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(05/05/03 5:10am)
All good things must come to an end. \nEveryone realizes this, but when it happens no one is prepared for it. \nSunday at the 2003 Big Ten Championships was possibly the last time seniors Aldo Jordan and captain Ben Davidson suited up for the IU men's golf team. \nWith the possibility of the Hoosiers receiving a NCAA regional tournament bid slim, the two were emotional as they thought about their time at IU.\n"I wish I can start again," Jordan said. "This is part of me for the rest of my life. It's not easy to let go."\nAnd with his performance this weekend, it was evident Jordan didn't want to let go. \nAfter the first round, he was tied for fourth on the leader board, with his sights set on a Big Ten Championship. But things didn't go as planned for Jordan, as he slowed down and shot an uncharacteristic six-over-par, 77 second round on Friday. \n"I struggled (Sunday)," Jordan said. "I had two bad shots and (it) cost me the whole round. This just proves that golf isn't a three, six or nine hole game. It's an entire round of 18. I started out playing real well, but I just lost confidence and stumbled from there."\nAs Jordan was waded through the emotions of a possible last collegiate round, so too was Davidson.\n"It's kind of frustrating ending like this," Davidson said. "We had high expectations."\nDavidson and Jordan, coach Mike Mayer's first two recruits, will be missed. But with the current and future talent, the competitiveness will go on, Mayer said.\n"It was an emotional farewell (Sunday)," he said. "I love them dearly, but we won't miss a beat."\nThe two played an important role on a young Hoosier team. Their experience became valuable as IU made a run toward the postseason. Davidson was a quiet captain, Mayer said, who had a strong mind and lead in other ways than verbalizing his thoughts. \nFor as steady as Davidson was though, Jordan was in and out of the line-up during the fall. \n"Aldo fought through a lot of adversity (this year)," Mayer said. "He could have bowed out gracefully, but he didn't. I don't have enough good things to say about Aldo Jordan."\nJordan and Davidson are hoping the team will get an opportunity to extend the season. But if not, the two will look back and know they were part of a team that turned itself around from the bottom of the Big Ten to a contender.\n"My time is done," Jordan said. "I'm going to treasure this for a long, long time"
(04/29/03 5:30am)
In its quest for an NCAA berth, the men's golf team battled the top teams in its region and Big Ten on its way to an eighth place finish this weekend at the Fossum/Taylor Made Invitational.\nThe men in crimson and cream started the weekend shooting one of their worst rounds of the season, a 16-over-par, 306 as a team, Saturday in the first round. IU regained its composure in the second round Saturday and shot a five-over-par 293. \nFor all the dismal play by the Hoosiers, they still had one glimmer of hope. Sophomore Jeff Overton shot a 66 in the second round to set a Fossum/Taylor Made Invitational lo with round for this year's tournament. He came back and shot a one-under-par, 71 Sunday to give him a two-under-par, 214 for the tournament, leaving him tied for eighth. \n"I'm really pleased with how Jeff came back after a poor first round," coach Mike Mayer said. "He battled back and showed what a true competer he is."\nFor the rest of the Hoosiers, the weekend brought some undesirable scores. \nSophomore Heath Peters shot a nine-over-par, 225 for the weekend, tying him for 34th place. Senior captain Ben Davidson and freshman Scott Seibert both shot 15-over-par, 231, to leave them tied for 49th place. Senior Aldo Jordan finished last for the Hoosiers with a 21-over-par 237 for the weekend, leaving him tied for 69th. \nWith its worst finish of the entire season under its belts, IU now has its mind set on next weekend and the Big Ten Championships. But in order for the squad to come out successful, the five playing must get on the same page, an issue the team has had since the fall season.\n"We're getting a couple guys to play well," Peters said. "We still haven't had a tournament where everyone is playing good golf. Everyone has had a bad round sometime this season."\nThe Hoosiers don't have much time to get everything accomplished as they enter the week determined and anxious.\nEspecially for Peters, who earlier this season went in one week from a remarkable victory to almost dead-last in consecutive tournaments. He said he is hoping for the Big Ten's to be his break-out tourney.\n"I really do (feel we are due for a good tournament)," Peters said. "We have been beating around the bush. We are right on the edge of having a good tournament. I've been in a funk the last couple of tournaments and being on the home turf is added confidence. It gives us a little edge."\nFor Peters and the rest of the squad, this weekend came at the right time. Better to get the poor play out of their system before the biggest tourney of the year.\nWith the Hoosiers in District IV and on the verge of securing a spot in the NCAAs, finishing behind fifth-place Ohio State and sixth-place Toledo leaves the team with a lot of catching up to do this weekend.\n"I think we're in good shape to come out and play a good tournament this weekend and hopefully win," Peters said.
