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The women's golf team entered the final round of the Indiana Invitational yesterday with a seven-stroke lead, hoping to win its first tournament of the year.\nThe Hoosiers are still hoping.\nThey lost their lead to a surging Michigan squad that won its fifth tournament of the year. Michigan finished with a 919, and IU shot a 921.\n"It's kind of disappointing to lose a seven-shot lead, but I think we played very well (Saturday)," head coach Sam Carmichael said. "And (Sunday), the players really hung in there and played hard. Finishing second was excellent; it was just the way we finished that was disappointing."\nIU led the way on the first day and first two rounds of the tournament Saturday. The team shot a 303 first round and a 305 second to forge a seven stroke lead over Illinois (615). \nSophomore Karen Dennison shot a three-under par 71 to lead the Hoosiers individually in the first round. Senior captain Tiffany Fisher shot a 76, and junior Cara Stuckey shot a 77. \nIn the second round, sophomore Mary Lidester fired a 72 to lead the team. \nBut, in the final round, the team shot a 313 as Michigan shot a 301 to jump from third place to first. Fisher shot a 76, Dennison a 78 and Lidester a 79 to lead the team in the last round.\n"It's a little disappointing because we didn't play our best (Sunday)," Dennison said. "But we'll come back next week. It gives us an incentive to play well because we don't like getting beat on our home course."\nIllinois finished the tournament in third place with a 923 team score, followed by Kent State and Michigan State with scores of 924 and 925, respectively. Fisher said the competition proved to be tough. \n"Any time we go against teams in the Big Ten, I feel we always get really good competition," she said. "The Big Ten is just a really strong conference."\nMichigan State senior Emily Bastel took first in the individual standings with a 219. Three Hoosiers cracked the top 10 as Dennison tied for fifth with a 227, Lidester tied for eighth with a 230 and Fisher tied for 10th with a 231.\nPlaying at home gave the Hoosiers the chance to compete on a familiar course. Dennison said having local knowledge of how to play some of the holes gave the team an advantage, although other teams seemed to learn quickly.\n"We definitely had an advantage, because these greens can be really tricky," Dennison said. "But the rest of the teams played them pretty well, so I guess they had them figured out."\nThe team next competes in the Hawkeye Invitational this weekend in Iowa City, Iowa. Carmichael said the Indiana Invite could help teach the team what it takes to win. \n"They had their hearts set on taking this championship, and this is one they wanted to win," Carmichael said. "But sometimes a loss, and the way we lost today, will make us a little better in future tournaments"
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Team Major Taylor will not be disqualified from the Little 500, an arbitration panel announced yesterday. \nIt was a reconvening of the arbitration panel that ruled unanimously on April 4 to keep the team in the race after new evidence surfaced from USA Cycling suggesting Team Major Taylor captain Joshua Weir was ineligible under Little 500 rules. \n"We are pleased to be moving forward and wanting to focus our efforts and our attention on the race itself," IU spokesman Bill Stephan said. "This is a particularly special race with scholarships for 9-11 families and we're really trying to get the focus back on the race."\nThe letter, addressed to IUSF, said that Weir had attained a category I level in December of 2000. Under Little 500 standards, any rider who has held a category I license at any point is deemed ineligible.\nBut, the letter was not offered as evidence in the first arbitration hearing where both sides agreed that the result would be final and binding. \nThe panel, comprised of Terry Bethel, a law professor; Mike Wilkerson, a journalism and arts administration associate professor and Craig Johnson, a SPEA associate professor, reconvened yesterday at the request of Chancellor Sharon Brehm to consider the new evidence, but did not act.\n"The arbitration panel met at the request of Chancellor Sharon Stephens Brehm on April 11, 2002," the panel said in a statement. "All three members of the arbitration panel understand that the panel's authority over the dispute ended when it issued its decision on April 4."\nStephan said the arbitration panel could not move forward without the consent of both sides and that Team Major Taylor would not grant that.\n"My understanding is from their perspective, from the panel's perspective, they could not (act on the evidence) unless they had full consent from all parties to reopen the arbitration process," Stephan said. "My understanding is the Major Taylor team did not wish to reopen the process."\nTeam Major Taylor head coach Courtney Bishop said that his team was not distracted by the arbitration panel because they concentrated on the prior ruling and the race.\n"We really don't have a response (to the arbitration result)," Bishop said. "We're just looking forward to being in the race and the guys are concentrating on school and the race. We've really just stayed focus on schoolwork and the race, so we've tried not to be distracted by much." \nBishop said the team had expected to be in the race all along and continued to believe that. \n"That was our understanding all along," Bishop said. "Since the first arbitration we've just been concentrating on schoolwork and the race. Our expectations are where the other 33 teams are. We're just trying to concentrate on what we can do and we're not really focused on anybody else." \nThe decision has met with criticism from many of the participants of other teams in the race.\nSeniors, riders council chair Michael Nierengarten of Fiji, co-chair Kevin Vanes of Acacia, Todd Cornelius of Fiji, Daniel Burns of Team Corleones and Mike Rubin of Gafombi contacted the IDS to voice their concerns regarding the situation. \n"We're really disappointed that it is so blatantly obvious that this rule is being overlooked," Vanes said. "It compromises something that we put every day and every minute of our lives into. It's not fair to us or anyone involved and somebody has to do something about this." \nThe riders said there are two options for resolving the issue. The first is for Team Major Taylor to admit wrongdoing and resign from the race. The second is for IU President Myles Brand to step in and take action. The riders also said they would like to be part of the process. \nThe riders said that Weir's shift from a category 1 to a category 3 rider constituted a blatant abuse of the rules.\n"In the cycling community, it's a national caliber rider going to a category 3 level, which is club level," Burns said. "It's like Jeff Gordon going down to race go-carts. If Jeff Gordon were racing go-carts, that's what it would be like."\nTeam Major Taylor will get back to cycling today at Team Pursuit, the final Little 500 series event. The team is scheduled to race the last heat before finals against Chi Phi at 7:36 p.m. \nStaff reporter Katie Schoenbaechler contributed to this story.
