Page 12 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 24, 1985 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 Graduating Engineers The kind of technical challenge we offer is critical to 130 million people every day! Since we first went on the air in 1942 as the international broadcast arm of the Federal Government, the Voice of America has sought to bring Ameri- ca to the world by providing programming that promotes an understand- ing of the people, culture, and policies of the United States. 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