Page 12-D-Thursday, September 10, 1981-The Michigan Daily 0 Nine NCAA qualifiers return as thinclads shoot for third straight conference title By JOE CHAPELLE If the results of the last two years are any indication, it would appear as though winning Big Ten championships is becoming something of a habit for Michigan men's track team. And ac- cording to Coach Jack Harvey, the situation should not change during the coming year. "I'm very optimistic about next year," said Harvey. "We had 46 points from our freshmen class (at the Big Ten outdoor meet), and we qualified nine people to compete at the NCAA's. WHILE THE 1981 senior class of Wolverine thinclads failed to score any points at the conference meet, this year's group should accumulate quite a few. Andrew Bruce returns to the team after capturing first place in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the out- door Big Ten meet. He is the current record holder in the Big Ten 100-meter dash with a 10.25 clocking. Wolverine gridder Butch Woolfolk is Michigan's other top senior dash man, having placed third in the 100 and second in the 200 meters at the Big Ten meet. Another senior who should provide points for the Wolverines is long jumper James Ross, who claimed the league title in his event last year with a leap of 25'614". Ross is the Big Ten indoor record-holder in that event. ROUNDING OUT the corps of senior standouts is distance runner Dan Beck, who placed third in the 1,500-meter run at the Big Ten meet. Harvey was pleased by Beck's improvement throughout the season, saying, "I was really surprised by the way he came on in the end." In addition to Bruce, Woolfolk, and Ross, six other Wolverines qualified for the NCAA outdoor championships, in- cluding Dave Lugin, who captured last year's Big Ten crown in the high jump, John Neilson, who took third in the con- ference shot put, hurdler Shelby John- son, and distance runners Gerard Donakowski and Dave Lewis. Despite Michigan's banner season, Harvey pointed out that his team has the potential to be even better. "I think that everybody is in a position to im- prove, and I think that because of our youth, everybody can improve. We all can improve," he said. TWO OF Harvey's top recruits for the upcoming campaign are pole vaulters Chip Chevilette, a Jackson Community College transfer, and Dave Wooley, a freshman from Kitchner, Ontario. Both have vaulted 16'7" and should help the Wolverines in the field events. "I was really surprised that we won the Big Ten Championship (last year)," said Harvey. "Everyone just put out for the meet. We're going to have to keep it up if we are going to win the champion- ship again next year." With such a talented squad to work with, it appears as though Harvey has an excellent shot at keeping the Big Ten trophy in Ann Arbor. COULD CHALLENGE IN BIG TEN: Top tracksters return By JOHN FITZPATRICK With the majority of its top perfor- mers returning from last year's squad, the women's track team would appear to be a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming indoor and outdoor seasons. The Wolverines, who finished seventh in the Big Ten indoors last season and fourth outdoors, look to move up the conference ladder this season. Leading the way in the weight events will be Lugin .. Big Ten high jump champ * LESSONS IR LESSONS * RENTALS * SALES * EXPERT REPAI a " We Know How To Build Them! Z And Have For 20 Years Irish Harps Guitars EaMAoKE: ns z WEMK:Fiddles >1) Dulcimers Recorders z / WE SELL Psaltries THE TOOLS WE USE: INCA Power Tools 4 Quality Hand Tools O 1T THE ONLY SHOP IN MICHIGAN AUTHORIZED BY MARTIN, GUILD, FENDER t, 665-8001 10-6 Daily, Thus. 'til 7 0 HERB DA VID G uiturStudio 3 :. 302 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor * WE MAKE: * IRISH HARPS * GUITARS * BANJOS * FIDDLES m z m N 0 v c 3 M U, Debbie Williams, the league's best javelin thrower, and Penny Neer, who easily won the Big Ten discus title last season with a toss of 172 feet and also competes on the women's basketball squad. LORRIE THORNTON represents the Maize and Blue in the long jump, having leaped over 19 feet. Joanna Bullard holds the school record in the high jump at 5'8%', but gained a great deal more fame last season by ap- pearing in a "Go 4 It" commercigl for WDIV-TV in Detroit, shot on location at Ferry Field. Bullard's record could be challenged next season by Dawn Rich, a newcomer from Deckerville High, School who has a 5'10 " jump to her credit. The Wolverines are deepest in the distance events, with returning veterans such as Melanie Weaver, who took third in the Big Ten 10,000 meters last season with a fast 34:38, Lisa Lar- sen, a sub-five-minute miler, equally adept at running the two-mile or 5,000 meters, and Sue Frederick, who was fourth in the Big Ten 1,500 meters with a 4:28 and also holds the conference record in the indoor 880-yard run with a 2:08. Joining these experienced per- formers in the upcoming campaign will be cross country recruits Jane Wilson and Janet Fulkerson. Though lacking the depth of its distance counterpart, Michigan's sprint corps is indeed talented. Cathy Sharpe, who was sixth in the Big Ten 100-meter dash, returns, along with Brenda Kazinec, who finished sixth in the con- ference in the 200-meters, Kathy Kam- pen, and hurdlers Dawn Woodruff and Renee Turner. Also competing in the sprints will be Thornton, who ran a leg on Michigan's 4 x 100 meter relay team that took third at the Big Ten meet, and Bullard, who took third