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The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 26, 1998 - 13A

Michigan, oth
10 teams hit T
By Nick Koster "I'm goi
For the Daily this weeken
* This weekend, while most students only going
will be firmly entrenched in their nor- meter, and
I weekend routines, the Michigan speed"
en's track and field team will fly off In additi
to sunny Tempe, Ariz., for the Arizona will field
State Castillo Invitational, which will scored at t
be held on Saturday. tournament
-Following an indoor season marked Mortimer en
by inconsistency, the Wolverines will the reigning
begin their quest to improve upon door season
poor results at the Big Ten Indoor American,
Championships, where the Wolverines year, in the
finished a disappointing sixth. 10,000 run
Michigan is not without momentum, 5,000 run as
ugh - the Wolverines bounced Don McL
ack in strong fashion with a top-six distance ru
finish at the NCAA Indoor Steve Lawr
hampionships earlier this month. key contribt
"We had a small team for the son. Senio
NCAAs, but a lot of the other guys additional s
'ame down to watch," Michigan four- The Casti
time NCAA champion Kevin Sullivan start of tl
said. "Hopefully, that will inspire Michigan.
hei., to have a big outdoor season." Central Mic
Sullivan, an outdoor All-American teams will
1997, is the reigning Big Ten chain- including 0
ion in the 1,500-meter run. At the and Minnc
NCAA indoors last year he finished Wolverines
second in that same event. their perforr
,'Sullivan is fresh off an NCAA "This is
hampionship in the indoor mile, but us," Sullivan
e will pace himself into the outdoor able to see
eason. the rest of ti
Michigan row
By Josh Kieinbaum
Daily Sports Writer
Believe it or not, Michigan. has a rowing team.
And it's pretty good, too.
The No. 8 Wolverines have their first home
meet of the spring season, a double-dual meet,
Saturday at Belleville Lake at I a.m. They will
ce off against North Carolina in the morning and
rginia in the afternoon.
Virginia should pose the biggest challenge to
the Wolverines -- the Cavaliers were ranked third
in the nation in the preseason. But Michigan
already beat Virginia once this year, two weeks
ago at the Lexus Invitational in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.
"We were able to beat them two weeks ago and
we're expecting to do it again," Michigan coach
Mark Rothstein said. "But they're going to come
out strong."
What Virginia lacks in strength, it makes up for
in depth.
NCAA rowing has three different events. The

.er Big
empe
ng to take a low-key role
nd," Sullivan said. "I am
to run one race, the 800-
just try to work on my
on to Sullivan, Michigan
five other runners who
the conference's outdoor
in 1997. Junior John
Inters the outdoor season as
g MVP of last year's out-
n. Mortimer, another All-
won two Big Ten titles last
3,000 steeplechase and the
. He was runner-up in
s well.
laughlin, as well as fellow
nners Todd Snyder and
ence, also expects to make
utions in the outdoor sea-
r Brian Theisen provides
tupport.
illo Invitational marks the
:he outdoor season for
Along with in-state rival
chigan, four other Big Ten
also take part in the meet,
hio State, Illinois, Indiana
esota. This offers the
an opportunity to gauge
-mance.
a good opening meet for
n said. "We are going to be
where we stack up against
he conference."

Women's track will
run, sun in Arizona

By Chris Duprey
Daily Sports Writer
For the Michigan women's track team
tomorrow, it'll be like a family reunion.
After the sprint squad went to Jamaica
last weekend, both the sprinters and the
distance runners will meet and compete
in the same place this time. The
Wolverines, as a whole team, will head
down to Tempe, Ariz., for the Arizona
State Castillo Invitational.
The distance runners stayed behind to
train in Ann Arbor last weekend, taking a
week off from competition. This will be
the first full team outdoor competition
for the Wolverines.
"Our main goal is to get some good
weather and start competing," Michigan
coach James Henry said.
Aside from Michigan, Louisiana State
is the marquee attraction at the invita-
tional. The Tigers have won the NCAA
outdoor championship for 11 consecu-
tive years, and should provide the
Wolverines with all they can handle.
A large Big Ten contingent will greet
Michigan. Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota
and Ohio State will also be on hand to
compete. Perhaps the most serious con-
ference menace to Michigan is Illinois,
and even the Fighting Illini failed to
come within 20 points of the champion
Wolverines at Big Tens Mar. 1.
"Illinois has an excellent group of
sprinters, and Ohio State has a few good

athletes too;" Henry said. "But Louisiana
State stands above everyone."
After tapering for the indoor champi-
onship meets, Michigan has been kicking
up its training volume. The expected
result, according to Henry, will be tired
legs - not fast times.
"We may not be as sharp as we want to
be for two or three meets," Henry said.
"But we'll be competitive"
The immediate success of the
Wolverines has been a pleasant surprise.
With a solid but young sprint crew, hopes
were high for the future, but solid perfor-
mances from 400-meter dash runners
Tamika Craig and Regine Caruthers,
both freshmen, have provided some
recent points in the indoor season.
Sophomores Maria Brown, Kenise
Bocage and Olive Ikeh together com-
prised three-quarters of Michigan's 400
relay team at the Jamaica meet and
helped the Wolverines to victory. There's
no reason to believe that the young guns
can't keep contributing on a daily basis
during the outdoor season. Starting this
weekend, they will get their chance.
CORRECTION: In yesterday's article,
"'M' takes first in Jamaica", sprinter
Maria Brown was misidentified as
the only upperclassman in the 400
relay. Tania Longe is the only upper-
classman, while Brown, Bocage,
and Ikeh are all sophomores.

LOUIS BROWN/Daily
Both Michigan track teams will jet to Arizona this weekend to compete in Arizona
State's Castillo Invitational as the outdoor season gets underway.

ing team to host Cavaliers

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varsity eight features an eight-man boat - called
a shell -- plus a coxswain, and pits the strongest
eight from each school against each other over a
2,000-meter course. The second varsity eight race
runs the same setup as the first varsity eight - an
eight-man shell plus a coxswain over a 2,000
meter course - but it pits the second-strongest
eight against each other. Often compared to a
junior varsity shell, it is a good measure of a
team's depth. Finally, the varsity four is a smaller,
four-man shell race, in which the individual is
more important - if someone messes up in a var-
sity four, it is more likely to cause a bigger prob-
lem than in an eight-man boat.
"Each of the three counts towards our goal,"
Rothstein said, "which is to qualify for nationals."
At the Lexus Invitational; the Wolverines won
the varsity eight by 3.0 seconds, but dropped the
second varsity eight to the Cavaliers.
"They have a lot of depth," Rothstein said.
"They are a strong program with a good coach."
The Tar Heels should not cause much of a threat

to Michigan.
"They're a young program, but they're coming
out very fast," Rothstein said. "It should be a good
race."
The Tar Heels are in their first-ever season as a
varsity team, and have had just one meet - the
Lexus Invitational. Michigan beat out the Tar
Heels in all three races.
One of the most important members of each
boat is the only one who's not doing any physical
work - the coxswain. The coxswain acts as an in-
shell coach, directing strokes, steering and con-
trolling the pace of the team. She sits at the back
of the shell and is the only member of the team
who actually faces forward.
The Wolverines' coxswains are Belinda Koo in
the varsity eight shell. Claudia Lopez in the sec-
ond varsity eight and Marcie Klein in the varsity
four.
Ohio State will also be at the meet, but will not
face Michigan. The Buckeyes, however, will face
both North Carolina and Virginia.

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