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The Daily Collegian
Sports-7
Cross Country team faces best at Stanford
By Mark Bryant
Staff Writer
Top field. Tough course. Tough
terns.
The Fresno State cross country
team will be up against all that and
tnen some when they take on die
Stanford Invitational Saturday in
what will include someof the West
Coast's top squads.
s* The women will be lacing #
killer field,- said Head Coach Red
Estes. They'll have to run like
crazy to keep off the bottom. The
men's race doesn't have as many
top teams but with No. 3 Arizona
in there, it becomes a test"
Another question is whether
Dina Farage, the top women's
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standout, will run well in this meet
orbeabletorunatall.Riiriningon
a bad ankle can set her back; on the
other hand, she will need to get
back into action with this race. She
is listed as quesuonable/probable
fQr the upcoming meet. The
tendonitis may prevent her from
competing, and it is not known
whether or not she will be able to
contribute. Farage has resumed
training, however.
" J am ey Harris should do better
this year because the field he will
run in is not as strong," Estes said.
Harris received WAC athlete
of the week honors lor his overall
second place and first collegiate
finish at the UC Davis Invitational
10K meet last Saturday, running
Mountain Division Player of die
Week honors. He scored two goals
and on3 assist in three non-
conference wins.
Wescott scored the lone goal in
FSU's 1-0 win against E vans vi lie,
a goal that gave the Bulldogs the
Goal Rush Classic-title. He was
also named tournament MVP.
Bluem thinks the 'Dogs are
ready to open Federation play.
"We've come a long way since
the start of the season,'' Bluem
said.
But they still have an important
area to work on.
"We're still having trouble
scoring goals, so we've been
working on that," Bluem said. "We
, have to create more chances and
finish better.*'
Confidence is also a key factor.
"We've been trying to instill
confidence in our players. Rather
than them hoping the ball will go
in the net, we want mem to know
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the race in 30:46.8.
Shannon Lieder "will probably
run as well as Farage did in this
meet last year. She is capable of
putting on a tremendous effort,"
Estes said.
Lieder has done a commendable
job of running in Farage's spot so
that the ' Dogs haven't missed a
beat
The women will be mining
against powers like second-ranked
and defending national champion
Arkansas, seventh-ranked
Arizona, UCLA, Stanford, ninth-
ranked BYU, UC Irvine (14th),
and Cal Poly SLO (ranked No. 1 in
Division II).
The FSU men's squad will
compete with No. 3' Arizona,
Azusa Pacific, UCLA, UC-
Berkeley, and UN Reno.
The WAC is also loaded with
teams in the top rankings.FSU
won't exactly have it easy when
they take on the WAC, either.
It will be a hilly, tough course
at Stanford. While the men will
run an 8K, the women will run a
5K.
Estes said, "I don't like to run
on consecutive weekends at this
pace very much. A 10K meet like
we ran last week really pounds
your body and it takes longer to
recover. Week after week, it makes
you drag with the strain.
"You have to be pretty strong
to handle running on a weekly
basis at this competition arid be
■Competitive."
In the dual meet ratings, me
men are ranked 12th and the
women are ranked 14th.
The Bulldogs are coming off a
solid finish attheUC Davis Aggie
Invitational last Saturday, with
gi^tirKlividualr^ormances.The
men took third place overall, while
: the women placed fifth.
"There are good people in this
tournament,'' Estes said. "Arizona
and UCLA are good programs.''
Stanford and Cal Poly went 1-
2 in the Fresno Pacific Invitational,
"arid they looked pretty impressive.
Stanford is on its home course,
which is always a big advantage in
a race like this. Berkeley's beat us
twice, need I say more?''
FSU
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it will go in the net," Bluem said.
The Bulldogs are also coming
off a week that has not been good
as far as training goes.
"This has not been a good
training week," Bluem said.
"We've had some illness on the
team that has caused some of the
guys to miss some practice.''
Part of the problem has been
the heat. Wednesday the
temperature soared to 102 degrees.
"It's been real hot It's hard to
get good work out of the players
with all the heat," Bluem said.
Heat definitely won't be a
problem this weekend in the Pacific
Northwest
"They could run all day in that
cold weather," Bluem said with a
grin.
Despite the problems FSU has
had this week, Bluem is
looking forward to the road trip.
"We'll be ready to go," Bluem
said.
top offensive teams in the. nation.
Dilfer has a 49 percent
completion rate and has already
thrown for close to 1,000 yards
this season. Dilfer looks like he is
improving with each game
' Trent has handled the press ure
of replacing Mark [Barsotti],"
Sweeney said. "Trent's done a
tremendous job. He's doing things
at his age that mean good things
for the future ... He's got a great
future.**
Dilfer said, "The more I throw
to Malcolm, the more he surprises
me."
Against WSU, Seabron caught
a pass with two minutes to go on a
little hitch pattern and cut through
two ladders to race 54 yards for a
touchdown which put the 'Dogs
ahead 37-33.
The offense will remain theV
same. The defense will have a
different look. How about special
teams?
"You'll be surprised who we
have back there," Sweeney said.
The reason for the change is
some ptayers on the special teams
were not cutting it
""We need people covering
kicks who will go down there and
sprint through guys," Sweeney
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said. "We have to get down there
and know how to avoid blocks.
They don't understand what it takes
to play special teams."
Notes: Last week Sweeney met
Mike Price who was an assistant
coach under Sweeney at
Washington State. This week
Sweeney will lock up with LTU
offensive coordinaior Pat Tilley.
When Sweeney was an assistant
coach with the NFL St Louis
Cardinals, Tilley was a wide
receiver in his fourth season with
the club.
Tilley spent 10 seasons with
the Cardinals.
to play their game and not worry
about what the Aztecs do.
"We have to play on our side of
the court, period, to do anything.
When the Bulldogs take the
floor, there will be some changes
in the starting lineup.
Freshman setter Brenda
Gregerson will start in place of
freshman Tara Podesta. Also
starting will be freshman Debbie
Ponis.
Vivas said that Ponis has shown
her a lot since ; he has been here.
"She may not be our best
h itter,but right no w she' s effective
on the left side and she played the
whole game real well Saturday.
By starting Gregerson in place
of Podesta Vivas said sheis looking
for more communication from her
setter position.
Gregerson had a back problem
and recently received medical
clearance to practice.
Also, that is Podesta's only
problem right now.
The spikers are home next
weekend.- The Bulldogs face
Wyoming and Colorado State.
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