1993_02 The Daily Collegian February 1993

              Tuesday,
', Feb. 2,1993
The Daily Collegian
Sports — 7
Swim teams gear for
WAC Championships
By Michael Hughes
Sports editor
When swimming coach Daniella
Irle tells her team to reach for higher
goals, she knows of what she
speaks, and her swimmers are re¬
sponding to the challenge.
Irle, who last season helped lead
the Texas women's team to a sec¬
ond-place finish at the NCAA
Championships as an assistant, is
building on the success of her pre¬
decessor, Teri McKeever.
Irle's challenge is to set the Bull¬
dogs^ sights not only on dual-meet
and regional success, but on na¬
tional success'that will result in
appearances by FSU swimmers at
the NCAA Championships.
"These teams have learned a lot
about Rimming and racing at a
new level, and that's what I have
asked them to do," Irle said. "I'm -
working with them on strengthen¬
ing their strengths and eliminating
their weaknesses, and they've done
a good job at that"
With one dual meet remaining
before the WAC Championships,
Irle's teams are building toward a
peak they hope will be high enough
Yvette Tristan
to challenge for WAC titles. Irle
said approximately 60 percent of
her swimmers' most-recent times
were season-bests.  .
Against Northridge and Bakers-
field over the weekend, the women
swept both meets and the men split,
defeating Northridge".
Sophomore Yvette Tristan set a
Fresno State record in the 200-yd.
butterfly Saturday against
Northridge, when she touched the
wall in 2:06.26. She now holds two
school records and shares four oth¬
ers with relay teammates.
Carrie Bennett has been the
standout of a freshman class tagged
as "the best ever to attend FSU."
Named the "Major Video FSU
Female Athlete of the Week" last
week, Bennett has won five of her
last seven freestyle-sprint races.
A pillar of strength throughout
the season for the men's team has
been junior Garrett Nishimoto. who
has won nine races, and is the odds -
on favorite every time he swims
the 200-yd. breaststroke.
Senior Dave Noble, FSU's
record-holder in the 200 and 500-
yd. freestyle, returned to his win¬
ning form over the weekend, win¬
ning all four of his races. Freshman
Dennis Penner has also given the
Bulldogs a needed boost since join-
, ing the team after the fall semester.
Entering Saturday's final meet
against Pacific, the women have a
9-4 record, and the men stand at 3-
7. Success in.dual meets alone,
however, is hot the measure of
successful programs, Irle said.
Irle's coaching philosophy is to
work her swimmers hard through¬
out the season, and rest them prior
to the conference meet -
"I feel real good about where-
we'll be at conference," Irle said.
"We could probably take third on
an off day. We're not expected to
win events, but we will."
Tennis 'Dogs open
home schedule today
The Fresno State Men's tennis
team will open its home schedule
against UC Davis today at the
FSU tennis courts.
Following its loss to No. 5
UCLA last Tuesday, the Bull¬
dogs are 0-1 on the season.
Fresno State is ranked No: 3 in
the NCAA's Region VII, and
Bulldogs Nils Koitka and Steve
Jackson are ranked in the indi¬
vidual poll.
Today's match is the begin¬
ning of FSU's busiest month. .
The team will play five dual ~
matches and three tournaments
in a 26-day span.
Match <hne is set for 2 p.m.
t
Riech
From page 6
years, and has qualified for the
NCAA Outdoor Championships
two of those years. He also com¬
peted in the Olympic Trials in 1992
but didn't qualify for a trip to
Barcelona.
Coach Red Estes said the extent
of R iech' s injury has been difficult
to determine.
"It's hard to say because the train¬
ers and doctors aren't really sure
exactly what it is>" Estes said. "It
seems more muscular than it does
'■vertebral or a disc problem, which
is-encQufaging."
Accordi ng to NCAA rules, in an
injury situation, a decision on
whether to redshirt an athlete can
be postponed until the halfway
point of the season, which falls in
April. If the athlete has competed
in less than 20percentofthe team's
meets, than he is eligible to be a
medical redshirt, which would
mean Ricoh could be eligible to
compete next year. However,
Riech is working hard now^ to
throw the javelin this season.
"I'm doing a lot of lower back
exercises to strengthen it up," Riech
said. "Hopefully, I'll be throwing
again within the next couple of
weeks."
Estes said Riech's value to the
team is compounded because the
Bulldogs do not have an experi¬
enced replacement for Riech.
' "In the WAC, we're going to
have to scrape'together every point
we can to even,be in the hant," he
said. "With Todd, we're probably
looking at first place in the confer¬
ence, so definitely it would hurt us
if he were not there."
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