Chandler finding his top gear
CHANDLER from page 16
knows exactly what to he has to
do to win the race.
He possesses a special set of gears
that very few sprinters carry. He said
he gets a feel for the competition and
just does enough to win the race.
Maxwell knows Chandler has yet
to reach his top gear.
“He has the ability to change
gears when he is ready,” Maxwell
said. “Great sprinters can do that
“Great sprinters can be running
along and all of a sudden, they can
move one meter to two to three meters
ahead of the competition, and
(Chandler) has the ability to do that”
In Chandler’s 200-meter final at
the Big 12 Conference meet, his abil
ity was very evident
Brandon Couts of Baylor was the
top-ranked 400-meter runner in the
nation. As die 200-meter final began,
Chandler fell behind to Couts. Before
the first 100 meters were up,
Chandler had caught Couts. By the
end, he had a 10-yard lead.
“My strategy was to just run up
on him quick because I knew he was
strong, tilt I had more speed on him,”
Chandler said. “If I caught him early
there wasn’t any way he was going to
catch up with me.
“I didn’t know I beat him that bad
until I watched die tape the day after.”
And when Chandler wins a race,
he does what many sprinters do - he
taunts.
Sometimes he might taunt even
before he crosses the finish line.
Chandler’s traditional head turn,
which he calls “grillen,” is becoming
a more common sight to the rest of
the nation.
It is something Chandler started
during his junior college days in
Alabama. His friends would sit in the
bleachers behind the finish line and
they would always tell him to do
something for them.
When Chandler runs at the
NCAA Indoor National
Championship on March 10 and 11,
he said the audience may see some
“grillen.”
“If I come through at the time I
want, I will,” Chandler said. “Its like a
habit now, once I get to the line it’s
like I don’t feel anybody.”
Pepin, Chandler
win Big 12 titles
From staff reports
After winning the men’s and
women’s Big 12 Conference Indoor
Championship, Nebraska took home
two of the top honors in the confer
ence as selected by the coaches.
Junior sprinter Chris Chandler
was named the conference’s top male
performer while Coach Gary Pepin
was named Big 12 Indoor Women’s
Coach of the Year.
Training injuries sideline pitchers
(AP) It was a bad day for catchers
at spring training, with Brook
Fordyce of the Chicago White Sox
and Tom Lampkin of the Seattle
Mariners learning injuries will side
line them for four to six weeks each.
Fordyce broke a bone on the top
of his left foot during an intrasquad
game Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz., feel
ing it crack when he tried runnjng
from first base to second on a pitch
in the dirt.
“I don’t know what happened,”
Fordyce said. “I felt a crack and then
it felt like my foot split in half.”
The 29-year-old catcher, who
signed a $1.5 million, two-year con
tract with the White Sox on Nov. 17,
is the team’s No. 1 catcher.
“I can’t say I’m frustrated
because things happen,” Fordyce
said. “I just need to think about what
I need to do to get back on the field
as soon as possible.”
Lampkin, Seattle’s backup, needs
arthroscopic surgery to repair torn
cartilage in his right knee.
“This is a minor item they’ll fix,
and then I’ll be ready for the rest of
the season,” he said in Peoria, Ariz.
He felt the pain this spring, but
assumed nothing serious was wrong
— until the team’s first sliding drills
on Sunday.
“I didn’t hurt it during sliding
drills, but I noticed it then,” Lampkin
said. “I already had blocked balls,
caught pitchers and run after that. It
was a fiill workout. I couldn’t sleep
that night and then I got up yesterday
morning and knew something was
wrong with it.”
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever
Mike Fetters, impressive in the early
days of spring training, strained a left
quadricep muscle during a rundown
in an intrasquad game in Vero Beach,
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“I’ll be all right in a couple days,
I think,” said Fetters, a 35-year-old
right-hander who signed a minor
league contract with the Dodgers in
December. “I’ll know more in the
morning. I’m trying to make the ball
club; I came into camp in the best
shape of my life. This thing ain’t
going to stop me. I won’t let it. I
came here for one reason — to be a
Dodger. I won’t settle for anything
less.”
Dodgers manager Davey
Johnson initially said he thought
Fetters might be out for a couple of
weeks. When informed of Fetters’
appraisal, Johnson smiled and said,
“What would you expect him to say?
I hope it’s not as severe as we
thought.”
After skipping his throwing pro
gram two days in a row because of
shoulder stiffness, Philadelphia
Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling felt
well enough to continue his rehab
Tuesday in Clearwater, Fla.
Schilling, who had arthroscopic
surgery Dec. 13 and probably will
miss at least the first six weeks of the
season, played catch for 13 minutes
with bullpen catcher Ramon
Henderson.
“There was some tightness, but
not enough to not throw,” Schilling
said. “It’s just really kind of like a
pinball. I have to bump and roll here,
and whatever happens, happens and
I’ve got to accept it.”
Schilling lobbed 100 throws in
the outfield grass at the Carpenter
Complex, the first 75 from 60 feet
and the rest from 90 feet.
“Throwing 100 pitches at 20 per
cent was certainly better than no
throws, but I want to keep pushing to
start getting the workload that mat
ters,” Schilling said.
In nearby Dunedin, Toronto Blue
Jays catcher Darren Fletcher started
rehabilitation of his right knee less
tha$ 24 hours after arthroscopic
suigery to repair a slight tear.
“I’m ready to go,” Fletcher said.
“I am shooting for two weeks. I want
to be as close to game ready as I
should normally be at that point.
Today, I’m going to do some range of
motion and lift some weights.
Obviously, since I had the surgery
less than 24 hours ago, the knee is
going to be a little stiff.”
Jason Dickson, who missed all of
last season due to shoulder surgery,
gave up three runs and five hits in
just one third of an inning in the
Anaheim Angels’ opening
intrasquad game.
in jupner, ria., Montreal manag
er Felipe Alou said he expects Dustin
Hermanson to pitch the regular sea
son opener against Los Angeles on
April 3.
At Port St. Lucie, the Mets said
A1 Leiter and Bobby J. Jones will
remain behind when they open the
season in Japan against the Cubs,
then pitch the first two home games
against San Diego the following
week. John Rocker, suspended until
May 1, agreed to a one-year contract
with the Atlanta Braves.
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Huskers
16th after
first day
From staff reports
After one day of competition
at the University of Texas-San
Antonio Invitational, the
Nebraska men’s golf team is in
16th place, shooting a team score
of 612 - 46 shots behind the tour
nament leader Baylor.
At the Southwest Classic,
freshman Marty Smith is tied for
43rd after shooting a two-round
total of 151, just 14 shots short of
first place Brandon Sanders of
Baylor.
Other Huskers performing
well in the tournament are Rob
Arthur and Seth Porter, who are
both tied at 56th after firing a
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