8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - January 13, 2003 Tankers have 'a little fun' in Tole By Melanie Kebler Daily Sports Writer Friday night spectators at Canham Natatorium got a special treat during the final event of the Michigan women's swimming and diving meet against Toledo - four members of the diving team were announced as the first relay team in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Tealin Kelemen, a jun- ior diver who had just won both div- ing events, and her relay teammates shouted and waved their arms when they were announced, getting an ample response from the crowd. "When Tealin stepped up there and I saw what she looked like on the block I started to have second thoughts about it," Michigan coach Jim Richardson said. "You don't want to disrespect the competition, but there also needs to be the opportunity to have a little fun." The revival of an old tradition, the diver's relay, definitely lent an air of playfulness to the Wolverines first meet of the second half of the season. It was also Michigan's last home meet this year, as well as senior day. "It was more of a fun meet for us," senior sprinter Erin Abbey said. "I guess it's sad because it's my last competition here but it's not like I'm not going to be swimming in this pool again." The Wolverines dominated the meet, conceding just five of 16 events to Toledo. In several of those events, Michigan swimmers actually placed first but were disqualified. "I thought we were okay in spots and in other spots probably not quite as good as I thought we might be. I would probably attribute that to our workouts, which are still progressing," Richardson said. "Coming back from Hawaii was a TONY DING/Daily five-hour body clock adjustment, and then we are picking up our training on do victory top of that. We had a couple swims I thought were extraordinary." Specifically, he mentioned senior Lindsay Johnson's 5:02.6 time in the 500-yard freestyle, which was her per- sonal best this season. Elsa Watson, a freshman, won her event, the 200-yard breastroke, and Richardson was also impressed with Erica Watts' close victo- ry in the 200-yard butterfly. The junior beat out Taryn Smith of Toledo by 14 hundredths of a second. "The last 100 just really wasn't easy and (Smith) came and went by her at one-point. But she fought back to win the race," Richardson said. Senior Jenay Karlson also turned in a season-best time in the 200-yard freestyle. "Coming off of our training trip most of us are tired and beat down but we had some really good swims," Karlson said. "I'm really happy with my swim because I went my best time of the sea- son. Overall, I think everyone swam well considering how tired we are." On the diving side, Kelemen won both events with scores of 256.87 in the 1- meter diving event and 248.17 in the 3- meter. Her teammates, Goolik and VanderKuyl, were right behind at second and third, respectively, in both events. Michigan seems to have completed its transition from its training trip to Hawaii back to Ann Arbor and dual . meet competition. The Wolverines move into more intense training in the next few weeks and will prepare for upcoming meets against Illinois, North- western and Notre Dame. "No matter what you do in practice, there's no substitute for getting on the block and the sound of the horn," Richardson said. "I think our seniors are just really enjoying it and having a good time. This is 'a team that has really good chemistry." * With a time of 1:05.53, junior Kelli Stein won the 100-yard breaststroke in Friday's win over Toledo. DaCosta uses all three sets in finishing perfect at Invitational By Jake Rosenwasser Daily Sports Writer If tennis was a one set sport then Michelle DaCosta would have had a short and unsuccessful weekend. In all of her three matches this weekend, DaCosta dropped the opening set only to come back from behind and win the final two in each match. Her 3-0 record at the inaugural Michigan Invitational led the Wolverines to the best record of the weekend among the five teams attending. Yesterday, DaCosta struggled through the first set dropping it 6-4 to Lisa D'Amelio of Eastern Michigan. With her back against the wall, DaCosta responded for the third straight day. She breezed through the final two sets, 6-0 and 6-1, dominating her opponent in all aspects of the game. "She had a different style than I was used to," DaCosta said. "She came to the net a lot more than my previous opponents had. That's one of the reasons I couldn't get that first set." The final sets were not so easy for DaCosta in her previous two matches. Saturday, DaCosta got through tiebreakers in the final two sets to secure a victory against Jessica Furge- son of Louisiana State, 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4). Friday, DaCosta survived a second-set tiebreaker to win 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2 against Courtney Steinbock of Kansas. After the first set in each match, coach Bitsy Ritt came out to the court to provide some words of wisdom for her competitor. "Today Coach told me that I needed more energy," DaCosta said. "She also told me to be more of an aggressor and to try to serve better." The advice certainly seemed to prove useful. DaCosta was just as successful in doubles competi- tion as she was in her singles play. The region's eighth- ranked duo of DaCosta and Leanne Rutherford also finished the invitational with a record of 3-0. The pair played together last year and seem to have hit their stride. "Me and Leanne are playing great together right now," DaCosta said. "We've developed a level of trust where we know almost exactly what the other will do. You reach a comfort zone when you have been playing with the same partner for a while." Rutherford, like DaCosta, ended the weekend unde- feated. She also needed three sets to dispose of her Eastern Michigan opponent. After dropping the open- ing set 4-6, Rutherford rallied with her entire team watching to defeat Amalia Lincaru 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. The Wolverines ended the invitational with a 17-3 record in singles and an 8-4 mark in doubles competi- tion against Kansas, Wisconsin, Louisiana State and Eastern Michigan. These records were the best among the five teams competing. Besides DaCosta and Rutherford, Chrissie Nolan, Kim Plaushines and Joanne ,Musgrove also wona of their singles matches. "This was a great start of the year," DaCosta said. "We worked hard over the break, and it really showed this weekend." . ,,: M,. I ?, 3L-.EIE -s G/ ;:'<< i ltfcom byU I -(-r-- ------ -Sy .!f..n i '_._ 0boo superstore www.half.com/textbooks t . 444.44444 .O/4...V//4 I .q ,. .... "'. ...+. 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