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Area team-by-team state track qualifiers, notes
Published on -5/23/2013, 10:22 AM
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Class 1A
Almena-Northern Valley Huskies
Hunter Chandler, jr. (HJ).
Kortney Cunningham, soph. (HJ, TJ); Erika Chandler, sr. (JAV).
Notes -- Hunter Chandler lept 5-10 and is tied for 10th entering state. His sister threw 107-1 and is ranked fifth. Cunningham qualified in two events by jumping 4-10 and going 33-9.75 in the triple jump. Cunningham set her personal best by nearly 16 inches at the regional last week and was surprised at her qualification in the triple jump. Last year, Cunningham was 15th in the high jump at 4-8. Neither of the Chandlers qualified in their respective events last year.
Atwood-Rawlins County Buffaloes
Dylan Tiemeyer, jr. (LJ).
Taylor Leitner, sr. (4x1, 200, 100); Keshia Green, jr. (4x1); Lexy Leitner, soph. (4x1, 100); Rohey Singhateh, soph. (4x1, 200, 100. LJ).
Notes -- This marks the fourth straight year Taylor Leitner has reached the state track meet and second straight for Leitner, Singhateh and Green. Last year, the relay ran 53.07 seconds and finished ninth in the Class 2A prelims. This year, the Buffs are ranked second in the relay at 51.44 seconds, just .01 seconds behind Linn. The Buffs pulled off a rarity in the 100 when they qualified the maximum three athletes for one event. The four long jumpers from the Fort Hays regional are seeded in the top eight, and Singhateh sits fourth. She was seventh last year in 15-10.75 and jumped 16-3.5 at the regional. Tiemeyer is ranked seventh in a field where the top 11 jumpers all went at least 20 feet.
Brewster Bulldogs
Layton Werth, soph. (3200, 1600); Benjamin Baird, sr. (3200); Dan Brown, sr. (HJ); Nathan Jorgensen, jr., (JAV).
Notes -- After not qualifying a single athlete in 2012, Brewster sends four after competing in the Hays regional last week.
Werth and Baird finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 3,200 at the regional, and are seeded eighth and ninth heading into Friday's morning's second race. Brown finished second in the high jump at the regional, clearing 6-0. Brown's season best is 6-2. Jorgensen is part of a loaded 1A boys' javelin field after finishing fourth at the regional.
Cheylin Cougars
Allie Frisbie, soph. (300H, 4x4); Shayla Hubbard, jr. (4x4); Kalin Ritchey, soph. (4x4); Diana Garcia, fresh. (4x4).
Notes -- A handful of state newcomers represent the Cougars this season with one individual qualifier. Frisbie was fourth in the 300 hurdles at the Hays regional, as was Cheylin's 1,600-meter relay.
Downs-Lakeside Knights
Sierra Senger, jr. (PV); Brittany Winkel, sr. (PV).
Notes -- Senger and Winkel were third and fourth at the Hays regional last week, and are both making their first appearance at the state meet. Lakeside sent just one female athlete to state the previous three seasons.
Golden Plains Bulldogs
Zach Spresser, jr. (TJ).
Macayla Easton, jr. (400, 4x4); Kynndra Rush, fresh. (4x4); Jordan Christensen, jr. (4x4); Angela Ritter, sr. (4x4); Kylie Jones, soph. (HJ).
Notes -- Both Easton and Ritter are two-time state qualifiers for the Golden Plains girls. Easton qualified last season in the 400-meter dash, and finished fifth. Ritter qualified in the 400-meter dash as a freshman. Easton was second at the Hays regional and is seeded seventh in the event. All of Golden Plains' girl qualifiers were members of the Bulldogs' third-place basketball team in Class 1A Division II this winter, with Ritter -- the starting point guard -- the only senior on the team.
Spresser qualified for state for the first time for the Bulldog boys. He was an alternate member of last season's 400-meter relay team. Spresser won the Hays regional last week in the triple jump, going 42-8.5. He is seeded third in the event.
Hoxie Indians
Mathew Heim, sr. (4x1, 4x4); Connor Katt, soph. (4x1, 200); Chase Kennedy, jr. (4x1, 4x4 4x8); Austin Rietcheck, fresh., (4x1); Kade Spresser, jr. (4x4, 4x8); Christopher Weber, jr. (4x4); Tyler Kaus, jr. (4x8); Josh Heim, soph. (4x8).
Marlee McKenna, sr., (3200, 4x8, 1600); Terran Hoyt, fresh. (4x1); Kristina Farber, jr. (4x1, 4x4, HJ); Ellie Heim, sr. (4x1, 4x4, 4x8); Carly Heim, soph. (4x1, 4x4, TJ, LJ); Sarah Farber, sr. (4x4); Courtney Schamberger, sr. (DISC); Burgandy Moss, soph. (4x8); Madison Niblock, jr. (4x8).
Notes -- The Hoxie girls' 3,200-meter relay team tied a state record for consecutive titles in one event when the Indians collected their fifth straight. Hoxie also owns the state record time in the event set in 2010 (9:53.66). McKenna and Ellie Heim were freshmen members of that squad. Carly Heim is seeded first in the girls' triple jump after winning last week's Hays regional at 36-2.25, her season best jump. She also is seeded first in the long jump, jumping 17-11.75 the regional, also her season best by eight inches. Heim qualified in the long jump last season and finished fifth, jumping 16-2.5.
On the boys' side, all but Christopher Weber and Austin Rietcheck were at state last season, all on relays.
La Crosse Leopards
Marshall Jay, jr. (110H, 300H, 4x4, TJ); William Storie, sr. (4x1, 300H, 4x4, 100); Kip Keeley, sr. (4x1, SHOT, JAV); Andrew Jay, soph., (4x1, 4x4); Clayton Basgall, sr. (4x1); Levi Morss, sr. (400, LJ, 100); Lucas Moeder, jr. (4x4, JAV, DISC); Sheldon Schmidt, soph. (SHOT, HJ, DISC); Cole Kershner, soph. (SHOT).
Notes -- Last season, the Leopard boys set a record for points scored at the state meet when they scored 84 to win the Class 1A state championship. They are in good position to repeat. La Crosse rolled to last week's regional championship with 136 points, more than double the rest of the field. They did it despite not getting points from one of its top performers in the 200-meter dash, senior Levi Morss.
Morss false started in an event that likely would have produced a top-three finish. Morss finished second at state last season in the 100, 200 and 400, all behind Moscow's Osvaldo Granillo, who since has graduated. Keeley, the defending 1A javelin champion, is the top seed in the event after last week's regional win in Hays. Keeley threw 182-11 to win and has a season best of 190-2.5, second in the area this season behind Phillipsburg's Seth Derr, a 3A favorite. Keeley is seeded third in the shot put. At last week's regional, Schmidt, Keeley and Kershner finished 1-2-3 in the event and are seeded second, third and fourth, respectively. Storie, Basgall and Keeley all ran on last season's 400-meter relay team, which finished fifth for a state medal. Schmidt, Kershner and Moeder all are first-time state qualifiers.
