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THE RICE THRESHER
Friday, April 27, 2001
Sid senior Holland
runs 3:31 marathon
Golfers hope to peak at WAC
by Jason Gershman
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAKE
White most Rice students
were returning to classes after a
four-day weekend April 16, Sid
Richardson College senior
Theresa Holland was in Boston
running the best marathon of her
short career.
In a field including more than
4,400 females, Holland was the
770th to cross the finish line in
the 105th Boston Marathon. She
finished in 3 hours, 31 minutes
and 23 seconds, which works out
to just over eight minutes per
mile. The marathon was
Holland's third — she ran the
Compaq Houston Marathon in
January of both 2000 and 2001.
While the Houston Marathon
is open to all interested runners,
the Boston Marathon requires
athletes to meet a qualifying stan-
dard in a previous marathon. For
women in the 18-35 age group,
the standard is 3 hours and 40
minutes.
Holland's time of just over 3
hours and 32 minutes in January's
marathon allowed her to com-
pete in Boston. Holland admits
that she was nervous headed into
the Boston run.
"The Houston Marathon you
can just enter, but Boston you
have to qualify for and so it was a
little intimidating," Holland said.
"You're surrounded by people
who've done 50 to 60 marathons
and multiple marathons per year.
Everyone out there was a serious
runner."
Holland admits she was sur-
prised at how fast she ran, as she
had anticipated a slower time on
the hilly course in Boston than
on the flat course in Houston.
Holland normally trains by
running the outer loop at Rice or
in Hermann Park. She'credits a
trip to her mother's home near
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MARK BERENSON/THRESHER
Theresa Holland
Austin during spring break,
where she was able to run over
hilly terrain, for her success in
Boston.
After playing soccer in high
school, Holland began running
simply for exercise when she got
to Rice. Her finishing time in
January's marathon was almost
one hour less than in her debut
marathon.
"The first one 1 just did to do it,
to see if I could do it." Holland
said. "My time was around 4
hours and 30 minutes. In that
one, I saw the 10-mile mark and
thought. 'Oh my gosh, there's
still 16 more to go.'This January,
when I passed the 10-mile mark.
I was having fun so I didn't think
about how much further there
was to go.
"1 had my watch going, and
when I checked my times I
thought maybe my watch was
broken. I had to check the time
with another runner to make sure
it was right, that I was going as
fast as I was. I think that was the
main reason why I improved from
first marathon to second was that
I was more mentally ready."
Holland had to pay her own
airfare and a $75 entry fee. Be-
See MARATHON, Page 22
by Chris Larson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
To say the Western Athletic Con-
ference Championships haven't
been kind to the golf team the past
couple years would be more than a
mild understatement.
WAC GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Site: Broken Arrow, Okla.
Dates: Monday through
Wednesday
Last year: Rice tied for seventh
in an eight-team field, 53
strokes behind champion
Fresno State.
Look for: SeniorChris Connolly
has a tournament under his
belt after returning from a
fractured collarbone and
should be ready to post some
low scores.
The competition: lOth-ranked
TCU is favored to win, but
Tulsa, SMU and Fresn.o State
have all shown potential this
season.
Two years ago, the Owls finished
15th in the 16-team WAC. Last year,
after eight schools left the confer-
ence, Rice tied for seventh in an
eight-team WAC field.
That's a grand total of one team
the Owls beat in two years.
But the Owls say this year's edition
of the WAC meet, to be held Monday
through Wednesday in Broken Ar-
row. Okla.. will be different, and they've
got a lot on their side to make the
claim more than an empty cliche.
The most obvious difference is
the presence of two freshmen. Scott
Philips and Ryan Morgan, who have
emerged as the team's leaders. The
duo has posted two of Rice's top three
individual scores in the Owls' last
eight tournaments.
