14 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 23, 1998
Ohio State looks ois'ed to crush biggest .
dreams - but w at about Michigan's?
Can you imagine standing under cen-
ter, hailed as one of the nation's most
innovative quarterbacks - a Sports
Illustrated story subject - and then getting
stepped on as if your No. 19 ranking were
meaningless?
Quarterback Corby
Jones knows the feeling.
His Missouri Tigers
were competitive through
the first half of{
Saturday's game against
Ohio State.
Then they woke the MARK
sleeping giant. SNYDER
The Buckeyes, threat-
ened with harm to their MardMy
No. I ranking, decided to Words
take over.
When the dust settled at the end of the
game, the Tigers were reduced to mere pussy-
cats and Ohio State had the numbers to prove it.
At tailback, supposed to be an effective-yet-
average postion this season at Ohio State,
Michael Wiley busted over the 200-yard mark
on just 24 carries. Instantly, speculation has
turned him into an outside candidate for the
Heisman Trophy, and the spotlight around the
Buckeyes continues to grow.
"I'm happy for Michael Wiley," Ohio State
coach John Cooper said. Ile "had a great
game, definitely deserving of the Big Ten play-
er of the week."
The other Buckeye Heisman contenders
performed on a similar level.
All-world linebacker Andy Katzenmoyer
made 10 unassisted tackles and wide receiver
David Boston caught nine balls for 112 yards.
But Cooper's kudos were reserved for Wiley,
who left defenders in his wake.
"Michael has played (well)," Cooper said.
"le has surprised me."
Among the surprises is Wiley's can't-keep-
it-up, 9.3 yards-per-carry pace.
"Michael Wiley has had three solid football
games for us," Cooper said.
The popular theory that the worse
Michigan gets, the more Ohio State improves
seems to be holding true.
Against Missouri, dominance assumed its
finest form. Ohio State rolled to 531 yards,
punted just one time and escaped the game
nearly free of injury.
With a week off, Cooper's machine has
extra time to prepare for Penn State. Copying
the Buckeyes' experience and talent are nearly
impossible, but stealing from their playbook -
that's another story.
"There's an old saying," Cooper said. " If
you get (a play) from one team, you stole it. If
you got it from a bunch of teams, it's
research.'
'Researching' the Buckeyes has become
necessary tor every other team in the nation,
considering the polls. Ihis week, Ohio State
extended its lead in the Associated Press poll,0
grabbing all but six first-place voles.
But knowing Cooper, when it comes to
Michigan week, poll placing doesn't matter.
DIRrt DEALJN.;s: Following last week's
suspension of Marcus Ray, the lBig eICn is
buzzing about agents and their role in the col-
lege process.
At Michigan, the issue remains tightly
under wraps, with I .loyd Carr saying little
more than he has to.
"The investigation is still continuing," he
said. "I don't think it will take too long."
The state of Michigan is attempting to make
it illegal for a sports agent to contact a player
before his eligibility expires.'lThe state of lowa
already has such a policy, one that Iowa coach
I layden Fry thinks has been effective.
"Anytime there's a chance to make money,
there will be people trying to make money"
Fry said. "But we never see an agent."
Michigan State coach Nick Saban dis-
cussed the pressures with Carr this summer,
and believes the rules need to change.
"There should be some kind of risk or
penalty that (the agents) put themselves in,"
Saban said. "Right now there's no conse-
quences" for them.
AP PHOTO
Ohio State quarterback Joe Germaine and the Buckeyes finally woke up in the second half of Saturday's
game against Missouri. The Buckeyes now have all but six No. 1 votes in the Associated Press poll.
Depth should be key for 'M' cross country
McGregor-Kampfe pairing complemented by newcomers, newly-healthy veterans
By Erin Mays
For the Daily
After just two meets so far this
season, the Michigan women's cross
country team has started off sprint-
ing - with a first-place finish at
each meet.
Led by senior All-America Katie
McGregor and junior All-America
Elizabeth Kampfe, the Wolverines
are trying to build upon last sea-
son's second-place finish at the Big
Ten Championships in Columbus,
and their seventh-place finish at the
NCAA tournament in Greenville, S.
C.
But the road to nationals won't
be so easy this year.
"There are a lot of things that are
going to happen between now and
the Big Ten meet," Michigan coach
Mike McGuire said.
"We do have depth, we have peo-
ple healthy, but we need to get peo-
ple in better shape."
Although many of the previously
injured athletes are healed this year,
working them into the roster has
been a challenge.
Such now-healthy athletes
include freshman Katy Radkewich,
sophomore Julie Froud and junior
Allison Noe.
Anytime teams deal with bring-
ing in so many previously-injured
athletes, the main focus is to get
their abilities back to competition
level, McGuire said.