Logan Trojans
Michaela Girard, jr. (4x1, 200, 100); Christen Greving, fresh. (4x1, SHOT); Renee Becker, fresh. (4x1); Justice Bonner, soph. (4x1).
Notes -- Bonner finished fourth in the 100 last year, but missed out in a photo finish this spring. Girard missed all of last season with a knee injury after she qualified in two events as a freshman. The 400 relay also qualified in a photo finish over WaKeeney-Trego Community.
Natoma Tigers
Maddux Winter, fresh. (110H, 4x8); Jackson Meiers, jr. (LJ, 4x8), Jacob Chambray, soph., (4x8), Joey Raat, fr. (4x8).
Regan Casey, fresh. (100H, SHOT), Kourtney Grafel, soph. (HJ).
Notes -- The Tigers' relay broke a 34-year-old school record earlier this year when they ran 8:47. Meiers and Grafel each collected state medals last year. Casey is the youngest of the three Casey sisters. Eastin was a three-sport standout and reached the state track meet in the sprints, while Danica was an all-state basketball player. Danica will play basketball at Bethany College; Eastin has played there in the past.
Otis-Bison Cougars
Jordan Hoffman, jr. (400, 200, 100).
Hannah Bannister, sr. (3200)
Notes -- Bannister had qualified in the triple jump earlier in her career, but struggled with jumping earlier this year and is ranked 12th in the 3,200. Hoffman and La Crosse senior Levi Morss are the state favorites in the 100 and 400, while Hoffman is the state favorite in the 200 after Morss false started in the 200 at the regional.
Osborne Bulldogs
Isaac Sumpter, soph., (4x1, 4x4); Boone Cady, jr. (4x1, 400, 4x4); Alan Mick, jr. (4x1, 4x4); Kenton Ubelaker, jr. (4x1, 200, 4x4, 100); Maverick LeRock, jr. (DISC).
Eileen Mick, sr. (3200, 1600, HJ); Katrin Werthmann, fresh. (300H); Alyssa Windle, sr. (DISC); Jessica Princ, jr. (JAV).
Notes -- Mick qualified for the third straight season for the Osborne girls, but for just the second year in the 3,200 and 1,600. Mick qualified for the high jump and finished second as a sophomore in Class 2A, and qualified in the high jump, 3,200 and 1,600 last season. She took fourth in the 3,200 last season and sixth in the 1,600. Princ has the area's top throw in the javelin this season at 133-1, and is seeded first in the event after winning the Valley Heights regional at 128-3 last week.
Ubelaker, Cady and Alan Mick are all returning to state after each qualified in relays last season. Mick and Ubelaker were members of last season's 400-meter relay state title team for the Bulldogs. Ubelaker qualified last season in the 800. He is seeded third in the 400 after finishing third in the Hays regional behind Otis-Bison's Hoffman and La Crosse's Morss. LeRock is back at state for the first time since his freshman season, when he qualified in 2A in the 110-hurdles.
Palco Roosters
Seth Armbrister, sr. (DISC).
Lizzie Benoit, sr. (3200, 1600); Kali Newell, sr. (DISC, JAV).
Notes -- Newell returns to state in both events, joined by a pair of first-time qualifers. In each of the previous two seasons, the Roosters had just one state qualifiers -- last season being Newell. Benoit qualified in 3,200 and 1,600 with fourth-place finishes in both events in the Hays regional.
Armbrister is seeded second in the discus after winning the Hays regional at 151-3, his season best.
Quinter Bulldogs
Missy Reed, sr. (100H. 300H); Shelby Coburn, soph. (DISC, SHOT).
Notes -- Reed qualified for the third straight season in the 100 hurdles when she won the event last week at the Hays regional. Reed enters the field seeded sixth. Last season, Reed finished seventh in the event. This is her first state qualification in the 300s. Coburn qualified for state for the first time in both events with a third-place finish in Hays in the discus, and fourth place in the shot put.
Ransom-Western Plains Bobcats
Juan Mendez, jr. (TJ).
Notes -- Mendez is the first state qualifier for the Bobcats since 2009 when Western Plains sent a relay and two individual events to Wichita. Mendez finished second behind Golden Plains' Spresser at the Hays regional, going 41-8.25 in the triple jump.
Sharon Springs-Wallace County Wildcats
Kyle Gfeller, jr. (110H, 300H); Luke Schemm, fresh. (HJ); Cayden Daily, jr. (PV); Callahan Grund, jr. (800).
Allison Dewees, jr. (PV); Rylea Rains, soph. (JAV).
Notes - With the acception of Rains, all of the boys and Dewees are returning state qualifiers for the Wildcats. Gfeller qualified last season in the 110s, but did not make it out of the preliminaries in his first trip to state. Daily finished fifth in the pole vault at last season's finale at 12-0, and enters this year's field seeded third at 12-6. He was third in the regional last week on misses behind both higher seeds -- Weskan's Jared McKinney and St. Francis' Mason Schiltz. Schemm was seventh last season in the high jump to earn a medal. Grund finished ninth in the 1,600 last season.
St. Francis Indians
Steven Nelson, sr. (110H, 4x4); Logan Lampe, jr. (4x1, 4x4); Derek Queen, jr. (4x1, 4x4); Thomas Douthit, sr. (4x1); Michael Leibbrandt, sr. (4x1, 4x4); Mason Schiltz, jr. (PV); Zach Gienger, sr. (DISC).
Dallas Reed, soph. (PV).
Notes -- Last season, Mason Schiltz was part of a brother combination, along with older brother, Isaac, to finish first and second in the pole vault. Mason was second at state behind Isaac after he cleared 13-0. The two were also St. Francis' only state qualifiers in 2012. Mason's season best in 2013 is the 12-6 he cleared to finish second on misses at last week's Hays regional. Mason is a three-time state qualifier in the event.
Stockton Tigers
Christian Hamel, soph. (4x8), Ethan Hamel, fr. (4x8), Kale Kuhlmann, soph. (4x8), Reed Stephens, jr. (4x8).
Notes -- The Tigers likely would have qualified sophomore Jaden Williams in multiple events, but the all-state hurdler hurt his knee at state basketball and missed all of track. Stockton is ranked 15th after it ran a 9:03.96 to take fourth at the Hays regional.
Thunder Ridge Longhorns
Trevor Lowe, sr. (JAV).
Brittany Kirchhoff, sr. (4x8); Kirsten Burger, fresh. (4x8); Faelynn Christensen, fresh. (4x8); Jackie Reneberg, sr. (4x8).
