Page 10-The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 30, 1990 . . . . . . Warhurst builds 'M' Cross country coach has trained a long line W .... ................ Injured Harlock shoots for MSU by Jeff Lieberman Daily Sports Writer The list goes on and on for Michigan men's cross country coach Ron Warhurst. Since taking over the Wolverine helm in 1974 he has be- come one of the nation's finest cross country coaches. Among his list of achievements are: Four Big Ten championship teams Eight All-American runners Olympic medal winners a Boston Marathon champion "I guess I've had a bit of suc- cess," Warhurst said. That's putting it mildly. Warhurst's approach is a bit dif- ferent than other coaches, but with those results, who can argue. by Matt Rennie Daily Hockey Writer There was a noticeable omis- sion when the Yost Arena public address announcer failed to read off the name of Wolverine David Har- lock with the rest of the Michigan hockey starting lineup last Satur- day night. Thankfully, the situa- tion may be rectified as soon as Friday. Harlock was sidelined with an injury suffered Friday night against Illinois-Chicago. The sophomore co-captain sustained a medial collateral ligament sprain in his right knee. "It's a combination of things," team trainer Kim Hart said. "He was hit from behind and then he bruised it when he hit the ice." The sprain was diagnosed as mild, and the sophomore defense- man may be able to return to the lineup as soon as Friday, when Ferris State pays a visit to Yost. "It's a day-to-day thing," Hart said. "I'd say he's questionable for the weekend." Harlock had fluid removed from his knee yesterday, and it was de- termined there was no torn carti- lage. He is going through an exer- cise regimine to facilitate his comeback. "The tendency with a knee in- jury is to lose strength in your quad, so I'm doing a little lifting," Harlock said. "I'm hoping to be back on the ice by Thursday." While everyone involved hopes to see Harlock playing Friday, the real target date is the following weekend, when Michigan plays Michigan State in a home-and- home series. "That's what I'm shooting for, Hart said. "Time will heel a lot of things." Sophomore Chris Tamer started in place of Harlock Satur- day night alongside Patrick Neaton, and reserve Kent Brothers dressed for the game. Michigan coach Red Berenson anticipated dressing either Brothers or Paul Sancimino should Harlock be un- able to playthis weekend. "I don't want to think about it too much," Berenson said. "This is not a long-term injury." NUMBER ONE?: Michigan received one vote as the top team in the nation in a recent poll by The Albany Times. The Wolver- ines were sixth overall in the poll and finished eighth in another poll, conducted by radio station WMEB. "I'm surprised there weren't more number-one votes," Beren- son said. GOALIE UPDATE: In the Bowling Green series two weeks ago, Michigan goaltenders gave up 12 goals. This weekend, rookie goaltender Steve Shields surren- dered only three goals in two games against Illinois-Chicago. His performance may have earned him the starting assignment against Ferris State this week. "I like to play a goalie who's hot," Berenson said. "We don't have a number-one goalie yet, but (Shields) will probably start Friday." "My philosophy is to develop enough strength," he said. "I figure you've got to have the strength to be able tO maintain the basic speed over a given period of time, over a given distance. "If you have a lot of speed and you don't have enough strength to be there at the end of the race, your speed's not going to do you any good." With the success of many of his past runners, current runners on the team can't complain with his approach. "He's a great coach," runner Matt Smith said. "He knows how to train people. He trained a lot of All-Amer- icans. I think its something to look up to." Warhurst graduated from Western Michigan University after studying physiology and anatomy exten- sively. This background has a great deal to do with his focus on strength and conditioning. One thing Warhurst must concern himself with is not overworking his runners. Many of the runners on the cross country team also run long dis- tance for the indoor and outdoor track teams. "If you look at the competitive season for any of the sports here at the University, the guy that is a dis- tance runner is in competition nine .months out of the school year," Warhurst said. "It's one heck of a competitive season. And it's a competitive chal- lenge. I have to be able to make de- cisions on how hard to train a group of people at one particular time in a season." "He looks at coaching in respect to getting us in shape," senior Tony Carna said. In order to take some of the pres- sure and stress that comes with this long season off his runners, Warhurst emphasizes one key con- cept - having fun. legacy of champions "If it's not fun then what's th point in doing it?" he asked. "Nc.W many of them have scholarships so it's not like they're running for money. They're running because they love it." This desire to run seems to be motivation enough for the team. Warhurst doesn't feel he has to look after his runners all the time because he knows they will train on their own. "The nature of the distance runner is that they're pretty well disci- plined," Warhurst said. "They know that they've got to go out and run." Many of Warhurst's runners have also returned occasionally to train with the team after they have graduated. "They were very successful under the system I developed," Warhurst said. "A lot of them come back be* cause they need a little extra help and I'm willing to give it to them." Many of the runners who have re- turned were All-Americans under Warhurst. Among them are John Scherer, a three time All-American from 1986 to 1988; Brian Diemer, a Bronze Medalist at the 1984 Olympics; and Greg Meyer, 1983 Boston Marathon Champion. Even Warhurst's assistant coach, Mike McGuire, ran on his first team in 1974. "You're looking at really eight or nine top notch distance runners from the United States," Warhurst said. "It rubs off (on the current runners). They say 'look, these guys train with us and Ron has us doing the same things these guys have done. So it must help.' " This year Warhurst was named Coach of the Year in the Big Ten. Despite not winning the Big Ten Championships - missing out by only three points - the team made a remarkable improvement over last year and has proven to be one of the top squads in the nation. SORT SINFORnMAION Michigan coach Ron Warhurst stresses that having fun is an important factor in producing quality cross country teams. Griddes! 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