Freshman Timm showing promise at the plate

Claire Timm had yet to start a game in her college career.

Opting to make lineup changes to increase offensive production, OSU coach Kenny Gajewski gave the freshman Cowgirl infielder the nod.

“We were taking (batting practice) for the game, and I said, ‘Hey, you’re starting,’” Gajewski said. “And she goes, ‘OK.’ I was like, ‘I don’t know what that means, but I hope that’s good.’ Then she came up and had a big at-bat in her first at-bat.”

Timm started all three contests against Texas Tech, giving the Cowgirls three hits, two of which had runners in scoring position – something the team couldn’t generate in prior weeks.

Timm went 3-for-8 at the plate (.375 average), with a run and three RBI, with her two notable hits came in the fourth inning of each game. The first was an RBI single that scored Kiley Naomi, and the next, a two-run double she drove to deep left-center field.

”We just hadn’t been scoring runs, so I was just trying to get offense,” Gajewski said. “And she gave us that. So, I’m just proud of her, the way she’s done her work, she’s never complained. She’s like a steady eddy in the batters box, she just looks like a kid who’s been here for four years.”

The double from Timm, which gave the Cowgirls a 4-0 lead, awarded the infielder a career-high two RBI.

And after the successful threegame hitting output, she boosted her average from .250 to .292.

Emissions such as those previously listed have long been known to cause diseases such as cancer, but lead can have more damaging effects, especially on children as lead exposure can slow growth and development according to the Centers for Disease Control.

The TRI report also revealed that over half of all carcinogenic releases occurred within only seven counties: Carter, Creek, Kay, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Rogers and Tulsa counties.

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Analysis and Findings: The TRI revealed 6,804 total emission releases between 2017 and 2021. After sorting these releases by carcinogen detection, the data was then sorted by carcinogen type, revealing the carcinogens most often released within the state. Of the over 700 chemicals that are monitored for release by the TRI, the vast majority of releases in Oklahoma were heavy metals including lead, chromium, nickel and zinc, each of which are known to cause respiratory cancer. Other major respiratory carcinogens were also detected such polycyclic aromatic compounds, which are also major environmental contaminants according to the National Institutes of Health, as well as the EPA and CDC.

After identifying the main carcinogens, the data was subsequently sorted and analyzed by county to reveal the previously listed hot spot counties of Carter, Creek, Kay, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Rogers and Tulsa counties.

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