Notes -- As one of two qualifiers in the event last season for the Longhorns, Lowe finished fourth in the javelin, and enters this season's tourney as one of the favorites. He is seeded third after his win at the Valley Heights regional at 175-10.
Kirchhoff and Reneberg each qualified for state as sophomores as members of qualifying relays and Kirchhoff the 800, but missed state last season. Kirchhoff also qualified for state as a freshman in 2010 as a relay member.
Sylvan-Lucas Mustangs
Paul Barrientes, sr. (SHOT, DISC).
Notes -- Barrientes is the Mustangs' lone qualifier for the second straight season. Last year, he qualified in the discus, and adds the shot put this year. In the discus, Barrientes scratched twice last season and finished 11th at state.
Victoria Knights
Connor Gagnon, jr. (LJ).
Jayden Newbold, fresh. (LJ).
Notes -- Last year, Jublain Wohler qualified in the 3,200, and Sarah Kuhn qualified in the pole vault. This year, Wohler had problems with injuries, especially his knee. Kuhn cleared 8-0 at regional, her new personal record, on her first attempt. Coach Randy Stanley thought that would qualify Kuhn for state. However, the competition was much stronger than last year, and Kuhn couldn't make it into the top four. Still, she was just three inches short of the school record. Gagnon qualified in the 1,600 relay as a freshman.
WaKeeney-Trego Golden Eagles
Clayton Riedel, jr. (400, 200).
Jerris Reeder, sr. (400, LJ); Bailee Fritts, sr. (PV); Payton Nowlin, jr. (4x8); Elyssa carr, fresh. (4x8); Peyton Desormiers, soph. (4x8); Addie Zeman, jr. (4x8).
Notes -- Trego will try its hand at 1A for the first time. Riedel qualified in 2A last season, becoming the first boy to qualify for state in head coach Jeff Rhoden's now six seasons. Riedel finished third in last week's Hays regional, and is seeded fourth in the event. In the 200, Riedel finished fourth and might have been the beneficiary of the false start by Morss, who was considered an event favorite.
Reeder, Fritts and Nowlin all are returning state qualifiers for the Trego girls with Reeder the most experienced at the state meet in one event. Reeder's qualification in the long jump is her third straight for Trego in the event. She finished 10th in 2A last season. Fritts qualified for the third straight year, just her second in the pole vault. Fritts qualified in the event as a freshman, and was a member of the Golden Eagles' 400-meter relay team that qualified last season. Nowlin qualified as a member of Trego's 400- and 1,600-meter relay teams a year ago.
Weskan Coyotes
Brandon Escamilla, sr. (4x4, TJ, 4x8); Zachary Unruh, soph. (4x4); Nick Smith, sr. (4x4, 800, 4x8); Sam McKinney, sr. (4x4, 1600, 800, 4x8); Leyton Miller, jr. (SHOT); Jared McKinney, sr. (PV); Hayden Walker, jr. (PV); Tyler Compton, jr. (4x8).
Robyn See, soph. (PV); Shaelynn Compton, soph. (DISC).
Notes -- Sam McKinney, Walker, Unruh and Smith were all at state last season. Sam McKinney was sixth in the 800 last season and fourth in the 1,600. Sam McKinney, Smith and Unruh all ran on the Coyotes' fifth-place 3,200-meter relay team in 2012.
See looks to carry on a strong tradition the pole vault for the Coyotes. Weskan had last year's state champion in since-graduated Jori Mote, her second gold medal in the event. Mote qualified three times, winning twice and taking the silver. She missed one season due to injury. See enters the state meet as the fourth seed. She finished second on misses at 9-0 at last week's Hays regional. Shaelyn Compton qualified as a relay member last season. She won last week's Hays regional to earn the eighth seed for this weekend.
Winona-Triplains Vikings
Shayna Rogge, soph. (100H, 300H, TJ)
Notes -- Rogge finished third in the 100 hurdles as a freshman, and was fifth in the triple jump. She finished sixth in the 300 hurdles. Rogge finished third in the triple jump at last week's regional in Hays behind Hoxie's Heim and Dighton's Leslie Speer. She was third in the 100-meter hurdles in the regional, and won the 300s.
Wheatland-Grinnell Thunderhawks
Tucker Gillespie, jr. (3200, 1600); Brett Zordel, sr. (4x1); Connor Lewis, sr. (4x1); Wade Buck, sr. (4x1, 400, 200, 100); Jacob Waldman, sr., (4x1).
Hannah Gillespie, jr. (400, 4x4, 4x8); Lacey Ostmeyer, soph. (4x4, 4x8, 800); Taylor Tustin, soph. (4x4, 4x8, 1600, 800); Kylie Wood, soph. (4x4, 4x8); Allie Ryburn, soph. (SHOT); Brooke Ostmeyer, sr. (JAV)
Notes -- Tucker Gillespie returns to state for the third straight season in both his events. Gillespie was fifth last season in the 3,200 and sixth in the 1,600. Buck qualified, but did not make it out of the preliminaries in the 200-meter dash last season. Zordel, Lewis and Waldman are first-time qualifiers.
All of the girls who qualified for the Thunderhawks, with the exception of the freshman Ryburn, were state qualifiers a season ago. The Thunderhawks 3,200-meter relay team was third last season. Tustin, a runner-up finisher in the fall at the 1A state cross country meet, was ninth as a freshman in the 800. Hannah Gillespie was seventh for a medal in the 400 a year ago.
Class 2A
Ellis Railraoders
Jared Pfeifer, soph. (110H, 300H, LJ); Luke Lohrmeyer, sr. (SHOT).
Alexcia Deutscher, fresh. (200, LJ, HJ, 100); Kaleigh Soneson, jr. (PV); Megan Honas, sr. (DISC).
Notes -- This marks the third straight year Honas has qualified in the discus. It is the first qualification for Soneson and Lohrmeyer. Last year, Honas was fifth when she threw her personal best of 118-7. She finished eighth as a sophomore. Pfeifer was part of the gold-medal winning 400 relay as a freshman, but the rest of the team -- Riley Hunsicker, Dylan Krause and Jared Herl -- graduated. Deutscher is among the favorites in the jumps, but faces a tall task in the sprints in Shawnee-Marantha Academy's Caroline Bingham.
Hill City Ringnecks
Leslie VanLoenen, jr. (3200); Bethan Parker, jr. (4x1, PV); Kayla Bell, fresh. (4x1); Kayla Keith, soph. (4x1); Amanda Conway, fresh. (4x1, 300H); Shannon Toll, sr. (JAV); Amanda Kessler, jr. (SHOT).
