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(03/28/11 12:46am)
ChiChi and Tino, otherwise known as Brice Fox and Daniel Weber, danced in the stands while filming their new music video during Qualifications on Saturday at Bill Armstrong. It is rumored that their new song is about Little 500.
(03/28/11 12:39am)
A fan of Kappa Sigma Cycling looks across the infield during Qualifications on Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
(03/28/11 12:38am)
Members of Delta Chi fraternity, Mike McCormick, Ryan Meneghin and Sam Dragan cheer on their team as they attempt to qualify.
(03/28/11 12:35am)
Gray Goat cyclist RJ Half jumps to stay warm during Qualifications on Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
(03/28/11 12:34am)
An official Little 500 bike waits in the infield Saturday at Little 5 Qualification in Dunn Meadow.
(03/27/11 3:40pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Qualifications is the first Spring Series Event of the Little 500 season. On the women’s side, 32 teams tried to qualify. On the men’s side, 46 teams tried to qualify for 33 spots.The final results are in.Men’s Side1. Sigma Nu 2:25.912. Cutters 2:26.463. Sigma Chi 2:26.714. Phi Delta Theta 2:27.895. Delta Tau Delta 2:28.036. Black Key Bulls 2:29.097. Beta Theta Pi 2:29.278. Air Force 2:29.339. CRU Cycling 2:29.4010. LAMP 2:31.1611. Evans Scholars 2:31.8112. Gray Goat Cycling 2:32.5113. Delta Sigma Pi 2:32.7714. Theta Chi 2:32.8015. Kappa Sigma 2:33.3816. Delta Chi 2:34.1117. Phi Kappa Psi 2:34.1618. CSF Cycling 2:34.2319. Dodds House 2:34.6420. Hoosier Climb 2:35.2221. Achtung! 2:34.9022. #JungleExpress 2:35.4123. Emanon 2:36.2724. Phi Kappa Sigma 2:36.2925. Sigma Phi Epsilon 2:36.3626. Delta Upsilon 2:36.7627. Wright Cycling 2:36.8428. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 2:36.9729. Sigma Alpha Mu 2:37.8930. ACACIA 2:38.2731. Pi Kappa Alpha 2:38.7132. FIJI 2:39.6533. Sigma Pi 2:40.23—Completed attempts but did not qualify for the raceBeta Sigma Psi 2:40.29Lamda Chi Alpha 2:40.31Pi Kappa Phi 2:41.76Team Dark Horse 2:42.35Alpha Epsilon Pi 2:42.61Zeta Beta Tau 2:43.17Phi Kappa Tau 2:43.48Delta Kappa Epsilon 2:44.88Phi Sigma Kappa 2:46.75Corean Legstrong 2:49.62Rainbow Cycling 2:59.54Forest DNQWomen’s side1. Delta Gamma 2:44.762. Teter 2:47.523. Army 2:48.744. Wing It 2:50.005. Kappa Kappa Gamma 2:51.246. Alpha Gamma Delta 2:52.007. Pi Beta Phi 2:53.918. Phi Mu 2:54.209. Delta Zeta 2:54.6010. Gamma Phi Beta 2:55.3511. Kappa Alpha Theta 2:56.9812. Chi Omega 2:57.2913. Cru Cycling 2:58.4014. Alpha Chi Omega 2:58.6015. Alpha Xi Delta 2:59.2516. Ride On 2:59.4917. Kappa Delta 2:59.9018. SPQR 3:01.5419. Team Revolution 3:01.9820. Delta Sigma Pi 3:02.6621. Mezcla 3:03.4322. Alpha Delta Pi 3:04:0823. Delta Delta Delta 3:07.9224. Last Chance 3:09.8925. Alpha Phi 3:09.9826. Zeta Tau Alpha 3:11.2827. Team Gluff 3:12.5428. Air Force 3:13.9529. Alpha Epsilon Phi 3:15.8730. Rainbow Cycling 3:17.2531. Sigma Delta Tau 3:26.8832. Alpha Omicron Pi 3:23.42
(03/26/11 8:19pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Qualifications is the first Spring Series Event of the Little 500 season. On the women’s side, 32 teams will try to qualify. On the men’s side, 46 teams will try to qualify for 33 spots. Every exchange, every pump of the pedals and every millisecond counts. Check back for the latest updates.Men’sSigma Nu 2:25.91Cutters 2:26.46Phi Delta Theta 2:27.89Delta Tau Delta 2:28.03Black Key Bulls 2:29.09Beta Theta Pi 2:29.27Air Force 2:29.33CRU Cycling 2:29.40LAMP 2:31.16Gray Goat Cycling 2:32.51Delta Sigma Pi 2:32.77Kappa Sigma 2:33.38Delta Chi 2:34.11CSF Cycling 2:34.23Dodds House 2:34.64Achtung! 