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CELEBRATING THE CENTURY A total of 47 members of The Camp Randall 100 — a group comprised of 100 individuals who have shaped the first century of Camp Randall Stadium — were represented in an on-field recognition during halftime of last Saturday’s football game. That included three individuals credited for the modern renaissance of Wisconsin athletics, from right, former football coach and current athletics director Barry Alvarez, former AD Pat Richter and former UW-Madison chancellor Donna Shalala. PHOTO BY DAVID STLUKA
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PACK MENTALITY A field of 34 teams joined the host Badgers on the Zimmer Championship Course last Friday for the ninth running of the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational presented by Under Armour, an event that has grown into the nation’s top regular-season meet. PHOTO BY DAVID STLUKA
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SENIOR SENDOFF Fittingly, senior Mark Segbers put the Badgers on the board first against third-ranked Maryland on senior night last Friday. Junior Enda O'Neil found the streaking Segbers, who one-touched the ball into the side of the Terrapins’ net to open the scoring in what became a 5-4 Maryland win. PHOTO BY DAVID STLUKA
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RUSH TO WIN The Badgers’ bench prepared to rush the floor as Wisconsin finished off its upset of No. 4 Nebraska at the UW Field House last Wednesday, its first win over the Cornhuskers since 2014. PHOTO BY GREG ANDERSON
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SEEING RED Wisconsin’s defense continues to come up big with its back against the wall — the Badgers lead the nation in red zone defense — and it was Leon Jacobs’ turn to step up last Saturday. With UW leading by only eight points in the fourth quarter, the senior picked off Purdue QB Elijah Sindelar at the 11-yard line to allow the Badgers to run out the clock on a 17-9 win over the Boilermakers. PHOTO BY DAVID STLUKA
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NOTHING BUT NET Wisconsin basketball head coach Greg Gard and his wife, Michelle, issued the challenge and UW-Madison students answered in a big way Monday night. At the sixth-annual “Swish Upon a Cure” event, UW students helped raise the Gards’ donation to $20,349 in the fight against cancer. Khalil Iverson (left) and Aaron Moesch (right) had some fun celebrating with a UW student who made one of the 35 half-court shots made during the threehour event. PHOTO BY BRANDON HARRISON
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OCTOBER 18, 2017 ▪ VOLUME 8, ISSUE 8 DARREN LEE
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ALWAYS WITH YOU Whether it was school or basketball — and now football — Quintez Cephus was taught to approach everything with the intention of becoming the best. Cephus is honoring his late father by continuing to work to live up to that lesson.
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The debate about targeting hit home last week for the Badgers and safety is at the forefront of the conversation.
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26 BADGERS GIVE BACK 41 INSIDE FOOTBALL 43 INSIDE VOLLEYBALL 45 INSIDE HOCKEY 49 INSIDE SOCCER 53 INSIDE SWIM & DIVE 55 THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
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ith time running out in the first half, Wisconsin wide receiver Kyle Jefferson ran a shallow crosser, a high-percentage throw designed to create a mismatch in space. Jefferson worked his route across the middle of the Michigan State defense. After making the catch, he turned upfield and was flattened by safety Nehemiah Warrick. Leading with his head, Warrick initiated a helmet-on-helmet collision with the spindly Jefferson, who was defenseless. There was no flag on the play. Jefferson considered himself “lucky.” He escaped with “only” a concussion. He later became a poster child (albeit the victim) for targeting DOs and DON’Ts in a Big Ten training video for officials. That was 10 years ago. Today, there’s more awareness and sensitivity to such dangerous hits at the collegiate level. But the work is not done in conditioning players, coaches and fans to the consequences. Obviously, there’s still gray area in the assessment and application of the penalty. At times, it can feel overly severe when a player is automatically ejected for seemingly making a “football play.” On the dawning of the targeting age, one concerned coach (and it could have been one hundred) pointed out, “There’s only one person who knows intent and everyone else is guessing.
“It’s a tough game and my feeling is there are some accepted and inherent risks playing football. But that doesn’t mean you should be subjected to undue risk.” Jim Leonhard was nearing the gun lap of his NFL career when it got tougher to play defense because the “strike zone” started to shrink for safeties like the undersized but fearless 10-year vet.
“IT’S A TOUGH GAME AND MY FEELING IS THERE ARE SOME ACCEPTED AND INHERENT RISKS PLAYING FOOTBALL. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO UNDUE RISK.” Tacklers had to conform to the smaller hitting areas on quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers after the league began to more seriously discourage the “high” hits on defenseless players. High being strikes to the head and/or neck area, helmet-to-helmet contact. “There are certain situations where there is not much you can do,” reasoned Leonhard. “The game is played at a high rate of speed and you’re making snap judgements. “You’re talking about inches — three inches, six inches, nine inches — sometimes being the difference between an incredible tackle and one you’re getting kicked out of the game for.”
