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(11/25/02 5:08am)
There are nearly 500 student groups registered with the Student Activities Office at IU. But with the current rules set forth by the board of trustees, not all of those student groups have access to the basic amenities that come with being a registered student. With the passage of the Student Group Support Act by the IUSA Congress Nov. 19, this should all change and rightfully so. \nGroups that are considered "religious" or "political" are not capable of possessing a Student Organizational Account (SOA) card, which allows groups access to a tax-free bank account and University services -- such as the motor pool and University telephone lines. The reason for this is all organizations that have access to an SOA card also have the ability to appear in front of the Commitment to Assist Student Initiatives (CASI) board to request money from the Student Organization Fund (SOF), which is funded from the mandatory student activities fee. So a pro-life student doesn't have to worry about his or her money funding a rally held by a pro-choice student group, and an atheist student doesn't have to worry about his or her money supporting a praise and worship gathering sponsored by a Christian organization.\nThese groups do have access to funds through the Grass Roots Initiative Fund (GRIF) supported by sales of the IUSA credit card, but it's just not fair for some IU students to have access to everything the University has to offer and others don't because of their beliefs. This is why the bill's primary sponsors, IUSA Vice President of Administration Judd Arnold and the IUSA Congress, did the right thing to recommend to the trustees to "amend the rules regarding funding for student groups so that all student groups may get an SOA card."\nAccording to the Student Groups Support Act, Congress resolution 2002-FS-11-8, all student groups registered to the Student Activities Office should have access to an SOA card and all the University resources that come with it, but do not have access to any of the monetary benefits. Arnold was wise to include "this resolution is in no way supporting religious and politically affiliated student groups getting funds raised by mandatory fees" in the bill. He and the student congress are doing the right thing by making it clear to the trustees that just because a student organization does not share the beliefs of the majority, they should not be disallowed from the everyday services provided to each student that walks through the Sample Gates.\nIt reflects poorly on the University when a group doesn't have access to services because of its religious faith, political party affiliation and/or stance upon controversial subjects such as abortion or the legalization of marijuana. This is why the trustees need to show that they care about IU students and listen to IUSA. \nJust like the bill, this is not an editorial requesting all student groups have access to the SOF. The regulations that separate CASI and GRIF are the right ones. But the trustees need to follow IUSA's example and allow all student groups access to all non-monetary privileges that come with being a Hoosier.
(11/19/02 5:43am)
From the very mentioning of the word "fire" concerning a hall of fame former men's basketball coach there was a mess. And now with the filing of a lawsuit by Robert M. Knight against IU in Monroe County Circuit Court Nov. 8, so begins another dismal chapter in the public saga between a former employee and his former employer.\nKnight says the University did not release him in accordance to his contract, therefore owing him more than $2 million in lost income and "damages." The University says they provided more than enough opportunities for the coach to repent of his ways. Both are right. Now both need to settle to move on from this unfortunate mess.\n Besides the chair throwing, constant tirades and a public feud between himself and his then-athletic director, the mess began when Knight denied choking or even placing a hand near the throat of former guard Neil Reed. It peaked with a videotape on CNN proving Knight wrong, and University President Myles Brand implementing a "zero tolerance" policy. The conclusion came when former IU student Kent Harvey accused the coach of placing his hands on him in the doorway of Assembly Hall, resulting in Knight's dismissal Sept. 11, 2000.\nSince then the accusation floodgates have opened and have even brought about a suit against the University from some IU basketball fans. This needs to end, and it needs to happen without the jury trial Knight and his lawyers have requested.\nAccording to the suit, Knight claims Brand released him "without cause, without a proper meeting of the trustees and without giving (Knight) an opportunity to defend himself from the allegations that (Brand) had made against him publicly." Now the cause to fire Knight was there, there was no "proper" meeting of the trustees to discuss the firing and Knight decided to leave for his "previously paid for" fishing trip to Canada rather than come back to campus to explain himself. But according to the suit, Knight's contract states the athletic director must recommend the coach's firing to the president for the University and the trustees to act, and the president must notify Knight "in writing" and give him "the opportunity to receive in writing the specific reasons for his termination." The lawsuit also states the "zero tolerance" policy was not added to Knight's contract with the University.\nThe University and Knight need to settle this case. Not just because the proper steps to remove Knight were not taken, but because both have moved on. IU should offer a Michael McNeely-like severance package to compensate for the income Knight was due according to his contract, Knight should accept the offer and both sides should get back to focusing on the future.\nKnight has gotten back into coaching at Texas Tech. Myles Brand is once again becoming Knight's boss as president of the NCAA beginning Jan. 1. Former athletic director Clarence Donninger is retired and working with his law firm in Indianapolis. The men's basketball program is still winning with a new coach. But to finally remove these harsh feelings toward each other, both sides need to sit down and continue the settlement talks that recently broke down and stop this public feud.
(11/06/02 4:29am)
Linda Franklin, a native of nearby Columbus, Ind., was in a Home Depot parking garage in Falls Church, Va. when she was shot and killed by the snipers who have been linked to nearly 20 nationwide shootings to date. Her husband watched her die. Franklin survived breast cancer and worked for the FBI in the Cyber Division at the National Infrastructure Protection Center. But in one cruel, unforgiving moment, the cancer that had inhabited her body and the dangers associated with one of the world's most prestigious law enforcement agencies didn't matter. Her husband saw it all and could do nothing about it. \n If the federal government convicts John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo for these killings and administers the death penalty, it would be an easy way out for individuals who have caused so much pain. For this reason, the IDS Editorial Board believes the government shouldn't seek the death penalty, and, instead, give those convicted life without possibility of parole, and make them pay for the rest of their natural lives.\n The snipers have shown no regard for human life. What better punishment is there than to force them to live? \n This isn't an anti- or pro-death penalty argument. This is an argument of administering justice in such a way that those responsible face the full consequences. Even with the appeals and lengthy court hearings that would come with the death penalty, such a punishment would be too easy for someone who made life hell for Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. residents. \nThe guilty party claimed their motive was money, as stated in a note left to several law enforcement agencies in the area of the shootings. \n"Try to catch us withdrawing at least you will have less body bags," the author wrote. "(But) if trying to catch us now more important then prepare you body bags." \nMoney was placed over human life. In order to obtain a requested sum of $10 million, mothers, fathers, brothers and children lost their lives. Along with the shootings surrounding the nation's capital, authorities are learning they could be linked to deaths in Washington and Alabama. Life was meaningless to the killers that held the nation's capital, and its media, hostage. \nPutting someone to death who had placed a death penalty on so many innocent individuals is not justice. The true punishment is in forcing those to experience something they hate and show no value toward -- living.