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Second best isn't good enough for junior Roadrunner Jenn Wangerin. \n"Who remembers who finishes second?" Wangerin said. "You either win or you don't win. To finish second is the same as finishing in fifth." \nBut, so far, finishing second hasn't been much of a problem for Wangerin or her team. Wangerin was the one who raced the final laps in last year's Little 500 to propel her team to a first place finish. Likewise, it was Wangerin who this year won Individual Time Trials by a full four seconds, bettering her previous time by over 16 seconds. So, it comes as no surprise she anticipates nothing less than a repeat performance in this year's race.\n"We're going to win," she said. "That's how I approach it, that's how you have to approach it." \nWangerin's talent may be cause enough give the Roadrunners a shot at repeating, even though she is the only returning rider from last year's squad. Roadrunners head coach Susan Gasowski said she ranks Wangerin as one of the best Little 500 women's cyclists ever. \n"I really believe -- and I've been involved with the race for about eight years or so -- from what I've seen, she is the best women's Little 500 rider that I've ever seen," Gasowski said. "That's my opinion, but I have been extremely impressed with her talent, her ability and her dedication."\nWangerin began cycling at IU almost by accident. While her father rode recreationally and she had competed in a club, Wangerin was a successful high school track and field athlete and came to IU intending to compete in that sport. But injury problems forced her to reconsider. Within the first week of school, Wangerin found she couldn't run longer distances without pain and decided to pursue cycling instead. \nWangerin bought a mountain bike and began practicing, a sometimes painful, crash-filled process during which she became acquainted with the cycling crowd. It was through that experience she became a Roadrunner. \n"What really helped me (is) within a couple weeks I was approached by a Roadrunner mountain biker, and I got involved in the Roadrunners," Wangerin said. "It helped a lot to have an organized program. I wasn't aimlessly riding the bike. It was great jumping in with a program and having other riders to ride with who had already been riding and knew more about competing."\nWangerin quickly caught on with the Roadrunners. She helped the team earn a first-place finish at the 2001 qualifications before finishing tops on her team and third overall at the Individual Time Trials. \nBy the time the Little 500 came around, her three senior teammates knew they had one last shot at winning the event. Wangerin didn't disappoint. She took the last exchange and passed the Kappa Alpha Theta rider on the inside to secure a victory. \nWhile Wangerin expects to win again, she said this year the team has a different attitude. In only one year, she's gone from the lone rookie to the lone veteran as she is joined by three first-year riders. \n"This year she had to take a total 180 degree turn and take a different direction with the team," Gasowski said. "It's been a learning experience for her, but one that she's fit very well."\nTeammate Sarah Fredrickson said Wangerin impresses her with her knowledge of the race as well as her immense talent. \n"She's been great," she said. "I'm really, really glad to have her on my team and not my opponent's team, I'll tell you that. She'll make an impact (this year). Definitely."\nWhen all is said and done at IU, Wangerin hopes to forge a career as a professional cyclist. But Wangerin knows she'll never forget the experience that is the Little 500. \n"I like the tradition of it, that's what really appeals to me," she said. "It's the tradition that's cool. It's been around for so long, the campus support is amazing. It's a totally unique event -- nothing else can compare to it"
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Twenty-seven days ago at qualifications, the field for the women's Little 500 was set. Today, the field will be set loose to determine the 2002 women's Little 500 champion.\n"It's going to be an awesome race," IU Student Foundation assistant director and Little 500 coordinator Alex Ihnen said. "I think the race is going to be really competitive. The field is wide open. The returning championship team has maybe the strongest rider on the track, but a number of other teams are deeper.\n"It's going to be an awesome race."\nThe actual race is the culmination of rigorous practice schedules for the racers. Many teams have practiced since the beginning of the semester and some since the beginning of the school year. Teams have also had the chance to build up to the race through the Little 500 series, a string of events that focuses on different aspects of the real race. This year, teams competed in two events, Individual Time Trials (ITT) and Miss-N-Out. A third, Team Pursuit, was canceled because of rain.\nKappa Kappa Gamma took the pole position at qualifications, followed by Kappa Alpha Theta in second. Those two teams hope to add to a rich history that includes three race titles each over the past eight years. Con Fuoco, an independent team with just one returning rider, rounds out the first row. \nKappa Kappa Gamma had a 2:48.644 qualification time and continued its strong riding in both series events. At ITTs, three Kappas finished in the top 10, and senior Kristin Carpenter, a rookie, won Miss-N-Out. \n"We're extremely excited for the race," Carpenter said. "This has been all of our life since December, so this is the culmination of a long few months of hard work and practice. We feel that we should be in the front of the pack all day. We've trained and we're in it to win."\nRoadrunners, an independent team, won the race last year and qualified eighth with only one returning rider from their championship squad. But that rider is junior Jenn Wangerin, one of the fastest in the field. \nAlthough Wangerin is joined by three rookies, she is confident the team can forge a top finish. She said the toughest part could be adjusting to the actual race-day environment.\n"For a lot of people, Little 5 is this thing that's always there and you're training for it, but it doesn't exist," Wangerin said. "Then race day comes and it's there and it can be overwhelming. You go into the infield, and the track is different and it's a whole new perspective. (My teammates) are all really excited, but they're dealing with it pretty well." \nWith crashes, injuries and the race-day excitement, riders know it takes more than being physically ready for the race. Carpenter said there are a number of variables that go into performing well on race day. \n"First, you need luck," Carpenter said. "If there is one thing you need in the Little 5, it's luck. You also have to be smart, stay calm and listen to your coaches. You also have to put it all out there. We don't want to have anything left in our legs when we're done."\nLuck could also play a role in the actual running of the race. Early forecasts show the possibility of rain, which could potentially delay the race. If bad weather does strike, the IUSF will try to get the race in until 11 p.m. and then at 10 a.m. Saturday if the weather continues through the night.\nBarring bad weather, the race will begin today at 4 p.m. at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
