Wednesday, July 28, 1993 - The Michigan Daiy Sumner Weekly -15 1993-94 Women's Basketball Schedule 23 Slovenia National 30 Eastern Michigan Dec. 3-4 at Cal-Irvine Toumament 11 at Butler 18 Marquette 20 Illinois-Chicago 28 University of Oklahoma* 29 Oral Roberts* Jan. 5 at Detroit-Mercy 7 at Indiana 9 at Purdue 12 at Michigan State 16 Wisconsin Jan. 21 23 28 30 Feb. Ohio State Penn State at Iowa at Minnesota 4 Illinois 9 Michigan State 11 at Wisconsin 20 at Ohio State 25 Minnesota 27 lowa March 4 at Illinois 6 at Northwestern 10 Indiana 12 Purdue 'M' triathiete prepares for challenge of world tourney By WILL WADE each age-group qualified for the team, Ziring's small frame. She says she DAILY STAFF WRITER with Ziring placing 1 Ithin the women's works out at least nine times a week, Michigan graduate Sarah Ziring 20-24 year-old category. three sessions each of swimming, bik- hasn't had time to ride the new moun- "I was surprised Iqualified,"Ziring ing and running. tainbikesheboughtthissummer.She's says, adding that she can't remember "I like training more than racing. beentoobusytrainingonherroadbike, her finishing time. "I'd never had a Training is how I meet people, it's the one she uses when she races in tri- chance to compete against such strong social," the triathlete says. "I don't athlons. She probably won't be doing female athletes." enjoy racing whenI'm doing it. Ithurts much besides training for triathlons for Perhaps Ziring, who will start her so much I wonder why I'm doing it. the rest of the summer. graduate studies at U-M Flint this fall, But after a race it feels good to know Ziring qualified July 11 for a spot shouldn't be surprised. She has com- you've finished." onthehighly competitiveU.S.triathlon peted in about a dozen triathlons since The world championship triathalon team, and will be flying to England her first in 1991, and she has won her will be held Aug. 22 in Manchester, next month for the world triathlon age group every time. At least she England. The standard Olympic dis- championships. thinks so. Lance - used in the world champion- Triathlons are grueling combina- "Maybe I finished second in one, ship format-is a 1.5 kilometerswim, tions of swimming, biking and run- but Ihonestly can'tremember," Ziring 40 km bike ride and 10 km run. ning.Distances vary fromrace torace. says. "I never meant to be What does it take to be a strong More than1,000 athletes converged supercompetitive. I just want to have triathlete? "Determination," Ziring- on Hammond, Ind., two weeks ago to fun. I don't even know who won (the says. "Sometimes in a race I wonder compete for the coveted positions on qualifying race)." why I'm doing it, but I don't stop. I Team USA. The top 12 finishers in Broad shoulders complement can't stop, or I'd be a wimp." * at University of Oklahoma Holiday Classic Women cagers will go west th OM STAFF REPORTS If nothing else, the release of the ichigan women's basketball team's 1993-94 schedule indicates that head coach Trish Roberts and her players will be piling up more frequent flyer miles than last year's squad. In addition to its traditional winter break tournament - this year at the UniversityofOklahomaHoliday Clas- sic-theWolverineswilltakean early December visit to the Golden State for the University of California-Irvine Tournament. The former will include Oklahoma, Oral Roberts and another school, while the latter will feature Cal-Irvine, Cal State Sacramento and North Texas in addition to Michigan. The Wolverines open their regular seasonat Crisler ArenaNov.30against Eastern Michigan after a preseason match against the Slovenia National us season Team. Michigan completes its non- conference portion of the season with home games against Marquette and Illinois-Chicago and road contests at Butler and Detroit Mercy. The Big Ten season commences Jan. 7 when the Wolverines visit Indi- ana, the site of their lone Big Ten victory last season. The first Big Ten home game will be Jan. 16 against Wisconsin.Muchlikelastyear,Michi- gan will play eightBig Ten clubs twice andPenn State andNorthwestern once each.This year, in accordance with the Big Ten schedule, the Nittany Lions will come to Ann Arbor, while the WolverineswillpayavisittoEvanston. This will be Penn State's first visit to Michigan as a Big Ten member. National runner-up Ohio State comes to Ann ArborJan. 21, while host finalist Iowa will arrive on Feb. 27. BIG TEN Continued from page 16 group posted a6-1record in avisit to the Netherlands and Belgium. Iowa assistantcoachesGary CloseandRich Walker will head the squad, which will practiceon Iowa's campus in Iowa City before heading across the Atlantic Ocean. Derricks will receive the chance to play with Illinois sophomore for- ward Chris Gandy, Indiana junior center Todd Lindeman, Iowa senior guard Kevin Smith, Iowa senior for- ward James Winters, Michigan State sophomore forwardQuinton Brooks, Minnesota sophomore center Trevor Winter, Northwestern senior guard Todd Leslie, Ohio State senior for- ward Jimmy Ratliff, Penn State se- nior guard Michael Jennings, Purdue junior forward Brandon Brantley and Wisconsin senior centerJeff Peterson. 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