VOL. 20 NO. 10 January 17, 2000

Women's Edition

We're off to a good start in our fifth year with a rousing tri-meet victory over nearby rivals:Cincinnati (129.5), Dayton (80), Ohio U. (70.5). The new NCAA scoring of 7-5-4-3-2-1 with only twoscoring from each team kept the meet closer than it really was, yet we were clearly the best all-aroundteam, winning 10 of the 14 events. Not long ago we woud have finished third in this meet so realprogress has been made. Furthermore, we set five school records, very notable for the season's firstmeet. In addition we went 1-2 in four events and 1-2-3 in the 800 M. All-in-all it was a good start for thismuch anticipated season.

The new U.C. record holders deserve special mention because each came to that point via adifferent route. In some cases previous record holders simply set personal bests, improving their schoolrecord from last year. In other instances athletes overcame significant problems to attain this reward.Celeste Cofield and Angie Kist did not compete indoors last year with the former struggling with schoolwork and the latter recovering from a broken clavicle suffered in a serious car wreck. Both have madesignificant progress since last winter and are now major players. Celeste got the meet started with ahuge 5' 8" high jump with near misses at 5' 10",giving her ample reason to believe she can clear 6' andadvance to the NCAA Championships. Angie, our cross country MVP, dominated a very good mile fieldand eclipsed Mary Loebker Hatch's 1989 record by .02 seconds as Mary looked on from her timingposition at the finish line. It was great to see these two U.C. running giants talking at length at the end ofthe meet, no doubt about their very different experiences at the same university. Mary Danner's 400 M.record was extremely impressive since it was nearly a second faster than her best time last year, buteven more so since it was over 4 seconds faster than at this meet last year. Mary has transformedherself into a big-time runner and should be shooting for the moon. Mimi Merrill and Shanekqua Dunbarbettered their own records by competing very well in this meet. Each has upped her training and has putherself into position for great things to come in the 20 pound weight and 55 M. hurdles respectively.

Charlyn Ray did not set a record but did everything else and had her best collegiate meet ever.Toward the end of last year Char acquired asthma which caused her to struggle physically and to worryabout how this problem would affect her once her events were over. This speedster turned fragile, buton Friday she was extremely durable with a spectacular iron-woman meet of four firsts: 55 M. (7.23),200 M. (26.03), long jump (17' 17' 8-114")and 4 x 400 relay (4:00.54,61.1 leg). What a contribution!The 800 M. 1-2-3 sweep was most impressive, but was really no surprise to anyone who has seenthese three train: Former sprinter, Mandy McCumber, led nearly all the way before Angie Kist prevailedat the end. Michelle Bosse ran a steady pace which served her well. These three, along with MaryDanner, should put on quite a show in the distance medley relay before the indoor season is over.

Other notable efforts came from all over our roster. Shanekqua Dunbar not only ran well in thehurdles but also in the 200 M. and triple jump with near personal bests. Our entire 3,000 M. group wasreally impressive with all being competitive and some setting personal records. Erin Bush, typical of aheptathlete, did well in 3 events. Newcomer Nicole Mayes competed well in the 400 M. (3rd, 60.86).Kelly Krupa was solid in both tl)rows.

Although this meet was generally good, that was by no means completely the case. We were farfrom full strength as several did not compete due to injury, ineligibility, quitting or lack of conditioning.Some came to the meet late, a few left earty, others wanted to leave earty and the majority did not watchthe final event, in this case the triple jump. We had more potential runners not wanting to run the 4 x 400relay than wanting to be part of the most exciting event in dual-meet track and field. We have many 400M. runners on our team yet only three competed in the open 400 M. and only one was on either 4 x 400relay. Finally our support for each other was generally weak and not very sincere. We have traditionallyachieved because of our spirit in practice and at meets, but right now we are lacking in both.

We need to be unified with a common sense of purpose. We must take on the difficult. We haveto respect ourselves, our teammates and our sport. We are crying out for effective leaders and faithfulfollowers. We need goals, plans and follow-through. Mostly we need a vision.

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Cincinnati, Dayton, Ohio U.Cincinnati,OH. Armory-FieldhouseJanuary14,2000Scoring: 7-5-4-3-2-1 7-5-4(relay) Only 2 scoreper team2000 U.C.DUALMEET RECORD: 2-0

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20 POUND WEIGHT Mimi Merrill, 55'9-1f2" (1st) NEW U.C. RECORD. FORMERLY54' 2-3/4", MIMI MERRILL, 1999. Kelly Krupa, 47' 7" (2nd)Trista Wheatley, 40' 7" (4th)

LONG JUMP

POLE VAULT

HIGH JUMP

TRIPLE JUMP

SHOT PUT

MILE RUN

55 M. HURDLES

400M.

55M.

800M.

200M.

3,000M.

4 x 400 RELAY

Charlyn Ray, 17' 8-114"(1st)Erin Boyd, 16' 1/2"

Julie Moser, 6' 6" (1st) Emily Wolterman, 6' 0" (2nd) Heather Sturgell, NH

Celeste Cofield, 17' 2" (2nd)

Celeste Cofield, 5' 8" (1st) NEW U.C. RECORD. FORMERLY 5' 6", ERINBUSH & TINA MALLOW, 1999. Erin Bush, 5' 4" (4th) Emily Wolterman,5' 0" Julie Moser, 4' 10"

Shanekqua Dunbar, 34' 11-1/4" (3rd) DeeDee Gaston, F

Mimi Merrill, 40' 5" (3rd) Kelly Krupa, 36' 2-1/2" (4th) Trista Wheatley, 32' 4"Erin Bush, 27' 3-1/2"

Angie Kist, 5:05.22 (1st) NEW U.C. RECORD. FORMERLY 5:05.24,MARY LOEBKER, 1989. Elissa Veite, 5:21.64 (4th)Michelle Dunlavy, 5:35.98

Shanekqua Dunbar, 8.5, 8.42 (2nd) NEW U.C. RECORD. FORMERLY 8.44,SHANEKQUA DUNBAR, 1999. Erin Bush, 8.9, 8.88 (4th) Amanda Klug, 9.1Maggie McKinley, 9.4 Becky Hetzer, 10.3

Mary Danner, 57.48 (1st) NEW U.C. RECORD. FORMERLY 58.35, MARYDANNER, 1999. Nicole Mayes, 60.86 (3rd) Maggie McKinley, DNR

Charlyn Ray, 7.30, 7.23 (1st) Dee Dee Gaston, 7.67 Charette Johnson, 7.77Erin Boyd, 7.93 Rita Shipman, 7.94

Angie Kist, 2:17.32 (1st) Mandy McCumber, 2:18.13 (2nd)Michelle Bosse, 2:19.23 (3rd) Elissa Veite, 2:26.90

Charlyn Ray, 26.03 (1st) Shanekqua Dunbar, 26.94 (4th)Charette Johnson, 27.40 (6th) Erin Bush, 27.64 Dee Dee Gaston, 27.65Amanda Klug, 28.54 Rita Shipman, 29.30

P.J. Ball, 10:26.49 (2nd) Maribeth DiSalvo, 10.30.96 (4th)Missy Titus, 10:31.69 (5th) Jackie Rieder, 10:48.64Stephanie Tutalo, 10:49.58 Rachel Nichols, 11:27.27

4:00.54 (1st) Mandy McCumber (60.7) Charlyn Ray (61.1)Michelle Bosse (61.4) Mary Danner (57.2)

4:25.95 Heather Sturgell (65.6) Amanda Klug (64.9)Dee Dee Gaston (65.4) Shanekqua Dunbar (69.7)

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