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Jenn Wangerin did it again. \nLast year, the junior took the Roadrunners' final exchange and led her team to victory. This year was no different. With 20 laps to go, Wangerin took the bike and kept near the front of the pack.\nAs the one-hundredth and final lap opened, Wangerin had a small advantage over second-place Kappa Kappa Gamma. Midway through that lap, Wangerin made her move, sprinting for a nearly four-bike-length lead and the 15th women's Little 500 race title. \n"I don't believe this, this is amazing," Wangerin said immediately after the race. "We couldn't have visualized a better race. It went exactly how we wanted it to go. Last year I was a rookie and I didn't know much about Little 5. It was awesome to win, but this year the race is infinitely more important to me. I know a lot more about Little 5. I wanted this race so much more than anyone else out there. I'm sure of it."\nAn early crash assured three of the most prolific teams in race history would have the opportunity to add to their legacy. After a wreck in the eighth lap that took out fourth place qualifier Phi Mu, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta and Roadrunners took the lead. Those three teams had combined to win each of the previous eight races, with the Kappas and Thetas each taking three. The teams stayed in the front of the pack for much of the duration of the race. \nBy the time the final lap came, Kappa Alpha Theta had fallen back and the title came down to Kappa Kappa Gamma or Roadrunners. Wangerin led by less than a bike length at the onset of the final lap before she sprinted for the lead midway through. The team won with a 1:09.58 time, one second ahead of Kappa. \nLast year, Roadrunners took the pole and won the race behind a trio of veteran riders and then-rookie Wangerin. This year, Wangerin was the only veteran on a team that qualified in eighth and was joined by three first year riders in teammates freshman Sarah Fredrickson, sophomore Emily Baltes and junior Mary Craig.\n"Jenn's amazing," IUSF assistant director and Little 500 coordinator Alex Ihnen said. "I think the question people had was whether she could do it by herself. I think her teammates helped her when they had to. She couldn't have done it by herself, but when she was on the track, she took care of business. She was out there almost showing off. It wasn't all that close."\nAfter qualifying first and displaying dominant performances during the Little 500 series, Kappa Kappa Gamma was still pleased with their second place finish and the teamwork it took to achieve. \n"We're very pleased with our performance," sophomore Kappa Kappa Gamma rider Alison Edwards said. "We know all around we're still the best team out there. It's a team thing and we love this race. We didn't do it with one person, we did it with everyone we had. It was all teamwork."\nCaptain Meg Haney said no one matched Kappa's teamwork.\n"One person can't win the race and Little 500 was a team event," Haney said. "We knew we were the strongest team out there." \nKappa Alpha Theta, who won the race in 2000 and were runners up last year, finished in third, 36 seconds behind Kappa. Senior Theta rider, Krissy Johnson said a top-three finish provided a positive finale for her collegiate cycling career. \n"It's a good way to cap it off," Johnson said. "I'm a fifth-year senior, so this was my last hurrah. It was great. We went out looking to ride hard and leave our hearts on the track. We did. I think we had a great race." \nIn taking the checkered flag for her team, Wangerin became the third rider to cross the finish line first in consecutive years. Already, she has hopes of becoming the first to do so three races in a row.\n"I'm definitely looking forward," Wangerin said. "We're excited to go after a third win next year"
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Despite seemingly constant controversy, protests from other riders, legal action the day before the race and a pulled sponsorship, Team Major Taylor lined up outside the first row of Saturday's Little 500 and raced to a ninth-place finish.\n"For our first year in the race, it's not bad. Top 10 is not bad," freshman Joshua Weir said. "But as a team we weren't prepared."\nThe team has been the subject of controversy since a letter revealed after an arbitration hearing that Weir attained a professional level of competitive status, thereby making him ineligible by Little 500 standards. But the arbitration hearing was final, meaning even with new evidence, Weir could compete.\nAs Team Major Taylor was introduced prior to the race, a chorus of boos could be heard from the crowd. Weir said he didn't let negative energy from the crowd affect the team and chose to focus instead on the cheers from team supporters. \nWeir led for the team and stayed with the lead pack for the first 15 laps. When Weir exchanged the bike to a teammate after the 15th lap, the team began to drift back. Around lap 160, with the team in fourth place, Team Major Taylor rider Kurtis Bishop wrecked and was taken to the medical tent. When the race was over, the team had secured a ninth-place finish.\nIU Student Foundation assistant director and Little 500 coordinator Alex Ihnen said when Team Major Taylor began to fall back, the other teams worked to leave them behind.\n"It was a good performance; they were a solid team," Ihnen said. "They had a rider who left a gap in front of himself and the pack and fell back. Before he came out, they were down almost a half lap. They put Josh in and he caught up about a quarter of that distance. But when Team Major Taylor dropped off the back, the other teams worked together until they lapped them."\nWeir said the team made the statement that they have no intention of giving up on the race.\n"We're not going away," Weir said. "We have the talent. We have the speed. It was 30 teams against one. And we finished ninth. We're going to build from here."\nIn addition to the controversy in the weeks leading up to the race, Team Major Taylor was the focal point of several issues that developed just prior to the race. Phi Gamma Delta rider Todd Cornelius and Acacia rider Kevin Vanes filed a lawsuit against IU and Team Major Taylor and also sought an order to bar Weir from competing. A judge dismissed the order Friday. \nNeither Cornelius or Vanes would comment on the lawsuit.\n"People have a right to do what they're going to do," Team Major Taylor head coach Courtney Bishop said. "I have no hard feelings toward anyone. They have a right to do what they want to do."\nTeam Major Taylor also learned days before the race that McDonalds, its team sponsor, was dropping its sponsorship. The team raced with black strips on the front of their jerseys where the sponsorship name normally appears and had a blank track-side sign where corporate sponsorship logos normally appear.\nBishop said the team was surprised by the decision but was not disappointed by it.\n"We don't know what happened to the sponsorship," he said. "We completely respect them and love the organization. We support any decision that McDonalds makes."\nAfter the race, Bishop held up a board that read "See you next year" to the throngs of fans who cheered his team on behind Team Major Taylor's pit. Bishop has no doubt his team will be back.\n"Absolutely," he said. "We will absolutely be back next year. And the year after that"
