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2C Wisconsin State Journal, Thursday, July 27, 2000v TODAY. FRI, MON. TUES. WED San San Colorado Colorado San Colorado Francisco Francisco Shorewood's DeWitt swims for cycle 7:05 p.m. 7:05 pm Francisco 1:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 pm MSC 1:05 p.m. use MSC MSC All-Star • Returning to the site of All-City Games! Schaumburg Schaumburg Schaumburj 7p.m. 7 p.m. 1:30 p.m. her first All-City meet, she Swim Meet Madison veterans on way to trials 4 races and coaches her final I I Home games [3 Road games Where: For years Madison has crest at this weekend's All-City meet at her home pool. Shorewood Hills Pool, helped produce some of the meet She qualified for the trials 901 Swarthmore Court. country's top swimmers, and in the 400 individual medley. By Eric Anderson When: that trend looks to be alive and Skolaski will not compete in SPORTS ON THE AIR Sports reporter Today through Saturday. Prelims for well this year. the city meet this year, but has swimmers ages 11-18 are today, prelims Two swimmers who came up participated in several All-City Every summer for the past 10 for swimmers ages 10-and-under are through the ranks of the Madi- meets with Nakoma. The 'BASEBALL years, the Madison All-City Swim Friday. Finals are Saturday. Competition son All-City Swim Meet — Jane senior-to-be at Madison Edge- Meet has been a fixture in Lizzy Evans and Jennifer Skolaski — 6 p.m. MLB: Milwaukee at Pittsburgh • MSC • WIBA (1310 AM) begins at 8:30 a.m. each day. wood will swim the 200 back- DeWitt's life. will participate in the U.S. stroke at the trials. 6:30 p.m. MLB: Florida at Atlanta • TBS Her city career will come to an On the Web: Olympic Trials Aug. 9-16 in In- 9 p.m. MLB: Boston at Oakland • MSC end on Saturday in her home pool, For results, go to www.allcityswim.org. Both swimmers are members dianapolis. of Badger Aquatics Club in '.BASKETBALL Shorewood Hills, which also was Evans, a junior-to-be at Madi- the site of her first All-City meet. son Memorial, is expected to Madison. 1 p.m. NBA: Summer Pro League, Cleveland vs. Houston • ESPN2 But DeWitt hasn't gotten all first year of coaching at Shore- compete in the relays for Park- — Eric Anderson' 7 p.m. NBA: Summer Pro League, Dallas vs. Phoenix • ESPN2 misty-eyed about her final compet- wood. "Saturday is going to be a FOOTBALL~~~ ition in the biggest event of each real balancing act. I think I'm season for city swimmers. going to be running around a lot." about swimming. "You see them look up at herv 7 p.m. AFL: Playoffs, Buffalo at Arizona • TNN Not yet, at least. She hasn't had In the pool, DeWitt will com- "I see a lot of that in the kids with the same excitement she had much time to think about the final- pete in the 100-yard freestyle and I'm coaching right now. They have when she was a kid. She enjoyed it GOLF ~~~~ ity of it all— what I had, and that's really neat. enough to want to do the same coaching and the 100 backstroke — preliminar- 10 a.m. Senior British Open • ESPN ies in those events are scheduled So I'm trying to put most of my en- with the next group of kids, and 2:30 p.m. PGA: John Deere Classic • MSC keeping track ergy into them, so they can have that's great." of three dozen for today — as well as the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays. the same experience that I had." DeWitt, meanwhile, hasn't fop,.' 9- and 10-year- Chris Carbon knows exactly gotten what Carbon and other\ olds for a sea- For her and most of the other where DeWitt is coming from. coaches have done to help further SPORTS IN BRIEF son of summer older swimmers, she said, the sum- Carbon, a former University of her career, which she plans to con-' swimming mer season is more of a relaxing, Wisconsin athlete and the assist- tinue at NCAA Division III Middle* tends to do fun season in contrast to the com- ant manager at Shorewood Hills, bury College in Vermont. ',. £ NBA SOCCER that to you. petitive fall and winter seasons. started coaching the summer after "I always had such good.;? On Satur- But that is not the case for the he graduated from West in 1991. coaches growing up, they made the-; Clippers' Taylor South Africa appeals day, speed will younger competitors, who make up One of the youngsters in that difference for me and it's nice to be of the es- the vast majority of the 1,500 swim- group was DeWitt. try to do that for someone else,'' is Orlando-bound World Cup vote sence for DeWitt mers expected to participate in Seeing his former pupil now DeWitt said. "It's been so nice hav-;: DeWitt, and not just in the water. the 39th annual All-City Meet. teaching the next generation of ing (Carbon) around, but it's a little;; Los Angeles Clippers South Africa is challenging "For them, this is the intense .