Did Leonhard make the necessary changes in his tackling approach and techniques? Was he more conscious of his target and the strike zone? He was after getting fined $15,000. “I was coming out of the middle of the field, tracking the ball to get an interception,” he recounted. “And, literally, the last two steps I realized I was going to be about a step late. “So, I hit the receiver. They called it. I tried to appeal it. They didn’t agree. Everybody talks about how for NFL players the money doesn’t matter. “Trust me, 15 grand is 15 grand. I didn’t want to lose that money and I tried to change the way I played. But, just like that situation, there are certain things that happen that are very difficult to avoid. “There’s no question that players are making smarter decisions. But there are still hits that are going to happen. To me, common sense has to prevail a little bit.” Leonhard, who retired in 2014, is now in the middle of his second season as an assistant on Paul Chryst’s staff; his first as both the secondary coach and defensive coordinator. “Obviously, it’s not something that you can work live, right?” he said of practicing what is legal or illegal in tackling drills. “You’re not going to do that to your own players. “But you have to bring up those situations as much as possible. Like I said earlier, there are
some hits that are just going to happen. You look at what happened with T.J. Edwards.” In the closing seconds of the first half last Saturday, Edwards, a starting inside linebacker, was flagged for a personal foul after tackling Purdue tight end Cole Herdman. The play came under video review and targeting was confirmed. Edwards was ejected and had to sit out the second half of the Badgers’ 17-9 victory over
the Boilermakers. “It was a bang-bang play,” Edwards said. “With the contact, I figured they would call something. But I didn’t feel myself leave my feet or try to launch. “That’s something we preach here — safe tackling. They made the call and they felt it was the right one and you have to respect it because they’re trying to keep the game safe. I appreciate that.” But in the same breath, he
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pleaded, “I don’t know what else I could do in that situation.” He didn’t launch. He didn’t use the crown of his helmet. But he hit a defenseless player. And he made helmet-to-helmet contact with Herdman, who had lowered his head, altering the strike zone. Is there a benefit of doubt? Dean Blandino, the former NFL Vice President of Officiating, felt like there could have been based on what he witnessed. Blandino is now a FOX Sports rules analyst. While acknowledging contact to the head and neck area, he saw Edwards trying to wrap up on the tackle. He didn’t see him dropping his helmet or leading with a shoulder or forearm. There were no “indicators” of targeting or forcible contact, Blandino opined. But he confirmed an err-on-the-sideof-caution philosophy that has been adopted on safety issues. “The only way he (Edwards) would have had zero contact with (Herdman’s) head would have been to jump around him,” suggested Leonhard, re-tracing its bang-bang nature. “There’s not really anything — in my opinion — that you can tell T.J. to do differently … not anything he could have done outside of completely avoiding the receiver.” For defensive players like Edwards, whose intent is to do it the right way, it can be a conundrum. “It has definitely become smaller (the strike zone) for the safety of players,” he said. “And I get that.” ▪
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BY THE NUMBERS MEN’S HOCKEY ▶ Through 300 minutes of game time this season, Wisconsin has trailed for a total of just 1 minute, 16 seconds. The Badgers have led for 207:20 of those 300 minutes.
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◀ WOMEN’S HOCKEY A trio of Badgers are tied for the NCAA lead in game-winning goals this year, with Abby Roque, Caitlin Schneider and Brette Pettet each owning a pair of game-winners.
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▲ VOLLEYBALL Freshman Dana Rettke has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week five times this season. The 6-foot-8 middle blocker leads all conference freshmen with 1.45 blocks per set and with a .432 hitting percentage.
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◀ FOOTBALL The Badgers’ defense has taken over in “sudden change” situations 11 times this season (following five fumbles, five interceptions and a blocked punt) and has allowed opponents to convert just four of those 11 opportunities into scores — two touchdowns and two field goals.
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Bringing the Badgers to the northeastern part of the state, No. 5 Wisconsin travels to the Resch Center in Green Bay for a two-game series against Northern Michigan Friday (7 p.m.) and Saturday (5 p.m.). The games will be streamed live online via WCHA.TV.
HOMECOMING HOORAY FOOTBALL VS. MARYLAND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 ▪ 11AM CAMP RANDALL STADIUM ▪ FOX
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VOLLEYBALL AT MINNESOTA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 ▪ 7:30PM MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ▪ BTN Wrapping up the first half of Big Ten play, No. 9 Wisconsin hits the road to face No. 5 Minnesota in a can’t-miss Border Battle. BTN will broadcast the match live at 7:30 p.m. and fans can follow @BadgerVB on Twitter for live updates.
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Fifth-ranked Wisconsin celebrates Homecoming at Camp Randall Stadium with an 11 a.m. kickoff vs. Maryland on Saturday. Catch all the action live on FOX.
WEDNESDAY 10/18 VOLLEYBALL at Maryland College Park, Md. 5:00 p.m. Watch: BTN
THURSDAY 10/19
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MEN’S & WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING vs. Georgia Madison, Wis. 2:00 p.m.
MEN’S HOCKEY vs. Northern Michigan Green Bay, Wis. 7:00 p.m.
MEN’S TENNIS at ITA Regional Ann Arbor, Mich. All day
WOMEN’S HOCKEY vs. Bemidji State Madison, Wis. 3:00 p.m. Buy tickets » MEN’S TENNIS at ITA Regional Ann Arbor, Mich. All day
SATURDAY 10/21 FOOTBALL vs. Maryland Madison, Wis. 11:00 a.m. Watch: FOX Buy tickets » MEN’S HOCKEY vs. Northern Michigan Green Bay, Wis. 5:00 p.m. MEN’S SOCCER at #1 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 6:30 p.m. Watch: BTN Plus WOMEN’S HOCKEY vs. Bemidji State Madison, Wis. 7:00 p.m. Buy tickets » View more 10/21 events »
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MEN’S BASKETBALL Red/White Scrimmage Madison, Wis. 4:00 p.m.
MEN’S TENNIS at ITA Regional Ann Arbor, Mich. All day
MEN’S SOCCER at Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wis. 7:00 p.m.