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The Little 500 has been no stranger to controversy this year, and the women's race was no exception. Gamma Phi Beta rode in the race unofficially and was not counted in the final standings after being told on race day one of its riders was ineligible. \nThe IU Student Foundation was informed on race day from Gamma Phi Beta Nationals that senior and captain Deirdre Finzer, who is also an IDS photographer, was not in good order with the sorority and could not participate in extracurricular events. \n"The national organization of Gamma Phi Beta notified us that Deirdre was not in good standing with her sorority," IUSF assistant director and Little 500 coordinator Alex Ihnen said. "For our rules, you have to be in good standing with your organization in order to represent them. So, she was notified and told she would not be able to represent her team."\nAfter a several week ordeal that had Finzer optimistic she could race, Finzer found out hours before the race that she could not. She met with her teammates, who made it clear that without their captain, they didn't want to participate. \n"She expressed her strong desire to ride and asked what we could do," Ihnen said. "We said 'We don't physically remove people from the track. We're not going to use force to remove people from the track in the middle of the race or after the race has started.' So we said, 'It's your choice, if you take the track and race, we just won't keep track of how many laps you do. We didn't score the team."\nGamma Phi Beta decided just to be disqualified and race anyway. Finzer ended up leading for the team.\nThe ruling goes back to an incident in the fall when Finzer and her roommate were accused of smoking marijuana in their room. As reprimand, Finzer had to give up positions on Riders Council and as a rush counselor and was put on probation. \n"I've suffered enough punishment for this," Finzer said. "Everything I was fighting for was to be in Little 5."\nIn the weeks leading up to the Little 500, the issue was rekindled as members of Gamma Phi Beta wrote letters to bring the issue in front of the executive board. Both sides -- Finzer and the sorority -- hired lawyers. Finzer hoped to represent the house in the race and believed the issue could be resolved, opting not to deactivate from the house and race independently.\nTwo weeks prior to the race, Finzer received a letter informing her she wasn't kicked out of the house, but that her membership privileges were suspended. Thus, she couldn't participate in the race.\n"They made our life a living hell this year," Finzer said. "Mind you, we're seniors, we're supposed to be enjoying this year. This is our last year. I seriously would have deactivated and lived out this year if I'd known all the hell I would have had to go through. It's ridiculous. The only reason I stayed in the house was to ride in Little 500." \nFinzer had intended to participate in the race despite the letter while hoping that no one from Nationals found out. Finzer alleged that sorority president Kristin Modrowski informed Nationals in an act of personal spite. \n"It was a personal vendetta," Finzer said. "I have no doubt. She's told people 'Deirdre won't ride. Deirdre will not ride.' But I proved her wrong."\nAs president, Modrowski said she could not comment on the situation. But she said Finzer's claims were erroneous. \n"It's not true," Modrowski said of the claims. \nEven though they won't count in the final standings, Gamma Phi Beta believes it would have finished sixth. After the race was over, Finzer thanked IUSF director Jonathan Purvis and Ihnen for giving her the opportunity to ride in her last Little 500, even under the circumstances. \n"They won't have a finishing position," Ihnen said, "but she got to ride"
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Losing a leader is never easy. But, the women's soccer team is losing not only a leader in graduating senior Kelly Kram, but also a dedicated teammate, an experienced player and a humorous personality. After four years of stellar play for the Hoosiers, Kram will graduate tomorrow with a degree in exercise science.\n"It's really hard (to leave)," Kram said. "I'm excited, but I'm kind of scared. I think I've progressed a lot as a person at IU. I've become a lot more independent and I've grown up a lot."\nAfter graduation, Kram will move to Dallas, Tex. where she will work with a pharmaceutical company. While she is excited about her future, Kram said it will be tough to leave IU. \nTeammate Emily Hotz, a sophomore, said Kram's talent and personality will be missed.\n"She brought leadership," Hotz said. "She definitely brought her enthusiasm and her outstanding personality and she always made everything more fun. She had a great atttitude about soccer and everything else. She'll be very successful -- she has a great work ethic and personality."\nKram has played soccer for most of her life. While in kindergarten, her father coached a soccer team and helped to develop Kram's interest in the sport. Her siblings are also rich in talent for the sport, as her older sister played for the University of Missouri and her younger sister is a freshman on the University of Texas squad. \nKram, a native of Chesterfield, Mo., decided to come to IU while at Lafayette High School, where her soccer coach was an IU grad. She was looking for a school that wasn't too far away, but still let her leave home. IU provided a perfect fit. \nIn her first three seasons, Kram established herself on the team as an offensive force. In her freshman year, Kram scored a goal against Wright State to bolster a 3-1 win in the first round of the NCAA tournament. In her junior year, Kram started all 18 games and led the team with five goals, four assists and 14 points. As a senior, she took on a more defensive role as well as a leadership role as a team captain. \n"It really wasn't that hard to be a captain," Kram said. "The girls were always really good. It wasn't hard at all."\nIn addition to leading on the field, former head coach Joe Kelley said Kram had a penchant for keeping spirits high with humor and levity. He remembers how Kram would always try to trick the coaching staff into partaking in a rookie initiation ceremony where freshman teammates would have to dance down the aisles of the team bus. \n"She was just funny," Kelley said. "She had a great sense of humor. She was a pleasure to be around."\nAs for her attempt in the rookie initiation, Kelley eventually gave in.\n"She always tried to make the coaches do it and it was always very funny the ways she would attempt that," he said. "Once and only once, yes, she succeeded." \nKram said humor plays an important role in keeping spirits high as well as fostering a satisfaction for the sport.\n"I think humor is good," Kram said. "There's always a time and place for it, but I think you have to have a good balance between hard work and also being able to laugh about things and have a good time. If you don't enjoy playing, I don't think you're going to be a good player."\nKelley said the transition from having Kram's personality, talent and leadership on the team will be a difficult one. \n"It's hard," he said. "She is somebody that the girls are going to miss and I will definitely miss because she was easy to coach from a standpoint that she understood what I wanted. You try to get those relationships with certain players where they become a coach on the field, and that's going to be hard to replace. But she's going to do great. Whatever Kelly does in any line of business, she'll be very successful"
(04/26/02 5:27am)
Michigan has won five titles this year in tournaments in which the IU women's golf team has competed. This weekend, the Hoosiers are hoping to overcome Michigan's dominating season in the tournament that matters most. All of the Big Ten schools compete today through Sunday in the conference tournament in Champaign, Ill. \n"The Big Ten tournament is probably the most important event of our season," head coach Sam Carmichael said. "We're looking forward to competing. The Big Ten is very strong this year, and it should be good competition."\nCarmichael will fill out his lineup card with senior captain Tiffany Fisher, junior Cara Stuckey and sophomores Ambry Bishop, Karen Dennison, Danah Ford and Mary Lidester. \nHost Illinois holds the tournament at its home course, the 6,276, par-72 yard Stone Creek Golf Club. The Hoosiers played the course earlier in the year at the Northern Invitational in September. The team tied for fourth.\n"It's a really nice course," Dennison said. "It's relatively wide open. There are some challenges and some holes where you have to hit tough shots. It's a very good course to have (the Big Ten tournament) on."