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Roadrunners ready to repeat

By Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:48 p.m.

Three seniors and a rookie led the Roadrunners to victory last year. Now, three rookies and a budding star hope to repeat.

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Lance Armstrong: 'Little 500 is the coolest event'

By Tim Street · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:47 p.m.

Lance Armstrong has battled with other cyclists during races, he has battled with the elements and he has battled with fatigue. He has also battled with cancer. But losing isn't something Armstrong is used to -- he has beaten everything in his way to become the three-time defending Tour de France champion.

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Chance to be part of IU culture

By Colin Nowling · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:45 p.m.

The experience and jubilation of Little 500 allows for clubs throughout the IU community to come together and show their Hoosier spirit while gaining exposure for their individual groups at the same time.

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Riding until the finish

By Eric Talbot · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:42 p.m.

Delta Gamma has high hopes for this year's race. But it needs to make sure it doesn't have the same problem that haunted the team in the last two years of the women's Little 500.

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Eating, drinking and riding

By Erin Bergmann · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:41 p.m.

Athena is an independent cycling team composed of fourth-year rider Mavourneen Ryan and rookies Allison Ware and Anna Schwartz. Ryan has been a part of every Athena team and feels the team gets stronger each year.

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Middle of the pack looking to surge

By Aaron Hunckler · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:34 p.m.

Row 5 The odds are against the team members in row five with one team, Athena, consisting of only three riders. The other two teams, Hatrix and Pi Beta Phi, contain all rookies. All three teams have their own qualities they hope to use in order to finish strong.

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Newcomers fill rows 3 and 4

By Dan Patrick · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:29 p.m.

Rows three and four of this year's race all have a grounded mentality, a sort of "give it your best shot" look at things. Most teams within these two rows are also relatively inexperienced. Within the rows, Delta Gamma is bringing the most know how.

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Leaders of the pack

By Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:28 p.m.

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.

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Scholarships add goal to race

By Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:24 p.m.

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.

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Cutter team rich in tradition

By Aaron Hunckler · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:21 p.m.

There is only one other team in the 52-year history of the running of the Little 500 who has garnered more victories than the Cutters six -- Delta Chi with eight -- but Cutter history has its roots buried in Delta Chi.

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Dodds House to race 50th Little 500

By Colin Nowling · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:19 p.m.

The Dodds House Little 500 team has perennially been the best residence hall team in the men's race, including a race victory in 1998. But its run of seven straight top 10 finishes was snapped last year when the team finished in 11th, after qualifying ninth.

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Commuting makes it tough

By Katie Schoenbaechler · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:13 p.m.

Training for Little 500 can be a hard task for any rider, but living nearly 200 miles away from your team can pose problems that even the best teams would have trouble with.

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Greeks go independent

By Rachel Kipp · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:12 p.m.

This fall the riders of Pi Kappa Alpha's Little 500 team planned ahead. By last semester, senior rider Timothy Kolar said they had already made preparations for a spring break training trip, among other things. But in the course of about a month, the chapter was disbanded for alcohol violations and the team's plans were suddenly very much up in the air.

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Teams in the middle hope to finish at top

By Tyler Hoeppner · Wednesday, April 17,2002 12:07 p.m.

It's not where you start but rather where you finish. These middle-of-the-pack qualifying teams hope to put all their training, experience, and coaching together in hopes of winning it all.

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