Page 12-Tuesday, February 6, 1979-The Michigan Daily Tracksters qualify for NCAA tourney By STAN BRADBURY Michigan's Tim Thomas qualified for the NCAA indoor championships as he won the half mile run in 1:51.82 at the Indiana Relays on Saturday. Thomas will join Mike Lattany and the two-mile relay team for the national } event at Cobo Arena on March 9th and 10th. "The only other winner for Michigan at the Indiana Relays was Lattany who took the high jump -at 7' 0". The mile relay team placed fourth in the :tough cornpetition. "It was good competition," said Wolverine coach Jack Harvey. "The other teams were not a whole lot faster than we were but there was a whole lot more quality in depth at the meet." Harvey added, "It was a good experience for the runners. We had to go through prelims Friday before the finals Saturday, something we're not- used to yet." Only half the team went to Bloomington, the other half traveled to> Kalamazoo for the Western Michigan Relays. At Western, James Ross won the long jump with a 23' 5'" leap while! teammate Neil Fairclough took the triple jump (46' %") and Dave Lewis ofr the Wolverines captured the 5000 meter run in 14:31.16. =OMSEmi.EM... ............n....v:..................................::. .6 . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Gymnasts tumble toward title Men edged by Bucks Women take tri-meet p. b r Said a tackle from East Idaho, Who was wooed by both Woody and Bo, "The thing that appeals Is the chance to eat meals At The League-to Ann Arbor, I'll go." K.). TheMichigan LA J~e I Next to Hill Auditorium Located in the heart of the campus, it is the heart of the campus ... Lunch 11:30 to 1:15 Dinner 5:00 to 7:15 SNACK BAR L ower Level ' Open 7:15 AM to 4:00 PM Send your League Limerick to: Manager, Michigan League 227 South Ingalls You will receive 2 free dinner tickets if your limerick is used in one of our ads: BY LEE KATTERMAN The Michigan gymnasts infused new life into their run at the Big Ten title this past weekend. A strong Ohio State team came to town for a two-day affair, and while they did beat the Wolverines, Michigan posted its best score of the season. Michigan took Sunday's optionals, 210.3 to 208.25, winning floor exercise, side horse, parallel bars and high bar. It wasn't enough, though. The Buckeyes had build a four-point bulge in the com- pulsory exercises, on Saturday evening, and held on to take home the victory, 420.25-417.75. SENIOR CO-CAPTAIN Bob Creek had the meet's high score, totaling 19.0 of a possible 20.0 for his high bar routines. "I hit my routine well," said Bob. "Gerald (Martin, of OSU) is my main competition in the Big Teh, and today I beat him." Most of Bob's comments were about the team's showing. "Ohio State has a great team, and beating them in the op- tionals will really pick us up. The team is getting more interested in each other's success. It's important to have a cohesive unit for a multi-team meet like the Big Ten." Including Creek's high bar, Michigan, gathered four firsts. Jim Varilek led the way for Michigan, winning the floor exercise, with 18.10. Still rings went to sophomore Darrell Yee for his 18.65. Nigel Rothwell took the top spot on parallel bars at 18.30, en route to win- ning the all-around competition. Over the two days, Rothwell performed on twelve events, averaging 9.0 per event, for a total score of 108.10. Buckeye Coach Mike Willson was ap- parently unhappy after Sunday's session. In the middle of an interview U-M CENTER FOR AFROAMERICAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES "AFRICA: NEW DIMENSIONS OF DEPENDENCY" DR. MICHAEL OLISA Visiting Professor of Political Science Michigan State University February 7-12:00-1:30 p.mh. with all-around standout Martin, he herded his team into the locker room without any comment. THE DUAL MEET was held simultaneously with the women's gym team before a good-sized crowd. "I think it really helps when they (the spectators) respond," according to Rothwell. "It makes you feel good to get positive feedback after a routine.'' Rothwell went on to say, "I was fired up for this meet. This'is the first year I've tried to