Page F-12--Thursday, September 4, 1980-The Michigan Daily 1. U THE FOLKS EXPECT YOU TO Harriersfind tramplin but conference race to~ WRITE HOME ONCE IN A WHILE0.. 0 HERE'S AN EASIER WAY By JOHN FITZPATRICK After a surprisingly strong season which culminated in a 13th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, Michigan's men harriers return their top seven runners to form one of the most potent cross-country squads in the Big Ten this fall. The top finisher for the Wolverines in the 1979 NCAA race, Dan Heikkinen, appears to have a good shot at winning the Big Ten title and breaking into the top ten in this tear's NCAA meet. Heikkinen's 18th-place finish in last year's nationals was accomplished in one of the most competitive fields in NCAA history. With a steeplechaser's endurance and the potential to break 4:00 in the mile, he has all the tools. SOPHOMORE BRIAN DIEMER, who finished in the top 75 at the NCAA's" as a freshman, brings an impressive accumultion of track times with him this season. During the 1979-80 indoor g easier, ugh er campaign, he was a consistent sub- 14.:00 performer in the 3-mile, and out- doors he had an impressive "triple" a the Penn Relays, winning the meter in 14:04 and running legs the winning foursomes in the 1500- and 800- meter relays. Seniors Dave Lewis, Gary Paren- teau, and Bill Weidenbach all add valuable experience to the team. Lewis won the Central Collegiate Conference indoor 3-mile in a sizzling 13:32. Weidenbach is a proven sub-9:00 man for 2 miles indoors and also runs low 14:00's for 5 kiliometers outdoors. An Parenteau has been a consistent per- former throughout his career. Sophomore Bill O'Reilly went from an obscure walk-on at the beginning of last season to one of the team's best runners, finishing a surprising sixth in the Big Ten indoor 2-mile. Chuck Broski, another sophomore, has speed to burn, with a high school Class A title in the mile to prove it. JUNIORS DAN BECK and Steve Brandt round out the young squad Beck ran a 4:04 mile during the last in- door campaign and a quick 3:48.8 1500 meters outdoors. Brandt flirted with a sub 14:00 3-mile indoors on a number of occasions. Defending Big Ten champ Wisconsin has become vulnerable through the loss of top runners to graduation, and Coach Ron Warhurst, who guided Michigan tp a third-place finish at last year's Big Ten meet, rates Illinois and Michiga State as the major conference conten ders. Along with, of course, Michigan. Coach: Ron Warhurst (seventh year) Last season: Another case of a good team competing in a highly- competitive conference. The Wolverine harriers finished a distant third behind Wisconsin and Indiana in the Big Ten meet, yet advanced through the regionals to the NCAA finals, where they finished 13th. This season: Dan Heikkinen, who was 18th across the finish line at the NCAA's, returns for his final season, while sophomore Brian Diemer (6;th) has a bright future. Gary Parenteau and Dan Beck, 19theand 21st-place finishers in the Big Ten respec- tively, also return. Beck .. replacing graduation losses Soccer, rugby, lacrosse, sailing: Michigan sports without crowds, big name recruits, media hype 44 (Continued fromPage 6) Sugar Bowl Regatta in New Orleans fast-paced game. The team practices last December. indoors during the winter months in To qualify for the Crescent City ex- preparation for the regular season, travaganza, the sailors finished second which begins in March. out of 15 teams in the Ohio State Halloween Regatta, an event which THE RUGBY club conducts its showcases the top teams in the Mid- regular season in the fall. Last year, the west. The club also participates in Blue ruggers saw their 13-game win spring races, including several in streak (recorded in 1978) snapped on Michigan and one in Annapolis, Md. the first day of the season, and closed Johnson, a member of the rowing with a disappointing (for them) 3-3-1 club the past three seasons, has wit- mark. ness4 the rowing program develop To ensure all players lar0 amounts from a third-rate operation into one of playing time, the club divides its which competed in the Head of the roster into three squads, the "A" unit Charles Regatta, the largest such race usually reserved for the more ex- in the world. In the past two years, perienced, skillful players. The club membership has increased from 16 to competes Saturday afternoons against 60, prompting Johnson to remark, teams from the Detroit, Cincinnati, "We've come a long way. Columbus and Cleveland areas. "A LOT OF people come in who have Home games, which are played at rowed at other schools, and they don't Louis Elbel Field, often draw sizable stay because they don't like the crowds; most of the onlookers are per- facilities," he said. "We've come to the sons returning from the football games. point now where we can put out an ex- Refreshments are served during and perienced boat first day, so they stay." after the games in an atmosphere Michigan offers yet another aquatic which can best be described as festive. club activity, water polo, during the winter months. The Rec Sports Depar- NOT ALL of Michigan's club sports tment provides facilities. and equip- are terrestrial, as John Dohan and Alex ment for two varieties of the sport: Johnson would be quick to point out. conventional and inner tube-style. Dohan, captain of the sailing club, and The sports described above are not a his mates competed in the prestigious complete list of club activities at the Recreational SPOTS University. Fencing, skiing, judo, tai kwan do, and frisbee are only a few more Michigan sports clubs. For specific information concerning these or any other clubs, contact the Centra Campus Recreation Building (CCRI3) main office at 763-3084. Top weights hold keyto -mat futures (Continued from Page 4) oi TO WRITE HOME- SIX DAYS A WEEK! Dear Mom and Dad:1 1 I thought you might like to know what school is like for me every day. The Michigan I 1 Daily is the University's daily newspaper. 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No. _Phone No._I (circle one) 1 S4: J-Ap. 1: S-D Central Campus Recreation Building (CCRB) 763-3084 Important Phone Numbers Intramural Sports Building (IMSB) 763'.1313 Sports Coliseum 763-5195 North Campus Recreation Building (NCRB) 763-4560 the Big Ten meet, and a round-trip ticket to the nationals this season. Q AT 167, NEMIR NADHIR and Bill Konoysky alternated the starting position with Nadhir shifting to 158 as the occasion demanded. Nadhir, an All- State and All-American grappler at Detroit Catholic Central posted a 16-10-1 overall record in this his second varsity season. Konovsky had moderate suc- cess with a 6-6-1 standard, while postin an 8-3 mark at 177. At one point the Wolverines put together a seven-meet win streak. Un- fortunately for the grapplers, this was followed by a frustrating four meet losing streak. The team met with varied success in tournament action, posting marks of second out of eight at the Penn State Invitational, third of 11 at the Ohio Open, and 21st of 54 at the Midlands. In the Big Ten, the showing was sixth. Michigan will lose two starters to graduation, and of the remaining eight four will return as sophomores, three 4s juniors, and one as arsenior, three of these eight are proven national qualifiers. With Mathias coming back to strengthen the lower weights and Pat McKay and Dean Rehberger waiting 41 the wings at 177 and 190, next year's hopes shine brighter than ever. ,rn ~ t