SPORTS Wednesday, May 15, 1996 - The Michigan Daily - 15
[ track teams ready for Big Tens
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By Eugene Bowen
and Chris Farah
Daily Sports Writers
Those fighting for gender equality
would have done well to use the
Michigan men's and women's track team
performance at the unscored Bronco
Invitational at Kalamazoo as a prime
example. Both teams were equally sub-
par.
Junior Neil Gardner was the only
Wolverine - from the men's or women's
teams - to win an event; he scorched
his competition in the 110-meter hurdles.
A few second-place winners came
from the crop as well: senior Felman
Malveaux (100-meter dash), freshman
Jared Lewis (400 meters) and fresh-
man Angie Stanifer (800 meters). Yet
overall, the Michigan teams weren't
up to snuff.
With the outdoor Big Ten
Championships coming up this weekend
and the NCAA Championships the fol-
lowing week, the Wolverines have no
time to lament last week's indecent
showing. But if the men and women har-
riers think anything like junior Edzra
Gibson, it's doubtful they would be
lamenting even if they did have time.
"We weren't too concerned about the
Bronco,' he said. "We always take our
performance seriously, but with the
weather we had and the Big Tens coming
up, we really just went to run."
If any lackluster moment remains
stuck in their minds, it most certainly
would be February's indoor Big Tens,
where the women earned a bronze
medal-esque third place while the men
earned apoor sixth. Not results the teams
- especially the men - want to repeat.
"I was embarrassed by how we per-
formed in the indoor Big Tens," senior
Trinity Townsend said. "Hopefully, we'll
do much better than we did then."
Senior high jumper Monika Black and
sophomore heptathlete Tania Longe, who
will also compete in the 100-meter hur-
dles and the long and triple jumps should
lead the Wolverines. For the men,
Townsend - who runs the 800 meters
and the 4x400-meter relay - anji
Gardner are the ones to watch.
Longe, already an NCAA qualifier,
said she hopes the teams stays focused.
"I altvays just try to do my best," she
said. "The Big Tens are going to be
tough. But as long as we stay mentally
tough and just hang in there, we'll do
well."
The weak link will be the long-dis-
tance events, due to Kevin Sullivan's and
Scott MacDonald's absences from the
meet to prepare for Canada's Olympic
trials.
Kevin Bowman, long-jumper and 100-
meter runner, said he wants to get a feel
for his Big Ten opponents.
"I'm looking to get some experience
and see what the competition's going to
be like for the next few years," Bowman
said.
For Lewis, who will run the 400-
meter, it's one thought and one thought
only.
"It's 47 seconds or bust."
The Michigan men's track team will miss Scott McDonald - currently training for
the Canadian Olympic trials - at this weekend's Big Ten Championships.
Blue golfers share fourth at conference tournament
From Staff Reports
The Michigan men's golf team tied
for fourth place in the Big Ten
Championships last weekend at State
College.
The Wolverines were only seven
shots off the lead - held by Ohio State
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- after the first round, but that was as
close as they got.
Mirroring the weather, Michigan's
scores got progressively worse, with
Sunday's final-round total of 313 drop-
ping the Wolverines into a tie with
Minnesota.
Junior Brent Idalski was Michigan's
highest finisher, tying for ninth place
with a four-round total of 297.
The Wolverines' total of 1195 was 22
shots off the Buckeye pace.
Ohio State held off Wisconsin to suc-
cessfully defend its conference crown.
Indiana finished third, one stroke
ahead of the Gophers and Wolverines.
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