1993_03 Insight March 1993

              March 10,1993
Page 9
FSU Athletics-This week
con't
March 15
Men's Baseball vs.
March U
Track and Field:  NCAA
Women's Tennis vs. Yale
Indoor Nationals, Indian
Arizona, 7:00 p.m.
@ LA., 12:00 noon.
apolis, lnd., All Day.
March 16
Women's Basketball @
March 14
Men's Baseball vs.
WAC Tournament, Salt Lake
Men's Tennis vs. San Diego
Texas Tech, 7:00 pjn.
City, Utah, TBA.
State, 12:00 noon.
Women's Softball vs.
Arizona State, 2:00 pjn.
'Speed' is the key
* Dooley strives for
national recognition
at indoor nationals.
By Kathy Airoso	
Sports Writer
Before coming to Fresno State.
Tanya Dooley. sprinter on the FSU
track team, did not have much competition.
"In high school no one was even
close," Dooley said. "When I came to
FSU it was different; for the first time
I had loughcom petition", Dooley said.
But Dooley was not always interested in track.
Dooley's track career began in the
fourth grade. Her first choice wasn't
track though; she really wanted io get
involved in gymnastics. Dooley weni
with her second choice, track, because there were not many opportunities in Angels Camp, Calif., Dooley's
hometown, to pursue her desire io
participate in gymnastics.
In elementary school, track was
merely a hobby for Dooley. "It was
just something fun to pass the time,"
she said.
It wasn't until her junior or senior
year, when Dooley was a sprinter and
a cross country runner, that she began
taking track seriously. It was at Bret
Harte High School in Angels Camp
that Dooley started showing her potential to be competitive in track.
Dooley was a 400-meter qualifier
for the California State Championships all four years in high school and
in 1989 and 1990 she finished second
in die slate championships. Dooley
also competed at ihe TAC Junior
National Championships the summer
after her senior year.
During her high school track career,
Dooley set personal records of 53.97
inthe400and24.1 in the 200. Dooley
was also named Outstanding Athlete
all   four
years of high school.
Sprinting wasn't Dooley'sonly forte
in high school. She also lettered in
cross country and in 1988 and 1989 Jicr
track team won slate championships.
The honors and awards Dooley ac-
"I came to Fresno Slate so I could be
closer to my family."
Dooley said her final decision to go
to Fresno Slate even surprised her.
"When I was in high school I always
said I wasn't going to go to Fresno
Slate," Dooley said. "1 wanted to go
to the beach."
Dooley said that after talking to the
Fresno Stale coaches she knew it was
where she wanted io go. "All the
teammates were really friendly and I
admired the coaches," Dooley said.
"I'm blessed to be on the track team
and 1 don't regret coming to FSU at
all."
Track is a main part of my life - my
teammates are like my family.
•Tanya Dooley, FSU Track
1 a t c d
during
high
school
gave her
many
college
options
after
gradua-    m^^m^m^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^mm^^^^^^^m^^M
lion. The Universities of Minnesota,      The transition from high school to
Wisconsin, California, Washington,    college sports is not easy for athletes.
Washington State, Oregon, UNLV    Dooley said college track is a lot
and Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo tried to    diffcrcmfromhighschooltrack. "Alh-
rccruithcr.butshcchoscFrcsnoStatc.    lctcs arc more focused in college,"
Before making her choice, Dooley
went on many recruiting trips lo explore her options. After seeing numerous universities and talking to
many coaches, Dooley decided tocon-
tinuc her track career at Fresno State.
Dooley said one reason she chose
FresnoStaiewasbecauscitwas closer
to home.
"I was recruited by a lot of colleges
outside of California," Dooley said.
Dooley said.
Along with being more focused,
Dooley said college athletes develop
closer relationships with their team-
"In college we work together-we
work as a team," Dooley said. "When
we go to a meet we think about what
we can do io help the team."
After joining the Fresno Slate track
team, Dooley decided to concentrate
Money, from page 8.
around a pitcher and a pitcher
develops confidence from the team.
"Her comments and support let the
team know what she's doing." said
Wright. "If you arc noi a team player,
you have no rapport with the team."
Green said there is some pressure
being the ace and team leader this
year. "Ifyourgonnabeagoodpitcher,
you have to want thai pressure," she
said.
Green has known pressure since her
firsi game as a Bulldog when she lost
5-1 against top-ranked UCLA.
She said it was a dream to play
UCLA her first game as a Bulldog.
She capped off a remarkable freshman season going 2-0 and striking out
a tournament leading 14 at the 1990
College World Scries (CWS), and
being named to the 1990 CWS all-
Christi,
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tournament team.
Green was 15-1 with 14shutoutshcr
freshman campaign.
Green said her curve ball is her
"brcad-and-buticr" pilch, bui her
favorite is ihc change-up. ,
"The change-up frustrates people
because it's going so slow," said
Green.
