harsu, Snyder shine at Cob°, By DA • ENE HROBAK Daily C Ilegian Sports Writer Mem ers of the men's track team probab, wouldn't call this past • weeke I's NCAA Indoor Track Championships a success, but two „ Penkslate runners did manage to it coil 'itiothe from Detroit as All -1 AM ieans. 1 4 i F i shman Alan Scharsu turned in -1.,. th best performance for the Nittany 4 1 is, when he finished sixth in the 11 ti -mile run with a time of 13:44.8. I It, I•d i rnerican status is awarded to the Hip six American finishers in each ' rac Scharsu ' was the second 1 , P . , rcan to finish. ' ; , • other Penn State All-American' ~,, vy ;senior Bob Snyder, who'finished t. the! two-mile run in 8:58.12 making Min Ike sixth American and ;eighth i ikijisper overall. ;‘, ~, fVilanova edged Texas-El . Paso' .‘ ' (II F,1') for the team title by a mere 1 3 . 4 \ Poi 1. ,5 2-51. Points were awarded to \ the4 op six finishers in each race. The 4 4 4:" Lio' s:, were tied for 54th place at , , c , IDetruit's Cobo Arena with the one i f po,iiqcharsifs sixth place finish won !hem: , • I I , 6 4fiu take anything , you can get in LlLA'det,",Perm State coach Harry Gro s said, pointing out that the oili, Oitio,h." in the!! championships ,vas. il r p rate. "Thdre are so many ,'team ' represented that if you win Ir THE PENN STATE THESP ANS AUDITIONS LIL' ABNER Auditionees will be required to sing (A prepared song is acceptable, but not required. 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But for Scharsu, the only freshman in Groves was referring to the the race, it was the climax of his very number of foreign athletes who first indoor season. competed in the NCAA's. The winner "I don't know too much about of the two-mile, in which Snyder running indoors and I lost the race on raced, was Kenyan Silliman tactics," he said. "The group pulled Nyambui of UTEP who ran a 8:37.87. away from me and I had to make a Another Penn State squad that decision to stay with them or try to qualified for the finals was the catch them at the end. distance medley relay team of Bill "If I would have stayed with th6m, Austin (half-mile); Paul Lankford I might have done a little better." (quarter-mile), Mike Wyatt (three- But the race ' wasn't a disap- quarter mile) and Larry Mangan pointment for Scharsu. He pointed (mile). Their trial run of 9:48.2 was out that it was an honor to even be in the third fastest qualifying time. the race, since only the top ten , collegiate three-milers in the country qualified. Making 41-American was icing on the cake. : "I was really excited," Scharsu said of his All-American honors. "I had always .heard about kids being All-American, and the first one's always the most exciting one. I think I could have done a little better than I did, but I've got three more chances to do it,''• "He ran,a good race in a pressure situation fOr a freshman," •Groves said. "The top two guys were among 'the best in tha world and he held up P- • - • - Olas :' . ...* *111 °. I D :d : • a s 4.. • P. • AP . tee. ' 4". • *D S: 411 100 ••• •• 2375715 shuttles books However, it was Tennessee which won the finals in 9:47.1 while Penn State finished seventh in 9:55.7. Austin ran a 1:56.3, Lankford :50.9, Wyatt 2:58.4 and Mangan, who had run a 4:04.9 in theyials, ran a 4:10.9 "In the finals, it gets pretty intense. All these guys are ready to go, but a lot of it has to do with getting too excited and nervous. You're trying to go so fast, so hard. Penn State's two mile relay team of Tom Rapp, Ray Krombel, Glenn Chumley and Jim Close had a 7:46.5 in the trials which failed to qualify for the finals. UNIVERSITY CALENDAR SPECIAL EVENTS Monday, March 12 • . . _ •e . '''• " HUB Craft Center course registration, noon-1.0 p.m.; weekda y s, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., weekends, Room 312 HUB ---:. thrOugh March 17. Men's Intramural Sports: entry open, ,badminton and handball doubles, noon, IM Bldg; entry close, noon Thursday, March 15. 