CHAMPAIGN  When Gary Winckler watches Benita Kelley run the shortest of sprint events, the University of Illinois women''s track and field coach sees a supremely confident athlete.

   Not true, protests Kelley.

   CHAMPAIGN  A note to University of Illinois track opponents: Don''t pass Matt Klima. It only makes him angry.

   CHAMPAIGN  Dorian Green''s claim to fame as a runner always has been at distances of 200 and 400 meters.

   But after what happened Saturday afternoon at the University of Illinois Armory, the Illini senior may force his track and field coach to rethink how Green is deployed come the postseason.

   CHAMPAIGN  From all-stater to All-American. Bobby True and Cortney Lamb each made that considerable leap last season.

   They also set an ambitious example, says University of Illinois men''s track and field coach Gary Wieneke, for his next wave of freshmen.