0- Page 6-The Michigan Daily-WSports Monday-March 1M, 1991 WOMEN' S GYMNASTICS PREPARES FOR REGIONALS Gymnasts stumble in by Jeff Williams Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's gymnas- tics team went into Iowa hoping to better their chances of qualifying for the final spot in the Regional Championships. After Saturday's 188.95-184.9 loss, the squad left hoping that the one-tenth of a point gap with Wisconsin had not widened. Although the Wolverines per- formed well, their scores on Iowa's home floor did not indicate it. "The way the judging went, we just weren't able to get the scores," Michigan coach Bev Fry said. "(The judges) held our scores down. We did not get the same kind of scores that Iowa was getting." Iowa's Lori Cole won the all- around competition with a score of 38.22. The Wolverines took fourth through seventh places. Wendy Wilkinson was the top finisher for Michigan at 37.05. The Wolverines received their best scores in the floor exercise. All- arounders Allison Winsky and Wilkinson paced Michigan with scores of 9.65 and 9.6, respectively. Tammy Crocker and Nichole Simpson also scored well on the uneven bars. "Our first three events went all right, then the beam came," said Winsky. "We did not do well." Despite the poor judging, the Wolverines were on their way to set- ting another school record, but the balance beam proved to be a major stumbling block. All four all- arounders had falls in the last event. "It was a very stressful meet," Fry said. "They had been doing a good job, but weren't getting the scores. It puts a lot more pressure on them at that point." The regionals, held April 6-7, will feature the top seven teams in the region. Before Saturday, the Wolverines were in eighth place in. the region behind Wisconsin, and ahead of Michigan State. Because the Wolverines did not better their com- posite score against Iowa, qualifying for the regionals will be much more difficult. "I hope our score will be high enough to stay in that eighth spot, so we don't have to beat two teams to get in," Fry said. The Wolverines final home meet will be next weekend when they host MSU and Central Michigan. They will be looking for good scores to move them up in the standings. "The next couple of weeks will be very important for building our confidence up again," Winsky said. "We also need to get our average up; for the regionals." The Big Ten Championship will be held March 22-23, and will be the Wolverines final chance to qualify for the regionals. "I'm very confident of our chances," Fry said. "Physically, they can do it. In a neutral facility like the Big Tens, on the same floor, with the same judges, hopefully things will even out. We can defi- nitely finish in the top three. Awl Iowa "We're not going to let ourselves get down because this (loss) hap- pened at the end of the season. If it. had happened at the beginning of the season, we wouldn't have thought. twice about it. "I'm going to go in and instill in- them a lot of confidence that they are still capable of accomplishing the. goals they've set." M gymnasts beat.,-. Kent State & mat Michigan gymnast Wendy Wilkinson performs the balance beam earlier in the season against Ohio State. Wilkinson, who placed fourth in Saturday's loss to Iowa, was the leading scorer for the Wolverines with 37.05 points. Barrowman competes for Sullivan in Indy by Ken Sugiura Daily Sports Writer To make a trip to Indianapolis interesting is quite a task. Tonight, con- tinuing a string of remarkable feats, Mike Barrowman will do the inconceiv- able when he makes his second consecutive significant trip to the city. Two weeks ago, he traveled to Indianapolis with his fellow Wolverines to compete in the Big Ten Championships, which they subsequently won. Tonight, he will make it two in a row when he again voyages to Indy, this time for the presentation of the 1990 Sullivan Award. The James E. Sullivan Memorial Award, presented by the Amateur Ath- letic Union (AAU), is given annually to the nation's premier amateur ath- lete. January 14, the AAU named Barrowman one of ten finalists for the award. Other finalists include speedskater Bonnie Blair and Notre Dame's Pyschology Career Fair Wednesday, March 13 4 pm-7 pm guest speakers 5 pm-6 pm Pendleton Room, Michigan Union sponsored by Psi Chi & Undcrgrad. Psych. Society RI schistosomiasis I schoolhouse bfr(shim' b zi"A) SWIMMING NOTEBOOK Raghib Ismail. While he hopes to take home the prize, Barrowman said he is contentI with finalist status, stating "top ten is an honor in itself." The Sullivan Award, named in honor of the founder of the AAU, is pre- sented to the athlete who has shown superior performance and has also ex- hibited quality of character and embodied the ideals of amateurism. Barrowman, originally nominated on the basis of being runner-up for thee U.S. Olympic Committee's Sportsman-of-the-Year award, has a sparkling resume which should merit consideration from members of the AAU and thet media, which vote on the award. Over 1990, Barrowman, who was named U.S. Swimming's Swimmer- of-the-Year, set the 200-meter breaststroke world record for the fourth time,t and set the American record in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships in leading Michigan to a fourth-place finish. In addition, he is this year's team captain and sports a 3.5 GPA as an English major. VANTASSELL MAKES CUT: With his teammates cheering him on, rookie Rodney VanTassell made the NCAA qualifying-time in the 200-yard freestyle in a time trial Sunday morning. VanTassell hit the wall in 1:36.80, under the standard of 1:37.27. "Everything fell into place like I thought it was going to," he said. Last week, at the Big Ten Championships, VanTassell missed the cut by .22 of a second in the 200 freestyle, and missed the 100 freestyle cut by .65 of a second. The performances came as big disappointments because VanTassell entered the competition fully expecting to make the cut. Sunday, disappointment turned to delight as VanTassell rode the wave of supporting teammates in making the cut. In fact, VanTassell made sure to turn to breath toward his teammates on deck so he could see them cheering. "It was just great to have the team supporting me," he said. By qualifying in the 200 freestyle, VanTassell also qualified for the 100 and 500 freestyles under the optional cut, which is a slower standard set for swimmers who qualify in a different event. by Rob Siegel Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's gymnas- tics team didn't set any new school records yesterday against Kent State. It didn't even score well enough to improve its qualify- ing position for the NCAAs. In fact, Michigan's score of 272.2 was one of its lowest in recent weeks. Yet the Wolverines' perfor- mance yesterday was one of their most impressive of the season. After a surprisingly poor show- ing in the first event, the team came back to dominate Kent State in the remaining five. In doing so, the team showed the intensity and poise that is characteristic of a top team. Michigan began the competi- tion with a 44.45 on floor exercise,, almost three full points lower than its season average in the event. Part of what caused the low scores was the condition of the Kent State mat. Nearly half the thick- ness of typical mats, it was de- scribed by Michigan gymnasts as everything from "rock hard" to "outdated" to "unforgiving." But what contributed most to the low scores was the gymnasts' allowing the condition of the mat to get to them. "Yes, it was bad," Michigan co-captain Matt Harrison said, "But we really let it bother more than we should have." . Among those it got to was first-- year gymnast George Camacho. "I usually get around 9.5 on floor," he said.""Yesterday I got at 7.7. That's bad.",i After the event, the team held,a meeting to regroup. Whatever was said by coach Bob Darden appatr ently worked, as the Wolverins9 won four of the five remaining. events. Among other highlights werew Ruben Ceballos' 9.65 on the pom'v mel horse, Royce Toni's 9.6 on the . still rings, and Toni's 9.3 on the parallel bars. In the all -around,, competition Michigan showed it, depth, landing three of its gym nasts- Toni, Harrison, and Jinm- Round- in the top four. While the narrow victory didn't, do much for Michigan's NCAAr qualifying scores, it did wonders. for team confidence. "After coming back from floar, exercise," Camacho said, "wo proved to ourselves just how strong, we are." "It shows we've got a lot f depth," co-captain Round said "This team couldn't have cone* back like that a few years ago. 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