Races
Friday, May 2, 2014
A day at the
Little Five: 2014 the DePauw Special Edition
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LITTLE 5K
Bike to the finish line and then...
Run for the Roses
A Day at the Races
After the Little 5 races have wound down, turn your attention South to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky for the “most exciting two minutes in sports.” Post time is scheduled for 6:42 p.m.
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Vicar’s in Trouble: 30/1
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WEEKEND FORECAST FRIDAY
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20% CHANCE OF SHOWERS
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STREET SPRINTS
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California Chrome: 5/2
Samraat: 15/1
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1 P.M. LOCATION BOWMAN PARK
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We Miss Artie: 50/1
General a Rod: 15/1 Vinceramos: 30/1 Wildcat Red: 15:1
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Hoppertunity: 6/1
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Tapiture: 15/1
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Intense Holiday: 15/1
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Chitu: 20/1
Medal Count: 20/1
Commanding Curve: 50/1
Candy Boy: 20/1
By NETTIE FINN news@thedepauw.com
Though the majority of campus will turn out to watch Little 5 events, only those racing can fully understand the work that has gone into preparing for this week. Little 5 riders each year range in experience from first-timers to veterans. While some things get easier over the years, one aspect of training riders of all levels agreed upon: to get good results, you have to train hard and a lot. “The practices started off at an hour, then an hour and a half and then kind of got more intense,” said first-year Perrin Duncan, a firsttime rider. “Towards the end we went for closer to an hour again, but more intensely.” Duncan decided to train for Little 5 in order to stay active during her transition from high
“I’ve been doing long endurance workouts, but then sometimes just practicing the sprints and sometimes incorporating sprints into a longer workout.” - Stephanie Sladnick, first-year
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Dance with Fate: 20/1
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WOMEN'S RACE
Uncle Sigh: 30/1
Danza: 10/1 4
11:30 A.M.
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40% CHANCE OF AM SHOWERS
WSW WIND AT 14 MPH
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
BOWMAN PARK
SATURDAY
70°
Competitors get situated at the starting line before the race. Sigma Chi’s Evan Trotta came in first place for the men’s with a time of 18:16, Delta Tau Delta’s Jack Woods came in second with 19:33 and Alpha Tau Omega’s Grant Plummer came in third with 20:01. Alpha Chi Omega’s Louis Miller came in first for the women’s with a time of 21:45, Pi Beta Phi’s Sophie Rambaud came in second with 22:11, and Kappa Alpha Theta’s Jamie Powell came in third with 23:05. C THAMBUNDIT / THE DEPAUW
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Harry’s Holiday: 50/1
Riders’ race to win Little 5 begins long before race itself
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school to college. “I didn’t want to do a sport in college,” she said, “but I needed something to keep me active and something that was fun and a release.” The Alpha Phi team started biking in earnest in March, Duncan said, and has been riding about 20 miles during each training session. Sophomore Joe Haynes, lone member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon team, said he averages about 25 to 30 miles each time he goes out and tries to ensure he gets on a bike at least four times a week. He began preparing for the race in February. Haynes has always known that he wanted to race at some point during his college career but was not a cyclist until this year. “I would ride bikes around my neighborhood, but that was when I was 10,” Haynes said. “I probably hadn’t been on a bike for five years before this. It’s been interesting.” While the workouts themselves have been strenuous, the worst part of training, Haynes said, has been the solitary part of it. “I completely miss the team aspect of it,” he said. ”It sucks training by yourself. It’s so boring.” Fifth-year Stephanie Sladnick is a rider on
the Pi Beta Phi team. She rode in Little 5 last year and has cycled in other races, as well. “Last year I went into it completely blind,” she said. “I trained, but I didn’t know what I was training for or what I was really doing. I still don’t really know what I’m doing, but it definitely helps to have a basis for what to expect.” As the only returning member of the Pi Phi team, Sladnick has taken on more of a leadership role this year. “Everyone asks me all the questions,” she said. “I try to answer, but sometimes I’m making it up. I say, ‘This is what I would do.’” Sladnick began training in February and said she has averaged about 15 miles during each training session. Instead of focusing on distance, she has had her team work on cycling as quickly as they can for 50 minutes, which is the estimated duration of the 18-mile criterium. Her team also practiced on the criterium course and worked on sprint starts. “I’ve been doing long endurance workouts,” Sladnick said, “but then sometimes just practicing the sprints and sometimes incorporating sprints into a longer workout.” Training is needed as much for the rules of the road and cycling jargon as for speed. Aside from the training necessary to ride as fast as possible come race time, there are also technical and safety aspects to be learned. “The first time I rode my bike outside, I fell,” said Duncan, who labeled herself “a clumsy person” and displayed a bruise on the back of her leg. “But, you get down. You get back up again.” The technicality of “clipping in”—when cyclists attach their shoes to the pedals—has caused Duncan another set of problems. Though she said it has become “second nature” to clip in, it’s not always as easy to remember to clip out. “Just the other day I was coming to a stop while talking to someone,” she said. “I just forgot to clip out, so I fell over.” Haynes has mixed feelings about his injuryfree training. “I was kind of hoping that I’d get my first crash out of the way beforehand,” he said. “I wasn’t going to wreck intentionally, obviously, but it would have been nice to know what it’s like and to see that it’s not that bad.” Going into the race, Duncan, Haynes and Sladnick each feel anticipation and excitement that the effort spent in training will finally pay off. “I have loved training,” Duncan said. “I don’t really care too much about the competition part. Of course everyone wants to win, but it’s not the death of me if I don’t.”
