Page 16 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 23, 1986 Tracksters break to Big Ten tourney By EMILY BRIDGHAM After a bit of fun last weekend in the Wolver- ines' alumni-filled Paddock Invitational, both the men's and women's track teams will head to the Big Ten Championships this weekend in Madison, Wisc. Last minute injuries and recoveries for both squads leaves the picture unclear as to how either team will fare in the highly competitive contest. Distancer Chris Brewster has been red- shirted after an attempt to recover from an in- jury earlier this season. He will run a full season next year, but leaves a gap in the distance field for the men's team. THE TEAM will turn to Jonn Scherer recor- ded 14:24.75 in the 5000 meters and was never too far off Brewster's tail. Schmidt likewise clocked in respectable times in both the 3000 meters and the 3000-meter steeplechase, where he leads the team. Schmidt earned his best time of 9:01.9 last weekend while running against former Wolverine Brian Deimer, who took the event. Over the hurdles for Michigan, there is little doubt that Thomas Wilcher will not clean up in the 110-meter high hurdles after winning the NCAA 55-meter hurdles last March. The Detroit runner, who doubles as a running back on the football team, holds the school record at 13.52. The tandem of Todd Steverson and Omar Davidson will run the 400-meter and 200-meter events for the squad. Both earned All- American honors last March in the 1600-meter relay. THE TWO JUMPERS on the squad, back for the Big Tens after injuries just three weeks ago, will each test out their form in Wisconsin after not competing in any recent events. Butch Starmack, the walk-on triple jumper who has cranked out the footage, sprung 48-11 this year. Starmack, along with Scott Crawford, will support the jumping events. Distance is where it's at for the women's squad, with all three 1984 and 1985 All- Americans contained in this group. SENIORS Sue Schroeder and Cathy Schmidt ought to crank out some top finishes at Wiscon- sin after placing high last year in their top events. Schroeder collected a pair of top finishes, taking second in the 5000 meters and third in the 3000 meters. Schmidt also came through to grab second in the 1500 meters. Kelli Bert and Melissa Thompson, two other distance contenders, have shown enormous improvement over the past few years, accor- ding to coach James Henry. Bert ran a 2:14.2 earlier this season in the 800 meters and Thom- pson a 2:14.39 last weekend at Ferry Field. Thompson holds All-American honors in this event. Another hot contender in the 800 meters is senior Joyce Wilson, who ran 2:11.42 in the 800 to lead the team. She captured the Big Ten crown in the 400 in 1983 and is still proving her versatility on the team today. WILSON, together with teammates Debra Bradley, Schroeder, and Schmidt, was part of the world-record setting distance medley of 1985, which ran a 11:08.8. With this quartet of upperclasswomen still hoofing it for the Wolverines, coach Henry is optimistic about the season. "The success will lie with the performance of our seniors," said Henry. "We learned the hard way that everything, good or bad, must be taken in a positive manner. We've got a win- ning attitude; the pressure is off and we're going to prove that determination and effort can pay off." Bradley, the only junior among the dynamic relay team, will help fill the middle distances for the Wolverines in Wisconsin. Struggling golfers end up in the cellar By PAUL DODD Ann Arbor native Pete Savarino, the weekend, where a tenth place finish After entering their spring season second of the squad's three would have been the ultimate with high aspirations, the men's golf graduating seniors. disaster. team finished out a dismal schedule SAVARINO'S play seemed to last weekend, tying for ninth at the mirror that of his teammates, as he COACH JIM Carras,. went through Big Ten championships in East Lan- scored well in fall competition, but the season flustered and frustrated, sing. had his game fall apart on him once as did his players. After a horrendous The Wolverines concluded the the spring schedule started. showing at the Northern Inter- three-day, 72-hole event at 1,227, At the Butler National Tournament collegiate Tournament in Columbus leaving them in the basement with in Chicago last fall, the Wolverines two weeks ago, Carras promised to Minnesota, 68 shots behind league were eighth in a strong field. They shake up the lineup before the Big champion Ohio State. It was the fifth then took second at a Michigan State- Tens rolled around. consecutive title for the Buckeyes, hosted event, and looked to be a force This shake-up came in the form of a their tenth crown in the last 11 years. to be reckoned with in Big Ten play. re-qualifying tournament, even for RANKED third after their fall tour- Inconsistency and a lack of con- players such as Savarino and West- naments in a district that included the fidence set in, however, and the fall, who had played the entire season. Big Ten and Mid-American conferen- Wolverine's bright outlook blew up Any player who was to compete at the ~ ces, as well as Notre Dame and like an explosion shot from a green- Big Tens had to earn his spot. schools from Kentucky and Ten- side bunker. Senior John Codere was the - nessee, the Wolverines looked to be UNLIKE THE TEAM, Savarino beneficiary of the intrasquad qualifier possible contenders in spring com- came out of the gate well, finishing and was given the opportunity to play petition. 12th individually at the South Florida his first varsity match at the Forest Things started going bad early into Invitational and taking fifth at the Akers Golf Course at Michigan State the spring season, though, as senior Purdue Invitational. That was where last weekend. Chris Westfall, the team's top player, the success came to a screeching halt was out of action for two meets with for the Pioneer High grad and the THE WOLVERINES' woes began at an injured ankle. Michigan golfers. the Marshall Invitational in Hun- "Losing Chris hurt us, but it was "No one really played bad this tington, W. Va., on the second only for two tournaments and you spring; it was just that everyone weekend in April. Out of the six have to live with those things," said struggled," Savarino said. "After Michigan players over the three days Purdue, we lost our confidence and of the event, only two rounds under 80 couldn't seem to get it back." were posted, leaving the Wolverines For the remainder of the spring well back in the pack. tour, the Wolverines battled their Week after week the habit of high games, individually and collectively, scores and low finishes repeated it- b hut could place no better than tenth in self, culminating in East Lansing last -sports information any of their matches, until last weekend. Although neither Savarino nor Westfall played to their potential for the better part of the schedule, An ankle injury to Michigan's Chris Westfall helped lead to the tea college golf is a team sport and it downfall this spring. takes six solid players to make a team z.a , a Yucan't blame "ne ner" am's - - . UNIVERSITY TOWERS The Best of Campus Life' Furnished Apartment Great Location Corner of S. University & S. Forest 136 S. Forest Ave. 761-2680 noted Savarino. "It's a weird sport. I started off as well as I ever have down in Florida, then it just sort of fell apart" IT'S GREAT HAIRSTYLES BY LICENSED BARBER STYLISTS - new creations at reasonable prices DASCOLA STYLISTS Maple Village . 7612733 Liberty oil Stale . . . .. . . .666 9329 inuy iocstu . r out of NCAA Tourney Special to the Daily against Stanford's Dan Goldie, 7-6. ATHENS, Ga. - Michigan fresh- But Goldie, the number-three player man Dan Goldberg was forced out of on the nation's number-one team, took the NCAA Tennis Championship the second set, 6-1. yesterday because of an injured Goldberg won his opening-round ankle. match Wednesday, defeating Ten- In his second-round match yester- nessee's Shelby Cannon, 6-7,6-3,6-2. day, Goldberg was up 1-0 in the third Goldberg, who was 9-1 in the Big set before his ankle gave out. He was Ten as. Michigan's number-one unable to continue. singles player, finished the year at 13- Goldberg had won the first set 5.