(11/05/02 4:43am)
In the 4th District, Republican Steve Buyer finds himself in a campaign for reelection against Democrat Jim Abbott and Libertarian Jerry Susong. Susong's major campaign issue is getting the church back into the government, something that is obviously unconstitutional. And while Abbott does show a genuine concern for the area, the lack of experience and the impressive resume of Buyer should drive Hoosiers to the polls to place their votes for the Republican representative.\nBuyer's has an impressive record of fighting for educational needs. Buyer voted for the Teacher Empowerment Act that gives more authority to local school districts on the decisions that directly affect them. He also voted to increase funding for special needs children in public schools and voted to send 95 percent of federal education dollars to the classroom and not to the "bureaucrats" as stated on his Web site. \nBuyer has also fought to reduce government spending in a time where the deficit is ever growing. Along with that Buyer has voted to protect social security by voting to permanently protect the Social Trust Security Fund. Buyer also voted to extend solvency of Medicare for a decade. \nBuyer's Libertarian opponent adamantly campaigns for the government to run by the church. It even escapes Susong that a majority of churches don't want the government to have any say in their church. Abbott is putting up a decent fight and standing for what he believes in. But at this time, Indiana does not need a freshman representative representing the 4th District. They need someone with the experience. \nFor a solid representation in the House, the 4th District needs to keep Buyer in office.
(11/05/02 4:41am)
During the 2002 campaign, Baron Hill (Dem.) and Mike Sodrel (Rep.) have been traveling the newly reworked 9th District in an effort to earn every vote available and build the trust of southern Indiana residents. Both are southern Indiana natives -- Hill is from Seymour, Ind. and Sodrel is from New Albany, Ind. Both have support of their respective hometowns -- as shown by Hill's election four years ago and Sodrel's supporter's rousing cheers during President Bush's introduction in a stumping stop in Louisville, Ky. Saturday. But there is one key difference that shifts the IDS Editorial Board's support toward Hill and away from Sodrel -- the support of their respective parties. \nAccording to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Sodrel has donated more than $700,000 of his own and his family's money to his 2002 campaign while the Republican party has given minimal support, verbal and financial, to the candidate from New Albany. Even at the before-mentioned presidential stop in Louisville, Sodrel was simply a part of the introduction while the campaigning was done for Republican incumbent from Kentucky's third district, Anne Northup. But despite this, Sodrel told his constituents in the ninth that Bush was making a campaign stop for their district, which was simply not the case.\nHill on the other hand not only has the full support of his party and constituents, but he also has the support of the individual who vacated the seat he currently holds. Former Congressman from the ninth district Lee Hamilton was a powerhouse in legislative politics and is currently an IU employee. Hamilton endorsed Hill in Hill's original election bid and continues to do so to this day. With area support and Hill's impressive resume, (fighting to protect social security while seeking to invest it to provide higher yields, emphasizing focus on the growing deficit, providing a prescription drug plan under Medicare and expanding children's health insurance), IU and Bloomington residents should chose Hill.
(10/28/02 4:15am)
On Oct. 22, the NCAA Division I Management Council made "sweeping" changes to student-athlete academic standards by passing a proposal that will put more emphasis on the classroom rather than the playing field. And just think, the Myles Brand era doesn't begin until Jan. 1. The new standards eliminate the "cut" score on the standardized test requirements, such as the SAT and ACT, and places more importance on high school GPA and the number of credits taken during an athlete's collegiate career. If the NCAA Board of Directors truly works for the student-athlete, they will pass this proposal in its Thursday meeting.\nThese new requirements will place the weight on whether the student-athlete can apply his or her knowledge in the classroom rather than on a scantron bubblesheet. The new proposal dismisses the required 820 SAT score for eligibility so the student-athlete can rely on his or her classroom work and not on a test score that cannot judge the true intelligence of a person. There are those who might say a high school GPA is as worthless as a standardized test because everyone can get an "A" in underwater basket weaving, but this is not the case with these requirements. Not only do the requirements focus on the core classes -- English, math, science, etc. -- but it raises the number of those classes from 13 to 14. \nAlong with the eligibility reform comes college graduation reform. This new proposal would require a certain amount of credit hours to be completed by the student-athlete each semester to be eligible for the current year. According to the proposal, the student-athlete must complete 24 semester hours of academic credit -- not of the underwater basket weaving type -- before they enter their second year of collegiate enrollment, 18 semester hours per academic year and six hours per term. The proposal also requires the student-athlete to have 90 percent of the minimum GPA necessary to graduate by his or her second year, 95 percent by the third and 100 percent by their fourth year of eligibility. \nThe continuous requirement scale will follow the student-athlete along his or her collegiate career. There will no longer be student-athletes who complete their eligibility without a degree. Now if the athlete's respective professional sports organization passes on offering him or her a contract, they might fall back on something that won't diminish with age -- a college degree. \nWhile some might say these new requirements seem tough, they're a step in the right direction to ensure the student-athlete graduation rate increases from the dismal level it's at now. The NCAA needs to focus on the de-commercialization of its athletes and place more emphasis on the classroom. With the hiring of a university president rather than an athletic director for its next leader, they are heading in that direction. This new proposal is another step down that same path. The NCAA Board of Directors needs to head this direction by ratifying the academic reform proposal Oct. 31.\n--Ryan Gunterman for the Editorial Board
(10/22/02 6:42am)
After the 1999 high school shooting in Columbine, Colo., the Clinton administration and those in Congress pushed through "ground breaking" gun control laws. Because of the quick reaction of U.S. lawmakers, it was then required to place trigger locks on all new handguns, the age for buying guns was raised from 18 to 21 and the importing of high-capacity ammunition clips became unlawful. To this day, those laws have not been enacted.\nNow with the recent sniper shootings in the Washington, D.C. area, there are those in Congress who are responding to the pressure of anti-gun lobbyists by suggesting new laws that would implement "ballistic fingerprinting." The "fingerprinting" would require every legal gun that is sold in the U.S. to be tested to determine each gun's "fingerprint" that is left on the shell casing. While it's great our lawmakers are taking an interest in the human lives that have been lost in the shootings, they must be careful in passing anti-gun legislation.\nIt would be a shame if lawmakers passed a new law that would get lost in the bureaucratic paperwork such as those that followed Columbine. So rather than a new restriction, a reworking of the current system is needed. Research needs to be done before any new laws are made and tax dollars are spent on something, such as "fingerprinting," that, as of now, shows no conclusive evidence it's 100 percent accurate. \nStates and law enforcement officials must begin to take advantage of systems such as the FBI-operated National Instant Criminal Background Check System database. Only within the last week did the House pass a bill that authorizes grants to states to computerize court and other records for inclusion in the database. Bill sponsors, Reps. Jon Dingell, D-Mich. and Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., said most states have not automated nor shared their records with NICS, allowing 10,000 convicted felons to acquire guns in the last 30 months. Maryland, the location of several sniper shootings, even decided to stop providing information to the NICS for six months this year. The state has resumed providing the information.\nDon't insult the families of the sniper shooting victims by passing a new gun control law just for politics sake or waste tax dollars on something that might not work. Implement laws that are effective in curbing gun violence, and don't allow them to head the way of the mandatory gunlocks and higher buying age.