Notes -- VanLoenen and Toll return to state in their respective events while the others are first-time qualifiers for the Ringnecks. VanLoenen is a three-time qualifier in the 3,200. She was 14th last season. Toll, who qualified for state in the javelin for the first time last season, finished 10th. She has the eighth best throw out of the regionals at 113-8, but has thrown better than 127 this season.
Ness City Eagles
Garrett Flax, sr. (4x1); Matthew Frank, sr. (4x1, 4x4, 4x8); Dalton Gantz, sr. (4x1, 4x4); Blake McVicker, sr. (4x1, 4x4); Wyatt Beckman, sr. (4x4, 4x8, 1600, 800); Kyle Harris, soph. (4x8); Dallas Winter, jr. (4x8).
Jessie Rubottom, jr. (3200, 4x4, 1600, 800); MaKenna Fritts, fresh. (4x1); Bree Humberg, jr. (4x1); Erin Flax, sr. (4x1, 4x4); Emily Hahn, jr. (4x1, 400, 4x4, 800); Addison Beutler, fresh. (4x4).
Notes -- Flax, Frank, Gantz and Beckman were all part of last season's 1,600-meter relay that qualified for the Eagles that did not make it out of the preliminary round. Beckman adds the 1,600 and 800 after being part of qualifying relays the past two seasons. Beckman was fourth at the Sublette regional in both events.
On the girls' side, Hahn is a three-time state qualifier, but a first-time qualifier in the 400 and the 800. Hahn was on last season's 400-meter relay team, and qualified in the 100 as a freshman in 2011. She is seeded fifth in the event after she finished second in the regional. Rubottom was second in the regional in the 800, and Hahn fourth. Rubottom qualified for state for the first time, doing so in four events. She is seeded 13th in the 3,200 and 16th in the 1,600.
Oakley Plainsmen
Darius Herl, jr. (110H); Mason Scheetz, soph. (400); Key Keller, jr. (PV).
Kelsey Wilson, sr. (100H); Kaelyn Van Eaton, soph. (4x8); Kyndal Maurath, sr. (4x8); Joni Weber, sr. (4x8); Hayley Ribordy, sr. (4x8).
Notes -- Weber, Ribordy and Van Eaton were all members of last season's 3,200-meter relay team for the Plainsmen girls that qualified, while Wilson qualfiied for the third straight season in the 100 hurdles. She was sixth at state in the event a season ago. Wilson ran the second-fastest time in the area this season at 16.23, behind Mattison Schlaefli of Hays High.
Herl is Oakley's lone returning state qualifier on the boys' side. He was a member of last season's state-qualfying 400-meter relay. Herl was second behind Meade's Hayden Borth in the regional in 15.90.
Oberlin Red Devils
Regent Erickson, soph. (DISC).
Alexis Hissong, jr. (100H, 300H); Cassidy Shields, sr. (300H, 4x4); Mikaela Dorshorst, sr. (200, 4x4, LJ, TJ); Winter Polivka, soph. (4x4, 4x8); Demi Murray, soph. (4x4, JAV, DISC); Caitlin Shields, soph. (4x8); Darbi Rouse, sr. (4x8); Morgan Jansonius, soph. (4x8).
Notes -- The Oberlin girls scored 79 points to finish second in last week's Sublette regional, led by a pair of first-place finishes for its relay teams, and a second and two third-place finishes by Dorshorst in her individual events. Murray won the javelin at Sublette and finished third in the discus at the regional. She is part of a loaded 2A javelin field, making her first appearance at state. Murray has the best throw out of the regional meets in the javelin at 122-0. Her top throw this season is 126-4. Hissong, Polivka and Cassidy and Caitlin Shields all have state experience as part of relays last season. Hissong qualified for the third straight year, the second straight in the 100 hurdles and first in the 300s. Hissong was third in the 300 hurdles last week, right behind Cassidy Shields.
Erickson is making his first state appearance for the Oberlin boys.
Plainville Cardinals
Nick Hixon, sr. (110H, 4x1, 300H); Dalton Werner, sr. (4x1, 200, LJ, 100); Brett Davis, sr. (4x1); Trevor Axelson, sr. (4x1); Anthony Kent Diaz, sr. (HJ); Nolan Weiser, sr. (LJ, TJ); Bradey Chard, sr. (DISC); Trevor Axelson, sr. (100).
Brooklyn Eilers, fresh. (300H); Shania Werner, fresh. (200); Samanatha Reif, jr. (HJ); Shelbe Pywell, sr. (DISC, SHOT); Cheyenne Armbruster, sr. (DISC); Kim Junkermeier, soph. (SHOT); Hannah Friend, sr. (100); Cassidy Rathbun, jr. (1600).
Notes -- The Cardinals are the defending class 2A state champions. Werner, Weiser, Hixon and Axelson all scored for Plainville last year. Werner is the defending long jump champion and was second as a sophomore. Weiser has qualified in the triple jump all four years. Werner, Weiser and Hixon are expected to do track at Fort Hays next year, while Chard will play football at Hutchinson Community College. Reif, bothered by an injury that kept her out of the league meet, jumped 5-0 at regional. She and Ellis freshman Alexcia Deutscher have cleared 5-4 this year, though Deutscher was the only one in 2A to do it at the regional. Reif didn't qualify last year, but was 13th as a freshman. The left-handed Armbruster was sixth in the discus last year as the MCL went 3-5-6 in the event. Pywell took seventh in the shot put in 2012.
Smith Center Redmen
Nick Lehmkuhl, soph. (110H, 300H); Weston Rothchild, sr. (400 4x4); Clint Rogers, jr. (300H); Kyler Atwood, sr. (4x4); L.T. Meitler, soph. (4x4, PV); Dylan Stocker, fresh. (4x4); Mason Buckmaster, soph. (HJ, TJ); Cole Lorenzen, jr. (JAV); Steven Kriley, jr. (PV).
Lynzee Mace, jr. (100H); Trenna Cox, sr. (100H, 4x1, 300H, 4x4); Sydney Benoit, sr. (100H, 4x4); Alexis Ryan, sr. (4x1, 400, 4x4); Blair McNary, sr. (4x1, 4x4, HJ, TJ); Courtney Panter, soph. (4x1, 200); Kaitlin Albert, jr. (JAV).
Notes -- Of all of the qualifiers for the Smith Center girls, only McNary and Mace were at the state meet last season. Cox, expected to be a points contibutor in the hurdles in 2012, missed the season due to injury. Mace is a three-time state qualifier in the 100 hurdles, the first coming as a freshman in Class 3A in 2011. Last season she finished fourth in the event. Cox and Benoit were second and fourth, respectively, in the 300 hurdles at the Washington County regional. McNary qualified in the high jump last season. She added the triple jump this year by finishing second (32-6) in the regional last week.