\nIn their last tournament, the Hoosiers finished fourth after rain canceled the final two rounds of the Lady Buckeye Invitational. With just two rounds recorded, Ford tied for the ninth spot in the individual standings with a 152. Stuckey tied for 11th with a 153 and Dennison tied for 16th with a 154. \nAlthough Michigan wasn't in the field for the Lady Buckeye Invite, conference foes still dominated the standings. Kent State, Ohio State and Michigan State finished in the top three spots respectively, ahead of IU. \nCarmichael knows the depth and talent of the conference will make the tournament tough for the Hoosiers. But he said he thinks his team can compete with Michigan.\n"They've been strong all season, and we don't have a good record against them -- but I think we're optimistic," Carmichael said. "We've been playing well; we've been practicing well. It's a good golf course, and we get to start from scratch."\nLast year at the Big Ten tournament, Michigan State took the title, and IU and Northwestern tied for second place. Fisher placed fifth in the individual standings with a 305.\nThe tournament begins today with the first two rounds and continues with one round each Saturday and Sunday. Bishop said the team is excited and ready to play well. \n"We're really excited," she said. "Our goal all season has been to come in and play well at Big Tens. It's something we think about all the time. We have a really good chance to win. Every week we've been right around the top"
(04/19/02 5:04am)
In each of the women's golf teams last two tournaments, Michigan won and IU took second. This weekend, the Hoosiers compete in the Lady Buckeye Invitational, taking on a field that is without the Wolverines.\nBut that doesn't mean the Hoosiers anticipate an easy victory. \n"This tournament is going to be a very tough tournament with the field and the golf course we're going to be playing on," Coach Sam Carmichael said. "This is a difficult course that will test our ability. The Scarlet Course could be the finest collegiate golf course in the nation."\nCarmichael will fill out his lineup with sophomores Karen Dennison, Ambry Bishop, Danah Ford and Mary Lidester, junior Cara Stuckey and senior Tiffany Fisher. \nThe tournament will be held at the Ohio State University Scarlet Golf Course in Columbus, Ohio. The par-72, 7,141-yard course is ranked as the best collegiate golf course by Golf Digest magazine. \nJoining IU in the 15-team field are Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State (Scarlet), Ohio State (Gray), Ohio, Purdue, Toledo, Wisconsin and Xavier. \n"I'm really looking forward to it," Ford said. "We kind of had a slow start. But each tournament we keep improving. I'm just looking forward to it. There's several Big Ten schools there, so it should give us a good idea of where we stand."\nThe Hoosiers competed last weekend in the Hawkeye Invitational, where they fell victim to a dominant Michigan performance but were able to outpace the rest of the field. Michigan had a 21-stroke advantage after the first two rounds and eventually won by 15 strokes. But the Hoosiers' 903 second-place finish was 14 strokes better than third-place Iowa. \nDennison tied for seventh overall and shot a 1-under-par 72 in the final round. \n"The first day I wasn't playing so well," Dennison said. "I was hitting the ball well but not scoring well. Sunday, I played a lot better. As a team, we didn't play as well as we thought we could've."\nWith the Big Ten tournament only a week after this tournament and seven Big Ten schools competing, the Hoosiers know a solid performance could bolster hopes for a top finish in the conference.\n"It would be very big," Dennison said. "We need to get our confidence up with Big Tens the next week. Playing well would be a big confidence booster for us."\nThe competition gets started Saturday with the first two rounds and continues Sunday with the final round. Competition begins at 8:30 a.m. each day.
(04/17/02 4:48pm)
Three seniors and a rookie led the Roadrunners to victory last year. Now, three rookies and a budding star hope to repeat.\n"We want to win," junior Jenn Wangerin said. "We expect to."\nWangerin, the race rookie last year and leader this year, has evolved into a premier competitor. Already, Wangerin has won the Individual Time Trial by a full four seconds and rode two of four qualification laps in leading the Roadrunners to an eighth-place qualification position. \nHer performances thus far have proven she's inherited the veteran role her teammates held last year. She is a former track and field athlete who has blossomed as a cyclist only since coming to IU. So, after learning the ins and outs of track racing and the Little 500 as a rookie just last year, Wangerin now finds herself teaching all she has learned to her rookie riding mates. \n"A lot of times at practice I'll explain all that I do," Wangerin said. "If I do something specific, I explain why I do it. I'll watch them at the track and tell them things that they need to be aware of. I give different advice on what they should be doing and thinking about.\n"Being new to the race, they have a lot of different things to learn."\nGone from the team are last year's seniors Amy Bridges, Leslie Gilmore, Randi Ritter and Sam Karn. In their place are a trio of rookie riders -- freshman Sarah Fredrickson, sophomore Emily Baltes and junior Mary Craig. \nHead coach Susan Gasowski said while the team lost a lot of experience, she has been impressed with the work ethic and rapid improvement of the rookies.\n"It's a little bit to our disadvantage because of the experience we lost," she said. "But I think through the work the team has done, they will overcome that. I couldn't have asked for a greater team to work with."\nFredrickson, a native of northern Illinois, joined the Roadrunners without much advance knowledge of the Little 500. When she began, she had no idea if or how much the team would train. Once she learned the intense preparation teams undergo for the race, she and her co-rookies embraced it, with the help of Wangerin's mental and physical pointers. \n"She tells us everything," Fredrickson said. "She's the one of us who knows everything. She told us how we should ride, how we should feel, different strategies, who are good riders and good teams. We're better tenfold because of it."\nThat the Roadrunners won the race only a year ago isn't putting any undue pressure on the riders. Rather, Fredrickson believes that just encourages the team and lets it know high expectations can garner big results. \n"We want to match our performance last year of course," Fredrickson said. "There is no pressure on us at all, but we are all striving toward that." \nGasowski said she believes this year's team fields just as much talent as last year's and expects another shot at taking the checkered flag.\n"It was awesome (winning)," she said. "I think we are at that level to be able to do something like that again. But it was so awesome. When I won in 1997, I was a rider, and it was just as good being a coach and winning. So, it was pretty cool"
(04/17/02 4:28pm)
The front row of the 2002 women's Little 500 is no surprise to enthusiasts of the race. Since 1994, only Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta and the Roadrunners, last year's victors, have won the event. \nEach squad has three race titles over that period, with Kappa Alpha Theta last winning in 2000 and Kappa Kappa Gamma in 1999. Those two teams are in the front row again this year.\nJoining them in the front row is Con Fuoco, a team that has three new members but is bolstered by the leadership of team captain and Riders Council co-chair Robyn Faike, a senior. \nIn the second row, Phi Mu also has a lone returning rider in senior and captain Analisa Dziedziejko. Alpha Phi Omega and Single Speed Sprinters, the fifth and sixth qualifying teams, ended the race last year in 21st and 23rd place and hope to improve on those finishes.\nWhile all teams are pleased with being in the first two rows, they know, come race day, it will take more than a strong pole position to win the race.
