a Page 10-Tuesday, February 26, 1980-The Michigan Daily MICHIGAN ATTRACTS LOCAL TALENT: Runners close to. home BY CATHY LANDIS Michigan women's track coach Red Simmons has a drawer crammed with letters from New York to Hawaii, from Texas to Montreal, sent by high school seniors interested in running for Michigan. But for some of his best talent he need look no further than his own backyard, judging from the top performances turned in this season by Ann Arbor natives. Citing their improvement and scoring power in meets, Simmons praised the Ann Arbor quintet of Joanna Bullard, Sue Frederick, Dede Key, Dana Loesche, and Christina Smith. Fresh- women Bullard, Loesche, and Frederick have each qualified for AIAW Nationals: Bullard in the high jump, and Loesche and Frederick in the distance medley relay. KEY AND SMITH are charter mem- bers of the indoor women's track team which had its beginnings only three years ago. Smith remembers that first Big Ten meet, when Michigan was represented by a mere five girls. "We had the same four girls in every relay," she recalls. Still, they finished a respec- table eighth out of nine teams (Min- nesota didn't come). Smith, a quarter-miler, came to Michigan via Ann Arbor Huron, where she started running track her junior year to complement her gymnastics in the off-season. The two sports are mutually beneficial for flexibility and endurance, she explained. When the time came'to think of college, she chose Michigan because of the school's reputation, and she "wanted to stay near home." Meanwhile across town at Ann Arbor Pioneer, Dede Key was causing some commotion in recruiting circles with long jumps in the neighborhood of 17 feet, as well as a decent quarter mile. She didn't talk to Coach Simmons until her last high school meet, but her father did, and a scholarship offer helped seal her decision to stay in Ann Arbor. "Also, I had only lived here nine mon- ths at the time," she said, "so it wasn't as if I wanted to go somewhere new." Before coming to Ann Arbor Key lived nine years in Belgium, where she star- ted running, improving enough to par- ticipate in an All-Europe Championship meet in Berlin. SIMMONS CALLS Key "one of our better long jumpers," but as Key points out, "It's hard to do both the long jump and the quarter mile because the two events use different muscles." "They showed me a pit, and I said, "Why not?" said Bullard, telling hog she discovered the high jump. Bullard, a former teammate of Key's on the Pioneer high school team, considered at one point skipping town for Iowa State or Arizona State, but finally chose Michigan because "It's a good school and I got a scholarship." A 5'7" higl? jumper in high school (good enough for a state championship her junior year), Bullard has so far jumped 5'9". At any rate, Simmons is very grateful t, whoever showed Joanna the pit. "I like Ann Arbor," says Sue Frederick, another freshwoman, who hails from nearby Huron High. So after considering some smaller schools, she chose Michigan because, "It's a good school, it's right here, and it's a young team." About her performance this year, Coach Simmons says, "Everything she runs is better," than high school, adding that "she's had lit- tle opportunity to run against good competition in the half-mile, which i her best event." FREDERICK'S competition during her Huron days was provided in part by rival half-miler Dana Loesche, who joined Frederick as a freshwoman on the Wolverine team. Loesche, who ran on Coach Simmons' AAU team in junior high, chose Michigan because "It has a good, young team where I can contribute." And con- tribute she has. According to Simmons Loesche is one of the most improved runners of aiiybody *on'the team. He points to the drop in her half-mile time, now a 2:18 compared to a 2:23.5 in high school.t Loesche comments that Join Fit- zgerald, a Pioneer senior and outstan- ding sprinter, may be coming to Michigan next year. So it seems the stream of local talent will continue to supply Michigan with some of its best track and field athletes. Icers find gold lining in Olympic cloud The U.S. Olympic hockey team leaps for joy after clinching the gold medal by defeating Finland, 4-2, on Sunday. The medal was America's sixth of the XIII Winter Olympiad held in Lake Placid, N.Y. The other five belong to speed- skater Eric Heiden, following the unprecedented feat of winning all five speedskating events. THURSDAY February 28, 1980 DR. EMILIO BIZZI MIT "Central and Peripheral Mechanisms' In Motor Control' MHRI Conference Room 1057 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. TH1ANVOSCO. 514 E. Washington welcomes you to WINS DETROIT AVON CLASSIC King defeats Cawley in tourney SUNDA YBRUNCHES 11:30-4 By LAURA HAMLIN She calls herself the Renaissance Woman, so perhaps it was fitting that Billy Jean King came back from middle age to win the Avon Tennis Championship in the Renaissance city, defeating number one seeded Evonne Goolagong Cawley in straight sets (6- 3) (6-0). King accepted the first place prize of $35,000 at Cobo Hall Sunday dedicating her win to her orthopedic surgeon who was recently killed in a plane, crash on his way to the Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. "I feel like I used to when I was winning a lot," she said. "You must make an effort to remember how to win and that takes time." Four times she was ranked No. 1 in the world, 1966-1968 and 1972 and has been among the world's top 10 for 16 of the last 17' years. She said she had to prove that at 36 her tennis career was not over. The victory over Evonne Goolagong Cawley did just that. Cawley, who suffered a pulled stomach muscle on Saturday in her victory over number-five seeded Dianne Fromholtz, had trouble reaching for her serves and returning high overheads from King. "I knew something was wrong with Evonne. when she wasn't reacting as fst as she usually does," said King. "Billy Jean played very well, she had five or six service aces and started meeting the ball earlier," said Cawley. Cawley also said the extra pace that King put on her first serve was effective. King attributed her victory to a change in her attitude. "I promised myself to have a good attitude and not let line judges, the crowd, the ballboys, or anything else interfere," she said. King said she would keep playing and winning as long as her attitude remained good. King, who never drinks and lifts weights to stay in shape, says she has developed legs like Olympic gold medalist Eric Heiden. "I have huge thigh muscles that help me stay down on those low volleys; it's very important to remain low throughout the entire follow through. I hate working out hard but usually you see good results." COME AS YOU ARE for our other specials: TU AYnight is BEER NIGHT WEDNESDAY night is SPAGHETTI NIGHT HURSDA Ynight is PIZZA NIGHT See for yourself the many items included on our menu. Prices range from 504 to $9.75 King said the U.S. victory over the Russians in hockey raised her competitive spirit in the tournament. "I know what a high that must have been for the U.S. Olympic hockey team and it was hard to keep the excitement out of my mind while on the court," she said. Founder of the Women'g Sports Foundtion in 1975 to increase the opportunities for women to participate in competitive sports, she feels that politics interfering with Olympic competition is wrong. "When you're young, all you want to do is compete and by a summer Olympic boycott, politicians are using the Olympics," said King. "Athletes have so little time," she added. King said today the competition in tennis is getting tougher all the time. "Everyone plays better than 10 years ago so you have to get better to stay in the market. There are about 2,000 pros in the 12-17 age group who want to play professional tennis and most of them are girls," she said. Named Associatd Press Athlete of the Year in 1967 and 1973 and Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year in 1972, King feels the increase in competition in tennis has made the sport more fun. "But you're talking to a winner, and when you're a winner everything seems great." WMPL Coaches' r Hockey Poll 1. North Dakota (6)............ 2. Northern Michigan (4)........ 3. Boston College .................. 4. Minnesota ..................... 5. Providence ................. 6. MICHIGAN ................ 7. Dartmouth...... .......... 8. 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