TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1964
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Michigan Finishes Second to Wisconsin in Big Ten Tra
tck Meet
By MICHAEL RUTKOWSKI
Michigan's showings this year
in the Big Ten Indoor and Out-
door Track and Field Champion-
ships were similar to the show-
ings they made last year-only
better.
At the indoor conference meet
at Columbus in March the Wol-
verines put on a spectacular
show as they defeated the strong
Wisconsin team which had been
favored.
Michigan brought home five in-
dividual champions as they over-
powered the second place Badgers,
67-48.
The individual winners for the
Wolverines were: captain Roger
Schmitt in the shot put with a
heave of 55'91/2"; Des Ryan in
the one mile run with a time of
4:14.4; Kent Bernard in the star-
studded 660-yard run with a
clocking of 1:10.4; Ted Kelly in
the half mile with a time of
1:53.5, and Al Ammerman with
a surprise win in the high jump
with a leap of 6'6".
Besides these firsts Michigan
also got four seconds, four thirds,
three fourths, and one fifth.
Seconds
Defending high hurdles cham-
pion Cliff Nuttall came in second
as he lost his crown to Tom Dak-
in of Wisconsin. Sophomore Bob
Densham - made it one-two for
Michigan in the high jump as he
placed right behind teammate
Ammerman. In the 300-yard dash
Mac Hunter finished second to
Mel Blanheim of Illinois. The
mile relay team also came through
with a second place as Purdue
running in a different heat had a
time which was faster by .1
second.
Sophomore John Rowser came
through with a spectacular leap
of 23'11" in the broad jump for
a valuable second place. This leap
by Rowser was the best of his
career.
Third places were earned by
Dave Hayes in the mile, Ken Burn-
ley in the 60-yard dash, Cecil
Norde in the half mile, and Chris
Murray in the two mile.
Ernie Soudek in the shot, Dorr
Casto in the 1000-yard run, and
Roy Woodton in the high hurdles
all finished in fourth place in
their respective events, while
Dorie Reid was fifth in the 60-
yard dash.
Better Than '63
This fine showing was an im-
provement over last year when
the Wolverines tied for first with
Iowa with 43 points while Wis-
consin was close behind with 40
points.
In May at Evanston Michigan
was unable to capture the match-
ing outdoor title in spite of some
brilliant individual performances
as they were plagued with injuries
and bad luck.
A bleeding ulcer took defending
high hurdle champion Nuttall out
of the finals and the wind bother-
ed left-handed discus thrower
Soudek as Wisconsin achieved
some measure of revenge for their
loss indoors with a stunning 64-52
victory-
The injury to Nuttall paved the
way for a Badger slam in the
hurdles and gave them an easy 12
points to Michigan's none. This
in the opinion of many observers
was the difference in the meet as
the Wisconsin final margin was
an identical 12 points.
Soudek finished second to right-
handed Don Henderson of Wis-
consin as the best heave he could
get into the wind was 164'4/2".
This was almost a foot less than
the winning toss of 165'3%" by
Henderson.
Five Firsts
Although the Wolverines were
beaten for the conference crown,
they managed to win four indi-
vidual firsts plus the mile relay.
Leading the way for Michigan
were Bernard with a remarkable
:46.1 in the 440-yard dash, Sch-
mitt with a repeat win in the shot
and a put of 53'1134", Kelly with
a 1:51.3 in the half mile, and
Chris Murray with a 9:15.9 in the
grueling two mile run.
The victorious mile relay team
composed of Dave Romain, Dan
Hughes, George Wade, and Ber-
nard broke the Big Ten record of
3:11.2 set by Iowa in 1963. The
Michigan quartet turned in a
3:10.2 as Bernard ran a tremend-
ous :45.6 anchor leg.
Bernard also ran a :46.0 in
qualifying for the finals. This time
was the fatest time in the world
for the year.
Murray First
Murray's showing in the two
mile was one of the standout per-
formances of the meet. Although
given little chance of winning, he
led most of the way and stove off
challenges by two other runners
over the final
his victory.
150 yards to gain
In the high jump Michigan
failed to win even though no one
jumped higher than either Den-
sham and Ammerman. They were
awarded second and third respec-
tively though because of greater
misses than Cornelius Miller of
Indiana. They all jumped 6'7".
The Wolverines got four other
thirds as Fred Lambert in the dis-
cus, Ryan in the mile, Casto in the
half mile, and Bill Yearby in the
shot all made creditable showings
in their respective events. The
only other place winner for Mich-
igan was Rowser in the broad
jump.
In the opening home indoor
meet, the Michigan Relays, the
Wolverines walked away with
seven firsts including two Yost
Field House records, two meet rec-
ords, and a tie of another meet
record.
High Jump Record
Densham tied with former West-
ern Michigan star Jim Oliphant
at 6'101/$" in the high jump. This
mark was a new world's indoor
record on a dirt track. The mile
relay team of Romain, Bob Jare-
ma, Hunter and Bernard broke
the other field house record with
a 3:18.5 clocking. The meet record
which was tied was in the distance
medley relay.
Other firsts were won by Nut-
tall in' the 65-yard highs, Ted
Benedict in the two mile, Schmitt
in the shot, and by the shuttle
hurdle relay team.
At the Michigan State Relays l
the Wolverines came back with
three firsts. Nuttall was first in
the 70-yard highs, Schmitt was
first in the shot, and the mile
relay team was first,
In two other home meets Mich-
igan captured 11 firsts in 15 events
in each of the contests to pace
them to lopsided wins. They
scored 98 points compared to 36
for Indiana and 35 for Notre Dame
in a triangular meet and the next
week scored 104 points to second
place Ohio University's 26.
Bernard Breaks Record
In the former meet Bernard
tied the Yost Field House record
in the 600 with a 1:11.2. In the
latter meet he broke the field
house record for the 440 with a
48.6 clocking.
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1 -Daily-Dave Good
HALF-MILERS TED KELLY and Dorr Casto finished one-three
in the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships as they
helped the Wolverines to a second place finish behind Wisconsin.
Kelly ran a 1:51.3 as he picked up the outdoor crown to match
the one he won indoors in March at Columbus.
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