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K-State cancer research shares goal with Biden’s ‘Moonshot’ initiative

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renewed push by the Obama administration to develop vaccines for many specific forms of cancer is bringing private sector researchers and federal facilitation and investing together. In the same vein of President John F. Kennedy’s mission to fly to the moon, President Barack Obama, during his final State of the Union address in January, called on Vice President Joe Biden to lead the National Cancer Moonshot initiative. The K-State Johnson Cancer Research Center’s research is conducted by faculty and student researchers in nearly 100 laboratories in 17 departments, according to the “Research” page of the center’s website. Marcia Locke, communications and outreach coordinator at the center, said she was excited to hear about the initiative. The Cancer Moonshot initiative is not directly affiliated with the endeavors at the center, but locally-based research is making notable advancements, Locke said. “You don’t get to cures and treatments without basic re-

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search,” Locke said. “When there isn’t enough funding for it, then (the scientists and researchers) spend so much time competing, and some of them actually end up getting out of the game or they move on to some other proj-

ect.” The federal initiative’s funding of $195 million for this year backs new cancer activities through the National Institutes of Health during the 2016 fiscal year. Next year, $755 million will

be available to the NIH and the Food and Drug Administration for cancer-related research activities, according to the “Fact Sheet: Investing in the National Cancer Moonshot” page of the White House’s website. Obama likely chose Biden to lead the initiative due in part to the personal impact the disease has had on the vice president’s life, Sarah Wheaton and Sarah Karlin said in the Politico article “Biden launches moon shot for a cancer cure.” Biden’s son, Beau Biden, died from brain cancer in May 2015. The initiative established the National Immunotherapy Coalition, connecting many pharmaceutical firms and biotech companies in the cancer industry, according to the coalition’s Cancer MoonShot 2020’s website. Such companies are funding research and development of immunotherapies, a form of cancer treatment that uses immune cells to fight the unique cancers of different patients. Robin Denell, university distinguished professor of biology and director at the center, said he was was welcoming of the initiative. see page

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BROWNBACK TO REVIEW SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN

The Kansas Legislature delivered its approved school funding plan to Gov. Sam Brownback’s office to review on Tuesday. The plan was in response to the Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling that the state is not giving poor school districts a fair share of more-than $4 billion in annual state aid, according to the Little Apple Post. The justices threatened to shut down schools across the state if the problems have not been resolved by June 30. In accordance with the state constitution, Brownback has until April 8 to act on the measure that both redistributes $83 million in aid for the 2016-17 academic year and prevents any district from losing money.

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Nate Kapaldo, fourth-year veterinary medicine student, was one of 33 students chosen nationwide to receive the Dr. Jack Walther Leadership Award from the Western Veterinary Conference. see page

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Gary LaGrange, president of the Soldier Agricultural Vocational Education Farm, teaches Dakota Henderson, a specialist from Fort Riley, how to harvest honey at the Sunset Zoo on Tuesday.

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Gary LaGrange, Manhattan resident and Army retiree, said his dream for the S.A.V.E. Farm, or Soldier Agricultural Vocational Education Farm, began with his daughter, Shari LaGrange-Aulich, who is in her final year of studying clinical psychology at Washburn University. The location of the farm is still unknown, but it will be nearly 1,500 acres and will incorporate all aspects of agriculture, from growing crops to keeping livestock to beekeeping, and its purpose is to help wounded

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veterans transition into a career in agriculture, LaGrange said. LaGrange-Aulich said she has always been fascinated with bees and asked her dad to start a program for soldiers where they could keep bees and be active in the process of beekeeping. “I love being outside and find the world of bees captivating and requiring many emotional regulation skills that go hand in hand with healing PTS, such as being patient, staying calm in the midst of angry bees, working slow, being alone and quiet,” LaGrange-Aulich said. “It is all calming, focused and healing.” LaGrange-Aulich said she felt called to help soldiers suffering from combat-related trauma because of

her father’s military background and her personal relationships with military families. LaGrange-Aulich said her piece of the S.A.V.E. Farm puzzle will be the clinic and wellness center. Her plan is to hire psychologists and offer individual and group therapy using a variety of therapy methods that include art and music therapy, occupational, physical and horticultural therapy, marriage and family therapy, and much more. “We want soldiers to have access to the clinic while residing on the farm and receive treatment while they are receiving vocational farm training,” LaGrange-Aulich said. “Post-traumatic growth fits really well into the farm concept. How