Wright said Green's variety of
pitches and speeds are her strengths
as a pitcher.
"She gels ahead of ihc batter and
keeps them off balance," said Wright.
Heading into her senior year. Green
is set to rewrite the Bulldog softball
record book.
She is currenUy fourth in career no-
hitters (4), fifth in career shutouls
(46). 16 in 1992, sixth in strikeouts
(388). complete games (76) and wins
(67), 67-15 for her career, and seventh in innings pitched.
Green is 7-2 in 1993.   Her losses
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on sprinting raiher than cross country
running. "Sprinting and cross country
running condition the body in two
different ways," she said.
"Wiih cross country running you're
try ing to build endurance, while sprinters work on their quickness."
When it came down lo making a
decision. Dooley chose sprinting.
"My last two years in high school, I
didn't enjoy cross country," Dooley
said. "I'd much rather run disianccs
under 60 seconds than run three or
more miles."
One of Dooley's first encounters with
tough college competition was during
^^^^^^ her freshman year al
I FrcsnoSlate when she
competed in the mile
relay with the U.S.
Junior National team
in Jamaica.
'Traveling with the
U.S. Junior National
team to Jamaica was
one of the biggest
^m^m^^ thrills of my life."
Dooley said. "I was able to meet some
top notch track athletes and it was
exciting to compete on that level."
Dooley has accumulated many honors and awards at Fresno Slate. She
was named an NCAA Indoor Ail-
American after running a 54.01 and
finishing seventh in ihc 400-mcicrs al
the NCAA Indoor Championships last
March. She also ran a Fresno Slate all-
time best of 53.76 in NCAA Indoor
qualifying heats and collected the only
Bulldog individual win al the Fresno
"Relays with a 54.58 finish in the 400-
mctcrdash last season.
Although Dooley had the second-
Dooley holds the second fast est 200m time in FSU history(24.10).
fastest 400-mctcr time in die Big/
West Conference last season, she
finished fourth in the conference
meet after experiencing foot problems.
"I started having bad pains at the
top of my foot a monih before the
conference meet and the pains progressively got worse." Dooley said.
Although Dooley was hindered by
these pains her freshman year, she
has not had any pains yet this season.
"The coaches keep asking mc if
I' vc had any pains because it always
seems to happen around this time of
year," Dooley said.
Dooley's performance at the WAC
Indoor Championships in Colorado
Springs, Colo, two weeks ago suggests she is in tip-top condition.
Dooley broke the WAC Indoor
Championship 400 meter record in
qualifying heats, and again in the
/
finals, io help her win the indoor title.
Her limes were: 55.05 in the second
qualifying heat and 54.42 in ihe finals.
Dooley's competitive performance
is steering her towards a spot at the
NCAA Championships March 6. As
il stands right now, Dooley is seventh
in the nation, provisionally qualifying her to go to the NCAA Championships. However, Tom Pagani,
women's head track coach, said you
never know for sure if you qualify
until the last minute.
Dooley would like to continue her
track career after graduation and pos-
sibly.tryoul for ihe Olympics. Even if
she docs not make the Olympic team,
Dooley said she wants to be involved
with track.
"I would like to continue running
for a few years and be an assistant
track coach at FSU," Dooley said.
"Track is a main pan of my life - my
teammates are like my family."
were a 1 -0 defcal to top ranked UCLA
and a 1-0 loss to second ranked
Arizona.
WrightcxpccisGrccn lohavcagreat
year. "My expectations are Ihc same
as Marcic's, no more or no less."
Green said Coach Wright has had
been the biggest influence on her soft-
ball career.
"Coach Wright leaches us about life
through softball," said Green.
Green plans to get a job in criminology after graduation and eventually
work as a parole officer in California.
Her dream is lo win ihe national
championship.
The Bulldogs were ranked number
three in preseason polls and are looking to get back to the CWS for ihe
seventh straight year.
It will be a challenge for Green to
lead the Bulldogs io the CWS. but a
challenge like thai suits Marcic Green
just fine.
Off the wall .
* Senior sprinter Paul Castle ran 21.16 in the 200m dash at the Bulldog
All-Comers meet last Saturday. His time ranks 8th all-time at FSU in the 200.
* Junior right-hander Steve Soderstrom struck out 16 batters in the 'Dogs
6-1 win over Wyoming last Friday. He was 4 short of the FSU single game
record of 20 shared by Truman Cleaver ('53) and Dick Ruthven (72).
* The Men's Basketball team shot an amazing 73.7% from the floor and
60.0% for the game, a season high, in their 83-78 victory over Colorado State |
last thursday. The win clinched sixth place for the 'Dogs who will start WAC
Tournament play tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. vs. New Mexico.
* With 2 more homeruns over the weekend in Arizona, Junior
Kim Maher has become the all-time leader in homeruns at FSU with 15.
* Kim Allen's 39'5" Triple Jump last Saturday is 4th all-time at FSU.
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