Wednesday, May 4, 1994 - The Michigan Daily - 19 Runners on track at Penn Sprint and distance medley relay teams finish third ' 11E1J 11 DOUGLAS KANTER/Daily Freshman Kelly Holmes pitches against Iowa in Sunday's doubleheader. The Wolverines lost three of four games last weekend against the Hawkeyes. SOFTBALL Continued from page 17 son allowed only one run. Once again, the Wolverines found themselves battling into extra innings in the first half of Sunday's double- header. In a game full of errors (Iowa *with four and Michigan with three), the Hawkeyes broke a 0-0 deadlock in the top of the 10th inning. Fresh- man Kari Knopf smacked a three-run home run deep over the wall in left field off Kovach. It was Knopf'slone hit of the game, but her third round tripper of the season. Michigan jumped out to secure an early lead in the second inning of the finale of the series. First baseman Michelle Silver doubled home Lesa1 Arvia, giving the Wolverines a 1-0 lead. Late in the game, the Wolverines would fall to the Hawkeyes again, this time in the seventh. Continuing herpower-hittingday, Knopf doubled to tie the game bringing home pinch runner Tasha Rents. In the bottom of the ninth, second baseman Melissa Young scored from first on Harrison's double to left center to break the 1-1 deadlock. Today,Michigantakesabreak from conference action to take on Western Michigan. The game is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Alumni Field. By Elisa Sneed DAILY SPORTS WRITER At this year's 100th annual Penn Relays, more than 250 schools as well as many other teams and indi- viduals participated in more than 300 events. With high school, college and Olympic development teams, not to mention grade school children, se- nior citizens, and even a 100-meter dash for blind people, the Penn Re- lays isone of the world's largest track and field competitions. Last weekend, both of the Michi- gan track teams were there. While the men's team didn't fare as well as the women's, the Wolverines managed to gain some experience and posted sev- eral promising performances. The medley relay teams provided Michigan's top finishes, with both the sprint team, which ran in the Col- lege Men's Sprint Medley Relay, and the distance medley relay team fin- ishing third. Thedistance medley team has had a lot of success since the indoor sea- son, winning several events and plac- ing third at the NCAA Indoor Cham- pionships in March. The team of Nick Karfonta, Trinity Townsend, Scott MacDonald and Kevin Sullivan fin- ished with a time of 9:35.44, behind world-record holder Arkansas (9:28.07) and Princeton (9:35.23). The sprint medley team finished with a time of 3:20.63, behind Miami(Fla.) (3:20.26) and Texas (3:20.42). The Wolverines did not make the final in the 4x200-meter relay or the 4x400-meterrelay, butMichigancoach Jack Harvey wasn't too surprised. "We weren't really expecting to qualify in the 4 x (200-meter) or the 4 x (400-meter)," Harvey said. "We were just trying to run those to give Oliver wins THN award FROM STAFF REPORTS Former Michigan hockey player David Oliver collected another postseason honor yesterday when he was named college hockey's player of the year by The Hockey News. Oliver, an alternate captain for the 1993-94 Wolverines, scored 28 goals and added 40 assists during the past season. Sincetheseason'sendhehasbeen named the CCHA's Player of the Year, and was the only player to be unanimously selected to the All- CCHA team. He was also a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award given to college hockey's top performer. The Hockey News award was voted on by four members of the magazine's staff, NHL scouts and college coaches. the guys some experience." However, in the 4 x 100-meter relay in which Michigan was dis- qualified for being out of its zone, Harvey said the Wolverines would have finished well. "If we wouldn't have been dis- qualified, we would've placed some- v Women's team breaks 'M' records By Tom Seeley DAILY SPORTS WRITER This weekend marked an historic moment in the history of track and field as the prestigious Penn Relays were run for the 100th time. The Michigan women's track team alsocaptured apiece ofhistory over the weekend as five new school records were set at Philadelphia's Franklin Field. Laura Jerman led the way for the Wolverines by breaking one record herself and being a part of another record-breaking relay team. The se- nior broke the record she set earlier this year in the 400-meter hurdles by crossing the line in 59.33 seconds - an NCAA provisional qualifying time. She also teamed with sophomore Tearza Johnson and seniors Richelle Webb and Jessica Kluge to set a new school mark in the sprint medley re- lay (3:52.41). Records in the 4 x 1500-meter and the distance medley relays also fell. The team of seniors Webb, Molly McClimon, Kristine Westerby and Courtney Babcock followed up its nationalchampionshipinthe distance medley during the indoor season by breaking the outdoor markin the event (11:06). McClimon and Babcock also teamed with Kluge and junior Karen Harvey to set the 4 x 1500 relay record (17:40.43). The fifth mark that fell was in the 4 x 800-meter rclay, where Kluge, McClimon, Harvey and Westerby broke the Michigan record by finish- ing with a time of 8:36.83. After several recent meets where the squad was split up, a unified Wol- verine contingent heads to Pennsylva- nia this weekend for a quadrangular meetwithBigTenfoesMichiganState, Purdue and host Penn State. While the meet will not feature Illinois and Wisconsin - the two teams that could stand between Michi- gan and a repeat Big Ten title - it should provide the squad with an opportunity to see exactly where it stands before the conference cham- pionship on May 21-22. Michigan coach Mike McGuire added that he is happy with the con- dition of the team as it goes into the most important stretch of the season. "Right now we're just piecing them puzzle together,"McGuire said. "But all the pieces are there, and it's just a matter of putting them in the right places." With these pieces in place, the team could have a chance to add another element to a season that has already been surrounded by history. where (in the top eight)," he said. Other top Michigan finishers in- clude Toby VanPelt and Neil Gardner, who finished sixth in the pole vault and long jump, respectively. Stan Johanning finished eighth in the jav- elin, and Jon Royce was ninth in the high jump. BASEBALL Continued from page 16 Brian Simmons led off with a triple, and, after a walk to Matt Ferullo, Scott Niemiec singled home Simmons. Michigan loaded the bases with still only one out, but Ryan Van Oeveren struck out and Rodney Goble flied out to end the inning. The Wolverines left 10 runners on base in game two and made nu- merous fielding mistakes which cost them game one. "Last year we played (Ohio State) competitively with pretty much the same people there and the same people here," Michigan coach Bill Freehan said. "We just didn't get the job done (this year)." The Wolverines felt the effects of the losses in the Big Ten stand- ings, where they dropped from third to fifth place. Only the top-four teams in the Big Ten qualify for the conference's postseason tourna- ment. "Minnesota (second place) and Ohio State have sort of separated themselves from the field," Freehan said of the Big Ten race. "The third and fourth spots are wide open." The four losses to Ohio State give added importance to the Wolverines next Big Ten weekend. They face the Golden Gophers this Saturday and Sunday in 1 p.m. doubleheaders each day at Fisher Stadium. "This week is over," Weaver said. "We're still in the race and we still have a shot at the playoffs. 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