University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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I ' J Y Sprinting to the chute, senior Tom Greenless takes it one stride at a time to the finish. Greenless claimed first place at the Spartan Invitational, finishing the 8.000-meter race with a time of 24:35. A. Gamzti, Athletic Media Relations ftor pi. u nit; riujirh nationally and second in the Big Ten ice last year, the men ' s cross country team was ready pr competitive season. All key runners returned for the season, including sophomore Nick liorTom Greenless, and junior Nate I We were really excited to have from last season returning, said Ve had great prospects and were I in success for the season. ith high hopes and expectations, I prepared themselves to face Wisconsin, the only Big 3! to start the season ranked ahead of them. As the bgressed, Michigan ranked well in many competitions. earned fourth in the 22-team division at the Great American ( ' ross ( ountrv 1 vstival in Gary, North Carolina. Willis MEN ' S CROSS COUNTRY Pacing Through the Course By Sarah Aronson led the Wolverines, placing fifth with a time of 25:54.7. At the Notre Dame Invitational, the team won second place in the 8,000- meter race despite cold and rainy weather. Willis placed second with a time of 24:26 and Greenless placed fourth, earning his third top-ten finish of the season. The Wolverine ' s also captured five of the six top spots in the 8,000-meter Michigan Intercollegiate to snag first place. The men placed third at the NCAA Pre- Nationals, with each member of the top-five squad co mprised of Willis, Greenless, Brannen, and fifth year seniors Nick Stanko and Alex L ' Heureux collecting a personal-best time. With Brannen leading the way, the Wolverines finished the season placing second out of ten teams at the Big Ten Championships; they were runners up to Wisconsin. MEN ' S CROSS COUNTRY MICHIGAN OPEN SPARTAN INVITATIONAL GREAT AMERICAN C.C. FESTIVAL NOTRE DAME INVITATIONAL MICHIGAN INTERCOLLEGIATE NCAA PRE-NATIONAL EASTERN MICHIGAN OPEN BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS SCORES non-scoring non-scoring 4TH OF 22 2ND OF 23 1ST OF 16 3RD OF 35 non-scoring 2ND OF 10 Cross Country 151

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WOMEN ' S CROSS COONTRY HiH I WlWifcil W vvllWWW WWWIV Sprinting To the Finish By Melissa Plotkowski Chelsea Anderson Over the course of the season, women ' s cross country team proved their strength, determination, and competitiveness. At the Miami Invitational, the first scoring race of the season, the Wolverines ran to a first place finish. Beating her teammates and the competition for the individual victory was first year graduate student Jessie Allen- Young. In a sprint to the finish, Allen- Young finished the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17:38.9, leading her Miami opponent by seven-tenths of a second. After the race, Allen- Young was then named Big Ten Conference co- Athlete of the Week (Sept. 16). The Michigan Intercollegiate meet also proved to be an exciting competition for the Wolverines. They swept the top three spots in the race and took fifth and sixth to clench another first WOMEN ' S CROSS COUNTRY SCORES EASTERN MICHIGAN OPEN MIAMI INVITATIONAL ROY GRIAK INVITATIONAL MICHIGAN INTERCOLLEGIATE NCAA PRE-NATIONAL EASTERN MICHIGAN CLASSIC BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS place team title. Sophomore Rebecca Walter led Michigan with her first place time of 13:37 in the 4, 000-meter race; teammate Allen-Young finished just a few tenths of a second behind her to capture second. Despite the team ' s impressive mid- season victories, nothing quite compared to clinching the Big Ten Championships for the second year in a row. Walter earned the title of Big 10 individual champion, a major factor in clinching victory for the Wolverines. We expected a lot from ourselves and we did the best we could. That ' s why the only pressure we have was the pressure we put on ourselves. And we were really lucky this season. We trained really hard to get to our goals, commented senior business major Lindsey Gallo. non-scoring 1ST OF 7 10TH OF 26 1ST OF 17 4TH OF 32 non-scoring 1ST OF 11 With the sound of the gun, the Wolverine women get off to a quick start. The women ' s team earned first place in two of their meets this season. K. Awender, Athletic Media Relations Maintaining her steady pace, sophomore Arianne Field tries to outrun her competitors. Field ran to first place at the non-scoring EMU Open, finishing with a time of 1 9:23 in the 5,000-meter race. K. Awender, Athletic Media Relations 150 Sports

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Following a key play, senior middle-blocker Erin Moore energizes her team. Moore had 1 5 kilts in the three-game match against Texas A M.J. Neff photo VOLLEYBALL ikinq m f % f v i % t t i f I B H Dowrrthe Competition By Chelsea Anderson Melissa Plotkowski The women ' s volleyball team looked forward to coming out on top of their season. After being taken out of last year ' s NCAA championship, the Wolverines were eager to be back in action. Beginning the season with a rocky start, losing three of their first six games, the Wolverines regrouped and managed to win their next six. One of these included Big Ten rival Ohio State who dominated in three matches. An exciting Michigan rally in the first match sealed the fate of Ohio State as the Wolverines took the next two. Especially when the game is really close like that, every rally matters. If you win a really long rally the momentum goes to your team. When it gets to be like that then you have to win it, said senior tri-captain Erin Moore. As the season progressed, the Wolverines defeated rivals Michigan State and Purdue. These matches are usually emotional matches, and in big rivalries, everybody ' s nervous. You don ' t have to worry about being VOLLEYBAL! KANSAS STATE FLORIDA ATLANTIC FLORIDA STATE I MURRAY STATE I ; TEXAS A M A LOUISVILLE EASTTENNESSEElSTATE CAL STATE-f ULLERTON TENNESSEE CENTRAL MICHIGAN VALPARAISO OHIO STATE PENN STATE MICHIGAN STATE WISCONSIN INDIANA PURDUE NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS MINNESO IOWA PURDUE INDIANA MICHIGAN STATE WISCONSIN CQRES f W 4 ' 0-3 4-1 I OTA flilM motivated, you just have to know how to handle the motivation, and I thought our kids just came out very composed early on, said head coach Mark Rosen on the State win. In the Purdue match, highlights included a career-high 28 kills for Moore, surpassing her previous record of 25. Junior Jennifer Gandolph also broke the 1,000 mark for kills as she tallied a career total of 1,010. Gandolph is the eighth player in Michigan history to notched 1,000 career kills. In addition, Moore raised her career total to 1,129 only 132 short of the school record, held by Karen Chase (1,291 from 1995-98). Other season accomplishments included taking first place in the Michigan Pepsi Challenge and also the Toyota LV Classic. The Toyota LV Classic concluded with an exciting, action-packed game against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Winning over the Lady Volunteers by a 3-2 margin, the Wolverines successfully won their first road tournament since the 2000 season. Senior Nicole Poquette had a record setting game by hitting 19 kills for the Wolverines. 3-0 5-2 3-0 4-1 3-0 2-5 3-0 2-5 3-0 3-; i-j 3-0 3-2 3-0 2-3 1-3 I k. ' 152 Sports