12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 19, 2004 SPORTS SWIMMING Continued from Page 11 "You're only as good as your last competition," Urbanchek said. "To have five (Wolverines) make it was awesome. It was about as good a result as any school in the country put together." Urbanchek's coaching days are not over yet, though. The outgoing coach was chosen as an assis- tant coach for the U.S. Olympic team, making it the sixth straight time that he has coached in the games. Urbancheck will join Bob Bowman - who will be taking over the Michigan swim program this fall - as an assistant on the U.S. Olympic coaching staff. Bowman currently coaches Michael Phelps and is the head coach at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. From the looks of it, Bowman should pick up right where Urbanchek left off. In addition to having returning Olympians in Van- derkaay and Hurd, Bowman will also have six other swimmers on the squad that competed in either the U.S. or Canadian Olympic Trials. That bodes well for a team that finished fifth at the NCAA Championships this past year. "I'm leaving one hell of a team for the next coach," Urbanchek said. "It's a lot better than the one I got when I started 23 years ago. We have an awesome group of young swimmers coming back, led by DeJong, Tarwater, and Vanderkaay. Bob Bowman will inherit a team with Olympic caliber talent and I wish him and Michigan the best." M' NOTES Athletic department shows large surplus The Michigan Athletic Depart- ment presented some good news to the University's Board of Regents this week. The department told the board, which has spent most of the last two years struggling with budg- et issues and threats of government funding cuts, that it is operating with a $2.4 million surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. When compared to the previous year which ended June 30, 2004, the year seems a slow one for Michi- gan. Last year, the department oper- ated with an $8 million surplus thanks to seven home games, license revenue and donations. The difference between 2004 and 2005 is primarily attributed to one less home football game on the schedule for the upcoming season. The $59 million budget, a one- percent hike over last year, along with the surplus will go towards improving facilities and projects. -Ryan Sosin Outgoing Michigan swimming coach Jon Urbanchek is heading to Athens for his sixth conseci ~1. ____________________________________________________________________________________ it -A' rSTHM - RESERCH STUDY, Doctors in the area are conducting a research study to test the safety and effectiveness of an investigational medication in the treatment of asthma. 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What could be called a glorified fantasy draft, yielded four Wolverine picks (three current Michigan players and former Wolverine Danny Richmond) in Sunday's rookie draft while eight former Blue Icers were pegged during the free agent draft. Some players were selected by teams that don't even have names yet. The WHA is an attempt to revive the 1970s league that briefly challenged the NHL for ratings. Here's a look at how the Wolverines did in the draft. -Ryan Sosin ROOKIE DRAFT - JULY 17, 2004 JEFF TAMBELLINI DANNY RICHMOND AL MONTOYA ER ROUND 2 - OTH OVERALL ROUND 3 - 19TH OVERALL ROUND 3 - 21ST OVERALL ROUN FREE AGENT DRAFT - JULY 18, 2004 fw 4 STEVE SHEILDS CHRIS TAMER BLAKE SLOAN M FLORIAaHALIAX D. ALLSMRICANS DoI ROUND2-9T OVERALL ROUND 3 -1TH OVERALL ROUND 39THOERALL ROUNI JASON BOTRILL DAVID OLtVER B.BERENZWI A RB HoALIA TORTaTRaS DERITGLDATR RUND~, 18u.14RD VERLL OUN 5u,19 -149THOVERALL ROUND 6-06THOVERALOUNa I] "Don't let your get ahead of91 you IETA'SS I6 1939~ 304 112 S. STATE ST. 2ND FLOOR ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 eea89329 WWW.DASCOLABA R BERS.COM BY APPOINTMENT MONTOYA Continued from Page 11 the NHL. In his first season as a starter for the Dallas Stars, Turco set the single season goals-against average record. "We feel that there are things he can work on here," Pearson said. "Marty Turco could have left after his sopho- more year. I don't care what round he was drafted in. He was as ready as any goalie I've seen. But he still came back and continued to mature and he accom- plished so much. Al could do the same thing. There's a lot of unfinished busi- ness for him here at Michigan.' While seven Wolverines have left early in the last five years, they all left thinking they would immediately play in the NHL. Montoya would be playing in Hartford next year, lockout or not. "We've always said, 'Why give up a chance at a national championship at Michigan to go play in the minors?' " Pearson said. "Once you turnpro - lets face it - it's a business. You're either doing the job or they're bringing in someone else to do it. There's not a lot of love. Here there's a really stable envi- ronment and he has a chance to really leave a mark before he moves on." Michigan and the Rangers also seem to agree that Montoya can make as much progress in Ann Arbor as in Hartford. "We've had some correspondence with the Rangers just asking them if they have any prohlems with Al saig in school, and they don't," Pearson said. "They've told Al that Michigan is one of the best places for a young hockey player to be. They're not putting a ton of pressure on him to leave.