MEN’S TENNIS at ITA Regional Ann Arbor, Mich. All day
MEN’S GOLF at Pinetree Intercollegiate Atlanta, Ga. All day
MEN’S GOLF at Pinetree Intercollegiate Atlanta, Ga. All day
WOMEN’S GOLF at Cardinal Cup Simpsonville, Ky. All day
WEDNESDAY 10/25 VOLLEYBALL at #1 Penn State University Park, Pa. 6:00 p.m. Watch: BTN WOMEN’S SOCCER vs. #9 Penn State Madison, Wis. 7:00 p.m. Watch: BTN Plus Ticket info »
MEN’S ROWING & WOMEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT ROWING at Head of the Charles Boston, Mass. All day
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KRISTEN CAMPBELL When North Dakota abruptly dropped its women’s hockey program after last season, goaltender Kristen Campbell was among those cast into limbo. She eventually landed on her feet at Wisconsin where she’s not only prospered, she’s been one of the biggest reasons why the top-ranked Badgers are unbeaten heading into a Western Collegiate Hockey Association series with Bemidji State at LaBahn Arena on Friday and Saturday. Campbell, a sophomore from Brandon, Manitoba, has started every game and is 8-0 with a 0.88 goals-against average and 95.1 save percentage thus far. She spoke earlier this week about her inspirations, a rule change she’d make in women’s hockey and what makes Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson different from others she’s had: If you came with a warning label, what would it say? “Quiet, but crazy.” How would your teammates know if you’re superstitious? “I follow the same (pattern) when I put on my gear. If they watched my pregame routine, they might find me doing the same things before every game.” What’s been the biggest challenge to making the transition from North Dakota to Wisconsin? “Just the new pattern of living. It’s a bigger campus — lots of people — four times the size of what I’m used to. That’s the biggest change. But it’s been a smooth transition.” How is Mark Johnson different from other coaches you’ve had? “I think he’s amazing just how he goes about his business. He’s very structured. He really knows what he’s doing. I’m really enjoying that.” What hockey rule would you change if you had the power? “A different rule for overtime and shootouts. I’d go right to shootouts.”
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Who’s the most inspiring person you know? “I’d say the Lamoureux twins (two-time U.S. Olympians Monique and Jocelyne) who I trained with back at North Dakota. Just watching them day in and day out going about their business, it’s something to aspire towards.” Click to read more »
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Badgers pen pal program start of something special Football’s Chris Orr has a new kindred spirit thanks to Badgers Give Back
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hris Orr heard the scouting report and was shocked by its contents. Orr, a sophomore inside linebacker for the Wisconsin football team, had just met 9-year-old Jesus, a fourth-grader at Randall Elementary School in Madison. Orr is part of a group of UW student-athletes who had volunteered to become pen pals with youngsters at the school, located two blocks west of Camp Randall Stadium. No sooner did Orr walk into the crowded school cafeteria last month, his eyes locked in on Jesus and a conversation was born. A friendship, too.
“He’s a character,” Orr said of Jesus. “He reminds me a lot of myself when I was younger.” Orr is known for his outgoing, talkative charm regardless of the social setting. It has roots to him growing up the youngest of four boys in DeSoto, Texas. “You ask me a question I was going to tell you a story,” Orr said of his youth. “Probably read you a novel.” Orr thought he’d found a kindred spirit in Jesus. “I couldn’t get him to be quiet,” Orr said with a laugh. What Orr didn’t know is that Jesus had
stepped completely out of character. a year-long partnership through the Adopt-A“What was so unusual is (Jesus), who is chalSchool Foundation between UW Athletics and lenged, hardly ever speaks in the classroom,” Randall Elementary. said his teacher, Malisa Vyas. Two fourth-grade classes totaling 53 stu“To get him to say one or two things was aldents are participating this semester, accordmost impossible. He’s very short — one-word ing to Vyas. Two other classes will take part or two-word answers — but with Chris he just during the second semester. kept talking and talking and talking. He totally “The nice thing is we have both male athsurprised all of us.” letes and female athletes, so it’s a really good Vyas and her fourth-grade teaching colthing that our kiddos see that it’s not just the league, Deb Rumpf, watched multiple convermales,” Vyas said. “It’s both sexes in many difsations take place around them — kids pairing ferent sports.” up with UW student-athletes for the first time Orr said he wrote a letter to Jesus short— but were especially tuned into Orr and Jely after their encounter. Asked if there was a sus. theme, Orr grinned. “He’s a very happy-go-lucky kid to begin “Just to have him approach every day with a with,” Vyas said of Jesus. smile like he does and to “He’s always smiling and never let anybody take “I HOPE THIS EVOLVES FOREVER,” very positive. But to be his joy from him,” Orr ORR SAID. “I HOPE HE CAN GROW able to see him commusaid. “I want him to know UP AND STILL REMEMBER ME AND nicate as much as he did it’s okay to be happy CALL ME HIS FRIEND. MAYBE WE with Chris was just overwhen everyone around CAN HANG OUT LATER. I HOPE IT whelming.” you isn’t.” TURNS INTO A LIFE-LONG DEAL.” Orr was startled to Vyas said she and hear this. Rumpf helped Jesus with “The teachers were saying this is the most his response to Orr as well as one to Obasih. he’s ever talked,” he said of Jesus. “I couldn’t “I really wish those two could interact more believe it. There’s no way possible they’re tellbecause I think, for (Jesus), he hardly speaks ing the truth.” and to be able to see him shine like that is so The friendship was created by accident. Jeawesome,” Vyas said. sus was originally supposed to be paired with Vyas said she’s seen Jesus become a little Chikwe Obasih, a senior defensive end for the more outgoing in class since his first encounBadgers, but Obasih was unable to make it ter with Orr, “but it’s hard due to his disability.” that day. Orr said he’d like to take Jesus out for pizza “We both walked in with a smile and then someday. Apparently, Jesus loves pizza. we locked eyes,” Orr said of Jesus. “It was his“Maybe I’ll get him a gift card,” Orr said. tory from there. Where is this relationship heading? Orr has “I always wanted people to just smile and very specific intentions. be happy around me as a kid. That’s who he “I hope this evolves forever,” he said. “I hope reminds me of. he can grow up and still remember me and call “He’s a little bundle of joy. I love him. He’s a me his friend. good kid.” “Maybe we can hang out later. I hope it turns The pen pal project is one of the features of into a life-long deal.” ▪