2:34.46#JungleExpress 2:35.41Emanon 2:36.27Phi Kappa Sigma 2:36.29Sigma Phi Epsilon 2:36.36Delta Upsilon 2:36.76Wright Cycling 2:36.84Sigma Alpha Mu 2:37.89ACACIA 2:38.27FIJI 2:39.65Sigma Pi 2:40.23Beta Sigma Pi 2:40.29Lamda Chi Alpha 2:40.31Pi Kappa Phi 2:41.76Team Dark Horse 2:42.35Alpha Epsilon Pi 2:42.61Delta Kappa Epsilon 2:44.88Corean Legstrong 2:49.62Rainbow Cycling 2:59.54Women’sDelta Gamma 2:44.76Teter 2:47.52Army 2:48.74Wing It 2:50.00Kappa Kappa Gamma 2:51.24Alpha Gamma Delta 2:52.00Pi Beta Phi 2:53.91Phi Mu 2:54.20Delta Zeta 2:54.60Gamma Phi Beta 2:55.35Kappa Alpha Theta 2:56.98Chi Omega 2:57.29Cru Cycling 2:58.40Alpha Chi Omega 2:58.60Alpha Xi Delta 2:59.25Ride On 2:59.49SPQR 3:01.54Team Revolution 3:01.98Delta Sigma Pi 3:02.66Mezcla 3:03.43Alpha Delta Pi 3:04:08Delta Delta Delta 3:07.92Last Chance 3:09.89Alpha Phi 3:09.98Zeta Tau Alpha 3:11.28Team Gluff 3:12.54Air Force 3:13.95Alpha Epsilon Phi 3:15.87Rainbow Cycling 3:17.25Sigma Delta Tau 326.88
(03/26/11 3:52pm)
Here are a few photos from Qualifications.
(03/26/11 2:26pm)
Qualifications is the first Spring Series Event of the Little 500 season. On the women's side, 32 teams tried to qualify. On the men's side, 46 teams tried to qualify for 33 spots. Every exchange, every pump of the pedals and every millisecond counted.
(03/25/11 4:04am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Little 500 track can’t be too dry. It can’t be too wet. It’s almost like porridge; it has to be just right.Qualifications, the first spring series event of the Little 500 season, will take place Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. On the men’s side, 46 teams will try to qualify for 33 spots. On the women’s side, 32 teams will attempt to qualify.The forecast is predicted to be a high of 44 degrees with a 30 percent chance of rain, according to www.weather.com. Even a small amount of rain will make the track surface tighter, making it a faster track. That is the track condition Teter rider Caitlin Van Kooten said she likes.“When we broke the Quals record a few years ago, it had been sprinkling on and off all day,” said Van Kooten, whose Teter team has taken the pole three of the past four years. “You want it good and damp — so when people ride on it, it creates a groove and it’s hard like cement and you can glide across it.”Track conditions are important for the riders. A dry track is loose, slow and hard to ride. An extremely wet track ends up being sponge-like and also slow.For teams that are close in times, the weather conditions are extremely important. For others, it’s the quality and pace of exchanges.“For the field as a whole, Quals will also be about riding ability and control,” Van Kooten said.Another theory on qualifying includes what the best time of day is to try and qualify, morning or afternoon.Phi Kappa Psi rider Pat Kinn said the afternoon is the best time to ride.“Going late in the day, we don’t have to sit around all day and watch our time get bumped, and then we can see how many teams we’re above when we qual,” Kinn said.Last year, Phi Psi Cycling finished second in the pole, 1.05 seconds behind the Cutters. This year they have their qualifying time at 5:05 p.m., while the Cutters will make their qualifying run at 8:20 a.m. Phi Psi has qualified for every one of the 60 Little 500 men’s races, and the team is confident about its 61st race.“We just got to do exactly what we do in practice,” Kinn said. “Total, it’s really only 2.5 minutes long, but it’s the true countdown to race day and the first chance to see how your team stacks up against the others.”
(03/23/11 8:24pm)
This is the true post of Little 500 riders picked to have their lives surrounding America's Greatest College Weekend posted to the web. To find out what happens when the IDS stops just reporting and starts getting real...check here for The Real Ride - Little 500 style.
(03/22/11 8:37pm)
When Andrew Oliver heads off to college in the fall of 2012, it will only be an hour south of his Indianapolis home.
