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WfEKETD) MEET LAST CHANCE TO OUALIFY FOR NATIONALS
Thinclads look to NCAAs
By ADAM MARTIN native for next weekend's Nationals. TWO TEAMS - Eastern Michigan
The men's and women's track teams WOLVERINES who won't be and Western Michigan - will be con-
will have one final chance to qualify resting are seniors Bob Boynton, cerned. "(Eastern and Western) I
for next weekend's NCAA Champion- Chris Fitzpatrick and Dave Meyer. think will be the only teams going for
ships today and tomorrow. The men Harvey said each could qualify for the the title," Harvey commented. "None
travel to Ypsilanti for the Central NCAAs if they run well, but remained of the other teams is sending a full
Collegiate Championships while the reserved. complement of athletes."
women host the M-Go Blue All "It'll be very competitive,"said the Competing in Ypsilanti will be eight
Comers meet. eleven-year coach. "Generally, if Big Ten schools, all Mid-American
Men's coach Jack Harvey has (the competitors) haven't qualified Conference schools and a few others.
already qualified seven athletes for by now, we don't expect them to Harvey said Boynton could qualify
the NCAA's, hut said he'll send a full qualify." for the Nationals in the 800-meters,
squad to the Central Collegiates. The goal, nonetheless, is the Fitzpatrick in the400-meter inter-
Junior Chris Brewster is the only NCAAs. The Central Collegiate victor mediate hurdles and Meyer in the
Wolverine who won't compete. Har- is not important, according to Har- 5,000-meter run.
vey said he'll rest the London, Ontario vey. "We're not going for the chai- For the women, juniors Sue
pionship," he said. "We're not con- Schroeder and Cathy Schmidt
cerned with team scoring." qualified earlier in the season.
Ann Arbor road rae
sports fun and health
ILB calls strike vote
CHICAGO (UPI) - Major league reached something has to change,"
baseball's Players Association, acting executive director Donald
unimpressed with the owners' eight- Fehr said. "The owners have to
point payroll plan put on the realize they must bargain
bargaining table Monday, called for a realistically. Deadlines must be set.
strike suthorization vote of its mem- The owners should understand that if
bers yesterday in an effort to get the they leave no other alternative the
negotiations on a new Basic players will take the final alter-
Agreement moving atla faster pace. native."
"If an agreement is going to be
By STEVE HERZ
If you think people run for the fun
of it, you might be surprised. And if
you think they run for their health,
you'd still be in for a surprise.
As John Phibbs, public relations
director of Saturday's Dexter-Ann
Arbor Run, explains, "running to
some people is a part-time job."
RUNNING has hecome a
lucrative business forbmany.eNot
just for the cash gained through
endorsements but actual prize
money from races as well.
But somehow, the Dexter-Ann
Arbor Run, a half-marathon and a
10K race, has avoided long-
distance running's recent influx of
prize money. Until now, that is.
This year's twelfth annual race
may be the last one without the at-
traction of prize money.
"We're going to talk to our spon-
sors and see if we can go (the prize-
money) route," Phibbs said. "It will
just give us a little "playability" in
the media."
BUT EVEN if the race even-
tually awards prize money, it won't
be substantial according to Phibbs.
"We're just looking at fairly
modest sums, in the hundreds
maybe," he said.
That kind of money won't be
enough tolure anyrbig names to the
Dexter-Ann Arhor event, Phihhs
added, but getting superstars isn't
the objective. "We're just trying to
keep the best runners in the state
here."
Saturday, there will be no prize
money. But that hasn't dampened
the spirit of competition because
most runners actually are just
running for their health - or the
fun of it.
ANDREW McCuaig, a two-time
competitor from Ann Arbor ex-
plained: "It's really a nice course,
most of it's by the water. Hopefully
it will be a nice day."
McCuaig said he knew nothing
about prize money and added his
only incentive was to see how fast
he could cover the course.
For most people it's just a good
run in the company of others, un-
der the glow of the morning sun,
McCuaig said. And the only com-
petition comes from within.
"A LOT OF people have run
before, they just want to better
their times," McCuaig asserted.
Over 4,000 runners from
throughout the midwest and
Canada will run Saturday without
a chance for financial reward. In
fact, they will be anywhere from $6
to $14 poorer, depending on
whether they buy a t-shirt.
There will be some financial
winners, however. The race, hosted
by the Ann Arbor Track club, is
sponsored by several, town mer-
chants and other companies. The
money collected from the race
goes to the track club, Phibbs
said.
"With the money, we send
youths in track meets," Phibbs said.
The track clubalso hosta numher
of other events with the money
gathered from the Dexter-Ann Ar-
bor race.
Temporarily, at least, the com-
petitors in this year's run won't
have green on their minds. The
prize in 1985 will be the thrill of vic-
tory.
Boynton
... could qualify for NCAAs
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