(08/05/02 1:03am)
Michael Jordan. Dominic Hasek. John Elway. Ray Broque. Bill Russell. All of these athletes retired after winning their respective sports championship (even though Jordan is wearing some funny-looking blue jersey now). I have no right putting my name along side the names of these great athletes, but for one brief, shining moment I will. No, I've never won a championship in pretty much any sport I've participated in, but I do feel like I am going out on top.\nNever would I have thought that one day I would be editor in chief of the IDS. I mean my first article was a writing tragedy published in the "Jobs and Internships" special publication on cover letters. When I think about it, I get a headache and a strange twitch on the left side of my face. But even after that debacle, I decided to stick with it with the sports desk. \nAfter several beats, I became sports editor last summer. I enjoyed it so much, I kept it for the following two semesters. But still, I never thought I would even consider being editor in chief until I realized that I had an extra semester for my student teaching, meaning another summer in Bloomington. \nWhile sports is something I love and cherish, I just wasn't too excited for a fourth straight semester. But I knew I wanted to d1o something at the IDS. I just enjoy the environment and the journalism too much. Some call it a sickness, I would call it ... well, a sickness. \nI never thought I could handle the workload and pressure that comes with sitting at the helm of a 135-year-old journalism tradition. I'm an education major. But, in April, I made the best decision of my college career. \nI filled out the 13-page essay of an application, stood in front of the public and a board made of professional journalists who have forgotten more about journalism than I know, and became the summer editor of the Indiana Daily Student. Lucky me.\nWhile nervous at first, I really became comfortable with sitting in the EIC office with my name on the EIC door and my butt sitting in the EIC chair. It was fun, and I don't regret a single thing about it. Sure there were rough times, and we faced our fair share of criticism, but that only helps us grow as a paper and as journalists. The thing that must be realized is that criticism is a vital part of journalism. Critics do not know us personally, so it must not be taken personal. \nBut overall, this paper flourished. The amount of local copy that was produced was amazing. After spending last summer full of the Associated Press wire, this summer was a great way to go out on top. Might I also add that this is the first summer ever that the IDS Weekend has been published. Weekend editor Ryan Hildebrandt and his staff did a great job, and since he is also leaving the IDS at the end of the semester, I know he feels like he is going out on top as well. \n And through all this, we pleased our toughest critics of all: our alumni. \n During the IU journalism school's alumni weekend, the IDS had an open house for its alums. During the open house, compliments were given to the desk editors for the amount of local copy produced from alumni who graduated as late as the '30s and as recent as last May. IDS Associate Publisher Don Cross even said it was the best summer paper he has seen in his 30 years here.\nThis is not bragging. This is praising the wonderful group of desk editors that sacrificed their summers to make this paper wonderful. They made my final semester at the IDS wonderful. While Jordan, Elway and Hasek I'm not, with this summer's IDS, I'm happy with just being me.
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
After winning nine of its last 11 games, the IU baseball team starts the Big Ten regular season against a team that was one game away from the college World Series.\nThe Hoosiers are riding a five-game winning streak into this weekend's matchup with 2000 Big Ten tournament runner-up Penn State. After sweeping a doubleheader against Taylor and defeating Valparaiso Wednesday, the team is looking to continue the momentum into the series. But coach Bob Morgan said this will be a challenge for his team after losing No. 1 starter senior right-hander David Ferris for the year.\n"We were a thin pitching staff going in, and we just got thinner," Morgan said. "The kids that we would normally throw in mid-week games and not in the Big Ten, they would be more relievers in the Big Ten, now they are going to have to pitch in the Big Ten."\nFerris is out for the season with torn ligaments in his throwing elbow. \nPitching coach Jeff Calcaterra said the pitchers needs to keep mistakes to a minimum and work toward the team's strong points. \n"We need quality starts. We need our starters to be able to go out there and keep us in the ball games early," Calcaterra said. "I think one of the things that I've seen so far this year with pitching is that we've given up runs early in the game."\nCalcaterra said there isn't a difference of the mindset pitching in a nonconference and conference game, except for the atmosphere.\n"There's a little bit more intensity to a conference game because you're playing the same opponent in four games in a three-day period, so the intensity will pick up more than a nonconference game," Calcaterra said. \nFreshman pitcher Chris Behrens said the pitchers have to go out and do their jobs, regardless of the opponent.\n"You're still trying to hit your spots and keep guys off base," Behrens said. "We just need to do our job, and we can't worry about whether the offense is hitting that day or not. If we're not doing our job, then there's no way that we'll be in the game. If we do our job then we'll have a chance to win."\nPenn State is coming into the series after a four-day break, with their last contest a 4-3 loss to Delaware Sunday. The Hoosiers have played three games in two days and are fresh off seven games in eight days on their Florida spring break trip.\n"I don't think fatigue will be a factor at all," redshirt sophomore Michael Woodside said. "I think guys are tired, but once you get on the field you forget about being tired and they just play. I'm ready to see where we stand as far as the competition."\nA bit of good news for the Hoosiers is the return of sophomore third baseman Vasili Spanos. Morgan said that Spanos, the team's fourth hitter in the order, will help solidify his team's lineup heading into Big Ten play. \nJunior right-hander Brad Edwards is expected to start Friday; Big Ten pitcher of the week, senior right-hander Nick Otte, will start the first game of Saturday's doubleheader; redshirt junior right-hander Matt Rice gets the call for the second game; Behrens will close the series Sunday. \n"Everyone in the Big Ten is good, and they're coming off a great season last year where they were one series away from going to the World Series, so we'll have our work cut out for us," Morgan said. "We're just looking to go out and play as well and as hard as we can"
