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

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1 Senior Stephanie Linz clears the high jump in competition on February 2 nd , 2006. Linz was All-Big Ten second team in the high jump for the season. Silverston Michigan Daily photo Senior Adam Kiesler comes up from behind his teammate during the 110 meter hurdles at the Len Paddock Invitational on May 6 lh , 2006. Kiesler achieved his personal best during the meet. Michigan Daily photo by mike marzano ugh many tumultuous hurdles, the University ' s men ' s and women ' s track and field teams got to the finish line. These teams ran the distance. The men ' s team had a fantastic season. During the Big Ten Conference Outdoor Championships, the team tied for fifth. Junior sport management and communication major Jeff Porter took the 1 1 0-meter hurdles crown and led the team into the final day of the Championship. iis performance, Porter said, I got out to a heck of a start. I was running really well, but midway through the race I felt my leg start to cramp up. That ' s when I started to hit more of the hurdles and my competition started to catch up a little bit. Through the race, I just kept thinking, ' I ' m not going to lose, I ' m not going to lose this race. ' When it got to the point where I couldn ' t take it anymore, I just dove at the finish line, and it paid off. I won by one one-hundredth of a second. On the overall team performance, Head Coach Ron Warhurts said, Some guys performed great, but some other guys just didn ' t come to run. Porter did a wonderful job; he really stood out today. Kevin Peterman scored in the vault with a PR. Rondell [Ruff] had a nice PR. All those guys who had personal bests were really on their game. But for the handful that were, we had another handful that weren ' t. It ' s important to perform here and score for your team. We ' ll take what we can, regroup, get a couple weeks of good training, and be ready for regionals. This was one of many examples of the victorious season that these Wolverines accomplished. The women ' s team was no less spectacular in their endeavors. The Maize and Blue had their best finish in the program ' s history, placing 13 th at the NCAA Outdoor Championship. On the team ' s performance for the tournament, head coach James Henry said, I was really pleased with how they ran, and I ' m really excited about what they did. I ' m even more excited about what ' s going to happen to the girls next year, because they ' re all returning to give them another shot. Freshman LSA student Geena Gallearned earned All-American honors in the 800-meter run. She was fh e third Wolverine to earn All- American honors in the outdoor 800m for women ' s track and field. It was no surprise that with the support and helpful aid of their coaches and their own will to make it down that last stretch to success, these Wolverines received all the honor and praise that they deserved. sports 141

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r-m in bedoya competes in the shot put event on May 5! ' , 2006 during the Len Padd Invitational Bedoya was 4 2 in the event. Michigan Daily photo 140 sports

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he University ' s women ' s volleyball team set a new program record in 2006 with a 9-0 start to the season. The achievement came with the 3-0 defeat of the UmversityoTvirginia. After the game, Head coach Mark Rosen said, I liked how aggressive we were tonight. We had an aggressive defense and played a lot better tonight than this morning. We played hard and competed. We backed off a little in game three and stopped attacking and let them get five or six points and feel comfortable again. They made some great plays and we got passive. We finally stopped waiting for them to lose and we went out to win. We were the aggressors and did that most of the game. Junior outside hitter Katie Bruzdzinski led the Wolverines to victory while smashing a match-high and season-best record of 22 kills during the night. On the big win, Bruzdzinski said, We were a lot sharper tonight than this morning. We played tough and competed. Our chemistry is good, and winning just makes it more fun. We were always attacking tonight and we got in the zone a few times. It was a blast to see The Zone [student section] again. After defeating Rice University, the Wolverines claimed the Nike Invitational Crown. Rosen picked up his 340 th win as head coach in his 15 th year of coaching the team. We had a good tournament and I ' m glad we finished the pre-season well, said Rosen. Rice played very aggressive and we got a little sloppy, but we finished well in the third game. We have to get a little better at blocking and serving, but I think we ' re ready to take the next step and play Big Ten competition. On the new record start to the season, Bruzdzinski commented, We just take it game by game. The most important thing is always the next game. After this record-setting start, the Maize and Blue continued to work hard and did their best to strive for success in all of their endeavors this season. The team marched on to an impressive 13-0 record before they headed into the Big Ten schedule. Now we have to be ready to play Big Ten junior setter and libero Stesha Selsky quickly prepares for defensive action while junior outside hitter Sarah Draves fooks on. The Wolverines fell to the Michigan State Spartans 0-3 on October 1 1 ' h , 2006. S. Jerome photo The team pumps up before taking the court. Michigan defeated the Northwestern Wildcats 3-0 on October 6 , 2006. S. Jerome photo teams, said Rosen. We have to be prepared to play at a faster pace and go toe to toe. We were able to bully some teams in the pre-season, but we won ' t be able to do that anymore. by mike marzano 1 42 women ' s volleyball