RACE COURSE
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SPECTATORS
GRAPHIC BY ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW
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NETTIE FINN / THE DEPAUW
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Mascot: Kimbo Pre-ride ritual: Withholding urination so as to encourage a quick finish. Why they will win: Because we don’t crash alone.
Kappa Alpha Theta
Mascot: KATniss Pre-ride ritual: Wait until someone falls off and laugh about it. Why they will win: Because the odds are ever in our favor.
Phi Gamma Delta Mascot: Apple pie Pre-ride ritual: Eat a lot of apple pie. Why they will win: TBD
Delta Upsilon Mascot: Snake Pre-ride ritual: Stretching. Why they will win: Beginner’s luck.
Pi Beta Phi
Phi Delta Theta
Mascot: T-Rex Pre-ride ritual: Game of hide-and-go-seek. Why they will win: Because we’re experienced gentlemen as a team of seniors.
Mascot: Tazmanian devil Pre-ride ritual: Win Tour de Franzia. Why they will win: Determination tactics.
Delta Gamma
Mascot: Dragon Pre-ride ritual: Supplements. Why they will win: We are all swimmers that went to nationals, so we’re all of national caliber.
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Sigma Alpha
Mascot: Randy the deer Pre-ride ritual: Chugging Gatorade and shaving each other’s legs. Why they will win: Because what’s better than repeating?
Sigma Nu
Alpha Phi
Mascot: Sven the reindeer Pre-ride ritual: Building a snowman. Why they will win: We’re not holding back anymore, we’re letting it go.
Mascot: Poison Ivy Pre-ride ritual: 100 jumping jacks, 50 pushups to get loose and then team breathing exercises. Why they will win: Beeause we’re poisonous.
Mascot: “Dan” Pre-ride ritual: Clip-in. Why they will win: Why need more than four?
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Chi Omega Mascot: Evan Trotta Pre-ride ritual: Tightening the training wheels. Why they will win: Because we cut Trotta.
Mascot: Tire on fire Pre ride ritual: Tuck it all in. Why they will win: Because we’re aggressive.
Sigma Chi
Delta Tau Delta
Mascot: Tigers Pre-ride ritual: Eat some chocolate. Why they will win: Because we have three strong, mighty riders.
Mascot: S0uperhero Pre-ride ritual: Serving justice & stopping crime. Why they will win: Because the good guys always win.
Beta Theta Pi
Mascot: Condor Pre-ride ritual: Long peaceful walk throught the nature park to find myself, load up on the protein, 50 jumping jacks, then off to the race. Why he will win: Because Epsilon I win everything I do.
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Independent Women
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TIME TRIALS
Little 5 date change,
falls late this year
By TYLER MURPHY news@thedepauw.com
With finals just around the corner, many students are concerned about the timing of this year’s Little 5. “There were a lot of things happening that were out of our control,” said Kent Menzel, the faculty advisor for Little 5. “Things like admitted student weekend and Relay for Life trump Little 5 in the eyes of the administration.” While it may seem inconvenient that the events fall so close to the end of the year, the coordinators believe it could be an advantage to the riders. “I think the more weeks after spring break Little 5 is, the better,” Menzel said. “It gives the riders more training time as well as better weather to train in.” “It also gave us more time to plan the events,” added junior Jordan Bantista, co-chair of Little 5 with junior Laura Guild. The two have been planning the events since January. Some students are disappointed with the later date, however. “With finals so close, the social pressure and aca-
demic pressure is really hammering me,” first-year Payton Dunning said. “It’s just hard to juggle both.” Others think students should be able to manage both if they handle their time correctly. “I think there’s enough time between the race and finals to get studying done,” senior Blake Lampton said. “We should be mature enough as students. Just don’t get too crazy.” Sophomore Patrick Rutledge said the timing isn’t ideal but is better than interfering with the Easter holiday. “It’s the lesser of two evils,” he said. Menzel believes the late date could also improve the turnout of the race. “The thing with turnout is all about the weather,” Menzel said. “The later the date, in theory, the better weather is more likely to be. Hopefully we will have something similar to this past weekend.” Though finals are still looming over students’ heads, some think it could offer stress relief. “I could see why some people are upset,” firstyear Grace Coburn said, “but I think it’s a good last hoorah before it comes time to study.”
