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WiU depend uPn how wel1 we adjust to this kind of
surface, UNC Coach Don Skakle said. "We have enough talent, that if we can put it
together we could have a 21-3 season or better." F
A Jh! Ta,r Hfls 8, mt0 t?e season Payers returning from last year's
Atlantic Coast Conference champions (UNC has won six straight ACC titles, and 1 5 of
the last 1 7) Defending ACC singles champion Billy Brock holds down the first singles
court. His doubles partner from last season, Tommy Dixon will probably play No 2
Brock and Dixon, defending ACC doubles titlists, will play the No 1 doubles
ci eFiret-UmeeS fr Tar Hecls include Earl Hassler David Oberstein, Cliff
Skakle, J unie Chatman and J on Kraut. The only newcomer to this year's team is B ruce
McNair.
Carolina will once again be the favorite in the ACC race, but Maryland can be
expected to give UNC a run when the ACC tournament opens in College Park, Md.,
April 16. "I don't think any of the teams in the ACC will be weak this year," Skakle
said, "but Maryland will probably be our toughest competition the ACG
Carolina plays only two ACC matches at home, Clemson April 1 and Wake Forest
April 7, while facing State, Virginia, Maryland and Duke on the road. Of their 1 8 non
conference foes, the Tar Heels play 1 1 of them in Chapel Hill.
On the road, the toughest competition for UNC should come against Florida,
Florida State, Tennessee and Princeton. The Tar Heels biggest home matches are
March 25 against Pennsylvania and April 10 against Miami.
In Sunday's match against Perm State, Brock and Dixon will be on the first two
singles courts, but Skakle hasn't decided on the rest of his lineup. The doubles lineup
will probably be Brock and Dixon on court No. 1, Hassler and Oberstein on court No.
2, with Skakle and Chatman on No. 3.
Heel matmen ailing but hopeful
by Lee Pace
Staff Writer
"I really don't know what to say. I've never
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have plagued his Tar Heels from the
beginning of . the wrestling season and
injuries that now, a day- before the ACC
Wrestling Tournament opens in Carmicliael
Auditorium, muffle UNC's cries that it is the
best wrestling team in the ACC.
"I honestly feel," Lam said, "that if we
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the "UCLA Invitational." Similarly, the
ACC Championships have taken the
shape of a N.C. State Invitational
Tournament" in past years leaving the
other ACC squads floundering in their
wake.
Today, Carolina hosts the ACC
Championships in the Bowman Gray
weren't hurting we'd be the favorites. This is
the best team I've ever coached. They did an
outstanding job this season in beating
Maryland for the first time and winning the
conference outright. No matter how it ends
up we're gonna give 100 per cent. I'm really
proud to have worked with these guys this
year."
The Conkwright brothers (Scott and
Chris), Mike Benzel and Dean Brior are
presently the ailing members of a Tar Heel
squad which posted a 12-6 overall and 5-1
ACC record.
Both Conkwrights have bad knees and
have had for some time with Scott not
. having worked out this week. Benzel injured
his knee several weeks ago at Maryland.
'Now Benzel's knee has healed, but a week
long stay in the hospital must figure into his
physical condition.
Brior dislocated his ankle last Friday at
Maryland and has since been on crutches.
Benzel, a 158-pounder who was 2-0-1 in
the three ACC matches, has "been looking
pretty good," however, according to Lam.
"He's surprised me. I'm worried about Brior,
.though, most, of any of them. His ankle's
; been giving him a lot of pain."
Early in the year, his team's youth (the
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to the Wolfpack's swimming
dominance. The competition lasts until
Saturday with trials beginning at noon
and finals at 7:30 p. m. today and
Friday. Saturday, trials begin at 1 0 a. m.
and finals at 5 p. m.
"We're going in to win," said UNC
Head Coach Jim Wood of the 6-3 Tar
Heels. "Our goal all year has been to.
swim State closer and narrow the gap
between our scores in last year's
Championship (250 point difference).
"State has to be favored, probably by
quite a few points, but there are a lot of
events in which I think we have a shot of
either winning or finishing strongly,"
Wood said. "I definitely think that the
races will be much closer than our dual
meet with them (State won, 88-25). We
should be very strong in the 100 and 200
yard backstroke, both individual
medley events, and all freestyle races."