On the boys' side, Rogers, Buckmaster, Lehmkuhl and Meitler were all at state last season. Buckmaster qualified in the high jump as a freshman and adds the triple jump in 2013. Rogers was a member of the 3,200-meter relay team that qualified last year and Lehmkuhl qualified for the second straight year in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles. Rothchild returns in the 400 and as a member of the 1,600 relay. Meitler cleared 11-6 in the pole vault at the state meet last season, and had the fourth-best mark at 13-6 at last week's regional. He has cleared 13-9 this season.
Class 3A
Norton Bluejays
Jacob Brooks, sr. (400, 200, HJ, 100); Austin Hager, jr. (PV); Marc Miller, jr. (800).
Darcy Bainter, jr. (3200); Alec Melvin, sr. (DISC, SHOT); Bailey Ambrosier, jr. (PV, 4x8); Kenzie Esslinger, soph. (PV); Katelyn Engelbert, jr. (4x8); Casey Ambrosier, fresh. (4x8); Kamilla Jones, sr. (4x8).
Notes -- Melvin has a handful of medals in the throwing events. As a sophomore, she qualified in the shot put, discus and javelin, and then qualified in the shot put and javelin last season. She finished fifth in the shot put and fourth in the discus last season. Ambrosier is making her third state appearance, but just her second in the pole vault. However, she is the defending 3A state champion after clearing 9-6 to edge TMP-Marian's Emilie Taylor for the crown on misses. Ambrosier enters the finale as the top seed, clearing 10-0 to win the Holcomb regional last week. She is one of three to clear 10-0 at the regional, and has cleared 10-6 this season. She is the only vaulter in the area to do so this season, and one of only two in 3A to do so.
Brooks is making his fourth trip to state. As a freshman, he was a member of the 1,600-meter relay. As a sophomore, he qualified in the 200, and last season, he qualified in the 100, 200 and high jump. This season, he adds the 400 to his state resume. Hager returns to state for the third straight year in the pole vault.
Phillipsburg Panthers
Wyatt Ratzlaff, soph. (3200, 1600); Sean Newlan, sr. (110H, 4x1, 300H, DISC); Stuart Lennemann, soph. (4x1, 200, 100); Grant Wickham, jr. (4x1, LJ, TJ); Seth Derr, sr. (4x1, 4x4, HJ, JAV); Trey Ellis, jr. (400, 4x4); Stephen Sage, jr. (300H); Nathaniel Prewitt, fresh. (4x4); Brendan Ratzlaff, sr. (4x4); Thomas Oliff, sr. (SHOT).
Sadie Rodriguez, soph. (4x1); Katelyn Swanson, fresh. (4x1); Cassie Wells, soph. (4x1); Kylah Ellis, sr. (4x1); Shania Wilkison, jr. (TJ); Mattison Dusin, jr. (DISC, SHOT).
Notes -- The Panthers and Sacred Heart are the top-two Class 3A boys teams. Last year, Sacred Heart had 73 points, 25 more than the Panthers. Both teams return their teams basically intact. Phillipsburg won both of the 400 relays last year and could do so again. The Panther boys are ranked first by 1.30 seconds when they ran a 42.56, under the state record. Phillipsburg is ranked first, and Sacred Heart is second in the event. The Panther girls rank fourth at 51.06 after they ran 50.75 to win last year. Swanson replaced Raegan Vanderplas, the only graduate from the relay.
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Andrew Hess, fresh. (3200); Rodney Deus, sr. (4x1, 200, 4x4, 100); Carlos Duenes, sr. (4x1, 4x4); Nick Schmidt, soph. (4x1, 4x4); Cameron Fouts, soph. (4x1); Tim Flax, fresh. (4x4); Sam Dreiling, soph. (PV); Skyler Urban, jr. (TJ).
Heather Ruder, sr. (3200 4x8, 1600, 800); Mikaela Flax, jr. (400); Jenna Schuckman, sr. (JAV); Samanhta Younie, jr. (TJ); Megan Gottschalk, sr. (PV); Kayla Walker, jr. (4x8); Allison Pfeifer, sr. (4x8, 1600, 800); Melissa Pfeifer, fresh. (4x8, 800).
Notes -- Cessna Stadium will feature more TMP jerseys than it did last season.
In 2012, Deus was the lone male qualifier, and now, the boys have seven entries. Led by Deus, TMP is a favorite to score points in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 400-meter relay. In the pole vault, Dreiling is seeded fifth with his regional mark of 13-6, but he could take home a top-three medal if he manages to clear 14-0.
The girls posted the same number of entries as they did during last season's state runner-up finish: 11. Ruder, already an eight-time gold medalist and four-time silver medalist, has a chance to pile further upon her mythic legacy. TMP qualified three individuals in the 800, but the field is stacked. Eight girls have seed times faster than 2:30. Allison Pfeifer, a four-time state medalist, could have troubles placing as an individual this season. She is seeded 11th in the 800 (2:31.97) and 13th in the 1,600 (5:51.27) based upon her regional times, but she has ran faster times in both events earlier this season. Gottschalk has placed the past two seasons in the pole vault, but she's never gotten better than sixth. This year, she is one of seven 3A vaulters to clear 10 feet or higher. Mikaela Flax, who qualified in the 300 hurdles last season, ran the 400 this year at the regional instead since it was her better shot of qualifying. It worked, but at state, Flax is seeded 11th with a 1:01.63. Younie, who qualified but scratched her attempts last season at state, is seeded 10th in the triple jump at 33-5.25.
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Wiatt Binder, sr. (400); Beau Brown, sr. (100).
Brielle McKee, fresh. (400, 4x4), Kaitlyn Flanagin, sr. (300H, 4x4); Sydney Stephens, fresh. (4x4); Karly Shull, jr. (4x4); Andrea Browne, fresh. (3200); Hannah Strange, soph. (HJ).
Notes -- Strange and Flanagin are back at state in the high jump and 300 hurdles, respectively, while both also were members of last season's 1,600-meter relay qualfying team. Strange has a season best of 5-2 in the high jump, a mark she has reached at least four times this season.
Brown returns for the second straight season (third overall) in the 100, where he finished third a year ago in 10.94 seconds.
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Adam Simmerman, jr. (400); Todd Sneathen, jr. (200); Holton Witman, jr. (PV); Dax Ruhs, jr. (JAV); Trey Teeter, fresh. (JAV).
Courtney Cowan, sr. (DISC); Nicole Sederstrom, soph. (TJ).
Notes -- Last season, Ruhs and Cowan were Goodland's lone representatives at the state meet -- both qualifying in Class 3A in their respective events. Ruhs missed medaling in 3A last season by four feet in the javelin, taking eighth place. He collected the ninth-best regional toss last week at 167-0. Teeter, in his first state qualification was right behind at 165-5.