DePauw students cheer on an Alpha Phi rider at the Little 5 Time Trials Wednesday. C THAMBUNDIT / THE DEPAUW
University seeks safety, security for Little 5 races By JULIE BLOCK news@thedepauw.com
The Little 5 bike race is coming to DePauw University’s campus Saturday, and as the energy on campus rises for the event, so will many students’ blood-alcohol content. Much like the Monon Bell football game against Wabash College, which takes place in the fall, Little 5 rests at a time when the whole campus comes together in spirit. According to Director of Public Safety Angela Nally, however, the two events have another thing in common: the binge-drinking among many DePauw students goes through the roof. “Our students build up such an anticipation of a party weekend around the race itself,” Nally said. “We’re looking at safety concerns from Friday lunchtime to Sunday afternoon.” Concerns for this weekend, Nally said, include vandalism, aggressive behavior, sexual assault and other byproducts of heavy intoxication among students. Nally said she also hopes students will heed barricades and not cross the street during the race. “There’s also the concerns of meeting this unspoken expectation of the level of intoxication you’re supposed to reach during this weekend,” Nally said. “We have a generation of first-year students who have not experienced a Little 5, and so if we are having conversations or sharing our stories of previous Little 5’s, they might set their expectations of, ‘Oh I need to be more drunk than I was before.’… They’re looking at an unsubstantiated expectation of what kind of weekend
they need to have.” Given that the race falls several weeks later than usual, it may create more of an incentive for students to drink, said Assistant Director of Campus Life and Coordinator of Fraternity Life PJ Mitchell. “We’ve talked a little bit about kind of the unique nature of Little 5 being later in the year and some of the issues that can create with it being end of school and maybe people trying to go a little bit harder,” Mitchell said. Co-chair of the event Laura Guild has been planning Little 5 since the beginning of the semester. Her job has been to ensure the safety of the riders and the spectators of the activities leading up to the race as well as the event itself. One of her main concerns is the distraction that intoxicated individuals can cause for the riders. Guild is hopeful, however, that with increased security measures there will not be any problems. “There have been a few issues in the past, but for the most part security and the students do a good job of staying a way from the riders,” Guild said. “We have even more barricades this year than in years past, so that will help with crowd control a little bit more.” Guild and the steering committee have been working to come up with more ways to contain the inebriation during the races Saturday, such as providing free food and water at the event for spectators. “In years past they’ve provided things like Marvin’s or pizza or things like that,” she said. “There will also be water stations throughout the tracks and cups provided by DePauw Student Government.” Mitchell, however, has been working with fraternities for the past
month to try to ensure that students do not get so drunk that providing food is necessary. Per DePauw policy, fraternities who host open registered events are required to hire security guards for the duration of the party, in addition to their risk managers and sober monitors. Another rule has also been instilled for this upcoming weekend: during the day on Saturday, fraternities can host guests only from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. “The goal of that is to push as much of the morning stuff and anything that might happen in the morning back and also to get people out to the race so we’re not just using Little 5 as an excuse to party all day,” he said. “We don’t want people waking up at eight in the morning and being able to go party.” Mitchell and Nally have been talking to fraternity and sorority chapters, respectively, to make sure that everyone is clear on how to handle some of the craziness that can come with this weekend. They have also warned the chapters that excise police may be on campus handing out citations. The main point Nally addressed was making sure that students look out for their peers this weekend. “We want to remember our bystander training that has been given to a large amount of our students, that they should call for someone who needs assistance,” she said. “We want to be good bystanders and good community members, and the goal is that everyone has a very fun and safe Little 5 weekend and next week everyone is telling great stories of the fun they had that weekend.”
