The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 29, 1993- Page 13 r Men look to score at Buckeye track meet By Tonya Broad Daily Sports Writer Is it the time for indoor track and field season or is it time for spring football? Because of the plethora of foot- ball players that have recently joined the Michigan men's track team, practices have looked a little bit different. The Wolverines will travel to Columbus to face host Ohio State; Michigan State, Kentucky and Penn State will also participate in the * competition. This will be the men's first scoring meet of the season. Ohio State is another school which has football players a plenty out for track. Some of the runners participating could be teammates at the 1996 Olympics, but at the same time the possibility of becoming picks in the NFL draft also exists. Michigan coach Jack Harvey and 9 Ohio State coach Russ Rogers are approaching the meet from slightly different angles. Harvey is using this meet as the Women runners leave home by Tom Bausano Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's track team travels down Washtenaw Ave. to Eastern Michigan to compete in the Eastern Michigan Open tomorrow. The Wolverines have been hosting meets at the Track and Tennis Building for the past three weekends and are looking forward to getting onto a new track. Michigan head coach James Henry concentrated his coaching efforts for January on a campaign he called "Do you believe month." "Confidence is building, but let's wait and see how they do in a different environment," Henry said. "We will know better how strong we are after our road trips." So far the Wolverines have had fine performances that have demonstrated that they are better than in years past. "We are doing a real good job competing," distance coach Mike McGuire said. "Several athletes P.R.'d (personal record) last week, and the freshman distance runners have run especially well. "They are overshadowed by Molly McClimon, Court- ney Babcock and Karen Harvey, who are our provisional national qualifiers. Relative to maturity level, everyone is doing a real good job." First-year runners Molly Lori, Amy Parker and Katty Hollbacher, along with the rest of the longer distance runners, are stepping down in length, running the mile, in order to get some speed work. "We hope to run together as a group to improve our times," the freshman trio chimed in unison. Mayrie Richards will also be dropping from her usual distance of 3000 meters to run the mile. "It's a pretty laid back meet," Richards said. "I'm looking to relax and run competitively." Jessica Kluge, Babcock, McClimmon and Harvey will be doubling up when the foursome participates in both the 800 meters and the 4 x 800-meter relay. "We hope to provisionally qualify for nationals in the 4 x 800," Kluge said. "I want to get a good 800 in. Next week, we travel to Notre Dame, and I am focusing more on the open 800 there." Richelle Webb has had a great season thus far posting a time of 7.1 seconds in the 55-meter dash and a 25.7 in the 200. "I am looking forward to seeing new competition on Saturday," Webb said. "I am looking forward to Notre Dame to better my times." High jumper Monika Black looks to continue her un- beaten season in tomorrow's meet. Black has been close to the national qualifying height several times this year. Tomorrow will be the first time that Laura Jerman, Lisa Adams, Debbie Mans and Tonya Broad will be scored in the pentathlon. "It's not a real pentathlon because the events are not run in order," Jerman said. "It will give us a good idea what it feels like to do all five events in one day. We all have been working very hard." The women's track team heads to Ypsilanti tomorrow to compete in the Eastern Michigan Open. The Wolverines will use this meet as a tuneup for next weekend's clash at Notre Dame. Men spikers try to put team together Put your heart on the line or Malveaux by Jeremy Strachan Some new faces will accompany the Michigan men's volleyball team on its road trip to Purdue Saturday. The team held open tryouts Thurs- day night for anyone who thought they could make a contribution. Michigan was hoping to recruit three defensive specialists and a practice player. Injuries and player commitments to university activities have left the team short-handed for every game this season. The Wolverines (2-3) held a team meeting Monday night to refocus their goals this season.hIt was at this meeting that the decision to hold tryouts was made. "Some of the team members were working real hard and put vol- leyball first. Others were not as ded- icated," sophomore Todd Coffey commented. "We decided to work towards a varsity program (at the meeting). We want to play to win." One face that will not be joining the team in the tri-match against Wisconsin and Purdue is starting middle Soren Juul. Because of a nagging foot injury, the powerful hitter will be missing from the Wolverine frontcourt. Although the middle will not be the same, the outside will be rejuve- nated with the return of starting hit- ters Andy Spitser and Gun Unluer. The pair sat out in the two losses suffered by the Wolverines last weekend. Michigan faces Wisconsin in the first game of the tri-match this weekend. The Badgers lost their starting middle from last year to. Michigan State's recruiting. "(Wisconsin) is not a very strong team," Michigan co-coach Pam Griffin said. "I don't expect them to be very tough. I've talked with other coaches who have said that they weren't very good." The Wolverines will take on Pur- due in the nightcap Saturday. Mich- The Wolverines are still trying to mesh their youth with experience this season. The team has had five different starting line-ups thus far and has been disappointed with its play in its first five games. So what is it going to take for Michigan to beat Purdue and Wisconsin? "If we pull our blocking and de- Valentine's Day 'Some of the team members were working real hard and put volleyball first. Others were not as dedicated. We decided to work towards a varsity program (at the meeting). We want to play to win.' - Todd Coffey Michigan volleyball player message through Classified Department. Deadline: Feb. 8 Publ. Date: Feb. 12 Price: $5 first true test for his team. He is hoping to keep the score close while at the same time looking for contin- ued improvement from the team. Rogers has said that he is con- cerned more with the Buckeyes' long term outlook, desiring to work on items, such as technique, that could help later in the year at the Big Ten Championships. Harvey feels that Ohio State is a quality team and along with Penn State may provide tough competition for the Wolverines. However, Har- vey is looking for individual ac- complishments, as well. "The premium will be on quality performances," he said. Only the top four finishers score, leaving little. room for error. Ohio State dominates the sprints with Butler By'not'e and Erin Payne, both posting times of 6.29 seconds in the 55-meter dash. Michigan hopes to keep close in the short sprints with Tyrone Wheatley and Felman Malveaux running the 55-meter dash, Andy Scheolch in the 200 and Trinity Townsend in the 400. Wheatley and Malveaux have posted times of 6.30 and 6.40, respectively. If they can hold off Penn State, the place where the Wolverines will be able to score is in the distance events and the remaining field events. A bright spot for the Wolverines in the distance events is freshman Scott MacDonald, who finished sec- ond last week in the 3,000 with a time of 8:12.60. 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