(03/22/11 4:03pm)
It didn't take former IU soccer forward Will Bruin long to make headlines with his new team in the MLS, the Houston Dynamo.
(03/22/11 3:00am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>When photos posted Feb. 28 on the Internet showed Cutters’ rider Eric Young cycling with Bissell, a professional cycling team, uproar spread throughout the amateur Little 500 community. In the photo, Young led the pack, a smile on his face, chin toward the sky, adorned in a red-and-white kit labeled “Bissell.”Grey Goat’s cyclist Ryan Kiel saw the photos and called a meeting of Little 500 riders to discuss Young’s recent ride, but he didn’t initially contact the four-time defending champion Cutters. It was a unique situation; Little 500’s dominant team was suddenly at the center of an eligibility controversy, with the best rider in the pack seen practicing with professionals. Riders and Little 500 administrators are expressing concern that the rules concerning a rider’s professional status are vague as they currently stand and need revisions, once and for all.Kiel assembled the riders, but not everybody wanted to hear the Cutters’ reaction.That didn’t stop senior Cutter rider Zach Lusk from hearing the news through the grapevine and attending the meeting anyway.“We walked in the room,” Lusk said. “Ryan turns bright red instantly, and he even said to open the meeting, ‘Well, there were 20 to 30 guys that were going to come but were intimidated when they knew you were coming.’”Lusk said the Cutters’ input was crucial to the situation.“The thing is, if it’s really about a rule change for the future, then why not ask our team to come?” Lusk said. “Just include us in it. We have a lot of knowledge about the race.”Kiel said he eventually contacted the Cutters and Little 500 Race Director Pam Loebig to ask them to the meeting.The proposed rule change, which would make Young’s recent ride with Bissell an eligibility violation, is at the center of an ongoing controversy in the Little 500 world: What defines riders as professional, and when are they too good to be eligible for the race?The current IU Student Foundation rule states that no Little 500 cyclist is allowed to be a member of a professional team. Even though Young trained with Bissell and accepted its kits, he is not a member of the Bissell team, Lusk said. Loebig confirmed that to her knowledge, Young hasn’t broken any rules.“We have a rule that you cannot be a professional rider, but it’s pretty vague language,” Loebig said.The current rule is in IUSF’s Little 500 Rules of Eligibility section II.I. It states that a student with no cycling experience prior to attending IU can participate in the Little 500 and can upgrade to a category I or II rider — considered as a semiprofessional rider — for a year. Before racing as either category, a rider must file an appeal with IUSF.Last year, Young was a category III rider.Young is now in his first year as a category I rider, the highest rank. Kiel is a category II rider, meaning he had to file the same appeal to ride in this year’s race. They are both riding with their respective teams from last year and because of their category upgrade, neither will be eligible for next year’s race, but both are graduating seniors.But it’s not just about the rules.Lusk said there are members of the community who are disappointed that in their time in the race, nobody but the Cutters has won. Because the Cutters have been so dominant, everything is under more scrutiny.“Matt (Kiel) even said it at the meeting that during his time at the race, nobody else has ever won,” Lusk said.But a rule can’t be made against a single person; the existing rule must be amended, Loebig said.The riders who attended the meeting wrote a petition to change the rules for the future. The petition states that any rider who becomes involved with a professional team — whether that consists of riding with or taking money or equipment from — would lose his Little 500 eligibility.It’s a rule change that, if passed by Riders Council and IUSF, won’t go into effect until the 2012 race.By next year’s race, some members of the Little 500 community think Eric Young will be well into a contract with a professional team — one, many believe, that will begin the day after this year’s Little 500 race on April 16.“He’s played by the rules,” Lusk said. “There is a grey area to the rules. Even he’ll admit it, but you have to take into account: He’s just a very exceptional case to the rule. Yeah, I’m definitely biased because he’s on my team, but you can’t take away the fact that he’s worked to get where he’s at.”During the past four years, the Cutters have been accused of cheating, recruiting and fielding a professional rider in what is known as an amateur collegiate race.Currently, IUSF has no official procedure in place for Little 500 rule changes. Loebig said they would first need to create a specific procedure before accepting or denying the petition.Since it is Little 500 season, Loebig said the procedure and any rule changes would have wait to be worked on during the summer.“Ryan’s a hell of a rider,” Lusk said. “But it’s almost comical he brought this up in the manner that he did.”However, as a co-captain, Lusk said he is glad Young is creating the need for stricter Little 500 rules.“It doesn’t frustrate me,” he said about Young. “I’m glad that he does. He really understands the race, like how it’s set up, the rules, stuff like that.” As for handling the rest of their team and their pre-race mentality, Lusk and Young have told their teammates to ignore the community gossip. Lusk is, however, interested in who’s going to sign the petition, he said. And this time, it’s something that can’t be hidden from him and his team.“Apparently, you have to call Ryan to sign it,” Lusk said. “Ultimately, it will come to Riders Council, and I’m on Riders Council, so I’ll know about it.”