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Adam Deterding, sr. (110H, 300H, HJ, TJ); Dominique Carrasco, soph. (110H, 300H); Shawn Herrman, jr. (400, 4x4); Emilio Mitchell, sr. (200, 100); Josh Brungardt, sr. (800, 4x4, 4x8); Landon Munsch, jr. (4x4, 4x8); Ethan Fort, sr. (4x4, 4x8, 800); Derek Drees, sr. (3200, 4x8, 1600); Hayden Kreutzer, soph. (PV); Derek Bixenman, sr. (HJ, LJ, TJ); Aaron Voss, jr. (HJ); Cade Sharp, sr. (DISC, SHOT); Peyton Harris, soph. (SHOT).
Mattison Schlaefli, soph. (100H, 300H, 4x4); Wendy Zimmerman, jr. (400, 4x4, TJ, HJ); Ashlyn Parrish, soph. (4x4); Summer Smith, soph. (4x4, 4x8); Haley George, fresh. (HJ, 4x8); Courtney Green, fresh. (4x8); Annie Gonzales, fresh. (4x8).
Notes -- The Indians are the clear frontrunner for the Class 5A boys' title after winning the three previous ones. With fourth-year head coach Ryan Cornelsen at the helm, the Hays High boys have won every meet in which they've competed. Hays High has a number of potential state gold medals on its squad. Sharp is aiming for his third straight shot put title and second discus championship. Deterding has won the past two 110-meter hurdles championships on top of last year's high jump championship. Carrasco could surprise people in the 110 and 300 hurdles. He defeated Deterding in the regional in the 300 hurdles and nearly caught him in the 110 hurdles. Brungardt is one of three 5A runners to crack 1:58 in the 800 this season, and the 3,200-meter relay is shooting for its fourth consecutive state title. However, the relay, which hasn't cracked 8 minutes yet, has competition this season between St. James Academy and Shawnee Mission South, who each have posted faster times than Hays High this season. Bixenman, the state runner-up in the high jump in 2012, likely will face stiff competition at state this season. On top of Deterding, who has jumped 6-10, Blue Valley Southwest's James Atwood and Topeka-Seaman's Joe Miller each have cleared 6-8 this year -- two inches better than Bixenman's 6-6. However, Bixenman was in a similar position last year when he shocked many spectators, jumped a personal best and took second.
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A recipient of the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award, this is the hand fitness trainer that can slow the progression of osteoarthritis and mitigate the effects of repetitive-motion injuries in the hands. The device slips on like a glove and has elastic bands that strap to each fingertip, providing resistance as you open your hand. By flexing your hand in the opposite direction of its typical motion, the trainer strengthens the extensor muscles in your hands, wrists, and elbows, helping to reduce the painful symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, and tendonitis. Ideal for people whose careers or hobbies require manual dexterity, the device strengthens underused muscles and increases flexibility of overworked muscles in the palm, resulting in improved muscle balance and joint stability. The resistance can be adjusted individually for each finger and a normal exercise routine consists of 1-3 sets of 10-20 repetitions, every other day. For use with either hand. One size fits most. (5 oz.)
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Too complicated for 83-year old.
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I had a stroke (83 years old) and I wanted to exercise my right hand but when it arrived, I was very disappointed.I expected to just put it on my hand and just do it.I am returning it as it is just to complicated. I have bought many items from your company and this is the first one I did not like. Thanks for listening.
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By Sonata Don
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I am returning to piano playing after 40 years; The Hand Fitness Trainer has helped strengthen my arms, and fingers, leading to greater dexterity and speed in my playing. Unlike many gizmos I've purchased in the past, I continue to use this trainer because it's easy, convenient, and I can feel the results. It would be nice if the finger sockets were a little easier to slip into, but that's probably no problem for people with skinnier fingers. It's too early to tell about durability, but since there are so many alternate finger bands, that shouldn't be an issue.
Perfect excerciser for stroke patients.
By Mighty Marty
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Perfect device for strengthening fingers, especially persons who have suffered a stroke. Pianists could benefit greatly by exercising both hands alternately. Cups for fingers could be a bit larger though.
We are amazed at how it helps our hands
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We both have arthritic hands and these exercisers helped our hands feel better and relieved some of the pain. We will continue to use them and hope for continued relief of pain and more flexibility.
great concept!
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I didn't realize how weak my hand had gotten. After the first time using the Xtensor, my hand was more flexible, though a little sore. I can';t afford surgery at this time and this is a great help. THANK-YOU!
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this is helping me along with therapy to build strengh in my fingers after having surgery for a broken wrist
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After suffering for years with hand pain from clutching tools, after using this equipment the pain is nearly gone!! Nothing I tried before this helped at all.
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I use this product daily; has brought the flexibilty back to my fingers. Having spent most of my working life GRIPPING, this is exactly what I needed to excercise the tensor muscles! Thank you!
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I purchased this product to strengthen my hand muscles in the hopes of reducing arthritis pain. With consistent use, it has made a noticeable reduction in pain and seems to improve flexibility as an additional benefit.My only complaint is the skimpy instructions for putting the device together, as it needs to be assembled.
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Like other reviewers, I've lost some hand strength to surgery (left wrist) and carpal tunnel. The exerciser works just as advertises and gives you more strength and flexibility.


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Don't listen to what you've been told. Designs that look suspiciously too awesome in renderings can be both realized and useful. On July 8, Tex-Fab, a network of Texas-based institutions and individuals interested in parametric design and digital fabrication, completed the first round of judging for its 2014 competition, Plasticity.
The brief for the competition, Tex-Fab's fourth, called for building components that explored the plasticity through materiality, form, experience, and performance. Some entries, for example, featured arrested fluid materials to building components shaped by internal and external forces. The brief also asked for projects to highlight the use of parametric design and digital fabrication technologies, such as composite material systems, casting, forming, 3D printing, and automated components.
The designers, architects, and fabricators comprising the jury were: Benjamin Ball, Assoc. AIA; Alvin Huang, AIA; Virginia San Fratello; Kenneth Tracy, Assoc. AIA; Christine Yogiaman, Assoc. AIA; and Joshua Zabel. The judges picked four finalists and five honorable mentions from 70 entries submitted from around the world.
Though the selected projects may look like theoretical exercises, they were chosen for their "innovative approach to composite manufacturing and potential contribution to the field of architecture," according to Tex-Fab's press release. The four finalists will each receive a $1,000 stipend to develop prototypes for exhibition at the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)'s 2014 Design Agency conference at the University of Southern California in October. There, a second-round jury—Craig Dykers, AIA; Jeanne Gang, FAIA; Bill Kreysler; Greg Lynn; and Roland Snooks—will select the winner.
