Arizona State Sweeps NCAA Track Titles

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 16, 2008, 9:05 pm

ASU men, women win national titles in track

Special for The Republic
Mar. 15, 2008 09:40 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The chants of "ASU" reverberated through Arkansas' Tyson Track Center, only this time the men were yelling with the women.

The Sun Devils swept national titles at the NCAA Indoor Championships on Saturday. No. 4 Arizona State won the men's title 44-41 against No. 1 Florida State, and the second-ranked Sun Devils women's team defended its title by outscoring top-ranked Louisiana State 51-43

Mens sports...womens sports...doesn't matter. ASU dominates!

Men

1. Arizona State, 44 points.
2. Florida State, 41.
3. Texas, 34.
4. LSU, 33.
5. Tennessee, 26.
6. Arkansas, 24.

Women

1. Arizona State, 51.
2. LSU, 43.
3. Michigan, 39.
4. Texas, 35.
5. Stanford, 32.
6. Florida State, 28.

Grats to a Big Ten (11) team for making the list!

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » March 17, 2008, 1:54 am

And did not make the NCAA Basketball Tournament

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » March 17, 2008, 1:59 am

I hear Arizona has one hell of a Pog team too.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 17, 2008, 2:23 am

Track is one of the oldest sports. Show it some respect! It's hard for refs to cheat you in Track and Field.

Can someone point out Michigan and OhioSU in the NCAA Basketball Tournament brackets?

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » March 17, 2008, 3:58 am

They must be in the same bracket as ASU.

Momopi · Post by **Momopi** » March 17, 2008, 12:26 pm

why was this thread created? college or any non olympic track and field event has as much relevance in America as the WNBA or the NHL.

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » March 17, 2008, 12:34 pm

Go to the McCain web site and fill out your bracket.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » March 17, 2008, 12:46 pm

Momopi wrote:why was this thread created? college or any non olympic track and field event has as much relevance in America as the WNBA or the NHL.

Any success which the state of Arizona receives will have a post here from Winnow...

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 17, 2008, 1:05 pm

I tried to find the "Stick all AZ Sports stuff here" thread but couldn't. There was also a very scary picture of an ASU woman doing the shot put which I chose not to post.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 17, 2008, 1:43 pm

We got a 1 seed in the NIT. I think we can have a break from going to championship games for a while. But there is always the NIT championship.

Hope to see ya there!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 17, 2008, 1:54 pm

Zamtuk wrote:We got a 1 seed in the NIT. I think we can have a break from going to championship games for a while. But there is always the NIT championship.

Hope to see ya there!

Could happen with ASU being another #1 seed. It all depends if they play hard or feel sorry for themselves for not making the NCAA.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 18, 2008, 8:36 pm

ASU vs. UA pits No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the nation

Mar. 17, 2008 06:37 PM

It doesn't count in the Pac-10 baseball standings, and even though Arizona State coach Pat Murphy says he'll use a "hodgepodge" of pitchers Tuesday night, this meeting between the Sun Devils and Arizona at Packard Stadium feels big.

ASU is ranked No. 1 nationally and is five wins away from surpassing the school's best-ever start of 21-0 accomplished in 1961.

Arizona (12-2) is ranked No. 2.

oh my...what's this? ASU and UofA #1 and #2 in the nation in NCAA baseball? I'm ashamed we're hogging the tops spots in all of these sports!

Pac 10 Strength of schedule...can't get any higher than #1 vs #2!

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 26, 2008, 8:42 pm

They also lose to UF in the NIT!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 26, 2008, 8:53 pm

Do the OhioSU football schedules already have a loss marked down for the USC game this year?

OHIOSU 2008 SCHEDULE

W Eastern Southern Baptist University
W Upper Lower Kentucky State
W Hang a left at the Treestump College (finished 4th in 1-AA so is really tough)
L USC
Begin Conference Play

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 26, 2008, 8:57 pm

Upper Lower Kentucky State will have a real good punter this season!

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 26, 2008, 9:02 pm

Yet they will still get in a better bowl than ASU. Actually, they will make it to a bowl, while you sit out.

Again.

Pryor > Elway Jr.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 26, 2008, 9:24 pm

Zamtuk wrote:Ye
Pryor > Elway Jr.

We'll have to wait a year on that to see as Carpenter is back as QB for the Sun Devils this year.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » March 28, 2008, 5:05 pm

I keep expecting to see Winnow's grand scheme of having his own internet-business any thread now. But it is once again incomprehensible self promotion...to what end? Who the fuck knows...

I blame the cacao. Winnergy!

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » March 28, 2008, 5:23 pm

Turns out we've got a great setup next year.

Ohio State (as we've all been amply reminded) is playing USC, the Pac Ten powerhouse that is, according to Winnow, God's gift to college football.

Arizona State is playing Georgia, the SEC powerhouse that's a consistent preseason top-5 pick for next year.