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we can grow in a positive manner from a traumatic experience? The clinic will operate just as a normal clinic does. It will be funded by insurance proceeds. The (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) is fully behind our approach.” The farming aspect is highlighted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s call for a million farmers within the next 10 years to meet the demand to keep independent, sustainable farms alive, LaGrange-Aulich said. “It seems like a win-win way to meet the demand for farmers and find employment for veterans,” LaGrange-Aulich said. “PTS and brain injuries don’t necessarily create people who want to work in corporate environments. Some may wish to own their own farm, be independent and move from a career that involved destruction to one that is cultivating life. Soldiers are also no strangers to hard work and flexibility with the changing demands of farm life.” Deb Tangari, a VA health nurse in Topeka, has worked with veterans since 2007. In her line of work, Tangari said the median age of the veterans she counsels is 25, and their biggest hurdle to overcome is transitioning from the military. While the VA offers resources such as help with resumes, business and home loans, and medical and educational benefits, Tangari said there is still a need for programs like the S.A.V.E. Farm to give the nation’s wounded veterans a way to make money and to feel like they have a meaningful contribution to society. “Translating that into civilian life and a civilian career and managing civilian relationships is very challenging,” Tangari said. “The missing link is being able to get these people to work.”

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Essential oils, aromatherapy provide natural benefits EMILY MOORE the collegian

ssential oils come in a variety of forms, some to be ingested, some to be applied directly to the skin and some simply to be used for fragrance, like in a candle. Each essential oil has its own purpose and is said to be a natural remedy to a variety of health or beauty concerns. Some people use these oils as a replacement for certain processed products. “I think a lot of people use them,” Sara Rauch, owner of Planet Beach Spray and Spa in Manhattan, said. “They just have great benefits and it’s all natural, so instead of taking pills, they just have all sorts of benefits.” Nick Nordstrom, freshman in biology, said essential oils can be considered a way to find results using less processed products. “There’s a lot of times when drug therapy can be pretty damaging to your body and sometimes it could be to a person’s benefit to think about some sort of alternative treatments to go along with, or even replace, some of the more dangerous, or even toxic, substances you put in your body,” Nordstrom said.

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Michelle Kalmer, wellness advocate for doTERRA, an essential oils company, said she also works with college students as the financial aid and compliance manager of Bellus Academy in Manhattan. Kalmer said she has noticed some issues that students may have that can be managed using essential oils. “I see a lot of students that deal with trouble focusing, maybe on studying, so there are ones that

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Essential oils can be found in many stores across the Manhattan area, including On the Wildside located on Moro Street in Aggieville. can help with that focus,” Kalmer said. Kalmer said her choice of oil blend to improve focus is peppermint and wild orange. Certain oils, however, can also be used as a part of a beauty regime. “As far as hair goes, one of the ones that is recommended is rosemary for strengthening and supporting that healthy hair and scalp,” Kalmer said. There are different ways someone incorporate essential oils into the day, Rauch said. One way is using a diffuser to disperse the essential oils into the air. “They can purchase a diffuser anywhere, and they can get the oils in there as well,” Rauch said. Rauch said essential oil sprays can be used as a body spray or can even be sprayed on a yoga mat or in a car. In fact, one use acknowledged

by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the use of lemon eucalyptus oil as bug repellant, according to the “Protection against mosquitos, ticks and other arthropods” page of the center’s website.

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While there are different oils and distinguished uses for each, there are also possible risks to monitor and consider when using essential oils. “I think the downside, first and foremost, sometimes there can be some skin reactions and stuff like that, which can be minor, could be severe,” Nordstrom said. One reason for this could be that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not have specified regulations for products to be considered “natural” or “organic,” according to the “Aromatherapy” page on the FDA’s website.