put a lot of difficulty into my routines. Despite some problems in pratice I was able to hit, especially on high bar." Symbolic of the squad's deter- mination was freshman Al Berger, an all-around .competitor. After the meet, he sat at the scoring table, writing on the back of a program. When queried as to the meaning of the notes, Berger said, "I like to write down all the problems I had during the meet, so I can remember what needs work in practice." We'll soon know if Berger and the rest of the Wolverines can put it all together in the Big Ten meet next mon- th. By ALAN FANGER Like a Grand Prix race driver taking a practice lap, the Michigan women gymnasts tuned up for this weekend's Big Ten Championships by swamping Eastern Michigan ,and Illinois State Sunday in their final home meet of the season. The Wolverines (20-2) used the meet to - experiment with several new routines, and their added difficulty resulted in a team score of 127.75, a season high. Eastern finished second at 117.8, while Illinois State was third with 117.45. With all-arounder Colleen Forrestel nursing a painful hip injury, Coach Scott Ponto dipped into his reserves, and received a surprising performance from freshwoman Laurie Miesel, who placed third all-around (30.9) behind perennial scoring leader Sara Flom (32.5), Mia Axon and Teresa Bertoncin, who tied at 31.9. Miesel's first-place balance beam performance (8.0) highlighted an ini-- proved Michigan effort (31.0) in that event, while Flom ended her short slump with wins in both vaulting (8.1) and floor exercises (8.55). "We still made some mistakes," said Flom, whose 32.5 all-around total was her season best. "The important thing for us was to get confidence for the Big Ten's, and this meet helped to do that.' Ponto was satisfied with the success of his "experiment". It was importait that we get the new tricks in," he said. The risky movement was a front semi- flip on the uneven parallel bars that was performed by Flom, Bertoncin and freshwoman Lisa Uttal. The first-year coach also shrugged off any major concern about Forrester, one of his top all-arounders. "We think that she'll be able to work with us down in Champaign this weekend," ,he said. "baut she won't be .working out until Friday. We'd rather have her healthy.' The Wolverines will now t rget their efforts toward a conference title chase in which they may be a frontrunner. "I see a lot of teams in the race," 'said Ponto. "Ohio State, Minnesota, and Michigan State are all real strong: "We can contend, but we're going to need every tenth (of a point) that we can get." "Realistically, we .lave an excellent shot at lit,"',said co-captain Axon. "With Colleen back, our score should be even higher than it was for this meet." SCORES' COLLEGE BASKETBALL Notre Dame 84,Loyola, 111.66 Louisville 102,Memphis St. 82 Pitt 71, Hawaii$2, VMI 63, Marshall 58 Colgate 77, Army 75 (OT) Richmond 66, Niagara 65 St. Bonaventure 101, Hofstra 81 * ** **** *** **** ******* CEDAR POINT AMUSEMENT PARK, Sandusky, Ohio, will hold on-campus interviews for summer employment: * Dates: Wednesday, February 14 Thursday, February 15* Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Place: 3200 Student Activities Bldg. Over 3,200 positions available for a wide variety of jobs. Dormitory or apartment style housing available. Contact Summer Placement Office for informa- tion and appointment. Spend a sum- mer in one of the finest resort areas * in the North. * T_ - . - -- ''__ AC A A DRPON Polls AP Top Twenty. <. ~R~WWWWWWWWWXZ~WWWWWW ~ A aa - '.b- y . ROME - (s- or s - PAPERBACK and HARDCOVER TEXT and GENERAL Literature cooknj Social Science FEBRUARY Natural Science -2 1 - 28 Foreign Language Spanish French GermanI craft' NEW & USED OLD & NEW EDITIONS Insects * C E N TO HALF-PRICE -- S Daily Photo by BRAP BENJAMIN FRESHMAN ALL-AROUNDER Al Berger shows his prowess on the rings in last weekend's gymnastics action at Crisler Arena. A fine performance by the Blue tumblers in Sunday's optionals wasn't enough to overtake the Buckeyes, however, and Ohio State won the meet 420.25-417.75. 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