(04/28/03 5:28am)
Life without a superstar can be devastating. \nJust look at the 2002-2003 IU basketball team after Jared Jeffries left for the NBA. Or the 1994 Chicago Bulls after Michael Jordan retired. \nThe 2003 Roadrunners faced that same challenge this year after losing Jenn Wangerin, who left the team to pursue professional cycling.\nDeemed by many to have no shot at a three-peat, the two-time defending women's Little 500 champions decided to prove their critics wrong with a second-place finish.\n"We surprised a whole lot of people," senior Mary Craig said. "We blew a couple minds. And it feels good."\nThis year's team consisted of three second-year riders in Craig, juniors Jennifer Schalk and Sarah Fredrickson and a senior rookie Katie Zeller. This was the 11th team in the history of Roadrunners, and compared to last year, all four riders were strong.\nThe women qualified 11th for the race, and set their sights on a high finish. After serving a two-second penalty between laps eight and 12 for picking up their pit board late, the women were worried about the potential loss of time. But when they regained their ground, the Roadrunners felt they were in good shape.\nComing around the 100th lap, the women of the Roadrunners finished four seconds behind Kappa Alpha Theta with a time of 1:10:29. \nIn what was arguably the biggest surprise of the race, the Roadrunners proved they didn't need Wangerin. \n"With Jenn gone and a new coach, we had to show that the Roadrunners have a strong tradition and it's going to keep going," Craig said. "I'm proud to be a Roadrunner."\nKappa Kappa Gamma\nIn the bad luck of the race, Kappa Kappa Gamma fell victim to a crash that put it out of contention for the title. But Kappa displayed astonishing speed in an attempt to catch the pack and make up time. Throughout the race, a white jersey could be seen sprinting past the outside of the track passing one bike at a time, blowing by the competition in a fervent attempt to make up that lap.\n"If it would've been 150 laps, we would've been right back into it," senior Meg Haney said. "We were gaining. We had 29 laps to gain back up, and we needed 30."\nThe women of Kappa Kappa Gamma showed the effect the Little 500 could have on a team.\nTears were shed, and eyes were red during post-race festivities, but the women in white held their heads high, knowing that accidents, like the one Horner was involved in, are just part of the race.\n"I'm disappointed," junior Alison Edwards said. "But you get unlucky sometimes ... we did our best."\nTeter Women\nAll those besides Thetas went home without the traditional victory laps, but for some that was just fine.\nFor Teter Women -- juniors Bri Kovac, Katie Douglas, Shanda Ross and sophomore Maria Dragan -- a top-three finish was in sight. Two-year veteran Kovac, the only veteran on the squad, made it her business to get them there. After jumping out to a demanding lead after the first exchange, Kovac and her teammates hung in to finish fifth -- the highest-finishing residence hall team.\n"Our goal was top three," Kovac said. "We got top five, and with three rookies that's more than we can ask for"
(04/28/03 5:28am)
As rain poured over Bloomington Thursday night and into Friday, there was speculation about whether the 16th women's Little 500 race would take place.\nBut Mother Nature gave the riders a break, stopping the rain in time for ridable -- but undesirable -- conditions allowing history to take place later that afternoon in front of 9,500 spectators.\nUnder an overcast sky, Kappa Alpha Theta became the first team to win four women's Little 500s. From the sixth position, it took the women of Theta 1:10:25 to complete the 100 laps necessary for the victory -- four seconds faster than second place Roadrunners.\n"It's incredible," sophomore Nicole Vincent said minutes after finishing the race. "I'm still in shock right now."\nIn a race that included a field filled with potential champions, competition was fierce, but it turned out to be a battle of the best. \nTwo-time defending champion Roadrunners came close to also setting Little 500 history by becoming the first women's team to three-peat, but their effort came up short when Vincent sprinted the last lap from turn three to the finish.\nRoadrunners were undoubtedly one of the biggest surprises of the race, coming from the 11th position and finishing seconds behind Theta, all without former star rider Jenn Wangerin. \nThroughout the day, teams jockeyed for the lead that was often overtaken within laps.\nBut for Theta, knowing it would contend wasn't enough. The riders knew they were among the top teams in the field.\n"Coming into this race we knew we would be in the top," Vincent said. "But I didn't know it was going to go this well."\nFor rookie sophomore Liz Milne, the thrill of winning Little 500 did not compare to what she thought it would be.\n"I'm so completely excited," she said. "I knew we would have a chance, but I didn't know it would feel like this."\nVincent, Milne and teammates juniors Katie Beyer and Leigh Frame faced the pressure of the team tradition and competition as well.\n"The women's race started out very aggressive," IUSF assistant director Alex Ihnen said. "It is more of a sprint and there is more urgency."\nThe six teams that completed all 100 laps finished within one minute and 15 seconds from the winner. And of those six all started in the top 11. \nFavored Kappa Kappa Gamma was in contention for the race until lap 63, when sophomore Meredith Horner crashed in turn three. Horner went down, and by the time she was back on her bike, the pack was a half lap ahead, too much for the Miss-N-Out champion and her team to recover.\n"We did the best we could," Horner said. "It was unfortunate we went down. We were in it until then."\nThe series event champions finished the race fourth with a time of 1:10:50.\nRounding out the top three was Kappa Delta. Starting from the eighth position, seniors Lisa Ricci, Heidi Marshall, Kim Gerbers and junior Erin White brought experience to the track. For the past two years, Kappa Delta was involved in crashes that shattered its chances of victory. This year, in one of the cleanest races in a while, Kappa Delta showed its strength and finished behind Roadrunners in 1:10:47.\nPhi Mu, decked out in green jerseys and matching green Reeboks, did not live up to expectations and finished in a disappointing 16th place. The women refused comment after the race.\nAll the training paid off for Theta, as it bypassed everyone on the track en route to the victory. Now Vincent, Milne, Beyer and Frame have their names ingrained in the holy grail of women's Little 500 cycling.\n"Four girls went out here this year, and they rode and they trained and they trained very hard," Theta coach Tom Schwoegler said. "This is their victory today. This is the best deserving team I've ever coached"
(04/26/03 7:38am)
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(04/25/03 5:46am)