“Many plants contain materials that are toxic, irritating or likely to cause allergic reactions when applied to the skin,” according to the website. Nordstrom said every person’s body is different and may react differently to different remedies and substances. “I just don’t believe that it’s personally something that could be the only option for fixing things,” Nordstrom said. “You have to just be weary and understand that. Not everything works the same way for every person.” Kalmer said that if any essential oil is to be ingested, the consumer should be vigilant of the quality of product they use. “First of all, you definitely wouldn’t ever want to take anything internally unless you knew exactly what the quality was and that it was intended for internal use because it

can be harmful if it’s used improperly,” Kalmer said.

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One way to determine how to properly use and apply essential oils or to assess their effectiveness is to do research and become more educated on the topic. Nordstrom said students can read and research the topic to learn more. “If you’re interested about it, there is a ton of literature on it, both daily lifestyle and medical,” Nordstrom said. Kalmer said she and her team hold informational meetings during the evenings at Radina’s Coffeehouse and Roastery in Aggieville. These meetings vary in time to allow for people with a variety of schedules to attend. These dates and times are posted on Kalmer’s business Facebook page called Shelli’s Essentials.

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In 1863, K-State was the first college in the nation to become a fully operational land-grant university. Kerri Ebert, extension assistant for K-State’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, said part of K-State’s land-grant mission is to have a research and extension service that provides a link between the practical applications of its research to people in the community. Ebert said under the landgrant provision, a publicly funded university has to partner with a nonprofit organization. Ebert said she also coordinates the Kansas AgrAbility Project, which provides safety education and technical assistance to farmers with disabilities. “The piece that AgrAbility can bring to the table is that we work with any farmer who has a limitation, and we have a focus on veterans and transitioning soldiers who are either going back home to farm or want to start a farm,” Ebert said. “(AgrAbility helps) them choose a type of farming that

won’t exacerbate their limitations, but also, we would bring a farm safety component, keeping them safe from secondary injuries.” Ebert and volunteer soldiers built an unheated greenhouse, or high tunnel, near the Warrior Transition Battalion building on Ft. Riley as a way to introduce gardening as therapy for the wounded soldiers. “There was one soldier, who got discharged now, he was really interested,” Ebert said. “He said, ‘I’ve been watching you guys do this out the window of my room. I have all these plants I want.’ I said, ‘We’ve got raised beds out there. Start filling up the beds. Just plant. Be happy.’ And he did. He got some carrots growing.” And while the process of building the S.A.V.E. Farm is still several years away, graduate students from the College of Architecture, Planning and Design are designing the farm. Vibhavari Jani, associate professor of interior architecture and product design, said she started working on projects centered around wounded warrior issues in 2010. Jani said her department has created

a variety of prototypes for rehabilitation designs to accommodate the needs of wounded veterans. Jani said she met LaGrange two years ago and now coaches her graduate students as they design the farm and rehabilitation center for the S.A.V.E. Farm. “Now, we are focused on this farmer training and healing center, which actually requires the understanding of the rehabilitation needs of the soldiers, so that research that we had done — all the data collection for it — is very useful now because now this is a real clinic that they are designing,” Jani said. Jani said she and several students have been working for the last five years doing research, which is coming into play now in developing different spaces for the veterans to use. Designing the S.A.V.E. Farm exposes the design students to the world of veterans’ affairs and teaches the students skills that cannot be taught when producing conventional architectural designs, Jani said. “It all generates empathy,” Jani said. “That is something

you can’t teach, but you can put them in a situation where they learn themselves.”

BUILDING FUNDS

LaGrange said transitioning veterans interested in learning an agricultural vocation at the S.A.V.E. Farm will be able to use their GI Bill and tuition assistance to pay for their education. They will also receive a stipend for their work on the farm. “We have drilled this down pretty well, and it is absolutely doable,” LaGrange said. “Income from the clinic will go a long way in subsidizing some of the costs, so we can keep tuition to a minimum. Farm sales will also contribute substantially. About 60 percent will come with a disability retirement income also. Organizations like the Farmer Veteran Coalition and Farm Bureau offer scholarships, and we will help soldiers and vets pursue them.” LaGrange said the plan also includes educating the veterans on farm business planning, agricultural economics and learning firsthand how to run a successful operation by working on farms.

