Just done Want to hear wh t the insiders have to say about the Michigan athletic depart- ent aid Nike hrei'king up? Check out oxr online updLate. michigandaily.com /sports 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." Coming August 2000 aiuericanatextbooks.com Where you don't stand in line for BIG DISCOUNTS!! 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