Thursday, September 8, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Thursday, September 8, 1977 THE MICHIGAN bAILY Page Nine . Harriers, thinc/ads run all year Warhurst aims for fourth straight titl By ERNIE DUNBAR For Michigan cross country coach Ron Warhurst, winning comes fairly easy. Since coming to Ann Arbor in 1974, Warhurst has guided his squads to three consecutive Big Ten championships. And what has the fourth year coach grinning from ear to ear is- that his 1977 team, with 11 returning lettermen,, should be his best ever. "It should be the best team I've had in my four years here," said Warhurst. "We've got more depth than we've ever had be- fore." Although the Wolverines lost last season's number one man, Greg Meyer, to graduation, the three-time cross country All- American won't be as sorely missed as most would think: Warhurst has the fortune of regaining the services of Mike McGuire, an All-American as a freshman, who was forced to sit out his junior season from a bout with mononucle- osis. The former Farmington High School standout will be a key member in the Wolver- ines' success. "I think if Mike comes back healthy there isn't anybody in the Big Ten who can beat him," Warhurst said with a tone pf confidence. "He's a better cross country runner than Meyer (who finished third in last year's Big Ten meet) at this stage in their' careers." ' Also missing .from last, year's championship team were Jack Sinclair, also out with mono, and Jay Anstaett who missed the season with a stress fracture. Sinclair finished 10th in the Big Ten meet as a freshman, while Anstaett was finishing 18th in his sophomore campaign. Add that trio to the champ- ionship base 'varburst estab- lished in 19 '1. and the Wolver- ine mentor is very optimistic. "You take our top seven from last year and we're only losing Meyer, so you've got a pretty strong set of six people," com- mented Warhurst. "Then if you intersperse McGuire, Anstaett, and Sinclair in there, it's not go- ing to be like their eighth, ninth, or 10th man. Mike is going to be one or two, Sinclair three or four, and Anstaett a strong have two years of eligibility left, fifth." while Sinclair has three. When Warhurst speaks of Completing the Wolverines' depth, he's not joking one bit. block of talent will be seniors "We'llh ave 14 or 15 guys Mark Foster and Bob Scheper, who'll be trying to make the juniors Bruce McFee and Doug top seven,"ysaid Warhurst, Sweazey, sophomores Dan Heik- "which is going to make some kinen and Dave Lewis, and incredible experiences for both transfer student Chip Hadler. the kids on the team and my- Warhurst has Michigan's self in the fall." Class A State individual cross In cross country, a team of country champion and two- seven runners competes over a mile champion Gary Carter of five or six mile course, with on- St. Clair Shores Lakeview to ly the team's top five runners pace the incoming freshman counting towards the team's to- class. tal. "I kind of think he might be A team wins a meet by scor- the sleeper of the group," War- ing the lowest number of points. hurst remarked of Carter. Points are awarded on the basis Warhurst's pre-season goals of of the runner's finish in the race, going undefeated until the na- with the winner receiving obe tional championships in Novem- point, while the 25th finisher ber' could seem like an awfully would score 25 points for his tall statement to make. team. But since he has won the Big Michigan's team depth comes Ten championship every year in handy in big races, since if he's coached at Michigan, plus the Wolverines' sixth or seventh winning the Central Collegiate men are able to place ahead of Conference title since the team the opposing teat's fifth man, entered the conference in 1975, it boots the point total of the his statements tend to hold some competitor. weight Providing the nucleus of Giving the Wolverines their Warhurst's squad will be Mc- stiffest challenge for a fourth Guire, two-time senior.All-Am- consecutive Big Ten title will erican Bill Donakowski (fifth be Minnesota, Wisconsin, and in last year's Big Ten meet), Indiana. Junior Steve Elliott (sixth in But Warhurst is ready for the the Big Ten), plusSinclair and challenge. Anstaett. "We're looking very positively Due to their illnesses from last towards four straight Big Ten season, McGuire and Anstaett titles,' he said with a big smile. By DAVE RENBARGER 1976 was a banner year for Michigan track. 1977 was not. 1978 doesn't even get started until the middle of January for the thinclads, but their coach, Jack Harvey, is already think- ing in terms of a possible re- peat performance of his team's accomplishments in '76. That year, Harvey directed the tracksters to two Big Ten track championships --- winning both the winter in- door campaign and the spring outdoor circuit., And, with minimal gradua- tion losses, a lot of people had the Wolverines pegged for a couple more conference titles this past year;.' But things didn't quite work out that way. Indoors, Michigan had the ad- vantage of running the Big Ten meet on its owndtrack, but still ended _up second fiddle to Illi- nois, losing bya mere one point mnargin. The outdoor crown also wvent to the Fighting Illini, with the Blue thinclads drop- ping to a slightly embarrass- ing fifth place. "We felt that we should have won that indoor meet," said Harvey's trackmlen hope for rebound Harvey. "We came so close, it! was a real heartbreaker." "Outdoors we just couldn't get anything going. Nobody rani up to their potential. It was a pretty dismal meet."a Looking toward the coming season, Harvey cites a bit of past history in explanation of his optimism. "These things kind of run in cycles," he said. "Good years then off years. We had a lot of pressure on us after sweeping in '76 and we nev- er came close to living up to some pre-season expectations. Now I just hope we can get it back together and win again." With a solid batch of re- turnees, plus a promising con- tingent . of recruits, Harvey seems to have the personnel necessary to win again. Leading the veterans out onto "Those guys are all tough- the track this winter will be competitors," said Harvey. senior quarter-miler James "The problem was that I think Grace.