“The program is called the Patriot Project,” LaGrange said. “I have met with their national coordinator, and they are working with us as we refine our business plan.” Donald Downey and John Ulrick, LaGrange’s former apprentice beekeepers, said they are committed to the S.A.V.E. Farm concepts they learned while at the Warrior Transition Battalion. Downey said he is now doing an internship with the VA in Des Moines, Iowa. He is also in the process of taking agricultural safety and fire inspection classes, certifications he will use to help with the S.A.V.E. Farm when it is up and running. “The S.A.V.E. Farm is like law enforcement to protect and preserve life and property,” Downey said. “We preserve the agricultural field by getting vets into the farming community, also preserving a new way of life for the service member. And you’re protecting the existence of agriculture by serving as a farmer. Serving as a farmer gives you a sense of purpose and satisfaction.” Ulrick said he is currently working on his 280-acre farm in Minnesota, and his future

plans include managing the S.A.V.E. Farm when it opens. “There’s been talk about me possibly being their farm manager,” Ulrick said. “I guess that would be a big responsibility once they get that program launched.” LaGrange said there is a lot of money needed to build the S.A.V.E. Farm. When he’s away from the Warrior Transition Battalion soldiers, LaGrange said he is advocating for farmer veterans as the vice president of the newly formed Farmer Veteran Coalition-Kansas chapter and is briefing congressmen, the VA and other key figures in Washington, D.C. “During discussions in Washington, D.C., with congressional staffers and the deputy undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture, I asked for assistance in obtaining the necessary developmental funds to move forward,” LaGrange said. LaGrange said he will need the funds to hire an architectural firm and finalize the design by K-State. Also, he will use the funds to hire instructors and consultants for the program.

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A look at the Final Four especially with their ACC foe, the North Carolina Tar Heels, standing in their way.

NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS

CHRIS ROBINSON the collegian

This year’s Final Four is interesting to say the least. From high-ranked blue bloods to top-of-the-class mid-majors, to a team with a superstar, to a sleeping giant suddenly awakening, the storylines surrounding the Final Four are fascinating and diverse.

SYRACUSE ORANGE

Not many people outside of Syracuse, New York, had faith in the Syracuse Orange to make it to this point in the tournament, but here they are. A lot of experts did not believe Syracuse should have made the tournament to begin with because head coach Jim Boeheim was suspended for nine games during the season. This made Boeheim seem like a snake since he was suspended for failing to keep track of the academic process of his players for the last decade. CBS analyst Doug Gottlieb said Syracuse should not have made the tournament just because of losing to St. John’s. Nonetheless, Syracuse is in the tournament and there is nothing anyone can do about it. It will be a long shot for the Orange make it to the national title game as a No. 10 seed,

North Carolina is the only No. 1 seed left in the tournament. The odds are on the Tar Heels to win the title. What makes the Tar Heels the favorite is that they have one of the best guards in the country, senior Marcus Paige, who has played lights out so far in the tournament. On top of this, North Carolina has one of the best bigs in the country, senior forward Brice Johnson. Johnson is averaging in the double digits this season with 17 points per game and 10 rebounds per game. Tar Heels’ head coach Roy Williams has the most national titles of the remaining coaches, giving him the advantage of knowing how to win the big game. Many factors point to why you should think North Carolina is going to win the title, but in the NCAA Tournament anything is possible.

VILLANOVA WILDCATS

Villanova has the most marquee win out of the Final Four teams to this point. This win was over the No. 1 overall seed, the Kansas Jayhawks. If you ask Kansas fans, they were unlucky in getting the Wildcats as their No. 2 seed. Up until they defeated Miami in convincing fashion, I would not have thought of Villanova as a threat to Kansas. The Wildcats proved a worthy opponent while making it to the Final Four.

