The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 7, 1983 - Page 15 Diemer wins steeplechase By JEFF FAYE It wasn't even close. The final of the NCAA 3,000-meter steeplechase went as smoothly as possible for Michigan senior Brian Diemer. According to Wolverine assistant track coach Ron Warhurst, Diemer just kept going without looking back. "After the last barrier, he just left everyone else," Warhurst said. "He ran away with it." Not only did Diemer win going away, but he also set a Michigan record for the event with a time of 8:26.95. Diemer had finished second in his qualifying heat with a clocking of 8:28.91, but Warhurst said it could have been faster. "He could have won the prelim, but when he came over the water pit and started to spring away from the pack, I told him to slow down and save him- self," Warhurst said. "He just jogged in and let the other guy pass him. "In the finals, he accelerated going into the pit, came over it with the other four (including defending champion Gretzky refuses to forgive Sm-ith Richard Tunei) and sprinted away from the pack. He accelerated very fast and won it by two seconds." Apparently, seeing Americans do well inspired the crowd to cheer them on, no matter where they went to school. Diemer was cheered through much of his upset victory. Warhurst ex- plained, "The crowd loved it when the Americans did well in the distance races. They cheered for both Diemer and Gerard Donakowski." "Donakowski stayed with them (Kenyans Shahanga and Bari of Texas- El Paso) all the way, and after three- and-a-half miles it was a three-man race," said Warhurst. "They tried to break him, but he kept coming back. He lost it in the last two-and-a-half laps. He just couldn'tadjust to the heat." Donakowski's race was very similar to that of Melanie Weaver of the Michigan women's team. Weaver finished the 10,000 meters in 33:06.70 to earn third-place honors. "She ran the best race of her life," said coach Francie Goodridge, "and NEW YORK (AP) - Wayne Gretzky, still haunted by Billy Smith's stick swinging in the Stanley Cup finals, said yesterday that although the National Hockey League refuses to punish the New York Islanders' goalie, "the good Lord will take care of Mr. Smith." Gretzky, whose Edmonton Oilers were beaten in four games by the Islan- ders, added, "Mr. Smith will get his one day. The good Lord works in mysterious ways." OF SMITH'S stick swinging, Gretzky said, "He's always done it, and he will do it forever." Gretzky did not argue with the un- written rule that allows goalies to took almost 50 seconds off her personal record." In addition, Weaver set a new Michigan record. During the race itself, around the midpoint three participants - in- cluding Weaver - ran away from the crowd. They switched leads many times as they left the rest of the field behind. Finally, with about 300 meters to go, Weaver was out-kicked by Betty Jo Springs of North Carolina State. Shortly afterward, Lisa Larsen crossed the line at the 33:38.70 mark, good for sixth place. That time was the second best in Wolverine history. "Lisa was way back early on and pulled up from the back with a good, strong finish," said Goodridge. Sue Frederick-Foster didn't do as well as the Wolverines hoped, but placed sixth in the 1,500 meters. "She ran a tactically perfect race," explained Goodridge. "But the first 100 yards hurt her too much." Other Wolverine results from the Houston meet include Joyce Wilson's 12th-place finish in the 400 meters. Joanna Bullard qualified for the finals in the high jump but didn't clear the opening height. Diemer, Donakowski, Weaver, Lar- sen and Frederick-Foster were named All-America for finishing in the top six in their respective events. do that.' We should never have let that happen. If we could go back to the series, I think that's one thing we would change." Gretzky was the target of a stick swing by Smith in the second game, and after his protest to the officials, the goalie was penalized. Smith, commenting on Gretzky's complaint, called the Oilers' center a crybaby. "I CONSIDER the source," Gret- zky said Monday in reply. Gretzky, who led the league with 71 goals during the 1982-83 season, failed to score a goal in the final series in which Smith held the Oilers to six goals in four games. Diemer protect the area immediately in front of the net. "But once you get ouside that crease and swing a stick, call an automatic five minute penalty," he said. THE OILERS' high-scoring star traced his team's loss in the finals to an incident in the first game when Smith swung a stick at Glenn Anderson at the side of the Islanders' goal. Smith was assessed a two-minute penalty, but Gretky said that was in- sufficient, and should have triggered immediate retaliation by the Oilers. "Instead of talking about it in the newspapers, we should have done it on- the ice," he said. HE SAID of Smith's tactic, "That gave their bench a feeling that 'We can Michigan Baseball Statistics Hitting AB R H 2B-3B-HR SB BB RBI AVG. Name, Pos. Chris Sabo, 3b ................. Rich Bair, c ................... Barry Larkin, ss ............... Jeff Jacobson, 2b .............. Dan Disher, of-p ............... Fred Erdmann, If .............. Ken Hayward, Ib-p ............ Mike Watters, rf ............... Chuck Froning, if-of ........... Dale Sklar, cf.................. Casey Close, p-of .............. C. J. Beshke,if ....... Jeff Minick, of .......... Kurt Zimmerman, if-of ........ Dave Kopf, pidh ............... Eric Sanders, C ................ Dan sygar, of .................. Tim Karazim, p ............... Scott Kamieniecki, p ........... 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