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Puff'd Composites explores the plasticity of composite construction and the use of seams for joinery and articulation in architecture and, in particular, the fabrication of mega panels. Instead of the conventional method of casting panels with milled-foam formwork, Puff'd uses a six-axis robot to sew two glass-fiber sheets into a folded envelope with hyperbolic-shaped surfaces. Areas requiring more stress resistance are thickened by inflating the regions with expandable spray foam. The foam is injected manually or robotically into each cell prior to the glass fiber's full cure, forcing the panels to expand and stretch.
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When the cure is complete, the finished panels can be locked together via the joints and then keyed into place. Actual and added seams articulate the curved surface. Juror Huang said he was "intrigued by the formal articulation of the soft puffed interior versus the interlocking seams of the hard shell."
Monolith Translucent Lattice creates a parametrically-irregular lattice wall by using heated nichrome wires, electricity, and a meltable material, such as ice, wax, or cured gelatin solution, for a mold. The process has two potential applications. First, this molding method can produce joints for irregular space-frame structures. Second, it could be used to manufacture full-size networks, such as walls. Through initial testing, the researcher has found that gelatin molds are compatible with epoxy resin. Juror San Frantello said that the molding process has the potential to make "manifold connectors, structural surfaces, pipes and chambers" along with a "range of end products at potentially different scales."
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Plastic Stereotomy aims to revive masonry stereotomy—the creation of complex structures with precisely cut stone—by using cut-solid and molded, hollow fiber-reinforced plastic. After combining multiple layers of tessellated surfaces to establish a 3D form, the researcher conducts a preliminary structural analysis to adjust the assembly's wall thickness and deformations to achieve structural stability. Finally, the team constructs a plastic masonry structure that alternates courses of thinly-molded fiber-reinforced plastic sheets and thick expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam. Juror Zabel said he looked forward to seeing how "EPS foam as a finish material would be considered." Plastic reflectors in an iridescent paint finish the EPS courses while LEDs illuminate the structure's interior to create a kaleidoscope room.
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Construction of the complex multi-material structures.
To create a dynamic, aggregate surface, ViscoPlasty uses a fabrication process that its researchers call Straw-k. The process uses heat to meld thousands of plastic homogenous components into a single piece that can assume various haptic and formal properties in response to different lighting, acoustic, and structural objectives. After turning 250,000 melted drinking straws into a courtyard furniture installation with the Straw-k process, the group wants to use 5-centimeter-diameter plastic pipes to create a human-scale composite that can control light and sound. A robotic arm would stack the pipes into a tilted fabrication mold and then heat-weld the plastic pipes to weld at their points of tangent. Subsequent melting passes would then deform the surface to create three-dimensional relief.
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Reclaim your date night. Remember staying up all night talking on the phone, or sitting outside in your spouse's car – just to hear his/her voice a little longer? Did you used to play cards or take the Jet Ski's out on Saturdays? Don't give up your date night, just because you have children or because all the bills are due. It is a NECESSITY to learn to play together again. At least once a month, set an appointment to have a date together. Do something you enjoyed before getting married, try something new, and go out to dinner without the kids. And call it a date. Get dressed up or dressed down, whatever fits your personality. The good thing about dates: they don't have to be costly. Just something fun, something energetic, just the two of you.
Boundaries with the Children and Careers. Though the economy is not looking great, don't go into panic mode chasing the almighty dollar. Your spouse needs your time and attention. Though the children need enriching activities and have important sporting events, they need to see their parents love each other more. Set a limit on how many hours you will work this week. Put the children to bed at an earlier time or enforce quiet time in their rooms after a specific hour. Make sure you have at least 30 minutes of quality time together so you can listen and empathize with your marriage partner's day. Also, share things with your husband because, he is not a mind reader like the romance novels would lead you to believe. There is a reason why they call those books "Fiction." Getting to know each other doesn't stop at "I do".
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Spice Up the Intimate Moments. Have fun giving each other kisses or long embraces, and listen to your kids say, "Ewww, gross!" Send the children to grandma'sor allow them to spend the night with a trusted friend, so you can rekindle the romance in your home. Try new positions, take a bath together, get out the soft music and scented candles. Men, if you prepare your wives, I can almost guarantee she'll return the favor before the night is over.
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Up until this past Monday, Skaltsis was at the hospital. He attempted suicide in October of last year, just after the state began investigating him, according to James Boffetti, senior assistant attorney general for Consumer Protection.
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Clean proportions and well-crafted details such as built-in bookshelves make the cottage a sweet alternative to the double-wide trailer. Cusato included vertical, double-hung windows that open top and bottom for better air flow. In addition to its appeal as temporary quarters, the Katrina Cottage can stay on site after the main house is built, either attached as a wing or used as a guest cottage. Designed to balance economy, speed, and aesthetics, the delivery method is flexible, too. It can be stick-built or prefabricated for roughly the same cost as a government-issue trailer.
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In addition to its appeal as temporary quarters, the Katrina Cottage can stay on site after the main house is built, either attached as a wing or used as a guest cottage. Designed to balance economy, speed, and aesthetics, the delivery method is flexible, too. It can be stick-built or prefabricated for roughly the same cost as a government-issue trailer.
It's fast, dignified, affordable, and flexible. It's the Katrina Cottage, Marianne Cusato's nifty alternative to the ugly FEMA trailers that were handed out after Hurricane Katrina. Welcoming and concise, the prototype house's pitched metal roof, yellow fiber-cement siding, and vernacular simplicity has resonated with people worldwide.
The Katrina Cottage was born after DPZ's Andrés Duany asked the architects' team at last fall's Mississippi Renewal Forum to develop immediate affordable housing that respects the place. Cusato's design—the first to come from the charrette—was constructed at the International Builders' Show in Orlando last January. "You can show a cute drawing, but when you have something physical to show, there's a spark," Cusato says. "We needed that forum for people to walk through and see that at 300 square feet, you can have a pretty nice house." For Cusato, who just launched Marianne Cusato Associates last August, the eruption of interest has caused her to shift course, exploring possibilities for adapting the concept beyond the Gulf Coast. "My business was growing, then Katrina happened," she says. "I've decided this is really what I want to invest myself in. I'm intrigued by the possibility that we might be able to come up with a partial solution to the major problem of affordability in this country."
This April the Senate approved $1.2 billion to build the Katrina Cottages. But while Cusato has little control over public funding, she is working privately to disperse her design as plans to consumers, as a kit of parts that contractors or Habitat for Humanity volunteers could assemble, and as a turnkey modular system. The simple design works in most U.S. regions, she explains, and as the idea grows it could be adapted. Interest has come from abroad, too. Just recently, a non-government association asked her to work with a local architect to create a model for the people of Ghana.