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uintez Cephus has his late father’s initials (“AJT”) on his Wisconsin helmet. He also has his wallet, his cell phone and a jacket that he once wore. They are keepsakes — and reminders. On April 3, Andre Jamar Taylor was shot in the back of the head after walking away from an argument in the parking lot of a convenience store in Macon, Georgia. Taylor died less than 24 hours later. He was 39. On game days, Cephus carries Taylor’s obituary, the one that he picked up at the funeral. He takes the obit with him to the sidelines and turns it over to an athletic trainer for safe keeping. “Sometimes, I have a hard time before games because I know that he’s not here,” Cephus said. “It makes me upset that he’s not able to watch me. I get emotional. “I’m always thinking about what he would be doing if he was here. I know he’d be going crazy talking about me and the success that I’ve
been fortunate to have to this point. “I know he’d be really excited and proud, really proud.” On his pregame routine, the sophomore wide receiver said, “I keep the obituary with me when I go on the field because I know that he would be telling me good luck … I know that he’s there with me.” Last Saturday, Cephus caught five passes for a career-high 100 yards in Wisconsin’s 17-9 win over Purdue at Camp Randall Stadium. His athletic skills and competitive fire stood out. In the first quarter, quarterback Alex Hornibrook delivered a 14-yard strike to the 6-foot1, 205-pound Cephus in the end zone — his fourth touchdown reception in four games and fifth of the season. “I would be lying if I didn’t say he’s further along at this point than I thought he would be,” said UW wide receivers coach Ted Gilmore. “And that’s a tribute to him working at it and paying attention. “He’s an unbelievable competitor. He wants
to win his one-on-one every time. He may not and him always wanting to see me do well.” be the fastest guy, but his competitiveness is Dickey has never hesitated to extend a helpas good as any.” ing hand to Cephus, then and now. A veteran of two-plus decades as a college “Quintez is a very special young man to me assistant, along with three NFL seasons (Oakand my family and really to all of Macon,” said land Raiders), the Dickey, who retired 50-year-old Gilmfrom coaching after ore has become Cephus graduated. “HE’S A N UN BE L I E VA BL E CO MP E TI TO R . more than a coach “He’s like a son.” HE WA NTS TO W I N H I S O N E - O N - O N E to the 19-year-old They first met EV ERY T IM E . H E MAY N OT BE TH E Cephus. when Cephus was FA S T ES T GU Y, BU T H I S CO MP E T I TI V E “He’s definitely going into the NES S I S A S G O O D A S A N Y.” a role model to me eighth grade. right now,” Cephus said. “He’s a teacher de“Big smile, great kid,” Dickey said. “But I veloping my football and the way I go about didn’t know if he was any good at sports, I had my business. And he knows where I’m coming no clue. He played two-on-two basketball with from a lot. me and a couple of the seniors that were on “We can kind of connect that way just based the varsity team. on what he has been through and what I’ve been though. What I haven’t seen yet, he has already done.” Gilmore has also mourned the loss of loved ones. “Unfortunately, I have dealt with it myself and I have that to fall back on,” Gilmore said. “I lost my dad when I was a junior in college (at the University of Wyoming) and I’ve lost three brothers. “He (Cephus) knows that and I think it puts everything into perspective from the standpoint when I tell him ‘I know what you’re going through.’ I do know what he’s going through. “And I’ve let him know, ‘It’s okay to wear your emotions on your sleeve. Everybody deals with death a little bit differently. Hey, I’m not here to judge you, I’m just here if you need me.’” Cephus has a similar, but more deeply-rooted relationship with Jamie Dickey, who was his basketball coach at Stratford Academy in Macon and a football assistant/offensive coordinator for two years. “It’s not a coach-to-player relationship, it’s more personal,” Cephus said. “When I think about Coach Dickey, I think about his smile
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“You can tell a lot about someone from pickup ball. As a 13-year-old, he hung in there with the 18-year-olds. You could tell he had something different about him. I knew he was going to be special.” Dickey had been made aware of Cephus through a middle school guidance counselor who was pitching Cephus to the admissions office at Stratford Academy, a college preparatory school. “Her exact words were, ‘He’s the type of student that needs to be in that type of environment where it’s cool to make good grades,’” said Dickey. “He wanted to do well in the classroom. “She was worried he would get into some fights or trouble at the middle school because other people were going to make fun of him. Being an athlete and having good grades wasn’t the norm.”
Andre Taylor wanted a better life for his son and also pushed Stratford. “I knew Andre well,” Dickey said. “We didn’t talk all the time. But he’d text and call. He always wanted the best for Quintez.” Although it was hard leaving friends, Cephus said, “There was a lot of trouble at my old school and my dad wanted me to get around kids that wanted to do well and basically get a good education.” Cephus, who has an older brother and two sisters, credited his mom, Lakesha, with keeping the family together while his dad was in prison. Taylor got out when Cephus was in the third grade. “My mom was there for us, she was our backbone,” Cephus said. “She had to hold the fort down for us and she did that. When my dad came home that’s when I really got to learn about him.”
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Meanwhile, it didn’t take long for Dickey to was letting the team down,” Dickey said. “Stratfind out about Cephus and his basketball gifts. ford doesn’t have a bus system and his mom “We were 1-8 on the varsity level and I was working and doing other things at times. thought, ‘He’s the best player in school, I need “I lived very close to him and I told him, ‘You to move him up,’” said Dickey, who started Cedon’t have to worry about transportation isphus at point guard as a 13-year-old eighth sues ever again. I’ll make sure you’re at school grader. on time and you’ll get home after practice.’ “He was loved “I took him to tremendously at school every day Stratford and acfrom eighth grade “HE WA S LOV E D T R E ME N D O U S LY AT cepted day one. to 11th grade.” S T RAT FORD A N D ACCE P T E D DAY O N E . Whenever you Dickey and CeWHENEV ER YO U WO U L D COACH H I M, would coach him, phus got to know EV EN AT A YO U N G AG E , H E WO U L D even at a young age, each other much QUIC K LY P I CK I T U P. A N YT H I N G I N he would quickly better during those BA S K ET BA L L CA ME V E RY N ATU R A L .” pick it up. Anything short commutes. in basketball came very natural.” “Those talks on the way from games and pracStratford has a rule that students must show tices,” Dickey said, “were a lot more me talking up by 9:30 a.m. or forfeit any after-school acthan him.” tivities for that day. Cephus arrived 30 minOn those days that Dickey had to get to utes late and was forced to miss a game his school earlier than usual, Cephus still rode first year there. along. “And I would just go in the gym and “He was devastated because he felt like he shoot and get extra shots,” he said.