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A word from your co-chairs: falling hard, and getting back up of the largest projects either of us had ever encountered. We were extremely humbled but at the same time, a little terrified. What makes this position unique is that it is a two-year commitment, so we will be back for round two as seniors next year. Like any first year rider, we have been using this year as a test run–to gauge what we do well and what we can improve upon. Having had the experience of both watching the race and planning the race, we believe that Little 5 really is “The Greatest Spectacle on Campus.” Common (or not so common) students have transformed into the best riders from all over campus, pushing their bodies to physical limitations, running into cars, running into each other but always keeping a single goal in mind: the glory of winning Little 5. As every rider knows, it is impossible to win Little 5 by yourLaura Guild & jordan bantista self; it takes a tremendous amount of teamwork and trust in your teammates. The current semester has had its bumps in the road, but this week would not be possible without the determination Every year, nearly 100 DePauw students sign up to ride in one of of our steering committee members: first-year Katie Rust, senior Ali our campus’s largest events: Little 5. Riders train through the bitter Sullivan, first-year Mike Perry, first-year Jimmy McDonnell, first-year cold, pelting rain, poor road conditions and much more, including the Ian Good, first-year Luke Hartline, senior Chelsea Mucha, sophomore terrifying experience of crashing. Gino Consiglieri, senior Kaleb Gregory, senior Jocelyn Jessop, firstBut, through every hard fall, riders get back up and keep riding. year Katie McCauley, first-year Brad McGee, first-year George Quall, Though we cannot claim to understand the pain of road rash or bruissophomore Libby Winkelman, sophomore Scott Lockwood, first-year es from hardline contact with the daunting country pavement, we, Nick Polanco, senior Tommy Hiller, senior Caitlin Hickey and senior have worked this way throughout our planning of Little 5. We have Hannah DeLucio. had our fair share of bumps that cause us to fall, but in the end, we We would also like to thank Margaret Distler, ’13, and Paul Dughave always gotten back up. dale, ’13, who were the 2013 steering committee co-chairs, for their As second semester sophomores, we were approached by last help along the way, as well as Kent Menzel, Angela Nally, Rob Harper year’s steering committee co-chairs and were asked to take on one
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Little 5cocktail
• 5 fresh mint sprigs •2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey • 1 tsp powdered sugar • 2 tsp water • Garnish with a mint sprig and serve with a straw ...ice would be nice.
and the city of Greencastle for allowing us to hold this event. Before any big race, riders experience a great deal of shaky nerves, the continuous pounding thud of their heartbeat and the confidence that their preparation is in place. Though our position is much less physically straining and excludes the possibility of clipping out, we have felt something similar. Despite all of this, we are still confident in our planning, in our steering committee and most importantly, in our riders that will make Little 5 truly be “The Greatest Spectacle on Campus.” -Laura Guild & Jordan Bantista
Get down and derby By BRIAN AUSTIN
Well, we made it. Here we are at Little 5, classes nearly over, the nature park filling up and cyclists cover the streets. We have worked hard this semester, and now it is time to take a breath before the big surge to graduation. Below are a few songs; some will be on the WGRE, and some will blare at the nearest frat party. Have a safe weekend everyone. Keep dancing.
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“Coming of Age” - Foster The People
“Heartbreak Fetish” — Young & Sick
Enjoy!
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“Let Go” — RAC feat. Kele & MNDR
“Luna” — Future Loves Past
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Little5 Jams
“Fever” — The Black Keys
“Runaway” — Mr Little Jeans
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“Rather Be” — Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne
“The B.A.D. Is So Good” — Chimurenga Renaissance
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“XXX **” — Mø feat. Diplo
“Money On My Mind” — Sam Smith
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Wednesday’s Time Trial results 8 WOMEN’S
MEN’S
1. Sydney Sprawls
Theta
69.31
1. Forrest Kunkel
Delt
60.75
2. Ella Smoot
Alpha Phi
72.53
2. George Morrison
Sigma Chi
61.91
3. Stephanie Sladnick Pi Phi
74.18
3. Ryan Heeb
Phi Delt
65.54
4. Allison Kirby
Alpha Phi
75.53
4. Patrick Nielsen
DU
66.61
5. Morgan Weller
Alpha Phi
76.28
5. William Calderwood FIJI
66.63
6. Maggie Anderson
Theta
76.44
6. Casey Hooker
Beta
66.82
7. Erin Komornik
Independent 76.86
7. Philip Gastineau
DU
67.48
8. Kelsey Binion
AXO
76.87
8. John Bennett
ATO
68.35
9. Caroline Maloney
Kappa
77.94
9. Mateusz Kosciuk
DU
68.83
10. Perrin Duncan
Alpha Phi
79.56
10. William Johnson
FIJI
68.97
11. Libby Warren
Pi Phi
82.81
11. Stephen McMurtry Beta
69.69
12. Madi Perry
Theta
83.22
12. Thomas Grissom
Beta
70.16
13. Kristen Dickman
Kappa
84.34
13. Corby Burger
Delt
70.60
14. Sarah White
Pi Phi
85.66
14. Grant Clary
ATO
71.22
15. Rebekah Coble
AXO
86.69
15. Jacob Hulewicz
Beta
71.38
16. Tazree Kadam
Theta
87.72
16. Xeno Carpenter-New FIJI
71.41