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The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 14, 1998 - 13
Following top two is key for
McGuire's talented runners
By Evan Braunstein
Daily Sports Writer
There is little question who are the
top two women's cross country runners
at Michigan. Katie McGregor and
Elizabeth Kampfe have been leaving
other runners in their dust.
McGregor has placed first in four
meets while Kampfe has finished right
behind her in all but one of those, where
she placed third.
If the Wolverines are going to fulfill
their goals of winning Big Ten and
NCAA championships, these two will
lead the way.
But the other members of the team
will be the deciding factors of the
Wolverines' success. As good as
McGregor and Kampfe are, the two
can't win a national championship by
themselves.
The team will need production from
all of its runners, especially those on
whom the spotlight rarely shines.
"We've gone over it many times,"
Michigan coach Mike McGuire said.
"It's a total team effort. Everyone has to
contribute."
In the upcoming weeks, the unde-
feated Wolverines will face stiffer com-
petition than they have thus far this sea-
son. Depth will become a huge factor,
especially in Sunday's Wolverine
Interregional.
MeGuire said the first through 40
spots will be important in the meet, and
his team will have to perform better
than it has in the past.
"Specifically, we need to get our
fourth and fifth runners closer to our
third," he said. "That will be the differ-
ence in winning a meet like this, and
also the Big Tens.
"We also need to work on improv-
ing our gap time. I think that can
increase our score by 15 or 20 points."
The Wolverines, however, may have
the ideal team to get production from
the Nos. 4-10 positions. When McGuire
stressed the need for improvement, he
did not single out any one runner that
needed to step up.
One of the major strengths of this
year's team is that, other than McGregor
and Kampfe, there is no clear pecking
order. All of the runners are talented,
and they all continue to push each other.
"So far this season, the four, five,
six, seven, on through the 10th spots
have all been interchangable," Michelle
Slater said. Our only goal is to stay
close to Katie."
While that may seem like a tall
order, Slater has actually been one of
the few Wolverines.- other than
Kampfe - to consistently attain that
goal.
With three sixth-place finishes and a
fifth place last weekend, Slater has solid-
ified the third spot on the team and is
quickly becoming a formidable runner.
"We really have a perfect situation,"
said Allison Noe. "In practice, everyone
pushes each other, making everyone
better. In any given race, nobody is real-
ly sure what place they will finish.
"I think that is what makes us such
a good team. If one or two people are
not performing well, someone else is
able to pick up the slack."
Golden Key National Honor Society
Information Table
Current and Prospective
Members
Angell Hall Fishbowl
October 14, 15, 16
11am-2pm
Questions?
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LOUIS BROWN/Daily
Julie Froud is one of the members of the Michigan women's cross country team that is used to following Katie McGregor and
Elizabeth Kampfe.
,
Cooper In
'a pickle
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- The leader
of a migrant farm workers' union is
upset with Ohio State coach John
Cooper, who plans to endorse a pickle
company that could be the target of a
boycott.
"We're very concerned about this,"
said Baldemar Velasquez, the founder of
the Toledo-based Farm Labor
*Jrganizing Committee. "They will be
hearing from us."
The union, which represents more
than 7,000 migrant workers in Ohio and
Michigan, plans to start a boycott in
March against Mt. Olive Pickle Co., the
South's largest pickle producer.
Union leaders have been trying to
pressure the Mt. Olive, N.C., company
into a three-way contract with growers
nd migrant workers who pick cucum-
ers. They want the workers to have bet-
ter wages and living conditions.
Mt. Olive President Bill Bryan said
advertisements will be on Cooper's call-
in show and radio broadcasts in Ohio,
one of more than 20 states where the
company sells pickles.
Cooper said he has not signed a con-
tract, but plans to do so. He said he does
not know anything about the group's
boycott. The university must approve all
f its coach's endorsement deals.
LEWIS REINSTATED: UCLA tailback
Jermaine Lewis, suspended for one
game by coach Bob Toledo for his
involvement in an off-campus fight, was
reinstated Monday.
Toledo said Lewis, a starter before his
suspension last week, will play Saturday
against Oregon at the Rose Bowl, but
will not start. Lewis missed the second-
ranked Bruins' 52-28 victory at No. 16
rizona last Saturday.
"He realized he made a big mistake.
He's suffered for it," Toledo said. "He
told me it's the last time he'll get in trou-
ble."
Lewis filed his own police report with
campus authorities two days after the
Oct. 4 fight. He claimed to be the victim
of battery, but didn't know the identity
of the other person involved, campus
'police spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein
said earlier.
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