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January 25, 2009
Slovenian Vaulter Sets Bar Highhttp://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2009/01/22/razorback_central/012309runsutejfeat.txt By Paul Boyd
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The 20-year-old acknowledged being part of a team and among a group of talented vaulters has made the transition easier.
"I don't know a lot of people here, but they cheered me and made me feel welcome," Sutej said. "In Slovenia, it was more individual."
"She has a PR of right at 14 feet outdoors, tucked right in with the likes of Katie (Stripling), Tara (Diebold) and Sara (Landau)," Harter said. "She's really excited about the camaraderie among the vaulters."
Compton admitted to being a little surprised by Sutej's result. Her personal best indoors is 13-8 1/4.
"I wish she would have taken it as well as we did," Compton said. "She said, 'Oh, it's OK.' I said 'No, you've been here seven days. It's great.'"
Everyone makes so much of Sutej's first week in Arkansas, but she has a little different take.
"The second week was really harder, because classes started," Sutej said. "Everything is in English, and it's hard for me. I understand it, but I've had to adjust a little bit for classes."
Sutej said she definitely needs more weight training, but Compton said she's been receptive to any advice he's given to this point.
"A lot of them are resistent to change, but she knows she need to change some things, and she's not scared of change," Compton said.
England may have underperformed at South Africa 2010, but Matjaz Kek is adamant. “I don’t care how they played in the first two matches. I believe we’re facing the toughest match for Slovenia under my management.”
See all the action as it happens and see pictures and coverage from the last match (especially of the Slovenia fans in Cleveland)
Slovenian World Cup matches have been in the spotlight in Cleveland, Ohio USA. The article that made the front page of News Herald Saturday edition.
Find out everything you need to know about team Slovenia and their quest to win the FIFA World Cup
POLOKWANE, South Africa - Slovenia are growing in confidence at the World Cup having beaten Algeria and seen England and the United States take points off each other in the opening round of Group C matches.
Their 1-0 win over the Algerians on Sunday was their young nation's first World Cup victory. Their only previous appearance at the finals, in 2002, ended in three defeats.
"That means a lot to me and to everybody in the team," captain Robert Koren, who scored the goal, said after the match.
"For such a small country, to go to the World Cup is already a big achievement, but for us it's a big thing today because we got our first three points.
Today we are suppose to arrive to the fnish according to the original plan. Storms, wind and floods stoped us. We still have almost 500 miles to go. ur advantage on the road is around 3h 30min. To get more precise result we have to add time credit and deduct penaltie. Now that even Gulewitz got time credit for being stoped at the flood is the whole time thing even more complicated. According to my assumption, we have around 4h 30min lead and that lead is hard to overcome if we continue as usual. The race is still long and anything can happen. The winner will be known on friday morning.
Slovenia's Planica hill, the biggest ski-jumping hill in the world, will host the finals of the ski jumping World Cup on Mar. 19 to 22, organizers said on Wednesday.
Delray Beach, Florida - “I didn’t want to leave anything on the court. I might lose, but it would be by going all out – even if I made 60 unforced errors. I didn’t want to be out there just getting the ball back in.”
That was what Lindsay Davenport said when she won the women’s draw at the U.S. Open back in 1998.
The same spirit might seem to apply to Luka Gregorc, who competed last week at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.
ITF will host two golf tournaments in 2009 to raise funds to make the world a better and safer place for children to play, people to work, and communities to grow without the fear of landmines and unexploded ordnance. In partnership with the U.S. non-governmental organization, the Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI), the two “Legacy of Hope” events will benefit humanitarian mine action projects in four countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.
MERCED, CALIF. -- Astana team director Johan Bruyneel said this morning that one of the four bikes stolen out of a team truck Saturday night or Sunday morning in Sacramento had been recovered. But it wasn't Lance Armstrong's time-trial bike.
Here are two photos from Wyndham "SlovenSKI Weekend". There were 52 people from New York, Pennsylvania, and our group from Cleveland Ohio.
The Nastar giantslalom race is also organized for the group and this year there were 23 participants, competing in different age categories. On Saturday at Noon, most of the skiers meet at the top lodge for a group picture. The flag doesn't need to be brought up, as it is there permanently.
The website for the European DH championships was launched this week: http://www.dhvitranc.eu
The Championships will be held in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, June 12 -14 2009. The race is one week before the Maribor DH/4X World Cup. The venues are less than 3 hours drive from each other. Furthermore, Maribor is followed by the 4-Cross European Championships in Ajdovščina, again less than 3 hours drive.
Park View Education Centre's boys' basketball team is planning one heck of a road trip.
"This will be something they'll remember for a lifetime," said coach Eric Dolliver about the Panthers' intentions to travel to Nova Gorica, Slovenia, for an International Baccalaureate (IB) hoops tournament next November.
Slovenian Cross skier, Saša Farič, won bronze medal at the 13th Winter X Games in Colorado this past Sunday.
The X Games in Aspen were a part of North American tour for this 24-year old from the town of Radomlje, and were open only to invited participants.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Tina Sutej has gotten off the ground quickly at Arkansas.
The freshman pole vaulter from Slovenia capped a whirlwind first week in Northwest Arkansas by topping the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Jan. 9. She cleared 13 feet, 5 1/4 inches.
Cleveland Slovenian Ski Club is entering its third season. This year we are organizing two ski trips. The first trip is a one day ski trip to Holiday Valley, in Ellicottville, NY, on Saturday, February 7th, 2009. Cost is $75 and includes round trip motor coach to Holiday Valley and an 8 hour full access lift pass. The cost for children between the ages of 6-11 is $65. Non- skiers/non-boarders, and all children 5 and under, have the option of paying $30 for round trip bus fare only. Children 5 and under ski for free.
BELGRADE, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia's Mitja Petkovsek has become the first gymnast in history to gather over 1,000 points in World Cup rankings, the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) said on Wednesday.
Petkovsek tops the rankings on the parallel bars with 1,016.34 points, the official Slovenian news agency STA reported.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Tina Sutej has gotten off the ground quickly at Arkansas.