865-5401 for additional in formation. .. France-Cinema, Mr. Klein, 7 and 9 p.m., Room 112 Kern. Penn State Thespians, auditions for Lil' Abner, 7 p.m., Schwab. College of Science, Priestley Lecture, 8 p.m., Room 119 Osmond. 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Penn' State runners who placed in the short distances were Lea Ventura, fifth in the 440-yard dash, and Sandy Miller and Penny Fales, fourth • and fifth respectively, in the 880-yard dash. In the one-mile run, freshman Patty Advance to finals next weekend Pucksters win By beating West Chester 5-2 in the semifinals Saturday, the ice hockey club qualified for the best-of-three final series against the University of Delaware next weekend. Penn State's John Grainda said he was glad the team would. be playing Delaware instead of Villanova (Delaware beat Villanova in the semifinals) because Delaware won the Championship Cup last year. "Now we're going to take it away from them," Grainda said. "And I think it will only take two games." Team captain Jerry Fry said Penn State took control of the game from the start. The Lions led at the end of the second period, 4-0. , "This was the first time we played Responsibilities: •Research Assistance - half time (20 hrs/week) •Academic Performance (3.0 GPA or better) Dr. Gerry Albers University of Dayton 300 College Park Avenue Dayton, Ohio 45469 (513) 229-2241 • - •- • ' Murnane set a new meq , re 4/ cord with a 4:49.07 time. She broke teammate Kathy Mills' old record of 4:50.3. Murnane also came in second in the two-mile event. Fales, Ventura, Miller and Tina Leatherman finished.sec.,ond in the one mile relay and Murnane, Cleary, Mary Rawe, and Caroline Ihrig took fifth in the two-mile relay. Penn State swept first, second and third places in the pentathalon which consists of the high jump, shot put, long together since our last regular season game against Villanova," Fry said. "Still, we were prepared to do what we had to." Grainda said• the team "came out flying in the first period mentally and physically." He said the second period, provided motivation for the team, although it lost momentum because it r 1 . 11 • 1111 "mmallsimi""• 1 CLIP AND SAVE monsemommelemillmillmonis i i i I ... v :1 4611i1ElitlikittHESE DAYS! J A ,I TACO All Tacos 4s C Reg MONDAY 65' BURRITO Beef or Bean 65 4 9 Re s g. TUESDAY Combination 85; Reg. $l.lO CHILI Bowl of Chili im9 4 Reg. WED NE vch A and 85`;' ,r,ll73l:lPvcorn.Chops IMF ./ a l -• do , ' :jii:r!ii+• i THIRSTY THURSDAY 'A'',7,:.7,ths.").`firaEoEfte I . SOPAPIA SUNDAY rpins:47,'„=:t h 1 I r I"; I I 4" ife , PREPARED FRESH DAILY FROM THE FINEST INGREDIENTS. x • I .. :?- 5 ' 1 • 1 o .p. .... Frill° FINE MEXICAN FOOD I tw 131 S. Garner St. 1 • ~ ar I 0 Phone 234-4725 I II - :0 oi) ' for Take-Out Orders 1 i Lesnasuassummasouscse CLIP AND SAVE minsoeussimmumminsioamunie The Daily Collegian Monday, March 12, 19711- playoff action Conserve water. jump, 60-yard hurdles and the 80-yard dash. Ann McKillop finished first with 3,429 points, her best performance of the season. Kathie Hart was second and Mary Ann Wojcicki was third. Penn State coach Chris Brooks said that up until the final event, the high jump, Maryland and Penn State were neck and neck. Maryland took first, second and third in that event. —by Caryl Kauffman was up by four." "In the third period the West Chester playet's started getting chippy because of the realization their season was over," Grainda said. "The key to our victory was that we kept our cool. This was our best game for self-discipline." —by Anita Spiegel
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