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March 15, 2001

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The Flecktones Play Out Of Bounds

By ryan | March 15, 2001

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Cornell Looks to Overcome Deficit

By ryan March 16, 2001

There is good news and bad news for Cornell’s equestrian team. The good news is it has one last shot at overcoming Skidmore to win the Regionals. If the Red can accomplish this feat, it will progress to the Zonal Championships. The bad news is the last show comes at Skidmore, where the Thoroughbreds have a stranglehold over the visiting competition. Not to mention that Skidmore has dominated the competition throughout the season. And furthermore, the Red has a formidable point deficit it must make up. Come March 24th the team will find out for sure whether the Red will enter the postseason together. It is the third time the Red has visited Saratoga Springs during the 2000-2001 campaign, so it is fully aware of the challenge that lays ahead of the team in one week. But as it is unlikely that the Red can bypass Skidmore, the paramount goal will be to try to qualify as many women possible for Regional Championships. Leading the Red are Junior Julie Cantor and classmate Zoe Orecki, who both have a chance at High Point Rider in the region. Joining them are juniors Stacey Olexy and senior Kristen Conner. Last year, Cornell sent a total of twelve riders to the regionals, but hopefully it will surpass the total this year. According to head coach Al Peters, the horses at Skidmore provide his team with the best chance of obtaining invites to the postseason tournaments. Archived article by Amanda Angel
Spring Rejuvenates Cornell Track Team

By ryan March 16, 2001

The track team looks to keep its lungs clear of the Los Angeles smog for its spring break meets. The left coast will be the site for the Long Beach Classic on the 17th and the Spring Break Invitational at Irvine, Ca., on the 24th. Schools in the west have been traditionally very strong in track. Some good WAC, Big Sky, Pac-10, and Big-10 teams are expected to compete. “We are expecting to face some good competition,” said men’s coach Nathan Taylor. This trip will afford the track team more than a good tan. Besides gaining some competitive experience, these meets will be a good barometer for relative team progress. The men’s team is already highly touted as shown in its No. 24 national ranking following the indoor season. The Spring Break meets will mark the turning point in the year, as the tracksters transition from the indoor to the outdoor season, which features some events that are exclusive to mother nature’s domain. Taylor gleamed, saying, “There are good differences between the two seasons, in that we have many guys who do very well in the strictly outdoor events.” Both the men and women are coming off very successful indoor campaigns. The men will be led into competition by distance aces Colin Moore and Geoff Van Fleet, jumpers Scott Lundy and Travis Offner, throwers Brett Coffing and Jeremy Blanchett. The women also have strengths in areas across the board; Meredith Freimer and Kim Chatman anchor the distance crew, Karen Chastain heads the throwing events, Danielle Brown and Jamie Reed are expected to provide points in the jumps, and Katy Jay will headline the sprint crew. Competing against west coast scholarship teams this weekend, the Red will hope to prove that money isn’t everything and that the east can hold its own on the track. Archived article by Donald Lee