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Basketball was his first love. But Cephus was a natural in all sports. As an eighth grader, he won the state title in the triple jump and set a school record. “I didn’t really practice for it,” he said. “It was just jumping, and I was always able to jump.” Cephus went out for football as a Stratford freshman and was the quarterback on the junior varsity team. He really didn’t play that much. And, by the end of the season, he was taking snaps at receiver. “He would make some catches,” Dickey said, “that would make you say, ‘Man, he might actually be better as a football player than he is as a basketball player.’” One of Dickey’s fondest memories is from 2013 and Cephus’ freshman season in basketball. “He scored 44 points in a region championship game against an in-town rival (Tattnall Square Academy) in a packed gym,” he said. “He actually outscored the other team, 44-43. Pretty incredible.” Two years later, Cephus scored a school-record 53 points in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. “I was making a lot of 3-point shots, I think eight 3s,” he said. “I got a few assists, too.” Many of his dunks had Dickey shaking his head in awe. One was highlighted on ESPN’s SportsCenter. “He’s a really spectacular athlete,” Dickey said, citing his “off-the-backboard dunks.” But it was never a slam dunk that Cephus would play basketball in college even though he got his first offer from Clemson as a sophomore and later verbally committed to Furman. After not playing football during his sophomore year, Cephus went back out for the sport as a junior and lined up again as quarterback. “I was a running quarterback,” he said, smiling. As a senior, he was mostly used on offense as a wide receiver. “I wasn’t really running routes and beating guys,” he said, noting his own in-
experience. “I was just using my athleticism.” Stratford was a Wing-T team with a runheavy offense. “Early in the season, he had one-on-ones all the time,” Dickey said. “It was basically, ‘If you can run past your guy, we’ll throw it to you.’ Really simple stuff. “But the first time I knew that he was really special playing football was against Wesleyan. They had two defensive backs that were both committed to colleges. “And he had eight or nine catches for 100some yards and three touchdowns. He was really good playing against other really good players. After that, defenses started putting two on him.”
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DARREN LEE
Coach Gilmore
When Wisconsin offered a football scholar“These guys have played football their entire ship, Cephus accepted. lives and I was a basketball player.” “I was committed to Furman (for basketball),” But he quickly found his niche on the team he said of the Paladins, who are in the Southand a comfort zone. ern Conference, “but in the back of my mind “At the end of the day,” he said, “it’s just I always knew that I wanted to be in a Power competing.” Five conference. After watching him “I wanted to be at play this season for a top school where the Badgers, Dick“I WA NT ED TO BE AT A TO P S CH O O L all the great athletes ey confided, “I still WHERE A L L TH E G R E AT ATH L E TE S would bring the best can’t get it through WOULD BR I N G T H E BE S T O U T O F out of me. Luckily, I my head that he’s M E. LUC K I LY, I G OT TO CO ME H E R E got to come here and not playing basketball A ND T RA IN W I T H COACH G I L MO R E train with Coach Gilmsomewhere. A ND S TA RT WO R K I N G O N R E A L LY ore and start working “But he has truly B EI N G A R ECE I V E R .” on really being a returned into a football ceiver.” player — just watchLast season, there was a transition period ing him block and how physical and intense he for Cephus. Especially early on. He wound up is and how big he has gotten. earning a spot in the rotation, due in large part “Through the talent that God has given him, to his blocking, and caught four passes in 14 he’s going to be an inspiration and help with a games. lot of other kids … He’s still learning and grow“Being around a lot of guys who just loved ing, too. It’s not like he’s a finished product.” football, it was different for me,” Cephus said. Enter Gilmore, who’s determined to shape
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DAVID STLUKA
Cephus and get him to that point. going with him.’ Coach said, ‘Good’ and never “He’s a very prideful guy, he wants to please opposed it.” you,” he said. “So, when he makes a mistake Gilmore and Cephus flew to Macon and and you’re coaching him, you had to make sure stayed three days with Dickey, his wife and to say, ‘This is not personal. I’m just coaching their three young daughters. Cephus got to you.’ see his dad in the hospital before he passed “As he gets to know you, as he has that trust away. in you, he can handle it all. You can come down “It was not like I was right behind him evon him harder, beery step of the way,” cause he knows Gilmore said. “But that you care.” I was there if he “HE A LWAYS WA N T E D TO BE T H E BE S T That resonated needed anything. AT WHAT EV E R H E D I D. A N D T H AT ’ S A for Cephus — how And I learned there B IG T HING W I T H ME . I ’ M G O I N G TO much Gilmore realare a lot of people WORK HA RD BECAU S E I K N OW MY DA D ly cared for him not who care about him A LWAYS WA N TE D ME TO WO R K .” only as a player but (in Macon). as a person — after he received the phone call “That was the first thing that stood out — from his brother telling him that his father had that this young man has a huge extended fambeen shot. ily and a lot of people who love him.” Cephus attempted to make sense of it all Dickey was not surprised by Gilmore’s reacwith UW head coach Paul Chryst, offensive cotion to the community. ordinator Joe Rudolph and Gilmore. They met “That’s the way Stratford is, the whole town in Chryst’s office and sorted through things. of Macon really, they supported Quintez and “We were just trying to get him to calm down still do today,” he said. “He has a personality because he had a lot of emotions,” Gilmore everyone at Wisconsin is seeing. You learn to said. “I pulled Coach Chryst over and said, ‘I’m love him.