(04/17/02 4:24pm)
The Little 500 was created in 1951 as more than just an intramural bike race. It was established in part to raise funds to help working students, IU Student Foundation members and Little 500 riders through scholarships. \nOne million dollars later, it's safe to say that IUSF has done just that. \n"We've become the first student organization in the country to give away one million dollars in scholarships," IUSF assistant director and Little 500 coordinator Alex Ihnen said. "When the Student Foundation was founded in 1951, part of the purpose was to help students to help themselves."\nIUSF awards thirty-four $1,000 scholarships to working students based on academic standing and total hours worked during school. More than $8,000 is awarded annually to IUSF members and $5,800 is awarded to Little 500 riders each year. So far, IUSF scholarship money has been dispersed to help more than 3,900 students. \nThere are seven different scholarships aimed exclusively at Little 500 riders, all catering to a different set of applicants. The Riders Council award is granted to a member of the men's and women's council whereas the Michael N. Erickson Award is given to a rider who has overcome adversity. The Fritz Westenfelder Award and Christopher A. Bowden awards serve to recognize riders with strong leadership roles while the Little 500 Working Rider Scholarship is given to a rider who works at least 10 hours per week. The F. Mckinley Blough Award and Nancy Blough Blackwell Little 500 Memorial Award are $1,000 scholarships given to a male and female rider respectively for overall performance and attitude during the race. \n"Reaching one million dollars is huge," IUSF assistant director and women's race adviser Megan Quigley said. "The race was started to try and get students to help themselves in a way that fostered spirit and tradition, and you have a tangible result in the scholarship money that's been raised." \nThis year, there are also three new memorial scholarships in remembrance and recognition of three IU students' fathers who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. \nKappa Kappa Gamma junior captain Meg Haney said the scholarship money IUSF raises gives riders a sense of pride in what they're accomplishing. \n"You don't go out riding or practicing thinking about the money behind IUSF," Haney said. "But you realize that it's something that IUSF does for all these students, and that makes you feel good." \nAll of the money raised by IUSF comes directly from fund raising programs put on entirely by student members. Ihnen said it's remarkable to see students helping one another in such numbers. \n"Where our money comes from -- every last cent -- are students raising money for other students," he said. "I think that's what's truly remarkable. IUSF has maybe 500 members a year and all the events they put on raise money for other students. \n"It's hard to imagine 500 college students getting together and being that unselfish. All of them understand the work they do does help people, and I think that's pretty cool"
(04/17/02 3:59pm)
In 1987, four Kappa Alpha Theta riders enrolled in qualifications for the Little 500 -- an all male race at the time. The squad wasn't trying to make a statement as much as it was looking for an outlet for its love of cycling.\nBut after not qualifying for the race itself, the girls nonetheless made a statement as they effectively challenged the status quo. \nThe next year, after 36 straight years of a men's Little 500, the women's race was born. This year's event marks the 15th anniversary of that historic race with the 15th running of the women's Little 500. \n"I think it's very impressive to see how far it's come," IU Student Foundation assistant director and women's race adviser Megan Quigley said. "To have the race come along so strongly and to reach these levels so quickly is impressive. There are eight or nine incredibly strong teams in this year's race. That's a huge accomplishment and just pushes everyone else to the next level." \nBut getting to that level has been in the works for some time. In the beginning of the men's Little 500, women decorated the pits for the race and were vocal supporters of the men's teams. Then, in 1955, the Mini 500 was established to give women an opportunity to take part in the race. Throughout the 1970s, a number of women tried unsuccessfully to enter the race, most of them missing the cut at qualifications. By 1984, IUSF realized women had an interest in cycling and created a women's division in Team Pursuit, a Little 500 series event. The following year, a women's division was created in another series event, Miss-N-Out.\nIn 1987, following Theta's attempt to qualify, series event riders Debbie Satterfield of Stonies and Jill Janov of Spokeswomen joined Phyllis Klotman, the dean of IU's Office of Women's Affairs, and the IUSF in devising the women's race. \n"I think the first race was very well-received," IUSF archivist Judy Spears Palmer said. "When it finally came to the point in 1987, the Thetas did (participate in qualifications); they just weren't fast enough. But they weren't willing to just take that and leave it. They went to Phyllis Klotman, and her participation in this effort made it happen.\n"They finally got to someone high enough in the administration to get something happening. And it only took a year. We had a race in 1988. That's amazing." \nOne year later, a new Little 500 tradition began. Two of the Thetas who had attempted to qualify in the men's race the year before returned. The race immediately found acceptance, as 30 teams participated. Willkie Sprint took the inaugural title by turning the race into a series of 10-lap sprints, a strategy that then-Theta head coach Tom Schwoegler said his team realized too late. Thetas finished the race in second place. \n"It was an eye-opening experience, definitely a fun experience," Schwoegler said. "Because the Thetas had the two women who had basically championed the women's event, we definitely had a lot of momentum on our side.\n"In the years that I coached the Theta team, my comment would always be, a lot of teams have alumni that come back but only the Thetas have the two who beat their brains out to get this thing to happen."\nIn 1989, Beyond Control won the second women's race by setting a track record that still stands today for fastest time. Team Sprint won the third race a year later. But, by the early '90s, the race had already begun to dwindle from its upstart beginnings. Already, the field of 30 fell to 27 in 1989, 25 in 1990 and 22 in 1991. \n"At that point, people thought 'This is not going to work. Women are not interested in competing against each other and working as hard,'" IUSF assistant director and Little 500 coordinator Alex Ihnen said. "To see it come back from that to where it is today is impressive. It really shows there is a forum and a place for women to compete if they want to do it."\nIn 1992 and 1993, the Landsharks became the first women's team to win back-to-back races. The following year, Kappa Alpha Theta, led by Schwoegler as coach, became the second. 1994 also ushered in a streak of dominance by three teams that is still active today. Of the last eight races dating back to 1994, either Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta or Roadrunners has taken the checkered flag. \nSince 1994, participation in the event began to shoot up. Thirty-two teams raced in 1998 and 1999, and there are 30 teams racing in this year's event -- with a record number of overall participants. The IUSF has hopes that one day the field will reach 33, the maximum number of teams allowed in the race. \n"That's going to happen. Sooner or later, it will," Palmer said. "Back in those years when we had 22, 23, 24, now we have 30 and that's just going to get stronger. The women's interest is there. Why shouldn't we have women out there supporting the race?"\nWith all the fanfare, excitement and tradition surrounding the men's race, the women's race has never been able to live up to the same standard of popularity. But the race has found a strong base of supporters, enough to ensure its continued success in the years to come. \n"You really do hear people say that they like the women's race better," Quigley said. "They honestly like the women's race better. You do hear it, and it's very nice to hear it."\nSchwoegler, who has also coached in the men's race, is one of those people. \n"I like the men's Little 500," Schwoegler said. "But, to me, the women's race is infinitely more interesting. It's infinitely more rewarding for me as a spectator and as a coach. With a guy, it's a testosterone thing; they get to walk around campus and say 'Hey, I won Little 500.' It's a huge deal. \n"But if you sit down across from four women, rationally, there is absolutely no good reason for them to do this. The prizes aren't that great, the recognition isn't that great, the chance that they can get hurt and physically scarred is significant -- but they go out there and do it anyhow. I have a great deal of admiration for any woman no matter if they're a contending team, a championship team or just a team that goes out to expand their own horizons, to take some risks. That's where the value of this thing lies: They can go out there and have a rewarding experience"
