Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 18 2004 Women go ’From exclusion to exclusive’ said "It's very exciting I've been talking about it bellyaching about it — for years" It is a path that has been charted by other marathons including London New York and Los Angeles the Olympic marathon and world champi- - BOSTON' (Al’ — Kailirinc (he 1967 Boston' Marathon as just another runner looking for a Switzer lined up for challenge Four miles in she became a pioneer Issued a starting bib for the onships have completely separate races But changing g of Bostori the the world's long runs came a little more slowly First considered in 1995 the idea was tabled because organizers didn't want to do anything drastic before the centennial edition the next year Then planners were concentrating on the millennium edition and on security in the races following the Sept race only hecause she all-ma- le entered under the name “K Switzer" she became the event's first official female competitor But to finish she hud to gel past a race official w ho tried to tear her number off as she ran longest-runnin- L oston Marathon "I didn't understand the issues I just loved running" she said this week after returning to Boston for the lOXlh edition of the race “I didn't realize until later that they were the same issues 1 attacks “Traditions are hard to change in Boston That's a fact" said Guy Morse the executive director of the Boston Athletic Association which organizes the event other women were fighting lor" she said "! put it together in the next 22 miles "Thai incident changed my life It gave me the inspiration to do what I want to do" What Switzer wanted to do was create athletic opportunities for women Her lobbying paid till' when the Olympics added a women's marathon lor the 1984 Games and her impact will be felt again in Bostonthis week In the biggest change for the Marathon since it officially went coed in 1972 women w ill get their own start — ' their own race essentially — when they begin the 262 mile trek from llopkinton to ' Boston' 29 minutes ahead of the men ‘We’ve gone from exclu- -' sion to exclusive" Switzer' 1 So we made sure we were AP file sure" a combined series' of photos Kathrine Switzer (261) Is shown being chased by a jacketed race official during the running Marathon on April 19 1967 in Hopkinton Mass Switzer who entered the race was forced out of it Mn Still attached to the traditional noon start the top female runners will leave 11:31 Hopkintonat am le (tele- - vision coverage begins at 1:30) The elite men will leave 29 minutes later which should get them to the finish line in Boston's Back Bay about 10-- 1 5 minute's after the Being in the front will allow the women to run a cleaner race — that is without interference from male also-rawho like to see themselves on television or use the elite ' - : But race organizers hclicve the change brings many more advantages — primarily: safety 1 ' women's winner One of the odd twists of the timing is it splits the elite women from the thousands of female recreational runners who will follow the men across the starting line Only ' those who qualified for the early start will be eligihle for prize money ns With (he women running their own race the lead truck with television cameras and other media doesn't have to weave among the men who fall off the pace In the past the trucks couldn't join the women's race until it passed Ebcnczer's Restaurant in Framingham seven miles in alter the crowd had thinned so TV coverage will be complete and less clut- - females for pacing Some women also like the new setup because they can see the other competitors bet- ter 'instead of having to pick them out from a crowd of ' men Race organizers hope it " will helpdraw the top runners to the event But others say they will ' miss the fraternization "It will be a little tougher tered Aggies Continued from B3 soared to 221 He struck out seven but he allowed four runs and eight hits in 6 innings Astros 14 Brewers 5 At Houston Richard Hidalgo hit a pair of two-ru- n doubles and the Brewers beat Milwau--ke- e for their sixth win in seven games ' Craig Biggio and Mike Lamb each hit a three-ru- n homer for the Astros Jeff Bagwell had a solo shot tying Hidalgo for the team lead 1 1- -3 1 1X4-0- 9 - 1 1 AL : ( -- Continued from B3 (1-- ' 1 1 vulnerable" Switzer wasn't the first woman to run here Bobbi Gibb jumped out of the bushes at the start in '66 to stake that claim But it was Switzer's tussle with BAA official Jock Semple that maide her run the one to be remembered Five years before Title IX amid the general tumult of the 1960s Switzer was warned of horrible things that would ' happen to her anatomy and her social life if she ran such a ' grueling race with four homers Hidalgo has 19 RBIs second in the majors behind Scott Rolen of St Louis who has 23 Padres 3 Diamondbacks 2 At San Diego Ismael Valdez won his first start of the season and the Padres edged Arizona e skid to snap a Richie Sexson hit a two-ru- n homer for the Diamondbacks but San Diego took advantage of a wild