How about a bet?

If both teams win, the team which wins by more points wins the bet.
If one team wins and the other loses, the winning team wins the bet.
If both teams lose, the team which comes closest to winning (by point margin) wins the bet.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 28, 2008, 5:33 pm

Where are the two games being played this year?

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » March 28, 2008, 5:41 pm

Ohio State is on the road, Arizona State is at home.

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 28, 2008, 7:22 pm

The other game isn't SEC football, so it doesn't matter, but Georgia will have its way with ArizonaSU!

I'll put my world's smallest avatar where my mouth is!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 28, 2008, 7:46 pm

Ill take the bet Sueven!

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » March 28, 2008, 8:30 pm

What're we putting on it? One month avatar? Pac Ten avatar v. Big Ten avatar?

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » March 28, 2008, 8:47 pm

Make Winnow wear a helmet sticker!

btw, why can't the ASU men be successful in OUTDOOR track and field?

1 Florida State
2 LSU
3 USC
4 Auburn
5 Tennessee
6 Oregon
7 Baylor
8 Arizona
9 Texas
10 North Carolina

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 28, 2008, 8:59 pm

It's way too hot outside.

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » March 28, 2008, 9:08 pm

Ooh good idea... buckeyes helmet sticker avatar!

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 28, 2008, 9:26 pm

I suggest an avatar that's Winnow (or you) wearing an actual sticker on your actual forehead. An actual picture...actually.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 28, 2008, 9:39 pm

Sueven wrote:What're we putting on it? One month avatar? Pac Ten avatar v. Big Ten avatar?

One month Buckeye sticker vs Sparky avatar

You'll have a McCain avatar for a year (maybe!) but I'll let you out of that obligation for a month to use the Sparky Avatar!

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 28, 2008, 10:56 pm

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » April 4, 2008, 12:55 am

Even though it wasn't a bet, you should still have a helmet sticker avatar for us being victorious tonight in the NIT.

You could have played us, but you lost to the team who lost to the team who lost to us.

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » April 4, 2008, 4:41 am

are you really bragging about winning the NIT?

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » April 4, 2008, 9:29 am

Tyek wrote:are you really bragging about winning the NIT?

They made a bet on it!

Winnow wrote:
Sueven wrote:What're we putting on it? One month avatar? Pac Ten avatar v. Big Ten avatar?
One month Buckeye sticker vs Sparky avatar

You'll have a McCain avatar for a year (maybe!) but I'll let you out of that obligation for a month to use the Sparky Avatar!

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » April 4, 2008, 12:08 pm

Nah, we made a bet on the upcoming football season

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » April 4, 2008, 12:46 pm

Sueven wrote:Nah, we made a bet on the upcoming football season

Winnow should still have to wear a Helmet Sticker!

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » April 4, 2008, 12:47 pm

Tyek wrote:are you really bragging about winning the NIT?

It was entirely directed at winnow, and no one else.

However, I will say this; I'd rather have a NIT championship than a sweet sixteen loss.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » April 4, 2008, 12:49 pm

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 4, 2008, 12:58 pm

Zamtuk wrote: However, I will say this; I'd rather have a NIT championship than a sweet sixteen loss.

I'm sure you would after all the big bowl games OhioSU has lost in football. I bet they'd love to play a directional school in a fruitbowl so they can break the streak of post season losses.

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » April 4, 2008, 1:21 pm

Boog wrote:Winnow should still have to wear a Helmet Sticker!

Agreed.

Zamtuk wrote:However, I will say this; I'd rather have a NIT championship than a sweet sixteen loss.

Are you serious? That's terrible. I guess I can't expect any more from a football school.

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » April 4, 2008, 1:37 pm

Well then Zam, congrats on being the best among the 6th, 7th and 8th place conference finishers.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » April 5, 2008, 12:43 am

Well, you have to think, this is coming from a school that has lost 3 championships (meaningful) in a row. Yeah, I'll take a victory at the end of a season over getting beat by UNC or upset by an awful team. It's not like I went out and celebrated after the game like it was a job well done, because it clearly isn't something to be that proud of. But, I still think it is better than a loss in the first week of NCAA tournament play. And, to be fair, we did win it. How did ASU do?

Winnow wrote:
Zamtuk wrote: However, I will say this; I'd rather have a NIT championship than a sweet sixteen loss.
I'm sure you would after all the big bowl games OhioSU has lost in football. I bet they'd love to play a directional school in a fruitbowl so they can break the streak of post season losses.

How has ASU fared in recent bowls? Take the past three years regardless of who they played and get back to me. Can the student body even spell BCS?

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 17, 2008, 9:08 pm

Eight teams passed on this guy!

