The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday- February 18,1991- Page 7 Ohio State upsets tankers by Adam Miller nd Ken Su iura wily Sports Writers This weekendibrought two great events for the Michigan men's swimming team. The first came Friday night as the seniors, Mike Barrowman, Steve Hamerski, Scott Van Appledorn and Jarret Winter, were honored before their final home meet. Following the ceremony, the *am embarrassed Oakland Uni- versity for the second time this season, 154-97. They'll be trying to forget the second event, however. Saturday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio State proved the Wolverines mortal, defeating them by the shocking score of 135-108. Michigan had not lost to the Buckeyes in 29 years. Friday night, captain Bar- owman thrice touched first, taking the 100-yard breaststroke, the 200 butterfly, and the 200 breaststroke. Van Appledorn's 200 freestyle relay team took third, while Winter's team came in first in the same event. Winter also placed second in the 50 freestyle. In the diving well, Hamerski Scored a whopping win on the 3- *leter board, racking up 327.75 points to teammate Jeff Jozwiak's tecond-place total of 294.225. Although the meet was a salute to seniors' accomplishmentsthe past three years, the rookies provided a glimpse to the next three. Frosh Rodney VanTassell pontinued to sparkle, winning the 50 freestyle and 200 freestyle elay. Brice Kopas got into the act s well, notching a win in the 400 individual medley. "That was the bright side. Mike is leaving, but Rodney VanTassell and Brice Kopas both put in Outstanding swims," coach Jon LJrbanchek said. After the meet, Urbanchek reflected on the accomplishments of the seniors. MICHIGAN TRACK lbundU9 Women remain up to par at EMU Classic by Chris Carr Coaches expect the athletes they coach will give their best. Up to this point, the Michigan women's track runners are meeting Wolverine coach James Henry's expectations with some of the top performances of their lives. "Everybody that has run has come close or made their PR (personal record)," Henry said. "The times are coming down and that is all we can ask for." At this weekend's Eastern Michigan Classic, the Wolverines once again got strong perfor- mances in the sprints and hurdles out of Richelle Webb and Suzy Thweatt. Webb took fifth place in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.30 seconds while Thweatt placed third in the 55-meter hurdles registering a time of 8.16 seconds. Junior Michelle Bishop also claimed a spot in the finals of the 55-meter dash with times of 7.43 and 7.45 in the preliminary heats. In the field events, Julie Victor had a solid performance in the shot put. Victor took first place with a throw of 46' 3/4". Amy McCormack cleared 5' 4" in the high jump. Henry was also pleased with the performances of his middle- distance runners. Jessica Kluge captured third place in the 800 meters with a time of 2:14, while Carrie Yates placed fourth, registering a time of 2:15. Amy Bannister, who qualified for the NCAA championships last week in the 800, had hoped to do the same in the mile, but came up a little short. "Amy couldn't hold on that last lap," Henry said. "She had hoped to qualify before facing the pressure of the conference meet. I still feel that she is going to come back and run a PR next week. She is the bread and butter of our middle-distance runners." -RlOB KROHENEH I/Daily World record holder Mike Barrowman pulls his way to a victory in the 200-yard butterfly Friday night at Canham Natatorium. Barrowman and his fellow seniors helped Michigan defeat Oakland University, 154-97, in the last home meet of their careers. "These four years meant a lot to Michigan swimming," he said. "They've meant a lot to me per- sonally. We're losing not just good swimmers, but good people." Saturday afternoon, Michigan took its perfect Big Ten record and No. 3 national ranking into Colum- bus, but Ohio State came out the victors. "This was their big meet of the year," assistant Mark Noetzel said. "Ohio State has no chance of winning the Big Ten, so they adjusted their goals. Their season goal was to beat Michigan." Ohio State won in stunning fashion, taking 22 top three finishes, compared to Michigan's 14. In the diving competition, an area where the Wolverines earned key points in victories over Cal- Berkeley and Stanford, the Buckeyes were no less than dominating. Ohio State's David Pilcher and Kris Yaggie finished 1- 2 in both the one and three-meter events, while Michigan's, Eric Lesser and Steve Hamerski, respectively, took distant thirds - more than 20 points behind the victors. As predicted, Michigan won the stroke events. Eric Namesnik won three 200-yard races, the back- stroke, the butterfly and the individual medley. Barrowman and Wunderlich took first and second in