Wildcats will give
Lions their first test
By KATE BLASCHAK
Collegian Spoils Writer
Last week, senior Lion captain Chip Berry
described the men's swimming and diving meet
with Villanova tomorrow as a low pressure con
test and a good way to start the season. Maybe
he was being a little too nice.
In contrast, the Wildcats coach Ed Bartsch
took a more realistic approach in characterizing
the upcoming competition
"There's not a snowball's chance in hell that
we're going to win this meet," he joked.
But regardless of who wins or loses, the Wild
cats will give the Lions a chance to do what
they've been itching to do compete with
someone other than themselves.
The only competition the Lion swimmen have
yet encountered was in their intrasquad meet
last Friday. The Blue-White scrimmage is used
to measure what the team needs to improve
before the season commences.
And after reviewing the tape of the meet,
Lion Coach Peter Brown said the team has real
ized what some of those problems are.
"Our speed needs some work," Brown said.
"At times the speed was forced, and some guys
were having a hard time getting their races in."
Brown s a id the swimmers have also concen
trated this week on relay exchanges and turns.
"It's a matter of making certain things better
technically," Brown said.
In terms of the lineup for tomorrow's meet,
which is being held in Wildcat waters, Brown
said much of it will mirror last year's slate.
Berry will be sticking with the distance
freestyle events, and sophomore Greg Stacey
will swim the sprints. Some placements remain
up in the air due to injuries and academics.
As for the underdogs, Villanova is trying to
adjust to the loss of seven seniors and the gain
of six freshmen. This large freshman contin-
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Lion swimmer Greg Stacey practices last year in McCoy Natatorium. He and his teammates will
face their first competition on Saturday when they travel to Villanova.
gent has left the Wildcats with a young and rel
atively inexperienced squad. But Bartsch said
he believes some of his swimmers will be
forces to reckon with in certain events.
"We will swim and be competitive in a lot of
events," he said. "But in terms of depth or
strength we are significantly overmatched."
The competition tomorrow also marks the
first season performance for the Penn State
diving team. The Lion divers enter the waters
minus Chris Devine, who was the 1994 National
one-meter champion and who placed seventh at
nationals this year. Devine ended his career
here at the end of last season and is presently
training for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Also absent for the Lions will be junior Seth
Kane, who has decided to redshirt this season.
Kane finished 20th in the 1995 nationals.
In lieu of Kane and Devine, the Lions will
have three young divers taking their place. And
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at the forefront is sophomore Drew Jackson
who, as a superstar freshman, was a Big Ten
finalist last season. Diving coach Craig Brown
said Jackson has improved.
"Drew looks real, real solid," Brown said.
"His strength is much better than last year."
Also contributing to the Lions will be redshirt
freshman Joel Chandler.
Brown said Chandler has made huge progress
in summer training.
"He still has a lot to learn," Brown added.
"He's talented, but green, and needs to work on
some fundamentals."
And rounding out the Lion divers is freshman
Danny Hernandez who has been performing
better than Brown said he anticipated.
"He's surprising the devil out of me," Brown
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