http://www.wacotrib.com The latest headlines from wacotrib en-us Copyright 2009, Cox Newspapers Inc., wacotrib Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:50:49 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/05/98/58/image_1358985.jpg http://www.wacotrib.com 5 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/01/09012009wacbuhall.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/01/09012009wacbuhall.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT The quarterback on Baylor’s 1980 Southwest Championship football team and one of the baseball program’s most heralded stars highlight the newest class of inductees to the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame, which was announced Monday. Jay Jeffrey, who was the SWC’s Newcomer of the Year as a junior in 1980, and Jason Jennings, the first consensus national player of the year in Division I baseball history, lead a class that also includes Charles Benson and Frank Ditta (football), Billy Hollis (men’s track and field) and Stacey Smith (women’s track and field). In addition, former Baylor basketball star Dr. Gerald D. Cobb will join the Hall of Fame’s Wall of Honor. A teammate of Benson and Ditta, Jeffrey earned a pair of letters in football and two more in baseball. In 1981, he became only the fifth BU quarterback to throw for more than 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons, finishing with 1,643 yards and nine touchdown passes that year. He still holds the Baylor school record for longest run from scrimmage, on an 83-yard TD scamper versus Lamar in 1980. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/24/0824track.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/24/0824track.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT BERLIN — Former Baylor all-American Jeremy Wariner and Waco-trained Sanya Richards helped the United States to world championships in the men’s and women’s 4x400-meter relay Sunday. “Did you think anything less?” Angelo Taylor said, grinning. “We expect greatness,” Wariner added. “That’s what we did today. We showed greatness.” http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/22/08222009wacworlds.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/22/08222009wacworlds.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Asssociated Press BERLIN — Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt won the men’s 400-meter title Friday at the world championships, again beating former Baylor all-American Jeremy Wariner. Merritt beat the two-time defending world champion, clocking the fastest time in the world this year at 44.06 seconds. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/20/08202009wacwarinerWEB.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/20/08202009wacwarinerWEB.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT BERLIN — Defending world champion Jeremy Wariner and Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt left little doubt the U.S. could count on another gold in Friday’s 400 final, firing each other up for another battle for one-lap supremacy. Wariner, a former Baylor all-American, had dominated the distance since the Athens Games in 2004, but Merritt upset him at the Beijing Games last year to take Olympic gold. Merritt looked at the stadium clock to make sure of winning his semifinal heat and still set a world leading time of 44.37 seconds. Wariner coasted to a 44.69. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/19/08192009wacsanyarichards.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/19/08192009wacsanyarichards.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT By Pat Graham Associated Press BERLIN — Sanya Richards dominated a little bit like Usain Bolt. Then she danced a little like him, too. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/19/08192009wacwariner.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/19/08192009wacwariner.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT BERLIN, Germany — Former Baylor and Olympic champion sprinter Jeremy Wariner clocked a time of 45.54 seconds in the 400-meter dash to win his preliminary heat Tuesday at the IAAF world championships. Wariner finished .03 seconds ahead of Jamaica’s Ricardo Chambers in their heat. Wariner, the two-time defending world champion, along with Americans LaShawn Merrit and Lionel Larry each advanced to the 400 semifinals to be held at 11:15 a.m. Central time today. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/03/07032009wacbaylortrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/03/07032009wacbaylortrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Gavyn Jerome Nero and Simone Brinkley have signed with the Baylor track team. Nero owns national records in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters in Trinidad and Tobago, where he was named junior sportsman of the year in 2007 and 2008. He’s a four-time gold-medal winner in the 800 and 1,500 meters in the Carifta games. Brinkley won the 2009 Class 3A state championship in the 400 and 800 meters for Dallas Madison High School. She set the 3A state record in the 800 meters with a time of http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/28/06282009wacustrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/28/06282009wacustrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT EUGENE, Ore. — If only they were all this easy. LaShawn Merritt and Sanya Richards made their 400-meter races look like strolls around the track Saturday, each cruising to titles at the U.S. championships. This was the fifth national championship and second in a row for Richards, who trains in Waco with Baylor coach Clyde Hart. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/27/06272009wacustrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/27/06272009wacustrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT EUGENE, Ore. — The 400-meter finals of the U.S. track championships will once again have a Waco presence. Sanya Richards, who trains in Waco with Baylor coach Clyde Hart, cruised to the fastest time in the women’s semifinals Friday at 50.96, nearly a half-second better than her closest competitor. Richards expended little effort in her semifinal, easing up well before the finish line. She has the two fastest times in the world this season, including a 49.57-second performance in Berlin two weeks ago. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/26/06262009wacreunited.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/26/06262009wacreunited.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT This isn’t a prodigal son story, not exactly. Although former Baylor national champion and Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner has returned to the tutelage of quarter-mile guru Clyde Hart, it’s more of a mended relationship. Because Hart wasn’t standing at the gate waiting for Wariner to come home. And, as for the fatted calf, well that would have to mean Wariner returning to his former place as No. 1 in the world in the 400-meter dash. