Thursday, October 28 1999 - The Michigan Daily - 15A JV-en's harriers to play underdog role By Jon Schwartz Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's cross country team is heading into Saturday's Big Ten Championship in State College in an unfamiliar position. As underdogs. 'Despite the eighth-ranked olverines' recent success, facing o. 5 Wisconsin will be a much greater challenge. While Michigan has lost several key players over the past years, the Badgers return the same team that they ran last year. Michigan's coach, Ron Warhurst, said that he feels that the leader will probably make his move after the second or third mile, before which he expects a large pack to be running gether. "It's going to be a tight one," he said. "They have the nod, though, because they have their seven back from last year." Although the team is different, Warhurst's training regimens remain virtually the same. After the several weeks of 100-mile plus training ear- lier in the season, he has tapered the schedule down to a comfortable 70 to 80 miles. "We haven't changed anything from the past two to three years and we were successful then," senior co- captain Jay Cantin said. "I don't see why we can't be successful now." Warhurst expressed his satisfac- tion with the team's recent practices. "We had a very nice workout this past Wednesday and Friday," he said. "And on Monday, everyone looked alive." The Wolverines have one major advantage: They ran on the Penn State course earlier this season in the Spiked Shoe Invitational and placed third out of 22 teams. "It's not nearly as tough as our course," Warhurst said. "When we ran it earlier, we were coming off our toughest training. Now that we've taken it down, we should be ready." Cantin said that for Michigan to be successful, the Wolverines must focus on themselves, because it is almost impossible to run well when your mind is on the other runners. "It's going to be tough," Cantin said, "because I'll be racing (Matt) Downin and (Jay) Schoenfelder, Wisconsin's top two runners. Steve (Lawrence) and I just have to beat those guys. "But you kind of key off of them because they're the two studs and you have to run your own race." Both Warhurst and Cantin agreed that the main challenge for the team is going to be making sure that the Wolverines fourth through sixth run- ners place times that can keep them in contention. Warhurst thinks that the top four would be two Michigan runners and two Wisconsin runners, but that the crux of the race lies in who comes in after them. "You're only as good as your fifth man," Cantin said. "I think that if we're going to beat Wisconsin, that's where we'll do it." Clearly, though, one of the tough- est elements of Saturday's meet will be the Wolverines' ability to stay within themselves and not be intimi- dated by the Badgers' threat. "All we have to do is match what- ever they do," Warhurst said. "There are no time outs. Once the gun goes off, they have to think hard and run smart." LOUIS BROW%, D Jay Cantin and his teammates will have to improve upon their excellent recent performances in order to run with Wisconsin at Saturday's Big Ten Championship. cross country looks to regain respect at Big Ten Championships Interested in Sales or Marketing? ByDvid Horn Daily Sports Writers In 1997, Elizabeth Kampfe ran to a second-place finish at the Big Ten championships. In 1999, Kampfe and the women's Qross country team will need to bring back the success of the past to sal- yage an otherwise disappointing sea- son. The 1997 one-two punch of Katie McGregor and Kampfe (then a sophomore) was not enough to knock off perennial Big Ten favorite Wisconsin. This year, Wisconsin seems all but assured of victory at Rig Tens, and Michigan has set the realistic goal of a respectable sec- qd-place finish. 'Wisconsin has been favored all ong," Michigan coach Mike cGuire said. "They basically have everybody back from last year, and it's up to the rest of us to fight for second-place." For Kampfe, the two years since I97 have been a painful growth experience. A shin injury which was- n't been properly diagnosed has hampered her progress and made training and competing a struggle. Kampfe acknowledges that 1997 was "dream year." "The main difference between then and now has been my shins. They just weren't a problem then," Kampfe said. "I'd love to be back there, and even improve on where I was, but you've got to just fight through the pain. I've taken consid- erable time off, but the pain comes back. It's frustrating." Saturday, the team joins their Big Ten competitors in State College to gauge the success or failure of the entire season. Kampfe said there's still hope for team salvation. The two weeks between the Wolverine Invitational - McGuire considered Michigan's fifth-place finish there a failure - and Saturday's Big Ten championship have been positive. "Sometimes it's hard to see the positives, but you never know," Kampfe said. "Any imeet, say this weekend, things can turn around." Wisconsin, ranked fifth nationally, will clearly set the pace for the rest of the conference. Minnesota and Michigan State, ranked No. 17 and No. 18 respectively, will provide Michigan with its competition. Lisa Ouellet, Katie Clifford and Kampfe will keep their eyes on the top few runners from those schools. Most of Michigan"s runners like the course at State College, including Kampfe. "There's a. hill and the end after 11 p's Ai I I LOUiS BROWN/Daly Elizabeth Kampfe is looking to lead her team at the Big Ten Championships. about two miles of flat running," Kampfe said. "Just when you think things are going easy, here comes the hill. 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