Last night, the Carolina swimmers
held a "religious ceremony" of sorts in
the Woolen Gym shower room by
"shaving down." Shaving down is the
culmination of a month-long tapering
Randy Wiel: a foreign
by Gerie Upchurch
Staff Writer
As he strummed his guitar to a
popular song on the radio, Randy Wiel,
talked about his home, the Olympic
games and his athletic career.
When Wiel, the 6-4 195-pound
freshman basketball player, talks about
home, it is a place called Curacao, one of
several islands in the Dutch Antilles, off
the coast of Venezuela.
And when Wiel talks about his
athletic career, he talks about swimming
in the 1966 Pan-American Games,
running track in the '68 Olympic Games,
and playing basketball on the Dutch
Antilles national team.
Wiel swam against Mark Spitz, who
won seven gold medals in the '72
Olympics, in the Pan Am games, and
remembers him as cocky.
"He told me that if I was going to
swim against him, I would have to swim
for second place. As it turned out, he got
beat too," Wiel said in an accent that
suggested his Dutch background.
The 24-year-old Wiel still holds three
swimming records in his country, but
said that he no longer swims
competitively.
"I still mess around in the pool. But
Heels have started five freshmen and three
sophomores most of the season) gave Lam
most of his worries. But now, that's changed.
"They've matured very well," he said.
"Most of them have come right along. It's
not the inexperience factor I'm worried
about as much as the injury factor."
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period, the swimmsrdgiherftogetherto
shave all the hair off their bodies to
lower their times.
Assistant Coach Rob Dickson
describes the process as an "old Indian
ritual." Coaches have their team shave
while performances are at a peak. "To a
swimmer, shaving-down is sort of a
religious experience," Dickson said.
"We do it only once a year and it is the
culmination of our tapering schedule.
Nobody really understands why or how
it works, but times will drop to the
lowest of the year.
"Mainly . I think it's mental I'd say
that the shaving and tapering are about
20 per cent and mental preparation 80
per cent of the time drop," Dickson said.
Carolina is a top contender for a
second-place finish, with Virginia as one
of the stronger squads. The Heels will be
out to erase an earlier 60-53 loss to the
Cavaliers, the only ACC loss other than
State. This year's team has suffered only
one other loss, that to the mighty
Volunteers of Tennessee. It has been an
impressive squad throughout the year.
UNC freshman Randy Wiel
when you swim, you peak young. You
get to a certain point, and you can't
swim any faster," he said.
Thus, Wiel began running track and '
qualified for the '68 Olympic Games in
Mexico City. In the games, he competed
in the 440 relays, 200-meter sprints and
set a national record in the 100-meter
sprint with a time of 10.1.
"You always perform better in the
Olympics than usual. And in individual
events, when you mess up, you know
who messed up," he said.
"It's a thrill to go to the Olympics.
You get to meet people from so many
different places, and they are all good,
talented athletes.
"Being from such a small place, most
of them didn't pay attention to me until I
did so - well in ;my events," Wiel
continued. "Then they started coming
up to me and asking where I was from."
It was during the '68 Olympics that
United States runners John Carlos and
Tommy Smith, standing on their
runners platforms, raised their fists
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"This year's team is stronger than
last," Dickson said. "We've got more
confidence, our training has been better,
and we're swimming loose, but
seriously. Two years ago, it was
inconceivable to think that we could
swim with State. Each year we're trying
to get closer and closer."
"The meet is going to come down to
whoever is better prepared for the meet.
The toughest swimmer in the stretch is
the guy who is going to win," Wood
said. "Our earlier meet with State will
have no effect on our swimming in the
championships. We're going to have
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during the national anthem in protest of
black oppression in America.
"I thought to myself, 'They're ruining
the whole show!' I couldn't figure out
their protest " said Wiel, present in the
stadium. "I never have understood
racial differences. In my country, even
though Tm black, I date white girls. We
don't have a thing about race like there
is here."
Wiel played on the Dutch Antilles
national basketball team, coached by
former Duke player, Dick DeVenzio.
Wiel said that his experience on the
team was limited because they could
only play teams from the surrounding
islands and Venezuela.
"DeVenzio told me that if I wanted to
learn the game of basketball, I should go
to Carolina and play under Coach
(Dean) Smith. He told me that he liked
UNC's style of play. He never
mentioned Duke to me," Wiel said.
Wiel has done well adjusting to the
Carolina style of play. He has played in
six junior varsity games and is averaging
13.5 points and five rebounds a game.
"I hope to become better. I think 1
will.-Coach Smith cant planus all the
time." Wiel said. "I had to adjust to
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