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Collegian Sports Traveling on road no party for athletes By Doug McLeod Collegian Sports Writer Contrary to popular belief, life on the road as a Fresno State athe- lete is not all fun and games. Through the years,athletes have talked and bragged about the exploits that they pull while on road trips out of town. According to players and coaches alike, noth¬ ing out of the ordinary happens when Fresno State sport teams take the road. But according to other sources, sometimes things do happen- In a talk yesterday with head women's basketball coach Bob Spencer, he spoke of the great rec¬ ord of his team for staying out of trouble. "We've had no problems in the time that I've been here," he said. Spencer, who has coached the women'steam since 1980, said that he has never felt the need to call a room tocheck on a player to make sure that thev arc where they are supposed to be. According to baseball player Philip Romero, the Bulldog's starl¬ ing second baseman, not a whole lot goes on during road trips other than card games and television watching. "With all the room checks and curfews, it you wanted to have a party, you rcallv wouldn't have the time." Most of the teams follow a very regimented schedule that allows them almost no free time, and thc time that is allowed for persona! things are usually either with a roommate or under su pervision of coaches. Still, things dooccuron the road. An anonymous CSUF student who played sports at a junior col¬ lege but no longer plays, admitted that things, including drinking and even drug use, occured during road trips during their athletic carreer,butalso stressed that under both circumstances the practice become friends and/or roomates during a season, and often spend lots of time together. Athletes at Fresno State would not be able to get away with alco¬ hol or drug use during the season because of the NCAA's drug test¬ ing policy that chooses athletes at random for drug testing. According to an article in the Fresno Bee, FSU football player Bert Prentice failed a drug test administered by the FSU atheletic department. Prentice then reportedly quit the team, saying in the article that he thought tha t every college student should have the chance to get drunk, so they can wake up the next morningand see what it feels like. Wheteher or not Prentice is an exception or the rule remains to be seen. However for the most part, athletes really do not receive an oppurrunity to party on the road. "All of ourgirls know what the sched ules a re," Spencer said," wha t the rules are, know the conse¬ quences lof breaking a rule), so I've never had a problem." Most teams will spend the time in route to road games studying notes on oponents or watching game films on a VCR. Other times, athletes will study their school work or use the time lo catch up on some much needed sleep. "Bus trips arc the worst, espe¬ cially if they're long," said Kom- Ironically, it is much tougher for the coaches to keep tabs on the players when they are at home, since each player usually goes their seperate ways and is unsupervised. "Playing at home is better be¬ cause you have the crowds and you're more comfortable, having slept in you're own bed," Romero said. Joined at the hi ThorSwtrVThe Collegian FSU track athlete Brian Flewellen takes the baton from a teammate at the Fresno Relays. Men's, women's track rolling into championships By Chris (_ocoles Collegian Sports Writer In a tuneup for next week's Big West Championships, the Fresno State track and field teams rolled to dual meet victories on Satur¬ day. The FSU women moved to 8-1 indual meets by beating Occiden¬ tal 101-33 and Nevada 112-13. The Bulldog men won for the fifth straight time, hammering Occidental 12(W2arelNevadal25- 17. FSU is now 6-4. The men, who will attempt to wina ninth consecutive Big West ti tie, ha ve rebounded from a tough start to the season, when the team lostfourofitsfirstfivemeets. The Big West Championships will be May 10 and 11 at UC Irvine. Led by a personal best by senior Tim Baker, FSU finished one-two- three in the pole vault. Baker's vault of 16-2 bettered his best ever attempt by more than a foot. Bulldog Paul Freidednbach cleared 15-0 to take second, while Mike Steward was third. Junior thrower Roshawn James continued toexcel in 1991. James, a junior college transfer, placed in threeevents. He won the hammer after a throw of 187-3, finished second in the shotput (49-9) be¬ hind unattached Ray East (52-2 3/ 4), and was fourth in the discus. Team mate Tim Boerum'sthrow of 160-5 netted him second. Todd Riech appears ready to successfully defend last year's Big West javelin title. Riech, a sopho¬ more, breeezed to a win in the javelin. His toss of 223-8 was 29 feetlonger than hisclosest compe¬ tition. Dant Kuslieka, the Bulldogs' fastest runner in the 400 meters, showed why by winning the race on Saturday. Kuslieka's time of 48:48 was enough to hold off fel¬ low Bulldog Brian Flewellen (4950). Kuslieka holds holds the season's best time (47:76) at FSU. The Bulldogs have five athletes that have met the provisional qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships: Riech in the jave¬ lin (223-10), Baker in the decathlon (7,205 points), James (201-3) and Steve Kellogg (190-9) in the ham¬ mer, and James Stallworth in the long jump (25-81/4). Stallworth has missed much of the season withaleginjury but is expected to compete in the Big West Champi¬ onships. The Bulldog women, whose only dual meet loss came at the hands of highly regarded UCLA, look strong enteri ng the Big West Championships. Monica Missick led the Bulldogs with three victories in Saturday's meet. The freshman was a winner in the 100 meter hurdles with an impressive time of 13.85, which was almost four seconds fasterthan the second place finsher, Occi¬ dental's Cathy Clark. Missickalso won the 400 hurd les (1 .-07.40) and was a member of the winning 400 meter relay team.