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Saturday morning's cold front made for tough riding conditions in the women's Little 500 qualifications at Bill Armstrong stadium. Some riders described track conditions as the worst they had ever seen.\nDespite the poor conditions, the Roadrunners, an independent team, took the pole for the 14th running of the women's race with a time of 2 minutes, 52.75 seconds. Last year's pole setters, Delta Zeta qualified second at 2:56.94 and Phi Mu completed the front row at 2:57.37.\nTeams must complete four laps and four exchanges with teammates. Roadrunners senior rider Amy Bridges said the exchanges were key in their qualifying effort.\n"We were cautious in the exchanges," Bridges said. "We were quick when going around the track but we took it pretty slow when we did our exchanges."\nWhen the first team took to the track at 8 a.m., the temperature was in the high 20s-low 30s and didn't dramaticly increase all day.\n"It was a real shock to wake up to 20 degree temperatures," Phi Mu senior Kara Kenney said. "It took a while to get warmed up."\nThe temperature did increase later in the afternoon, giving the teams that drew later qualifying times an advantage over those who took to the track in the morning, but it was colder than it had been during the week's pre-qualifying practices.\nDelta Zeta senior Lisa Braudis said that drawing a qualifying time later in the day factored into recording the second fastest time of the day. \n"It was great going in the afternoon," Braudis said. "I think 2:30 (p.m.) was one of the warmest times of the day. I didn't want to go in the morning."\nBridges said that by staying in Bloomington during spring break and not making a trip to warmer climates for training helped them with Saturday's conditions.\n"It's never fun riding in the cold," Bridges said. "But we were used to riding in the cold, and we got to take advantage of the track time to work on our exchanges."\nTeams also had to battle track conditions at Armstrong stadium along with a change of scenery. Because of the dismantling of the north-side bleachers, the finish line has been switched to the opposite side of the track compared to the position last year. \n"This was one of the worst years for conditions at quals," Braudis said. "There were some really slick places on the track."\nKenney agreed, saying these were the worse conditions she has seen in her three years of riding in the race. She didn't know why track conditions were so bad, but there were a lot of ruts in the course.\nBraudis said the change in finish line position will cause problems for the riders.\n"It's easier to slip out going into turn one," Braudis said.\nBy watching teams earlier in the morning, the Roadrunners saw the mistakes made and knew what to avoid on the track to take the pole.\n"Track conditions weren't ideal," Bridges said. "People were falling into the gutter and getting into the ruts on the track. We went to the middle of the exchange line so we could avoid the ruts made by other teams."\nNow that the field has been set, teams are setting their focus on the April 20 race and will be assigned pit positions and begin pack riding in practice this week. Teams will also be competing in individual time trials, miss-n-out and team pursuit before the race. \n"Every year, we try to look at the race and make some predictions," Braudis said. "We have to look at all different types of situations"
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Kappa Alpha Theta senior Krissy Johnson can't seem to beat Alpha Delta Pi senior Emily Derkasch. \nIn last year's women's Little 500 individual time trials, Derkasch topped Johnson by .03 seconds to finish fifth. In this year's time trials Wednesday at Bill Armstrong Stadium, Derkasch beat out Johnson by .48 seconds to capture the top spot. \nRoadrunner sophomore Jenn Wangerin set the fastest time early at 2:55.19 in the 10th heat of the day. Derkasch went to the track 15 heats later and took her four laps in 2:53.34 seconds. Johnson's 2:53.82 in the 38th heat would be the closest anyone could get to Derkasch's time. Wangerin finished third with her teammate, senior Sam Karn, finishing fourth and Gamma Phi Beta senior Deirdre Finzer, also an IDS staffer, rounding out the top five. The difference between first and fifth was a little more than three seconds.\n"I knew it felt good," Derkasch said. "I just kept thinking, 'Go, go, go.' I just had to go as hard as I could. You just can't think. In the race, you think."\nJohnson, who finished sixth last year in the time trials but didn't race in the Little 500, credited the endurance training she and her teammates did.\n"I went out early last year," Johnson said. "I knew I was going to be tired on the third lap, but on the fourth lap I was running on adrenaline. I just wanted to go hard. It's only four laps out of your life."\nThe Roadrunners did the opposite of Johnson last year, and didn't participate in individual time trials but race; they finished fourth. Roadrunners coach Susan Gasowski said it is up to the team whether it participates in the trials. \n"It's good to get into the mind-set to compete against the other riders that will be running in the race," Gasowski said.\nWhile Wangerin and Karn both finished in the top five, Gasowski said those results could have been switched because the team's fastest rider changes on a daily basis.\n"We have been working really hard in practice," Gasowski said. "We wanted to have negative splits, and our goal was to drop time and have every lap be faster than the previous one. The last two laps are the hardest for the riders, but I'm real proud of them."\nTimes at the track have been slower compared to last year. Last year's winning time was 2:39.18, more than 10 seconds faster than this year. Derkasch said the lack of rain in the area has made track conditions poor.\n"It's a lot looser," Derkasch said. "The turns are tighter. You can't confidently ride on the inside."\nKappa Alpha Theta senior Sara Coffman finished 10th in last year's individual time trials, but was hampered by a viral lung infection this year. Coffman said track conditions were worse than last year but have gradually improved.\n"It's difficult to ride on, but there was a vast improvement (from earlier this year)," Coffman said. "Turn three needs some work, but it's much nicer since (qualifications)."\nThe next series event for the women's Little 500 teams is Saturday's Miss-n-Out.