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/14/06142009wacncaatrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/14/06142009wacncaatrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Baylor’s incredible run of 42 consecutive victories and five straight NCAA 4x400-meter relay national championships ended Saturday afternoon as the Bears finished third in the NCAA outdoor meet at Arkansas’ McDonnell Field. The Bears clocked their fastest time of the season at 3 minutes, 1.12 seconds, but it wasn’t fast enough to catch new champ Florida State. The Seminoles’ time of 2:59.99 was just .4 off the NCAA record. Texas A&M finished second in the 4x400 to claim the men’s team championship, sweeping the men’s and women’s team national titles for the Aggies. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/13/61309wacbutrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/13/61309wacbutrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Baylor women’s 4x100-meter relay team ran its fastest time of the season to finish fifth in the NCAA Outdoor National Championships on Friday at Arkansas’ McDonnell Field. The Bears team of DeAna Carson, Tiffany Townsend, Brittany Bruce and Jessica Gregory clocked a time of 43.77 seconds to finish 1.41 seconds behind event champion Texas A&M. Baylor junior Erin Bedell, who set a school record in the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 9:56.19 in prelims at the NCAA Championships, finished fifth in the finals, clocking 10:01.72. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/12/06122009wacsports1.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/12/06122009wacsports1.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Baylor’s top competitors for NCAA Outdoor National Championships track gold cruised into the finals during preliminary competition Thursday at John McDonnell Field. The Baylor men’s and women’s 4x400-meter relay teams, along with sprinters Tiffany Townsend and Trey Harts in the 200, claimed places in Saturday’s finals. The Baylor men’s 4x400 relay ran the second-fastest qualifying time at 3 minutes, 4.29 seconds, 1.16 seconds off the pace set by Florida State. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/11/06142009wactrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/11/06142009wactrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor’s Tiffany Townsend didn’t waste any time ascending to elite college track and field status. As a freshman a year ago, Townsend claimed multiple all-American honors while sprinting into the final heat at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in the 200-meter dash and anchoring the Bears’ bronze-medal winning 4x100 relay. However, as successful a debut as she made, Townsend knew she had better races in her. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/10/06102009WACBURUN.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/10/06102009WACBURUN.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Baylor men’s and women’s track teams take the track for the NCAA Outdoor Championships today through Saturday at the University of Arkansas’ John McDonnell Field. The Baylor women send a sizable contingent of two relays and five individuals, while the Baylor men enter their defending champion 4x400-meter relay and two individuals. The Baylor women’s individuals include Tiffany Townsend in the 100 and 200, Katrina Taylor in the 400, Erin Bedell and Danielle Bradley in the 3,000 steeplechase, and DeAna Carson in the long jump. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/05/06052009WACBUTRACK.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/05/06052009WACBUTRACK.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 5 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor junior track standout Erin Bedell has been named to the ESPN The Magazine’s academic all-district second team. Bedell, an all-conference and all-region performer in cross country who also ranks sixth in the nation in the 3,000 steeplechase, will compete in that race at the NCAA Outdoor Championships next week in Fayetteville, Ark. To be eligible for academic all-district status, an athlete must have been a starter or key reserve on his or her team and must have maintained a grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/31/05312009wacbaytrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/31/05312009wacbaytrack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT NORMAN, Okla. — It doesn’t get much closer. The Baylor men’s 4x400-meter relay team kept its winning streak alive by an extremely slim margin Saturday evening at the NCAA Midwest Regional at Oklahoma’s John Jacobs Track and Field Complex. The Bears — Zwede Hewitt, Michel Liggins, J.T. Scheuerman and Quentin Iglehart-Summers — ran close to their fastest time of the season at 3:02.72 to edge second-place Texas Tech by .03 of a second and claim the regional title. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/29/05292009wacchucker.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/29/05292009wacchucker.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT Around here, a track coach doesn’t exactly bump into a great javelin thrower just walking down the street every day. In fact, Baylor assistant track coach Danny Brabham had to fly to a far corner of the United States, then hop in a rental car and go driving through rural Washington state to find one. Brabham successfully recruited current Baylor sophomore Nick Lyons, who heads to the NCAA Midwest Regional this weekend in Norman, Okla., with a chance of advancing to nationals. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/18/05182009wacbig12track.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/18/05182009wacbig12track.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT LUBBOCK — The Baylor 4x400-meter relay team flexed its depth and added another Big 12 title to its streak Sunday night at the Big 12 Championships. Despite missing regulars LeJerald Betters and Marcus Boyd from the lineup, the Bears relay of Zwede Hewitt, Michael Liggins, J.T. Scheuerman and Quentin Iglehart-Summers got the baton around in 3 minutes, 4.93 seconds to win the conference title. In doing so, Baylor bumped its winning streak in the event to 41 consecutive victories against collegiate competition. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/17/05172009wacbig12track.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/17/05172009wacbig12track.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 17 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT LUBBOCK — Baylor sprinter Quentin Iglehart-Summers will try to lead the Bears’ 4x400-meter relay team to a Big 12 title today at Texas Tech’s Fuller Track and Field Stadium. On Saturday, he warmed up by running the fastest time in the open 400 preliminaries. Iglehart-Summers posted a time of 46.48 seconds, .15 faster than Lukas Hulett of Nebraska.