Morgan and Philips have each
shown the potential to be not only
good, but great — Morgan finished
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LINDSAY ROEMMICH/THRESHER
Freshman Ryan Morgan, seen here in February's Rice Intercollegiate, hopes to
regain the form that earned him a second-place finish in that tournament at this
weekend's Western Athletic Conference Championships in Broken Arrow, Okla.
second in February's Rice Intercol-
legiate, and Philips reeled off three
top-five finishes in Rice's next three
tournaments, including a win at the
El Diablo Intercollegiate. Most re-
cently. Morgan tied for 24th and
Philips tied for 30th at the Border
Olympics in Laredo April 5-7 to lead
the Owls in a somewhat disappoint-
ing 11th place effort.
"[The WAC is| definitely going to
be a great tournament," Philips said.
"I've been trying to prep for this ever
since we got out of Border. Hopefully
I'll get up there and things will work
out like they did earlier on. I think I
played really well earlier this semes-
ter, and gave myself the confidence
that I can do it. so I'm hopeful that I
can get up there with some confi-
dence and get off to a good start.
"1 think that's the key for the team
— just get ourselves in position for a
strong finish," Philips said. "We're
definitely capable of it. It's just a mat-
ter of. like we've struggled to do all
year long, putting four solid rounds
together."
Another factor working in the
Owls' favor is health. Senior Chris
Connolly returned in the Border
Olympics after being on the injured
list due to a fractured collarbone.
See GOLF, Page 21
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Owls get up for big games
Marathon schedule may play role in occasional letdowns
by Jose Luis Cubria
THRESHER STAFF
CHRISTINF LIANG/THRESHER
Freshman second baseman Brian Bormaster tags University of Texas right fielder Matt Rosenberg out
after Rosenberg tried to steal second base in the second Inning of Rice's 4-3 win over the Longhoms
Tuesday night at Reckling Park. The Owls improved to 9-0 against ranked teams with the win.
According to the old saying, to be the best,
you've got to beat the best.
Too bad it didn't mention beating everyone
else, because the baseball team seems to have
taken the adage a bit too seriously.
Rice entered yesterday's game against the
University of Nevada at 37-13 overall and 21-6
in Western Athletic Conference play. Both
marks are solid, if not spectacular, consider-
ing the team's grueling schedule.
Dig a little deeper, though, and you'll no-
tice a very interesting trend. It's not necessar-
ily disturbing, but worth noting nonetheless:
Rice is a solid 28-13 against unranked teams,
but a perfect 9-0 against ranked opponents.
Simply put, the trend suggests the Owls
really are at their best when playing the best.
Further breakdown reveals even more.
Against its so-called "big name" opponents —
meaning former Southwest Conference rivals,
teams ranked in the polls or both — Rice is 16-3.
And against everyone else, Wee is 21-10.
Coincidence? Maybe.
The easy explanation would be that Rice
doesn't always show up when the opposition
isn't top-notch, though it's not as if 28-13 or 21-
10 are bad records, no matter the opponents in
question.
Head coach Wayne Graham has his own
theory about the trend.
"I think the punishing nature of our sched-
ule has made it almost selective, in the sense
that the guys seem to get up for the better
teams and we get beaten by the lesser teams,"
Graham said. "The schedule may have done
that to them. But some of them are turning in
20-page papers right now, all this week, and
some of them are taking final exams, so I think
it's very honorable for them to be 37-13 at this
time with that kind of schedule."
The month of April has been a perfect
example of the trend. It started in fine fashion,
with the Owls completing a three-game sweep
at Texas Christian University and then defeat-
ing Texas A&M University. Both the Horned
Frogs and Aggies fit under the category of
"big-name opponent."
But just one day after beating A&M, the
Owls were 8-6 losers against a dismal Sam
Houston State University team, likely the weak-
est opponent on Rice's schedule.
It was a classic letdown scenario, and it the
Owls seemingly fell for the trap.
Or did they?
"It's a good question," senior pitcher/out-
fielder Billy Jacobson said after the loss to
Sam Houston State. "I don't think there was a
letdown, but maybe we didn't come out against
Sam Houston as tuned in as we did against
A&M. And it's difficult, because against A&M
See BASEBALL, Page 21
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