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
For the second consecutive Little 500 series event, Kappa Alpha Theta senior Krissy Johnson finished second. But this time, Johnson fell to Gamma Phi Beta senior Deirdre Finzer, an IDS staffer, in Saturday's Miss-N-Out at Bill Armstrong stadium.\nAlpha Gamma Delta freshman rookie Corey Bitzer was third, followed by Johnson's teammate, senior Sara Coffman, Delta Zeta senior Lisa Braudis and Delta Gamma senior Lauren Naset rounded out the top five.\nFinzer, the only rider from Gamma Phi Beta at the track because of the house's parents weekend, finished fifth in individual time trials Wednesday but wound up first Saturday, beating out Johnson, who finished second in individual trials. Because of her lack of experience in the event, Finzer said she watched other riders closely to figure out a way to win.\n"I was watching the teams at the beginning to figure out some strategies to use," Finzer said. "The first couple of heats, I tried to hang up front, but I got tired. At the end, I just jumped off turn No. 4 and ran as hard as I could."\nFinzer said she didn't think she could catch Johnson but ended up beating her out by a wheel in a finished Finzer said she won "by an eyelash."\n"The last lap, I heard a lot of people screaming for Deirdre to go faster," Johnson said. "I just wanted to ride hard and reach the finish line."\nAfter two consecutive top-five finishes, Finzer said the expectations from last year's race continue to get higher with each event. \n"(Gamma Phi Beta) have been building off an initial base and have been training since the fall and even some in the summer," Finzer said. "Its starting to come together. It's exciting to see."\nMiss-N-Out is the first chance for riders to do competitive pack riding this season. Riders are arranged in heats with six to eight other riders based on their individual time trial times. Each lap, the rider finishing last is eliminated until two or three riders remain in the heat. Those riders move on from preliminaries to quarterfinals, then to semifinals and finally to the finals to determine the Miss-N-Out champion.\nAs a rookie, Bitzer said she feels Saturday's event will help her and other rookies prepare for the type of racing they will be faced with in the Little 500 April 20.\n"I think this helped me in the end," Bitzer said. "There were a couple of close calls, but overall it wasn't that bad."\nFinzer agreed, saying that building the experience is key to success.\n"You learn how people move in the pack," Finzer said. "This is great experience."\nPlacing two riders in the top five and four in the semifinals, Kappa Alpha Theta showed its strength and depth, holding onto the Little 500 series point standings. Coffman said their results are based on their difficult training.\n"Our goal is to train for the race," Coffman said. "We like to do well in the series events, but that's not our main goal."\nAlthough this is the second consecutive runner-up finish for Johnson, she said she isn't discouraged, just as long as her team places one spot higher come race day.\n"It's not the race, so second is OK for a series event." Johnson said. "Of course, it would be nice to get first, but it's just for the fun of it. Everyone wants to be first"
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After going 1-3 last weekend against the defending Big Ten regular season champions, the Hoosier baseball team wants to get back to winning before taking its first conference road trip to Ann Arbor to face Michigan this weekend. The team hopes to take that opportunity against Indiana State at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Sembower Field. \nDespite winning only one game last weekend, the Hoosiers feel they have played well and hope to continue into the one-game series.\n"Offensively we just need to keep with it. (Against Minnesota) we had a lot of hard hit balls that were caught," senior second baseman Dan Haegele said. "We just have to keep with that, keep getting better and go in with the same intensity against Indiana State."\nAfter not facing each other in the 2000 season, the Hoosiers renew the series started in 1905. IU holds a 39-30-1 advantage over ISU, with the Hoosiers winning the last matchup 8-5 in 1999. The Sycamores haven't beaten IU since 1995.\nThe Sycamore staff doesn't allow many runs with a 4.28 ERA, and 6-foot-2 junior righthander Caleb Reger has made 16 appearances out of the bullpen, going 3-4 with a 3.38 ERA, striking out 22 in 24 innings. \nVasili Spanos might provide some of the offense from the four spot in the line-up against the Sycamore staff.\n"It's an in-state rival. A big rival for us, but I don't know much about them," Spanos said. "I do feel good going into the game because we're playing well."\nSpanos has missed some playing time this season because of a foot injury. He made his way back off the bench in the doubleheader against Taylor University and played in all four games against Minnesota. Even with the time off, Spanos is second on the team in RBIs and tied for the lead in home runs.\n"I'm still trying to get my rhythm back in the field, get my footwork back to normal, but other than that I don't think it hurts that much," Spanos said. "I know that I have had good days and bad days. I've struggled sometimes, but then I come back and have a good day." \nSenior outfielder Blake St. Clair leads the team in batting average and is tied with Spanos with four home runs. As a veteran, St. Clair said he wants to show the underclassmen that even though they lost more games than they won, a lot of positive aspects can be taken from last weekend. The Hoosiers were competitive against the team that coach Bob Morgan and Purdue coach Doug Schreiber picked to repeat as Big Ten champions. \n"Sometimes it's hard for some of the young guys to understand that maybe if you go 1-3, sometimes there's positive things you can take out of a loss," St. Clair said. "If you play good, maybe come up a little short or something like that and just to be able to understand that."\nWednesday marks the end of the Hoosiers' 12-game home stand that started March 20. Spanos said that while the team didn't do as well as he would have hoped, the home stand helped players prepare for the rest of the conference season. \n"I think it's always great to play at home whenever you can," Spanos said. "We didn't do as well as we would've liked, but I still think we're playing well. We just need to keep it up, be persistent and get after it"