For 31 teams, their time to shine has finally arrived. \nAt 4 p.m. today, the 31-team field will mount their Mongooses and attempt to ride into Little 500 history at the women's race. \nThroughout the 2003 Little 500 season, the race has taken its own form. Beginning with an 18-day delay in the track opening due to inclement weather, the 50 days since has been witness to a barrage of headline-worthy events. Whether it be injuries, surprise times, outstanding individuals or cohesive teams, the past month and a half has given lifelong memories to many.\nAll the preparation might be put on hold for one more day if Mother Nature doesn't cooperate. According to the National Weather Service, there is a 90 percent chance of rain today with temperatures in the mid-60 degree range.\nThe women race 100 laps, which equals 25 miles. \nThe 16th running of the women's Little 500 race features a fresh face on the pole position. Phi Mu qualified for the top spot with a time of 2:46.071 and features a foursome of veteran riders with senior Analisa Dziedziejko and juniors Annika Hosni, Amanda Litvan and Katy Mancini. \nThe team has had a target on their backs since that day in late March. But when the race begins, Phi Mu, along with the rest of the field, will have one goal in mind -- riding hard, riding fast and winning.\n"I put pressure on myself," Hosni said. "I know what I can do, and it's the pressure of actually being able to do it."\nWith the front two rows housing some of the most storied Little 500 teams in women's history, the race should be among the most competitive this decade.\nNext to Phi Mu is one of the biggest surprises of this year's race in Alpha Chi Omega.\nAfter revamping their entire cycling program, Alpha Chi Omega, headed by senior Liz Keck qualified second with a time of 2:46.892. \nSandwiched in between Phi Mu and Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega has stiff competition to keep them rolling.\nAfter finishing second last year behind the Roadrunners, Kappa Kappa Gamma is due for a victory -- their last came in 1999. Led by three-year veteran senior Meg Haney, junior Alison Edwards and sophomores Meredith Horner and Kelsey Cooper, the women are riding by the motto 'Leave everything on the track.'\n"We want to do as good as we can," Horner said. "We just have to have the confidence in ourselves and each other as a whole. And hopefully from there, we'll see what happens."\nKappa Kappa Gamma will be sporting the coveted white jerseys for destroying the field during the Little 500 series events, defeating second place Kappa Alpha Theta by 66 points in the series events standings.\nTwo-time defending champion Roadrunners, who qualified 11th this year without superstar Jenn Wangerin, are on a quest for the first ever three-peat in women's Little 500 history. To do so, they will have to battle past Kappa Alpha Theta, whose dynasty is looking for a rebirth with a victory.\n"I think we're pretty strong," coach Tom Schwoegler said. "We're four deep, and we're pretty happy with how our training is going. I think the girls are pretty wound tight for race day. They're ready to go, as I think most people are."\nOne team in the field did suffer a devastating blow to their chances to contend for their title. While they will still be among the top pack, Team Athena lost senior Allison Ware to a broken collar bone during Team Pursuit. The injury sidelined her and will make her teammates, senior Melissa Stenger, junior Anna Schwartz and freshman Micki Metz, prove to the rest of the field that the highest qualifying independent team wasn't riding on Ware's shoulders. \nBut one rider might be able to give the entire field a run for their money. \nJunior Corey Bitzer of Alpha Gamma Delta has the speed to outrun any team on the track. The Individual Time Trial champion, Bitzer will assume most of the laps for her ninth place team. \nAnother individual to watch out for is junior Bri Kovac of Teter women. One of the faster, more experienced riders in the race, Kovac will be among those to watch when she comes off the pits and speeds past the rest of the pack.\nAs the starting gun blasts today, all predictions will be thrown out the window as the 31 teams vie for the chance to wear the yellow jersey -- given to the defending champion -- next year. Crashes will happen, tears will fall, smiles will prevail and most of all, memories will be made. \nBut the joy of victory will only be had by one team, while 30 others will just have to wait until next year.\n"It's going to be tough," Hosni said. "It's going to be fun. And I'm going to enjoy every minute of it"
(04/18/03 5:17am)
One of IU's most successful alumni is being featured on Fox Sports Net's 'Beyond the Glory.'\nFormer business student and current Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has his life story told in the 60-minute documentary which covers everything from his childhood to his current state as the most visible owner in the NBA.\nThe program is based around Cuban's road to success through his ventures that spanned from his childhood in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. through his days here in Bloomington and finishes with his current job in Dallas.\nDuring his days at IU, Cuban stuck to the typical college student's regiment with the only exception being that his work ethic was far beyond the norm. His business major has helped him enormously, but he never figured on a career in computers.\n"I never saw myself in computers," Cuban said in the program. "Computers were where the super geeks were at. So I cheated, got someone else's stuff and turned that in and got a B+ or an A or whatever."\nHis connection to IU wasn't just with school. With his business-venture mindset, Cuban opened Motley's Pub, a bar on Kirkwood Avenue, when he was just 21-years-old. It eventually closed because it served alcohol to minors. Currently in its place is Uncle Fester's Blooze Bar.\n"I can't remember anybody in my 27 years here, basically, opening up such a major business while they were a full-time student," Kelley School of Business professor Wayne Winston said in the program.\nRecently married, Cuban made his fortune in the mid-90s as part of the then-booming Internet craze.\nFor all of Cuban's companies and businesses, his most successful and valuable endeavor was AudioNet, which then became www.Broadcast.com.\nStarted by Cuban and fellow IU alum and current business partner Todd Wagner, the original reasoning for the Web site was for them to listen to Hoosier basketball games via the Internet, which weren't audible or televised in Dallas. The Web site was an immediate hit. \nAfter expanding the Web site to broadcast visuals as well as radio broadcasts, Cuban went public with Broadcast.com on the Nasdaq stock exchange, and within the first day of trading he was a billionaire. \n"I think that was the day that you know your life's changed forever," Wagner said in the show. \nA stock that started out at little over $18 a share, ended the first day at $62.75 a share. \nEventually bought out by Yahoo!, Cuban took his wealth to a different venue -- professional basketball -- where he has given the Mavericks a resurgence and made them into a league contender.\n"Somebody had to be the luckiest guy in the world," Cuban said in the show. "I'm just glad they picked me."\nThe show premieres Sunday at 8 p.m.
(04/10/03 5:43am)
Today marks the 100th day of former IU president Myles Brand's tenure as head of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.\nAs Brand has moved on, so has IU.\nIn the months after his departure to Indianapolis, Bloomington has seen a make-over in the upper echelon of the academic and athletic administration. Gerald Bepko has assumed Brand's old position on an interim basis, and Terry Clapacs was given the athletic directors position this week. \nBrand went from a president of a university where he held the last say over a single collegiate athletic department to being the man in charge of all college athletics.\nIn little over three months since Brand's official term began on Jan. 1, the NCAA has begun to conform to Brand's molding. Academic reform of potentially large proportions, which backs his commitment to holding academics in a higher regard than in the past, has begun to take shape.\nIn the highly-debated second phase of an incentives/disincentives package that Brand has spearheaded, postseason eligibility, among other perks, will be in question because of low graduation rates.\nBepko, who said he is not too familiar with the proposed reform, feels that because it is Brand at the helm, it must be right.\n"If it is consistent with Myles' work of the last eight years and has the same academic values in it as does IU, I'd be 100 percent for it," Bepko said.\nDuring the search for a new president, the NCAA Executive Committee was impressed by Brand's stance on academic reform in athletics.\n"He had been a president at a major university and he had faced significant financial challenges," president of IU board of trustees Fred Eichhorn said.\nBrand's major piece of academic reform is the development of an academic progress scale called the Annual Academic Progress Rate. The AAPR is "more of a real-time snapshot of a team's academic performance," according to the NCAA. This system should be implemented in the next few years.\nBrand did not return repeated phone messages for this story.
