JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================gK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?Ћ0[M\N3Gl55syKN(X&xd/b=(<<ˁd I=QƤt߈f! `_“Om.b|V=25{es!hn?Zƛjl(Tq1O"v.ŒҲGi71$ K32n4*9V,}*E6yb$ ڣp8{RTW4|;Vh ccdˎb.&S%S z+ 0?Ͻ:٠܅kF  n?U2;}=s0f|w湪OĈu-1:~x}/lo{TOf+C[s&٢$H+|,h;-. O ̑[ii<+Ҳ+,4=nqZhN0_wH*Rrwb8QZE<9Q[aT0yI'r)Vf2[i5חRxXK'([:ޞ:Y*C uV-Z^R?PN}?Q_KKtnǡx[Ak-1V !xnYv;/nLd*0;kWTY^J+n`z` 7OI4)58䀟-d>Vf ѯ1NXG1jĦm_+r!?xk~"%pep~\}q]8Zn/tolutQk[lg\WQPYη6p̍d@ȩ$6v\\YI\P;ڀ12k4 KS%k)C@#' ~C|N_gSm'?qWqyhapyی?#WLɦ#u"A~yپ(L87}k)8:ͥ\#yp?WS-Ky|jBF$o?AЊtkTе8;Eճ#a23Ƿ0g5wNQHO_JtNneV<br>BFS: Jesseca Cross is on the verge of becoming an international star in the field events, but isn't it true she was recruited primarily for basketball at Wyoming?<br><br>LJ: That's correct. She became an All-WAC selection in basketball, and participated in track on a part-time basis, and only in the shot put.<br><br>BFS: Did playing basketball hold her back in the field events?<br><br>LJ: I try to recruit athletes who do more than one sport and are good all-around athletes. But there's no substitute for a sound strength and conditioning program that involves the core lifts such as the squat, the bench press and the power clean. When Jesseca was playing basketball, there was just no way she could include the weight training she needed to really excel in these lifts.<br><br>BFS: Jesseca threw 46'8" in high school in the shot, and in her junior year at Wyoming she had a best of 46'9". In one season you brought her to 57'1". What do you credit this magnitude of improvement to?<br><br>LJ: I changed Jesseca's focus by having her practice some of the other field events, because I believe they help each other through cross training. I also got her heavily into the wei