"All you can ask people to do is
to compete to the best of their abili-
ty and do the best they can under the
weather conditions," McGuire said.
"Once they get back in shape,
they're going to be the difference
between a good team and a very
good team."
Integral to the success of the
team have been McGregor and
Kampfe.
In the past two meets, McGregor
has come in first, closely followed
by Kampfe each time.
Last year in the Big Ten
Championships as well as the
NCAA Region IV Championships,
McGregor and Kampfe took the top
two spots.
"Just seeing the dedication that
they have and how hard-working
they are is a motivator," Radkewich
said. "It shows how hard work pays
off."
In addition to the leadership
skills of Kampfe and McGregor,
fifth-year senior Michelle Slater has
added her own talent to the team,
both as a leader and competitor -
even if she hasn't finished as high as
Kampfe or McGregor.
Slater came in sixth place at both
the Sycamore Pride and Bowling
Green meets.
Between the three upperclass-
men, their leadership has been a big
part of the development of their
younger teammates.
"They keep reminding us of our
goals and what we're actually doing
it for," Radkewich said.
Although Kampfe, Slater and
McGregor tend to lead the team both
in practice and in the meets, talent
resides in the younger runners as
well.
Despite coming back from mas-
sive injuries, Radkewich has shown
her potential as a leader with a third-
place finish at Indiana State, fol-
lowed by her fifth-place finish at
Bowling Green.
"Katy has run at higher levels
than the level she's running now,"
McGuire said.
"I'm very comfortable with her
performance relative to the circum-
stances, and her progress over the
last few weeks shows she has the
potential to race more effectively."
Other big finishers among the
younger runners include sophomore
Katie Clifford, who took a seventh-
place finish at Sycamore Pride and a
14th-place finish at Bowling Green.
Freshman Katie Ryan registered a
ninth-place finish at Sycamore. She
also took a 13th place crown at
Bo'wling Green.
"We lose two seniors this year,"
McGuire said.
"People have to assume the role.
It's like training your second-string
quarterback.
"Eventually they're going to have
to step up, and we have people who
have the ability to step up if they put
in the training time."
LOUISBROWN/Daily
Senior Katie McGregor and sophomore Julie F'roud has lead the Michigan women's
cross country team is off to a 2-0 start.
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By Chris Grandstaff
For the Daily
Michigan men's golf coach Jim
Carras fine-tuned his lineup this
weekend, saying that his team is
"still testing the waters" -- but it's
no surprise who's in the No. I posi-
tion.
Junior Mike Harris should once
again be Michigan's top gun. Last
season, Harris, an all-Big Ten selec-
tion and honorable mention all-
American, set the Michigan record
for scoring average, firing an aver-
age score of 72.35.
His sharp shooting led him to
three tournament victories and one
runner-up last season, earning him
Carras' nod as this year's captain.
The end of the college season
marked the beginning of more big
things for Harris. This summer,
Harris proved that he is not only one
of the best players in the Big Ten, but
in all of intercollegiate golf. Harris
took medalist honors at this sum-
mer's Northeast Amateur and just
missed the match-play round of
sixty-four in the prestigious United
States Amtateur.
Michigan's second and third posti-
tions seem more than adequately
filled, with both players recording
personal bests last weekend.
Freshman Andy Matthews made a
good first impression, shooting an
even-par 213 in his first collegiate
tournament. Matthews' tournament
was highlighted by an opening round
of three-under par on the first day.
Sophomore Scott Hayes opened with
a career-low round of one-under par
and finished with a weekend total of
219. Matthews and Hayes, along
with Harris, form the nucleus of thi
year's team.
Rounding out the starting five are
a pair of former high school team-
mates. Freshmen Kyle Kilcherman
and Brian Seipke are both former
Traverse City Trojans. Kilcherman
saw his first collegiate action last
week, while Seipke will be making
his debut for the Wolverines this
weekend.
"Our first three tournaments wi0
tell us a lot about what kind of team
we should have," said Carras.
"We're going to look at different
players to try and find a consistent
lineup. Right now I feel like we have
three very solid players, but we need
five guys to contribute on a regular
basis.
"Michael Harris has proven to be
one of the best players around, Scott
Hayes is solid and Andy Matthews
has the talent to be an exception
golfer. I'm anxious to see some of
our other players. We know they can
all play on our home course, but we
need to see if they can perform on a
different course under different cir-
cumstances."
Michigan's linksters look to
improve upon an eighth place finish
at last weekend's Northern
Intercollegiate tournament
Minnesota. The young Wolverine
will continue to test the waters this
weekend when they travel to Iowa
City for the Iowa Invitational.
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