(04/08/03 6:00am)
The Hoosiers' troubles with the athletic department began to improve yesterday when newly minted Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Terry Clapacs was given permanence to his position. Clapacs assumed the role of interim athletic director on Nov. 8, taking the reigns from former director Michael McNeely. \nDuring a press conference in Assembly Hall, IU Interim President Gerald Bepko introduced Clapacs in front of a room full of supporters and cameras. \n"This is the right recipe for this time, this place," Bepko said.\nAs Clapacs walked to the podium amidst applause from the audience, his crimson and cream striped tie framed the 36-year veteran of IU. \nIn his remarks, Clapacs outlined his agenda for his coming tenure, listing improving current athletic facilities and managing the budget as his two top concerns. \nThroughout his speech, Clapacs returned to his goal of making the athletic department more harmonious on all levels, emphasizing improving "teamwork, camaraderie and mutual support."\nImportant challenges Clapacs said were to continue the budget control effort, revenue enhancement, increase diversity in the athletic department, build team spirit as well as evaluate performance. \nIn a discussion with the board of trustees that has been ongoing since mid-December, Clapacs said that by finally having the position solidified he can feel better about making decisions.\n"There are some important decisions to be made," Clapacs said. "And it's a lot easier without the interim title."\nAn agreement that was made in conjunction with his promotion was that his position as athletic director can be re-visited in a year. Hopefully, Bepko said, when a new, permanent president is in place. \nOn top of his athletic duties, Clapacs will continue in his role as vice president for administration and chief administrative officer of IU with deputy vice president for administration Paul Sullivan overtaking most of Clapacs' day-to-day operations. \nThe majority of Clapacs' time will be spent in athletics. \nTaking over as the first official athletic director since McNeely, Clapacs will have an entire athletic department to reconcile. \nOne of his major focuses will be the improvement of the football program. Besides the venue additions, Clapacs is optimistic about a successful season, he said.\n"Attendance will go up when we begin to win," he said. "And we will win under coach DiNardo." \nAs part of the advancement of the athletic department, Clapacs wants to make additions and renovations to a majority of the venues, he said.\nHis ideas consisted of enclosing the north end zone, making a concentrated area for coaches and student-athletes beside Assembly Hall, adding a weight room and an area for sports medicine as well as bringing the coaches whose offices aren't in Assembly Hall closer together.\nBut the biggest improvement comes in the form of an addition to Assembly Hall. \n"Every venue needs to be done," Clapacs said. \nMany of these idea's resemble those of McNeely's, whose micromanagement of the athletic department help caused a $3.2 million debt that is still being absorbed.\n"I credit McNeely with getting the ball rolling," Clapacs said of his predecessor. \nOne of the reasons why Clapacs is taking on both roles as athletic director and vice president is because of the financial trouble the department is in.\n"We will end the year in the red a little, but nothing like it was," he said.\nOn top of a base salary of $250,000, Clapacs will receive $40,000 a year as long as he takes on both jobs.\nFor a man who grew up admiring IU athletes and said he knew this is where he would end up, Clapacs is in a situation where he can impact the future of IU athletics for as long as it has impacted him.\n"Athletics plays a strange but important role in people's lives," he said.
(04/08/03 12:04am)
The athletic department has a new permanent director of intercollegiate athletics, as was announced today by interim president Gerald Bepko during an afternoon press conference. \nTerry Clapacs will lose 'interim' from his title which he has held for the past six months.\nOn top of his athletic director position, Clapacs will stay on as vice president and chief administrative officer of IU, giving the majority of his everyday duties to deputy vice president for administration, Paul Sullivan.\nIn his acceptance speech, Clapacs said that he can now take on more responsiblity and move ahead with ideas that in the interim role he was just holding onto.\nDuring the almost one hour press conference, Clapacs talked about his history at IU and his love for Hoosier athletics. \nOne key element Clapacs stressed was making the Athletic Department\nharmonious, compared to what it has been in the past few years. \nAnother aspect he touched on was the improvement of athletic facilities, naming almost all of IU's facilities.\nMost notably, Clapacs talked about major improvements to Memorial Stadium.\n"We have a commitment to football," he said. \nKnown to be a football man, Clapacs talked extensively about what he wants to do concerning IU's football program. \nHe will be earning $290,000 for his two positions. His base of $250,000 will be supplemented by an annual $40,000 for as long as he holds both titles.
(04/07/03 5:33am)
A week after sophomore Heath Peters won his first ever collegiate tournament, classmate Jeff Overton looked to repeat his teammates performance at the Marshall Invitational in Huntington, W. Va.\nHe came close -- very close in fact. \nTied for the top spot on the leaderboard after regulation, Overton, who shot a two-under-par 211 for the tournament, played a playoff hole against Kentucky's Matt Kohn and came up short for the outright victory.\n"It was fun finally tying for first," Overton said. \nSuccess for IU didn't stop at the individual level. \nThe Hoosiers finished tied for second with Kentucky, giving them a second place finish in back to back weeks. The University of Illinois won the tournament with a combined score of 851, 22 shots better than IU.\nTheir two second place finishes are the highest of the season, fall and spring combined, and is due to the hard work during the offseason said senior captain Ben Davidson, who tied for ninth with a two-over par 215. \n"We know we are on the verge of being a very good team," he said. "We want to reach our peak for the Big Ten (tournament)."\nThe weekend brought IU ideal conditions, with the weather being in the 70s on the first day with a light wind and sunny, and 60s and pretty windy on the second day. \nAlong with good weather, the course fit the Hoosiers' style of play. \n"The golf course was a little more suited to our game," Davidson said.\nIU's low finish was a team effort with the bottom half of the five man lineup shooting decent numbers.\nRounding out the lineup for the Hoosiers was senior Aldo Jordan, who tied for 27th, and shot a nine-over-par 222; freshman Scott Seibert who tied for 48th by shooting a 14-over-par 227; and Peters finished last for IU in 80th place with a 236, 23-under-par.\nWith the past success of the Hoosiers, the NCAA tournament is looking brighter by the weekend. In order to make the tournament, IU must place sixth or higher in its region. It's in eighth right now. To make that jump, it will have to bypass Kentucky, Purdue and Kent State, all of whom it will see this coming weekend at the Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, Ohio. And according to its captain, it can jump the two spaces needed by "basically doing the same thing we've been doing." \nWith that, comes the putting. \nIn Overton's first place finish, he had 24 putts in the first round. Last weekend, Peters had according to Overton, 25 or 26 putts. \n"It's all about the putting," Overton said. "If we make 80 percent of our putts, we will win every golf tournament"
