The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - October 5, 1992 - Page 7 SCHEMANSKE Continued from page 1 Last spring the men's track team had self-imposed cuts. The coaching staff cut 40 runners in all. *Jay was cut from the team and told to clean out his locker. "Being cut that way really hurt because I had seen some improvement in myself for the first time since high school," Schemanske said. "Teammate Kris Eggle talked me into going and seeing the coaches. Coach Warhurst was very receptive to me, and he encouraged me to come back down to .practice." Jay practiced with the team all spring and elected to stay in Ann Arbor this past summer and work out with some teammates. During the summer, all of the ingredients that go into making a Division I runner came together for Jay. "Staying in Ann Arbor was very important for Jay," Coach Warhurst said . "He learned a great deal and got to know his teammates better. Jay was able to get eight weeks of hard training that is essential to being ready for the fall season. Runners that go home do not train as hard as the guys that stay in town." Jay had paid his dues to the sport and finally things were happening. He was physically more * mature. Enough time had transpired for allthe physical conditioning he had done over the past two years to catch up with his basic genetic ability. The key ingredient was hard work. "Staying in Ann Arbor helped me quite a bit," he said. "Having people to run with motivated me. I had a sense of obligation to my teammates. After the cuts, I lost the feeling of belonging that the team had provided. Staying in Ann Arbor helped heal those feelings." This summer, Jay and some of his teammates entered a 10-man relay race. The race to Mission Point is a 320-mile course. "The team relay was the real test of my summer workouts," he said. "I had some great legs in the race and it gave me a lot of confidence for the fall time trial." The men's cross country team has a fall time trial each year where all the perspective team members race on the University golf course. The top 14 runners are on the team, and the top 10 get to travel to most meets. After two years of not making the squad, Jay finished seventh at the time trial. The next step for Jay will be to break into the top five and score for the Wolverines. At the Michigan State Invite, Jay had a great race placing 15th, and Friday Jay ran 26:00 at the Notre Dame Invitational. "All Jay needs now is to gain confidence with his racing," Warhurst said. "He is only going to get better with experience, he is learning how to race at this greater level." "I feel great being on this squad which is ranked eighth in the nation," Schemanske said. "All I want to do is contribute to the team and be a friendly guy." It has been hard work that brought Jay up to the collegiate level, and he has remained friendly all the way along. The cuts made last spring were self-imposed. Warhurst was in a position where he could allow Jay a chance to come back out for the team and use the facilities. The Big Ten presidents just recently passed a gender equity proposal. The long and short of the proposal states that by June 1997 there must be a 60/40 ratio of male to female participation on varsity athletic teams. The ramifications of this proposal have devastating effects on men's non-revenue sports. The men's cross country team will be forced to limit its squad size to 14 members. The 20 or so members who do not make the squad at the fall time trial will have to train away from the team on their own until the next time trial. In essence the gender equity proposal would eliminate the walk-on athlete from having a chance at becoming a Division I athlete. The long hours of training are finally paying off for Jay Schemanske. The reason that he has become a strong Division I runner is that he was able to train with the team and use the facilities for his first two years. Jay is now well on his way to becoming a outstanding collegiate runner. Poor showing leaves hwigen' s runners angry by Tom Bausano of teams and a lot of good runners, Poor performances and several Forsyth said. "Our team did not run tactical errors plagued the Michigan as well as we should have but it is men's cross country team Friday at still early. I ran from the back like I= the Notre Dame Invitational. Notre usually do and it worked for me. i Dame won its invitational with 56 was pretty happy with tenth place. points, followed closely by Eastern EMU impressed me; they have three Michigan, who scored 57 points. The 'It was a good meet with