The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 15
'M' NOTESI Dynamic duo headed for Blue icers
Basketball lands in-
state star for 2003-04
The Detroit Free Press reported that
the Michigan men's basketball team
has received a commitment from
Detroit Redford junior Dion Harris. He
will attend Michigan in fall 2003.
Harris led Redford to the Class A
state finals where it was defeated by
Pontiac Northern, which was led by
incoming-freshman Lester Abram.
The Redford star had 16 points in
the finals and averaged 22.1 on the
season. Missouri and Louisville were
the other two colleges that Harris was
considering. He was the only junior to
be named a part of the Free Press' All-
State Dream Team.
-Staff reports
'M' legend replaced
by Atlantic-10 coach
The Michigan swimming and Ddiv-
ing family has found a predecessor to
step into the the shoes of the legendary
Dick Kimball, who retired after more
than four decades of service to retire-
ment,.
Three-time Atlantic-10 Men's and
Women's Diving Coach of the Year
(1999-2001) Christopher Bergere was
hired last Thursday after serving as
head diving coach at his alma mater
LaSalle since 1986.
Bergere is like Kimball in that he
took over coaching the school he
attended right after his collegiate career
ended. Bergere was awarded LaSalle's
John J. Ludsom Award for spirit, loyal-
ty and dedication and was a team cap-
tain in 1986. He also has international
experience as the head coach of the
U.S. Junior National Team in 2000.
-Staff reports
Men's track posts
record in hurdles
Before a record breaking crowd at
the Penn Relays, Michigan men's
trackjunior tr-captain Derek Apple-
white set a personal record in the 400
meter hurdles. Applewhite ran a time
of 51.58, besting his previous time by
.11 seconds.
- Staff reports
Rain not enough to
prevent win in Iowa
The Michigan women's track team
over came inclement weather to win
the 4x800 relay Saturday at the Drake
Meet in Des Moines, Iowa. Stephanie
Hirtle, Tracy Egnatuk, Ursula Taylor
and Rachel Sturtz ran a time of
8:43.07, more than 20 seconds faster
than the team's previous 4x800 time.
- Staff reports
What you missed
W Golf Third-place at the Big
Ten Tournament
r M Golf 11th-place at the Bruce
Fossum/TaylorM ade
Invitational.
M Tennis Lost to Minnesota 4-0 in
Big Ten Semifinals
By Charles Paradis
Daily Sports Editor
Following another Frozen Four
trip, the Michigan hockey team has
signed a pair of incoming fresh-
man, who it hopes will contribute
to a successful season next fall.
The Wolverines inked forward
Brandon Kaleniecki and goalie
Alvaro Montoya to join the squad.
Kaleniecki, a proven goal scorer,
led the Cleveland Barons of the
North American Hockey league
with 52 goals, more than twice the
amount of any other player on the
team. He was the league's leading
point getter with 89 points and gar-
nered the league's Most Valuable
Player award this season.
"Kaleniecki hopefully will bring
us some goals," associate head
coach Mel Pearson said. "We
expect him to come in here and
compete for a job, mainly (because
of) his goal scoring ability."
Kaleniecki will join an offense
that tallied 3.53 goals per game,
third in the Central College Hock-
ey Association, this past season, school
but the coaching staff feels the join th
offense could improve. Monto
"We feel we need to improve, stepsc
we feel our offense is adequate," Turco
Pearson said. "We went out and becomi
specifically got (Kaleniecki) to start as
add to our offense and push some toya w
people we currently have here for a four, hi
spot on our roster." netmin
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will be able to adapt to the high athletic
level of intensity, but with the pressui
occasional letdowns come the done vi
pleasant surprises. Mic
"You never know how (incom- fewest
ing freshman) are going to do," and re
Pearson said. "Even this year's year,N
freshman class, we thought some hopes
kids would have done more than college
they did and others not quite as "We
much. It balances itself out." a very
On the other end of the ice, 17- strong
year-old goaltender Alvaro Mon- (Monte
toya is fast tracking through high expect
school and has been taking com- should
puter courses to complete his high see ma
requirements. He will also-
e Wolverines in the fall.
ya will follow in the foot-
of Steve Shields, Marty
and Josh Blackburn to
e the fourth goalie in row to
s a freshman. While Mon-
ill be the youngest of the
e has the makings of a good
der.
ontoya) is going to be given
hance to be the number one
Pearson said. "He is very
, he's played in some high
re situations this year and
ery well."
higan allowed the second
goals per game last season
turns a solid defense next
which the coaching staff
will help Montoya adjust to
hockey.
think we are going to have
good team, a strong team,
defensively in front of
oya)," Pearson said. "So we
him just to stop the shots he
d stop. Hopefully he won't
ny shots."
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where you want to be hitting at all cylinders. We were
seeing the ball well and we were making great con-
tact. Our offense seemed to be really in sync."
With nothing seemingly hurting the Wolverines on
the playing field, the coaching staff has been using
the time on the road to improve the team mentally
with problem-solving questions and situations.
The time together on the buses "really causes
members of the team to look atla situation and figure
out a solution to a problem," Tholl said. "And then try
to internalize it themselves and say, 'Okay, there's a
bigger issue out here. How can I deal with it?
Whether I'm not playing up to my potential or deal-
ing with team chemistry issues where we don't look
so much at ourselves but at the big picture.' Not that
we're having issues at all - our team chemistry is
excellent - but it helps sometimes to go back and
get grounded."
Michigan will playa doubleheader at home against
Eastern Michigan Thursday and against Michigan
State on Saturday before traveling to East Lansing for
one game on Sunday.
Michigan doesn't expect any help from the rain
clouds this weekend, but it will hopefully receive
some help from Penn State - which is fighting for a
postseason berth - if it can beat Ohio State.
"It's not going to rain at Penn State," Tholl said.
"It's not going to rain at all and that's fine because we
have to take care of our own business."
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