T OOMER SIGNS; KING TRADED Former Michigan wide receiver Amani Toomer inked a deal with the New York Giants, who drafted him in the second round of April's draft. Jimmy King, former Fab Fiver, was traded by the Toronto S Raptors to the Dallas Mavericks for two draft picks. SPORTS Wednesday July 24, 1996 L3 Gold and Blue Dolan Former Michigan swimmer captures gold in 400 IM but doesn't qualify in 400 freestyle From wire reports ATLANTA- His long arms churning in the dancing water, gasping for air in the race of his life, Tom Dolan touched the pool wall Sunday night at the Olympic Games and turned for his final, frenet- ic lap. "Fifty meters to get the gold medal," Dolan said to himseIf. "And it's just between Eric and I" Hobo. and Ei. Nam.esik, rancoroits rivals rod r iLniig prtners at te University of l ihiga, for the stitreers ,vwere w mirg I In they otItr Ihm tereac came theu tor the United States." In the 400 IM (100 meters each of the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle), such was the personal battle between Dolan and Namesnil that for two minutes after the race, neither man even looked at each other as they caught their breath in the water. Dolan pumped his right fist in the air and flashed his index finger skyward at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center; Namesnik hung onto the lane rpes in disbelief. "Whether it was ugly, pretty, with a breath or with no Fr.th wise rost hrttled to thre watlI," saidi Nmnik.rTe wst hF a1 strsike hietter than or' TorerwoMicign weamatiedJ on tPiersmadried to qualf r lnd lots00meter f rte y e int. ciastir rh md "U-S-AU-h-A" Dr Ian could not, howsever, translate his IM suc- cess into success in the freestyle. He, along with former Michigan teammate John Piersms, failed to qualify for last night's 400-meter freestyle finals. AP PH-OTD Tom Dolan struggled in the waning moments of the 440-meter freestyle preliminaries and did not qualify for the finals. On Sunday, Dolan fared much better, capturing a gold in the 400 Individual medley. Wolverine Malchow grabs silver * Michigan teammate Piersma fails to qualify in 200 and 400 freestyle From wire and staff reports ATLANTA - Michigan swimmer Tom Malchow joined former Wolverines Tom Dolan and Eric amesnik in helping to boost the nited States' medal tally, winning a silver medal in Monday night's 200- meter butterfly. Malchow, who will be a sophomore in the fall, came in less than a second behind Russia's Denis Pankratov. Pankratov, the reigning world champion and record-holder, finished with a time of one minute, 56.51 seconds, to Malchow's 1:57.44. It seemed like old times, with the United States and its former political rival going nose-to-nose. Malchow seemed to come from almost out of nowhere in the final 50 meters of the race. Throughout most of the contest, Pankratov and Australia's Scott Goodman - the eventual bronze medalist with a time of 1:57.48 - were neck and neck, but the Russian surged ahead down the stretch, and Malchow seized his chance to gain on the leaders. Malchow's proximity to the Pankratov and Goodman was surpris- ing, given that he was in first place after the first 50 meters. "I was expecting to be competitive," Malchow said. "I wanted to go out hard and take it to them in the second hun- dred and that's what I did:' Although Malchow entered the finals after posting only the fifth-fastest times in the preliminary heats, his showing in the event was not a total shock. After upsetting former world record- holder and Olympian Mel Stewart at the U.S. Olympic Trials in March, Sports Illustrated picked the 19-year- old Malchow to earn the silver medal. "It's not my personal best, but I'm See MALCHOW Page 14 great scores... Law School Business School Denta School Graduate Schoo Medical School great teachers... Kaplanhelps you focus your test prep study where you need it most. Our teachers will show you the proven skills and test-taking techniques to help you get a higher score. get ahigherscore 1-800-KAP-TEST or E-mail: padinfo@umich.edu FOOTBALL Continued from Page 1 champions will meet in the Rose Bowl 0 years when it does not host a title game, regardless of their rankings. "If the Rose Bowl is not hosting a national championship, (the conference champions) will continue to play each other," Kramer said. He also said that the national title game would not automatically shift to the Rose Bowl if a Big Ten or Pac-10 team were occupying one of the top two spots in the polls. Participants in the conference all said the agreement was positive for the future of college football. "To have a national championship in the context of the traditional bowl season is a great ending," Delany said. "The bowl system will be healthier." Big 12 Conference commissioner Steve Hatchell was the first to coin a term for the new group: "We've gone from coalition to alliance to super- alliance." The rotating title game will be tele- vised by ABC, although the order of rotation has yet to be decided.