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After completing a 12-game homestand, the baseball team packs its bags for a weekend trip to Ann Arbor to face the University of Michigan Wolverines in a four-game series. \nThe Hoosiers will face a Michigan squad that is 1-3 in conference play and was swept by Penn State in its last conference series. The Wolverines are riding a two-game winning streak after defeating non-conference foes Bowling Green and Eastern Michigan by a combined score of 20-4. \nMichigan is led by sophomore outfielders Jordan Cantalamessa and Gino Lollio. Cantalamessa is batting .373 with eight doubles and 11 RBIs, while Lollio is hitting .447 with three home runs and 11 batted in. Junior right hander Bobby Korecky leads the Wolverine pitching staff with a 3-2 record, 2.36 ERA and four complete games in six starts. Michigan leads the all-time series against the Hoosiers with a 96-51 record. \nIU is coming off a 10-1 victory against in-state rival Indiana State last Wednesday at Sembower Field. The Hoosiers went 1-3 in their last Big Ten series against Minnesota, but coach Bob Morgan said he feels his team is playing well going into the weekend.\n"I think our team's starting to form a little more identity," Morgan said. "We've inserted a couple kids in the line-up and some guys have stepped up." \nMorgan said that by getting outside, taking batting practice and the improvement of the weather has helped bring his team where he thinks it needs to be.\n"It hasn't been so darn cold," Morgan said. "I think playing at home, getting out and on the field, putting in some (batting practice) and stuff has helped. We're just starting to get better."\nWhile this is the Hoosiers' first road series of the season, the players said they aren't worried about leaving the familiar surroundings of Sembower Field. Some of the players said they thought it can be a positive experience. \n"When you go on the road, you really got to pull together as a team because you're in such a tough environment, especially going to Michigan with the big crowd," senior outfielder Blake St. Clair said. "We just need to take the same approach as we would any other and just get more out of each individual on the team."\nMorgan said the change of pace from a home series can provide needed rest for the Hoosiers.\n"From a positive standpoint, we don't have to work on the field, our kids aren't in class Friday, we have good meals on the road, our kids are eating well and things like that," Morgan said. "The camaraderie of being together with the 25 guys you're traveling with and things like that."\nStarting the first game for the second consecutive weekend is senior right hander Nick Otte. Otte leads the team with five wins and only one loss. Junior left hander Brad Edwards will start the first game of saturday's double header and sophomore right-hander Jacob Cary will get his first career start in the second game of the day. Red-shirt junior left-hander Matt Rice will close out the series Sunday.\nPitching coach Jeff Calcaterra said key for the team's success this weekend is to keep run production low and allow for the offense to score before its opponents, so the team won't have to come back from an early deficit.\n"We always seem to be pitching from behind and seem to get run production from behind, so I think that our starters are going to be key with the number of arms that we have and with the conference games going two seven inning games, to get on top early or be down early might be the difference in the ball game," Calcaterra said. "That's where the stress is going to go on the starting pitchers is to keep us in the ball game early and once we get a lead, hopefully we can have our relief come in and close the games. " \nMorgan said he wants his team to come out with at least two wins this weekend so it can move up in the Big Ten standings.\n"Some weekends in the Big Ten you have to go out and battle for your life and play hard and hopefully play well," Morgan said. "You hope to win a couple of three out of fours from somebody and that's what we're looking for and hoping for this weekend"
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Most Little 500 teams participate in Team Pursuit -- the final event of the pre-race series -- to get themselves in the right mind-set for the actual race. But Saturday's event hurt some teams more than it helped.\nSeveral serious wrecks slowed the event despite limits that allowed only two teams on the track at a time. Two riders broke their collarbones, and one separated a shoulder.\nIn a different accident, Single Speed Sprinters wrecked between turns three and four. Seconds later, Athena came barreling into them. No one was seriously injured in the collision, but one Single Speed Sprinters rider was taken to the hospital.\nDelta Gamma survived the day and claimed the women't title; the Cutters won the men's crown.\nIn the women's finals, Delta Gamma sneaked past Kappa Alpha Theta by less than a second, in 8:39.56 during the 12-lap race. \nIn the men's event, the Cutters improved on their preliminary time of 9:46.75 by racing to a 15-lap time of 9:44.20 in the finals, defeating Sigma Phi Epsilon, which posted a time of 10:00.65, nearly 15 seconds slower than their preliminary time.\nCutters senior Henrik Wahlberg said his team's knowledge of the track made for smooth going. \n"We know where the bumps are," Wahlberg said. "We haven't wrecked once."\nThe Cutters finished their first 15 laps with only three riders, but all four riders stuck together, finishing two seconds faster than in the preliminaries.\nSigma Phi Epsilon pulled out to an early lead in the finals but began to fall behind as the laps wound down, giving the Cutters a substantial margin of victory. Wahlberg said the Cutters had anticipated Sig Ep's move. \n"Our coaches told us not to worry about it," Wahlberg said.\nThe closest matchup of the night was the women's finals, with Delta Gamma taking the championship over Kappa Alpha Theta by less then a second. The teams were even during the 12-lap run, but Delta Gamma pulled ahead coming off turn two for the victory.\nWhile the defending women's Little 500 champs were disappointed, they maintained that their real focus is on the race.\n"The series events are fun, but they're not the race," Kappa Alpha Theta senior Krissy Johnson said.\nKappa Alpha Theta senior Sara Coffman credits her team's depth for the close race.\n"Our goal was to train for the race," Coffman said. "We want to race well in the series, but that's not our goal."\nKappa Alpha Theta finished ahead of the competition in the series points, with Delta Gamma second and Delta Zeta third. Phi Delta Theta came out on top of the men's points. Phi Gamma Delta came in second and Sigma Phi Epsilon was third.\nThe teams will practice at Bill Armstrong Stadium for the next two weeks until the races.
