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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

Men’s track and field team places in top-half at Big Ten Championships

MATT SCHOMMER March 2, 2010

The Minnesota men’s track team might soon be able to call itself “Déjà U.” For the second-straight year, the Golden Gophers blew away their conference foes en route to another Big Ten championship...

Women’s track and field team places ninth

MICHELE DANNO March 2, 2010

Although the Iowa women’s track and field team has seen significant improvement from the 2009 indoor season, the Hawkeyes discovered their conference competition has improved as well. Iowa placed ninth...

Bluder, bunch pick up post-season awards

DI STAFF March 2, 2010

Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder, freshman Jaime Printy, junior Kachine Alexander, and sophomore Kamille Wahlin all earned All-Big Ten awards on Monday. Bluder was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year by the...

Hippen, Durant earn all-tourney honors in baseball

DI STAFF March 2, 2010

The Iowa baseball team left Florida and the Big Ten/Big East Challenge with two wins, and two players received second team all-tournament honors on Monday. Sophomore pitcher Jarred Hippen and senior outfielder...

Intramural sports gain international flavor

MATT COZZI March 2, 2010

For international students, the cross-continental journey usually doesn’t consist of considering intramural sports. Nevertheless, more international students seem to have found themselves adding the...

Chino Stoppaz edge Defenstrators

KYLIE SEBERT March 2, 2010

In an undefeated intramural Co-Rec basketball showdown Monday night at the Field House, Chino Stoppaz edged Defenstrators, 38-37. Both teams entered the contest with 3-0 records, and prime defense by...

Student dives into a new culture in Spain

MITCH SMITH March 2, 2010

Deidre Freeman wanted to study abroad, but one problem held her back. She’s an athlete. As a senior on the Iowa diving team facing hectic training schedules and weekly competitions, studying abroad...

Big Ten tourney picture clearing up

BRENDAN STILES March 2, 2010

With only one week left before the men’s Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis, the picture is almost in focus. A major shift in the standings occurred Feb. 24, when Purdue’s Robbie Hummel suffered a...

Without a star, balance leads men’s golf

JESSIE SMITH March 2, 2010

Most teams have a go-to player, someone a squad depends upon when its success is in jeopardy. But not the Iowa men’s golf team. Eight of the nine players on the Hawkeyes’ roster have seen tournament...

Baseball wins big at challenge

DI STAFF March 1, 2010

The Iowa baseball team went 2-1 at this year’s Big Ten/Big East Challenge, capping off its weekend with an 11-2 victory over Villanova (5-1) at Jack Russell Stadium on Sunday in Clearwater, Fla. The...

Softball loses four in classic

DI STAFF March 1, 2010

The Iowa softball team dropped four of its five games this past weekend at the Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Ga. The Hawkeyes (7-7) opened the weekend with a 5-4 loss to No. 9 Alabama and an 11-1 loss...

Mongeese poised for basketball playoff run

ETHAN SEBERT March 1, 2010

What began as an infatuation with an animal is now a force to be reckoned with on the intramural courts. “I’ve always liked the mongoose, and I wondered what the plural form was,” junior Tom Beecher...