8 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 7, 1994 Split squad heads to Austin* By TOM SEELEY DAILY SPORTS WRITER After a close call with a natural disaster on its last trip down south, the Michigan men's track team is hoping for a much smoother reception this weekend at the Texas Relays held tomorrow and Saturday in Austin. Two weeks ago, the team was in Tuscaloosa, Ala., for its first outdoor meet of the season. While in Alabama, the Wolverines came in close contact with a tornado that killed several people as it swept through the state. The dangerous conditions caused by the tornado permitted only half of the meet to take place. The experience has made the move from the indoor to the outdoor season more difficult than usual for the team. "(The transition) hasn't been real good this year," Michigan coach Jack Harvey said. "We need a couple of meets where we have everybody run- ning., This week, however, the coaches are sending a small Wolverine squad to the meet. The competition features traditionally strong southern teams as well as squads from the Big Ten. One Wolverine making the trip is Stan Johanning. Thejavelin thrower is attempting to get back intocompetitive shape after November elbow surgery. He said that he is heading into tomorrow's meet differently from the way he went into the one in Alabama. "I was very hyped up (for Ala- bama) and I was very distracted by all of the delays that we had," the junior said."Iwasn'tintoitatall.I'mgoingto go down there (to Texas) and relax and try to have fun." Others making the trip include high jumpers Jon Royce and Ben Ludka, pole vaulter Toby Van Pelt and Matt Schroeder, who runs the steeplechase. One team member who will not be making the trip is sprinter Felman Malveaux. The junior recently broke his foot. The fracture was not a clean break, but it will keep him in a cast for three weeks. This puts his chances of com- peting this season injeopardy. Malveaux's injury weakens an al- ready thin sprinting core. "It hurts our (4 x 100) relay, and I think that he could have been more effective outdoors than he was indoors running the 100 and 200 (meters)," Harvey said. Crew teams ready for challenge of Wisconsin JOE WESTRATE/ Daily High jumper Jon Royce and four of his teammates will be traveling to Austin for the Texas relays this weekend. The Wolverines will face schools from the south as well as the Big Ten. I By HEATHER WINDT DAILY SPORTS WRITER Michigan has a long history of suc- cess in the Big Ten. This weekend the crew team hopes to join that tradition. Eagle Creek Reservoir in India- napolis hosts the Merrill Lynch Col- legiate Invitational for the Big Ten Saturday. All of the schools in the conference are sending boats except Penn State and Illinois. This rowing championship is the first in the history of the Big Ten. Only recently have many oftheconference's teams been able to field several boats. Both varsity crews will be send- in( a four- and an eight-person boat while the novice crews will each send a four-person boat. The team to heat is Wisconsin. a traditional rowing powerhouse, and the only funded Big Ten crew team. Only the team's second boats will be attend- ing as its first boats are going to the prestigious San Diego Crew Classic. "This is our first real test,"varsity women's coach Mark Rothstein said. "We can find out how fast we are this weekend. Wisconsin has one of the better programs in the country. Any- time we race them its an obvious challenge, sort of like a David and Goliath matchup." Varsity men's coach Gregg Hartstuff sees Ohio State and Purdue as other strong crews but is also focus- ing a lot of attention on Wisconsin. The Novice boats have more to fear than just the Badgers. Women's novice coach Amy Gregg is concerned about the new elements that their second race will introduce. 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