10B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 17,2007
BY TYLER PASSMORE
tpassmore@kansan.com
CROSS COUNTRY HEAD COACH STANLEY REDWINE
Q. With this year's expectations, how have the two teams set your expectations?
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A. On the men's side, the main expectations come from the next three meets — conference regional and national meetings, that will determine whether the expectations were achieved or not. So, on the men's side I would say we are a work in progress and need to step up and attack it as a team. On the women's side we are getting better and better, and our expectations are not individual but as a team.
Q. What famous duo would you compare Paul (Hefferon) and Colby (Wissel) too?
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A. I think that both of the guys have very different personalities and both are very good competitors, both are good in what they do and both have great personalities. I think both of them are Batman and Batman, I don't think that one is a step down from the other. I think they're leaders in different ways and most of the time when you talk about duos, you talk as if one is the leader and one is a step down. That is why I think they're Batman and Batman.
Q. Being a former runner, what do you think of Marion Jones?
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A. I think that different people have different motivations and in her issue she found what she did to help her gain success. I think that she was still a great athlete and would be able to obtain those goals with a little bit more hard work and could have taken a little longer, but I think she is a great person. Good people do bad things and this could be one of those incidents."
Q. Kobe or Lebron?
A. Kobe? Do you mean Colby Wissel? There is only one Colby to me. When you get down to it though, Kobe is a good guard and Lebron is a good Forward. They are hard to compare, because they are two different athletes in two different positions that both excel.
Q. The Morris twins are?
A.I guess I need to know, who are the Morris twins?"
Q. Favorite place to eat?
A. Home. I travel a lot of places and nothing compares to a home-cooked meal.
Q. The BCS is?
A. The BCS is a way that will hopefully determine who the real champion is, and it hopefully is the way that KU is going.
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Q. You vs. Paul (Hefferon) and Colby (Wissel) in a race; what's the finish?
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A. What's the race? If it was a short race back in my prime, I would have a good chance, but they would beat me pretty bad today in a longer race.
Q. Favorite athlete growing up?
A. Preston Pierson, Dallas Cowboys.
A popular song in the music world right now and a dance often featured by the Kansas Jayhawk secondary, do you know how to do the Soulja Boy舞?
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No, but again I am an old-fashioned man. If I watch them long enough I could probably learn it, but I hope they continue to do it. If it means the success of
A. I've always been a Nike guy, but I'd pretty much run in anything. Adidas has been fine, but I've always believed that shoes are shoes. If their light and have spikes then they're fine. It's more the man that's wearing them.
BY PETER SOTO
psoto@kansan.com
Q. What kind of shoes do you prefer?
Do you and the rest of the cross country team have any traditions?
Q. What do you think about when you are running?
A. Each year that I've been in school we've had a team song. We've put the songs on a CD and when we're in the van going to meet or coming back we listen to them. The first year was this techno song done by this elite level steeple chaser named Anthony Famiglietti. He's a really eccentric guy and he has a band called Starts the Party. Sophomore year was "Rock you like a Hurricane" by the Scorpions. Last year was "Under Pressure" by David Bowie and this year is "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen. We're pretty proud of those.
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Different things. I try not to think about the things that normally worry me throughout the day. During regular runs we talk together, but during workouts I usually sing a song in my head. Lately I've been trying to use key words like "strength" and "fluid." I've been working with our sports psychologist on this thing and using certain trigger words that keep me focused and help me know what I'm doing with form and things like that.
Q. How do you think the team will do at the Big 12 Championship?
SENIOR PAUL HEFFERON OF THE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
A. I think we could be any
where from third to sixth or seventh. We've got a really strong conference this year. I hate conceding victories to anyone in anything, but in being realistic I think third or fourth would be sweet.
Q. If your life were a movie, what kind of movie would it be?
It would be one of those epic battle movies like "Gladiator" or "BraveHeart," and I would be one of those guys who has an arrow stuck in his chest, but pulls it out. I get real jacked up about that kind of stuff.
Q. Who would play you?
A. Christian Bale. He's
Q. Who would play your leading woman?
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A. Natalie Portman. I love Natalie Portman. She's gorgeous so she'd be my leading lady.
Q. What kind of bands or musicians would be on the soundtrack?
The thing is that most of my favorite musicians wouldn't be good for a battle epic movie. I really like kind of bluesy stuff, so that wouldn't be on the soundtrack. I really like Blindside, some Foo Fighters, maybe some Scorpions. I'd probably throw some 80's stuff in there. Scorpions, Queen and David Bowie.
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Q. What would it be rated?
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A. I don't like when they put all of those extra sex scenes in there just to have them. So if it were going to be "R" then it would be because of the killing and stuff. I'd try to make it PG-13 so more people could watch it.
What would it be
A. I'm going to go with my old softball nickname, and I think it would be appropriate. I think it would probably be called "Power Jungle." Of course it would probably be part of a trilogy, so you'd have "Power Jungle II" and "Power Jungle III."
Q. What's the most climatic scene?
A. I'm leading my band of misfits and miscreants, and we're being oppressed by this huge army. They're on white horses, and we have spears that we've whittled from sticks and we have bugs in out hair and stuff. We have a wild look in our eyes. There been a huge battle, and we've killed off most of the other guys from the other army, but now there's only fifty of us left and we're completely surrounded on all sides.
How does it end?
A. It should end with a one-on-one thing where I'm battling the top general or king and we both die at the end. I save my people who are released from oppression, but I have to give my life for it.
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