Brandon Webb ( to score three times in the first inning Valdez ( went six innings drawing the start afteF three relief appearances this season He moved intothe rotation in place of injured Sterling Hitchcock three-gam- 1) ' straight time Moyer hasn’t lost to Texas since July 4 200 F Angels 6 Athletics 3 returned to the Moyer (1-form he showed as a first-tim- e All-Stand winner last He slow off start to a year got this season with a loss and no- decision in his fust two outings He gave up one run with five ' strikeouts and two walks (202-IOTa- Eli Lucero Herald Journal Utah State's Jared Ocana competes jump Saturday : in' the triple 2) - improving to 13-- 3 lifetime against the Rangers and beat- ing them for the seventh ' Vladimir Guerrero and Troy ' n Glaus each hit a homer to send the Angels past Oakland Jarrod Washburn (2-allowed two runs in five innings for the win after strug- gling in his first two starts Scott Shields Francisco Rodriguez and Troy Percival finished up for Anaheim two-ru- 21-ga- ar At Anaheim Calif - 1) Carlos Beltran homered for the fourth straight game and Mike Sweeney hit a three-ru- n shot for Kansas City which has lost five jn a row allowed Kyle Lohse ' six hits and four runs in six innings Mariners 4 Rangers I At Seattle jamie Moyer Switzer said “You don’t feel as naked you don’t feel as ' pitched three-h- it ball for eight innings and Dan Wilson hit a three-ru- n double leading the Mariners 1 ( I because you don't have the men" said Malgorzata Soban-sk- a of Poland who finished second here in 2002 “When it's windy you can hide behind them” Joan Benoit Samiielson who won the race in 1979 and '83 said she preferred the company of men to running alone the field then wasn't as complete as it is today Switzer thinks that will be the most difficult adjustment for those used to competing in the shadow of the men “It's a lot different than being in the front of the race” NL Continued from B1 49 feel 55 inches in the shot put and 164-1- 0 in the discusjbut her best effort might have been in' the hammer throw where she placed third- Gensel said she topped her previous PR almost unheard of at this level of by 5 feet competition was behind Utah's Vanessa' Burton's Morten sen X5-- I I) and BYU alumnus Amy Palmer (20601 ) who established a track 'record' ‘That's huge for Kelli" Gensel said “She’S a great athlete She continues to prove that" ' Freshman DJ Smith of Pleasanton’Calif blew away the other sprinters in the 100 dash His 077 was 053 better than any of his counv: terparts “He's running real well” Gensel said “As long as he keeps improving he'll be real good at the end of the year" Other winners on the women's side include C'hristj Howell in the 3(XX) steeplechase I 3934) and Amy Davis in the pole Vault 11 625) Other menVchampions include Brad Martin in the 4(X) hurdles (5403)! Josh ) Ryan Bruhn in Sides it) the shot put (55-Lonnie Carter in the the hammer triple jump (45-- 1 f25i i of the Boston ! - 1) ' accident ously broken through for his first PGA Tour “He remembers letting go of a pitch and Victory in Tucson Slocum said the win taught him “I can stay iri the moment kind of go out that's about it" the veteran coach said V Even the player who hit the ball was eon- and play the golf course and not worry about 111 Continued from Continued from B2 cenied for Todd what other people are doing” ' Parker cxplaincdt'Av iar as (today) we’re "He instantly got to first and came- right Curtis had a miserable day as his putting le) grerensmndrelatively short length at 6973 ' unsure about (hat Hansen said of the Woh erj nc "They1 ve ' yards meanl that anything on the greens was a him dow n again He left a over" putt about four ' the road ta While f ski seems to ' feet short on the first hole and settled for bogey ' called several times He felt horrible" p)tential birdie ' Can Purdy keep it up? He missed birdie putts inside 12 feet on the fifth Todd was taken to a hospital in llaileyf recover) unfortunately for him and the Tribe's basebali tejuii! his prep athletics career is oyer hit I "I mean said Idaho then later transported b a helicopter to "Absolulely"he 'eighth and ninth holes then missed one for par ' ‘He’s lieliniielv ilone i Ibr the season)" Portncuf Tromaboiitll feet on the 2th after Purdy’s par on this golf coursc pretty dang gtiod” While Purdy soared British Open champion lamented Preston couch Mike Hansen who birdie Suddenly he was trailing by four shots ‘The game which Presiori went on to lose 0 Ben Curtis faded with a 75 Curtisthe second- w as delayed for about 10 minutes before " His struggles continued as he made double vjsiled T‘ dd arid his family for paYt of the day ' round leader after a season-be66 struggled on Saturday on the par-- 3 17th and wound up eight being resumed bogey ' with his I osiri-13th' fell tie a into for Todd for the year will be tough'ori the ' Hansen said he had a hard time focusing and shots the leader behind putting birdie puttat Np 4 to' In other golf events: Indians for several reasons: he1 was oik of the after his player was injured 