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ollege World Series, and found itself
acing its old enemy from Ann Arbor
in the third round. The Hawkeyes lost
to second-seeded UCLA, 2-1, the day
before and were facing tournament
elimination.
Meanwhile, the Wolverines were
plowing through everyone in their way,
garnering victory upon victory. After
leaving Iowa in the dust at Big Tens,
Michigan defeated DePaul once and Notre
Dame twice for the Regional win and an
automatic bid to the World Series.
The two teams met in the loser's
bracket after third-seeded Southwestern
Louisiana caged the No. 6Wolverines, 5-
0.
During the 14-inning game, both
Michigan and the Hawkeyes broke nu-
merous series records. The two teams
combined for 31 hits, 16runs, 12 RBI and
five doubles.
But the most significant and game-
altering statistic was the record-high
1 errors committed. Iowa was ac-
countable for seven of those while the
Wolverines had only four. But the cru-
cial one was committed by Michigan
when a Hawkeye crossed the plate in
th~e seventh inning to tie the score,
forcing the game into extra innings.
"We had a lot of defensive mistakes,"
said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins. "We
made alot of mental mistakes that I think
cost us the game, but anytime you score
seven runs in a game and you don't win it,
you know you didn't play goodball."
The score bounced back and forth
throughout the match. The Hawkeyes
jumped to an early 4-0lead, but Michigan
answered with three runs due to errors.
Then after getting down, 5-3, in the fifth
inning, Kelly Kovach knocked in Sara
Griffin and Kellyn Tate with a double to
tie up the score. Tate set a series record for
most hitsin a single game by an individual
with five.
Wolverines Tracy Carr and Jessica
Lang extended that lead with two RBI in
the same inning, but with the fatefdl
Michigan gaffe Iowa earned a second
chance in extra-innings.
Revenge and triumphbbelonged to the
underdog Hawkeyes seven innings later
when Brandi Marcias smacked a double
with two outs to score a duo of her team-
mates, ending the softball marathon, 9-7.
them and you make them race you and
beat you," Townsend said. "Either
way, you win. That's the good thi.g,
about track - it's individual and it's a
team sport. In track you want individu-
als to stand out."
Townsend's love of track is apparent.
"Everybody does(track)becausethey love
the sport. You have to like it -it's hard,"
Townsendsaid."Everybodyissofriendly.
It's just the ideal sport."
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"Tyrone has tremendous natural abil-
ity and he loves to run," said Michigan
men's track coach Jack Harvey. "I'm sure
if he had the time to devote (to track) that
he devoted to football, he'd be a world
class runner."
As it turns out, football has helped him
performwell in track.
"Most sports help you mentally - in
ack you get to know your body,"
eatley said. "In football, it's more men-
tal and physical, endurance-wise, which
helped me in track. Because if I'm a little
sore, I've been there before. I've been sore,
I've been hurt, I've been knocked down.
"Track athletes are known as thor-
oughbreds - if they're not 100 percent,
they don't compete. I've ran with a couple
of strings and pulls and pulled it out be-
cause of the football aspect, the mental
ughness."
Wheatley's build from conditioning
for football - he weighs 230 pounds -
has shaped his running style.
"My strategy is just running steady.
I'm fast enough and strong enough
Notes
Danny Evans will replace Kathy
Miles as Michigan assistant women's
basketball coach in 1995-96 ... Both
Michigan tennis teams finished ranked
No. 30 this season ...Michigan junior
outfielder Scott Weaver was named a
third-team All-American last week as a
esignated hitter. He is also co-winner
of the 1995 Big Ten Player of the Year
award, winner of the Ray L. Fisher
Award and is a member of the All-Big
Ten team" Weaverwonhe Big Ten bat-
ting title with a.500 average.
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whereas if I hit a hurdle or two, it's not
really going to affect me," Wheatley
said. "If I really crash it, then it will affect
me but not if I nip it - whereas Neil
Gardner, if he nips it, he's really off bal-
ance."
If (track athletes)
aren't 100 percent,
they don't compete."
.- Tyrone Weatley
Michigan hurdler
Gardner will compete in the same
event as Wheatley, the 110 hurdles, as
well as the 400 hurdles.
A native of Jamaica, Gardner has two
younger brothers - one who is also a
track mnner -and a younger sister.
In high school, Gardner mainly com-
peted in high jumps.
"I was really short so what was cute
was that I was so tiny but I was jumping
so high and beating alot of the guys that
were taller than me. So people took a lot
of interest in my performance and my
progress," Gardner said.
Always getting himself into trouble,
Gardner's high school coach saw a solu-
tion.
"He said. 'Why don'tyou put your en-
ergy into something positive and try out
for the track team,"Gardner recalls.
The effort he has put into track has
paidoff.
"I think there are only three guys in the
country that qualified both in the 400 and
110 hurdles, so that tells you whatkind of
athlete Neil is," Harvey said. "He is also a
fun-loving, funny kid - kind of happy-
go-lucky attitude, fun to coach. He's en-
thusiastic and can do just about anything
- he can long jump, he can triple jump,
he can run the quarter, he canrun the high
jump -just about anything."
Harvey also had positive words to say
about Trinity Townsend, who will run the
400.
"(Trinity) is like the backbone of the
team in terms of he's a real leader -
very confident," Harvey said. "He's
what keeps a lot of the guys together in
terms of team spirit and team morale."
Competing against teammatesdoes not
take away from the Wolverines' unity,
Townsend said.
"The best way you can help your
teammates is by running fast because
then you'll pull them or you'll beat
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