12 BEHREND BEACON
January 29, 2010
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INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Track team sets records at first invite
AMANDA STETZ
senior reporter
Although the Behrend Indoor
Track team did not finish first
at the 2010 West Virginia State
Farm Games, the season has
gotten off to a good start with
several individual first place
finishes and record-breaking
performances.
The 60-member indoor track
team traveled to West Virginia
University for the games with
Bethany College, the only other
Division 111 school participating
in the games.
Senior Dana Turnley and jun
ior Mike Stark imprssed both
the team and crowd when they
broke the 60m hurdle records
for the Behrend women's and
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Saints and Colts meet in Miami for Super Bowl XLIV
The Indianapolis Colts versus the
New Orleans Saints. Peyton Manning
versus Drew Brees. Super Bowl XLIV
will feature two of the NFL's top quar
terbacks in what is sure to be an offen
sive shootout.
Manning led his Colts to a 14-2 reg
ular season record this season, win
ning the first 14 games of the year.
Manning had his typical stats this
season, throwing 33 touchdowns,
passing for 4,500 yards and posting a
99.9 passer rating.
The Colts pushed through the post
season with relative ease. Manning
dissected the New York Jets' league
leading defense for a 30-17 win in the
AFC championship.
This will be the fourth Super Bowl
appearance for the Colts' franchise.
Indianapolis' most recent appear
ance was Super Bowl XLI in 2007, a
29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears.
Jim Caldwell is in his first season as
head coach for Indianapolis but has
men's teams, respectively.
Turnley broke Brittney
Williams's record in the prelim
inary rounds with a time of
10.54, while Stark broke his
own record (8.79), finishing
third in the finals.
Other outstanding perform
ances from the Lions came
from junior Michael Johnson
earning first place in the 500 m
dash, with a time of1:12.70.
Along with Johnson, junior
Ronzon Mazany earned first in
the men's long jump (6.62 m),
high jump (1.83 m), and the
triple jump (12.90 m). Mazany
credits his dedication to his
success
"My strength comes from
dedication and determination,"
Mazany said. "I want to get bet
ter each and every day, so I
NICK BLAKE
sports editor
Quarterbacks Drew Brees and Peyton Manning will square off in Super Bowl XLIV.
had a football coaching career for over
20 years.
Caldwell was the assistant coach at
Penn State from 1986-92, where he
won a national championship in 1986
with the Nittany Lions.
What may be the most interesting
story line of Super Bowl XLIV is the
fact that the New Orleans Saints will
be competing in it.
push myself at practice to do
so."
For such a large team, it is
impressive that they can come
together and support each
other in every event.
"As a team, our strength is
the strong support we show for
each other," junior Jenna Fatica
said. "We are with each other
everyday, and we each practice.
We all try to push ourselves and
our teammates to perform at
the highest level possible."
The season is long from over,
and this opener has given the
track team a great place to start
the season. With the next meet
on Feb. 6 at Mount Union Col
lege, the team feels prepared to
improve for next time.
"Most of us can say that the
first meet at West Virginia was
This will be the first Super Bowl ap
pearance ever for the Saints, and the
city is abuzz with excitement.
The Saints punched their ticket to
the Super Bowl after defeating the
Minnesota Vikings 31-28 in overtime
in front of a record breaking crowd of
71,276 at the Louisiana Superdome.
Place kicker Garrett Hartley drilled
a 40-yard field goal shortly into over-
Jenna Fatica credits teamwork to
Behrend's early success.
not a disappointment," Fatica
said. "I feel that meet was a
great starting point to set the
tone for the rest of the season."
time to send the Saints marching into
the Super Bowl.
In the Saints' 43-year existence in
the league, they have never been to the
Super Bowl, and it has been a long
awaited experience.
"It's a pretty surreal moment," quar
terback Drew Brees said. "You think
back to four years ago, coming here
post-Katrina, Sean Payton's first year.
We had a goal and a dream back then.
It was an opportunity to play for a
Super Bowl, and it feels great."
Brees led the Saints to their best reg
ular season record in franchise history
at 13-3, and the offense was at the top
of nearly all offensive categories.
New Orleans ranked first in points
per game with 31.9, first in yards per
game with 403.8 and were in the top
10 for passing and rushing yards per
game.
Brees had a stellar year with 34
touchdowns and only 11 interceptions.
He put up 4,388 passing yards and a
109.6 passer rating.
Head coach Sean Payton is in his
fourth year as head coach for the
orts
Saints, and this will be his second trip
to the Super Bowl.
He was the offensive coordinator for
the New York Giants when they
reached the Super Bowl XXXV in
2000.
Both teams have a great deal of re
spect for one another, and the head
coaches stress this fact.
"They present a lot of problems, ob
viously," Caldwell said of the Saints.
"They have a number of weapons.
Drew Brees is certainly a talented
quarterback, extremely accurate guy,
who spreads the ball around quite a
bit. With the weapons he has, he can
give you some problems."
Payton has just as much respect for
the opponents' quarterback as Cald
well does.
"He does a great job with the snap
count, he's got a great grasp of the of
fense," Payton said. "As to his ability to
to direct traffic and put them in the
best place possible, I think he does
that better than anyone."
Super Bowl XLIV will take place
Sunday, Feb. 5 at 6:25 p.m. in Miami.