The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - February 10, 1992- Page 7 Kass upset in second round of Rolex tourney Three marks fall for women's track by Todd Schoenhaus Daily Sports Writer This past Thursday Michigan men's tennis ace, David Kass, headed to Minneapolis hoping to capture the Rolex Indoor Tennis Champi- onship. He was ranked No. 4 in the NCAA and was the tournament's second seed. Most expected to see him in yesterdays finals. However, Ball State's Dan Kronauge had dif- ferent plans. Friday morning, the unseeded se- nior destroyed Kass' chances, win- ning the second round match 6-3, 3- 6, 6-0. Kronauge then lost in Friday afternoon's quarterfinals. The Wolverine junior attributes the outcome of the match more to himself than his opponent. Kass thought he simply was not himself out there. "Tamer El Sawy (Kass' first round opponent) played much better than Kronauge," Kass said. "I couldn't get myself going that day. To tell you the truth, I don't know what happened." Several factors might explain Kass' difficulties. First, he has been bothered recently by nagging in- juries that have affected his stamina. Second, he has always had trouble with morning matches and was forced to compete at 8 a.m. But he did not make excuses. "Although I am not used to playing in the morning, the time re- ally wasn't a factor," Kass said. "I don't think I would have played any better at 1 p.m." Kass again took, a while to get into a groove and did not play a strong opening set. Thursday he dropped the first set 7-5, and Friday he lost the first, 6-3. . "I've had problems in the first set the last couple of years," he stated. "I am probably a little too overconfident going into the matches that I am expected to win. I took the guy way too lightly." The second set was a complete reversal of the first, with Kass con- centrating on each point and playing closer to his usual game. But the third set was an utter disappoint- ment, in which the Michigan repre- sentative failed to salvage a single game. "Going into the third set, I thought I hadthe momentum," he said. "Unfortunately, I had some bad breaks early and lost it from there. Before I knew it, the match was over.", The match was over and so were Kass' chances of winning a Grand Slam Tournament. For now that is. Kass will have the opportunity to participate in the fourth leg of the Collegiate Grand Slam - the NCAA Championship. It will be held in Athens, Ga., May 20-24. The finale is the most presti- gious tournament in college tennis due to the publicity and the fact that the winner earns a wildcard entry into a professional Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open. Al- though the tournament is months away, Kass will begin gearing up immediately. "I will train harder and be more eager to win," Kass said. "I have to get myself better prepared for these tournaments, both physically and mentally." In addition to preparing for indi- vidual tennis, Kass will soon lead the Wolverines into the Big Ten sea- son. Last year Michigan tied for sec- ond in the conference with seven victories and two losses. Kass real- izes though, that the team must work much harder in order to be vic- torious this season. "I just think all the guys have to take a lot more responsibility in their training and contribute greater efforts, or else we won't have much success this year," he said. by Benson Taylor 'hAfter a lull two weekends ago, the women's track team responded by shattering three records Saturday at the Spartan Relays. No points were kept at the meet, but the team's presence was felt. "We did much better overall as a team than last weekend," Michigan coach James Henry said. "I was a happy with the improvement." The strong outing couldn't have come at a better time for the Wol- verines. "We should be up for the conference championships," Henry said. With the Big Ten Champion- ships only three weeks away, the team showed they are a force to be reckoned with. Improvement came in the 200- meter dash by means of a new school record. Richelle Webb, who finished fourth in the event, ran the record- breaking time of 25.04, surpassing ' the old mark by three-tenths of a PAUL TAYLOR/Daily second. Dan Reddan and the rest of the Michigan men's gymnastic team The record was a goal that Webb competed in the annual Spartan Relays this weekend in East Lansing. had been gunning for since the sea- son's onset. "It was something I had Men's track impresses at MSU in mindi going into the meet," Webb said. Webb's performance was a for- shadowing of races to come. The 3200 relay team of Jessica Kluge, Carrie Yates, Kristine Westerby and Amy Bannister established a new meet record with a time of 8:56.88. While the time wasn't fast enough to earn a spot at the NCAA meet, the team remained optimistic. "We raced really well today," Westerby said. "It's not that we couldn't have qualified today, but this is the first time we had the team together, and it's rare for a team to do well in their first race. We need time to put things together as a relay team." The most exciting race of the day occured at the meet's finale in the 1600 relay. The team, comprised of Webb, Bannister, Jennifer Ridgley, and Weterby, trailed Michigan State for the first three legs but was never behind by more than a few strides. That was more than enough time for Westerby, who out-kicked the Spartans' anchor runner Sara Re- ichert for the victory. Michigan's time of 3:49.6 was only three sec- onds off the school best, and it eclipsed the old Spartan Relays record by a fraction of a second. Other outstanding open events included Amy Buchholz, who estab- lished her personal best for the sea- son and won the 5000 with a time of 17:09.2, Courtney Babcock, who ran a winning 9:56.02 in the 3000, and Karen Harvey, the victor in the mile run with a 5:04.42. There were also strong perfor- mances in the other relay events. The sprint medley relay of Christi Fos- ter, Laura Jerman, Alison Smith, and Megan Nortz, and the distance med- ley relay - Nortz, Tanya Clay, Mayrie Richards, and Jennifer Stuht - finished second and third respec- tively. by Bruce Inosencio Daily Sports Writer Saturday's Spartan Relays in East Lansing gave the men's indoor track team a chance to see what they are up against in the upcoming Central Collegiate Championships. It looks like the Wolverines will have some tough races and field events ahead of them. In running events Michigan's highest finish came from the 3,200- meter relay team. Andy Darien, Nick Karfonta, Gregg Duffy and Aaron Grzymkowski combined their efforts to finish in 7:48.05, more than four seconds ahead of the next team. The distance medley relay found Michigan battling Eastern Mich- igan for first place. Michigan's Joe McKown, Brian Bozo, Ian Forsyth, and Chris Childs crossed the line in 10:04.3, as did the Eagles. In the official standings, however, EMU was credited with the victory. "Chris Childs ran a great anchor leg for us and got us back into the race," McKown said. "When he got the baton we were about four sec- onds down so he did an incredible job to get us back into the race at all." Milers Matt Schroeder and Joe McKown finished third and fourth for the Wolverines, respectively, with times of 4:15.14 and 4:16.26. "The mile was the kind of race that consists of a lot of shoving and bumping - the race was pretty much tactical and in the end it came down to who could kick it out," McKown said. The field events allowed Mich- igan to showcase some talent as well, as the shot put and pole vault saw the Wolverines take more top places than any other school. 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