SPORTS Wednesday, June 5, 1996- The Michigan Daily --15 BUL m 11 Continued om Page 13 Jordan will be ... who else, Michael Jordan. Ron Harper will help Jordan guard Seattle's Gary Payton. And you know - everybody knows - nobody can guard the best-ever player in the NBA. Pippen will drive right by Detlef Schrempf and frustrate the German forward by banking every shot in the series. Rodman will stick to Shawn 4 emp like glue and play mind games ith the junior-college graduate. Luc Longley will post Seattle centers Ervin Johnson and Sam Perkins down to the basket with his bulky, wide body and will get layup after layup. And lastly, Wennington, Longley and the remaining players of the "four- headed monster" (John Salley and James "Buddha" Edwards) will be a force, yes a force, against the short and scrawny Seattle centers. *Bulls in five. SONICS Continued from Page 13 take a pair of scissors to those certifi- cates of merit: Gary Payton. Who will guard Payton? Steve Kerr? Ron Harper? Or will it be one of the bigger names, like Jordan or defense-boy Rodman? What about Pippen, who *ould just as easily be looking at the Bulls and Shawn Kemp from the driz- zle of the Pacific Northwest? Nope. Come the end of Game 7, Kerr, Harper and whoever else will be joining John Stockton on the used- guard lot. All these reasons, and I haven't even mentioned Frank Brickowski, whose little toe-to-toe trash session with Karl Malone in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals must have Luc Longley quaking in his outsized Australian-for-chump-mate high-tops. Sonics in seven. Continued from Page 12 -face so far." Senior Stan Johanning also repre- sented the Michigan men at nationals, placing 14th in the javelin. The women's team also achieved a great deal of success. Senior Courtney Babcock finished third in the 5000-meter run with a time of 16:17.68 - tying her best perfor- mance at the outdoor NCAAs - and fellow senior Monika Black placed seventh in the high jump with a height of 5-foot-10. Babcock positioned herself for a strong finish during the final portion of the 5,000, after falling to ninth going into the last three laps. "I just kept telling myself I had to rise to the occasion," Babcock said. "I knew I wanted to pick it up at the end, and I just kept hanging in there." Michigan's women had more than their share of letdowns at the nationals. Black, despite her seventh-place finish in the high jump, was one level away from placing third. "I'm upset because I was way over the last height, but my heels kept click- ing (the bar)," Black said. "It just was- n't meant to be." Freshman Nicole Forrester, who had very high expectations coming into the NCAAs, did not qualify for the finals. Perhaps most disappointed, however, was sophomore Tania Longe, who placed ninth in the heptathlon. "I don't think (Longe) would admit this, but she probably had the worst per- formance of her collegiate career," Henry said. Longe said she felt a combination of factors explained her performance. "I focused on the wrong things and my confidence started to feel a little shaky,' Longe said. "I got stressed and frustrated, angry and impatient" Although unsatisfied with Longe's performance, Henry said he intends to turn the experience into a positive les- son for her. "I always make positives out of everything," Henry said. "It was a dis- aster, but as a coach, I'm going to use this to get Tania to do superior work." Competition is far from over for most of the athletes, who will attempt to qualify for the upcoming Olympic Games in Atlanta. Gardner hopes his collegiate success continues on the world level, and has a chance to be the top 400 hurdler for Jamaica. 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