The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 7, 1992 - Page 11 Women tumblers look past IIllinois by Andy Stabile Daily Sports Writer After winning its home opener against Iowa last week, the Michi- gan women's gymnastics team is looking forward to a Valentine's Day showdown with Northern Illi- nois and Louisiana State. This does not mean the Wolverines are look- ing past tomorrow's meet against Illinois - it just means they aren't looking forward to it. Nevertheless, the Wolverines will make the trek to Champaign to face a hapless Illini squad. "We are going to do well," Michigan junior Ali Winski said."But we are trying to be re- laxed about it. Next week is our big, big meet." Even with the team's focus cen- tering on next weekend's home meet, the long trip to Champaign will give the Wolverines something to rejoice about. Rookies Li Li Le- ung and Debbie Berman have recov- ered from injuries and are back in the lineup. Against Iowa last Saturday, Le- ung scored 9.55 on the uneven bars and Berman tallied 36.90 competing in the all-around. Both are expected to perform in the same events to- morrow. While the addition of these two will add depth to the Wolverine lineup, Michigan will look to this season's frosh phenom Beth Wymer to lead the way against Illinois. Wymer has won the all- around in each of the Wolverines four meets this season. After finally getting some gym- nasts healthy, Michigan coach Bev Fry may take precautions to avoid injuries this weekend. "(Fry) will probably have us water down a few routines." Winski said. Last year's Big Ten all- around co-champion Wendy Wilkin- son is scheduled to undergo recon- structive knee surgery Monday. Wilkinson tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in her knee at the season-opening meet in Pittsburgh. 'M' wrestlers host Keen Team Duals by Tim Rardin Daily Sports Writer Though the NCAA Champi- onships are still over a month away, the ninth-ranked Michigan wrestling team will get a sneak peak of some of the competition this weekend. The Wolverines will wel- come many of the top teams in the country to Crisler Arena for the Cliff Keen National Team Duals. Thirteen teams will come to Ann Arbor for the team tourna- ment, including eight of the top ten teams in Division I, as well as de- fending Division II champs, Ne- braska-Omaha, Augsburg College, who claim top honors in Division III, and last years NAIA champions, Northern Montana. The duals will differ slightly from the NCAAs in that teams will go head-to-head as they would in a dual meet, with the winning teams advancing to the next round instead of just the winning wrestlers. Named after the Wolverines' legendary wrestling coach, the event will begin at 9 a.m., with OSU tak- ing on Augsburg, and West Virginia going against Wisconsin. The re- maining first-round matches kick off at 11 a.m. Michigan will face Oregon, Nebraska will wrestle Northern Montana, and Minnesota will match up with Penn State. Both Iowa and Iowa State received first-round byes. Wolverine coach Dale Bahr is pleased to be hosting the event, which is an off-shoot of the prestigious Virginia Team Du- als. "We're happy to be hosting the meet," Bahr said. "It's good for our program and I think it will be good for wrestling in the Ann Arbor area. People will be able to come out and see their favorite teams wrestle against the best competi- tion in the country." Michigan, which is as healthy as it has ever been, has been practicing especially hard of late in order to be prepared for this weekend. Wolver- ine co-captain and All-American Lanny Green feels the team is ready. "We changed it up a little bit this week," Green said. "We're at a different phase in our season now, and I think everbody is feeling pretty good." Michigan, seeded sixth in the event behind Iowa, Iowa State, Penn State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State, have a tough first match against the Ducks, currently ranked No. 23 in the country. Green is looking for- ward to the match. "We're anxious to get after it," Green said. "Oregon is a very solid team, but we can definitely beat them as long as we just go after it. We can beat them badly." Assuming the Wolverines ad- vance, they will likely face No. 3 Penn State in the second round. ThoughaMichigan does not want to look past the Ducks, Green is equally optimistic about the chance to go against the Nittany Lions. "They're tough all the way through," Green said. "We're obvi- ously going to have to wreslte great against them, but I think we can beat them." A win against Penn State would propel the Wolverines into the semifinals, which are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Sunday. The finals will then begin at 4 p.m. Michigan's Jesse Rawls, Jr. wrestles last weekend against Indiana. The Wolverines host the Cliff Keen National Team Duals at Crisler this weekend. Blue runners streak to Spartan Relays by Benson Taylor The women's track team will try to regain its stride tomorrow at the Spartan Relays in East Lansing. The Wolverines will compete against MSU, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and various small colleges. Although no points will be scored at the meet, the event remains important to Michigan coach James Henry because he is looking for im- provement in the sprints, jumps, and hurdles. After winning the first two meets of the season, the team faltered last weekend, finishing third behind Illinois and Iowa. "If we had had good perfor- mances in those areas we could have had a victory over Iowa and Illi- nois," Henry said. "Our middle dis- tance and distance kept us in it." Two events to watch at this weekend's meet are the two-mile (Amy Bannister, Jessica Kluge, Kristine Westerby, and Carrie Yates) and 1600-meter relays (Ban- nister, Westerby, Jennifer Ridgley, and Richelle Webb). The two-mile relay is stacked in hopes that the team may qualify for the NCAA meet, and the 1600 relay team is looking to break the school record of 3:46.62. Last year's 1600 team didn't qualify for the fast heat at the Big Tens, but Henry anticipates different results this time. "We have the personnel to do it (break the record)," Henry said. "We need a good performance for a good seed at the Big Tens." Ridgley, co-recipient of the Out- standing Athlete Award at last weekend's meet, said, "We've been inconsistent this season. We need to go out and blow it as fast as we can, and hopefully we'll break it." by Bruce Inosencio Daily Sports Writer The Wolverines invade East Lansing this Saturday to take on the Spartans and other area rivals in the Spartan Relays. Ohio State, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, and Central Michigan will be in Jenison Fieldhouse for the all-day competi- tion. A running score will not be kept for the meet but Michigan is in no way looking to put forth a weak ef- fort. The Wolverines' best events will most likely be in the distances. Michigan coach Jack Harvey is confident the distance squad will hold its own and is subsequently giving a few runners the weekend off. "We're going to give (Tony) Carna, (Dan) Oden, and (Jim) Finlayson a break this weekend," Harvey said. In their places will be Shawn MacKay and Ian Forsyth in the 3,000-meters and, in the mile, Matt Schroeder and Joe McKown. Eastern Michigan's coach, Bob Parks, is concerned with Michigan State and Ohio State, but still feels the Wolverines are the team to watch Saturday. Eastern can usually be counted on for giving Michigan a run for its money, but injuries may ground the Eagles Saturday as EMU will be without its top three hurdlers. While the Spartan Relays meet boasts several All-Americans, EMU's Tommy Asinga may be the top athlete. Asinga, a sophomore from Suriname, currently has the na- tion's fastest time in the 800. He will be running the 600 this week- end against Michigan's Andy Tomasic. Public Hearings on the issue of Regental Deputization of University of Michigan Police Wednesday, February 19th 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Thursday, February 20th .4 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. :4 To sign up to speak for five minutes call: 936-2255 Written commentary is also encouraged. Regents' K k F addresses are located on the first page of any I