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Benedict conquers playoff demons on the links
By Naweed Sikora
Daily Sprts \nter
For Michigan sophomore Kim Benedict, the third
time is a charm.
Competing in her third playoff this season, Bene-
dict finally beat out her competitors, winning her
first career individual title while leading Michigan to
third team title of the year at the Ilawkeye Invita-
tional in Iowa City.
Benedict began the tournament in excellent fash-
ion, shooting a par 73 in Saturday's afternoon round
to establish herself at the top of the leaderboard.
She continued her hot shooting into the evening
round, posting a 74 to finish the day at one over. But
with a 72 and 71 in the first two rounds respectively.
Kelly Picket of astern Michigan held a four-stroke
lead over Benedici heading into Sunday's round.
The deficit did not seem to phase Benedict, as she
recorded a final round of 76 to finish with a four
over 223. Pickett, on the other hand, did not finish
strong down the stretch - recording a final-round
score of 80 to finish in a tie with Benedict. Michi-
gan's LeAnna Wicks and Iowa State's Noel
Jacobusse also finished tied at 223 to force a four
way playoff.
On the first playoff hole, Benedict - along with
Jacobusse - managed to par the hole while Pickett
and Wicks were eliminated with bogeys. Benedict
went on to par the second playoff hole, but
Jacobusse missed her par putt and the tournament
was over.
Lcd by Benedict's clutch performance, the
Wolverines finished the tournament with a team total
of 902, beating out second-place Indiana by 17
strokes. In addition to Benedict and Wicks, Michi-
gan junior Bess Bowers finished in fifth place with a
225 -- a career-best finish.
The team was a model of consistency throughout
the weekend. In round one, the Wolverines shot a
29( and would have led had it not been for a 297
posted by the Hoosiers. On day two, Michigan shot a
302 to take the lead into Sunday.
And on Sunday. the team managed to hold on by
shooting a 301, the best score of the afternoon.
Michigan's third tournament victory this season
tied the school mark for most tournament wins in a
season. The Wolverines last had three victories in
the 1995-96 season.
The win comes at a very important time for
Michigan, as the Big Ten Championships in Min-
nesota are just around the corner. This weekeid's
victory should add crucial momentum to the Wolver-
ines' push for a championship two weeks fi om now.
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Rothstein attributed this time dis-
crepancy to different weather condi-
tions during the various races.
In its' morning race, Michigan's
first varsity four faced just Iowa.
The Wolverines beat the lfawkeyes
by nine seconds. In their second
race, the Wolverines defeated Michi-
gan State and Ohio State by seven
and 10 seconds, respectively. Their
stellar performance earned them spe-
cial praise from their coach.
"If I had to pick one boat out that
I thought really did a nice job, it
would be our first varsity four
because they just had a lineup
change," Rothstein said.
"They only had rowed for one day
- which is really unusual - and
they responded really well and were
victorious agrainst some g9vd
crews."
Michigan's second varsityIfir
raced against Ohio State and MNe'i-
gan State in both of its races.M th
time, the Wolverines placed first,
Ohio State came in second and
Michigan State finished third.
Michigan triumphed in the two races
by seven and six seconds, respec-
tively.
As if this run of victories w isn t
enough. Michigan's novice boats
also were dominant.
In the morning, the Wolverih'c"
first and second boats went head-to-
head with Iowa and beat- t-ie
lawkeyes by 13 and 21 secor itl,
respectively.
In the afternoon, the competition
got tougher, but Michigan's' IWO
boats still won by seven and 10 s6-
onds, respectively. ',
One-two punches lead 'M' track
Distance runners' spandex speedsuits help produce multiple victories
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By Shawn Kemp
Daily Sports Wrter.
Can 100 percent spandex really
ke a runner go faster?
While most sprinters and fieid
athletes on the Michigan men's
track and field team regularly don
the one-piece, all-spandex speed-
suits, the distance runners put the
uniforms to the test for the first time
at this past Saturday's Michigan
Triangular meet.
And it worked. The duo of Brian
Turner and Mike Wisniewski sport-
ed the speedsuits and finished 1-2 in
& 3,000 meter run. Turner out-
kicked Wisniewski. finishing in
8:27.68, while Wisniewski clocked
8:28.26. .
Turner and Wisniewski's 1-2 fin-
ish 'was one of' many strong perfor-
nianees that helped the Wolverines-
to a first-place finish in their first
scoring meet of the season.
Michigan tallied 163 points, while
*ntral Michigan finished second
with 133. Michigan State came in
third with 79.
"We were down a little bit in the
middle, and then we came back and
just kept getting better," Michigan
head coach Ron Warhurst said. "I
was real happy with this."
Ravi Smith and Tony Wishart
gave Michigan another 1-2 finish in
e400-meter dash, running 48.64
48.69, respectively. Junior Ike
Okenwa - who won the 100-meters
in 10.72 - also won the 200-meters
in a time of 21.59, while freshman
Anthony Beal finished second in
2258.
Okenwa said that Beal's solid fin=
ish- made him more happy than ner-
"(Beal) hasn't had that confidence
Wbut these guys are good, or they
wouldn't be here," Okenwa said.
And it's true. Freshman Mason
Ward ran off of senior teammate
A look at the
underside of U of M
Steve Lawrence's shoulder in the
1500-meter run until there were 250
meters left, when Ward took the
lead and pulled away to win in
3:53.27. Lawrence finished second
in 3:55.20.
What could be considered a sur-
prise win was Kevin Rogan's victo-
ry in the 800-meter dash, a race that
was chock full of former state
champions.
With less than 100 meters to go,
Rogan passed Michigan State's
Matt Ingram and finished in
1:52.17.
Ingram finished second, while
Michigan's Phil Stead and Tommy
Greenless ran to third- and fourth-
place finishes, respectively.
In Michigan's final 1-2 punch on
the track, senior co-captain Josh
Sellers took first in the 400-meter
hurdles, while Andrew Ochs was
second in 53.41.
Sellers said having teammates to
train with has helped him through-
out his racing career.
"Michican has always had a c-ood
core of excellent 400 hurdlers."
Sellers said, citing such names as
former teammate Brian Theisen and
current teammates Ochs and Derek
Applewhite.
"I've had the benefit of having
excellent training partners."
Although they may have been less
noticeable to spectators, Michigan's
field event athletes also excelled
and helped in the scoring.
Oded Padan, who finished second
in the long jump with 22-03 3/4,
took first in the triple jump with a
leap of 45-08 1/2.
Teammate Terrence Walcott fin-
ished second by just two inches,
jumping 45-06 1/2.
Senior co-captain Andy Derr
claimed his first win of the season
in the javelin with a toss of 188-09,
while Bob Arnold finished second
in the high jump in 6-09 3/4.
With the Big Ten Championships
a month away, Warhurst stressed
the need for his athletes to compete
for victories and not just aim for
good times, heights or distances.
"In the Big Ten meet, it becomes
critical to learn to compete so you
don 't panic." Warhurst said.
And even though he labeled the
3.000 meters "clown time."
Warhurst said the speedsuits calmed
his runners and lessened the "panic"
they might have felt.
"Anything to keep their minds
comfortable," Warhurst said.
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