Women's Tennis vs. Western Michigan Friday, March 22- Track and Tennis Building SPORTS State High School Basketball Championships Friday and Saturday, March 22-23 Crisler Arena Th M ichigan baily Wednesday, March 20, 1985 Page 7 Young tracksters ai -.._..- By JOHN LAHERTY "Tis spring, and young men's fancies turn to thoughts of track." OK, maybe that's not the way the quote was originally intended, but the optimistic attitude of this years men's Ioutdoor runners, combined with the young talent so prevalent on the squad, may put the sport of track at the forefront of a number of people's min- AFTER A fairly unsatisfying indoor season (see story below), head track coach Jack Harvey expects better results this spring. "Our team's training is geared towards the outdoor season," he claimed. "I'm not sure why, but we always seem to perform better outdoors." Harvey's six outdoor Big Ten Cham- pionships in his eleven years at the helm, as compared to his three indoor titles, will attest to that. Basically a young team, much of the Wolverines' hopes rest on the perfor- mances of underclassmen. "We have a pretty young team, with only five guys graduating," Harvey said. "This season will probably shape up to be a renuilding year, but a lot depends on how well our younger guys do." Indeed, the core of the outdoor squad is com- posed of over twice as many under- classmen as seniors. "WE'RE NOT as experienced as we have been in past years," agreed senior co-captain Bill Brady. "We've lost a lot of our field-event guys to graduation." The field events, specifically the shot put, discus, and pole vault, are definitely the Wolverines weakest area. Graduation has claimed team leaders Scott Eriksson (shot put), Dave Wooley (pole vault) and Dave Lugin (high jump), and junior pole vaulter Ed Kor- schewitz is just coming back from an ankle injury. However, atheletes such as sophomore triple jumper Butch Star- mack and senior converted discus- thrower Dave Hall have the potential, if not the experience, to come up with some much appreciated upsets. THE RETURN of All-American senior long jumper Vince Bean and senior triple jumper Tony Krpan, both of whom sat out the indoor season for eligibility reasons, will add a much needed boost to the Wolverines. "We are definitely lacking depth in some of our field events," Krpan said. "Vince should win long jump, I hope to place in the triple, and Starmack is showing a lot of potential. Overall, though, we don't have much, and what we do have has got to come through." In the sprints, the Wolverines will depend heavily on talented freshmen Mark Lewis and Omar Davidson, along with junior Mark Swilley. "Our success in the sprints will be determined greatly by how well Lewis performs outdoors," coach Harvey stated. "He had some difficulty on the indoor track, but we're expecting him to do better outside." LEWIS, WHO was an excellent all- around athlete at Lincoln High, and All- American Davidson, who had a sixth place finish in the 400 meter at the 1984 indoor NCAA Championships, should be the top sprinters for Michigan this season. In the middle distance events the Wolverines are packed with talent, and the squad should fare well in this area. Senior co-captain Bob Boynton will be a im or Brady' ...senior co-captain powerful force in both the individual events and the relays, along with 1984 All-American junior Ron Simpson, who finished seventh in the 1500 meter run at the 1984 NCAA Indoors. Sophomore Don Smith, who had a fourth place finish in the 800 last weekend's Domino Sunshine Relays with a time of 1:52.99, will also be back, along with junior Paul Mistor, sophomore John McCleary, and fresh- man Rollie Hudson. IN THE DISTANCE events there is nothing but more good news for Michigan, with senior co-captain Bill Brady and junior Chris Brewster retur- ning. "Our whole season is geared towar'ds (the Big Ten Championships at) Indiana," Brady claimed, when asked BigTe about the attitude of the distance men. "After the Sunshine Relays we came away with a great deal of optimism. We're not overconfident, but we're definitely hungry." A very consistent performer, Brady placed fourth in the 10,000 meter run at the 1984 Big Ten cross-country cham- pionships with a 31:12.0, while 1984 NCAA qualifier Brewster is the defen- ding Big Ten Indoor three mile title holder with a 13:34.34 in last year's championships. Anchoring the suc- cessful distance squad are senior David Meyer and sophomore Jeff Costello. In the hurdles, junior standout Thomas Wilcher and senior Chris Fitzpatrick will handle most of the duties for the Wolverines. Wilcher, definitely a con- tender for a Big Ten title this spring, set a Ferry Field record last year with a 13.92 in the 110 meter high hurdles. MICHIGAN'S TEAM demonstrated a great deal of potential in last weekend's Domino Sunshine Relays in Tallahassee, Florida, the Wolverines first outing of the young season. "We n title had a good, strong meet," Harvey said. "We placed in a lot of events, and the team felt very positive about the whole thing." The relays were especially gratifying for runners Wilcher and Brewster, whose performances earned them