Page 10-Tuesday, January 15, 1980-The Michigan Daily THOMAS IMPRESSIVE: Tra cksters shine at East Tenn. FRASER WINS IT FOR BLUE By JOHN FITZPATRICK A blazing 4 x 400 meter relay by Michigan.. and a blistering 880 by Wolverine middle distance ace Tim Thomas highlighted the East Ten- nessee Invitational Saturday at John- son City. "That's the fastest we've ever done this early in the season," noted coach Jack Harvey of his squad's time of 3:13.90, good for third place behind Florida State and Clemson. The Wolverines' displayed unsual con- sistency in this usually chaotically run event, as Ron Affoon led off with a 48.4, followed by Ken Gardner with a 49.2, Warren Dobson in 48.0, with Jim Golston finishing.up with a 48.5. Gardner's slow time is due to a lack of sharpening work, according to Har- vey: "He's been doing base work for. most of the past few months, and he's just recently started doing speedwork." The Wolverines time qualified them for the NCAA national championships to be held this March at Detroit, and onsidering that highly rated Florida '$tate was only 2 seconds ahead of Michigan, they should be in contention for the top spot at Cobo arena. Thomas' third place time of 1:52.05 in the 880 came in a tightly contested, tac- as he managed "only" 7'0" for fourth place behind the 7'5 3/8" of Florida's Jim Pringle, a meet record. "He's not used to jumping off of the astro-turf surface they had there," commented Harvey. "Iy hurts his technique, since he doesn't have time to adjust to it." Though far below the 5'71/2" senior 's best of 7'31/2", it compares well with his lowest jump of last year (6'10") and is far above the abilities of most jumpers. If this meet is any indication of Michigan's track strength, defending Big Ten champ Indiana could have a fight on its hands if it wishes to retain the title it won last year. Only nine Wolverine runners competed in the In- vitational, as none of the distance corps took part, a group of runners possessing devastating point potential, with the likes of All-American Dan Heikkinen, Chuck Broski, Ed Ostrovich, Bill Weidenbach, and Brian Diemer, whose astonishing 60th place finish at the NCAA cross-country championships this past November left him ahead of nationally ranked distance men. All in all, it was a good start for the tracksters, as they look for even better performances at the EMU Classic in Ypsilanti Saturday. Matmen squeal By BUDDY MOOREHOUSE The enthusiastic crowd that showed up Sunday after- noon at Crisler Arena was not disappointed as it watched the Wolverine grapplers up their season mark to 4-1-1 by downing Penn State, 17-16, in a match laden with ex- citement. Most of the excitement came in the decisive heavyweight match. Michigan was trailing, 16-12, going into the final match, and they knew that a simple decision (worth three points) would not be enough to even earn a tie with the Nittany Lions. "We knew we needed at least a major decision (worth four points) to tie," said Coach Dale Bahr after the meet. Michigan's Steve Fraser, who normally wrestles at 190, but who was moved to heavyweight-when injuries befell Eric Klassen and Steve Bennett, proved more than equal to the challenge. Fraser thoroughly manhan- dled Penn State's Scott Longcor, whipping him by a score of 23-5. That margin was good for a five-point superior decision, which propelled the Wolverines to the final winning tally. Due to Michigan's inexperience in the lower weight classes, Penn State jumped out to a sizeable lead early in the contest. At the 118-lb. level, Mike DeAugustino of the Nittany Lions beat Tom Davids, 6-3. At 126, the Maize and Blue's Larry Haughn lost to Steve Bass, 9-2. Penn State con- tinued to stretch out their lead at 134, where Bob Bury beat Michigan's Bob Siar, 5-1, and at 142, where Bernie past Penn St. Fritz narrowly defeated Mark Pearson by a score of 5-4. These four victories gave the Nittany Lions a comfor- table 13-0 lead, but it was then that the Blue came to life. In the 150-lb. weight class, Michigan's John Beljan gathered in the Wolverine's first win of the afternoon by defeating Jeff Rosenberger, 6-3. The winning continued at 158, when Wolverine