O LYMPIC PROFILE At the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, Michigan's Steve Fraser made history by winning the first U.S. gold medal in Greco- Roman wrestling. See page 14. SPORTS Wednesday June 19, 1996 13J Michigan senior Trinity Townsend, who finished fourth at last month's NCAA Championships, fell short of earning a chance to gain International honors at the Olympic Games. The Muskegon Heights native advanced to the semifinals in the 800-meter run at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials, currently being held in Atlanta, Ga. Although he improved his times in each heat of the qualification rounds, Townsend's times were ultimately not enough to gain a berth on the U.S. Olympic squad. *Townsend's attempt to -make Team& USA derailed at Trials M' senior fails to qualify for Olympic berth at 800 meters; Black falls short in bid to compete in high jump in Atlanta Blue runners head to Canada; Sullivan sits out Babcock, Forrester, MacDonald vie for spots on Team Canada Dy Chris Farah Daily Sports Writer This weekend at the Canadian Olympic track and field trials, a number of Michigan athletes will attempt to make the transition from collegiate prominence to national and perhaps even global renown and victory. On of the most talented of them all, however, will not. After re-aggravating a nagging injury to his Achilles tendon, junior Kevin Sullivan -three-time NCAA Track Champion and 1995 Big Ten Track and Fil Athlete of the Year -will be forced to watch his teammates from the sidelines. Though unable to participate in the trials, a chance does remain for Sullivan to represent his country in Atlanta this summer. "(Kevin) talked about petitioning the Canadian Olympic Association to name him to the team," said Sullivan's friend and teammate, Wolverine senior Scott MacDonald. "He doesn't really know what his status is right now." Sullivan sat out the 1996 outdoor season - taking a redshirt specifically to recover from an earlier injury to the Achilles - in order to represent Canada in the Olympics this summer. He currently is seeing a specialist in Ottawa in an attempt to preserve his Olympic hopes and Canada's best chance for international success in the 1,500-meter run. While he may have been Michigan's most favored athlete going into the Canadian trials, other Wolverines also have the potential to make strong showings MacDonald, who specializes in the 1,500 with Sullivan, was also red-shirted fo the 1996 outdoor season to allow him to concentrate on preparation for the Olympics and on recovering from an injury suffered during the 1995 indoor s - son. Although he has worked hard to regain the form that won him fourth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 1,500 in 1995, MacDonald said he does not think he is in peak condition for the trials this weekend. However, he said he feels he can still be ultimately successful. "I think if I had another month to spare I'd be ready to run the standard," MacDonald said. "In the Olympic trials it's two things: either you make the team or you don't." "I'll go out as hard as I can and hope that I get into that top three, because See TRIALS, Page 15 *c PKo MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 54 Communiy Crisis Ceriter " feed a hngry child * help a homeless family find a place to live " be there for someone who needs to talk Training starts soon call Tammy at 465-730 By James Goldstein and Will McCahill Daily Sports Editors Michigan's Trinity Townsend will not be going back to Atlanta. Townsend made his initial visit to the southern city over the weekend to partic- ipate in the United States Track and Field Olympic Trials. The Michigan senior was competing in the 800-meter run. But after failing to qualify in a semifinal heat, Townsend's hope to be part of the U. S team was dashed Sunday. In Friday night's first round, Townsend's time of 1:48.71 was good enough to qualify him for the quarterfinal round even though he did not finish in the top four, which would have resulted in an automatic qualification to the next round. In Saturday's quarterfinal round, the senior from Muskegon Heights advanced by even a slimmer margin. His time of 1:47.83 was an improvement from the previous day, but not good enough to place him in the top five of his heat. He was, however, the fastest runner not to finish in the top five, and therefore quali- shot at running in the Olympics. fied him for the semifinals. Michigan's other competitor at the In the semifinals, Townsend finished Trials didn't fare too well. sixth in his heat, a mere 1.15 seconds out Wolverine senior Monika Black did not of fourth place. The top four finishers clear the 5-10 bar and was unable to qual- qualified for tonight's final round and a ify for further competition. Deli and Vegetarian Sandwiches -/emo IS/l :BAGEL .s ......>ISANDWICHES s T H E H I. :kr.,aIIY ?J 0 Aur ER N AT I VLOW- Fat Fa: 662-5224 715 N. 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