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Nebraska to Beijing, China

June 30, 2008 at 10:56pm By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

The distance between Elkhorn, NE and Beijing, China is 6470.5556 miles but all it took Alice Schmidt was 800 meters in 2:00.46.  Alice qualified tonight for the Olympics in the 800m after placing 2nd in the Olympic Trials.  Alice is a graduate of Elkhorn High School in western Omaha and holds the girls all class state record in the 800m with a time of 2:12.  She had an outstanding career at Elkhorn (part of 3 state track championships and 4x 800 meter winner) and North Carolina and now will run on the worlds biggest stage.

As a Elkhorn Antler alum and someone who has a younger brother who graduated and ran with Alice in high school, I am absolutely ecstatic about this.  Alice is an absolutely outstanding athlete, student and person.  Congrats Alice and go for the gold!

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The CWS has gone to the dawgs

June 25, 2008 at 11:25pm By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

Fresno State that is.  In one of the most amazing runs in NCAA sports history, Fresno State the #4 seed in the Long Beach State regional, defied all odds and won the College World Series.

This could quite possibly be one of the most amazing runs in college sports history.

The first #4 seeded team to ever reach the CWS.
The first team ever rated lower than #48 (in a 64 team field) to make it to an NCAA final.
Only the second national title in school history (softball in 1998)
Tied the record for most runs in a CWS (61)
Most losses by a CWS winner (31)

To put this in perspective, there are 16 #4 seeds in a regional. So technically these are the 16 lowest rated teams in the tournament. If you want to compare this to the Big Dance...its like 13 seed OR LOWER winning the NCAA tournament. George Mason was an 11 seed in the 2006 tournament. And they only made it to the national semifinals.

In my opinion I thought there would be no winner more unlikely than Oregon State the past two years but this trumps it ten fold.

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Simply amazing

June 15, 2008 at 9:59pm By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

There are no more words folks.  We are watching the greatest player in the sport of golf...ever.  And we could be watching one of if not the greatest athlete of all time.

What this guy has done this weekend is absolutely amazing. 

The 18 hole playoff is tomorrow.

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The Big Red blues

June 3, 2008 at 6:54pm By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

A year to forget.

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