12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 13, 2002
Team effort aids Blue
in search for NCAAs
Not in our Hause: Dual-
:'hsport athlete leads 'M'
By Nichoas Flees
For the Daily
The Michigan men's track and field
team played host to 20 teams Friday
and Saturday at Ferry Field for the 2002
Len Paddock Invitational. The event
marked the team's first and only home
meet of the outdoor season.
Michigan freshman Alan Webb
capped off Friday's action, posting a
time of 3:41.46 in the men's invitational
1,500-meter run with help from his
teammate, freshman Nathan Brannen.
Brannen set the pace for Webb through
the first 900 meters of the race, before
dropping out. The time was good
enough to earn Webb an automatic bid
to the NCAA Championships, which
begins Wednesday, May 29 in Baton
Rouge, La.
"I finally got a halfway decent race
in this year," Webb said, alluding to dif-
ficulty he has experienced this outdoor
season - difficulties such as a ninth-
place finish several weeks ago in his
first race back from injury.
"It's no Olympic gold medal," Webb
said. "But it's a step in the right direc-
tion, which makes me really happy."
On Saturday, Webb returned the
favor to his teammate, pacing Brannen
through the first 600 meters of the 800-
meter run. Brannen's time of 1:47.62
was just shy of the 1:47.5 time required
for an automatic NCAA Championship
berth. There was no disappointment
with the sub-four-minute miler's per-
formance, however, because few other
athletes have eclipsed the required
mark, meaning Brannen should join
Webb at NCAAs.
By Kenneth Wall
For the Daily
coming up next week, Henry intended
this weekend's competition to be more of
a strength workout than anything else.
Freshman Alan Webb qualified for the
NCAA Championships Friday night.
"Being that he's fifth-ranked in the
country, his time will get him into
nationals," Michigan coach Ron
Warhurst said.
Warhurst was impressed with the
team effort shown by the two runners.
"I thought it a pretty cool idea for
two kids of that ability and that caliber."
In just her sixth week of outdoor Henry is planning to focus on Hauser-
track competition since the end of the Price's speed during the next week.
basketball season, freshman double ath- "I have to run well next week, so this
lete Sierra Hauser-Price has seen more is good practice for me," Hauser-Price
success off the court and on the track. said. "I think all this goes into preparing
Cheered on by her basketball team- for next week, and that's the big test."
mates and coach Sue Guevara, Hauser- While Hauser-Price's contribution is
Price finished an exhausting Saturday at a relatively recent phenomenon, junior
the non-scoring Len Paddock Invita- thrower April Phillips has been an
tional, winning two individual events exceptional performer throughout the
and placing first and third in the relays. season. Placing second in both the
Regardless of her impressive early hammer throw and the shot put,
exploits, Hauser-Price plans on continu- Phillips' showing in the latter broke the
ing to play basketball next season. school mark, bringing her total to three
"She still believes she's a baller," records this year.
Michigan coach James Henry said. "As Additional success was had by dis-
long as she can come out and do this for tance runner Andrea Parker, who fin-
us, I'm all for it." ished second in the 3000-meter run
Although she fell short of her person- behind the 1984 Irish Olympian and
al best times, Hauser-Price convincingly 2000-01 Michigan Female Master Run-
took first place in both the 100- and ner of the Year Monica Joyce. Pleased
200-meter dashes. She was also on the with her performance, Parker is confi-
team that placed first in the 4x400- dent about her chances in the Big Ten
meter relay and third in the 4x100. Championships - no 43-year-old
With the Big Ten Championships Olympians will be competing.
Netters on receiving end of
Irish vengeance at NCAAs
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Daily Sioss Wrer -
Revenge is always sweet in tennis.
Unfortunately for the Michigan men's
tennis team, it was on the receiving end
Saturday as it dropped its first round
NCAA Tournament match to Notre
Dame, 4-0, in South Bend, Ind. Buoyed
by a large crowd, Notre Dame avenged
an earlier loss to Michigan in Ann Arbor
and advanced to the second round.
The trouble started early, as the
Wolverines lost a tightly contested dou-
bles point. In the deciding doubles
match, senior Greg Novak had match
point on his racquet but missed by an
inch, as his backhand cross-court return
clipped the top of the tape. He and
sophomore Anthony Jackson eventually
lost in a tiebreaker. It was downhill
from there, as Michigan dropped three
straight singles matches.
"I feel if we would have won the dou-
bles point, the match would have been
much different," top singles player
Henry Beam said.
It was the final match for Michigan's
departing seniors Beam, Novak and
Ben Cox. All three have had distin-
guished careers at Michigan. Beam was
named to the All-Big Ten team this year
and leaves in 12th-place all-time in sin-
gles victories as a Wolverine with 81.
Cox leaves with a career 76-51 singles
record, and Novak became a captain
after just one season.
"They've been a big part of our pro-
gram and lineup, and they're going to
be tough to replace," Michigan coach
Mark Mees said.
For Michigan (15-9), it was its fifth
straight NCAA Tournament appearance,
and the team reached 15 victories for the
third time in the last four seasons.
Freshman Matt Lockin and sopho-
more Anthony Jackson will be looked
upon to lead the team next year, and
with the returning talent, the team
should be competitive. The holes left by
the seniors will need to be filled, but the
Wolverines are optimistic.
"We don't want to stop here with our
program," Mees said.
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