Tourament basketball vs. Fairleigh Dickinson starting time is 7:07 p.m. SPORTS Men's swimming Wolverine Invitational Saturday, March 16 Matt Mann Pool .1 a:_L ___ n .a1 Iri ine ivucigan LDily Tuesday, March 12, 1985 Paqe 7 SPORTS OF THE DAILY Ahl I' produces three track All- Americans By JIM GINDIN3 The NCAA Indoor Track Champion- ships proved quite a meet for the women's track team last weekend in Syracuse, New York. -Three Michigan runners finished in the top eight in the nation in their even- ts. "I WAS really impressed with how well they ran," said head coach James Henry. "The middle-distance and distance crews are doing exceptionally well. Their training with (assistant coach) Sue Parks has paid off." Both Cathy Schmidt and Melissa Thompson earned All-American status through their performances in the 1000 meter run. Schmidt was fifth in the finals with a school-record time of 2:44.15, Thompson seventh with a per- sonal best of 2:45.58. "Any time you make the finals in that meet, it's really an accomplishment," said Parks. "It was fantastic for Melissa to make the final. She was pret- ty much happy to be in the meet ... she didn't really realize how well she could run." "I don't think there was as much pressure as there was for the Big Ten's because the NCAA's were not for poin- ts. I was not as nervous," Thompson said. Sue Schroeder turned in a varsity record of 4:25.4 in finishing seventh overall in the 1500 meter run. Only six runners qualified for the final. Senior Dawn McGinnis was the only other Wolverine to qualify for the meet. She failed to reach the opening height of 5'10" in the high jump, half an inch lower than her personal high set in last month's Wolverine-Nike Open. Men place one Al-American If: the men's NCAA indoor track cham- pionships last weekend in the Syracuse Carrierdome had been held in the Pon- tiac Silverdome maybe the Michigan tracksters, with the exception of Omar Davidson, would have seen more suc- cess. On second thought, looking at the Silverdome, maybe not. Omar Davidson, a freshman from Mt. Clemens, placed sixth in the 400- meter finals at Syracuse, making him an All-American. DAVIDSON'S preliminary time of 47.43 placed him third in his heat. The top two runners in each of the three heats plus the next two overall fastest times qualified for finals. Davidson broke the school record at the Big Ten Championships in Madison with a time of 47.34 to qualify him for Nationals. He also won the 1984 State of Michigan 400-meter Championships with a time of 46.6. But in the finals of this meet, Omar was boxed in on the inside lane "by everyone," according to assistant coach Ron Warhurst. Yet his time of 47.72 still made him the first individual All-American freshman under coach Jack Harvey. WITH A time of 9:51.3, the distance medley team placed sixth in preliminaries. But only the top five finishing teams qualified for finals. Senior Bob Boynton led the race with a half-mile time of 1:51. Junior Todd Steverson ran a 47.1, 440. Then junior Ronnie Simpson finished his three- quarter mile with a time of 2:59. AnchormanaChris Brewster,showever, did not have a good race. His time of 4:13 in the mile did not come close to the 4:05.8 he ran last weekend in Madison. One other disappointment was senior David Meyer's preliminary 3000-meter run time of 8:31.3, which did not qualify him for the finals. Next Wednesday the Wolverines will be participating in the Domino Relays in Tallahassee, Florida, their first major relay carnival, according to Warhurst. Nineteen runners will com- pete. - RACHEL-GOLDMAN Tankers second in Big Ten Indiana captured its third straight Big Ten swimming title Sunday, giving Hoosier coach Doc Councilman his 23rd championship over the past quarter century of coaching. Michigan, which had earlier defeated the Hoosiers in a dual meet this year claimed second place, but never seriously challenged Indiana for the title. The Iowa Hawkeyes took third place. DESPITE the high expectations of this young team coach John Urban- chek only shed positive light on the situation. "All in all the performance-of our freshman was unbelievable," he said. The Big Ten's served as a showcase for one such freshman. Jan Erik Olsen continued his asault on the record books with a time of 2:01.98 in the 200 yard breaststroke race. Olsen not only set a new meet record with his time, but also broke the all-time Big Ten record. If there was a surprise at the meet it would have to be the diving com- petition. Mark Bradshaw of Ohio State slipped past Michigan's highly ac- claimed duo of Bruce Kimball and Kent Ferguston to take first place in the three meter competition for the 2nd straight year. For some of the team, the season con- tinues. By virtue of their performance over the weekend, fourteen team mem- bers wil be heading to Austin, Texas the last weekend of March for the NCAA championships. Among the group who will head south is the 400-yard medley relay team of Mike Creaser, Olsen, Dave Goch, and Dave Kerska, who shattered the school record with a time of3:20.10. Urbanchek felt Indiana came out on top because of greater depth. But his team closed the gap on the Hoosiers by 41 points over the year and the coach looks ahead to the NCAA's. Last year Michigan