OKLAHOMA SOONERS

Everyone in Big 12 territory knows how good senior guard Buddy Hield is, but Hield has proven just how good he really is to the national audience during this NCAA Tournament. In this tournament, the Sooners have regained form from early in the season when they looked unbeatable. When senior guard Isaiah Cousins and junior guard Jordan Woodard are playing on Hield’s level, the Sooners are nearly impossible to beat. Oklahoma has a challenge against Villanova, who they defeated earlier this season with ease. Neither team is the same, however. Villanova head coach Jay Wright is a very good coach, but Oklahoma head coach Lon Kruger wins everywhere he goes. He is simply one of the best coaches who has never won a national title. If it’s a close game down the stretch, the edge has to go to the Sooners. At the end of the day, only one team will be smiling when the new “One Shining Moment” song plays after the title game. For the Big 12’s sake, let’s hope Oklahoma is that team. Chris Robinson is a junior in mass communications. Please send comments to sports@kstatecollegian.com.

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Oklahoma senior guard Buddy Hield sinks a 3-pointer during the first half of the Sooners’ 6980 loss to the Wildcats on Feb. 6 inside Bramlage Coliseum.

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The award, which recognizes veterinary student leaders and promotes lifelong professional service to the industry, has granted approximately $1 million in scholarship funds since its founding in 2002, according to K-State Today. “Dr. Walther, a late president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, was an enormous advocate for students and his passion for developing leadership among young veterinarians was inspiring,” Kapaldo said to K-State Today. “This experience at the Western Veterinary Conference further reminded me that, whether we shortly realize it or not, veterinarians are all leaders, both in their clinic and in their community. Interacting with the other awardees from North American veterinary schools was humbling, showing me how rich the future veterinary field is with talent and passion for animal and human health.”

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according to KMAN. Ott shared the report and the committee’s suggestion of a .20 percent sales tax increase to finance street maintenance for a 10-year period. The commission plans to revisit the issue in April, according to KMAN.

K-STATE 48 HOUR FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TODAY

The first K-State 48 Hour Film Festival launches at 7 p.m. today as teams of students compete to make a short film in only 48 hours. The festival kickoff will be held at the Leadership Studies Building from 6-8 p.m. Rusty Earl, video producer for Catalyst Technology and Media Services within the College of Education, said 12 teams are already signed up, and he expects two more to sign up at today’s kickoff. Any current students at any K-State campus can form a team to enter the event. No prior experience is required to enter, but teams will have to shoot and edit video as part of the competition,

Earl said. The film festival does not provide equipment to contestants, but Earl said equipment can be checked out from the Media Development Center at Hale Library. Earl said videos may be of any theme or style but must contain the three elements that will be announced at the kickoff. Those elements include a prop, a line of dialogue and a location. Additionally, no copyrighted music is permitted. When the event starts at 7 p.m., contestants have 48 hours to produce an entire two to six minute film. A full list of rules is available on the festival’s website. Teams have until 7 p.m. Saturday to finish their videos. After that, the judges will choose their top three films. A screening of the films and an awards ceremony will be held on April 9. Winners will receive gift cards to B&H Photo Video, a video equipment retailer, and the audience choice award winner will receive tickets to the Tallgrass Film Festival, Earl said.

Manhattan City Commissioners reviewed the findings of a street maintenance steering committee report on Tuesday night. The report, shared by Director of Public Works Robert Ott, examined funding for street maintenance issues, scope and the duration of a potential tax increase,

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Denell, however, said labeling the initiative as a “moonshot” may not have been the best analogy for the venture. “It implies that there’s going to be one big single event, and in fact, with all the different kinds of cancers that have to be looked at, even Biden is saying that (the Obama administration) shouldn’t have called it that,” Denell said. The National Cancer Institute’s annual budget is approximately $5 billion, according to the “NCI’s role in cancer research” page on the center’s website. “That $5 billion that goes to the National Cancer Institute is not very big compared to what’s spent by ... pharmaceutical companies,” Denell said. “So (Biden) recognizes that that $5 billion spent on cancer research isn’t going to make a huge impact.” While the initiative does not directly create funding or provide new equipment for K-State’s cancer-fighting efforts, the initiative may create both a new surge of confidence and the opportunity for more funding for K-State’s cancer researchers from outside sources and patrons, according to both Locke and Denell. Ryan Rafferty, assistant professor in chemistry, won an Innovative Research Award last semester, which Rafferty said granted him funding to begin research on the harmful and sometimes fatal side effects of anticancer agents. “This project is designed to see if we can modify and exemplify one molecule and make