spots in this years NCAA Championships. Wilcher ran a 13.82 in the 110 meter high hurdles, while Brewster finished fourth in the 5,000 meter run with a 13:54.82. Other individual placers included a fourth by Brady in the10,000 meter with a time of 30:05.99, a 54.61 seventh place finish by Fitzpatrick in the 400 inter- mediate hurdles, and a fourth in the 800 by Smith with a 1:52.99 finish. In the relay events Michigan placed fourth in the 4 x 800 meter in 7:29.54, fourth in the 1600 meter relay with a 7:29.54, fourth in the 4 x 1500 with a time of 15:27.29, third in the sprint medley with a 3:22.23, and fourth in the distan- ce medley in 9:57.03. Spring is almost upon us, and as in years past, the Michigan track team are eagerly eyeing the BIG Ten title. INDOOR TRACK WRAP-UP: Tfhinclads finish fourth EUROTAN TANNING SALON 10 Visits For $43.00 333 4th Ave. ANN ARBOR 995-8600 By HOWARD SOLOMON The Wolverines have not fared ttoo well in post season tournaments this season. Bo Schembechler, Bill Frieder and now Jack Harvey will attest to this. Harvey, coach of the men's indoor track team was slightly skeptical about his team's fourth place showing in the Big Ten Championships. "I don't I don't believe it's a successful season unless we finish in the top three. in the Big Ten.' -Jack Harvey believe it's a successful season unless we finish in the top three in the Big Ten," said the 11-year Michigan coach. HOWEVER, considering the Wolverines lack of depth in the field events, the season really wasn't all that bad. "We did as well as we could with what we had," Harvey said. "Remem- ber, we did lose five Big Ten Champions s from last year's team." Raines, B They may have lost five Big Ten champions, but the Wolverines did gain an All-American in freshman Omar Davidson, who captured sixth place in the NCAA's in the 400 meter dash. "Davidson was the star of the season," beamed Harvey. "We expec- ted great things from him and he really came through." SAID HARVEY, "We ran very well at the Collegiates, but still, that was deceiving. It just wasn't as competitive as the Big Ten's, in which you have to have at least one finisher in the top three in all events to contend for the team title. We just didn't have that kind of depth." The key to Michigan's future indoor track success lies in filling out the field and sprinting teams. One bright note for next year is football recruit J.J. Grant from New York, who will most probably throw the shot-put. If the team can fill out their weaker events, Harvey believes that they may contend next year. Although the solid distance corps loses Dave Meyer, Bill Brady, Bob Boynton and Ron Granger, there are many returning stars. "Ron Simpson, Tom Wilcher, David- son, Todd Steverson, and Chris Brewster are all national caliber athletes," said Harvey. Brewster is one runner in particular to keep an eye on. He posted some exceptional times in the 5000 meter run. Harvey is generally pleased with the team's progress this season, although he did note that it started the season slowly- more so than expected. "I'd have to say the this was a rebuilding year but we also made a lot of progress that we can hopefully carry to the out- door season." THE HIGHLIGHT of the indoor season came during the Collegiate Championships, which were held in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines captured the. team title, beating out tough Eastern Michigan and Wisconsin squads. Unfortunately, however, this victory was not indicative of the track com- petition the Wolverines would face later in the season. rra, others testify in grand jury PITTSBURGH (AP) - Outfielder jury and Tim Raines of the Montreal Expos is closely." the latest major league player to ap- PIRATE pear before a grand jury reportedly in- pitcher Ro vestigating cocaine trafficking. panel earl Three current or former Pittsburgh Dale Berr Pirates already have testified before the New Y the panel sitting in Pittsburgh's federal statement courthouse. the inves THE PITTSBURGH Press and the merely as Boston Globe both have reported as Mazzilli many as 12 more players could be hope they called to testify. alleged ta The probe reportedly centers on who not provid supplied cocaine to players, and not the details. players themselves. Raines, Bob Wirz, director of information for $1.2 mill major league baseball, said the com- bitration, missioner's office "was watching Monday in developments" regarding the grand appear b cocaine would "follow the situation ES outfielder Lee Mazzilli and d Scurry appeared before the ier this year, as did infielder a, a former Pirate now with ork Yankees. Berra issued a 1 saying he was not a target of stigation, but was called a background witness. told The Press that "I nail him," referring to the rget of the probe, but would e a name or disclose further who recently was awarded a ion contract through ar- left the Expos' training camp n West Palm Beach, Fla., to. efore the grand jury. His probe session with the panel lasted 35 minutes. Raines, 25, has admitted to cocaine use in 1982 and spent time in a drug rehabilitation center. 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