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 'I 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. 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