(03/22/11 2:47am)
This is the true post of Little 500 riders picked to have their lives surrounding America's Greatest College Weekend posted to the web. To find out what happens when the IDS stops just reporting and starts getting real...check here for The Real Ride - Little 500 style.
(03/17/11 7:30pm)
This is the true post of Little 500 riders picked to have their lives surrounding America's Greatest College Weekend posted to the web. To find out what happens when the IDS stops just reporting and starts getting real...check here for The Real Ride - Little 500 style.
(03/11/11 1:31am)
This is the true post of Little 500 riders picked to have their lives surrounding America's Greatest College Weekend posted to the web. To find out what happens when the IDS stops just reporting and starts getting real...check here for The Real Ride - Little 500 style.
(03/11/11 12:37am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Seniors Brice Fox and Daniel Weber gave IU an anthem when their first YouTube hit debuted in the fall. But Fox and Weber want to be more than frat brothers that can sing or white boys that can’t dance. And they definitely want to be more than a pair of mustaches and an anthem.Their newest song, “This is Indiana,” turned into a campus sensation, playing at bars, fraternity parties and even during IU Athletics events. It became an unofficial anthem, with the You-Tube video receiving more than 300,000 hits in its first month.The duo first became popular during the fall 2010 release of “The IU Anthem,” a song all about the things that make Indiana the campus it is, such as breakfast buddies at Gresham Food Court and Hoosier Daddys. They’ve made a career out of what IU is all about. And IU is where it all started. During the fall of 2009, Fox and Weber met behind the scenes of sorority Zeta Tau Alpha’s philanthropy, Big Man On Campus.The two seniors are a long way from the tunes that started both their music careers in high school. Fox, who started tapping rhythms to make fun of his friends, now produces all the duo’s beats.“Then, after I got over my vocal insecurities, I finally got serious about it,” Fox said. Weber started belting out notes in music class his senior year in high school.“I have to admit it,” Weber laughed, “I was the dorky choir kid.”Once at IU, they became inspired by the people around them. Neither enrolled in the Jacobs School of Music, but each took a music course — an introduction to voice class for Fox and The Music of the Beatles for Weber.“It really helped tune my rap skills,” Fox said about his voice class with a joking tone. “But seriously, I’ve never had any vocal training.”“I think rap skills are secondary,” Weber added. “We’re both primarily musicians and singers, and the rapping is kind of a fun thing to do.”Since Big Man On Campus, they’ve rapped it out and laid down the beats. Fox, a Bloomington native, and Weber, a Chicago-suburb native, spent two months writing, recording and producing their second YouTube hit, “This Is Indiana” — complete with a Cook Hall party and former IU coach Bob Knight flashbacks. But the traditions of Indiana don’t end there.“Rumor has it that the next big video that we’re working on is geared toward the Little 500,” Fox said.
(03/10/11 5:33am)
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(03/09/11 5:14am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Eric Young hasn’t broken a single IU Student Foundation rule. But his involvement with a pro team is starting to raise questions about his amateur status.The Cutters cyclist went to California last week and rode with the Bissell Team, a professional cycling team that competes in road races against other pro-cycling teams. An uproar in the Little 500 community first began when pictures of Young riding with the team appeared on the Internet, wearing a red and white Bissell jersey.Young caused a stir in the cycling community after last year’s race, when he decided to become a Category II rider. IUSF’s Little 500 Rules of Eligibility section II.I states that a student with no cycling experience prior to attending IU can participate in the Little 500 and can upgrade to a category I or II rider for only a year. That rider must ride with their team from the previous year.Young has followed these rules and on paper he isn’t part of the Bissel team. However, 16 riders met last week to talk about Young’s action and the amateur status. They walked away with a petition that asks IUSF to deem any rider who has “participated in official team rides, training camps or practices with a professional cycling team” or “accepted or used equipment given to him/her by a professional cycling team” as a professional cyclist.If IUSF accepts the petition, no changes will take place until the 2012 race. Rumors still continue to surround the race, but no rider has been proven ineligible. For continuing coverage, check back to the IDS after spring break.