Barrowman's trademark, the 200 breaststroke, and Brian Gunn won the 500 freestyle. Once again, however, the Wol- verines faltered in the sprint races. Ohio State swept the top three positions in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle and defeated Michigan in the 200 freestyle relay by over two seconds. Darr stars in pole vault for hurting track men by Jason Bank Daily Sports Writer While the Michigan men's track team continued to struggle for improvement as it heads into the Big Ten Championships, Wolverine senior Brad Darr buried his competition and set a meet record at the EMU Classic Saturday. Darr cleared 17' 6" in the invi- tational pole vault to become Michigan's only first-place finisher at Eastern. "I'm satisfied with my perfor- mance," Darr said. "I started really low, and I got tired when I got up to the upper heights. I'm hoping to pop 18 feet this weekend (at the Big Ten Championships)." Many of the Wolverines' top athletes were sidelined by injuries, while others sat out to stay rested for the Big Ten's. Senior runner Neal Newman and junior hurdler Jerry Douglas did not compete. Senior Brad Bar- quist did not run the 3,000-meter run, his best race, but placed sev- enth in the 800-meter run. In other events, Rudy Redmond took over for Jerry Douglas and finished third in the 55-meter high hurdles with a time of 7.52 seconds. Senior Mike Hennessey tied for fourth in the shotput with a toss of 50' 5 1/4". Michigan runners finished strong in the sprint events. Sopho- more Van Cowan finished fourth in the 200-meter invitational with a time of 22.98, while sophomore Mike Eccleston ran third in the 200-meter collegiate with 22.83. Michigan is hoping to have its whole team back at full strength for the Big Ten Championships. Pistons suff NEW YORK (AP) - All sea- son, the New York Knicks have tried to play with the big boys, but have fallen short most of the time. In one two-month stretch, they lost 11 consecutive games to teams with winning records, and a Aoss on Sunday would have left em with the NBA's worst home- court record. Just when things looked bleak- est, however, New York routed the defending champion Detroit Pis- tons, 116-88. It was the biggest victory margin of the season for the Knicks and the worst loss for the Pistons since a 143-105 defeat against Boston on Jan. 13, 1988. * "If we can play like this, we pan make the playoffs and hope- fully a championship," Patrick Ew- ipg, who scored 28 points, said. "This was definitely our best per- formance of the season." The Knicks outscored the Pis- tons, 62-34, in the middle two pe- riods to improve their home record to 11-15, an embarrassing decline from their 35-6 record at home two *seasons ago. New York recovered from a slow start to rout the defending champion Pistons, outscoring them 18-4 after turnovers in the pivotal second and third quarters. "I knew it wouldn't continue the way it did in the first quarter," Pistons coach Chuck Daly said of Detroit's early eight-point lead. "The Knicks got their confidence back in the second quarter and they took control. We were atro- cious." Detroit lost for the fourth time in six games, although it is still 7- 4 since Isiah Thomas was lost for the season after wrist surgery. Re- serve forward John Salley also er big loss in missed the game with a sore back. "There's no use wishing Isiah was here," Daly said. "It's like wishing for a Rolex or a Mercedes when you can't afford it. But any- time you lose your point guard, it's going to cost you in performance and leadership." Vinnie Johnson led the Pistons with 23 points, but leading scorer Joe Dumars had only seven on 3- for-12 shooting. Dumars, despite a sore big toe on his left foot, had scored 58 points in Detroit's previ- ous two games. "It's tough for me to move," Dumars said. "I can't follow through like I want to. I guess it will get better in August." "We beat a team without two of its better players, but we played hard," Knicks coach John MacLeod said. "We hunted down Big Apple, 116-88 the open man like Detroit, L.A. or and three-point pla Boston. We were tuned into each Jerrod Mustaf's thr other. We were consistent through- kets. out, humming the ball to the open New York contii man."ntth Pict in ay -ee and rookie inside bas- nued to domi- thk third nnn "To win like this, we have to hit on all cylinders," Ewing said. "We didn't want to be embar- rassed on national TV, so we came to play." Kiki Vandeweghe scored 20 points and Charles Oakley had 15 rebounds for New York, whose previous largest margin of victory was 106-79 against Philadelphia on Nov. 17. The Knicks, who made seven of 22 field-goal attempts in the open- ing period, made 15 of their first 25 shots in the second quarter, outscoring Detroit, 33-15, for a 49- 39 halftime lead. 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