it the most potent anticancer agent that we can,” Rafferty said. Stefan Bossmann, professor of chemistry, and Deryl Troyer, professor of anatomy and physiology, have created an early diagnostic test using nanotechnology that can detect with 95 percent accuracy many of the most common forms of cancer from a simple urine or blood sample. Now being piloted in China, these kinds of tests will soon allow doctors to monitor patients for recurrences of cancer and may eventually become part of wellness exams in the future, Bossmann said. Bossmann said he has been working on the early diagnostic and immunotherapy components of cancer research for the past ten years. “It is nice that the (Obama) administration has come to the conclusion that the old ways of doing this, giving money to only genetic studies, are not getting us ahead in treating cancer,” Bossmann said. “I’m not saying that gene therapy and gene measurements are useless, I’m just saying that they are only one component in the fight against cancer, and we need the other two components in order to be successful.” Rafferty said he believes that if the scientific community can help even one person, it is a success. “It doesn’t matter what it costs or how long it takes,” Rafferty said. “Improving the life of just one person is what my dream is. If we can do it for thousands or tens of thousands, that’s wonderful.”

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Pitching cripples Wildcats in extra-inning loss RILEY GATES the collegian

ne step forward and two steps back could be a good slogan to use for this baseball team. Less than 24 hours after an exhilarating 11-3 win that snapped a seven-game losing streak, the Wildcats came up short in 11 innings to the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, 14-10. “We hit good enough to win the game, but we needed the big hits there late and couldn’t get them,” K-State head coach Brad Hill said. “Then just a couple blunders cost us there at the end. Bad game.” Freshman pitcher Jacob Ruder got the start on Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately for Ruder, it was bad from the beginning. After loading the bases, he walked Oral Roberts sophomore outfielder Noah Cummings and junior outfielder Sam Grellner on their respective at-bats. Both walks allowed runs to come home, and the Golden Eagles scored two runs in the top of the first. The game wasn’t bad for just Ruder, however. Nine pitchers took the mound for K-State and struggled before senior Corey Fischer took the loss, falling to 1-2 on the season. “We’ve got guys we have to throw this weekend, so we had limited pitches out of those guys,” Hill said. “I’m not sure anybody really deserved to stay out there longer than they did, quite honestly.” Oral Roberts, 13-11, also used a plethora of pitchers from its bullpen. The Golden Eagles used eight pitchers before junior Brady Womacks earned the win and improved to 2-1. K-State responded in the bot-

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Senior outfielder Clayton Dalryprymple slides back to first base before a University of Nebraska Omaha player tags him during the Wildcats’ game on Tuesday. tom when freshman catcher Josh Rolette connected with a pitch that would sail over the right field wall for a two-run homerun to tie the game after one inning. Oral Roberts got after Ruder again in the second thanks to a double from sophomore infielder Nick Roark, bringing home junior infielder Nick Rotola and senior infielder Chase Stafford. Ruder was yanked from the game after going just 1.1 innings, giving up four runs, four hits and walking five batters before being replaced by senior Brandon Erickson. “We pitched awful today, bluntly,” Hill said. “We pitched awful.” The Wildcats again responded

in the bottom of the inning with a solo shot to right field from junior first baseman Jake Scudder, making it 4-3 in favor of Oral Roberts after two innings. After a scoreless third inning, the Golden Eagles poured it on the Wildcats in the fourth. Stafford drove in senior infielder Trevin Sonnier, making it 5-3. Then sophomore catcher Matt Whately singled and brought home Stafford and Rotola, creating a four-run gap with their 7-3 lead after four innings. Oral Roberts scored one more run in the fifth inning to make the score 8-3, giving the early feel that K-State would be on its way to its 14th loss of the year. However, the tides turned in

the Wildcats’ favor in the sixth inning. With the bases loaded, a wild pitch got away from Oral Roberts and brought home Scudder. Next, senior outfielder Clayton Dalrymple hit a sacrifice fly to right field and senior outfielder Danny Krause scored. Another wild pitch after that brought home freshman outfielder Michael Smith, and just like that K-State was within two runs. But the Wildcats still weren’t done with the sixth inning. Junior infielder Jake Wodtke scored from second base thanks to a single from senior catcher Tyler Moore and freshman catcher Josh Rolette came home off a single from junior infielder Steve Serratore. When the sixth inning was all