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“We’re all still here for him.” Dickey knows that Gilmore has the same commitment to Cephus. He was blown away by the compassion of Gilmore and the UW football program when Cephus was in such a fragile state. “That meant so much that he didn’t have to go through the initial heartbreak alone when he was in Wisconsin,” Dickey said, “and he didn’t have to travel alone. “We’ll always be a Coach Gilmore fan. That meant a lot when he came down to Macon. Coach Gilmore is an incredible man that has lived up to every single thing that he has said. “That’s from taking care of QT (Quintez) to teaching him how to become a young man. We’re so happy that he chose Wisconsin. He’s in a great environment. On the return trip from Macon to Madison, Gilmore and Cephus had a heart-to-heart. “Coach Gilmore was saying that my father told him to take care of me and that’s why he wanted to be there,” said Cephus. “He promised my dad that he would watch over me. “And he didn’t want to let me out of his sight.” Cephus loves talking about his dad. “I just think about his mentality more than anything,” he reflected. “I say his mentality because I know how determined he was to do things that he said he was going to do. “If he ever told me he was going to do something for me, no matter what the situation was, he would get it done. He did what he had to do to help me and my brother and sisters. “He always wanted to be the best at whatever he did. And that’s a big thing with me. I’m going to work hard because I know my dad always wanted me to work. “He’d sacrifice anything in the world for me to be right here,” he said of playing football at Wisconsin and working towards getting a college degree. “It’s right where he wanted me to be.”
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INSIDE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (6-0, 3-0)
Home events in bold. All times CT. Sept. 1 Utah State
W, 59-10
Sept. 9 Florida Atlantic W, 31-14 Sept. 16 at BYU
W, 40-6
Sept. 30 Northwestern W, 33-24 Oct. 7
at Nebraska
Oct. 14 Purdue Oct. 21 Maryland
THIS WEEK It’s Homecoming for fifthranked Wisconsin (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten), which hosts Maryland (3-3, 1-2) at 11 a.m. Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. LAST WEEK A suffocating defense clamped down on Purdue, keeping the Boilermakers out of the end zone as the Badgers scored a 17-9 win to give them a 6-0 start for the first time since 2011. Jonathan Taylor recorded his third 200yard game of the season by rolling up 219 rushing yards and scoring his 10th touchdown of the year. GOOD TO KNOW With 14 rushing yards Saturday vs. Maryland, Jonathan
Taylor would match the FBS record for fewest games needed for a freshman to reach the 1,000-yard mark, at seven. He would join Florida’s Emmitt Smith (1987), San Diego State’s Marshall Faulk (1991), Oklahoma’s Adrian Peterson (2004), North Texas’ Jamario Thomas (2004) and Wisconsin’s own P.J. Hill (2006) in holding that mark.
11 a.m.
Homecoming
Oct. 28 at Illinois ▲ TAP TO WATCH - Wisconsin vs Purdue Highlights
W, 17-9
Nov. 4
at Indiana
11 a.m. TBA
DAVID STLUKA
W, 38-17
Nov. 11 Iowa TBA Nov. 18 #19 Michigan TBA Nov. 25 at Minnesota
TBA
Dec. 2
Big Ten Championship
Indianapolis, Ind.
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INSIDE VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE (13-4, 4-4)
Home events in bold. All times CT. Badger Classic, Madison, WI:
Sept. 14 Marquette
W, 3-1
Sept. 16 Southern Miss
W, 3-0
Sept. 22 Michigan State
L, 2-3
Sept. 24 #20 Michigan
W, 3-0
Sept. 29 at Iowa
W, 3-0
Sept. 30 at #8 Nebraska
THIS WEEK No. 9 Wisconsin (13-4, 4-4 Big Ten) wraps up the first half of Conference play on the road with two matches. The Badgers travel to Maryland (14-6, 3-5) on Wednesday at 5 p.m. CT at the XFinity Center Pavilion in College Park, Md. UW faces No. 5 Minnesota (17-2, 6-2) for the second time in less than three weeks at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis.
Friday. The victory over No. 4 Nebraska was the highest-ranked opponent that Wisconsin has defeated since downing No. 2 Texas on Sept. 18, 2016. It is also the third ranked foe UW has downed this season.
LAST WEEK The Badgers snapped a threematch losing streak with a 3-1 win over No. 4 Nebraska on Oct. 11. It was also the first win over the Huskers since the 2014 season. Wisconsin won its second-straight match with a sweep of Indiana last
NEED TO KNOW Both matches this week will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network. Fans can also listen to all matches in the Madison area on 100.9FM or online using the iHeartRadio app. Live updates will also be posted on @BadgerVB on Twitter.
GOOD TO KNOW Head coach Kelly Sheffield is only one win away from 400 victories for his career. He is 399-141 (.739) in his 17th year as a head coach.
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Oct. 4
#6 Minnesota
Oct. 7
at #14 Michigan St. L, 1-3
L, 2-3
Oct. 11 #4 Nebraska
W, 3-1
Oct. 13 Indiana
W, 3-0
Oct. 18 at Maryland Oct. 21
GREG ANDERSON
▲ TAP TO WATCH - Highlights: Wisconsin vs Nebraska
L, 2-3
5 p.m.
at #5 Minnesota 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 25 at #1 Penn State 6 p.m. Oct. 28 Northwestern
7 p.m.
Nov. 3
Ohio State
7 p.m.
Nov. 4
Maryland
7 p.m.
Nov. 10 at Indiana
6 p.m.