placed 11th and this year Ur- banchek wants the top ten. - STEVE HERZ Tumblers smash Central The basketball team may not be the only team going to the NCAA playoffs. The womens gymnastics team's season high score of 182 against Central Michigan last weekend was not only goof for a 182-172 triumph but also could propel the team into the NCAA regionals on March 31. The top seven teams in each region go to the NCAAs and the tumblers are close to the birth going into this week's Big Ten tournament in East Lansing. The NCAA regional participants will be determined after the meet. Michigan coach Dana Kempthorn was very happy with her team's per- formance. "It was a real challenge for us to score over 180," said Kempthorn. "We worked all week on drilling the small things that make the difference in a high team score. The meets we had in Colorado over break really nicked un the teams confidence." The tumblers were led by freshman Angela Williams who set a personal best with a 36.75 in the all around which was good for first place. "Everything we were working on in practice Angela put it into effect," said Kempthorn. "She has really gained confidence as the season has progressed." Senior Dana Samuelson had one of hte best meets of her career. Her 9.3 on the vault was a personal best that took first place. She also finished third in the all-around with a 36.5. "Dana gave a great effort and it really paid off," commented Kempthora. - SCOTT G. MILLER I 3IC 1- $1.50 TUESDAY ALL DAY *1 00 with this entire ad $1 .00 off any F$4.00 admission.1 or 2 tickets. OFF Good all features thru 3/1 4/85 * S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a "THE HEART OF THE FILM IS THE PERFORMANCE OF RICHARD BURTON" Newsweek JOHN RICHARD HURT BURTON GEORGE TITLE THEME SEX CRIME 1 984 PERFORMED BY THE EURYTHMICS W DAILY 4:55, (:1 U, 9:u 7 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS, In.... BEST PICTURE THE KILLING Sorry, no Tuesday iscount price. F I E L D S 19 DAILY 4:15,7:00, 9:35 \I. -j I%. ,oi Thompson and Davidson ... All-Americans Urbanchek ... happy with performance Jazz. a . in search of enthusiasm V 7 By Aaron Bergman "OSTENSIBLY, this column should address those issues that pertain specifically to jazz. However, today I would like to discuss some of the trends and problems in American music in general. Jazz, though, will be my jum- ping off point. Jazz today finds itself facing in- Yeresting problems - how to expand it- -self artistically and originally, yet remain true to its source. According to Larry Kart, in an article in last week's Chicago tribune, jazz is failing in this regard. He writes, "Always able until now to renew itself environment for something fresh and exciting. So what has risen in their wake? "California Girls" and the jit- terbug. They are cute, and even pleasurable, but is that all thereis? Classical music lives in the shadows of the "old masters." Eighteenth cen- tury audiences were exposed to eighteenth century music. Twentieth century audiences are still being ex- posed to eighteenth century music. The brilliance of Beethoven and Mozart is irrefutable, yet their eternal ,recognition may be stifling the spirits of our own generation. Perhaps these problems can be un- derstood by examining the current political climate. We have chosen a president who sought re-election on the promise to "stay the course." A noted pundit, George Will, is essentially a nineteenth centry liberal rationalist; not a twentieth century conservative. In light of this, it is not difficult to draw parallels between the American obssession with conservative, even reactionary, politics, and the trend toward older is better in music. This may not be as bad as it seems. Much great art has risen out of tragedy and despair. Perhaps artistic laxness is a sign that we are faring better than in the past. All we are left with then, is a series of questions. Can music maintain its in- tegrity during times of prosperity? Is it worthwhile to suffer for great art? Is art valid and necessary in a society like ours? I am not sure of the answers, but I would like your response to these issues. Send in your opinions to the Arts page, c/o the Michigan Daily, or just drop them off in the Arts office. I will run exerpts from the most interesting responses in a later column. Problems with curly or wavy hair? 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He feels the reason for this decline is the death of many of the great artists during the last few years, such as Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, Art. Pepper, and Sonny Stitt to name but a .few. I do not believe, however, that this .1s more than a cosmetic explanation. The problem seems to run much Zdeeper. It appears that the level of ,jazz's inventiveness is inversely ,,,proportional to its financial success. -Jazz is currently enjoying its highest level of popularity and acceptance. Ar- tists are signing contracts for .previously unreached levels of com- pensation. Major record companies are adding jazz labels to their rosters. Old labels, including the best of them all, .Blue Note, are making a comeback.. Unfortunately, the music does not -,reflect this new fiscal vigor. 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