1 Yao Ming (C) Houston Rockets Shanghai Sharks (China)
2 Jay Williams (PG) Chicago Bulls Duke
3 Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (SF) Golden State Warriors Duke
4 Drew Gooden (PF) Memphis Grizzlies Kansas
5 Nikoloz Tskitishvili (F/C) Denver Nuggets Benetton Treviso (Italy)
6 Dajuan Wagner (G) Cleveland Cavaliers Memphis
7 Maybyner "Nenê" Hilario (PF) New York Knicks (traded to Denver)[7] Vasco da Gama (Brazil)
8 Chris Wilcox (F/C)
9 Amare! Phoenix Suns

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » April 18, 2008, 1:42 am

relevant bump.

can't even get your arizona love threads in order?

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » April 18, 2008, 2:26 am

Yep, look. Not one of those 9 picks has won a title. Amazing.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 22, 2008, 6:48 pm

Even aliens know there's something special about Arizona!

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... s0422.html

The Mysterious Phoenix Lights return!

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » April 22, 2008, 6:51 pm

They just want to see what a myopic Arizona fan looks like.

Post by **Sylvus** » May 2, 2008, 4:01 pm

So sad about the only worthwhile thing in Arizona.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353953,00.html

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » May 2, 2008, 4:13 pm

They consider those pictures "racy"?

Good to see ASU students weren't intimidated by their president getting canned for the porn his frat made.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 2, 2008, 5:39 am

Does the good news ever stop!?!?/?

Arizona State beats Alabama, advances to NCAA softball finals

Sunday June 1, 2008 7:41PM

Jackie Vasquez hit a three-run homer to beat Alabama 3-1 and send Arizona State to the Women's College World Series.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- At 5 feet tall and a slender 100-or-so pounds, Jackie Vasquez wasn't known for hitting home runs. Until she put Arizona State in the Women's College World Series finals with one swing.

Vasquez hit a three-run home run after slugger Kaitlin Cochran was hit with a pitch, leading the Sun Devils to a 3-1 win Sunday against Alabama and its first chance to play for the national championship.

"It felt really good when I hit it," said Vasquez, a senior who hit only the sixth home run of her college career. "Not that I've hit tons and I know the difference, but I definitely felt like it was going somewhere when I hit it."

The Sun Devils will face fifth-seeded Texas A&M (56-8) in the best-of-three championship beginning Monday. The Aggies beat top-seeded Florida 1-0 on Kelsey Spittler's RBI triple down the right field line in the ninth inning.

The Gators (70-5) had won three straight elimination games, including a 6-1 victory against Texas A&M earlier Sunday to force a rematch.

Vasquez's blast sailed over the right-field wall, giving the sixth-seeded Sun Devils (64-5) their first hit of the game off Kelsi Dunne.

Dunne (26-6) had hit Kristen Miller to start the third inning and then drilled Cochran in the leg on a 1-1 pitch with two outs to give Arizona State its first two baserunners. She allowed only two other runners -- on a walk and an infield single with two outs in the sixth.

"We got one big hit," Arizona State coach Clint Myers said. "If you're not going to get a lot of hits, one good timely hit can make all the difference -- and again it was our 5-foot-nothing, 103-pound nothing little slapper that once again got the big hit for us."

Katie Burkhart (39-5) limited the nation's highest-scoring offense to only two hits, including Jordan Praytor's RBI single in the top of the third, to end the Crimson Tide's best run in five trips to the World Series.

"It wasn't a home run that lost the game. It wasn't," Alabama third baseman Kelley Montalvo said. "We have one of the strongest lineups in this country. We have to hit the ball."

Texas A&M will have to decide what approach to take against Cochran, the 2007 batting champion who's hitting .443 but has sparked the Sun Devils' offense without getting a hit.

Dunne's free pass to Cochran sparked a seventh-inning rally for Arizona State in the teams' first meeting at the World Series two days earlier, and Cochran scored two more times after getting free passes in a 4-0 victory against UCLA.

Dunne went after her this time, retiring her on a first-inning fly out and a seventh-inning popup.

"It wasn't really a strategy. A buddy of mine texted me and said, `Dude, it's not Derek Jeter. Come on.' And I was like, `You're right.' She isn't hitting 1,000," Tide coach Patrick Murphy said. "She's a good hitter, and we got her twice."

The junior center fielder has scored four of Arizona State's nine runs in the World Series, the first three times coming when she was walked intentionally to start an inning.

By the time Dunne got her to fly out in the first inning, it had been 11 plate appearances since she last saw a strike.

"I just feel like I'm living a dream right now," Cochran said. "We're so close to our ultimate dream, but we know we still have work to do and we're just going to do whatever we can to make sure it happens."

The Sun Devils also made it to the World Series the past two years, but got eliminated in three games in 2006 before being the first team sent home last year.

"We were two and barbecue and we've got three wins here," Cochran said. "That's just like a complete turnaround in itself. Everyone's been stepping up. Like coach Myers said, a different hero every day."

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » June 2, 2008, 2:20 pm

Yeah, it stops right around when the real sports are played.