in the 100-meter hurdles. Also joining the tracksters are in- coming freshmen Judy Yuhn, a Walled Lake Western product who has a 17:54 5,000 meters to her credit, and Lisa Kozack of Zanesville, Ohio, the Ohio' state champ in the 880. If the Wolverines can continue to get quality performances out of their talen- ted tracksters, Big Ten powerhouses Wisconsin, Michigan State and Iowa could be challenged by Michigan in this year's Big Ten indoor and outdoor competitions. Daily Photo by DAVID HARRIS; MICHIGAN'S BRENDA KAZINEC takes the baton across the finish line for a first place for the Wolverines. Kazinec, a junior, is a member of Michi- gan's indoor and outdoor record-setting mile relay teams, as well as the record-holding 80-yard relay and the sprint medley. Michigan linksters dip to 7th at Bi'g T, By JAMES THOMPSON After finishing in second place in the Big Ten in 1980, the men's golf team took a sudden dip in last year's tournament, placing seventh. Under head coach Tom Simon, entering his fourth year, the Michigan squad will attempt to climb back to conference respectability in 1982. It has to make that climb, however, minus the services of standout John Morse. Morse was the Big Ten champion two years ago, but had to settle for 20th place in last season's competition. Other linksters lost to graduation are Tom Pur- sel and David Koch. THE RETURNING crop of Wolverine golfers must put en Sin81a the game of golf. Simon, who doubles as the golf pro at theE University Course, hopes that his teaching will enable the Wolverines to take the Big Ten title, something they have not done since 1967. Caras, who also performs most of the recruiting chores for Simon, has lined up a few newcomers who are expected to lift the team out of the conference's second division. Dan Roberts, from Ypsilanti High, is "one of the finer college freshmen," according to Simon. Roberts was an all-stater in his senior year, and Simon will count heavily on him to help fill the gap left by the departure of Morse, Pursel, and Koch. Art Monty, an excellent player from Rochester, N.Y., moll it 11 LET'S PLAY last season's disappointments behind it in order to turn who was recommended to Simon by former amateur champ things around. Senior Steve Maddalena, second on the team Sam Rosetta, and Matt Christy from Southfield will also be in average swings per round last year, and Ed Humenik, who swinging their clubs for Michigan this year. finished right behind in third place, are expected to pace The Big Ten teams which the Wolverines have to catch Michigan. are Purdue (the 1981 Big Ten champion), Ohio State, In- Entering his fourth year as Simon's assistant coach, Jim diana, and Minnesota. "I'm pleased with what we have and Caras takes care of the administrative end of the team's feel optimistic about the outcome of the coming year," said operations, relieving Simon to do what he does best - teach Simon. Softballers hope experience will avert last season's stretch dive RACQUETBALL PADDLE BALL FOOTBALL BASEBALL BASKETBALL TENNIS HOCKEY SOCCER VOLLEYBALL SQUASH FENCING SWIMMING MICHIGAN Campus Wear: Shoes: Adidas Brooks ." - - By JIM DWORMAN One would think that after compiling 19 victories in his rookie season as coach of the Michigan softball team, Bob DeCarolis should be satisfied. But that is not the case, because DeCarolis' team folded down the stretch, losing 10 of its final 16 games and failing to qualify for the AIAW regional tour- nament. "The last few weeks were very, very frustrating," said DeCarolis. "(During) the last 14 games our batting average dropped from .273 to .232. In the state tournament, our three and four hitters in the batting or- der went 0 for 10. . . our hitting was nonexistent." DECAROLIS credited much of his team's lackluster hitting performance to superior pitching which it faced near T-Shirts Jackets DANCING OnVe Eton Sweatshirts Gym Shorts Asa] Warm-ups Pro K SPEED DANSKINA Dancewear No matter what your sport is, we'll equip you erse lic hi eds Do the end of the campaign. In order to offset the top-notch pit- ching which the Wolverines must face, DeCarolis (who doubles as an assistant business manager for the Michigan athletic department) hopes to land two* pitching recruits of his own, either of which, he claims,' "will turn the program around for us." Whether or not DeCarolis is able to sign either prep pitcher, he will at least have one talented moundsman on whom he can count in 1982: Laura Reed. The senior righthander from West Bloomfield, Michigan enjoyed a banner 1981 season, compiling a 9-* won-loss record while leading the Wolverine staff in innings pitched; complete games, strikeouts, and ear. ned-run-average (1.03). Reed was named the softballers' Outstanding Player. The two players whom DeCarolis looks to provide much of his club's of- fense next year are seniors Diane Hat= ch and Tammie Sanders. Hatch's .280 batting average last season was thq lowest of her career - a far cry from her .358 sophomore mark - but she was nonetheless named to the SMAIAW All- State team at left field by the coaches. First baseman Sanders led Michigan with a .292 average and 21 runs-batted; in last season. The rest of the squad returns intact, as well. Among these will be three sophomores who saw considerable playing time in their freshman year, Melissa Thomas, Jodi Humphries and Diane Puhl. DeCarolis feels that these three, particularly Thomas and Hum- phries, will help4he team a great dealA ii AW~ Adk f A. mL do I&U AIL al