IU fine tunes its skills at Hoosier Hills

One more week. Members of the men's track team have been repeating this mantra fairly often recently. At first they looked to two elite meets to try to get qualifying marks, and now they are set for the Big Ten Championships Feb. 26 amd 27 at Purdue. \n"I think the team is really excited about Big Ten's," said sophomore All-American David Neville. "We really have a chance to win the meet as a whole, so we're getting ready to start peaking fast."\nThe Hoosier Hills Invitational nicely serves the purpose as one last chance for fine-tuning before the conference championship.\nMany other athletes will take the weekend off to rest and build their strength for the grueling two-day schedule next weekend. The schedule will be xacerbated by the West Lafayette track's exceedingly tight turns and claustrophobic fieldhouse. For many of these athletes, the Big Ten Championships is the first stop in their championship season. \n"For me, I want to make sure and do as best I can in the championship meets," said junior Stephen Haas, who has broken two IU records in the past two weeks. "I just want to be ready for the best the country has to offer."\nJunior All-American and reigning NCAA Indoor Mile Champion Sean Jefferson takes a similar stance, as does twin brother John. \n"We're going to be hitting some hard workouts in the next couple of weeks to get prepared," said Sean Jefferson. "Like any other sport, no one remembers anything about your career besides how you did at Big Ten's and NCAA's."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Rob \nDeWitte at rdewitte@indiana.edu.