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After getting swept in four games series at Michigan last weekend, the baseball team is looking to get back to winning when they take on the Division-III Grizzlies of Franklin College Tuesday at Sembower field.\nThe Grizzlies are 11-4 and are ranked seventh in the Midwest region by the American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball poll for the first time since joining the NCAA Division III. Franklin holds a team batting average of .310, a team fielding percentage of .952 and a team ERA of 2.15.\nFranklin is lead offensively by junior designated hitter Tony Sonsini, batting .412 with six doubles, three home runs and 18 RBIs. Junior left hander Josh Adams leads the Grizzly rotation with a 3-0 record, three complete games and a 2.17 ERA in 29 innings pitched.\nDespite not winning a game last weekend against the Wolverines, the Hoosiers said they feel they played well enough to win and hope to do so today.\n"Some breaks didn't go our way," junior first baseman Gibran Hamdan said. "Sure, we didn't make enough plays, but we didn't play bad as a team. I think getting back out in any capacity and trying to get a win and trying to get some confidence will help us."\nRed-shirt sophomore and third baseman Nick Evans said team morale was down, but getting out on the field against the Grizzlies is important for the Hoosiers.\n"We're anxious to get back out and play again and correct some of those mistakes we made this weekend," Evans said. "Everyone knows what they need to do, and as long as we do those things, I think we'll be all right."\nJunior shortstop Eric Blakeley said the team hit the ball well, but the Hoosiers need to start over to be more successful down the road. \n"We wanted to take three out of four (against Michigan), but we came out with a goose egg," he said. "We just need to erase the slate now and just kind of start over."\nEvans said one of the Hoosiers' problems was getting runners across the plate. \n"We need to capitalize on our opportunities offensively," Evans said. "Pitching came out and did a good job this weekend, for the most part.\n"As long as (the pitching staff) continues to improve, and we begin to capitalize on our opportunities, we'll be pretty successful for the rest of the season as long as we can do that," he said.\nToday's game is the last one at home for IU as it takes off on a five-game road trip Wednesday against Wright State and this weekend at Northwestern. The Hoosiers' next home game is April 20 against Eastern Kentucky.\nEvans said today's game could be the start of good things to come for the Hoosiers.\n"The main thing is we're looking to starting a new winning streak here and see what happens the rest of the way as far as the Big Ten and the rest of the season," he said.\nThe Hoosiers are facing a string of injuries. Freshman outfielder Brian Bucciarelli is sitting on the bench and the team has lost two of its freshmen catchers. Freshman Josh Romero was hit in the eye with a racquetball and might require surgery to reduce swelling. Freshman Cody Wargo has a broken finger after it was hit by a baseball. \nHamdan said the team needs to look past the injuries, get out on the field and focus on the game. He said if they do that, he believes they will pick up some wins.\n"If we focus back on doing those little things, that will help us see the big picture and win a little more games," Hamdan said. "Maybe tomorrow will help us do that, just refocus on what wins games and try to stay with those"
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The front row for the 14th women's Little 500 has 14 riders who are capable of competing. But only 12 are eligible to get on the bike on race day.\nWhen the Roadrunners and Delta Zeta took the top two spots in qualifications March 24, they had five riders on the team's rosters. Come race day, one person from each team must be cut to meet the required maximum of four. With three veteran riders, Phi Mu isn't faced with that problem and will be starting from the third spot on the outside of Row 1.\nRoadrunners (2:52.75)\nRoadrunners coach Susan Gasowski called the task of narrowing the roster to four on race day "unfortunate" because she said each rider is capable of riding Friday. As of now, the Roadrunner roster is composed of seniors Amy Bridges, Leslie Gilmore, Randi Ritter and Sam Karn and sophomore Jenn Wangerin. \nGasowski described the team's attitude toward the Little 500 series as a fun one but filled with hard training, something that will help the team on race day.\n"We have a strong bond as a team, and the girls have grown closer and more cohesive as a group as we get closer to race day," Gasowski said. "As the coach, this has been so much fun to see."\nWith four of the five riders being seniors, Gasowski said this gives the team a lot of depth.\n"Every rider has worked so hard, and each rider has pushed one another to make improvements and reach new levels on the bike," Gasowski said. "With the training, dedication and bond that these girls have, I believe that they will add to the excitement of the 2001 Little 500."\nDelta Zeta (2:56.94)\nThe Delta Zeta race team has the same problem as the Roadrunners but with fewer returning riders. Senior Lisa Braudis is the only veteran on the team while seniors Jenni Leslie and Angie Mays, junior Katie Englehart and freshman Katie Brownell are all riding in their first Little 500.\nDespite the inexperience, Braudis said she feels the team has the strength to compete with the best, something she credits to coach Jim Kirkham.\n"We have more heart than I have seen in four years," Braudis said. "Our team is strong mentally as well as physically. Our rookies this year are stronger than the rookies we have had in the past."\nBraudis said their key to race day success is the positive attitude the team maintains during training and throughout the series events.\n"This attitude will help us more on race day than we know at this point," Braudis said. "You can't miss our team; we will be the one(s) smiling on the front line."\nPhi Mu (2:57.37)\nAfter finishing ninth in the 1999 women's Little 500 and falling to 17th by the end of last year's race, the three returning riders on Phi Mu are looking to get back to the top. Seniors Kara Kenney and Jenny Hackett are three-year veterans and junior Sarah Wright is a two-year veteran. Sophomore Analisa Dziedziejko is the only rookie on the team. \nKenney, who is vice-chair of the riders council, said the team has been working on speed, endurance and power riding during training, which included a trip to Venice, Fla., during spring break. She said the team has taken the "never stop riding" approach to its preparation.\n"Watch out," Kenney said. "We love it when our thighs are flaming"
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After competing in the biathlon, street sprints, qualifications, Individual Time Trials, Miss-N-Out and Team Pursuit, it's time for the women's teams to take to the track for the event that matters -- the women's Little 500. \nThe women's teams jumped onto their bikes for the first time competitively in the fall with the biathlon. Next was the street sprints. The series took a mid-semester break until January. Since then, bikes have been making continuous circles around Bill Armstrong Stadium's track in practice and series events.\nNow, after the practice and anticipation, it's time to go, as 30 women's teams grind the cinders for 100 laps to determine the victor of the 14th running of the race at 4 p.m. today at Bill Armstrong Stadium.\nDefending champion Kappa Alpha Theta is the favorite to repeat after taking home the Little 500 series crown from Delta Gamma. The Thetas are led by four strong and consistent returning riders form last year's championship squad. Even though the Thetas will be starting in eighth position -- farther back then they wanted -- it's still three spots higher then last years team. \nNot only is Theta returning four riders, it is also returning another member of last year's squad. Ann Holterhoff led the Thetas to victory in the 2000 edition of the race, and this year she is looking to do just that off that track as the team's coach. \nIn last year's, race a large wreck took out a lot of good riders. Holterhoff said she is trying to get across to her riders the same type of mindset that she kept when trouble occurred and she crossed the finish line first. \n"We have to stay calm and confident," Holterhoff said. "I'm not going to panic, and I don't want them to panic."\nAs long as the team stays calm and out of trouble, the Thetas are going to be a tough team to beat. Holterhoff said that the teams depth will help them to the winners circle.