(04/17/02 5:17am)
Everything went in order for the Hoosiers in the fourth inning of yesterday's 9-0 win over IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis. In the top of the frame, starting pitcher Allison Cooke had her only 1-2-3 inning of the day. In the bottom half, the team led off with three straight hits -- a single, a double and a triple. The triple, off the bat of junior third baseman Heather Suca, sent teammates Annika Ochoa and Brooke Monroe home for a 7-0 lead. IU added two more runs in the inning on a sacrifice fly by junior catcher Stormy Hanson and a bases-loaded single by junior center fielder Katie Joy for a nine-run advantage. Cooke pitched a scoreless top of the fifth to invoke a nine-run, game-ending rule. \n"I think we handled (IUPUI) exactly the way that we should have," Coach Diane Stephenson said. "That's impressive because we haven't done that. We came out and played well."\nHanson started the scoring for the Hoosiers, taking a pitch from Jaguar pitcher Megan Fultz in the first inning and driving it over the wall in left-center for an early 2-0 advantage. It was Hanson's seventh home run of the year.\nThe Hoosiers scored three more runs in the third inning. Suca led off with a single, and Hanson then hit a line-drive single to left field. After Suca and Hanson advanced on a bunt by designated hitter Heather Stillians, right fielder Abby Stark doubled both runners home. IUPUI countered with a new pitcher, sophomore Stacy Lear, but first baseman Valerie White hit a near carbon-copy of Stark's double to left to drive in another run. \n"We did what we do in practice every day," Hanson said. "We just sat back and swung our bats. It was great. We do it every day in practice, so it was good to see it work today in the game."\nCooke pitched all five innings to earn her first win of the year. She gave up six hits and was able to get out of jams early. In the second, with two runners on and one out, Cooke got a popout and a groundout to second base.\nIn the third inning, IUPUI had runners at second and third with only one out. But Cooke got Jaguar first baseman Blair Bronson to pop up in foul territory. White caught the ball and threw home to tag out Fultz for the last out. \n"I'm very pleased. It's nice to get a win," Cooke said. "I felt like I came out, was strong and didn't have any errors. Solid defense is really what it comes down to. You're going to get out of jams with solid defense."\nStephenson said the game was a good confidence builder for Cooke for the rest of the year and for the team's upcoming weekend series at Minnesota.\n"Allison has struggled so far this season," Stephenson said. "She came off of any injury and she just had bronchitis, so it's good for her to get a win going and get ready for Minnesota"
(04/12/02 5:43am)
Last weekend at the Indiana Invitational, the IU women's golf team lost a seven-stroke lead after the first two rounds and missed first place by two strokes. The week before, the team missed first by just three strokes at the Lady Seahawk Invitational, finishing third. \nThis weekend, the Hoosiers travels to Iowa City, Iowa to take part in the Hawkeye Invitational with hopes of finishing in first, instead of just out of it. \n"We've been third and second the last two weeks and we could have had both titles," Coach Sam Carmichael said. "We just let them get away. For us, I expect us to go out, play well and get a win."\nCarmichael includes in the lineup sophomore Karen Dennison, senior captain Tiffany Fisher, sophomores Mary Lidester, Ambry Bishop and Danah Ford and junior Cara Stuckey.\nJoining the Hoosiers in the 10-team field are host Iowa, Arkansas-Little Rock, Eastern Michigan, Eastern Washington, Iowa State, Kansas, Michigan, Northern Iowa and Wisconsin.\n "It's not a very big field, but there are some teams that are competing very well," Carmichael said. "Michigan is top ranked and Wisconsin is playing well, so it's some good competition. Iowa is playing their home course, so you expect them to play well. But we just have to compete against ourselves."\n It was Michigan that came from behind at the Indiana Invite and surmounted the Hoosiers' seven-stroke lead to take the title. Michigan has five tournament victories during the year, four of which have come in tournaments in which IU has competed. \nThe tournament will be held at the 6,000-yard, par-73 Finkbine Golf Course. \nIU competed in the same tournament last year, taking second place. Michigan won the tournament last year by 17 strokes. Fisher finished tied for 15th and Dennison finished tied for 16th. Stuckey finished tied for 31st and Bishop competed as an individual and finished tied for 34th. \n"It's a very, very scorable golf course, which sets up good for our team," Bishop said. "Everything is pretty much straightforward. It's all right in front of you."\nDennison, who tied for fifth overall at the Indiana Invite, said she hoped to continue the solid round she shot on the first day of the tournament. \n"We're looking to win," Dennison said. "I'm hoping to follow up on my good first round (at the Indiana Invite) and to try and keep that momentum going. Last year, I shot my career low round at the Hawkeye Invitational, so it helps that I know the course"
(04/05/02 4:25am)
Last year, the Michigan State Spartans won the Indiana Invitational, breaking a streak of three straight tournament victories for IU in the event. This year, the Hoosiers hope to show last year's loss was an aberration. \n"We need to play well here at our home course, and I think we have somewhat of an advantage over the other teams," Coach Sam Carmichael said in a press release. "You have to have that local knowledge of the course and be able to position the ball and play the greens."\nComing off his team's best finish of the season, a third-place effort at the Lady Seahawk Invitational, Carmichael will set his lineup with senior captain Tiffany Fisher, junior Cara Stuckey and sophomores Karen Dennison, Danah Ford and Ambry Bishop. Furthermore, because the tournament is held at IU, sophomores Jeana Finlinson and Shannon Carney and freshman Bethany Brunner will take the course as individuals. \nAt the Lady Seahawk Invitational, the team shot a 907. Fisher led the Hoosiers and tied for third overall in the individual standings with three rounds of 73. \n"We did pretty well for the team at the Lady Seahawk Invitational," Bishop said. "We were hoping to win, but we fell just a few shots short. So, that was disappointing. But I think we've finally started getting some of the lower scores that we've been looking for."\nJoining the Hoosiers in the 14-team field are Arkansas-Little Rock, Illinois, Illinois State, Iowa, Kansas, Kent State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Notre Dame, Ohio and Wisconsin.\nThe tournament's first two rounds start at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow, and the third round kicks off at 8 a.m. Sunday. The tournament is held at the par-74, 6,134-yard IU Golf Course in Bloomington. \n"It's kind of a tough golf course if you're not used to it, so I think we have a big advantage knowing the course and knowing the greens," Dennison said. "There can be some very tough pin placements out there. If you're above the hole, there's some really tough putts, so we're used to that and we know how to play them."\nAt last year's Indiana Invitational, the Hoosiers shot a 943 to finish in fifth place. Fisher tied for 13th individually, while Bishop and Ford each tied for 48th. Dennison and Stuckey competed as individuals and finished in 15th and 18th place respectively.\n"We've got some high expectations," Dennison said. "We want to win it really bad. No one comes onto IU national and beats us is our way of looking at it"
