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The Michiaan Daily - Sports Monday
March 4, 1991
'M' sweeps past
Buckeyes into
CCHA final four
INDIANAPOLIS - After a
while, it almost became routine.
Turn leftalong the pool deck, right
onto the bulkhead, left onto the
awards platform, and up onto the
awards stand. Even the coaches
got into the act, as they were
* asked to hand out the awards. But
Saturday night, the Michigan
men's swimming team made the
walk which they were most
familiar with. That was when they
went en masse to accept the Big
Ten Championship plaque, their
sixth in a row.
Over three days, the Wol-
verines asserted their depth and
talent. Senior captain Mike Bar-
rowman probably summed it up
best: "You don't mess with Mich-
igan swimming, at least not in the
Big Ten."
The final standings weren't
even close: Michigan 696.5,
Minnesota 573.5, Indiana 492.5,
Iowa 459, Ohio State 424.5,
Michigan State 399, Wisconsin
303, Purdue 194.5, Northwestern
118.5, Illinois 106.
All told it was a. remarkable
performance. Twelve NCAA qual-
ifying times, three automatic
berths by the divers, and three re-
lays qualified for the National
Championships to be held in
Austin, TX.
Michigan's biggest weakness, a
dearth of quality sprinters came to
light during the first day of tourn-
ament. The Wolverines watched
Minnesota's Delano Cerney win
the 50 free in the only event that
Michigan didn't qualify a finalist.
In the 500 free, sophomore
Brian Gunn and junior Eric Bailey
earned third and sixth-place
finishes with times of 4:20.94 and
4:26.22, respectively.
In the 200 individual medley
that followed, and in Urbanchek's
words, the I.M. was "definite
raking in the points." Barrowman
led the way with a second place
finish behind Minnesota's Paul
Nelsen in 1:49.00.
Close behind were teammates
Eric Namesnik, Eric Wunderlich,
and Kent Tschannen in third, fifth,
and seventh-places, respectively.
All told, the race would garner
. sixty-one points for the Maize and
Blue, almost a third of Michigan's
first day total.
Despite this dominant event,
the Wolverines stood in second-
place following the first day of
See SWIMMERS, Page 7
And Sunday, the Wolverines
rested.
But the Michigan hockey team
(24-5-3 in the CCHA, 31-6-3
overall) almost didn't get the
coveted seventh day off. The team
was saved from the possibility of a
third game in the best 2-out-of-3
series with Ohio State (9-19-4, 11-
25-4) Friday night with only :37
left in the third period.
With the score knotted 4-4,
sophomore center Mark Ouimet
scored on a pass from linemate
David Roberts and gave the
Wolverines a 1-0 advantage in
their first round CCHA playoff
matchup. Michigan then wiped out
all possibility of a Sunday night
matchup, defeating the Buckeyes
9-4 Saturday.
The Wolverines still seemed to
be in a vacation mode Friday
night. Their lackadaisical play was
rescued only by a few individual
efforts and their power play.
"For playoff hockey you expect
everyone to come up a notch, and
you'll play a smarter, safer, better
defensive game, but we didn't do
it," Michigan coach Red Berenson
said. "It was a little bit a lack of
intensity, lack of concentration,
lack of doing a lot of simple
things. We struggled. Our overall
team defense was not strong; our
overall offense was not strong. It
wasn't our team."
During Michigan's first power
play, rookie defenseman Aaron
Ward took a pass from fellow frosh
Cam Stewart and sent a hard shot
from the left point past Ohio State
netminder Mike Bales to put
Michigan on the board.
Ward's goal was followed
minutes later by center Brian
See HOCKEY, Page 5
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Michigan players celebrate after Aaron Ward's first period goal against Ohio State Friday night. The
Wolverines swept the Buckeyes to advance to the CCHA semifinals this weekend at Joe Louis Arena.
GUNN
GETS
BACK
ON
by Ken Sugiura
Daily Sports Writer
Like many students, swimmer Brian Gunn came to
campus with big plans for his first year in Ann Arbor.
"I'd set out some pretty big goals for myself. I really
wanted to contribute to the team in a big way. I
definitely wanted to come in and make a bang," the
sophomore said.
He arrived from Hinsdale (Ill.) Central High School
last year, having led his team to three state
championships. The previous summer, he was a finalist
at the Olympic trials in the 200-meter butterfly.
Certainly, good things were heading his way.
But, like many students, Gunn ran into problems on
his way to success.
"He was leveled off. He didn't make any progress, in
training or in competition," Michigan coach Jon
Urbanchek said. "He was just 'blah', just flat."
A blood test after a mediocre performance at the Big
Ten Championships revealed Gunn had been infected
with the Epstein-Barr virus. The illness had been
responsible for sapping his energy, and this became
more apparent as the long season dragged on.
His first year with the Wolverines had been going
well, but not great. Inconsistent swims and a lack of
improvement hampered Gunn throughout the season.
