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<Ifie PoCemic/:!Vl_arcli 12, 199! Playin' the Field with Jeremy Williams Waasup ACC? How ya <loin'? Let's see, what has been happening in the world of sports. The Lady Jacks finished their season as did the Men's team. But more on them in a second. Spring Training opened up in Florida and Arizona. College Basketball is in Champ.ionship week. Pro Hoops and Hockey are nearing playoffs which will start in just a couple of months. The Iditarod starts in a couple of days. The Iditarod is a 1,100 mile dog sled mush across the fro~ zen Alaskan wasteland from Anchorage to Nome. The Lady Jacks finished their season on a roll. Despite having a 3-11 record in conference, they won three of their last four finishing with a record of 6-16. Too bad the season wasn't longer. The squad continued to improve, especially after getting over the hump of losing close ball games. Coach Mike Kollien said, "We've had lots of positives this year. We struggled early, but we began to play'better and smarter. We have a lot of kids coming back and we're· looking forward to next year." Marisa Stoppa earned second team all-conference hon- ors. Stoppa led the team in scoring and was fourth in conference with a 16.7 potnts per game. She was also sec- ond on the team in rebounding with 7.7 a contest. Christine May overcame an early ankle injury to pac;:e• the squad in rebounds with 8.5 a game. That was good enough to be seventh in the conference. Angie Kokowicz led the team with 13 blocked shots and was fifth in the league with 43 three-pointers. With 49 treys, Kelly Palmer was fourth in the leagu~ with that effort. She also led the teqm shooting 73% from the free throw line. Amanda Romel was third on the team in rebounding. Kelly Sadler led the team'in assists and was ninth in the conference with 3.5 a game. So can you guess who the Paul Bunyan award winner .is? Drum roll please. The winners are Tonya Liske, Cheri Green, and Jessica Krajniak. The three Lady Jacks put in lots of time improving themselves and their teammates. They should return next year to be· forces on the team. Congrats to you three and congrats to the rest of the team. Now to a higher level. The college hoop scene is in full swing. Teams like Butler and St. Mary's are in with · the automatic bid for winning their conference. Teams like Kan- sas and Minne~ota should have numbe,r one seeds in their respective regions. Will Michigan get in? I know we'll all know by the time you read th,i.s, but right now it's Friday and I have to turn in my story. U-M's final games are against Northwestern and Ohio State. With the wins U-M will have 19 wins. Without further ado, here's the Big-J Top Ten in col- lege hoops. 1. Kansas. Enough said. 2. Minnesota. They're cr'tfising through the Big Ten. 3. South Carolina. Anyone who beat Kentucky twice is nice. 4. Utah is 23-3 and they might get number one seed in the West. 5. North Carolina. The Tarheels are on a roll as they head to the tourney. 6. Kentucky. Went from favorite to sleeper. Watch out 7. Xavier. I just like the name. 8. Tie: Duk~ Wake Forest, Clemson. The Atlanic Coast Confer- ence tournament will be great. Hey, don't forget Maryland. 9. Tie: UCLA, Arizona. The two legit Pac Ten represenatives. 10. Charleston. Cmon, Ya gotta root for the underdog. Among other teams that'll make a good run are teams like Cincinnati and Louisville out of the conference USA. Colorado and Iowa State out of the Big 12. New Mexico and Tulsa look good out of the WAC. Let's not forget about the Big East. Vilianova is decent. Georgetown is on a roll and Boston College is in the mix. It's an exciting time of year for the basketball junkie. AFARGE ·CORPORATION Alpena Plant t3uilding 'Yoda.0 ~ Protecting Tomorrow Spotts 7 Sengenberger breaks record BY HOLLY MACE STAFF WRITER Run, Forrest! Run! On March 1, 1997, Andrew Sengenberger, Directorof AC C's Wellness Center, surpassed Forrest Gump' s three-year, two-month, and four- teen-day run by one day. Sengenberger said his run started off as a New Year's Resolution oack in De- cember of 1993. He made a pact with his daughter, Lauren, who was almost nine years old at the time, that starting January 1, 1994 he was. going to run every day for at least one-half hour. The first day he missed a run, he would owe Lauren twenty-five cents. The second day, it would double to fifty-cents; the third one dollar, a_nd so op.. "I usuatly try to pick a New Year's "To jo[fow through witli the, commitment, I've had to put- in some strange hours and some strange runs/' - Sengenberger ·- · Resolution that has some benefit for me and one that's a little bit of a stretch. That was both of those," commented Sengenberger. "I've always enjoyed run- ning. "I've found that I don't always have enough time to make the commitment so that was just kind of a extra incentive for me to find the time, or else Lauren would • II wm. He added, "She started calculating and she had it figured out that by the end of theyear,iflmissedjust an average number of days, she'd probably have a brand new Corvette by the end of that first year." He has been running ev- ery day for almost 1200 days. On March 1, when he passed Forrest Gump's record, he said Lauren sent him a card congratulating him. · While Forrest Gump's route was ocean to ocean, Sengenberger's was quite lo- cal. He ran on trails when there was no snow, down- town, and through neighbor- hoods~ Sengenberger said he enjoys running through neighborhoods and. seeing people's houses, lawns and gardens. Sengenberger said that during the inclement weather, he was force to run on the treadmills, "which is · . my least favorite. There's no change of scenery, or enough variation in that." One of the challenges, ac- cording to Sengenberger, was going· out to run when he was under the weather or when he would have to go on business trips. PHOTO CouRTESY OF ANDREW SENGENBERGER "To follow through with Andrew Sengenberger, Director of ACC's Wellness the commitment, I've had to Center, is pictured breaking Forrest Gump's record. put in some strange hoo.rs and some run such marathons as the Pike's Peak strange runs," said Sengenberger. Ascent in Colorado Springs -- which he Sengenberger, who also ran tour has run on a number ·of occasions, both marathons during this time span, said , before and after the pact. He has also run that the hardest part is the morning after a marathon in Port Collins, Colorado, as · a marathon when, you can barely walk well as the Grand Canyon. but have to go out for at least a 30 minute Although the pact with his daughter run. has expired, said Sengenberger, he has no According to Sengenberger, he has intentions to quit running. 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