(04/04/03 5:34am)
Every rider who has trained for the Little 500 has dreams of making that last dash to the finish line for the win. But only a handful actually get the chance.\nCome Saturday, riders will be put in that position for an entire day during Miss-N-Outs, the second installment of the Little 500 series events and the most popular spectator event.\nThis is the third time in the past week that riders are mounting their bikes for a day at the track.\nThe event is divided into four rounds with eight or nine riders in each heat in the first round. They will then ride around the track until the heats are down to three riders, with the last rider dropping from the heat after each time around. In the second round, heats are made up of six riders, and with the same format as the first round, but only two advance. \nThe third round features eight riders per heat and the final six riders advance to the last round. There, the field is narrowed down to two riders who then race each other in one last lap to determine the Miss-N-Out champion.\nBesides working on the stretch run, pack riding and sprinting are large parts of the skills tested in the event. \n"It's head to head," said IU Student Foundation assistant director and Little 500 coordinator Alex Ihnen. "If you beat somebody, they have to leave. It's by far the most aggressive racing." \nOn the men's side, much of the competition from last year has graduated, so many of this year's successful riders are looking to take the top spot in the event. Mark Marketti of Phi Delta Theta won the event last year, senior Luke Isenbarger of The Corleones took second and senior Mark Downing from ACR Cycling took third. \nThe field for this year's race has intense competition as the final times for Individual Time Trials (ITTs) were within tenths of seconds of each other. \n"This is the strongest field I have seen in my four years riding," Downing said. "(The event) has a lot to do with who's good at the final lap. It's a sprint to the finish line. But not everyone shows up to these things."\nThe highest returning finisher from last year's Miss-N-Out, Isenbarger, finished second a year ago. In the first Little 500 series event, ITTs, he finished third, which isn't what he planned on.\n"I'm looking to redeem myself since stuff didn't work out in ITTs," Isenbarger said. \nAgain in this event, Isenbarger is setting his goals high and looks forward but is wary of the competition. The trust people gain at the track is essential to riding with so many others, Isenbarger said.\n"It's important to understand how other people ride," he said. "There needs to be trust between people, (the other riders) need to get to know how people ride."\nAside from his concerns, Isenbarger is looking for a good day on Saturday.\n"My goal is to win," he said.\nOn the opposite side of the bracket from Isenbarger, senior Analisa Dziedziejko of Phi Mu is the lone returner from the final women's heat of a year ago. \nFor the women of the pole sitters, Dziedziejko feels that Miss-N-Outs is a great opportunity for them to learn how to ride from the pole. \n"You want to be in the front of the pack, to stay out of wrecks." she said. "It's also helpful to lead packs to set your own pace."\nAnd if Phi Mu slips into the middle of the pack, Miss-N-Out will also benefit her team. \n"I think it's very important that we do pack riding," Dziedziejko said. "Since we are the pole, getting girls as much practice in pack riding that we can is great."\nBesides Dziedziejko, ITT champion junior Corey Bitzer of Alpha Gamma Delta is a favorite as well.\nAnd the riders of Kappa Kappa Gamma, who are currently atop the Overall Series points standings, are also favorites. \nThe first heat starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium.\nStaff reporter Katie Schoenbaechler contributed to this report.
(03/31/03 5:22am)
All season long the men's golf team has been aiming for a victory, either as a team or individually. And that win came this past weekend at the hands of sophomore Heath Peters. \nHe finished atop the leaderboard at the Johnny Owens Invitational in Lexington, Ky., by shooting a four-over par 220, good for two strokes over teammate and classmate Jeff Overton and Brent Jones of Louisville. \nIn the team division, IU finished a solid second by three strokes behind Vanderbilt, 906-903.\n"Winning this title was awesome for Heath and our team," coach Mike Mayer said. "It was a great win for him. He finished well, and we are so proud of him."\nGoing into the final round on Sunday, Peters was tied atop the leaderboard with two others. But those two weren't able to keep ahold of the sophomore, who made his way to the win despite undesirable conditions. \n"Today was as difficult of conditions that I have seen in my 14 years of coaching," Mayer said. "It was just brutal out there. I am very proud with how we were strong enough to hold on. I felt we showed Vanderbilt what we could do and that we could compete with them. We beat every team in our region, and I couldn't be happier about that."\nThis is Peters' first victory of his short but solid career at IU. It is the second time that the Hoosiers have finished second in a tournament this year. \n"All I have been trying to do is finish in the top five, but to break in and win a tournament is great," Peters said. "It really shows that you can compete with anyone. Today, I just tried to keep my mind in it and not worry about the conditions. It is tough to look at three-over par as a good round, but today it was, and it was good enough to win it."\nAlong with the two sophomores, freshman Scott Seibert finished tied for 28th, with a 233. Seniors Aldo Jordan and Ben Davidson concluded the lineup shooting a 234 and 241 to finish in 34th and 62nd places respectively.\nThe Hoosiers will participate in the Marshall Invitational next weekend, April 4-5, in Huntington, W.V., at the Guyan Golf and Country Club.
