Page 10-The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, March 6, 1991 'M' swim foes faced mission impossible ''.' ' 1 '1' ' 1'". 4 ..1..,':; -:.'" ":'"'. ;r1.., .1 " 1..,:.. .; 1 "..1 1 1 1 1 CCIIE Selected by league coaches by Andy De Korte Daily Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS - While Michigan (696.50 points, first place) rolled to its sixth straight conference men's swimming title, the rest of the Big Ten had its own goals. Iowa (459, fourth) considered itself ready to overthrow the reigning champions. Coach Glenn Patton created 'MM' or 'Mission Michigan', which was written everywhere in Iowa's camp - from the swimsuits to the media guide. While the slogan may have excited the Hawkeyes, the Wol- verines gained at least equal fire. "On the way down here we found out that they had shirts and things that said '1991 Big Ten Swimming Champions,' besides the 'Mission Michigan' stuff," Michigan swimmer Eric Wunder- lich said. "After we heard that they did that in 1981 and beat us, we pretty much made a pact that that was not going to happen again." The fourth-place finish did not appease Patton. After a poor first day, Patton simply wanted to finish in the top three. While some Hawkeyes faltered, Artur Wojdat defended two of his three titles from last year (200, 500-yard free) and the Big Ten Swimmer of the Year title while finishing second in the 1650 free. "The triple title defense would have been nice," Wojdat said, "but I am really still in preparation for the NCAA." Tomasz Gawronski, Stewart Carroll, and Michael Johnson, who each earned All-Big Ten honors, will join Wojdat in Austin, Tx., for the NCAAs. On the other hand, Minnesota (573.50, second) set more realistic goals. "Our goal was to finish in the top three," coach Dennis Dale said. "And we are very happy with our finish, it's as high as we thought we could finish, and we were happy to cut the margin of loss from last year's which was near 240." Minnesota's relay teams provided the Gophers' biggest highlights by taking a first, two seconds, a third, and a fourth place finish. Last year's 100 and 200 butterfly winner, Sean Quacken- bush, lost both titles. But he still earned All-Big Ten honors along with Paul Nelsen, Delano Cerney and Andrew Kurtz. Indiana (492.50, third) was the surprise of the meet, finishing ahead of three nationally-ranked teams. "I wasn't really as surprised as everyone else," Big Ten co-Coach of the Year, Kris Kirchner said. "We really have some great swim- mers and this is their big show, and they made the most of it." Indiana had a host of swimmers make the All-Big Ten list: Greg Botos, Erik Streib, Joe McGinnis, Richard Granneman, James Sweeney, and David Burgess. Ohio State (424.50, fifth) fulfilled its expectations. "When we came down here, we wanted to beat our career bests, qualify the most guys as possible for the NCAAs, and to finish in the top half of the conference." coach Bill Wadley said. David Pichler, Big Ten Diver of the Year, was the only Buckeye named to the All-Big Ten team and led Ohio State with 57 points in the three diving events. Both Michigan State (399, sixth) and Wisconsin (303' seventh) swam as expected. "Well, we didn't think we had an opportunity to win," MSU coach Richard Bader said. "What we realistically wanted to do was to have as many guys make the NCAA cuts as possible." While the lack of any divers and inexperience kept the team from reaching the higher rank, another year should bring a challenging team. Although no Spartan won an event to claim All-Big Ten status, both Steven Leissner and Kevin Zielinski earned at-large selections as well as qualifying for the NCAAs with strong performances. Badger coach Jack Pettinger had similar aims. "We came in here, knowing we wouldn't win. Qualifying our swimmers for the NCAAs was really one of our biggest goals," he said. Purdue's finish (194.50, eighth) would have been considered a catastrophe at the beginning of the year. However, Purdue lost two great hopes, Dean Fredette and Eric VanKanaer, to injuries, and proven veteran George Fastrich to academics. Only Brian Daly and John Klinge won significant points for Purdue. A ninth-place finish would be considered bad for most teams - however, not for Northwestern (118.50, ninth). "We've been last for almost 15 years, our goal was to get out of the cellar," coach Bob Groeseth said. Swimmer Matt Johnson dis- played some of the team's euphor- ia after so many years in the basement. "We feel really great, its been our goal all year. It's all we've been thinking about since January, we had signs on our locker and everything." Behind Iowa, Illinois' last-place finish (106, tenth) was the most disappointing in terms of what the coach had expected. "I really thought we could finish seventh or eighth, obviously we didn't do that." coach Don Sammons said. "I really am not satisfied at all with the per- formance of our guys." All - League Selections is a ""' ..n, .L ': ..{ .'1..".1L". .L ;'L ^ t . Position Goalie Defense Defense Forward Forward Forward Goalie Defense Defense Forward Forward Forward : -u- w Player. School 1st Team Votes First Team Darrin Madeley, LSSU 5 Karl Johnston, LSSU 7 Jason Woolley, MSU 7 Jim Dowd, LSSU 8 Denny Feisner, Mich. 7 Doug Weight, LSSU 5 Second Team Mike Gilmore, MSU 1 Mark Astley, LSSU 2 Patrick Neaton, Mich. 2 David Roberts, Mich. 4 Rod Taylor, FSU 1 Mike Eastwoood, WMU 2 PTS. 60 75 75 80 75 65 39 50 41 60 42 38 Vote Totals: (1st Place - l0pts; 2nd Place - 5; 3rd Place - 2) ti 1 ' . {; :t; . ;: ., ' 1 CCHA Final Four at Joe Louis Arena Friday. 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