(forward Maurice Taylor says he the disputed vote in which She will need to be fleet of foot as swimmers is fulfilling for Carbon weird having him on the deckl,- well, getting her youngsters thing," said DeWitt, who was part — even if it does make him feel Sometimes I'm like, 'What am ,1 •',;'is going to join Grant Hill and Germany was awarded the 2006 of three WIAA Division 1 state orTracy McGrady in Orlando. checked in with the clerk of course just a little bit old. doing? He's the coach.' " >;, World Cup, insisting it has a and encouraging them before and championship relay teams during "For me to be able to be on the The fact that her swimming ca* Taylor told the Orange "moral and legal obligation" after their races in addition to her her prep career. "As you get older, deck in the morning and watch her reer will come full circle on Satur* -j.County Register he intends to for such a step. own events. kids are doing other things, but coaching is fabulous," said Carbon, day hasn't been lost on DeWitt. " ;, , (sign with the Magic once the South Africa asked that an "It's going to be pretty intense," when I was younger there were who will take over as coach of the "I'm really excited about • ifc signing period begins Tuesday. arbitration tribunal either said the 17-year-old DeWitt, a for- four or five of us and we were in- powerhouse Regents girls program being at Shorewood," she said. "I- , •; "That's where I'm going," annul the July 6 vote or award mer Madison West athlete in her tense and the summers were all in the fall. like that cycle that's going on." -,> h-Taylor was quoted as saying in the tournament to South Africa. '.^Wednesday's newspaper. "It's a FIFA's executive committee :!good situation with the players voted, 12-11, to award the that they have and the tournament to South Africa, organization. There are just a with New Zealand's Charles few technicalities that need to Dempsey abstaining. If D'backs swing deal for Schilling be taken care of." Dempsey had voted for South ''' One potential snag is that if Africa, as the Oceania Football • The five-player trade BASEBALL TRADES '-fthe Magic sign Hill and Confederation instructed, ,; McGrady, it's unlikely the team FIFA president Sepp Blatter with the Phillies gives "would have enough room would have broken the tie in like we feel we do with Randy and Brewers ready to trade .^remaining under the salary cap favor of South Africa. Arizona two ace pitchers. Curt Schilling," Diamondbacks | to also lure Taylor, Brian Grant "We have, however, a moral owner Jerry Colangelo said. "This State Journal staff strengthen their depleted pitch- Ji'or Kurt Thomas — unless the and legal obligation to our Associated Press could be a very significant addi- ing staff. With the deadline to make ..;player accepted the minimum people, our supporters, and to After adding Curt Schilling to a tion in a very tight pennant race." Other potential targets for 'salary or Orlando can clear the African continent to As part of the deal, Schilling trades without players having to the Brewers include Philadel- staff that includes Randy Johnson, clear waivers approaching, the ..more cap room. proceed with this matter," said the Arizona Diamondbacks head waived his right to demand a phia first baseman Rico Brogna r,; • Veteran forward Danny Danny Jordan, chief executive trade following the season, a Milwaukee Brewers say they and Texas first baseman David into the pennant race with one of are ready to wheel and deal. Segui. .^Manning met with the Utah of South Africa's bid committee the most powerful 1-2 pitching power given to veterans traded 7 Jazz after reaching an and the South African Football while under a multiyear contract. General manager Dean Tay- combinations in baseball. Schilling recently told the lor told the Milwaukee Journal ^.agreement to buy out the final Association. "Koufax and Drysdale come to Sentinel that the Brewers are Top pick done for the year /•year of his six-year, $38 million • Brazilian great Ronaldo is Phillies there were about a half- mind," Arizona general manager dozen teams he would allow him- "very motivated" to make a Dave Krynzel, the Brewers' ^contract with the Milwaukee considering a stint with Major Joe Garagiola Jr.