\n"We have four strong riders," Holterhoff said. "Some teams just have two or three strong riders, but since we have four strong ones, we'll have a rested rider on the bike in the final laps."\nUnlike the Thetas, last year's runners-up, Kappa Kappa Gamma is returning no riders from its successful showing in the 2000 event. Despite that, the Gamma's have had an impressive showing this season, qualifying fifth for the race and finishing eighth in the series points. \nAnother team trying to take the title away from the Thetas is the independent team Roadrunners. The Roadrunners set the pace in qualifications and took the pole for today's race. \nRoadrunners coach Susan Gasowski also sees the main strength of her team as its depth. \n"On any given day, the one who puts the fastest times in could change," Gasowski said. "Every rider has worked so hard, and each rider has pushed one another to make improvements and reach new levels on the bike."\nGasowski also expects her team to eat up the competition and add to the excitement that comes with Little 500.\n"I expect for our team to put in the best effort that they can possible do on race day, and that is the most I can ask of them," she said.\nOne rider that is expected to bring some excitement to the track is Alpha Delta Pi senior Emily Derkasch. Derkasch is a constant threat on the track, bringing a package that contains speed and endurance. \nDerkasch lead her team to the 11th-fastest time qualifications day, the same position last year's winners started. She was also a Miss-N-Out semi-finalist and captured the Individual Time Trials crown this year. Derkasch is just looking to finish better than last year's ninth place showing.\n"I think we're always trying to better than last year," Derkasch said. "We're just going to try and stay with lead pack."\nWith all of the events and practices, all of the riders can agree on one thing -- no one knows what's going to happen when the green flag falls.\n"There are so many variables that can happen in the race," Holterhoff said. "It does take luck to win this race"
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On lap 93 of the 100-lap race, Kappa Alpha Theta senior took the exchange, hopped on her Mongoose bike and built a quarter of a lap lead on the four teams that remained on the lead lap, Roadrunners, Kappa Delta and Alpha Gamma Delta. With a quarter of a lap remaining in the race, Johnson could not make up the half a straightaway lead that Roadrunner senior Jenn Wangerin had built in the final lap to win the 14th running of the women's Little 500.\n"I just don't believe it's over," Wangerin said. "It really came together for us."\nThe women's race had started out smooth but quickly took a turn for the worse when a wreck in turn one took out Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta and Alpha Chi Omega. The Alpha Phi rider involved was put onto a stretcher with a neck brace and an oxygen mask covering her face. The paramedic at the scene of the wreck said he wasn't sure how badly the rider was hurt, but said that she was being taken straight to the ambulance instead of the infield care center.\n At the 25-lap mark Delta Gamma, Roadrunners and the Theta's were setting the pace, averaging 20.454 mile per hour. By lap 40 the group of DG, Roadrunners, Thetas, Alpha Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta and Con Fuoco were the only teams out of the 30 participating on the lead lap.\n The race was then slowed again by an accident in between turns three and four as team Ashton and DG were caught up in a wreck that ruined any chances for Delta Gamma victory. \n With three fourths of the race completed, only four teams remained on the lead lap-Roadrunners, Thetas, Kappa Delta and Alpha Gamma Delta. A bad exchanged between AGD riders on lap 92 dropped them to the back of the pack of four, but the team found themselves fighting with the leaders in the final laps.\n AGD rider Heather Poag is the only veteran member of a team that has three rookies. She said that today's performance was a surprise but a pleasant one.\n "We didn't start training until rookie times (in February)," Poag said. "This is just the result of the hard work that we've put into the race."\n The Thetas made their move on lap 93, and Johnson pulled away to a substantial lead, but it ended up wearing her down, leaving her tired for the final seconds of the event.\n "It was a choice of whether to tell her to go now with eight laps left or save herself and go later," Theta coach Ann Holterhoff said. "We had (Johnson) on the bike and we told her to go. The Roadrunners had a fresh rider at the end. That's just the luck of the draw."\n In the middle of the backstretch, Wangerin made her move, passed Johnson and took the checkered flag for the Roadrunners, something she said she knew they were going to do.\n "We knew we were the best team out here," Wangerin said. "I wasn't going to let them beat us. You really don't want to pass on the inside, but I thought I would just got 15 seconds as hard as I could."\n Roadrunners coach Susan Gasowski said that the win just shows that their hard work throughout the year and the extra training in the last month leading up to the race was really worth it.\n "I'm glad that (the Roadrunners) showed up today and ran a great race," Gasowski said. "We knew that raceday was going to be our day."\n With the second place finish today, Johnson has captured the runner-up spot in every single Little 500 event this season, but you won't find her complaining.\n "Sometimes you feel like you've won the race even though you came in second," Johnson said.\n For over an hour and 15 minutes, 30 women's bike teams went head-to-head in a 100 lap brawl, ending in a finish that IUSF assistant director Jonathan Purvis said brought an appropriate end to the women's season.\n "This was outstanding," Purvis said. "Great race, great crowd; this is what this race is all about"
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On Lap 93 of the 100-lap race, Kappa Alpha Theta senior Krissy Johnson took the exchange, hopped on her Mongoose bicycle and built a quarter of a lap lead on the three other teams that remained on the lead lap: Roadrunners, Kappa Delta and Alpha Gamma Delta. \nBut when Johnson needed her legs, on the final lap's back-straightaway, she could not make up the half a straightaway lead that Roadrunner sophomore Jenn Wangerin had built to win the 14th running of the women's Little 500.\n"I just don't believe it's over," Wangerin said. "It really came together for us."\nAt the 25-lap mark Delta Gamma, Roadrunners and the Thetas were setting the pace, averaging 20.454 miles per hour. By Lap 40, the group of DG, Roadrunners, Thetas, Alpha Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta and Con Fuoco were the only teams on the lead lap out of the 30 participating.\nThe race was then slowed again by an accident in between Turns 3 and 4 as Ashton and DG were caught in a wreck that ruined any chances for DG victory. \nWith three-fourths of the race completed, only four teams remained on the lead lap -- Roadrunners, Thetas, Kappa Delta and Alpha Gamma Delta. A bad exchange between AGD riders on Lap 92 dropped them to the back of the pack of four, but the team found themselves fighting with the leaders in the final laps.\nAGD senior rider Heather Poag is the only veteran member of a team that has three rookies. She said the performance was a surprise but a pleasant one.\n"We didn't start training until rookie times (in February)," Poag said. "This is just the result of the hard work that we've put into the race."\nThe Thetas made their move on Lap 93, and Johnson pulled away to a substantial lead, but it wore her down, leaving her tired for the final seconds of the event.\n"It was a choice of whether to tell her to go now with eight laps left or save herself and go later," Theta coach Ann Holterhoff said. "We had (Johnson) on the bike, and we told her to go. The Roadrunners had a fresh rider at the end. That's just the luck of the draw."\nIn the middle of the backstretch, Wangerin made her move, passed Johnson and took the checkered flag for the Roadrunners, something she said she knew they were going to do.\n"We knew we were the best team out here," Wangerin said. "I wasn't going to let them beat us. You really don't want to pass on the inside, but I thought I would just go 15 seconds as hard as I could."\nRoadrunners coach Susan Gasowski said the win shows that the hard work throughout the year and extra training in the last month leading up to the race was really worth it.\n"We knew that race day was going to be our day," Gasowski said.