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Title | 1991_05 The Daily Collegian May 1991 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1991 |
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 |
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Title | May 1, 1991, Page 5 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1991 |
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 | Collegian Sports Traveling on road no party for athletes By Doug McLeod Collegian Sports Writer Contrary to popular belief, life on the road as a Fresno State athe- lete is not all fun and games. Through the years,athletes have talked and bragged about the exploits that they pull while on road trips out of town. According to players and coaches alike, noth¬ ing out of the ordinary happens when Fresno State sport teams take the road. But according to other sources, sometimes things do happen- In a talk yesterday with head women's basketball coach Bob Spencer, he spoke of the great rec¬ ord of his team for staying out of trouble. "We've had no problems in the time that I've been here," he said. Spencer, who has coached the women'steam since 1980, said that he has never felt the need to call a room tocheck on a player to make sure that thev arc where they are supposed to be. According to baseball player Philip Romero, the Bulldog's starl¬ ing second baseman, not a whole lot goes on during road trips other than card games and television watching. "With all the room checks and curfews, it you wanted to have a party, you rcallv wouldn't have the time." Most of the teams follow a very regimented schedule that allows them almost no free time, and thc time that is allowed for persona! things are usually either with a roommate or under su pervision of coaches. Still, things dooccuron the road. An anonymous CSUF student who played sports at a junior col¬ lege but no longer plays, admitted that things, including drinking and even drug use, occured during road trips during their athletic carreer,butalso stressed that under both circumstances the practice become friends and/or roomates during a season, and often spend lots of time together. Athletes at Fresno State would not be able to get away with alco¬ hol or drug use during the season because of the NCAA's drug test¬ ing policy that chooses athletes at random for drug testing. According to an article in the Fresno Bee, FSU football player Bert Prentice failed a drug test administered by the FSU atheletic department. Prentice then reportedly quit the team, saying in the article that he thought tha t every college student should have the chance to get drunk, so they can wake up the next morningand see what it feels like. Wheteher or not Prentice is an exception or the rule remains to be seen. However for the most part, athletes really do not receive an oppurrunity to party on the road. "All of ourgirls know what the sched ules a re," Spencer said," wha t the rules are, know the conse¬ quences lof breaking a rule), so I've never had a problem." Most teams will spend the time in route to road games studying notes on oponents or watching game films on a VCR. Other times, athletes will study their school work or use the time lo catch up on some much needed sleep. "Bus trips arc the worst, espe¬ cially if they're long," said Kom- Ironically, it is much tougher for the coaches to keep tabs on the players when they are at home, since each player usually goes their seperate ways and is unsupervised. "Playing at home is better be¬ cause you have the crowds and you're more comfortable, having slept in you're own bed," Romero said. Joined at the hi ThorSwtrVThe Collegian FSU track athlete Brian Flewellen takes the baton from a teammate at the Fresno Relays. Men's, women's track rolling into championships By Chris (_ocoles Collegian Sports Writer In a tuneup for next week's Big West Championships, the Fresno State track and field teams rolled to dual meet victories on Satur¬ day. The FSU women moved to 8-1 indual meets by beating Occiden¬ tal 101-33 and Nevada 112-13. The Bulldog men won for the fifth straight time, hammering Occidental 12(W2arelNevadal25- 17. FSU is now 6-4. The men, who will attempt to wina ninth consecutive Big West ti tie, ha ve rebounded from a tough start to the season, when the team lostfourofitsfirstfivemeets. The Big West Championships will be May 10 and 11 at UC Irvine. Led by a personal best by senior Tim Baker, FSU finished one-two- three in the pole vault. Baker's vault of 16-2 bettered his best ever attempt by more than a foot. Bulldog Paul Freidednbach cleared 15-0 to take second, while Mike Steward was third. Junior thrower Roshawn James continued toexcel in 1991. James, a junior college transfer, placed in threeevents. He won the hammer after a throw of 187-3, finished second in the shotput (49-9) be¬ hind unattached Ray East (52-2 3/ 4), and was fourth in the discus. Team mate Tim Boerum'sthrow of 160-5 netted him second. Todd Riech appears ready to successfully defend last year's Big West javelin title. Riech, a sopho¬ more, breeezed to a win in the javelin. His toss of 223-8 was 29 feetlonger than hisclosest compe¬ tition. Dant Kuslieka, the Bulldogs' fastest runner in the 400 meters, showed why by winning the race on Saturday. Kuslieka's time of 48:48 was enough to hold off fel¬ low Bulldog Brian Flewellen (4950). Kuslieka holds holds the season's best time (47:76) at FSU. The Bulldogs have five athletes that have met the provisional qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships: Riech in the jave¬ lin (223-10), Baker in the decathlon (7,205 points), James (201-3) and Steve Kellogg (190-9) in the ham¬ mer, and James Stallworth in the long jump (25-81/4). Stallworth has missed much of the season withaleginjury but is expected to compete in the Big West Champi¬ onships. The Bulldog women, whose only dual meet loss came at the hands of highly regarded UCLA, look strong enteri ng the Big West Championships. Monica Missick led the Bulldogs with three victories in Saturday's meet. The freshman was a winner in the 100 meter hurdles with an impressive time of 13.85, which was almost four seconds fasterthan the second place finsher, Occi¬ dental's Cathy Clark. Missickalso won the 400 hurd les (1 .-07.40) and was a member of the winning 400 meter relay team. |