(03/28/03 4:52am)
For the past 16 years, Lorine "Lo" Miller graced over 600 women of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority with her presence, support and love.\nOn Wednesday, Miller passed away in her living quarters.\n"It's very sad," Chapter President Jacalu Robson said. "It was very unexpected."\nEarlier in the day, Miller, 71, was moving around the house as she would normally do, checking up on the kitchen, the maids and the women. She retired to her room sometime after 5 p.m. where she was found no less than a half hour later. Miller was known to have a heart condition for which she took medication. Within the last few weeks she had visited her heart doctor and returned with a good report. \nThe house mother was as Robson put it, a stickler for the rules. Survived by her brother, two sons and grandchildren, Miller had an indisputable interest in the lives of the current Theta members as well as the numerous alumni.\n"She was genuinely interested in everyone in the chapter's lives," Robson said. "She was the first to know about the new boyfriend, who got the summer internship and who didn't." \nAs well as knowing all the in-house gossip, Robson said Miller was a big fan of the celebrity gossip as well. She enjoyed watching reality TV and reading celebrity magazines. Besides being heavily involved with the activities, she stayed in close contact with a number of the sorority's alumni. \n"Lo was always showing pictures of the alumnis' new babies; she always knew who was getting married, who got into what law school," Robson said.\nThe scene in front of the Theta house on Wednesday was chaotic with an abundance of police cars, firetrucks and an ambulance. Police arrived on the scene at 5:24 p.m., followed by the ambulance three minutes later, IU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger said. Miller was pronounced dead later that night at Bloomington Hospital.\nRobson described the scene as a little scary and said no one really knew what to think at the time. \nLater that evening the entire house held a "fireside" as a way to share their memories of Miller with each other. Smiles and laughs were plentiful as the girls recalled the funny moments with Robson. But tears weren't that far away.\n"We laughed because of all the funny times we had with her," Robson said. "But we cried because we all want more of those funny times."\nAn outpouring of support has come to the sorority through cards, flowers, phone calls and e-mails from alumni, other house directors, other greek houses and non-greek organizations. Dean of Students Richard McKaig also made an appearance Wednesday night to show his support for the grieving women. \n"It is always a shock when something like this happens to one of our campus chapters," McKaig said. "The women were doing a wonderful job. They were concerned and anxious at the same time."\nHe was notified at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday of Miller's death. He said alumni were on hand to help guide the women through the hard times. Along with alumni, counselors were on site to aid the women as well. \nIn memory of Miller, women of the chapter wore pink ribbons Thursday. \nA memorial service and funeral will be held in Bloomington after final arrangements are made.\n"We would like to thank everyone for the overwhelming support from everyone," Robson said. "We appreciate everything"
(03/27/03 7:04am)
The voice of the student body apparently spoke louder than the actions of a former athletic director, as the student section for football games has been changed back to its location prior to last season.\nWhat was once part of former athletic director Michael McNeely's master plan--to have the band and the students seated behind the endzone in order to make more main bleacher seats available, which would lead to more revenue -- has been opposed since the day it was announced.\n"Why we did it in the first place, I'll never know," senior associate athletic director Harold Mauro said. "As soon as I heard it, I knew it was wrong."\nMauro's feelings toward the change were in the majority.\nThe athletic department received enough complaints to alert the administration that something had to be done. But, as Mauro said, the students complained in their own way.\n"The students commented by not even showing up," Mauro said. "At our first game we had only around 2,000 students. And when you have 40,000 -- you do the math."\nThe decision was made to switch the sections back through a series of meetings that began as early as mid-December, said Gavin Lang, assistant director of media relations. Involved in those meetings were the marketing and ticketing departments, as well as interim Athletic Director J. Terry Clapacs, Mauro, associate athletic director of marketing Mary Ann Rohleder, associate athletic director of facilities Chuck Crabb and Kit Klingelhoffer, who is in charge of game management.\n"It was done in response to the feedback," Lang said. "Many people wanted to be back in the main stands."\nAlong with the students having their seats changed, the band was moved back to the east \nbleachers.\nWhen McNeely's regime was in power, he made the decision, as part of the master plan, to move the Marching Hundred to the endzone in order to amplify its sound in the stadium. \n"I think it's fantastic," said senior Rob Blatchford, former president of Tau Beta Sigma, a band fraternity. "The students felt their input wasn't taken."\nWith the change of seats comes the relief from flying footballs which frequent the endzone sections after point-after-touchdowns and field goals. Some band members said it was difficult to watch out for footballs while playing expensive and sometimes big horns. \nCurrent Tau Beta Sigma President junior Devon Fegen said the band will be really excited.\n"There was a lot of unhappiness," she said. "There were a lot of complaints because of footballs into the fans."\nTheir safety wasn't the only concern. Being fans themselves, the band was disappointed with the poor view of the field they had, as well as the lack of interaction between the fans and the band, said Kappa Kappa Psi President junior Tom Mason.\n"I think it's great," Mason said. "We'll be able to see the game better."\nMauro said he was and still is a strong advocate of having the student section where it was before the move. When he was a center on the 1964 IU Rose Bowl team, Mauro said he appreciated the students watching him.\n"Without students, we don't have sports," he said.\nIn order to bring the popularity of the sport back to IU, Mauro said the athletic department needs to make the students feel wanted. \n"We continue to want their input and get them back in the stadium," he said. "They give the momentum, and that's a huge advantage."\nMauro said the team will get out on campus and try to win back students by talking to them before and after practices. There is an idea for the football team to serve dinner to incoming freshmen. \n"We needed to move the students back to the stands," Mauro said. "(They) are the spirit of the team"
(03/12/03 4:55am)