- they got too used to winning. The Detroit native is coming This year we destroyed the off a sensational year, winning myth that they are unbeatable. the conference quarter-mile title Nobody likes to lose and I think indoors and tying for the 400 they are ready to start winning meters championship outdoors again." in a photo-finish dead heat. The thinclads suffered only a. Joining Grace again this mild graduation. again this year. Jearwill be Jim Stokes, the losing but four competitors and yeaord breaking Wolrine two individual Big Ten champs. p le vaulter. Two seasons Newly recruited Wolverines a o, the senior from Flint set include half-miler Bill Weid- the varsity mark with a vault enbach from ° Grosse Pointe of 16-6. Last year, he twice North, two-miler Gary Carter cleared 17-1/4. from St. Clair Shores Lake- Senior distance men Billy view, and quarter-miler Ken Donakowski and Mike McGuire, Gartner fromt Detroit Cass junior sprinter/hurdler Charles Tech. Crouther, and sophomore half- , From the junior college ranks miling twins Tim and Greg To- comes sophomore Mike Lattany, mas also return, providing Har- a seven foot high jumper who vey with an experienced group also doubles as a horizontal of talent. jumper. a I z Mike Kolin's ~ng'.Ce,.,, EARN UP TO$3,000! A Semester or More Posting Educational'' Literature on Campus in Spare Time. Send, Name, A d d r e s s, Phone~, School,.& References to; NATION WIDE COLLEGE MARKETING SERVICES, INC. P.O. Box 1384 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Call (313) 662-1770 TH THIS AD DURING LASSES SEPT. 77! Veterans pace BI I a I By DON MacLACHLAN Many Michigan students have never stepped foot in Ray L. Fisher Stadium,, despite the fact that the team that plays there has made three consecutive NCAA appearances. The Michigan baseball team, last year's Big Ten runner-up with a 14-4 conference record, has a predominately veteran team coming back this year. Many of the start- ers on Coach Moby Benedict's squad played significant roles in the Wolverines' Big Ten title runs in 1975 and 1976. IF THE WOLVERINES HAVE a real strong point this season it will be their infield. Four seniors return, three of them as three year starters for Michigan. Third baseman Dave Chapman spear- heads the infield. The Grosse Pointe na- tive has a cannon-like arm and earned a place on the all-Big Ten first team last year. Chapman, a Big Ten all-academic selection hit .250 last year and belted two home runs while doing a fine defensive job at the hot corner. The Wolverine double play combination of Jim Berra and Scott Anderson is one; of the Big Ten's finest. Shortstop Berra is one of the best defensive players in the conference and showed his offensive power by blasting three round trippers in the month of April. A JUNIOR FROM ANN ARBOR, An- derson had to rate as the surprise of last year. The second sacker hit well all sea- son finishing up with a .307 mark along with seven stolen bases. Mostly a singles hitter, Anderson transferred from Washte- naw Community College last year and could be Benedict's leadoff hitter this spring. Bob Wasilewski, the big first baseman from Livonia, slammed five homers last year and Benedict is counting on him for more of the same power this spring. In the Michigan outfield Benedict will have to replace departed co-captain Mark Grenkoski in left field. However, the other two outfield spots should be manned by a pair of very capable returning lettermen. ue nine"r ond straight year, the junior from Flint won the Wolverine batting title with a .316 average and paced the squad in RBI's with 35. Leach got off to a terrible start but sizzled as the year wore on and fin- ished eight for fourteen in the NCAA Mid- west Regional where the Wolverines 1 bowed to Southern Illinois. TWO FREE COPIES WI FIRST WEEK OF C f' :E Another player who warmed up as the season progressed was senior right fielder *Mike Parker. Parker led the team in home runs with six and the powerful right handed hitter finished the year on a fine note. Along with Leach, he earned a spot on the all-Midwest Regional first team , and batted .303 for the year. THE ENTIRE STARTING pitching staff returns for the Wolverines, who fin- ished up 33-15 on tl- season - recording the second most wins in Blue history. The ace of the staff, sophomore lefty Steve Howe, posted a 9-3 mark as a frosh along with a 1.84 ERA. Senior righthander Bill Stennett and lefthander.Craig McGin- nis netted six victories apiece last season ands junior Steve Perry chipped in with . five. I I I " " COPY MILL*.I. COPY SERVICE & OFFSET WHILE U WAIT LOW DISSERTATIONS P RACKHAM APPROVAL ASSURED FA PAPERS 0 DOCUMENTS 0 FLIERS PROPOSALS 0 FORMS 0 POSTERS QUALITY ENVELOPES " BUS. 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