said and done, K-State scored five runs and tied the game 8-8. The scoring continued for the boys in purple in the seventh inning. With the bases loaded and no outs recorded, Dalrymple grounded out to second base, allowing Scudder to score. Krause also crossed the plate off of a bunt from Wodtke. And just like that, the Wildcats led by two runs in a game in which they trailed by four runs at one point. Oral Roberts got their chance to respond in the ninth inning and did so with two runs, tying the game at 10-10, forcing extra innings between the two squads. K-State had a golden opportunity to win the game in the 10th inning but came up short. Dalrymple singled to left field, giving Krause the green light home from second base. Krause was thrown out at the plate, and the teams went to the 11th. “You like to think, (you have it won)” Hill said. “Clayton hit it hard and their kid made a heck of a throw. He came up throwing and actually (Dalrymple) probably hit it too hard. But the kid made a heck of a throw, and I thought their catcher made a great play.” After a scoreless 10th inning, the Golden Eagles found success in the 11th. Oral Roberts managed to bring home four runs in the top of the inning, creating a gap that K-State could not overcome in the bottom, and the Wildcats fell to 12-14 on the season. “We just didn’t pitch very well today,” Hill said. “Great fight by our guys to come back and take the lead. You’ve got the lead in the ninth, most games, you expect to win.” The Wildcats will hope to avoid another loss on Friday when they travel to Lubbock, Texas, to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders at 6:30 p.m.

Winters, Jones reflect on Indoor Track and Field National Championships psyched up. “I just assumed someone would jump me,” Winters said. No one did. Jones had a similar reaction when she topped the competition in the high jump. “Did I just jump that? Did that really just happen at the NCAAs?” Jones said of her reaction once she cleared the bar. “It was surreal.” Prior to carding a jump of 6-1 1/2 to win the women’s open high jump, Jones had an incredible performance in the pentathlon high jump. She recorded a jump of 6-6, which is just one centimeter shy of

the indoor world record. Her performance not only broke a school record, but it also tied the NCAA Indoor Championship meet record and set a new Barbados national record. For both Jones and Winters, the wins marked their first individual indoor national titles. There is little time for the two to rest as they look to build on their momentum into the outdoor season. Winters said she believes that as far as throwing is concerned, it is important not to focus so hard on attaining a certain distance with her throws, but to work more

toward continuous improvement. “(Throws coach Greg Watson) really keeps me grounded and helps me to focus each day in practice knowing there’s a big picture plan,” Winters said. Jones said she will be focusing on working toward the outdoor championship and eventually the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. “There’s going to be a lot on our back to produce a lot of points for the team,” Jones said. “We just need to keep training hard. Once we train hard, I think the results on the track will speak for itself.”

Parker Robb | THE COLLEGIAN

Shot put thrower Dani Winters and high jumper Aleka Jones became NCAA champions in their respective events at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships March 11-12 in Birmingham, Alabama. With one national title each under their belts, Winters and Jones now set their sights on the outdoor season and winning the same championships there, as well as on the not-so-distant 2016 Summer Olympics.

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For seniors Akela Jones and Dani Winters, the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship is familiar turf. They had both been there before. They knew what to expect. The NCAA Indoor Championship is a stacked meet, K-State head coach

Cliff Rovelto said. “There are some events where what it takes to make the final at the NCAA meet will be superior to what it takes to make the final at the world indoor,” Rovelto said. “It really is the best meet in the country. … There’s no other meet that compares.” Winters said she knew the competition in the women’s shot put was close. “I went in knowing it was anyone’s game,” Winters said.

Only 0.08 meters separated the second place shot put spot from the fifth place shot put spot, but that didn’t matter for Winters. Her throw of 17.97 meters easily topped the competition. Winters said the distance shocked her at first, and she had to spend the entire second round waiting to see if anyone could best her throw. She said It became a balancing act between keeping herself calm and keeping herself

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