At a christening, there are two types of babies -- the ones that are quiet little angels and the ones that are never-ending criers.

At the very least, the men's track team whimpered Saturday in a quad meet at Ann Arbor, Mich.

In the team's inaugural Big Ten meet, the Lions finished a distant third with 32 points. Host Michigan won with 51 points. Ohio State was right behind with 50 while Michigan State pulled up the rear with 27 points.

The meet was much closer than the score indicated.

"Every event was a quality one," Coach Harry Groves said. "Everyone out there had to earn their keep."

Penn State winners were Aidan O'Reilly in the mile with a time of 4 minutes, 10.73 seconds, Andy Scott in the 800-meter with 1:53.44 and Brian Milne with a throw of 53-5 in the shot put.

"Aidan, Andy and Brian did a heck of a job (Saturday)," Groves said.

"I was pleased with my run," O'Reilly said. "I did what I wanted to do, running around a 4:10."

Pentathlete Brian Kelley was second in the 400-meters, he ran it in 49 seconds, right behind Rob Smith, the Buckeyes' football freshman of the year, who ran a :48.70.

The mile relay team of Jon Strange, Jerry Robinson, Kevin Cripanuk and Kelley was second with a time of 3:21.02, following Ohio State, which ran a 3:20.37.

But as evident with the mediocre point total, the team needs some work, especially with becoming more team-oriented.

"Some people were trying to go for broke, and as a result, points weren't scored, which really hurt us in the end," Groves said.

"We had some bad luck in certain events," O'Reilly said. "This wasn't indicative of what this team can do. We'll be a lot more competitive."

With the team getting its first taste of Big Ten competition, the Lions are beginning to see where they will fit in its new domain.

"It's not impossible to get by (Ohio State and Michigan)," Groves said. "This is a tough conference. One day you can win and the next you can be fifth or sixth. (Saturday) we didn't hit it well enough."