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INSIDE MEN’S HOCKEY SCHEDULE (4-1-0, 1-1-0)
Home events in bold. All times CT. Oct. 1
Michigan Tech
W, 3-2
Oct. 6
#19 Ohio State
L, 2-3
Oct. 7
#19 Ohio State W, 3-2
Oct. 13 at #13 Boston College W, 5-2 Oct. 14 at Merrimack Oct. 20 vs. N. Michigan
7 p.m.
Green Bay, Wis.
Oct. 21 vs. N. Michigan
W, 4-1
5 p.m.
Green Bay, Wis.
Oct. 27 St. Lawrence
7 p.m.
Oct. 28 St. Lawrence
7 p.m.
#4 North Dakota 7 p.m.
Nov. 4
#4 North Dakota 7 p.m.
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THIS WEEK No. 5/6 Wisconsin (4-10, 1-1-0 Big Ten) takes on Northern Michigan (3-1-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) at the Resch Center in Green Bay on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s game starts at 7 p.m. with Saturday’s tilt at 5 p.m. LAST WEEK The Badgers made their first road trip of the season and captured victories at No. 13 Boston College (5-2) and Merrimack (4-1).
GOOD TO KNOW Now through 300 minutes of game time this season, Wisconsin has trailed a total of just one minute, 16 seconds. The Badgers have led for 207:20 of the 300 minutes.
GREG ANDERSON
Nov. 3
SOCIAL MEDIA SPOTLIGHT:
NEED TO KNOW Both games this weekend in Green Bay will stream live on WCHA.TV. Friday’s game airs on 1310 WIBA, while Saturday’s contest can be heard on 1070 WTSO. Both games will broadcast across the state on the Badger Radio Network, and everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
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INSIDE WOMEN’S HOCKEY SCHEDULE (8-0-0, 2-0-0)
Home events in bold. All times CT. Sept. 22 Lindenwood
W, 3-1
Sept. 23 Lindenwood
W, 4-0
Sept. 28 Mercyhurst
W, 4-0
Sept. 29 Mercyhurst
W, 5-1
Oct. 6
at Syracuse
W, 1-0
Oct. 7
at Syracuse
W, 5-2
Oct. 13 at Minnesota St. W, 3-2 Oct. 14 at Minnesota St. W, 3-1 Oct. 20 Bemidji State
7 p.m.
Oct. 21 Bemidji State
7 p.m.
Oct. 29 at #7 Minnesota 3 p.m. ▲ TAP TO WATCH - Rolfes, Williams Volunteer With OccuPaws
THIS WEEK The top-ranked Badgers (80-0, 2-0-0-0 WCHA) return home after a four-game road swing to host Bemidji State (1-4-1, 0-2-0-0 WCHA) at LaBahn Arena. Puck drop on both Friday and Saturday is set for 7 p.m. LAST WEEK UW opened its conference slate with a sweep of Minnesota State, dispatching the Mavericks 3-2 on Friday before earning a 3-1 triumph on Saturday. Six different Badgers lit the lamp during the weekend, while sophomore netminder Kristen Campbell earned both wins in net.
GOOD TO KNOW For the fourth time in school history, Wisconsin is off to an 8-0-0 start following its sweep of Minnesota State last weekend. This year’s start is tied for the second-best start in school history as only the 2015-16 squad has enjoyed a longer winning streak to begin a season.
Nov. 4
#4 Ohio State
Nov. 5
#4 Ohio State Noon
2 p.m.
Nov. 10 at #10 Cornell
2 p.m.
Nov. 11 at #10 Cornell
2 p.m.
DAVID STLUKA
Oct. 28 at #7 Minnesota 4 p.m.
Nov. 24 vs. #9 Northeastern 3 p.m.
Washington, D.C.
Nov. 25 vs. Boston University Noon
Washington, D.C.
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INSIDE MEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE (7-3-3, 3-2-1)
Home events in bold. All times CT. Aug. 25 at Tulsa
T, 2-2
Aug. 27 vs. Oral Roberts
T, 1-1
Tulsa, Okla.
Sept. 2
Grand Canyon
Sept. 8
at Michigan
Sept. 13 Northwestern
W, 3-1 L, 1-2 W, 3-1
Sept. 16 Loyola-Chicago W, 2-0 Sept. 19 at Duke Sept. 23 Penn State
L, 3-4 W, 1-0
Sept. 26 Wright State W, 2-1 2OT
THIS WEEK Wisconsin (7-3-3 overall, 3-21 Big Ten) has a nice break before facing No. 1 Indiana (120-2, 4-0-2) on the road at Jerry Yeagley Field in Bloomington, Indiana at 6:30 p.m. CT. LAST WEEK In a night celebrating one of Wisconsin’s most impressive classes to date, perennial powerhouse Maryland was too much for the Badgers Friday at the McClimon Complex. Wisconsin suffered a 5-4 loss to the No. 3 Terrapins marking the end of the Badger’s impressive 20-game unbeaten streak at home.
GOOD TO KNOW Head coach John Trask was a four-year letterwinner for the Hoosiers from 1984-1987. He also served as an assistant coach to legendary IU coach Jerry Yeagley for seven seasons before replacing his son Todd Yeagley at UW after Yeagley left in 2010 to become Indiana’s head coach.
at Rutgers
W, 3-2
Oct. 4
Marquette
W, 3-0
Oct. 7
#6 Michigan St. T, 1-1 2OT
Oct. 10 Green Bay Oct. 13 #3 Maryland
POSTPONED
L, 4-5
DAVID STLUKA
▲ TAP TO WATCH - Badgers Celebrate Senior Night at McClimon
Oct. 1
Oct. 21 at #1 Indiana 6:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Milwaukee
7 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Ohio State
Noon
Nov. 4-12
Big Ten Tournament
Westfield, Ind.