Probably already infected with the virus, Gunn did not
show typical symptoms of illness, but was having
other problems.
"I'd have a really good practice, then I'd get really
tired and I'd have kind of a mediocre practice," he said.
"I think I was swimming my meets kind of the same
way."
As the training load and yardage began to increase,
Gunn, unaccustomed to "harder training than I'd ever
done before," in addition to a demanding course load,
began to falter.
In the middle of January, the team traveled to
California for consecutive meets with USC and UCLA.
"He swam real well against USC, (and) the next day
Swimmer Brian Gunn regains
form after last season' s illness
TARGET
against UCLA he was way off of his times," Urbanchek
said. "He looked pale. In fact, he had no life left in
him."
When the team returned, the training continued to
increase. Gunn, refusing to submit to the cries of his
body, fell even more.
"I probably should have started resting when my
body got that broken down," he said. "But I kept on
training hard through Big Tens. I backed off a very, very
,minimal amount."
Then during the Big Ten Championships at the
beginning of March, Gunn's train bound for the NCAA
Championships finally derailed. He swam his fastest
unshaved time ever in the preliminaries of his first
event, the 500-yard freestyle. However, he failed to
recuperate from that swim.
Gunn struggled.to seventh-place finishes in the 500
free and 200 butterfly, as well as a fourteenth-place in
the 100 butterfly. His times were neither personal bests
nor NCAA-qualifying times.
"I just couldn't get up. I couldn't do it," he recalled.
Another failed attempt at the NCAA standards and a
blood test later, Gunn was taken out of the water - a
far cry from his aspirations of months before.
"It was extremely frustrating. From Illinois
swimming I'd never come out of a season without
doing my best time and without improving," he said.
Urbanchek kept Gunn out of the water for almost
two months, not allowing Gunn to begin heavy
training until May. During that time, Gunn picked up
the pieces of a disappointing season and prepared to try
again.
"I did a lot of studying, a lot of sleeping, and really
tried not to think about swimming," he said. "I just
tried to stay away from everything and kind of regroup.
I kept myself out of the water, I rested up, so when I
finally got back in, I was really, really ready to get back
in."
if With new fervor for the pool, Gunn made incredible
strides throughout the summer, surpassing his personal
See GUNN, Page 3
Michigan swimmer Brian Gunn captures first place in the 200 yard
butterfly at the Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis last weekend.
Blue wrestlers finish
" second to Hawkeyes
NIT a reality after
Cagers beat Gophers
by Andrew Gottesman
by Josh Dubow
Daily Sports Writer
CHAMPAIGN - Entering this
weekend's Big Ten Wrestling
Championships, Michigan coach
Dale Bahr conceded first place to
Iowa but expected a fierce five
team battle. for second place.
The Hawkeyes did not fall short
of Bahr's expectations as they
qualified all ten of their wrestlers
for the NCAA Championships, had
five Big Ten champions, and
scored 164 points.
Bahr's own squad overcame a
slow start and exceeded his expec-
tations by grabbing a second-place
finish with 92.5 points, but Sun-
day's finals left the Wolverines
disappointed. Controversial offici-
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Following Iowa and Michigan
were Ohio State (85.75), Wiscon-
sin (78.75), Purdue. (73.75),
Michigan State (56.5), Minnesota
(55.5), Northwestern (37.5), Illi-
nois (28.75), and Indiana (26.5).
However, the battle for second
was not as close as the scores in-
dicated, as Michigan had, for all
practical purposes, clinched sec-
ond before Sunday's action.
In the most exciting match of
the weekend, Gilbert went up
against Iowa's defending national
champion, Tom Brands, who
boasts a No. 1 ranking and a per-
fect 40-0 record. Gilbert opened
the match with a high level of in-
tensity and took down Brands in
Daily Basketball Writer
Apparently, Demetrius Calip
and the fans smelled different
things during Sunday's Minnesota-
Michigan men's basketball game.
In a game dominated by missed
shots and fouls, the fans smelled
something ... well, something not
so good.
However, Calip, Michigan's
only senior, smelled a little more
playing time. With the NCAA
tournament out of reach, Calip
smelled the National Invitation
Tournament - and played well.
enough to almost ensure Michigan
a bid.
Calip poured in 29 points, in-
cluding five three-pointers, to lead
the Wolverines over the Gophers.
sides. The Wolverines shot 42
percent from the field while
Minnesota (4-12, 11-15) hit on 37
percent of its shots. The teams
didn't fare much better from the
free throw line, where Michigan
was 17-for-28 and the Gophers
were 15-for-22. During the second
half, Minnesota and Michigan shot
only 31 and 33 percent,
respectively.
"This has been an off year for
the Gophers," Haskins said.
"There's nothing to do now but
look forward to coming back hard
next year."
Michigan coach Steve Fisher
was more concerned with the
victory than with the Wolverines'
poor shooting.
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