We -- the fans, students and future alumni -- are truly blessed to be part of such a prestigious athletic program here at IU. Amid the allegations and scandals of the last week, all of which were dealing with Division 1 basketball programs, we can proudly stick our chests out and hold our heads up high about one thing: We are clean -- at least we think.\nI might sound extremely naive to some, but why look for the bad things when we have an untarnished image? I'm not saying that under-the-table payments, academic fraud or sports betting are not happening, but I'm not saying they are -- as far as we know. \nBut, I feel deep down that IU has had and forever will have a clean program. With the impression that Bobby Knight left on this University with his no-nonsense attitude, it would take a scandal of epic proportions to bring down this program. \nAs we look back on the past two weeks, college basketball had a shadow cast on it entering what is the greatest three weeks known to man -- The Tournament. This isn't what March Madness was supposed to mean.\nCome March 16, there will be four basketball programs that get to watch the selection show knowing their names won't be called because of rules violations.\nFirst is the Fresno State men's basketball team, which was notified last week that because of academic fraud violations it would be prohibited from participating in the Western Athletic Conference tournament, even though the team won the conference regular season championship outright. \nAnd Fresno State thought their dawg-days were over with Jerry Tarkanian.\nThen came St. Bonaventure's men's basketball team making a mockery of team sports. After forfeiting six conference games because of playing with an ineligible player, the Bonnies were banned from playing in the Atlantic 10 tournament as punishment. In an unheralded move, the majority of the team's players pledged not to compete in the team's last two games in protest of the school's decision. This cost opponents Massachusetts and Dayton precious game time and a major loss of revenue. St. Bonaventure did reimburse the schools for lost money, though -- I'm glad they are so compassionate.\nBut, the story does not end there. \nWithin the last 96 hours, the president of St. Bonaventure resigned and the team's coach, athletic director and an assistant coach were all suspended. What is most shocking is that the school's president resigned because he knew about the ineligible player.\nBut one thing that we at IU will never see is our players choosing not to play. They feel honored and privileged to wear the cream and crimson with Indiana across their chests. This is the difference between IU and most other schools in the nation. St. Bonaventure should revoke the scholarships of all those who chose not to play. Why would a school pay for a player who chooses not to do what he is supposed to? It should also fire its coach for his submission to the players' protest. Mike Davis would never do that. He would never need to do that.\nThen there is Villanova.\nThe school suspended 12 players for using a school long distance access code, just a few days before a game against No. 5 Pittsburgh. Here's the tricky part: Since there are 12 players on a team, if the school kept all 12 suspended, it would not have had a team to compete. So, Villanova reinstated seven to play the game. And those seven showed that size does not matter, bringing Pitt down to the final seconds, almost pulling off a stunning upset. \nBut that's not the point.\nHere at IU, our players have cell phones.\nThen the grandaddy of them all: Jim Harrick Sr. and Georgia. \nMan, what a crook -- but one hell of a coach.\nYou would think that Georgia knew what it was getting after Harrick was fired at UCLA for faking an expense check. He just smells fishy.\nTo make an extremely long story short, Harrick and his son are accused of being involved in another case of academic fraud, and this time the athlete happened to come forward.\nNow Harrick is suspended with pay, his son Jim Harrick Jr. was fired, their star player declared for the draft, and the school won't allow the Dawgs to play in the SEC or the NCAA tournament. Georgia would have been a major contender in each tournament. As my mother always said, "Cheaters never prosper."\nPhew, (wiping the sweat off my brow).\nI didn't think that would ever end. \nWhat a sad state college basketball is in now. It's unfortunate to see what was once the purest example of competition, not just on the court, but between schools, hit another low.\nHere at IU, we should be thankful that our athletes do their own homework, coaches aren't shady, and we don't play with ineligible players. But what else would you expect from a school with one of the best basketball programs in the nation, and with the integrity of the cream and crimson behind it?\nIt's coincidental that with all the unethical happenings going on, the man who set the clean-program precedent, The General himself, who some say is far from ethical, won't except his $250,000 salary because he feels he did not coach to his potential. This shows his soft side and everything that is good and well in college sports.\nAnd we all know where he used to coach.\nAll is well in Hoosierville.
(03/10/03 6:07am)
Eighteen days after the official start date of Little 500 rookie week, riders were allowed on the track at Bill Armstrong Stadium Thursday.\nA combination of snow and cold weather prohibited rookie riders from beginning the eight days of track workouts which were supposed to start on Feb. 17. The gates finally opened for the first time Thursday -- just 23 days from qualifications.\n"It's disappointing," said senior John Grant, vice-chair of the men's Riders Council. "Everyone likes to get out there and see what everyone has, but you can't control the weather."\nThe break in the weather was a welcome sign for some, if not all, Little 500 riders from both the men's and women's teams. \n"It's still very cold out there, but both the men and women are doing a great job of bracing the weather," said senior Bri Kovac, vice-chair of women's Riders Council. \nWith teams training since the end of last year's race, the track is a change of venue. During the summer, fall and even this winter, teams have been out riding the streets of Bloomington, Monroe County and basically wherever the weather permits. Their efforts have paid off, especially for the rookies.\n"The rookies look great out there," Kovac said. "They were working on full exchanges by the second day. They came in a lot more prepared than rookies in the past."\nDuring their time on the track, the men and women have separate track times that alternate by day due to the overcrowding that having all riders on the track at one time would cause. While they are going through rookie week, the riders on Riders Council, which is composed of 12 men's riders and 10 women's riders, lead the rookies through drills and teach them how to ride on a track with 30 other competitors. The rookies will learn how to get on and off their bikes, how to exchange, how to ride in packs safely, how to communicate, understanding the rules and all the different aspects to track riding.\nThe late start will cause some rookies to be affected, Grant said, but if they are in shape and have worked out and trained all year, they should be fine.\n"It was nice to finally get out there and get some of the nerves out of my system," said junior Chris Moss, a rookie from the Chi Phi Fraternity. "Being on the track is interesting because all of our rookies are in the same boat, so no one has an advantage."\nWith all the snow that IU has received this winter, the track is in relatively good shape.\n"The track is a little rough," Grant said. "It's not great, but they will go over with a type of plow and groom it. And any ruts will be filled in."\nFor all the delays and weather issues, the riders still feel good to finally be on the track riding and preparing for April 26.\n"It was nice to be out there," Grant said. "It was nice to be back on the track"
(03/07/03 3:50pm)