"The Katrina Cottage goes beyond emergency housing to affordable housing," Cusato says. "Why are people living in double-wide trailers? We're hoping to take this to the next level." It's a small house, but a big idea.
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"I see a real need—and opportunity—for change in the way we approach emergency and affordable housing. I think that by using ideas like the Katrina Cottage we can redefine the word affordable. The excitement that the prototype of Katrina Cottage 1 has generated gives me the encouragement I need to keep pushing the idea forward. We have support for the idea; now we need to make it a reality."
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So, advises Stern, tell your child, "Give me reasons for your thinking. Try to convince me that your way is better than mine, because if it is, then I want to do it that way." Obviously there comes a point where the listening ends and the limit-setting begins. Stern suggests saying something like, "I hear you, and I want to be flexible, but I'm the parent here, and I have my own ethics and standards. I'm not going to change my mind, because this is what I believe is right. I'm sorry you're upset and disappointed."
- Walk away. When your kids were younger, you couldn't absent yourself during a fight you can't exactly leave a little one unsupervised in the middle of Macy's. Now you can, and sometimes should, give yourself a breather. "It's OK to walk away," says Dr. Haltzman. "Just be clear that it's a decision you are making" because the fight is heading out of bounds; you don't want it to appear that you are storming off. Stephanie Sacco, mom of six in Troy, MI, finds it useful to tell her 15-year-old daughter, Rachel, "We both need time to cool down and think about what we really want to say" and then regroup later. Just don't get baited into continuing the argument, says Dr. Haltzman. Once you say you're tabling the discussion, mean it: Don't say another word.
- Allow your teen to walk away, too. "When you're tempted to say, 'Don't you walk away from me when I'm talking to you,' remember that your teen is actually doing what you've taught him to do that is, remove himself from a situation that's getting out of hand," says Peter Benson, Ph.D., an expert on adolescents and the author of Sparks: How Parents Can Help Ignite the Hidden Strengths of Teenagers. "Waiting allows for a conversation that's much more productive." To restart the conversation, you can say, "Now that the dust has settled, let's finish this conversation so we can both move on."
- Know how to recover from a bad fight. When an argument is over, try to smooth things over fairly quickly. Even if he's not talking, Stern suggests, say something like, "I know this has been a rough one, and I'm sorry about that. I know that we're both in the middle of our feelings right now, but I want you to know that I love you and as soon as you feel better, I'm ready to do something fun or talk through this."
Many kids will signal that they're ready to reconnect by emerging from their rooms to get something to eat from the kitchen or grab a magazine. Take that opportunity to say something like, "Are you OK? Want to go out and get some ice cream? Or can I have a hug?"
And while you're waiting for that to happen, remind yourself that fighting provided it's done right is a good thing. "People who are good at solving conflicts are better leaders, parents, and partners," says Falcone. "And by fighting fairly with our kids, we're preserving and even enhancing the most powerful parenting tool we have at our disposal: our relationship with them."
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On Sunday, Cooperstown's historic Doubleday Field played host to a pair of Triple-A minor league teams – whose players are one step away from the majors. The game came exactly six weeks to the day before Joe Gordon, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice are inducted into the Hall of Fame as the Class of 2009.
Cooperstown Classic II saw the International League's Pawtucket Red Sox come away with a 15-5 win over the Syracuse Chiefs. With the game's greatest enshrined down the street in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the two squads' off-field personnel who had played with and against Rice and Henderson shared their thoughts on the duo.
"I think I still have a bruise from a line drive hit off my arm on my first pitch of a spring training game in 1982 by Rickey," joked Syracuse pitching coach Rich Gale, a 6-foot-7 righty who pitched in the big leagues from 1978-84. "I was saying on the way over here that I should go visit the Hall of Fame because there's a lot of guys I helped get in there."
Actually, Rice had only a .147 batting average (5-for-34) against Gale.
"I happened to have good success against Jim Rice. But boy, I'll tell you what, I was never overconfident," Gale said. "Every time he was in the box you knew that every swing could be a home run. You could make a nasty, nasty pitch and he'd rifle the ball to right, right-center or he'd launch one on to the Mass. Pike at Fenway."
Gale spent his final big league season in 1984 as Rice's teammate with the Boston Red Sox. "The first time he saw me in spring training he joked, 'I hope you make our club. Don't get traded to somebody.' He remembered that I had some success against him."
As for Henderson, Gale said, "I'm sure he saw me pitching out there and when he got on base he licked his chops because I had a big, long, slow delivery. My catchers weren't too happy about that.
"He's a guy you could throw one pitch to to lead off a game and be behind 1-0 after he hit a home run. Or you could throw one pitch and he'd be on first base, the next thing it's second, and the next thing it's third. And then you get an out from the second guy and you're still behind 1-0. It was a tremendous, tremendous package."
Pawtucket batting coach Russ Morman, who spent most of his nine-year major league playing career at first base, remembered the pressure Henderson could put on a pitcher.
"Every time he got on base he was a threat to go and cause havoc on the base paths," Morman said. "Rickey never stayed at first very long."
Syracuse batting coach Darnell Coles was another contemporary, spending 14 years in the majors (1983-95, 1997), including one as a teammate of Henderson's with the World Series-winning 1993 Toronto Blue Jays.
"Rickey is Rickey," Coles said with a smile. "He's the catalyst of your team, he gets on base, he sets things in motion on the bases that not a whole lot of people have done."
Coles spent most of time as a third baseman, always alert when Henderson was on base.
"I think it was more of a matter of when he wanted to steal bases. He could steal them pretty much anytime he wanted because he could see things other guys couldn't," Coles said. "And he just continued to do that over the course of his career. Then with all the leadoff home runs, he was just a special player."
Coles recalled Rice as one of the most prolific right-handed hitters that he'd ever played against.
"Rice was just a guy that you want up with the game on the line," Coles said. "He's also one of those guys you wanted on your team if there was a brawl. He was somebody who had a clubhouse presence. He was a guy with a certain stature who'd go out and play the game the right way, break up double plays, do the things it takes to play on championship caliber team."
Tom Foli, the Syracuse manager, was a 16-year veteran at second base who saw a little too much of Henderson.
"He was ridiculous," Foli said. "He'd dive head first into second base. He's probably the only guy that ever actually hurt me when he dove in. Everybody else you could kind of stop, but he was so strong he could actually take you out diving. That's how fast and how hard he slid."
Rice was just an RBI machine, according to Foli.
"A great hitter you like that you had to go right at them because if you pitch around them you're going to make more mistakes," Foli said. "If you make good pitches you have a chance to get them out seven out of 10 times. You don't make good pitches they're going to make you pay."
The 2009 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, featuring Rice and Henderson as well as Joe Gordon, will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 26. Admission is free.
Bill Francis is a library associate for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.


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