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BIG GAME  SEPTEMBER 25, 2004

A Schoellkopf Sellout II crowd of 11,835 cheered a solid performance by the Big Red in their first home game, a convincing 19-7 win over Yale. The Ivy League victory broke a 10-game losing streak and was the first win for new head coach Jim Knowles '87. On offense, Cornell showed a balanced attack, with 174 passing yards and 125 yards on the ground. Junior tailback Joshua Johnston (right) was the leading runner, gaining 93 yards on 26 carries. The defense limited the Bulldogs to only 181 yards, leading frustrated Yale head coach Jack Siedlecki to characterize his team's offensive effort as "inept" after the game.
HOCKEY, BY THE BOOK

Former WVBR radio play-by-play man Adam Wodon, with assistance from veteran rink announcer Arthur Mintz '71, has penned Cornell University Hockey, a 128-page history of the Big Red men's icers. The story--told largely through more than 170 captioned black & white photographs--traces the team's saga from its early days on Beebe Lake through the construction of Lynah Rink, the "golden era" of two NCAA championships under Ned Harkness, and the recent triumphs of the squads coached by Mike Schafer '86. It's available at bookstores or directly from the publisher at www.arcadiapublishing.com.

BIG RED OLYMPIANS

Cornell was represented by a pair of athletes during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Sophia Smith '01 was a member of the host Greece team in women's soccer and played all 270 minutes of her team's three matches. Smith is also a member of the Houston Stars in the Women's Professional Soccer League. Chinedum Osuji '96 competed in taekwondo for Trinidad and Tobago, reaching the quarterfinals of the Under-80 kg class before losing 10-3 to Rashad Ahmadov of Azerbaijan.

TRACK IMMORTALS

The Niagara Track and Field Hall of Fame recently added four members with Cornell connections. The Class of 2003 included Frank Kent Foss '17, who won the pole vault at the 1920 Olympics at a world-record height of 13 feet, 5 inches; Robert Kane '34, BS Ag '36, longtime Cornell athletic director who also served as president of the United States Olympic Committee from 1976 to 1980; and Jack Warner, who coached the Big Red to four Heps titles while serving as track and field and cross country coach from 1967 to 1990. Tell Berna '12 was named to the Class of 2004; he won an Olympic gold medal in the three-kilometer team run at the 1912 Summer Games and also set a world record in the two-mile run that year.

SCULL WORK

Four former Big Red rowers represented the United States at the 2004 FISA World Rowing Championships in Banyoles, Spain. Tim Larson '96 was a member of the men's lightweight quadruple sculls that finished fourth overall, only three seconds behind bronze medalist Germany. Nick Anderson '97 and Gabe Winkler '99 took fifth in the men's lightweight eight boat while Rich Montgomery '99 was fourth in the B final and tenth overall in the men's lightweight single sculls.

ON THE SIDELINES

Former Cornell soccer star Nathan Fuller '02 has returned to the Hill as an assistant men's soccer coach. Fuller was a three-time all- Ivy midfielder during his playing days before serving as a graduate assistant coach for the 2000 and 2002 seasons. He replaces Rob Elliott '97, who spent six seasons as a Cornell assistant coach before accepting an assistant coaching position at Virginia Commonwealth University.
RED VS.WHITE

The USA Women's Hockey Festival in Lake Placid, New York, included two Cornell skaters. Erica Olson '01 had a team-high three assists for the White team, which went 1-2-1 and handed the champion Red team its only loss in the three-team double round-robin tourney. Jen Munhofen '06 skated for the Red team, which went 3-1.

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