.Men's track aims for event titles at NCAAs The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 10, 1994 - 9 By TOM SEELEY DAILY SPORTS WRITER For many of the members of the Michigan men's indoor track team, the season ended two weeks ago at the *Big Ten Championships. They ended things triumphantly by capturing the Big Ten title. Forsome,however, this weekend in Indianapolis presents an opportunity to go even farther and capture something even grander than aBig Ten champion- ship - a national championship. While a team national champion- ship is a bit unrealistic - Arkansas is favored to run away with that-NCAA titles in some events are a possibilty. The best shot for a championship is in the distance medley relay where earlier this year the squad of junior Nick Karfonta, sophomores Trinity Townsend and Scott MacDonald and freshman Kevin Sullivan set a world record with a time of 9:33.72. "We've got a really good shot," MacDonald said. "But there's a lot of good teams in there that haven't re- ally shown their full potential." Townsend's expectations for the team are a little stronger. "I expect to go in and blow the competition away," he said. "I really don't see us losing. In my mind it's not really something that I entered as a possibility." Sullivan also qualified for the mile run, and the Wolverines' success in the relay will depend on how well Sullivan recovers from the finals of the mile, which will be held two hours before the relay begins. "The key (for the relay) is if Kevin WOMEN Continued from page 5 (47.3) and have held their oppo- nents to a league-leading 37.6 per- cent shooting throughout this sea- son. "It's going to be a tough weekend for us," Roberts said. "I just wish that the kids could at least win one game." Join Graphics Staff Color Printing Color Printing Color Printing Color Printing Big savings on color printing for all clubs, businesses, and organizations. can come back and run another four- minute mile after he runs the finals in the mile," Wolverine assistant coach Ron Warhurst said. Warhurst also said that the freshman's chances for a top-three finish in the mile are excellent. MacDonald also qualified for the mile event, but a nagging achilles prob- lem will prevent him from running it. Without the achilles problem, MacDonald could have, along with Sullivan, been a top three finisher, but the Michigan coaches decided to rest him. The coaches hope that three fresh runners will give Sullivan a big lead when he gets the baton. Joining the distance medley crew at nationals will be freshman Neil Gardner in the 55-meter hurdles and sophomore high jumper Jon Royce. Michigan coach Jack Harvey thinks that the NCAA meet is not an overall expression of team strength. "With theNCAAmeetitonly shows what you have in the way of quality and real high quality," Harvey said. "One year we finished fourth in the Big Ten and we got sixth in the NCAA." "I'dbereal happy ifwe got in the top six, but even the top 10 would be OK." Finally, Townsend sees this meet as an opportunity for the Wolverines to thrust themselves into the national spotlight. "We're all hyped for (the meet)," Townsend said. "I just can't wait. "This yearI figure we can go in, beat everybody and have them take notice that Michigan is there to stay and there to win, and we're going to be the baddest track team in the world." F-N PENN STATE Continued from page 5 carve out a 17-point Michigan lead, making it 44-27 at halftime. Howard finished with a game-high 21; Rose followed with 20. After former Wolverine and cur- rent Golden State Warrior Chris Webber left following his sopho- more year, speculation began that Rose and Howard might do the same this year. On senior night, however, neither junior member of the Fab Five re- cruiting class indicated he would en- ter the next NBA draft. "No, this is not my last game in Crisler," Howard said. His teammate was more ambigu- ous. "I'm not even thinking about it right now," Rose said, indicating he would concentrate his energies on Michigan's upcoming game against Northwestern and the NCAA tour- nament. Last night, the speculation took a back seat to the certain departure of Michigan's two seniors. Moore was a walk-on in his first and final year on the team. The Penn State game marked the sixth in which he saw action. Bossard, Fisher's first recruit as Michigan head coach, reflected on the last four years. He said he felt fortunate to have received a free edu- cation due to his basketball scholar- ship. Additionally, the senior leaves Michigan with some nice Final Four hardware. "On the athletic side, I got a couple rings, which isn't all bad," Bossard said. RARDIN Continued from page 5 "He went out with a bang," Rose said. "Tonight, I just tried to have fun," Bossard said, taking the newly-found attention in stride. I couldn't ask for anything more." But Michigan fans could, as in Emerson Moore. For the last eight minutes or so of play, the seldom-used senior walk-on from Detroit enjoyed his seat on the bench, as fans demanded Fisher to put him in, screaming, "We want Moore, we want Moore." Later, they substi- tuted "Moore" for "Hail" in a spirited round of "The Victors." Jimmy King and Juwan Howard even joined in on the fun, waving their arms from the bench to get the fans to support their teammate. It worked, and he finally did get in - with 2:13 to go - and came rim- close to scoring on five different occa- sions, including a pair of pressure free throws. "It was great for our seniors." Jack- son said. And it was great for the whole team. Great to put the disappointment of the Purdue loss behind them. 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