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Clary swims to two national titles
By RYAN A. PODGES NCAA record. He not only swam
Daily Sports Writer better than the day before - he
swam better than his former train-
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - tog teammate, Olympian Michael
After the first day of the men's Phelps. Clary dropped over two
swimming and diving NCAA seconds off his previous record-
Championships, Michigan coach setting time and smashed Phelps's
Mike Bottom thought sophomore 2006 American record on his way
Tyler Clary was a little too "wound to winning his first individual
up" during his race. NCAA title.
Sure, Clary lowered his person- "It absolutely hurt like hell,"
al-best time by over a second and Clary said of the final laps of his
a half and broke the school record race. "But looking up at the board
en route to a second-place finish in after that race and seeing what I
the 200-yard individual medley. went was just complete ecstasy. All
But Bottom felt .the sophomore of the training all year had just cul-
could do better. minated into one moment, and all I
The next day, Clary swam the F LE PHOTO/Daily can say is it was awesome."
400-yard individual medley, an Sophomore Tyler Clary, seen here last season against Indiana, earned national titles Michigan finished seventh in
event in which he already held the in the 200-yard backstroke and 400-yard individual medley this weekend. See NCAAS, Page 4B

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FOOTBALL SPRING PRACTICE
Scrimmage helps
evaluate freshmen
By ANDY REID although there are video high-
Daily Sports Editor lights on Mgoblue.com).
"More than anything else ... I
Michigan football coach Rich want them to play physical, play
Rodriguez didn't expect perfection hard," Rodriguez said. "As I told
from Saturday's team scrimmage. the team yesterday, they're going
With the Wolverines playing to make mistakes, they're goingto
full-pad, live-ball football for the go the wrong way, but just do it in
first time since a full-speed mode."
the Ohio State NOTEBOOK All spring, Rodriguez has
game in Novem- preached fundamentals. The
ber, Rodriguez had a clear vision scrimmage took the coaches off
of what he wanted from the 100- the field and placed the players in
play session (which was closed a more realistic game setting.
to all members of the media, See FOOTBALL, Page 3B


HOME DOMINANCE MADNESS ON ICE
U After 29 games on the road, the Michigan U Nate Sandals thinks there are two sides of
softball team easily handled Loyola-Chicago in March Madness - and the most popular one
the home opener at Alumni Field. Page 3B. F isn't the most interesting. Page 2B.