, the Michigan men's
swimming team is relaxing in the
warm sun on the beaches of Hawai'i.
. The Wolverines have spent the past
two weeks at Hawai'i Prep Academy
on Mt. Mauna Kea training and
preparing for two meets this weekend
against No. 4 USC and No. 7
California.
The Wolverines traveled to Hawai'i
over holiday break seeking a remote
location, free from distractions,
where they could prepare for Big Ten
season. The Michigan swimmers
have spent the past two weeks on the
island in private, away from civiliza-
tion.
"The swimmers are looking for-
ward to getting back to school,"
Urbanchek said. "They haven't seen
*ny women for two weeks and are
really anxious to get back."
The Wolverines had no formal
competitions in Hawai'i, but they did
have a practice meet with Hawai'i
Prep Academy.
In the meet, freshman Jon Arndt
was lost for the season when he sepa-
rated his shoulder reaching for the
wall. But the rest of the team man-
aged to stay healthy, impressing
Urbanchek with its hard work. As a
group, the six individual medley
swimmers, led by senior co-captain
Andy Potts, were most impressive
"The IM group stood out the most
among the swimmers," Urbanchek
said. "They were the strongest and
most consistent throughout the two
weeks of training."
The trip to Hawai'i was not all
work and no play for the Wolverines,
however. Seven sets of parents trav-
eled with the teamto try a provide
more of a holiday atmosphere on the
trip.
The players and parents decorated
a maize and blue Christmas tree and
took many day trips throughout the
two weeks, including a visit to an
active volcano and eating roast pig at
an authentic Hawaiian luau.
The fun ends tonight for the
Wolverines as they fly to Los Angeles
to face their toughest competition of
the season. On Friday, they face
California and Saturday they swim
against Southern California, both
top-10 ranked opponents.
"They both are very worthwhile
competition," Urbanchek said. "It
should be exciting to watch this
weekend because neither team has an
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The Michigan men's and women's swimming teams trained in the South Pacific
for upcoming meets while the lady divers chilled out in Indianapolis.
Fish on!
Well, actually, no.
Between rigorous practice sessions, the Michigan men's swimming team tried
its luck at ocean fishing, surfing, and organized the first annual Michigan men's
swim team golf tournament.
Despite an entire day at sea, not a single Wolverine hooked a fish.
As for the famous Hawai'ian surf - freshman Tim Siciliano (a California native)
was the only one who could catch a wave.
No word on whether Michigan hockey defenseman and part-time surfer
Mike Van Ryn will offer lessons to his fellow Wolverines.
By Jon Zemke
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women's swimming
team received a nice warm gift this hol-
iday season. It was scheduled to travel
to the sunny beaches of Honolulu for a
training camp followed by the Hawai'i
Rainbow Invitational, also in
Honolulu. This trip lasted most of the-
winter break, while a foot of snow was
dumped on Michigan.
Some people have it really tough.
The Hawai'i trip constituted the end
of the fall training season. The fall sea-
son's primary purpose is to prepare for
the winter meets and the Big Ten sea-
son.
Shannon Shakespeare looks to lead
the Wolverines into the winter season.
Swimming in the freestyle races and
the individual medleys, the junior won
a majority of her events in the fall. She
also qualified for NCAAs and swam
several strong races during last year's
Big Ten Championships.
Senior Jen Eberwein is also expected
to be a big contributor for Michigan in
the backstroke and freestyle races. She
won almost as many races in the fall
season.
While the swim team spent its win-
ter vacation poolside in Hawai'i, the
diving team went south to Indianapolis.
The trip to Indianapolis finished off
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Outback Bowl: Penn State (-6.5) vs. Kentucky
Gator Bowl: Georgia Tech (no line) vs. Notre Dame
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Cotton Bowl: Texas (-6.5) vs. Mississippi State
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the fall season for the divers. There, the
Wolverines competed in a diving meet
against _ Indiana-Purdue of
Indianapolis.
"They basically did us a favor
because you have to have competition
when you make a training trip,
Michigan diving coach Dick Kimball
said. "It was not a great meet, but a
good practice meet for us."
There was no team score kept during
the meet, but team members made
some strides Kimball said. Junior
Hanna Shin won the high board div
and senior Jill Unikel won the low
board dive for Michigan.
"Jill has been diving well pretty
much all year," Kimball said. "Amanda
Crews and Hanna Shin did a good job
in the meet."
The winter season begins Friday
when the Wolverines travel to
Knoxville to participate in the
Tennessee Invitational in a dual meet
against the Volunteers.
Kimball was optimistic about the
upcoming winter season, expecting
some quality performances out of hi
divers after the grueling fall training
period.
"Their goal right now is to try and
make finals in the Big Tens, and then
we'll see from there what they can do,
Kimball said.
Other notable
finishers ...
After Mr. Heisler, there are
two notable participants in
the Daily's contest to win
1997's national champi-
onship commemorative
book, "We're No. 1."
Although the second- and
third-place finishers do not
get a neato book, they do
get their names in the
paper. Which is nice.
Here they are:
Second place
Lus Sanchez
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Third place
Matt Pizzedaz
14-8, 1-0 best bet
(Tulane)
Honorable mention
Although he did not place in
the top three finishers, one
person deserves recognition
for creativity in selection. Joe
Michelotti (12-10, 1-0 best
bet Wisconsin) used his Sony
PlayStation to simulate all 22
bowl games, reportedly tak-
ing one week. His other tech-
nique - picking the exact
opposite of Daily football
writer Jim Rose - would
have yielded him the same
record. But he decided to tis-
ten to his video game sys-
tem, instead.
Again, thanks to everyone
who participated in the con-
test and to those who
responded throughout the
season.
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chronicling Michigan's 199 national championship season, "We're No. 1" But if you are that NATE HEISLER, then come in to the Daily at 420 Maynard or call the Sports
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