Page 16-Friday, July 25, 1980-The Michigan Daily 'NO HURRY' TO REPLACE SPORTS INFO HEAD Will Perry named assistant AD 0 .. ?, ., 6-- 9- By DREW SHARP Will Perry, Michigan's sports information director since 1968, was promoted yesterday to the position of assistant athletic director. The announcement was made by Athletic Director Don Canham following the approval of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics. PERRY, A 1955 graduate of Michigan, will retain his sports information post for an indefinite period until a replacement is found. Perry succeeds Charles Harris, who vacated the post in 1978 to take the athletic directorship at the University of Pen- nsylvania. "These new responsibilities represent a change of pace for me," said Perry. "I will-still be involved in some aspects of sports information work, but primarily my duties will be to assist Canham in the operations of the department." Canham felt that Perry's appointment was essen- tial for the management of Michigan's athletic department. . "PERRY, FOR SEVERAL years, has been in- volved in many areas of the Athletic Department," said Canham. "And I feel he must now devote more time to the management phase of our department. "Priorities change over the years, and while Michigan pioneered many promotional and marketing activities presently used by schools across the nation, I think innovative management of athletic departments has never been more important than it is today. Michigan is going to need new ideas and ap- proaches to financing sports over the next decade. Perry's appointment is one step in that direction." Speculation around the Athletic Department now centers around the identity of Perry's replacement. "I DON'T KNOW who is being considered," said assistant sports information director Bruce Madej, "although I doubt that I am one of the people being considered. With Will gone, my responsibilities will increase, but as far as a replacement is concerned, I feel a person outside of Michigan will be chosen for the head job." Perry, however, insisted that. he is not relinquishing all his ties with the sports information department. "I will no longer be taking a major role in publicity matters," said Perry. "But I will still be here to assist the replacement when that time comes. As of right now, I'm not sure of what new set-up the sports information department will take, but we are in no hurry to finda replacement for my position." "PERRY WAS ASSISTANT business editor and assistant sports editor of the Grand Rapids Press prior to his appointment to the SID post. His depar- tment has won several national awards for its foot- ball programs and press guides. He has been par- ticularly active as a liaison between the media and the Michigan football team. "I'm really looking forward to this new oppor- tunity," continued Perry. "It's going to be hard work, but fun to chart new courses in a different area." a I Coe, Ovett make semis - Viren advances in 10, 000 after leader collapses MOSCOW (AP) - Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, Britain's two celebrated distance runners, breezed into the semi-finals of the men's 800-meter event today in the Moscow Olympics, but Finland's Lasse Viren had to struggle into the 10,000-meter final. It was the first time in two years that the two star Britons had run in the same event, but they weren't in the same opening round heat. The taciturn Ovett, running in the fir- st of six heats, was an easy winner in one minute, 49.4 seconds. The outgoing Coe, running in heat four - some 15 minutes later-- won his heat in 1:48.5 Neither approached Coe's world record of 1:42.4. Olympic Roundup Neither tried. It was not necessary. Each was the class of his heat, and each ran well within himself. Neither was the weather conducive to running hard. The temperature was 86 degrees at jam-packed, 103,000-seat Lenin Stadium for the opening day of the 1980 Olympic track and field com- petition. And a strong sun baked the running surface. Coe and Ovett have built a dislike for each other over the years and have carefully avoided running against each other since the 1978 European cham- pionships at Prague, Czechoslovakia. There, Ovett finished second and Coe third in the 800, behind Olaf Beyer of East Germany. They also ran against each other years ago in a cross-country race when they were schoolboys. Beyer also advanced to Friday's Olympic semifinals, coasting to victory in his heat in 1:48.9. Swimming MOSCOW (AP) - Vladimir Salnikov kept up his domination of the pool today as he won his third gold medal of these Games - the most for any individual thus far - and set an Olympics record in the 400-meter freestyle. Salnikov led a one-two-three Soviet sweep of the 400 with a time of three minutes, 51.31 seconds. Soviet swim- mer Andrei Krylov won the silver in 3:53.24 and Ivar Stolkin took the bronze in 3:53.95. Salnikov bested the Olympic record set by Brian Goodell of the United States of 3:51.93 set in 1976 and was well ahead of the best American time this year in the 400, Mike Bruner's 3:52.24. The Olympic swimming events have been mostly an Eastern bloc water show with the United States swimmers out because of the boycott. The East German women returned to winning form today, but the Australians won the men's 4x100 medley relay in 3:45.70 af- ter finishing just behind the Soviets in the preliminaries. Viren, seeking an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic long-, distance double, was running fifth in his heat, the first of three in the 10,000, and wAs in jeopardy of not advancing to the final of the race he has won in each of the past two Olympics. The first four finishers in each heat plus the three fastest among the losers were to qualify. With two more heats to go, Viren was uncertain of his position. But Ireland's John Treacy, who began staggering at the start of the gun lap, finally collapsed with about X00 meters remaining. As the stricken Treacy lay on the track, the tired Viren swept past him and finished fourth, insuring his place in the final. Treacy was not seriously injured. He was treated for dehydration and heat exhaustion at the track infir- mary and was taken back to the Olym- pic Village. The bearded, 31-year-old Viren, win- ner of the 5,000 and 10,000-meter gold medals in 1972 and 1976, is running the 10,000 and marathon this year because of a scheduling conflict between the 5,000 and the marathon. Medal Standings Gold Silver Bronze Total Soviet Union....... 27 17 9 53 E. Germany ....... 9 17 11 37 Bulgaria .......... 3 2 7 12 Hungary .......... 3 5 2 10 Poland ............ 0 4 3 7 Sweden ............ 2 0 4 6 Romania .......... 1 2 3 6 Australia .. 1 0 4 5 Great Britain ... 1 2 1 4 Italy . ........ 2 0 1 3 France ............ 1 2 0 3 North Korea ....... 0 1 1 2 Cuba ......... 1 0 0 1 Greece. .. 1 0 0 1 Switzerland ....... 1 5 0 1 Mexico ..... --. 1 0 1 Coecoslavakia . 0 1 1 Jamaica .... 0 0 1 1 Finland .......,... 0 0 1 1 Spain......... 0 0 1 Brazil......... . 0 0 1 1 Oenmark.......... 1 1 Lebanon........ 0 0 1 1 I IT'S NOT JUST FOR WOMEN anymore-indeed, men can earn themselves perfect tens, as Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin proved yesterday on the vault during team competition at the Moscow Olympics. Dityatin's routine marked the first time a male gymnast had ever achieved a perfect score in Olympic competition.