Page 8- The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, October 11,1989 1 Mo itIf fto ryin ne s the W V,1 a~e " "joi&f.\. u it;s~a :nu W O \ , Good times ahead for men's X-country By Todd Drucker Daily Sports Contributor A quick glance at the Michigan men's cross country team might lead one to believe that this team is in the midst of a desperate transition. However, a closer look reveals that this year's Wolverine squad, whose power base stands with a vigorous first-year class, will be augmented next season by the strength of last year's top three Wol- verine runners who have all been redshirted for this season. Coach Ron Warhurst made this strategic maneuver even though he was severely limiting the potential of this year's team by redshirting three top runners. And by doing so, next year's team looks to be one of the best in the Big Ten. One of the top redshirts is senior Brad Barquist, who earned All- American status for his eighth place finish in the NCAA indoor 3,000 meter run last year. Barquist also placed second in the Big Ten in the 10,000 meter outdoors. Another of these redshirts, junior Tony Carna, placed fifth in the Big Ten 10,000 meter outdoors last year and is a three-time Class A Ohio champion in cross country. Senior Jeff Barnett, the last of the powerful redshirts, was the No. 4 runner in the Michigan Intercol- legiates but encountered injury prob- lems later in the season, forcing him to sit out the rest of the year. "Those three runners," Warhurst said, "along with a couple of this year's top freshman, with a year under their belts, should make us one of the Big Ten's very best teams in 1990." EVEN WITH the prospect of having a powerhouse team next year, Warhurst still refuses to give up on this year's team, a team composed primarily of froshes. Although the Wolverines haven't been notably successful in com- petition, the rookie runners have been gaining valuable race exper- ience. "We have to compete a little bit Sean Sweat has turned in the most impressive performances of all the first-year runners by finishing first for Michigan in two of its four races. Some other names that should stand out in the future include Frank Wolf and Matt Schroeder. Still, in redshirting his top three runners, all of whom are uninjured, Warhurst has taken some obvious chances. The redshirt rule was created, in effect, to guarantee an athlete four years of eligibility. Hypothetically speaking, if an athlete becomes injured and you lose him for the year, the athlete can be redshirted for that year and still have his four year's of eligibility intact. Some coaches, however, redshirt players that are not injured. Even though these athletes only compete for four years, they will have been uninjured college athletes for five years. This process hopefully yields a superior athlete who has been given an additional year to con- centrate solely on training. And this is the case with War- hurst's redshirts. Since they are not injured, the slight possibility re- mains that his plan could backfire. "I've never redshirted someone because they weren't injured," War- hurst said. "That's a chance you take and I just decided to do it and they were all for it. We should be very good next year." 0 6 6 Warhurst tougher," Warhurst said. "And (the first-year runners) are learning how to do that." Still, the rookie runners have posted results with which Warhurst is quite pleased. "Their times are progressively coming down. That's a good sign." he said. Women golfers place 10th -ssociatedrress Deep inside the Borchst Belt, international celebrities/tired out-of-work actors Ernest Borgnine and Buddy Hackett celebrate what they thought was a Griddes victory. Just moments later, a hotel manager informed them that Slippery Rock had lost, sending them into a Griddes abyss. The tandem have played this week, too. Buddy, Ernie play Griddes Believe it or not, Griddes, that wonderfully intox- icating college football contest, has reached the Borscht Belt. Deep inside the peaks of the Catskill mountains lies two of the nation's biggest Griddes fans: Buddy Hackett and Frnest Borgnine. Borgnine, who hasn't done much work since Fantasy Island left the airwaves, fills in his spare time with Griddes. "Tattoo used to help me with the Slippery Rock games, but now since he's dropped off the face of the entertainment world, I go to Buddy for help," Borgnine said. Hackett and Borgnine have produced a powerful prognosticating Griddes team, barely losing each week. In fact, Buddy and Ernie thought they had won Griddes last week, seen above embracing each other with glee. Join in the Borscht Belt fun and send in your Griddes picks into the Student Publications Building by 5 p.m. Friday. Include your name, phone number, and score for the Michigan-Michigan State game for the tiebreaker. 1. Michigan at Michigan State 2. Notre Dame at Air Force 3. San Jose State at Miami (FL) 4. Colorado at Iowa State 5. Arkansas at Texas Tech 6. Navy at Pittsburgh 7. West Virginia at California 8. LSU at Auburn 9. Houston at Texas A&M 10. SW Louisiana at Alabama 11. Georgia Tech at Clemson 12. Texas at Oklahoma 13. Penn State at Syracuse 14. Illinois at Purdue 15. Iowa at Wisconsin by Scott Erskine Daily Sports Contributor The Michigan women's golf team finished tenth in a 16-team field last weekend at the two day, 54 hole -tournament held at Ohio State in Columbus. The lady linksters ran into trouble in their fifth tournament of the season with a team score of 986, good for only tenth place. One of the problems that the golfers may have encountered was mental fatigue, according to Mich- igan coach Sue LeClair. The team played extremely well on the first day of the tournament and was in seventh place after the first 36 holes. On the final day of the tourn- ament the course worked against most of the Michigan players and the ladies dropped to tenth place by the end of the tournament. Becky Hayes paced the Wolver- ines in the tournament with her 245 stroke total (81-76-88). Erica Zon- der, who has sat out the last two contests due to illness, came back strong, posting a 246 (85-83-78). Also, Kristin Beilstein (246), Mary Hartman (252), and Wendy Bigler (254) continued to play well. Furman University captured the tournament with a 930 combined score. Despite the tenth place showing, this was a good tournament for the team, since many of the other schools in the invitational were from the south and enjoy longer golf seas- ons. This lead LeClair to be optim- istic about the tournament, saying "I'm still proud of them." The young squad has played fairly consistently all fall and will head into the Big Ten season next spring in possible contention for the con- ference championship. 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