January 12, 2005
(vol. 115, iss. 58)
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…10 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 12, 2005 Unorthodox foe, tests Wolverines By Megan Kolodgy a force for Michigan thus far - he current- Daily Sports Writer ly leads the Wolverines in…
… rebounds and is second on the team in blocks. But Amaker Tonight, Courtney Sims may have the believes that Sims's formidable reputation, toughest matchup of any Wolverine when as well as the absence of other…
… week but then suffered quite a blow when they traveled to East Lan- sing and were crushed by Michigan State. The Wolverines will also have to deal with junior forward Vuksic Vedran, who averages 16…
… toppled the Buck- eyes. Only No. 1 Illinois and No. 15 Michi- gan State have 2-0 conference records. In a league where it is abundantly clear that no win is a gimmie, the Wolverines must operate under just…
… Sports Writer Not everyone can multitask like the Michigan women's swimming team can. During the last week of winter break, the Wolverines took on many dif- ferent roles: They were athletes, competitors…
… its season. This year, the Wolverines' annu- al winter training trip took them to the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean. There they participated in five days of rigorous training, swam in an exhibi…
… than during the semester. Richardson claims that this sort of intimate and prolonged team exercise gives the Wolverines their identity; it defines them as a team and helps them operate as a team…
…. Richardson hopes that a visit of this nature could encourage some of these swimmers to be interested in becoming future Wolverines. This was Michigan's first time venturing down to St. Lucia, where both…
… Richardson and his swim- mers marveled at the extensive swimming facility. Mertha, a popular company that produces pools for the U.S. Olympic trials, manufactured the impres- sive pool where the Wolverines…