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The Pendulum SPORTS Thursday, February 12, 2004 • Page 27 Women’s indoor track sets records, looks to SoCon meet Andrew High Sports Editor Unlike Elon’s other winter sports, where progress can be meas ured by the length of a win streak or a team’s record over the last 10 games, Elon’s women’s indoor track team doesn’t have a win/loss record. They do have records, how ever, setting 11 new school records in four meets. Women’s indoor track coach Jackie Sgambati said she saw the record-breaking performances com ing. “We have new freshmen and we’re a new team so we’re going to break [records] every year because everyone gets better every year,” Sgambati said. “We’ve been work ing hard. I think everyone is 3/ery motivated to break records that we’ve previously had.” Two freshmen have broken school records this season: Angela Carlberg, with a record shot put of 36 feet 8 inches, and Jessica Clendenning, clearing 10 feet 6 inches in the pole vault. Sgambati said the performance of the freshmen has helped upper classmen. “You try to bring in more talent than you have, presently, on your team,” she said. “They motivate the upperclassmen to work hard and maintain their spot. If they’re the No. 1 sprinter and a freshman comes in and become the No. 1 sprinter [upperclassmen] tend to work just as hard to get it back, to help the team even more.” Sophomore Alana Black set a new school record in the mile with a time of 5 minutes, 15.54 seconds. Black also set new school marics in the 800-meter and 3000-meter races. Black’s explanation for her success is simple. “I think that it is mostly main taining a positive mindset and stay ing focused on my goals,” she said. “We really don’t have an off-season, the distance runners. We race in the fall with cross country and in the winter with indoor track and then outdoor track so we just train for competition all the time.” In addition to benefiting from the support teammates receive from each other, Sgambati said the program has benefited from the addition of an assistant coach. Donnie Davis, the longtime track coach at nearby Cummings High School, works mostly with the hur Campus Recreation winners Arena Football: Men's: Rice Krispies Women's: Stompers (Pictured) Wiffleball: Men's; Pi Kap Co-Rec: Phi Mu (Pictured) Dodgeball Men's: O.A.K. Women's: Phi Mu Co-Rec: Milkshakes (Pictured) Water Polo: Men's: Playmakers (Pictured) courtesy of Campus Recreation dlers and jumpers. “It’s absolutely wonderful,” Sgambati said. “We have, as far as I’m concerned, the best hurdles coach in the country. We’re lucky to have coach Davis and he’s coached many athletes on the national level, including his daughter and his son. He’s interested in getting these girls better and competing in our confer ence.” Sgambati said that Davis’ value shows through in practices. “At practice, there are 17 or 18 events in track and you can’t coach all of them everyday,” she said. “You split up in groups and tiy to do what you can as one person, but having another person doing the hurdles and the jumps is especially helpful.” Sgambati said that eventually Davis will help her with recruiting after he passes an NCAA-mandated test on recruiting regulations, some thing she said she believes he will be especially suited for after 17 years on the high school level. For now, the team will prepare for the Southern Conference indoor track meet Feb. 27 and 28 in Johnson City, Tenn. Sgambati plans to increase the amount of “speed File Photo Elon sophomore Alana Black set new school records in the mile, 800-meter and 3000-meter runs. Women's indoor track coach Jackie Sgambati said she expects Black's times to get faster during outdoor track season because the tums on an outdoor track are not as severe as indoors. work” in the team’s practices. “What you do two weeks prior to the meet is most important,” she said. “Speed work means a lot of quick drills, 30-meter drills, 100- meter drills, 200s as fast as they can, all out, in their spikes, with rest to rest the muscles so they can go all out again. Just realizing that going all out in practice means you can do that best time or goal time at [the conference meet.].” Contact Andrew High at pendu- lum@elon.edu or 278-7247. C®P£NSBQBO K.'jinu 1 HAD IHE SAME .QUESTIONS. Can ! get rny MBA without a. business degree? Cr»i ! studyubroarl? Can 1 afford it? Can 1 read» niy goals.? I OPEN HOUSE FOR THE DAYTIME MBA PROGRAM: February 21 from 10:30 am—3:00 pm The University of North Carolina at Grejinsboro . Bryan School of Bu»in«« and Economics Kor mors information call 33&-334-S390. visit mybryanmba.com or send an e-mail to mbacgguncg.edu.
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