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Sports. ,...-.-,.;•.:„.
Riech, Dooley -
lead Bulldogs
into home meet
• Fresno State prepares to face
Occidental College, UC Davis
and Fresno Pacific Saturday
afternoon at Warmerdam Field
/Thei DailyCoD^gUm • April 24,1992
Chuck it!
DC Staff Reports
The Fresno State men's and
women's track and field teams will
host Occidental College/ UC Davis
and Fresno Pacific this Saturday
afternoon at Warmerdam Field.
The Bulldog men's team enters
competition with an 8-1 mark
overall, 6-1 outdoors;
The women are a perfect 9-0,7-0
outdoors. N^L
Leading the way once again for
the men is All-American; javelin
thrower Todd Riech.
The school-record holder is
undefeated in six competitions this
season.
He has already met the "B"
standard for the Olympic Trials in
June.
Reggie Jackson continues to
impress in the triple jump.
The four-time All-American has
qualified for the NCAA
Championships with a mark of 54-
93/4. * r
. Earlier, he landed a wind-aided
jump of 55-2.
Freshman pole vaulter David Cox
is hot on the trail of teammate Derek
Oliver for the team lead.
Cox set a school freshman record
witha vault ofl7-91/4onAprilll.
Other Bulldog men to watch
Saturday are Ernie Freer (1,500),
Jamey Harris and Jabari Reynolds.
. As for the PSU women's team/
Ail-American Tanya Dooley
continues to make the competition
in the 400 meter dash look silly.
Dina Farage (10,000 meters) and
Monica Missick (110 hurdles) will
also prove to be stiff competition
for visitors to Warmerdam
Stadium.
In early May the Fresno State
men's and women's track teams,
will play host to the Big West
Conference championships, fitting
since FSU joins theWestern Athletic
Conference next season.
The Fresno State men's and women's track tastes srtW host s meet
Saturday at Warmerdam Field. Todd* Riech and Tanya Dooley wtl I k
tha team against Occidental College, UC Dsvlt and Fresno Pscfflc.
Fans learning not to doubt Bennett
ChrJaCocolea
Dpons writer *
1 guess I shoiiM have known not to do abt
the coaching abilities of Bob Bennett. The
24-year boss of the Fresno State baseball
teem is too good a skipper to assume the
Diamond Dogs would fall after such a
Think back to the 1991 college baseball
FSU began the season unranked and
uuapieeclaled, rail won I wn of three games
at then number one ranked Stanford and
soon bolted Into the Top Twenty.
My favorite people (NOT), the Red
Wavers of Fresno, were again excited over
a program that is the but athletic program
at this campus (apologies to soccer, softball
and others).
TheBuDdogsianrntoamkisfeaon slump,
rallied to take control of the Big West
Ojnferencerace,butfalteredabfidown the
stretch and finished as co-champions.
FSU was selected to host a regional
playoff at Beiden Field, and of course was
placed in the toughest group of the eight
shea.
Come on, how many of us figured the
Bulldogs would beat out Stanford, Miami
and Cal State Northridge and advance to
theO>UegeWorkiSeriesmC>naha for only
the third time in school history?
Uh-oh. |
FSU railed to win its first national
championship -though Bennett and his
programdeserveone and the toes of Bobby
Jones, Jason Wood,MikeNoelFobbieSaitt,.
Chris Falco and Vernon Spearman
convinced the college baseball -experts"
that the Bulldogs would not win a title, let
alone return to the CWS.
Not to my surprise; when Fresno State
was nowhere to be found in the rankings,
those experts probably laughed out loud
when the Bulldogs began the seasorf%-5,
desite playing those eight games against
Pacific 10 rowers Stanford, California and
Southern California.
Anyway. I figured the loss of Jones'arm
alone was too much for even Bennett to
beaten Stanford, Cal USC, Brigham Young
and Creighton, along with six other
vktin\s.SteveSoderstrom and Mike Salazar
havecomethroughonthemoundaswellin
recent weeks, butlrawtosalutetteBuDdog' •
bats-Todd Johnson, Brant Brown, Philip
Romero, Terance Frazier, Gary McNamara,
John DaSilva, Bryan Judice and everyone
else who swings the bats for the 1991
All the Bulldogs needed was for a pitcher
breakthrough as Jones did one year earner.
Thank you, Jim Patterson.
Patterson is not the pitcher that Jones is,
To all of you doubted Fresno State before
the season, mdudtng me, look at the 32-13
overall record, the 12-3 Big West record,
and the munber 20 ranking.
.Coach Bennett convinced me never to
doubt one of his teams again.
