Q. How long have you been running competitively?A. This is my second year running competitively. I've been training the last two years back at home with both track and cross country. I started in 2005, now it is 2006. I have been running at TCU for only one month though.

Q. Did you run in high school?

A. I used to run in meets, but I was not serious in high school. I used to run in the class, but that was all.

Q. Would you like to have an Olympic Trial?

A. I would like to have that at some point.

The jam-packed crowd of more than 45,000 at Amon Carter Stadium Saturday meant more than record attendance and a traffic nightmare. Hungry and thirsty fans bought between $120,000 to $140,000 worth of food and drinks, more than double the average of last years' home games, according to estimates by TCU Dining Services. Typically, sales average anywhere from $50,000 to $60,000, said Rick Flores, general manager for Dining Services.

Football games mean thousands of fans, young and old, decked out in purple, cheering the Horned Frogs to another victory.Those thousands of fans in Amon Carter Stadium include the TCU Marching Band. The band has played the same tunes to pump up fans for decades - until now.

Trumpet player Andrew Fowler, junior instrumental music major, arranged some new, more contemporary pieces over the summer and presented them to Brian Youngblood, band associate director, during the band camp.

The volleyball team, 12-2, opened conference play against 7-4 Wyoming and captured a victory in what became a five-game match after falling behind the Cowgirls Saturday afternoon at the University Recreation Center.TCU advanced to 1-0 in conference play, and pushed Wyoming to 1-1.

After losing the first two games in the best-of-five match, the Horned Frogs had their backs against the wall as they headed into the third, and possibly final, game.

Just recently, throngs of young people headed to the local grocery store to pick up their copies of U.S. News & World Report. Can we chalk it up to an increased interest in both international and domestic...

If you've ever doubted whether fan appreciation and support is important, just look at what happened to the Horned Frogs football team the past couple of weeks.Two weeks ago, the Frogs gave up 13 points to University of California, Davis, a team ranked No. 19 in Division 1-AA. A week later, the same Frogs team held Texas Tech University, the No. 2 passing offense, to just three points total.

What's the difference?

The soccer team showed poise under pressure in its 2-1 victory against Sam Houston State Friday night at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium, bringing its record to 4-3.TCU pulled out a 1-0 lead in the first 10 minutes of the game thanks to a goal by freshman forward Chelsea White. It was set up by a rolling pass from senior defender Karissa Hill that met White's right boot from three yards out. The goal was White's second of the season.

TCU's student organizations are kicking off their first National Hazing Prevention Week with a hodgepodge of events aimed to prevent hazing, though TCU officials said the events are not in response to past hazing issues.National Hazing Prevention Week is geared to educate students, campuses and community members on hazing prevention, polices and procedures within state and federal law, as well as TCU's policy, said James Parker, assistant dean of Campus Life.

Nationally, the graduating class of 2006 had the sharpest drop in SAT scores in 31 years. While scores are dropping, admissions standards at TCU are not, said the dean of admissions.TCU actually has better students this year than before because the average GPA and class ranks have gone up in the applications, said Ray Brown, dean of admissions.

"We have as many 1200s this year as years before," Brown said. "We look at everything about the applicant, not just SAT scores because we want to know who the applicant is."

The Horned Frogs (12-2 overall, 1-0 conf.) opened conference play for volleyball against the University of Wyoming Cowgirls (7-4 overall, 1-1 conf.) with a five game victory Saturday afternoon in the University Recreation Center Gym.After losing the first two games in the best of five match, the Horned Frogs had their backs against the wall.

During the ten minute break after the second game, head coach Prentice Lewis said she gave a stern talk about improving the quality of play in the second part of the match.