'Purdy made a tie Curtis for the lead and moved ahead with ii “I had a Uiugh time coaching" Hansen team's best piuhervhis bat- was just starting to V Takefuji Classic heal up aiul his defense at third base and in the A ' admitted “My decisions and that I honestly for birdie at the fifth He added a third ' Cristie'Kerr rolled iri a Las At Vegas ' ' outfield was solid ' wasn’t with it because my mind was'constantly ' straight birdie on the sixth hole then closed the par putt on the seventh playoff hole to beat ' But Hansen pointed out a different reason birdie putt extending front side with a elsewhere I don't think I really calmed down Jeon ' South Korean rookie Seol-A- n his lead to two strokes as in why losing Parker will hurt I long enough to really see the kids' perspective' Kerr win after squandering a four-shlead 'y "The biggest losy is just with his demeanor birdie putt at the 12th “It was tough I remember when I went out when she bogeyed four of the last six holes of ' Purdy added a ' Ins attiiude' Hansen said“‘He was such an to the group after and picked:a pitcher 1 hiiri- raising his putter as the ball disappeared into regulation including missing a putt on able part ol our team in that respect'' Wanted No think 18 would diin't to that won throw" have estly anybody thecupv Todd wav scheduled to pitch the first game of Can you blame them? Kerr who also won the 2002 Liongs Drugs PUrdy who went 33 holes without a While the Indians Who are 84 irifhesea- - ' a ill tubleliOuder against WinxI River oh Friday ' to the top of the leaderboard against a : Challenge closed with a 73 to match Several hatters into (he contest field lacking-somstar power after the Masters Jeon (69j at 209 in the event soi) dropped theopener of the tw inbjll and had w in streak snapped bounced their the righthander was hit on the right side of the Park (67) finished third at 6 under Masters champion Phil Mickelsori Tiger Gloria ' Woods! Vijay Singh and Sergio Garcia skipped ' ' and head w ilh a eoinebacker knocking him uricon-- " back to claim thq nightcap 7:6 ' V Kim (70) was another stroke' veil (us lor ahiiui a minute according to Hanseii' '“I appreciate the kids even hanging inand the' MCI Heritage Those who came from backy ' ' Blue Angels Classic "When I first got right 'out there to (Todd) he playing" Hariscri said Augusta National just couldn’t get going For Todd to make a I'uil reeoverv Mark wasn't quite all the way out” Hansen recalled Ernie Els who finished second to Micke json " At Milton Ha Gil Morgan shot his second fast week has played steady golf Even with Parker said his son needs to da One thing “But then he instantly went under& ii windy conditions to take ' straight behind six shots Tiidd’s father witnessed hisson's injuryfirst-han- d lead a lf he listens to'w’hat the ditetor says in Six over Els Tom Jenkins into the ' 68 was Purdy Saturday's ' final round''weeks he should start hstking pretty decent’' ‘y But he still believes he: cari make a run under ''v--- ' : 'V the right circumstances “When he pitched the hall his right foot had- -' hesaid Morgan the SBC Classic winner last month and Champions Tour money leader this season n't come to the ground yet and when that ball “It all dependson our leader” Els said Heading into the doiihleheadcr against Wood ' still has 23 victories on the he 409 that Todd was was four River hack at with him was hit ‘Ted's playing beautifully If he can come home tour Jenkins swinging hitting 13 runs scored shot” shot a said RBIs 15 65 and we he back Mark the' field have runs a was mid “What little Koch did a Parker and to may Gaiy Wayne Levi were right leg” ' was Todd III three vc ith his left hand with his mitt and had strokes Love after two Pitching-wis- e teamback wins 67s a on The Moors course Davis Defending champion erossyiyer closer to missing the cut Friday than earning turned his head to the left sot the ball) hit the' best 307 ERA arid 21 strikeijuts SevilleOpen Todd aLsir played football and basketball this his sixth title at Harbour Town He's 10 shots ' ' - At Seville Spain Argentina’s Ricardo Gonright side of his head seasore On the hardwfiod he helped lead the 69 to take a behind Purdy after a 69 The round was Love’s zalez shot “He jiivi mivsed it He had the miu there! he domilead 3 A seasori undefeated one Indians of and the was That first state 70 far fastest he mo on a course under went loan usually just' ' Gonzalez had an nates balls j've ever seen him throw and one pf the ' championship lotalItaly’s ' ” Emanueie Canonica (70) arid Scotland’s Alan : V letEarlier this yearTtxld signed a national -' Slocum! Purdy's roommate in 1996 during fastest I'Ve ever seen come back McLean (68) were tied for second ter of intent to play football for Idaho State the Hansen said Todd doesn't recall much of the colIegiale matches had previ - ' ’ (’' 23-fo- ot hi-o-n cr 1 - - 14-1- st : 14-fb- ot - ’ - 10-fo- ot - ot : ot - : ot it' : - bogey-move- non-distri- ct 54-ho- le e : six-ga- Mi-Hy- ? i : ! ' : one-stio- ke v- : : er a3-iind- - ' ‘ : US-Jap- an er one-strok- e' |