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INSIDE WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE (10-4-2, 4-3-2) Home events in bold. All times CT. Aug. 24 Creighton
W, 2-0
Aug. 27 Northern Illinois W, 2-0 Aug. 31 at #3 Virginia
W, 1-0
Sept. 3
at William & Mary W, 3-1
Sept. 7
at Drake
W, 3-0
Sept. 16 Minnesota
W, 1-0 OT
Sept. 21 Michigan St.
W, 2-1 OT
Sept. 24 Michigan Sept. 29 at Maryland
L, 1-2 OT T, 2-2 2OT
Oct. 1
at #16 Rutgers L, 0-1 OT
Oct. 6
Purdue
W, 2-1
Oct. 8
Indiana
T, 0-0 2OT
Oct. 12 at Illinois
W, 1-0
THIS WEEK Wisconsin (10-4-2 overall, 4-3-2 Big Ten) has a well-deserved break before heading to Iowa on Saturday to take on the Hawkeyes at 7 p.m. CT. LAST WEEK UW split the weekend on the road winning 1-0 over Illinois but falling 2-0 to Northwestern. Sophomore Dani Rhodes had the breakthrough in the 87th minute against the Illini off of an assist from freshman Lauren Rice.
GOOD TO KNOW Rhodes has recorded points in nine of 16 games this season and Rice has earned points in five. Rhodes ranks fifth in the conference for points (21) and third with nine goals and 0.56 goals per game.
Oct. 21 at Iowa
7 p.m.
Oct. 25 #9 Penn State
7 p.m.
JACK MCLAUGHLIN
Oct. 15 at Northwestern L, 0-2
Oct. 29-Nov. 5 Big Ten Tournament
Westfield, Ind.
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INSIDE SWIMMING & DIVING SCHEDULE
Home events in bold. All times CT. Oct. 13-14 vs. Auburn & Tennessee Auburn, Ala. Results »
THIS WEEK The 12th-ranked Wisconsin women and 25th-ranked Badgers men open their abbreviated home slate Thursday by hosting Georgia in a dual meet at the UW Natatorium. The Bulldogs come to Madison with the nation’s No. 4-ranked women’s team and No. 8-ranked men’s squad. LAST WEEK The Badgers opened their season in a double-dual with Auburn and Tennessee, and were led by sophomore Beata Nelson, who scored individual wins in the women’s 200-yard backstroke and 200 individual medley, as well as a runner-up finish in the 100 butterfly. The
UW women also had wins in the 200 free (Abby Jagdfeld), 500 free (Maddi Tew), 200 fly (Megan Doty) and 200 medley relay (Jess Unicomb, Marissa Berg, Nelson, Emmy Sehmann). GOOD TO KNOW Nelson owns the nation’s No. 2 marks in the 200 back (1:55.51) and 200 IM (1:59.24) and also ranks sixth nationally in the 100 fly (54.00).
Oct. 19
Georgia
2 p.m.
Oct. 27
NC State
4 p.m.
Oct. 28
NC State
10 a.m.
Nov. 3-4
vs. Michigan & Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn.
Nov. 9-11
at Minnesota Diving Invitational
Minneapolis, Minn.
Nov. 10
at Green Bay
Nov. 11
at Northwestern 9 a.m.
Nov. 29-Dec. 2
at Texas Invitational
Austin, Texas
2018 Jan. 15
at USC
2 p.m.
TBA
Jan. 27-28 at Notre Dame Shamrock Invitational
South Bend, Ind.
Feb. 21-24 at Big Ten Championships
Minneapolis, Minn.
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THIS WEEK IN BADGER HISTORY
CAMP RANDALL 100 SPOTLIGHT:
JESSE OWENS
The Camp Randall 100 honors a prestigious group of 100 people who shaped the first century of Camp Randall Stadium. Wisconsin Athletics revealed a new honoree every day from May 24 through the Badgers’ 2017 opening game vs. Utah State Sept. 1. BY BRIAN LUCAS UW Athletic Communications
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esse Owens first burst onto the national scene at the on May 25, 1935 in Ann Arbor, Michigan when he set four world records in a matter of 42 minutes, winning Big Ten Conference titles in the 100-yard dash, 220-yard sprint, 220-yard low hurdles and broad jump. Almost a year later Owens and his Ohio State teammates competed in a track meet at Camp Randall Stadium (May 16, 1936). Both teams were undefeated in dual meet action. “The clash was the biggest crowd attraction of any track meet ever held in Camp Randall,” according to the 1937 issue of the Badger Yearbook. An estimated crowd of 6,000 fans watched the meet in the stadium. The Badgers were led that season by Chuck Fenske in the mile and Albert Haller in the pole vault. The duo had qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in their respective events. But it was Owens, the Ohio State junior, who was the star of the meet and would soon grab the international spotlight. Owens won all four events he entered that day. At 3:20 p.m., he broke the world's record in the 100yard dash, running 9.3 seconds, and also set a mark
in the 220-yard dash, winning in 21.3, at 3:50 p.m. Neither record would count due to a strong aiding wind. Owens wasn't done competing on the day though. At 3:30 p.m., he started competing in the broad (long) jump, which he won with a leap of 25 feet, 7 7/8 inches. Owens wrapped up his four-win day at 4:15 p.m. by claiming the 220-yard low hurdles in 23.6. The Buckeye would score 20 points on the day but it wasn't enough for Ohio State as Wisconsin won the meet by more than six points, 66 2/3 to 59 1/3. For the Badgers, Haller won the pole vault at 144, establishing a new Camp Randall record. Fenske claimed event titles in the mile and two-mile runs while Irv Rubow won the shot put and discus throw. Other UW event winners were Bert Schlanger and Herb Steuwe. Less than three months after his visit to Madison, Owens made history at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. He won four gold medals (100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay and the long jump), setting three world records. For the complete Camp Randall 100 list, visit CampRandall100.com.
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