(03/28/02 6:00am)
Basketball is not the only IU sport being played this weekend in Georgia. Four members of the swimming and diving teams qualified for the NCAA championship, held today through Saturday at the Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Ga. \n"We'd like to have a real team outlook by having about six or seven more people here," swimming coach Kris Kirchner said. "But, we've only got three swimmers and one diver. So, we're going to do the best we can with everybody here."\nOn the swimming side, junior breaststroker David Schulze will compete in the 100 and 200-yard races as well as the 200-yard individual medley. Sophomore sprinters Dale Ramsy and Claes Andersson will each compete in the 50-yard freestyle. \nThis is the first meet for all three swimmers since the Hoosiers finished the Big Ten Championship meet in seventh. Andersson and Ramsy set career and season best times in the 50-yard freestyle at Big Ten's and Schulze set a season best time in the 200-yard individual medley and broke the school records in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events. \n"Personally, I've had a really good season," Schulze said. "I hope to have some best times, get to that second swim and finish strong. The best thing that I could do is to get a second swim in as many events as I can."\nKirchner said he has a positive outlook on the team's potential at the meet. \n"My expectations are high for them to swim their best," Kirchner said. "That's what this meet is all about. It's the best in the world. You go out and do your absolute best. If you can improve your times, you have a great shot at getting into finals."\nSophomore Marc Carlton is the lone Hoosier diving representative. Carlton qualified for the platform event after placing second in the event at the NCAA zone diving qualifying meet. Carlton qualified on the second day of zones, after just missing a dive on the first day.\n "I feel like I should be here," Carlton said. "I don't have any specific goals. I just want to compete well, and I think that's all I need to do to place pretty well. I'd be satisfied with finalling."\n Diving coach Jeff Huber said Carlton is capable of making an impact at the meet. Huber said two of Carlton's more difficult dives, his double out and his gainer two and a half twist dives could be the key to his success. \n"I think he's definitely an All-American, he capable of that," Huber said. "That's what we're shooting for. But this is a tough meet. There are at least six divers that I know of that participated in the Olympic games for the United States or other countries. So, you're talking about some pretty major divers. So he'll have to step up and perform pretty well."\nThis year marks the 19th straight season the Hoosiers have sent at least one competitor to the NCAA championships. \nThe competition begins each day with prelims at noon and finals at 7 p.m.
(03/08/02 5:39am)
A pair of relays could open a number of doors for the men's swimming team this weekend at the Indiana Open at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center. \n"We need to have two relays swim better times to advance further and qualify for the NCAAs," Swimming coach Kris Kirchner said. "If that happens, it frees up a lot of people to swim individual events, and then we're good -- we're great. But it's contingent on those relays getting there. \n"Sunday is the absolute last day to qualify for men's NCAAs. It's kind of like the final hour, the final shot -- you've got one bullet left and where are you going to put it?"\nThe NCAA sets two standards for each swimming event: An automatic A cut and a slower B cut. An A cut in the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay would enable the Hoosiers to compete in those two relays at NCAAs, as well as nine other individual events in which they have already set B times during the year. \nThe squad of sophomore backstroker Matt Leach, junior breaststroker David Schulze, freshman butterflier Murph Halasz and sophomore freestyler Claes Andersson is .94 off pace of an A cut in the 200 medley relay. Andersson said the 200 free relay shouldn't be a problem either.\n"We need to qualify the 200-free relay to the NCAA time," Andersson said. "That's the goal. I believe 100 percent that we can do it. We didn't swim very well last week, but I think we can go much faster than that. Our chances are good." \nThe 200-yard free relay squad of sophomore Dale Ramsy, Andersson, sophomore Mike Payne and freshman Nicolas Burgess already holds the school record and is .82 off an A time. \n"I think we will swim much faster this week," Andersson said. "Everyone wants to swim fast."\nSchulze led the Hoosiers for much of Big Tens, swimming in four relays and three individual events, the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes and the 200-yard individual medley. Kirchner said Schulze could swim a similar lineup at NCAAs, but this weekend is just about qualifying the relay.\n"I expect Dave just to swim a really fast 50 (yards), that's it," Kirchner said. "He swam 10 times in three days at Big Tens. That's asking a lot, but (fatigue) isn't an issue with him. He's incredible, the go-to guy."\nThe diving squad vies for NCAA bids at the NCAA Zone Diving competition March 15-16 at Purdue. \n"Our goal has really been to peak at NCAAs," Diving coach Jeff Huber said. "We hope we do our best diving at NCAAs. Looking back, some of our guys that weren't Big Ten champions wound up doing better at NCAAs. So, I hope we have a real good meet." \nThe Indiana Open kicks off at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
(03/06/02 5:17am)
After posting both season-high and season-low rounds during its spring tournament, the women's golf team played more consistently Monday and Tuesday at the "Mo" memorial in Houston, Texas. But that consistency didn't mean the Hoosiers played well. They shot rounds of 323 and 319 to finish in sixth place.\n"I don't think that we played that well, particularly with the conditions being so difficult," Coach Sam Carmichael said. "Good players hit good shots, but the ball maybe didn't end up in a favorable position for us. We still aren't getting productivity out of some of the players, but I know they can play better than that." \nTwenty-degree weather forced the cancellation of the first round Monday, but the teams were able to compete in the second round later in the day. The squad's score tied for fourth place, alongside host Texas A&M and Missouri. Ohio State led after the first day, shooting a 307 for an eight-stroke advantage over second-place TCU. Michigan State, which won the Hoosiers' first tournament, the Central District Invitational, rounded out the top three. \nSophomore Danah Ford topped the Hoosier individual standings for the first round, shooting a 79. Senior Tiffany Fisher and sophomore Karen Dennison both fired 81s, sophomore Mary Lidester shot an 82 and sophomore Ambry Bishop shot an 85 in her first tournament of the spring season. \nThe Hoosiers shot four strokes better Tuesday but fell in the standings to sixth place to finish the tournament with a 642 two-day score. Ohio State shot a second-round 309 to cement its lead, and Michigan State leapfrogged TCU to take second. Baylor and the University of Oklahoma took fourth and fifth.\n"I don't think this was a week to tell if we were getting better or worse in some places," Carmichael said. "The course played some mind games with the kids. The weather and the dry conditions were a factor in the first round, and that required a lot of different shots that we don't necessarily have."\nDennison shot a 77 on the final day to jump to a tie for 13th place in the overall standings. \n"My play today was a little bit better than yesterday," she said. "My short game improved a lot, and I made some putts."\nFord tied for 17th after shooting an 80, and Lidester shot another 82 to forge a 39th-place finish. Bishop tied for 44th, and Fisher tied for 48th to round out the Hoosier finishers.\nThe Hoosiers next compete when they travel to Wallace, N.C., to take part in the Lady Seahawk Invitational March 25-26. \n"Fortunately we've got spring break coming," Carmichael said. "Maybe we can get some work in over spring break, get some confidence and get our games back in the conditions we need them to be"
