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S1PORTS
MONDAY
MAY 1, 2000
Dreamis
Odeferred,-
Gymnasts fall to
sixth in NCAA meet
The women's gymnastics team
flew out to Boise for the NCAA
Tournament with hopes of proving
to the nation that it was worthy of
its No. I ranking.
It failed.
After sneaking into the Super
Six, the Wolverines finished in
sixth place.
See story, page 21
Rowers win inaugural Big Ten Title
By Albert Kim
Daily Sports Writer
Michigan State and Ohio State to secure
their place in history.
As expected from a championship
On the biggest night of Michigan team, the Wolverines were the most rep-
crew to date, after history was made and resented team in the individual honors.
the inaugural Big Ten Championship Junior Kate Johnson, coxswain Belinda
was in hand. second boat coxswain Koo and senior Jamie Stilson earned
Helen Dalis was already sleeping. first team Big Ten honors while juniors
And that, in essence, summed up the Sophie Roberge and Laurel Donnell-
entire attitude of the women's crew Fink earned second team honors.
team. There were no late night celebra- The underdog mentality of the team
tions, just a quiet confidence anmong the going into this weekend was a factor in
rowers as they settled in their hotel in tixeir perforxance. The Wexverines were - -
Madison. They went to sleep knowing looking to avenge the loss to Michigan
that the bigger challenge of NCAA State a few weeks ago.
regionals were ahead. The revenge factor wasn't entirely
"On Tuesday, when we get back, it's due to just losing, it was also due to
a whole new game, a whole new men- sonie trash talking. The Spartans posted 11
talitv" Junior Alison Hickev said. some harsh comments on the internet
The Wolverines didn't find many callin' the Wolverines "overrated" The Michigan crew team celebrated after a victory in the first ever Big Ten champ
obstacleson their way to making history, among other things, Hickey said. onships, but bigger fish lie ahead for the team at the NCAA regionals in two weeks.
The first and second varsity eight boats The coaches made sure the women
won their respective races comfortably, knew about this, as some of these mes- "The seniors definitely led the team show whether this team has the ability to
and the varsity four came in second. sages were read during practice. this weekend, and we gave them the best rise to the challenge as the favorites
The strategy going into the champi- "We definitely had something to graduation present of all, a Big Ten going in, something they haven't been
onship races was to go all out in the first prove going in - we put Michigan State Championship," said Johnson. able to do this year
1000 meters and hold off any late back in their place, their words were the The team's total effort Saturday will "On any given day, any crew can win,
charges. The coaches implemented the fuel to our fire," said Kate Johnson. have to bi duplicated in two weeks at so we have to train really hard over the
new plan of attack over a month ago, With Kristie Johns sick in Ann Arbor, the NCAA Central Regionals. next two weeks, to be the ones to win
and it paid off Saturday. Senior co-captain Jen Kinon had to step The Regionals on May 13 will be a again," Hickey said.
The first and second varsity boats up to the varsity boat and perform. good indicator of how tough the wonen And with that ahead of them, the
jumped out to early leads and never Despite this change, the varsity boat was are mentally. Wolverines went to sleep, content in
looked back. The Wolverines beat out still victorious. With their season on the line, it will knowing that they hadjust made history
Swimmers suspended for rules infraction
Loss to Ohio State
smashes NCAA hopes
The No. 8 seed women's tennis
team knew they would need to
make a run in the Big Ten
'ournament if it had any hopes of
making the NCAA Tournament.
After knocking off Wisconsin in
the opening round, Michigan fell to
Ohio State, 4-1.
See story, page 21
By Ryan C. Moloney
and Dan Williams
1ay Spxrs tEditors
Two members of the Michigan men's
swimming team were indefinitely sus-
pended Monday, April 17 for a violation
of team rules.
Sophomore Chuck Kennedy and
freshman Justin Drake were indefinitelv
dismissed by coach Jon Urbanchek for
their behavior in relation to an unnamed
recruit earlier in the year, an anonymous
source close to the team said.
While the two swimmers did not host
the recruit during his official visit to
Michigan, they allegedly accompanied
the recruit while he consumed alcohol in
Ann Arbor, according to the anonymous
source. Urbanchek confirmed the sus-
pensions of Kennedy and Drake, but he
denied alcohol consumption by a recruit
led to the dismissals.
"Basically, it was just a violation of
restrictions on team policy and behav-
ior:' Urbanchek said. "It was nothing out
of the ordinary. They are nice kids who.
made bad choices. They can get back on
the team if thev can clean up their acts."
Kennedy was unavailable for com-
ment, and Drake refused to comment.
Team captain Scott Warner said a lack
of communication between teatm and
Urbanchek made the incident more prob-
lematic for the team.
"The problem is already solved,"
Warner said. "It's not a big deal.
"(Urbanchek) likes these guys. The
issue was the team trying to hide some-
thing from him. When he found out
about it, he kicked the two guys off the
team"
There is no set time limit to the dis-
missal, but the players cannot be
involved with any organized team activi-
ties for the duration of their suspension.
"They have to go home and swim for
their summer club teams," freshman
Heath Novak said.
Assistant coach Eric Namesnick said
the two swimmers will have the opportu-
nity to return to the team by next season.
"The guys will be able to -earn their
spots on the team in the fall,"Namesnick
said. "They still have options. They cer-
tainls didn't sever all ties."
Wihile the suspensions may not be per-
manent, the team is mainly concerned
with any embarrassment stemming from
the incident.
"Among the team, it's not something
to worry about," the anonymous source
said. "We've just lost a lot of pride, and
we feel we've disrespected the coach."
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