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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

New steeplechasers see unexpected success

MICHELE DANNO April 21, 2010

It’s Katie Ellis’ last season with the Iowa women’s track and field team, but it seems her career may just be beginning. In her four years as a Hawkeye runner, Ellis said she was “a far cry”...

Baseball wins 10-inning thriller

JORDAN GARRETSON April 21, 2010

Jack Dahm can’t remember the last time his baseball team escaped with an easy victory. The Hawkeyes continued that trend on Tuesday. Iowa (14-19) needed 10 innings to defeat Western Illinois (9-24),...

Freshman hurler grows up on the mound

J.T. BUGOS April 21, 2010

Matt Dermody struggled in his first two starts of his Iowa career, but the southpaw flashed his potential the third time around on Tuesday. Dermody’s first start came against Kansas on March 7, and...

Hammer time for track and field thrower

MATT SCHOMMER April 21, 2010

Strawberry Point, Iowa, may be renowned for at least a few things. If one is that it’s home to the world’s largest strawberry, weighing in at 1,430 pounds, then the other is that it’s the town Iowa...

Football leadership group members chosen

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

On Tuesday, the Iowa Hawkeyes announced its 15-member leadership group, as chosen by the players. Headlining the group are seven seniors, including defensive end Adrian Clayborn and quarterback Ricky...

Printy named frosh All-American

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

Iowa women’s basketball guard Jaime Printy has been named to the second team Freshman All-American by Full Court Press. She was just one of 15 freshman players chosen in the country. The native of Marion...

Cornering the market

SCOTT MILLER April 21, 2010

Amari Spievey still isn’t quite sure how he ended up here or how he managed to stick around. Not that he’s sticking around, necessarily. On a cloudless spring day in Iowa City — the kind that makes...

Hyde leads with Bernstine behind him

BRENDAN STILES April 21, 2010

For the past three years, Iowa has dealt with cornerback questions. With one spot seemingly locked up, the other tends to be up for grabs. In 2008, Bradley Fletcher held down one position, and Amari...

Taylor denied medical redshirt

DI STAFF April 20, 2010

Iowa women’s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder announced on Monday that freshman guard Theairra Taylor did not qualify for a medical-hardship redshirt. The St. Paul, Minn., native tore her ACL in the...

Men’s gymnastics wraps up season with eye on bright future

NICK GANS April 20, 2010

Youth and inconsistency were thematic for the Iowa men’s gymnastics team this season. The Hawkeyes didn’t improve on their sixth-place Big Ten finish from a year ago, but Iowa head coach Tom Dunn...

Women’s tennis won’t make losing a habit

JON FRANK April 20, 2010

When the Iowa women’s tennis team opened Big Ten play with a 6-1 loss to Minnesota in February, it looked as though it would be a year of frustration similar to last spring. In 2009 the Hawkeyes went...

Sand volleyball means sun fun

ETHAN SEBERT April 20, 2010

Sun, sand, and 74 students. That was the scene at the Hawkeye Recreational Fields sand-volleyball courts when 18 teams showed up for the 2010 Intramural Co-Recreational 4-on-4 sand volleyball tournament...