Nemir Nadhir, who is one of the toughest wrestlers on the squad, beat out Geoff Brodhead, 12-8. Michigan's wrestler at 167, Bill Konovsky, kept his team on the winning track as he dominated Jeff Hanrahan, 7-3. Michigan suffered a setback at 177 lbs., when Penn State's Andy Bingaman proved too much for Patrick McKay, by a 6-3 margin. Michigan now trailed by seven points, and Penn State began to feel like they had the match won. But the Wolverines kept their hopes alive when Bill Petoskey beat Dan Pfautz, 7-5, in the 190-lb. match. It was then that Fraser, who is probably Michigan's best wrestler, brdght the crowd to their feet in the third period of the heavyweight match by slaying the gigantic Longcor. "The crowd definitely helped Steve on in the match," said Coach Bahr. "We had high school wrestlers from all over the state here today, and they saw a great match." Indeed it was. Even the Penn State Club of Michigan, who showed up to cheer on the Nittany Lions, was not enough to help their team overcome the superlative ef- fort produced'by the Michigan grapplers. 64 Harvey ... pleased with results tical race; the winning time was but .3 seconds faster than the gritty senior's, and the sixth place time was 1:52.20. "It was an excellent time for this early in the season," noted Harvey. Mike Lattany, the Wolverines' high jumper par excellence, had a bad day 6 S Concerned about THE - No Don't miss your chance to interview-Read JBautg recruiting advertisements! BUCKEYES FIGHT T6 SECOND Un the coll mar DePaul, Meyer on top- From AP and UPI 38-year coaching career that the Blue 1,200 points in the nationwide balloting eaten DePaul rre Demons have held the top position in of sports writers and broadcasters. The top team in the Associated Press the nation. Blue Demons, ranked second last week, ege basketball poll yesterday, DePaul, 12-0, received 51 of 60 first- posted a 92-85 victory over Marquette king the first time in Ray Meyer's place votes and 1,189 out of a possible last weekend in their only game last AP Top Twenty 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 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"I HONESTLY thought we wouldw have a couple of losses by now, .especially with eight of our 12 games on the road," Meyer said. "But we'll take it. I hope, and I'm quite confident, being No. 1 will inspire this team to work hard every night." Mark Aguirre, DePaul's burly 6-foot- 7 leading scorer, said being ranked atop the ratings will create additional pressure. "Being on top means the only thing that can happen to you is that yo get upset ... you're not going to upse anybody," Aguirre said. "Everybody is coming after you. There's tremendous pressure in being in that situation, but like I said before, I don't think this team will panic." "DUKE, WHICH had held the No. 1 spot the past four weeks, slipped to No. 5 behind Ohio State, Syracuse and Oregon State. The Blue Devils, upset by Atlanti Coast Conference rivals Clemson an North Carolina, received 846 pointsaas their record fell to 12-2 last week. Ohio State, ranked third last week, got four first-p&cigyotes apl 1,116 poin- ts. The Buckeyes, wh beat both Iowa and Northwesteri in action last week, held a 24-point advantage over Syracuse, which moved up two notches to No. 3. THE ORANGEMEN, who poste three triumphs last week including on over highly r.ated Purdue on Sunday in a nationally televised game, garnered the final five first-place votes. Magic an All-Star starter NEW YORK (AP)-Earvin "Magic" Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers has become the first rookie since 1969 to be voted a starter in the National Basket- ball All-Star Game, the league announ- ced yesterday. Johnson, who gave up two years of eligibility at Michigan State to sign wi the Lakers last summer, was named 185,754 ballots cast by fans at NBA games around the country to win a star- ting berth at guard for the Western Con- ference team. HIS LOS ANGELES teammate, cen- ter Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with 201,621 votes, drew the most backing for the Western Conference team. 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