a lot of teams and a lot of good runners.' - Ian Forsyth Michigan runner out of the standings in order to de- strong front runners, and everr termine the all-American honors. though they are a little weak at the "Every time you lose a race it is four and five spots, they proved they- disappointing," Smith said. "That is have enough power to get it done." the first time in four years that "Eastern came ready to run on EMU has beaten us." Friday," Smith said. "They were Several individual runners made gunning for everybody in order to tactical mistakes in the race. prove that they were worthy of Freshman Scott MacDonald chased their national ranking." "a rabbit" too early in the race and Smith feels the Wolverines need ended up running a 4:36 for the first to get some of that same hunger and mile. That kind of pace was too drive in order to perform better quick for this early in the season. against the better teams. With a lit- After falling apart in the middle tle more time and race experience three miles, MacDonald ran hard in this team should be able to perform' the end to finish as Michigan's No. 3 much better than it did on Friday. man in a time of 25:30. "We did not perform," War- Ian Forsyth finished as the No. 2 hurst said. "This loss should shov man, in tenth place, with the time of the team how much work there is 25:05. left to be done. We will be okay, "It was a good meet with a lot though, we can run with anyone." i We Specialize in: Backpacking & Camping " Cross Country Skiing a Outdoor Clothing * Climbing Gear w Tents 333 S. Main St 761-8515 - Mon-Sat, 10 am-6 pm; Th-Fri, till 8 pm Women runners sweep by Rich Mitvalsky Daily Sports Writer After capturing the top four indi- vidual positions at the Notre Dame Invitational over the weekend, the Michigan women's cross country team took the team honors, trounc- ing runner-up and host squad Notre Dame. The Wolverines, who finished with 16 points, 36 under the Irish, were led by super-soph Karen Harvey, who crossed the finish line Ahead of all other runners in 17 min- ttes, 41.8 seconds, three seconds ahead of senior teammate Amy Buchholz. Junior Chris Szabo fin- ished third, in 17:45.9, while redshirt freshman Courtney Babcock rounded out the top four in 17:50.6. "We had a really good meet, and everyone ran solid races," Michigan head coach Mike McGuire said. "Harvey, Courtney Babcock, and Chris Szabo each ran lifetime bests. Szabo was especially impressive during the last part of the race." Fourth-year junior Molly Mc- Climon, sophomore Kelly Chard, and rookie Amy Hollbacher com- pleted Michigan's travel squad over the weekend, placing sixth, 10th and 12th, respectively. Chard, who in McGuire's opinion ran her finest race of the young season, was pleased with her performance. "My season started off slowly, because I had a leg injury from last year's track season which began act- ing up," Chard said. "I sat out the first meet and some of the practices, but, this last week I just started to get in some good workouts. This meet was a good uplifting and confi- dence builder for me, because I ran more competitively." After three quarters of a mile, Michigan's top four finishers had established themselves in those par- ticular positions and carried their momentum for the remainder of the 3.1 mile course. McClimon battled consistently for the fifth position, however was out-kicked at the finish by Fighting Irish sophomore Sarah Riley. "Although the conditions did not really allow for fast running, I thought we did run well," McGuire added. "It was a hot and windy day, and with the flat course, the wind was more of a factor than usual. "I think we can determine how to victory well we can do at other meets based on this performance. There weren't any other Big Ten teams at this meet, but we beat a much improved Notre Dame team which has the po- tential to be a nationals' qualifier. The competition wasn't the same as at Indiana a week ago, but I am very pleased with our performance this weekend." Next up for Michigan is the State Intercollegiate Championship, in which all college teams from around the state will clash this weekend. - i 7--- I(P ~7 Stop by and Visit THE OLD BALL PARK Located in Arborland Mall 677-4050 Sports cards, Comic books, licensed apparel, and more! _L - - .- _ . - - - - - - - - NFIvK f0 TUI 3 1. P FF. - MLB Sized Authentics - Cooperstown Collection - NFL Sized & Adjustable - Plus NBA, NHL, & NCAA ANN ARBOR'S LARGEST SELECTION OF ATHLETIC HEADWEAR. OVER 1500 CAPS IN STOCK. only at MASS MEETING Di;' A 1nh n Th1 TIicenav nAPTnRC 9 i