' He's too good to bet against
Excuse me while 1 try to pull that foot out
,^myinouth.
Object Description
| Title | 1992_04 The Daily Collegian April 1992 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1992 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | April 24, 1992, Page 6 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1992 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Sports. ,...-.-,.;•.:„. Riech, Dooley - lead Bulldogs into home meet • Fresno State prepares to face Occidental College, UC Davis and Fresno Pacific Saturday afternoon at Warmerdam Field /Thei DailyCoD^gUm • April 24,1992 Chuck it! DC Staff Reports The Fresno State men's and women's track and field teams will host Occidental College/ UC Davis and Fresno Pacific this Saturday afternoon at Warmerdam Field. The Bulldog men's team enters competition with an 8-1 mark overall, 6-1 outdoors; The women are a perfect 9-0,7-0 outdoors. N^L Leading the way once again for the men is All-American; javelin thrower Todd Riech. The school-record holder is undefeated in six competitions this season. He has already met the "B" standard for the Olympic Trials in June. Reggie Jackson continues to impress in the triple jump. The four-time All-American has qualified for the NCAA Championships with a mark of 54- 93/4. * r . Earlier, he landed a wind-aided jump of 55-2. Freshman pole vaulter David Cox is hot on the trail of teammate Derek Oliver for the team lead. Cox set a school freshman record witha vault ofl7-91/4onAprilll. Other Bulldog men to watch Saturday are Ernie Freer (1,500), Jamey Harris and Jabari Reynolds. . As for the PSU women's team/ Ail-American Tanya Dooley continues to make the competition in the 400 meter dash look silly. Dina Farage (10,000 meters) and Monica Missick (110 hurdles) will also prove to be stiff competition for visitors to Warmerdam Stadium. In early May the Fresno State men's and women's track teams, will play host to the Big West Conference championships, fitting since FSU joins theWestern Athletic Conference next season. The Fresno State men's and women's track tastes srtW host s meet Saturday at Warmerdam Field. Todd* Riech and Tanya Dooley wtl I k tha team against Occidental College, UC Dsvlt and Fresno Pscfflc. Fans learning not to doubt Bennett ChrJaCocolea Dpons writer * 1 guess I shoiiM have known not to do abt the coaching abilities of Bob Bennett. The 24-year boss of the Fresno State baseball teem is too good a skipper to assume the Diamond Dogs would fall after such a Think back to the 1991 college baseball FSU began the season unranked and uuapieeclaled, rail won I wn of three games at then number one ranked Stanford and soon bolted Into the Top Twenty. My favorite people (NOT), the Red Wavers of Fresno, were again excited over a program that is the but athletic program at this campus (apologies to soccer, softball and others). TheBuDdogsianrntoamkisfeaon slump, rallied to take control of the Big West Ojnferencerace,butfalteredabfidown the stretch and finished as co-champions. FSU was selected to host a regional playoff at Beiden Field, and of course was placed in the toughest group of the eight shea. Come on, how many of us figured the Bulldogs would beat out Stanford, Miami and Cal State Northridge and advance to theO>UegeWorkiSeriesmC>naha for only the third time in school history? Uh-oh. | FSU railed to win its first national championship -though Bennett and his programdeserveone and the toes of Bobby Jones, Jason Wood,MikeNoelFobbieSaitt,. Chris Falco and Vernon Spearman convinced the college baseball -experts" that the Bulldogs would not win a title, let alone return to the CWS. Not to my surprise; when Fresno State was nowhere to be found in the rankings, those experts probably laughed out loud when the Bulldogs began the seasorf%-5, desite playing those eight games against Pacific 10 rowers Stanford, California and Southern California. Anyway. I figured the loss of Jones'arm alone was too much for even Bennett to beaten Stanford, Cal USC, Brigham Young and Creighton, along with six other vktin\s.SteveSoderstrom and Mike Salazar havecomethroughonthemoundaswellin recent weeks, butlrawtosalutetteBuDdog' • bats-Todd Johnson, Brant Brown, Philip Romero, Terance Frazier, Gary McNamara, John DaSilva, Bryan Judice and everyone else who swings the bats for the 1991 All the Bulldogs needed was for a pitcher breakthrough as Jones did one year earner. Thank you, Jim Patterson. Patterson is not the pitcher that Jones is, To all of you doubted Fresno State before the season, mdudtng me, look at the 32-13 overall record, the 12-3 Big West record, and the munber 20 ranking. .Coach Bennett convinced me never to doubt one of his teams again. ' He's too good to bet against Excuse me while 1 try to pull that foot out ,^myinouth. |