When the fall portion of the IU men's golf team's season ended, they were looking forward to a winter of weight lifting, conditioning and working on their putting. \nBut due to the intense snow that has blanketed Bloomington, the squad only accomplished two of their three goals. Restricted to indoor practices for all but one day since the spring season started on Jan. 7, the team will appreciate the opportunity to play on grass for only the second time this winter.\nThe Hoosiers travel to Ocala, Fla., this weekend as they co-host the Big Red Classic with state rival Ball State. \n"This was a difficult winter because of the weather," coach Mike Mayer said. "We have not been able to get outside."\nWith the weather supposed to be in the low 80's all weekend long, the men will be relieved of the dismal winter here at IU.\nThe 18 team field will play at the 6,625 yard, par-72 Lake Diamond Golf and Country Club in Ocala. \n"The golf course will be in good shape, and the greens will be fast," senior captain Ben Davidson. "It is a placement course, meaning you have to use your head, and you can't use the driver off every tee."\nParticipating in the tournament besides IU and host Ball State are: Akron, Austin Peay, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, IUPUI, James Madison, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), No. 24 Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame, Ohio, North Carolina-Greensboro, William and Mary, Wright State and Xavier. \n"This is one of the tougher fields we'll play this season," Mayer said. "These are teams who have won tournaments, and have had good seasons."\nMayer and his club are looking to shoot among the lowest teams this weekend, and the coach will be relying a lot on Davidson. \n"He plays an important part in what happens to this program," Mayer said.\nAlong with Davidson the squad is looking for help among their upper classmen specifically seniors Mike Miller and Aldo Jordan, both whom played integral parts in their fall season, and juniors Ryan Cassidy and Kirk Wood. \nHowever the Hoosiers will be looking to their star sophomore class of Jeff Overton and Heath Peters for low rounds and high finishes throughout the spring. To complement the two second year players, freshmen Scott Seibert and Brad Marek are expected to compete among the conference's best this season.\n"The fall was a time to experiment," Mayer said. "We need to find our five best golfers, and the sooner we establish that, the better we'll be." \nAs of right now IU's strength lies in their power which according to Mayer will not be of help this weekend. \n"I am somewhat at a disadvantage because I can't hit driver off every hole," Peters said. "I'll need to take a different approach and use my course management skills and not to mention my head."\nMayer said the course will give the team more trouble than expected.\n"There is too much trouble left and right on this course," he said. "We have to manage our game"
(02/26/03 5:43am)
Indiana Daily Student employee and student Melinda Fryman was critically injured in a car accident Feb. 6. In the two and a half weeks since, her condition has gone from critical to stable, according to officials at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.\n"She's really improved a lot," said Maria Largaespada, Fryman's mother.\nFryman, a senior, was knocked unconscious at the scene of the accident, and proceeded to fall into a coma until Friday.\nFryman's condition was improving Tuesday. She has started talking and swallowing, but the most notable change has been the difference in her voice. \n"She had such a big voice for such a small person," Largaespada said. "Her voice is very soft, almost a whisper."\nThis was caused by the ventilator being inserted for a long period of time, which slows the vocal chords. It's expected to take a while for her voice to come back to normal tone.\nAs a result of her accident, Fryman suffered a severe brain injury, a fractured skull and upper ribs, and pelvis fracture in three places. On top of the physical injuries, she is suffering from bacterial meningitis and a staph infection, which are being fought by antibiotics.\nDue to the severity of her accident, Fryman has permanently lost memory dating to close to last year's Christmas. She has no recollection of the accident and only knows it happened because of being told by her family.\nWhenever Fryman is awake, it is only for a short amount of time, and then she falls back into a sleep-like state, Largaespada said. Her family has been by her side for the entire hospital stay.\nFryman was been moved from critical care two weeks after her accident and now is on the neurological floor.\nAfter her stay at Methodist, which her mother said should be over this week, Fryman will be moved to the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana in Indianapolis where she will undergo very aggressive therapy. \nShe has been withdrawn from IU for this semester, which would have been her last in Bloomington.\n"Hopefully she is well enough to complete things in the fall, but it really depends," Largaespada said. \nAfter commencement in May, Fryman was supposed to go to the Peace Corps, which she was a part of last summer.\nFryman's family is seeing signs of progress, with her fractures are beginning to heal.\n"I would just like to give a big thank you from the family for all the support we and Melinda have received," Largaespada said. "It's good to know that there are so many people that care for Melinda. She appreciates everything"
(02/24/03 4:19pm)
In the wake of the tragic events at night clubs in Chicago and Rhode Island in the last week, most local bars and clubs say they feel confident in the safety of their establishments.\nEven though the two incidents were different in nature, the behavior of the patrons was similar, and they both had the same results.\n"It's sad, very sad," Joel Buzzard, manager of Kilroy's Sports Bar said. "But it is understandable how that could happen. With the crowds we had during the NCAA's we know what could happen with a crowd that size."\nThe Chicago incident occurred on Feb. 17, when a fight broke out in the second floor of the E2 nightclub. A security guard doused the crowd with pepper spray in order to disperse it. This resulted in a massive stampede towards the exit at the bottom of a narrow staircase, and caused 21 people to die from being crushed.\nLess than a week later, a night club in Rhode Island burned to the ground because of pyrotechnics from the group Great White's show. The band had just began their first song, when the pyrotechnics ignited foam ceiling tiles, and according to fire officials, the entire building was engulfed within three minutes. The most current death total is at 97, with approximately 42 of those victims having been identified. \n"Anytime, whether there is the pyrotechnics or mace, you are asking for trouble because people react so violently to that type of stuff," Buzzard said.\nIn the event that an emergency of this magnitude were to happen at Sports, Buzzard said they feel they are well equipped to handle the situation. \nThey have sets of doors throughout the establishment that would allow people to exit quickly. There are two outdoor patios that could be used to get people outside immediately, and there are exits that are not normally used but are available if needed. \nThe bar was also certified by the fire marshal last April, when the capacity was posted in each room, and their safety equipment was certified as well. \nBear's Place, located near the corner of Third Street and Jordan Avenue, is also well equipped in the case of an emergency of this sort. \n"We have three exits," said Bear's Night Manager Lee Goergen. "Two of those are fire exits, and one is our main entrance and exit. But the two fire exits cannot be entered, just exited out of. And they are open at all times during business hours."\nGoergen said Bear's is up to fire codes as far as he knows, and added that the fire marshal visits at least once a year, if not two.\nOnce in his 20 years of working at Bear's has Goergen seen anything that could have sparked an event of Rhode Island's magnitude. \n"Once we had a band use pyrotechnics," he said. "They had sparklers, and they were contained but still close to the ceiling. It made the room pretty smoky, but we aren't set up for that."\nNothing resulted from that incident at Bear's but, as is being investigated in the Rhode Island case, the band did not ask permission to use the pyrotechnics. \nThe Rhode Island incident is the seventh deadliest public assembly fire in U.S. history according to the National Fire Protection Agency Web site. It was also the fourth deadliest night club fire in U.S. history. \nThe NFPA has suggestions to help prevent public assembly fires, some of the which could have aided in the incidents in Chicago and Rhode Island. It says that on-site fire protection should include fire alarm systems, automatic sprinkler systems and portable fire extinguishers. For safe exiting, all public places should take into consideration the occupant load. This helps determine the number of exits and sizes of those exits. Each public assembly area should have at least two exits, and the main entrance/exit should be able to accommodate half the occupant load. Also, the buildings should include exit signs and emergency lighting, and post occupancy maximums.