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Imprint, Friday, February 2, 2001
Adventures in basketball; on the court KERRY O ' B R I P N Imprint staff
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very game seems to be an adventure," says Tom Kieswetter, men's basketball coach. "We demonstrate that every time we play." He'sreferring, of course, to the tumultuous beginning of the basketball season for the Warriors. After .a stunning home-opener which saw the Warriors topple the highly-ranked Western Mustangs (84-69), the team has stumbled through their last six games, sitting at 2-5 (win-loss) and struggling with inconsistentplay on bothoffense and defense. Much of this can be attributed to the fact that nearly half of the 15 spots on the team belong to rookies. Stepping up to the high standard of play in the OUA West is tough on any player, let alone on a team with six greeners. This isn't to say that the games haven't been exciting; in fact, this year'steam hasmade for some of the
most excitingWarriorbasketballsince the CIAU Championship team of 1974175. Two of those losses were "heartbreakers" according to Kieswetter. "Last Saturdayagainst Brockwe played probably thirty-five minutes of outstanding basketball. We had them shut down defensively, offensively we were confident. . . in five minutes we seemed to get rattled at times, we had some concentration lapses as far as shooting," he says. The Warriors wound up dropping the game in the last minutes by a score of 71-69. Part of the loss can be attributed to the fact that the Warriorslost veteransConrad Kreek and Dan Schipper to fouls in the closingminutes,whichallowedBrock to slideahead by four points with less than two minuts remaining. Despite a pair of threes from Shane Cooney to tie the game with ten secondsleft, the Warriors were unable to prevent a last-second field goak from Brock. "To play for 40 minutes hard is achallenge," he said. "In some games
we'll go for largestretches of consistent intensity compared to others." Waterloo's reliance on its rookies hasn't been without resu1ts.Young players, like forward Mike Sovran and starting point guard Bryan Nichol, have shown that they are ready and willing to step up to the next level. "Mike Sovran has shown that he isa big time player and aplayer to watch in the future. michol shows] the intelligence, composure, poise anddecisisionmakingofastar to be." Whencoupledwithveteransldce 6'10" post Dan Schipper and Shane Cooney (who scored 32 points aginst~rock),the ~ a r r i o r s kdefie nitely a force to be reckoned with. Part of the Warrior basketball tradition is fan support. The Warriors look to the stands for their energy, and student admission is free. Come out this weekend as the Warriors take o n the Lakehead Nor'Westers Friday and Saturday nights. The women play at 6:OO p.m. and the men follow at 8:00 p.m.
High action makesaslowstartto theseasonworthwatching.
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UW invited to run with Nike special to Imprint
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he UWTrack andField team had a successful weekend at the Nike Invitational Track meet at the University of Toronto. The Warriors finished the day with 1 7 season personal bests (SPB), 10 lifetime personal bests (LTPB) and one varsity record. The varsity record fell in the
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women's shot put competition as rookie powerhouse Kristy Heemskerk heaved a throw of 11.35m. Look out for Kristy as she attempts the pentathalon. She can do it all. A SPB in the 60m hurdles proves just that. In men's track, the 6Om team of Neal Roberts,Adrian Blair and Adrian Buchanan all finished with SPB performances. Veteran Paul Gill and Daniella
Carrington continued to show their domination of the sprint events. Gill impressed the competition in the 300m racing against two of the fastestrunners in the country,Alexandre Marchand of Sherbrooke and the Luis Vega Penso of York. Comingoff the second turn, Gill gave Marchand a run for his money. AlthoughGillendedupfinishingthird in the competition, he showed these runners that he is not to be brushed
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aside. Gill is currently fourth in the CIAU rankings. Carrington also wowed the crowd with a LTPB performance in the 300m. Carrington's time of 40.42s now ranks her third in the country. The 300111proved to be a good race for boththemen and the women asNicolaWhite,AUessia Ceh, Christy Shantz, Angie Ross, Pierre Labreque, and Adrian Blair all had SPBs. LTPBs were attained by rookiesPaul Monte, Joe Brown and Kristy Heemskerk. The women's 600m saw SPBs by Nicola White, Jill Patterson, Allison Salter andaLTPB by Christy Shantz. On the menlsside,veteranPierre Labreque finished second demonstrating that he is ready to challenge for an OUAA medal this season. George Shamoun showed his
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determination running a great race in his first 600111. In the lOOOm race StephanDrew finished third overall with a LTPB. Alastair Lawrencefollowed in fourth with aSPBand Will Gibbons finished fifth with a LTPB in distance running. Rookies Kim Neumayer and Kevin Smith both had a great day in the 15OOm,finishingwith LTPB's. Debbie Buhlers dominated in the 3000m event, lapping her competitors and attaining a SPB. Debbie currentlyholdsthe number oneranking in CIAU. Pentathlete Ange Player finished fourth in the hurdles and earned a season's best performance in the high jump. Rookie polevaulter Erin Kurzak finished5thand showedsome of her speed on the runway.
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